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.

LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR FAITH!

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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.

https://prodadmin.myxplor.com/enrollment/index/c0lyeGdFMTB0bDJvU0h6TkVWbXdZZz09

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

Term 2 Prefects

Congratulations to the following girls and boys who are our Term 2 Prefects:

Kindergarten: Jett Kinnas and Tori Fogarty

Year 1: Ellirah Gavin and Mason Kuzmanovski

Year 2: Delilah Calleja and Bede Woods

Year 3: Riley Fogarty and Toby Ritchie

Year 4: Madeleine Mineeff and Issaiah Marras Scerri

Year 5: Nate Mihalopoulos and Madeleine Grainger

Families and friends are welcome and encouraged to join us at the leadership induction ceremony on Thursday of Week 3, 16 May at 9am.

 ‘Mission’ Focus

All community members are encouraged to take part in our Mission journey at St Patrick’s. Try to keep an eye out through your ‘mission lens’ for any students, staff or parents/family members showing acts of kindness, compassion, justice, humility, respect, or any other action that is doing what Jesus would want us to be doing today.

When you witness these acts of mission, you can do two things:

1.  Nominate them for the ‘Mission Star’ award by filling out a nomination form in the red mission boxes either outside the school office, or on the prayer table in the breakout space
2. Write a brief note outlining the actions you have seen – give this to me and I will type it up, laminate it and include it on our ‘Mission Wall’ in the school building

These small gestures go a long way and combine to build upon the brilliant culture we have in our school community.

Congratulations to the following students receiving awards:

 Principals Awards:

Gabriella Scaricamazza Yr1, Jerome Fonoti Kinder, Simona Stojcevski Yr2

Gold Awards:  

Kora Gebauer Yr1

Library Awards:

Lily Ritchie Yr5, Elleanor Pasztor Yr5, Dante Hernandez Yr5, Ella Murzevski Yr4, Irene Mihalopulos Yr4, Bianca Meta Yr4, Aaaron Pasztor Yr3, Hannah Dos Santos Yr1, Milla Lokys Yr1, Fiona Meta Yr1, George Mihalopoulos Kinder, Marlin Lyon, Kinder, Whole Class Award - Year 1

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

Ari Austin 2, 5/5,  Lily Meizer 4, 5/5, Aaron Pasztor 3, 6/5, Alexander Rostankovski 5, 8/5, Stephanie Saliba 3, 11/5, Ella Sammut 4, 11/5, Khalilah Zipparo 5, 12/5, Lucas Peoples 2, 14/5, Annika Cieplucha K,  17/5, Amelie Mineeff K, 17/5

• students need to use their log on details that were given to them to enter the books they have been reading;
• they need to do the above so that I can see how well they are doing and also for their Premiers Reading Challenge Award at the end of August/September. I've noticed a lot of students have logged on but not entered the books they've read;
• if your child is having difficulty logging on please come and see me in the library to assist them in this process.

NO CANTEEN WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 2019 DUE TO LACK OF VOLUNTEERS

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

With thanks to Melissa Todev and Sandra Mauriello