Year 5 Reconciliation
Congratulations to our Year 5 students for making their First Reconciliation on Tuesday evening.
It was a very special occasion with families joining the children. Thanks to Father Siby for visiting the Year 5 children and answering many questions in preparation for the children making their First Eucharist very soon.
The Year 5 children will be presented with their First Reconciliation certificates on Monday morning at assembly. Parents are welcome to join us.
Loving God help us to teach our children that you love us totally and unconditionally. Help us to encourage our children to grow in love and to learn how to say sorry, knowing that you always forgive. Give us the courage to pray with our children and to share our faith with them as we journey together.
Morning Prayers
It was wonderful having such a great turnout to prayers this morning. We had 30 parents join classes for prayers across the school today.
Please note that the prayer mornings will remain on Wednesdays and Fridays for the next few weeks.
Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 classes who have specialist lessons on a Wednesday morning, will still be open for morning prayers on a Wednesday.
Please collect a visitors lanyard and record your name on the way into the classrooms.
Come along and join your children and have a chance to see the classrooms, the children and their teachers in action.
Important Safety Message
This is a reminder to families that our school grounds open at 8:40am.
Please understand that we have never opened up St Patrick's school earlier than 8:40am. Prior to the pandemic our grounds were open and supervised from 8:40am.
Currently, there are a number of students waiting outside the gates prior to 8:40am. This is a safety concern for the children and pedestrians alike.
Please ensure your children do not arrive until 8:40am when they can enter the school grounds and then go straight into classrooms.
The main adjustment that we made from a safety perspective, is to allow the children to enter directly into the classrooms from 8:45am as per Community Update #2.2. This is instead of lining up in the playground in the mornings.
Coming directly inside, allows time for the children to unpack their bags, interact with peers and their teacher in a warm, safe, calm and comfortable space in the morning.
The children can arrive up until 8:55am ready to start the day.
Parents are welcome to come into the grounds in the morning from 8:40am and again in the afternoon. It's lovely to see so many of your interacting with each other in the afternoons when you pick up your children.
Teachers will come outside when classes are dismissed in the afternoon at 3:25pm.
If you have any messages for the teachers in the morning, please email the teachers directly or leave a message for them at the office.
As always, please contact Liz Hills or Jenny Hawkins directly with any questions or concerns.
Enter the grounds from any school gate
For ease of access for families, we now welcome the children and families to enter and exit the grounds through any of the school gates (apart from the staff car park gate).
Prep families may wish to enter through the front yard and walk through the side gates around to the back yard to go into their classrooms.
The class entry point remain the same.
Shortage of relieving teachers
Many of you will be aware of the shortage of teaching staff across the country.
Please be aware that on the rare occasion we may have to split up a class and send the children to work in small groups in other classrooms if we haven't got a relief teacher to cover the class.
SIBLING ENROLMENTS 2023
We are beginning to process enrolments for 2023.Here is a link to the enrolment form. Please complete and return as soon as possible or pick up a hard copy from the front office.
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) On School Students with Disability
What is the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data?
Schools must now complete the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) every year. It counts the number of students who receive additional adjustments or “help” at school because of a disability. The NCCD helps governments plan for the needs of students with disability.
You can access further details about the NCCD at this link.
Calendar Dates
Term 2 2022
May
Friday 27 Interschool AFL/Netball (Yr 5/6)
Saturday 21 P&F Election Day BBQ & Cake Stall
Saturday 28 Year 5 First Eucharist 9:15am
Tuesday 31 Beachside Cross Country
June
Thursday 2 Parent Social Evening
Friday 3,10 Interschool AFL/Netball (Year 5/6)
Wednesday 8 Year 6 Confirmation Workshop 6pm
Monday 13 Queen's Birthday
Wed 15 Soccer Lightning Prem
Thursday 16 12:30 Finish Parent Teacher Meetings 1pm
Thurs 16 Netball Lightning Prem
Fri 17 AFL Lightning Prem
Friday 24 End Term 2
Term 3 2022
July
Monday 11 Beginning Term 3
Wednesday 20 Confirmation Year 6 5:30pm
Friday 29 Hoop Time (Year 3 / 4 )
August
Friday 5 Hoop Time (Year 5 / 6)
Tuesday 30 Dendy Athletics
September
Tuesday 13 Year 4 First Reconciliation 6pm
Wed 14 Rugby Gala Day (tbc)
Friday 16 End Term 3
October
Term 4 2022
Monday 3 Beginning Term 4
November
Thursday 3 St Pats Sports Day
T20 Cricket (Year 3 / 4)
T20 Cricket (Year 5 / 6)
Saturday 19 Year 4 First Eucharist 9:15am
December
Tuesday 6 Year 3 First Reconciliation 6pm
Tuesday 13 Year 6 Graduation Mass 6pm
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