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Dear Parent/Carer
What a Wonderful Week it has been full of Book Week cheer. Thank you for your effort in organising the Book Week costumes with and for your children. They have looked wonderful and the children have proudly paraded through each class each morning. It has indeed been an exciting way to start each day. There are lot and lots of photos of the children dressed in their Book Week Costumes uploaded on the school Facebook Page for you to view.
Thank you to Mrs Bowater who has been involved from afar for sending in videos of her book readings for the children to enjoy.
Thank you also to our wonderful Mrs Carey and Mrs Plataniotis who have been responsible for all of the behind the scenes work leading up to and throughout this week to ensure this Book Week has been the extraordinary success that it has. Hip hip hooray!
Morning Prayer
Our morning prayer routine has changed.
As of this Term we begin each week with reciting our School Prayer on Monday. From Tuesday to Friday however our morning prayers have changed.
On Tuesday Morning we pray the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. On Wednesday morning we pray the Prayer of St Patrick. On Thursday Morning we pray to St Mary of the Cross MacKillop and on Friday we pray for Mother Margherita (The Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Heart Of Jesus).
These are included for you below:
Playground Affirmation Awards
During this Term each and every student who receives a Playground Affirmation Award will fortunately share in the weekly Lucky Dip draw. Normally, just the one student whose award is drawn from the container is the lucky one however we are able to acknowledge every student with a Lucky Dip using the prizes that were donated by you for the Great Fete.
Monster Raffle Extravaganza -Exciting News
Our Monster raffle Extravaganza will be launc
hed in November. Thank you to the parents who have been working towards this exciting event. Wait to you learn how many prizes there are. I’ll bet you will never guess!
Staff Wellbeing Professional Learning Day
Next Friday, October 30, is a day dedicated to staff wellbeing.
Students are Not required to attend school on this day.
Staff will be engaging in professional learning in order to improve their wellbeing.
Thank you!
Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB4L)
Our SPB4L focus for next week (Week 3) is Respecting Playtime
In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:
- Use equipment for its right purpose
- Return all equipment to the correct container
- Return other people’s equipment directly to them
- Return food containers to the class tubs
- Tie skipping ropes when returning them
- Walk on the concrete
Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respecting Playtime to be taught include:
- Throwing/kicking balls away from the people playing with them
- Hitting people with equipment
- Leaving equipment out on the playground
- Not tying skipping ropes
- Leaving food containers on the playground
- Playing chasing games on the concrete
Our PB4L focus for Week 4 is Good Sportsmanship
In the explicit teaching lessons the expected behaviours taught will be:
- Waiting my turn
- Using good manners
- Playing by the rules (playing fairly)
- Encouraging others
- Keeping my hands, feet and objects to myself
- Taking it when I’m out
- Being a gracious winner
Examples of behaviours that negatively impact Respectful, responsible and safe Sportsmanship to be taught include:
- Pushing in
- Talking rudely to others (screaming)
- Ignoring the rules
- Making hurtful comments (putting people down)
- Being physically aggressive
- Not taking it out
- Being a sore loser
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.
PB4L Data
It is with pride that I inform you that over the last two weeks (Weeks 1 and 2 ) 24 students were given Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards whilst there were only 2 incidences of Inappropriate behavior recorded.
Congratulations and thank you boys and girls. Please continue to act respectfully, responsibly and safely.
Mr Gavan Hoctor - Assistant Principal
REC Update – W2 – T4
Catholic Mission Fundraiser – Art Sale!
The Mini Vinnies team will be raising money for Catholic Mission next week by selling artworks from our wonderful student artists at St Patrick’s! Early in the year students from every class produced an artwork that was intended to be sold at the school fete, however the fete was cancelled, so we will be selling these art works to raise money for those in need.
- What for: We are raising money for children with disabilities in Cambodia – all money raised goes to the Arrupe Centre in Cambodia, which helps to empower children with disabilities
- How much: $2 per student artwork, or $5 for families with 3 or more children
- When: artworks will be sent home at the end of Week 3
- How: an envelope will be given to your child, please return it with the correct money and your child’s or children’s name and the great artworks will be yours
Many thanks for your support!
September Mission Star!
A big congratulations to the September Mission Star Award recipient, our resident Vice Captain Chase Austin. We are very excited in having Chase as the mission star winner, because he is the first male recipient of the award all year. It’s also great to have one of the school leaders being role models for all the students at St Patrick’s. Well done Chase!
The Mission Star Award is especially unique and special as nominations come from all members of the school community, not just teachers.
Term 4 Prefects
These boys and girls have been carefully chosen by their teachers as leaders and role models for their class in their role as class prefects for Term 4. They realise the importance of committing themselves to being a safe, respectful and responsible member of our school.
Congratulations to the following students:
Kinder: Leah Dragarski and Luka Batur
Year 1: Eva Zafiropoulos and Mikayla Dimovski
Year 2: Jacob Dimitrijevic and Charlotte Vasquez
Year 3: Tyler Burns and Sienna Fargnoli
Year 4: Stephanie Saliba and Teo Coupe
Year 5: Ella Murzevski and Jamie Harrison
Kind Regards,
Mr Sam Mattas
Religious Education Coordinator
St Patrick’s is proud to be promoting Nude Food again this Term.
Nude Food is simply food that is not wrapped in foil, plastic or commercial packaging. The best type of Nude Food consists mainly of fresh food, so that it is healthy and nutritious PLUS environmentally friendly.
Promoting Nude Food empowers students to make conscious choices about what they eat, and encourages them to think about their impact on the environment.
Nude Food Tips:
- Cutlery from home is better than throwaway plastic ones
- Reusable drink bottles
- Reusable containers for putting all of your food, snacks and drinks into
You can visit https://www.nudefoodday.com.au/resources/ for Nude Food recipe ideas.
This year council will be developing the King George V Oval Master Plan. We want to hear your thoughts about how we can improve this space for the whole community. It’s important we get the right balance for its use as a sporting social and green space.
Visit www.our.wollongong.nsw.
If you would like to chat more about this project please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Engagement Team
