St Patrick's Catholic Parish Primary School Port Kembla eNewsletter

Dear Parents

Thank you for another wonderful term together - how it has flown!

Last week we completed our School Cyclic Inquiry. This was quite an involved process that will help shape the future priorities for our school. We will share more information about this with you next term, but I wanted to thank all the parents who completed the Tell Them from Me survey, and especially to those parents who were able to form the parent panel on the day.

Term 3

Please see attached the term overview for Term 3. We hope you find these dates useful when managing your calendars and work commitments.

Term 3 Overview

Please be mindful, the first day of Term 3 for students is Tuesday 18 July. Monday 17 July is a pupil free day.

Grandparents Day

Next term we will host our Grandparents Day! As part of our celebrations we are inviting you to send in a photo of your child(ren) with their grandparents. These must be received by Friday 21 July. Unfortunately, photos received after this date can not be included. Please email photos to info@sppkdow.catholic.edu.au

We are also asking students in Years 3 and 4 to bring in a plate of food that will be shared with all grandparents on the day.

We hope to be able to have the Canteen open on the day, so that if grandparents want to spoil their grandchildren with treats on the day, they will be able to do so.

Excellence Awards

Congratulations to the following recipients of Term 2 Excellence Awards! Students receive these awards for displaying excellence in achievement, improvement or effort.

MacKillop: Lara Kusa, Maddison Kurtz, Ruby White, Meila Kusa, Leonardo Medina, Kimora Markovski & Ari Austin

English: Noah Hunt, Bridgette Blacker, Lucia Sharpe, Audrey Woods, Cleo Capocchiano, Sean Timbs & Delilah Calleja

Mathematics: Rohan Carolan, Rocco Lukarovski, Ethan Fargnoli, Ashton Kotevski, Citrine Nguyen, Fiona Meta & Nikhil Carolan

PB4L: Anden Kotevski, Sebastian Mattas, Hannah Dray, Henry Juhasz, Tori Fogarty, Clara Dray & Sienna Fargnoli

Communication Survey

Thank you to those parents who have completed the communication survey. This information will assist us in ensuring we communicate news and events in the most optimal manner for our community.

If you haven’t yet completed the survey, please click on the following link:

Communication Survey

Confirmation Congratulations

Congratulations to Levi Marras Scerri in Year 6 who received the Sacrament of Confirmation last Wednesday. May he continue to live in the footsteps of Jesus as a Confirmed Catholic, being filled with the Holy Spirit.

Congratulations to Miss Dowsett for being awarded the Dean's Merit List for achieving a ranking in the top 5% of students.

We welcomed the very exciting news that Caitlin (Yr 4) and Mia (Yr 2) welcomed their baby brother to the world on 15 June. Congratulations to the Lock family on the safe arrival of Jackson James!

Ms Gabi Tobin - Principal

POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS FOR LEARNING (PB4L)

Our PB4L focus for Week 1 next Term is Being a Peaceful Problem Solver

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

Our PB4L focus for Week 2 is the No, Stop, Don’t - 3 Step Plan

We teach this to the students so that they have a way to manage situations with other students if they feel that are being treated disrespectfully, irresponsibly, or unsafely. In the explicit teaching lessons, the expected behaviours taught will be:

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 54 students were given Citizenship, Merit, Library or Uniform Awards or Playground Affirmation Awards whilst there were 6 incidents of Inappropriate behaviour recorded.

Mr Gavan Hoctor - Assistant Principal

Year 4 were greeted with a pristine winter’s day on Monday June 19 as they spent the day in The Living Classroom with myself and Aaron (our permaculture guru). We had an absolutely cracking day learning in great detail about how our proximity to the ocean and the escarpment impacts on the climate in our garden. The children were also lucky enough to receive a masterclass from Aaron on ‘biodynamics’, and the children prepared biodynamic fertilisers applied as potentised liquid sprays to bring healing, vitality, and sensitivity to the garden. They also painted fruit trees with a biodynamic tree paste, built a massive ‘hot compost’, harvested hundreds of mandarins, and planted a few dragon-fruit trees.
It was a day to remember for all of us! Huge thanks to Aaron for joining us for the day.
Pizzas may be back on the menu next term!

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All the best,
Mr Sam Mattas
Religious Education Coordinator

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Term 2 has come to an end and many of the students have completed their Premier's Reading Challenge. There are some students still completing the challenge. The challenge is finishing on the 18th of August. All students need to have their reading entered onto the website by this date. If your child is needing assistance please remind them to see me in the library. Enjoy the holidays!

Thank you,

Mrs Carey - Library

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Wishing all the children celebrating birthdays over the next few weeks all the very best wishes.

Xavier Woods - Kinder

Cleo Capocchiano - Year 4

Caitlin Lock - Year 4

Ava D'Angola - Year 5

Maya Dimitrovski - Year 6

Kimora Markovski - Year 5

Leo Ayala - Year 1

Tia Dimovski - Year 5

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Creative Writing Competition

Earlier this term Sofia Mineeff and Nikhil Carolan, from Year 6, entered the Dymocks Beyond Words Creative Writing Competition. They have to wait until August to hear whether their stories have been longlisted. The winners of the competition will then be announced in September. We wish them the best of luck. Please enjoy the writing of these future authors.

Miss Doro

Sofia - What A Mirror Sees....

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What a 'galamorous' day it was at the Netball Gala Day. The students had an absolute ball! Some students were trying a new sport for the first time, and some were brushing up on their skills to get them warmed up for their weekend games. The high levels of respect and encouragement from our students was a delight to see. Thank you to Mr Mattas for pushing out the information and organising the teams/equipment, and our staff for ensuring the day went smoothly. A very special thank you to Mrs Lokys, Mrs Markovski and Mrs Pucillo for taking the time out of their week to manage our teams. The day wouldn't have been a success without you.

Mr Tom Mindzas

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Life Education Van Visit	Tues 10, Wed 11, Thurs 12 June
School Athletics Carnival	Friday 20 June	Beaton Park
Whole School Mass Feast of the Sacred Heart	Friday 27 June
Book Week Parade	Wednesday 27 August