Prayer of Aboriginal People

(For the Pope's visit to Australia in 1986, Aboriginal people composed the following prayer for the ceremony in Alice Springs. This prayer now is prayed by many Catholic Aboriginal groups around the country.)

Father of all, you gave us the Dreaming.
You have spoken to us through our beliefs.
You then made your love clear to us in the person of Jesus.
We thank you for your care. You own us.
You are our hope. Make us strong as we face the problems of change.
We ask you to help the people of Australia to listen to us and respect our culture.
Make the knowledge of you grow strong in all people, so that you can be at home in us and we can make a home for everyone in our land.

Amen.

Dear Parents

On Monday Ms Phillips led a liturgy for NAIDOC Week which officially begins next week. The Liturgy involved our leaders, Year 5 and Kindergarten. Our Kindergarten sang the chorus of a hymn which lifted the whole school to sing together. Thank you Ms Phillips for organising such a meaningful and well-organised event.

We have come to the end of another very busy term and I would like to thank our staff for all their hard work and commitment to our wonderful school. I thank you, our parents for your  involvement in the different ways you support our school. On behalf of the staff we appreciate everything that you do.

And lastly to our students who are the reason for all of us being at St Patrick’s - have a wonderful break and I look forward to a great Term 3.

Yr 4 Gardening

I went and joined Year 4 in the garden on Monday. In the half hour that I was there I learnt so much. The children are so lucky to be learning about the plants and the environment from Mr Mattas. Please take the time to go and have a look at the work that is being done in our wonderful garden.

Reports

The Semester 1 Reports will be sent to you digitally at the end of this week. As we are using COMPASS for many of procedures in the office and the classroom – you will be able to download your child’s report. You would have had login and password when you booked in for interviews at the end of Term 1.

Athletics

Congratulations to our 2019 Age Champions!

Back Row: Nathan Harrison, Jamie Harrison, Alicia Rae, Chase Austin, Jacob Svarc, Joshua Purdevski
Front Row: Ella Sammut, Liana Meta, Bianca Meta, Mikaela Markovski

As part of your agreement at enrolment we ask that your child’s hair be neat and tidy. I am noticing that there are a few children with hair over their face. Can I please ask that you honour the commitment you signed and have your child please return to school next term with a sensible and neat and tidy haircut?

Good health and blessings for a great break.

Mrs Anne Duggan
Principal

Our SPB4L focus for this week (Week 10) and Week 1 of Term 3 is the Toilets

In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:

• Walk quietly to the toilet
• Flush the toilet after use
• Wash hands using one pump of soap
• Dry hands with one sheet of paper towel
• Put paper towel in the bin
• Be quiet during toilet visits
• Walk quickly and quietly back to class

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on respectful, responsible and safe use of the Toilets to be taught include:

1. Shouting
2. Wasting paper towels or dropping them on the floor
3. Running or playing in or near the toilet
4. Putting toilet rolls into the toilet
5. Putting paper towels into the toilet

We would very much appreciate your discussing these weekly focuses with your children and reviewing the expected and non-acceptable behaviours in our endeavour to see that St Patrick’s is a more respectful, responsible and safe learning community for all.

SPB4L Data

Throughout Weeks 8 and 9,  62 Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards were awarded whilst there were 5  incidences of Inappropriate behaviour recorded. What wonderful news this is to report

WE’RE GOING GREENER - NUDE FOOD EVERYDAY

Data will be collected one day each week with the class that has most students bringing ‘Nude Food’ to school during Term 2 enjoying scones baked in the wood fire oven in the garden in Week 10 with thanks to Mr Mattas. Due to unforeseen circumstances the scones will now be baked in Week 1 of next term. I imagine they’ll taste even better then

Week 8 Data

Of the 140 students included in the count 102 brought Nude Food to school. This equates to 73% of the student population.

The most sustainable class in Week 8 was Year 5 with 92% of the students bringing Nude Food.

Hip-hip hooray Year 5.

Week 9 Data

Of the 169 students at school last week for the count 131 brought Nude Food to school. This equates to 78% of the student population.

Last weeks most sustainable class was Years 4 with 88% of the students bringing Nude Food.

Hip-hip hooray Year 4.

Best Wishes
Mr Gavan Hoctor

MEDALLION WINNERS

     

Sophia Dimovski - Yr 3, Cameron Culshaw - Yr 3, William Culshaw - Yr 6

Congratulations to the following students receiving awards:

Principals Awards:

Bede Woods 2

Uniform Awards:

Amelie Mineeff K
Tiarna Di Ciaccio 2
Zachary Mauriello 5
Mia Meta 6

Library Awards:

Congratulations and a very Happy Birthday to the following students celebrating over the next two weeks:

Cleo Capocchiano Kinder - 04/07, Georgia Stojanovski Kinder - 29/07, Ava D'Angola Yr 1 - 07/07, Kimora Markovski Yr 1 - 15/07, Gabrella Scaricamazza Yr 1 - 27/07, Maya Dimitrovski Yr 2 - 11/07, Sebastian Scaricamazza Yr 2 - 18/07, Bowen Sharrock Yr 4 - 28/07, Emily Woods Yr 4 - 15/07, Dezi Kalimnios Yr 5 - 20/07, Ruby Nguyen Yr 5 - 22/07, Maree Theodosiadis Yr 5 - 26/07, Ella Yates Yr 5 - 02/07

Confirmation – Year 6

Several students from Year 6 have begun their Confirmation workshops, which run for an hour once a week for 4 weeks. These workshops aim to support the students and best prepare them for this significant event. Confirmation will take place on Tuesday, 27 August at 7:30pm, and we are very excited to have Bishop Brian Mascord joining us on this evening. All community members are welcome and encouraged to attend!

June Mission Star

A very big thankyou to anyone who nominated a student, staff member or community member for the June Mission Star Award. We have been inundated with nominations which is testament to the amazing attitude and ‘missionary lens’ that our community has!

The June Mission Star will be announced at the assembly on Thursday.

Kind Regards

Mr Sam Mattas
Acting Religious Education Coordinator 

Thank you to the many parents that helped by place judging, supervising and measuring. Without your assistance these days could not be run. House point winners were St Joseph (Red) then, Mother Margaret (Blue) followed by St Francis (Yellow) and then St Patrick’s (Green)

Age Champions

8 Years

1st Liana Meta, 2nd Sophia Dimovski, 3rd Eleni Michaloudakis, 4th Riley Fogarty
1st Jacob Svarc, 2nd Marco Alves, 3rd Toby Ritchie, 4thNikhil Carolan

9 Years

1st Ella Sammut, 2nd Taylah Curtis, 3rd Alani Tanevski, 4th Ella Murzevski
1st Nathan Harrison, 2nd Dylan Capocchiano, 3rd Lucas Pucillo, 4th Mikki Jovanovski

10 Years

1st Bianca Meta, 2nd Lily Ritchie, 3rd Maya Rizovska, 4th Zora Tanevski
1st Jamie Harrison, 2nd Joshua Purdevski, 3rd Theodore Ntallaris, 4th Lukas Markovski

11 Years

1st Alicia Rae, 2nd Sienna Curtis, 3rd Ella Yates, 4th Shaelyn Petkovski 
1st Chase Austin, 2nd Christian Sammut, 3rd Jacob Pucillo, 4th Declan Aquilina

12 Years

1st Mikaela Markovski, 2nd Chloe Malby, 3rd Isis Romancewicz, 4th Jasmyn Mayne
1st Christian Purdevski, 2nd Kade Gardiner, 3rd Nathaniel Grainger, 4th Dominic Santosa

South Coast Athletics Carnival

The children in the school athletics team going to the next level will receive a note. The team is chosen as follows:

100m - 2 boys & 2 girls per age group- 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
200m - 2 boys & 2 girls per category – Junior (8,9,10), 11, Senior (12+)
800m -1 boy & 1 girl per category - Junior, 11, Senior 
Field Events-1 boy & 1 girl per category – Junior, 11, Senior

South Coast Athletics Carnival - 13 August (Back up 20/8)
Diocesan Trials - Diocesan Trials 20 August (back up 22/8)

Japanese news and upcoming events

During term 2, infants classes began to learn some Japanese language and culture with Mrs Aoki. Children have learned some greetings and simple songs, as well as looking at some of the similarities and differences between Japan and Australia. The children have responded with great enthusiasm and especially enjoyed learning about Children’s Day, a national holiday and festival to celebrate the health and happiness of children.

If your children are interested in watching some classical Japanese animated films, SBS World Movies (digital channel 32) will be celebrating Studion Ghibli (think the Japanese equivalent to Disney) on July 6 and 7. These films will be shown in English language versions.

Also, if you are looking for something different to do during the upcoming school holidays, the Japan Foundation in Sydney is running a traditional Japanese kite making workshop.  The two hour workshop is run by a visiting Kite master from Japan and will be held on Thursday 11 July. For more information, visit the Japan Foundation’s website:

Dear Parents