St Pat's Shamrock: Week 4, Term 1, 2019

Today is the Feast of the Chair of Peter, you can read all about it above. The Pope carries on the mission of the church today.

Thank you to everyone who attended the Family Mass last week and to our children who participated so enthusiastically.

Our next family mass will be on Sunday 17th March for St Patrick's day. Mass will be followed by a special celebration to reveal and open the time capsule left in the school 25 years ago. We have been instructed to open it on St Patrick's day and will prepare a special celebration for the event. We will keep you informed.

Here is an invitation to join the Parish Family mass choir:
Hello Families,
There is a small choir that leads the singing at family masses.
This is made up of past parents and other volunteers, but we
would love to have some members of the current school community.
It involves only a small amount of time, as in one hour of practice on
an evening of the week leading up to the Family Mass. This is not even
compulsory! If you like to sing or if you play a musical instrument, we'd
love you to join us.They say singing is good for you!!

I hope to hear from you, all you budding musicians and singers!
Cheers from Cathie Nankervis. Ph 0409140332

Parent Meetings/ Open Morning Thursday 21st March 9-10am

Thank you to all of the parents who completed the information forms and attended the parent meetings during the week.

As mentioned at the recent Connection Evening, there will be an open morning on Thursday 21st March from 9am - 10am. This gives everyone an opportunity to drop in and visit their child's classroom.

Level newsletters and timetables
You can access the class termly newsletters, timetables and much more on our Learning Community site. Just go to the Year Level tab and check the drop down menus. You can also view specialist teacher timetables and term outlines as well as curriculum and other information including details from the Parish Education Board and the Parents and Friends association.

Supervised Eating Breaks

Please ensure your children have a healthy snack to keep them fueled with food especially on the days they have a lunch order. Each day, the children have a supervised eating time at the first break (11:15-11:25) followed by 30 minutes of play and then supervised eating at the second break (1:40-1:50) followed by 30 minutes of play. This term, we trialed the lunch orders arriving earlier in time for the end of the first break. Student preference is to have the lunch orders arrive for the start of the second break. Lunch orders will be delivered in time for the second break starting on Monday. Students without lunch orders may eat lunch at the first break if they wish.

Enrolments 2020 and 2021

Sibling forms are available from the office or please email Jenny to request a form. Enrolment tours have begun for new families. You can view our updated Information Booklet for 2020 at this link.

SCHOOL FEES

All families should have now received their school fees for 2019.

The payment methods include,

· Direct Debit from your bank account straight to the school account.

School Bank Details NAB 083-347

Account Number 4864 55418

· Electronic Eftpos at the school office.

· Payment by cash directly at the school office.

Please ensure that you use your family name or family code as a means of us identifying who the payment is from.

You may choose to pay your fees by Term, in a lump sum by 30/06/2019, or as a Direct Debit Payment Plan.

All fees must be paid in full by the end of Term 3 (20/09/2019).

Please contact Jenny directly if you have any questions or worries about the payment of fees.

SCHOOL FEE PAYMENT SCHEDULE 2019

*FEES*	*PAYMENT DUE DATES*
FIRST INSTALMENT	01/03/2019
SECOND INSTALMENT	17/05/2019
THIRD INSTALMENT	19/08/2019

Payment in full	30/06/2019

Family Fees
Family Fees $2616.00
Capital Levy $350.00
School Maintenance Levy $75.00

Levies
Curriculum Levy $360.00 (per student)
Sport Levy Yr 5/6 $150.00
Sacramental Levy Yr6 $25.00
Sacramental Levy Yr4 $25.00
Sacramental Levy Yr3 $25.00
Camp Fees Yr 5/6 $400.00
Public Speaking Yr 5/6 (to be advised)
NB School camp is a compulsory part of the school curriculum.

DENDY TENNIS DAY

Congratulations to Sasmi D, Millie E, Lachlan S and Patrick C who represented St Pat's in the Dendy Tennis Tournament today. We are very proud of their efforts and the respectful and sporting behaviour they displayed on the court. They showed some excellent skills and put in a strong and consistent effort throughout the competition. Well done!