Week 4 Term 4 2018

Reflecting on All Saints and All Souls
This week we celebrate the Feast of All Saints and All Souls. Here is a special prayer.

Lord God, we remember with love all those who have died.. (Pause for silent reflection)

We ask for the support of all your saints who by their persistence and example have shown us how to live and love in Your ways. Give us strength to cope with the daily routines that wear us down. Help us to act as your witnesses when we respond to each other with love, not with impatience, carelessness, rudeness or fear. In your love, we can find our way forward into your promised heaven.

We ask this through Christ our Lord,
Amen

Sports Day Report from Michelle Barclay

What a great display of colour, team spirit and talent we had at our School Sports Day at Duncan Mackinnon Reserve yesterday!! Children had the opportunity to show their skills and experience athletics events, on a fun day with a fantastic atmosphere (despite the heat)!

Special thanks to the wonderful parent helpers who offered their time and assistance on the day. We greatly appreciated those who could help out with Yr 3-6 field events, Prep-2 activity circuit, track events, first aid and transporting all the equipment- the day couldn't have run smoothly without you.

Congratulations to the Yr 6 leaders who embraced their roles on the day and led the school in cheers and promoting a fantastic team spirit. Well done to Grabau (gold) house who were awarded the Spirit of St Patrick's shield and Tobin (green) who were the winning house for 2018.

Special thanks to Michelle Barclay, our wonderful Physical Education Leader for coordinating another fantastic Sports Day !! Thanks to the efforts of all of our staff too for helping to make the day such a success.

St Pat's High Performance in Reading and Comprehension Results Years 1-6

Currently the teachers are administering, collating and analysing data on our students’ performance in literacy and maths. The following table highlights the percentage of students at each year level operating one year or more above the expected standard in reading. This aligns with the NAPLAN data presented in last week’s Shamrock. Typically, 25% of students in a cohort operate at this level. In most cases our results are double that expected benchmark. Next week we will feature our maths results.

Have a safe long weekend with your families. We look forward to seeing you back at school on Wednesday 7th November.

Booklists
All booklists should now have been lodged if you require collection from Rovira House on December 5th.

Plastic Bottle tops

Miss Karin is calling for any colored plastic bottle tops for the next major art project...eg .lemonade, juice, milk bottle tops.  All donations of washed tops can be placed in the box in the office foyer.

Kids Artworks

The children have been busily preparing their art piece (under the creative guidance of Miss Karin) for the annual 2019 Kids Artwork calendar.  These make great Christmas presents.

For those wanting to see the finished piece before purchase, they will be available to view under the portico from 3.15pm today November 2nd.

The order forms need to be returned to school.  Payment can be made in cash or through Trybooking. Please note if  you are paying through Trybooking, please write the receipt number on the form instead of the cash amount.

Important Term 4 Dates:
Monday 5th November            School Closure Day
Tuesday 6th November            Melbourne Cup Day
Friday 9th November               Orders close for Kids Artworks calendars
Tuesday 13th November          Prep Information Night @ 7pm
Wednesday 21st November      School Closure Day
Monday 26th November          Swimming Program  commences (P-4)  (note to follow)
                                                 Year 5/6 Beach/Sailing program commences
Wednesday 5th December        Booklist collection
Friday 7th December               Music Melodies Concert
Wednesday 19th December     Last day of term 4 (children dismissed @ 1pm)

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