Dear Parents

 God with us, and Father of us all, please bless the parents of our school

so that they willingly join with us and support us as we help develop the lives of

their children and lead them to your Son, Jesus.

Please keep in your prayers our families some of which are experiencing loss and sadness at this time .

First Holy Communion

Over the last few weeks our Year 3 children have been preparing for the Sacrament of Holy Communion. On Sunday they will receive the Sacrament .

May they always know the Peace of Jesus, the Light of His Love and the Joy of His Life within them.

Student Leadership 2021

The process for electing school captains, vice-captains, Liturgy leader, Community Leader, Environmental Leader and Sports Captains will commence as of yesterday­­­­­­­. I spoke to Year 5 students about the concept of student leadership yesterday and have invited them to nominate for these positions. I have asked the boys and girls to send me an email informing me of which position/s they will be nominating.
They do not need to send me their speech this year however they need to prepare a speech for December 1^st. Those interested ( School Captains, Liturgy, Community and Environmental leaders ) will be asked to present a short speech  on why they would like to nominate for a position and what qualities they possess that would make them ideal candidates. These speeches will take place on Tuesday 2nd December at 11am in the breakout space and shared with Yrs 3, 4, 5 and 6 classrooms on their TVs. Voting will then occur for ALL positions.

Year 6 Graduation

Following Diocesan Guidelines we are able to hold Year 6 graduation. Even though this is great news for our boys and girls this year’s celebration will look very different. A letter will be sent out to you tomorrow detailing the event. 

Classes 2021

In next fortnight’s newsletter I will communicate staffing for next year.

Remembrance Day

Last week November 11^th the whole school took part in a COVID safe liturgy and presentation of floral tributes in our Anzac Garden. We observed one minute’s silence in memory of those men and women who died and suffered in all wars and armed conflicts.

 Good health, peace and blessings for the next fortnight.

Mrs Anne Duggan - Principal

Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB4L)

Our PB4L focus for next week (Week 7) is Respecting the School Environment

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

* Putting my rubbish in the correct bin

* Packing up my toys

* Putting my lunch box and drink bottle in the class tub

* Staying in-bounds

* Cleaning up any mess I make

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact on Respecting the School Environment to be taught include:

* Littering

* Leaving my toys behind

* Leaving my lunch box or drink bottle behind

* Going out-of-bounds

* Leaving a mess

Our PB4L focus for Week 8 is Respectful, Responsible and Safe Waste Managenemt

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

Please:

* Putting my food waste in the compost bin 


* Putting paper and cardboard waste in the recycling bin

* Putting foil, plastic bags and Gladwrap in the rubbish bin

* Taking uneaten food home in my lunchbox

Examples of behaviours that negatively impact Respectful, responsible and safe Waste Management to be taught include:

* Throwing food scraps in either the rubbish or recycling bin

* Leaving my rubbish in the classroom, breakout space or on the playground

* Throwing away uneaten food

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 4 and 5) students were given Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards whilst there were 4 incidences of Inappropriate behavior recorded.

Congratulations and thank you boys and girls. Please continue to act respectfully, responsibly and safely.

SEMESTER 2 REPORTS 

Please be advised that Semester 2 Reports will be sent home on Wednesday December 9.

Please see below information from the Catholic Education Office about the Semester 2 reports.

Due to Covid-19, the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) has permitted schools to select the content that will form the basis of educational programs for Kindergarten to Year 10 students during 2020. As a result, not all syllabus content will be reported upon in Semester 2.

WEEK 6 AWARDS

KINDERGARTEN

YEAR ONE

YEAR TWO

YEAR THREE

YEAR FOUR

YEAR FIVE

YEAR SIX

Samuel Curcio - Year 6

Samuel Stojcevski - Year 5

Bowen Sharrock - Year 5

Wishing all the children who are celebrating or who have recently celebrated all the very best on their birthday.

Christian Nagy - Year 4

Alicia Morgan - Year 2

Alana Sirijovski - Year 5

Maya Rizovska - Year 5

Sienna Schettino - Year 5

Ryley Smith - Year 6

Clara Dray - Year 2

Lukas Markovski - Year 5

Isla Lukarovski - Year 2

Congratulations Wollongong Diocese Team

On Tuesday 17 November, The Wollongong Diocese basketball and tennis trials were held. Congratulations go to Liana Meta and Taylah Curtis who have been selected to represent Wollongong Diocese in Tennis and Basketball respectively. Taylah will be in the Wollongong Diocese basketball team and Liana in the tennis team at the NSW MacKillop Trials to be staged at Beaton Park Gwynneville in February  2021. 

Well done also to Alani Tanevski who tried out for the Tennis team also. Some great talent at St Patrick's. 

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We had some special fruity guests at assembly to help Miss Cappetta talk about Nude Food. They visited each class to conduct our weekly audit of the children's lunch boxes. So far, Year 6 is in the lead. Well done Year 6!