TERM 3
TERM 4
Carclew House Cultural Day
On Monday 17th June Rashaad in 5/6DF, attended a cultural day at Carclew House alongside fellow Catholic schools. This significant initiative aimed at allowing Aboriginal students to commemorate and explore their culture and identity. Rashaad experienced a range of activities that celebrated Aboriginal culture, history, and craft. These included a dance and GigRig music workshop and woodcarving.
Dear Parents/Caregivers.
TERM 2 CELEBRATIONS
Our busy term is coming to an end. Some of our celebrations have included:
Thank you to all volunteers who have helped with any of these events
SOCCER CARNIVAL
Ms Johnson and Mr Bucco took ten students to compete in a Soccer Carnival against other schools at St Clair. Our students who play for many different clubs outside of school, came together for several practices after school to hone their skills and play as a newly formed team. These talented students won both their games and are now into Round 2. Congratulations to our team and a very big thank you to our coaches Nicole and Maurice who made this possible.
STAFF CHANGES
There will be some staff changes for the next semester. This occurs for many reasons. All employees in Catholic Education South Australia are entitled to long service leave in accordance with the Long Service Leave Act 1987. The spirit of the Act is to provide employees with an extended break from their employment after ten years of service in order to be rejuvenated and refreshed for work.
Other employees wish to be employed full time in their field of study:
Changes due to increase in school numbers:
Personal reasons:
We thank all staff leaving for their dedication and service to St Patrick’s School and wish them the very best in their new pathways.
ICAS ASSESSMENTS
St Patrick’s School will be participating in the ICAS assessments again this year. These assessments are optional and at an additional cost to parents. The dates set are:
The day is determined by staff availability to run the test. If a child is absent on the day the test is administered, the test will not be made up later and money will not be refunded.
This year, parents wishing for their child to take part must enrol and pay for the test online. Details were sent out in an Audiri notification last week. Please note: tests start in 4 weeks.
SCHOOL DISCO
We can confirm that the date for this year’s School Disco and be held in Week 6, Friday 30 August 2024 in the school hall. The theme for the disco will be a 1960’s theme to fit in with our 60 years anniversary celebrations. More details will be shared early next term, however, if you have a current Working With Children Check and and would like to support the committee in its preparation for the event, please email Mr. Mannella on gmannella@stpatsmp.catholic.edu.au or let the front office know.
PBIS - POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR INTERVENTION SUPPORT
Over the last term, staff have been able to finalise our PBIS Behaviour Matrix.
This document outlines our three guiding principles of ‘Respectful, Interdependent, Thriving Learners’, over which our overall school behaviour expectations sit. These are categorized into times when certain behaviours are expected; All the Time, Learning Time and Break time. Our next step is to formalise the procedural documents on how we specifically want our children to conduct themselves in the various situations while at school, excursions or other events. For example, assemblies, community prayer, movement around the school during learning time, or entering the office.
Please see the The Behaviour Matrix below.
SCHOOL DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP
If you did not read the school parking information in the last newsletter, we have repeated this for this week. Please take time to read it to support the safety of our children as they are dropped off or collected from school. We thank those drivers who have followed our expectations in making these periods safer.
We wish to reiterate for drivers to move on to the end of the pick-up/drop-off lane so that other cars have room to park. We also ask that you do not leave your vehicle or take long phone calls while waiting in this zone.
SEMESTER 1 SCHOOL REPORTS
Today, your child has come home with their Semester 1 School Report. We continue to use the SEQTA as our reporting platform. Some students will have AAS next to a curriculum area. This indicates that the child is being assessed against a different year level (lower class level) and this would have been discussed with you and noted in your child’s PPL. As parents, please spend time with your child to discuss their learning. The reports have two grades - one for achievement and the other for effort. Whilst both grades are important, the effort grade is an indication of the commitment and dedication each child gives to their learning. We encourage you to inform your child how proud you are of them if they have put effort into their learning and set goals with them if they need to improve their effort. Students need to learn that learning can be challenging and that with teacher support and student persistence and effort, they will learn and thrive.
END OF TERM 2
Please note that school finishes this Friday 5th July at 12.30pm. The students are asked to wear casual clothes and bring a gold coin donation for St Vincent De Paul’s Winter Appeal. Camp Australia will be providing OSHC for all working parents so please book via the website https://campaustralia.com.au/schools/2C91 for your child in if you need this service. School resumes for Term 3 https://campaustralia.com.au/schools/2C91 on Monday 22nd July.
SCHOOL CANTEEN
The Canteen will be closed for lunch this Friday 5th July due to early dismissal but it will be open at Recess for students.
We wish each family a safe and restful holiday. We hope you find time to spend quality time relaxing, visiting friends or family or just enjoying each other’s company.
In all things love,
Barbara Ahern & Gennaro Mannella
St Patrick’s School Leadership team
Greetings from the Acting APRIM
We read in the verse below the goodness and humility of God:
Remember how generous the Lord Jesus was: he was rich, but he became poor for your sake, to make you rich out of his poverty. (2 Corinthians 8:9)
As God’s children we can imitate God’s goodness and humility in our daily lives and be assured of God’s love and grace to do so. Amen. May it be so. Amen.
The following children are celebrating their Confirmation next term:
This is the final week for supporting the Vinnies Winter Appeal; helping those living in poverty:
Thank you, in anticipation, for your kindness and generosity!
Community Events coming up this term:
| Community Prayer Monday at 9:00am | Assembly Tuesday at 1:30pm | Liturgy Wed at 9:00am |
Week 10 July1 - 5 | 5/6DF | Sch Captains 5/6 DF & 5/6SH | 5/6SH + 1/2CS |
We are providing this information to families because of serious concerns the school has around child safety at student drop off and pick up times.
Road rules are very clear about the requirements for drivers in School Zones.
The concerns we have are about parking on both Dudley Street and Haddington Street are
1. How people park their vehicles when dropping off and collecting children
2. Where people are parking when dropping of and collecting children
We worry about the serious risk of injury or death to a child or adult around these times.
We ask you to read this information and follow the directions given within. Please seek assistance If you do not understand or need translation. There are Apps available for your smart phone that can assist.
No vehicle must stop or park after these lines . Parking or stopping across the crossing is illegal.
If you are unable to move to the other side because cars are parked there, keep moving to the next roundabout and return until you can enter the parking line up.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in this important matter.
PLEASE AVOID HOLDING UP TRAFFIC. Always check to see if there a cars behind you.
You can move throuhg this area to get to the other side of the parking signs
You can move through this area to get to the other side of the parking signs.
Your cooperation and support in this matter is appreciated, thank you.
Our school uniform is an important part of our school culture and identity. The uniform has been designed to wear with any of the following pieces
There are children who are wearing coloured skivvies and jumpers under their polo top. This is not part of the school uniform. If your child is wearing their polo shirt and rugby top or jacket and are still cold, any skivvy worn underneath must be navy and not visible at all. The alternative is to wear a navy jacket with no logo or branding instead.
It is an expectation that your child wears the correct uniform at all times.
We ask that parents support us in this.
Thank you
Barbara Ahern
Principal
NUMERACY AT HOME
Teachers often get asked by parents what they can do to help their children get ahead in understanding different mathematical concepts. So, what can you do at home to support your child’s Mathematical thinking?
You can follow the interactive guide online below to find more information:
Click here to access the Interactive Online Guide:
There are also a range of fun activities that you can try together based on your child’s interests and experiences:
I hope this is useful! The video clips demonstrate how the different activities can be done at home.
See you next term!
Linda Bain
H.A.T.
Leader of Learning
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who have celebrated their birthday over the past 2 weeks
A friendly reminder to those families, who do not have a direct debit set up, that Term 1 fees were due the last day of Term 1 the 12/4/24. If your fees are still outstanding please pay as soon as possible thank you.
We offer direct debit, BPay, EFTPOS and direct deductions from Centrelink payments to cater to the changing financial needs of our families at St Patrick’s School. When the direct debit payment option is selected your school fee payment is calculated over the full school year right up until the 31st of December 2024. This means smaller payments are required, making this method the most affordable way to budget for your commitment. Please come into the office or ring me on 83034500 if one of these options would better suit your financial requirements.
School Card 2024 is applied for online if you haven’t already applied for this year please arrange as soon as possible. Instructions on how to do this are available at the front office. School Card must be applied for each year.
If at any time you are having trouble meeting your school fee commitment, or have any queries, please contact me on 83034500 to discuss this matter.
Christine Lavender
Finance Officer
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AT ST PATRICK’S 2024
Wednesday
Playgroup, family fun for families with children under 5 years from 9.30am - 11.30 am throughout the terms.
Thursday
Parent, Conversion, Craft and Support School Group will be held at school each Thursday from 9am to 11am. These programs are free, lots of fun, friendly and open to all. Come and meet new people and get involved in the school community.
Friday
This program is for children aged 3-5 years old from 9.30am - 11.30am (including Library visit) and their parents, to support transitions from Kindy to School.
Note:
Playgroup SA has partnered with the Office for the Early Years (Department of Education) to provide free development checks for children aged 12 months to 4 years. The checks provide an opportunity to monitor your child’s development, identify any concerns and celebrate milestones. A development check helps to monitor whether a child is meeting the milestones for their age (such as dressing or talking). Please note this is not a health check.
Please contact Chau Tran or Huong Nguyen on 8303 4500 if you would like further information or would like to book in child development check.
