Week 2 Term 3 2019

San Damiano Cross
This week, the staff received a gift of a San Damiano Cross for the staff room from my visit to Assisi in Italy. The San Damiano Cross is the large Romanesque cross before which St. Francis of Assisi was praying when he is said to have received the commission from the Lord to rebuild the Church. It now hangs in the Basilica of Saint Clare (Basilica di Santa Chiara) in Assisi, Italy, with a replica in its original position in the church of San Damiano nearby. Franciscans regard this cross as a symbol of their mission to commit their lives and resources to renewing and rebuilding the Church.

This cross depicts the joy and the hope of the resurrected Jesus.

We are positive

At assembly we introduced the value we are focussing on this term "We are positive". The children viewed a video about a boy who has a very positive outlook on life considering the challenges of his disabilities.
In the coming weeks the children will be discussing ways to have a positive attitude to their learning and ways to be positive in all that they do.

Congratulations Cori, Lylah, Maya and MacKenzie PLEASE Go online and support our St Pat's dancers 

Four St Patrick’s students were lucky to take part in a televised dance competition with local dance school Dance Desires. Maya Pabst and Mackenzie Kelly competed with two dances in the U12 section and Lila Saunders and Cori Guidance competed with two dances in U10. All four dances won the Most Outstanding Performance Award in their respective categories. These performances can now be viewed with online general public voting now open for one week closing next Wed 31st July. Winners of the public vote will be announced when the competition is aired on Foxtel Aurora 10.30am on 11th Aug. Could our wonderful St Pats community show their support by voting for either one of the Dance Desires U10 routines or U12 routines. To vote go to http://www.mastersofchoreography.com, register and vote. Only one vote per email address is permitted. Voting closes on Wednesday 31st of July (at midnight). Winners will be announced (and routines shown) on Foxtel on the 11th of August. It is a great opportunity I would think for the St Pat’s community to get behind our kids to see if we can get people voting for them.

Safe Travels Deb
During the week we farewelled Deb and wished her safe travels as she heads away on the trip of a lifetime with Vince until Term 2 next year. We will keep Deb and Vince in our thoughts in the coming months while they explore the beauty of our wonderful country.

Book Week
Just an early reminder that we will be celebrating the annual Book Week with a dress up day on Wednesday 21 August. More information to follow in the coming weeks.

Visit this website for more information regarding Book Week 2019 theme:
www.cbca.org.au

Term 3 Dates

Mon 29 July                          Awards Assembly
Wed 31 July                          Wonder of Living Year 5 & 6, Parish Education Board
Fri 2nd August                      P&F Meeting 2:30pm staff room

Tues 6 Aug                            First Communion Workshops 6.15pm - 4V & 7.30pm - 4S

Mon 12 Aug                          Programme Support Group Meetings
Wed 14 Aug                          Programme Support Group Meetings

Tues 20 Aug                          Programme Support Group Meetings

Wed 21 Aug                          Book Dress Up day

Fri 23 Aug                            School Closure day

Tues 27 Aug                         Confirmation Workshops 6.15pm  & 7.30pm

Fri 30 Aug                            St Patrick's Daffodil Day

Tues 3 Sep                            Public Speaking Evening

Sun 15 Sep                           First Communion

Fri 20 Sep                             End Term 3