Street Stall

Our next fundraiser is the annual Street Stall on Thursday 6, Friday 7 and Saturday 8 of June. We are hoping that this will be a great event for us as this is the long weekend with no sport and many travellers on the road. Simone Jones and Kate Graham are coordinating the event this year and are looking forward to many donations of cooking and your time sitting on the stall to lighten the load for everyone. Keep an eye out for further correspondence from them.

Transportation for Representative Sporting Events

Community Council received a query regarding the viability of providing a bus for the transportation of students to Representative Sporting events. 

The school has previously provided a bus for this purpose and found it not be financially beneficial to either the school or to travelling families for the following reasons: 

• Not all representatives and their families utilize the service thereby increasing the cost.
• It does not suit many families to be tied to the timeframes of bus travel if their child is only in one event.
• For most events, local buses are unavailable due to normal school runs and we need to hire from a bus company in Wagga which increases the costs.

Sacramental Program

There have been a few questions raised in relation to the changes to this year's sacramental program, and why the St Patrick's Parish is now undertaking the preparation of the sacraments, rather than the School. Following discussions with Mrs Baron and the Parish Council, following is some further information about the changes.

• Most Parishes in the Archdiocese now undertake the sacramental program, which was a directive from Archbishop Prowse.
• It is believed that as the parents are the first educators of their children, and more specifically in their faith, then the program should be designed so that parents can actively participate, with the support of the Parish.
• To assist with streamlining the program, staff from St Pat's, including Chris Baron, Lisa Wilson and Natasha Flanagan, will be involved in the preparation program.
• The Parish believes that it is very important that as part of the preparation for the sacraments, participating children and their parents/carers attend Mass to gain a greater understanding of the meaning and value of each sacrament. This is why Saturday afternoons were chosen for the preparation classes, as these lead directly into the Mass at 6pm.
• Our School does already include the sacraments as part of our religious education program, but not in the same detail as is provided in these sessions.
• The Parish believes that overall, the new process will achieve the best outcome for parents and their children, with regards to their religious education and faith development.

Should you have any questions or concerns, which are not covered here, please contact Mrs Christine Baron.