Principal's Report
Dear Parents,
Welcome to Week 4. A very exciting day here at St Patrick’s today with the annual snail race and fashions on the field events taking place. Congratulations to all our students and staff for entering into the fun of the day. Special mention must be made of our Year 6 students, who certainly dressed for the occasion and thoroughly enjoyed their final Melbourne Cup celebrations at St Patrick’s.
It has been lovely to welcome the Bock family back to St Patrick’s School. Finlay and Abigail have settled very quickly back into school life and their friends have been delighted to welcome them back. We have also been very excited to welcome our 2020 Kindergarten students to our orientation program. The last session will be a FULL day session and will be held next Friday the 15th November from 9.00-3.15pm. An exciting time for our future Kindies!
We also received some very delightful news on Friday with the arrival of Dixie Poppins and Daphne Charlotte Simpson. Congratulations to the very proud parents Doug and Miss Dawson (our wonderful relief teacher Cat).
Staff will be attending a Spirituality Day THIS Friday the 8th November. The theme of our day is ‘Building a Faith Filled Community’. St Patrick’s staff will be joining with St Joseph’s Adelong and St Mary’s Batlow staff for the day. Please note that ALL staff will be attending this day and therefore no one will be attending phones, etc.
We have very busy weeks as we head towards the end of the year. Please ensure you are following our calendar updates and keeping note of special school events that will be occurring. This Saturday evening, we are holding our second FAMILY MASS at 6pm at St Patrick’s Church. ALL families are more than welcome to attend.
Over the next few weeks, St Patrick’s staff will be working alongside CE staff, to help set future directions for St Patrick’s. Next week, Lora Bance will be assisting with setting goals for STEM activities including robotics and the following week, Phil Petitt will present our data analysis from ALL collected data including school surveys, NAPLAN and PAT assessments. The Leadership team will then prepare a presentation for CE staff based on our collective data and other information to enable us to set clear goals and direction for 2020 and beyond.
We thank God for the beautiful rain received on Sunday and continue to pray for more to come.
Best wishes for the week ahead,
Christine Baron
Principal