Principal's Report
Dear Parents,
Welcome to Week 6! We are already half way through Term 2, with many exciting activities planned for the last few weeks. Teachers are busily preparing Semester One reports and completing assessments on students. Parent/Teacher meetings are scheduled for Week 10.
Our best wishes are extended to Charlie Hindmarsh as he represents the Western Region at the Archdiocesan Cross Country today at Mt Stromlo. Good luck Charlie and run fast!
By now you would be well aware that Ms Sharon McCarthy has resigned from her Office Administration position at St Patrick’s. I would like to thank Sharon for her passionate and dedicated commitment to St Patrick’s over the past 8 years. We will miss Sharon’s vibrant sense of fun, creativity and friendliness. Sharon has accepted a position with Hume Shire Council which is much closer to her family and home. The office positioned has been advertised and we hope to announce a replacement soon.
Coming up this week………………………..
YEAR K/1/2 CHOIR: Congratulations to our Year K/1/2 students who have been invited to sing at the Gundagai Hospital this morning. The invitation was extended following their wonderful singing at the Cancer Council morning tea, which was held recently. The students were a great credit to the school and left the community wanting to hear more of their talented singing. We are very proud of our K/1/2 students!
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL: Will be held this Thursday 6th June at Owen Vincent Oval commencing at 10am. K/1 will join us at 11.30am. We wish all students a wonderful day of competition and fun. Parent helpers will be most appreciated.
ST PATRICK’S STREET STALL: will be held this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. All donations and assistance gratefully accepted.
YEAR 1/2 CLASS MASS: Our Year 1/2 class will host Mass this Friday, at St Patrick’s Church commencing at 12pm. The theme of the Mass is ‘Pentecost’. Parents and friends are most welcome to join us to celebrate Mass.
Other upcoming events………………
FAMILY WEEK: Next week and every Week 7 of term, we have re-named as ‘Family Week’. Family Week is a time to focus on being a family and an opportunity to spending time doing things as a family. Therefore, there will be no formal homework given during Week 7, apart from reading. Instead of homework, perhaps the family can play board games together one night, play cards or go on a bike ride etc etc. The ideas are limitless and we are sure as a family you can think of many ways to enjoy time together. We will be interested in finding out from the students, how they spent ‘Family Week’.
STEPH COOKE VISIT: Steph Cooke, Member for Cootamundra will be visiting St Patrick’s next Tuesday at 2pm. Steph will meet with our Year 6 students to discuss the importance of leadership and the active role leaders play in our school and community. We look forward to Steph’s visit and appreciate her time with her busy schedule.
YEAR 6 CAMP: The annual Year 6 excursion to Narrabeen Sport and Recreation Centre is coming up quickly. Year 6 together with Mrs Wilson and Mrs Hughes will head off to Sydney on Sunday 16th June, returning on Friday 21st June. Time to start thinking about packing bags Year 6!
2020 KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION SESSION: will be held on Thursday 27th JUNE commencing at 5:30pm. Please encourage anyone who has a child ready for school next year to come along to this session and find out more about our wonderful school community. Enrollments this year will be done online. Please see further details later in this newsletter.
UNIFORM - WINTER JACKETS
With the cold weather well and truly here, thank you to parents for ensuring children have jackets to keep them warm when playing outside. Please remember acceptable school jackets colours are Navy, Bottle Green and Black.
We give thanks for the lovely rain we have received over the past week and continue our prayers for more rain as winter arrives.
Christine Baron