A Prayer For Rain

Heavenly Father, our need is simple - rain for our thirsty land - and only you, and you alone can fulfil that need. Our tanks and dams are nearly empty, like our hopes for this season.

Please, loving God, bring us rain to renew the ground, to replenish our dams, to bring some chance of feed, to bring the possibility of some reward to those who have toiled so hard. We turn to you in faith and hope.

We pray for the community. We pray for all those whose lives are under the shadow of drought. We think of those who work with the land, for farmers and their families, for those who rely upon the land for their life and relationships.

We offer all these prayers in the name of Jesus.

Amen

Dear Parents

Thank you to the Parish last weekend for hosting High Tea in the hall. The school had a table and we enjoyed good company and great delicacies.

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After School Care 2020

A waiting list link is below – please fill in your interest. This is for both new and existing families.

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Congratulations to Mikaela Markovski in Year 6 who accepted her sport medallion at St Mary’s in Wollongong last Friday night. Both Mrs Pulbrook and I attended the function and were very proud of Mikaela’ s achievements across many sports this year.

 Kinder 2020

Today we had our last get together with our next year’s Kindergartens. They have met their buddies and friends in this year’s Kindergarten. We welcomed into our St Patrick’s community during a special liturgy in the church. Thank you to Mr Mattas for preparing such a beautiful event.

      

Kinder 2020 with their buddies                         Kinder 2019

Congratulations to the Carolan family who yesterday welcomed a new baby brother. We wish the family God’s blessing.

Good health and best wishes for a great fortnight

Mrs Anne Duggan - Principal

SPB4L FOCUS Weeks 6 and 7

Mr Gavan Hoctor

Assistant Principal

REC Update – W6 – T4

Staff Spirituality Day

On Monday November 18^th the St Patrick’s staff had our annual ‘Staff Spirituality Day’. This year the focus was on completing the final module of the ‘Educating with a Mission Lens’ program, module 6. The focus for this particular module included a need to:

• Express a deeper understanding of culture with particular reference to Catholic identity
• Explain the impact on culture of behaviours, decisions and language
• Identify Key Mission Behaviours and gently examine how they are reflected in our actions, decisions and language.

It was a fantastic day and the staff were actively engaged throughout. Please remember to keep an eye out for those people in our community who are being ‘Mission Stars’, and nominate them for the ‘Mission Star of the Month’ award.

 First Holy Communion

A friendly reminder that many of our Year 3 students are receiving the sacrament of Holy Communion on Sunday November 24^th at 11am and all families and friends are welcome to attend. The girls and boys have reconciliation and a rehearsal on Thursday of this week, the 21^st, at 6:30pm. Parents/guardians need to be in attendance on Thursday evening.

 Kind Regards,

Mr Sam Mattas

Religious Education Coordinator 

Wollongong Diocese Girls Tennis and Basketball Trials 

On 19 November 2019, the 2020 Diocesan Tennis and Basketball  trials will be taking place. Taylah Curtis will be attempting to make the Wollongong Diocese Girls Basketball Team. While Liana Meta and Zora Tanevski will be attempting to make the Wollongong Diocese Girls Tennis Team.  We wish the girls the best of luck at these trials.

23rd Annual CDF Sports Awards 

Congratulations to Mikaela Markovski on being awarded a Wollongong Diocese Sports Council Medallion. Mikaela represented the Wollongong Diocese at the MacKillop level in two teams. She also demonstrated that she embraced the ethos of the School and Diocesan teams by participating at her best, behaving respectfully and competing with good sportsmanship. Mikaela excelled in the  sports of Athletics and Touch. Well done Mikaela.

Mrs Anna Pulbrook
Sport Coordinator

Congratulations to the following students receiving awards:

Principals Awards:

Rory M Kinder, Georgia S Kinder, Charlotte B, Yr1, Lara D Yr1, Kora G Yr2, Shaelyn P Yr6

Uniform: 

Alana S Yr4, Liana M Yr3, Levi M Yr2, Mason K Yr1

Medallion:   Felicia D Year 4

Congratulations and a very Happy Birthday to the following students:

Christian N Yr3, Jayden S Yr6, Alicia M Yr1, Alana S Yr4, Maya R Yr4,

Sienna S Yr4, Clara D Yr1, Ryley S Yr5, Lukas M Yr4, Isla L Kinder

Congratulations to the following students who sat the UNSW ICAS Assessments: 

English:

Abbie L Yr4 Distinction

Annika J Yr5 Credit

Sofia M Yr 2 Credit

Jacob S Yr2 Participation

Spelling:

Elleanor P Yr5 High Distinction, Abbie L Yr4 Credit,

Jacob S Yr2 Credit                                      

Science: 

Sofia M Yr2 Credit, Abbie L Yr4 Credit, Nikhil C Yr2 Merit

Mathematics: 

Aaron P Yr3 Distinction

Nikhil C Yr2 Credit

Elleanor P Yr5 Participation

Annika J Yr5 Participation

Jacob S Yr2 Participation

Calendar Term 4 2019  (subject to change)

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