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WORKER OF THE WEEK
DAY FOR DANIEL
Next Friday is Day for Daniel. Day for Daniel is a National Day of Action to raise awareness of child safety, protection and harm prevention. It is about educating children and adults about keeping children safe through child safety and protection initiatives. It aims to help empower our students to ‘Recognise, React and Report’ if they feel something is not right.
The objectives of Day for Daniel are:
We won’t be holding a Day for Daniel FunRun like last year; however, Day for Daniel Fun Stations will be set up around the undercover area. They will be self-explanatory games e.g. ball toss. Classes will be allocated a time during the day to visit the Fun Stations.
The following websites also provide extremely useful information and resources about Day for Daniel and Child Safety:
http://www.danielmorcombe.com.au/
http://www.dayfordaniel.com.au/
The objectives of Day for Daniel are:
- To honour the memory of Daniel Morcombe.
- To raise awareness about child safety and protection and to promote a safer community for children.
- To educate children regarding their personal safety and empower them to ‘Recognise, React and Report’.
- To educate and equip individuals and communities with knowledge and skills to understand child safety and protection requirements and empower them to take action.
We won’t be holding a Day for Daniel FunRun like last year; however, Day for Daniel Fun Stations will be set up around the undercover area. They will be self-explanatory games e.g. ball toss. Classes will be allocated a time during the day to visit the Fun Stations.
The following websites also provide extremely useful information and resources about Day for Daniel and Child Safety:
http://www.danielmorcombe.com.au/
http://www.dayfordaniel.com.au/
PARENT INFORMATION SESSION – UNLEASHING PERSONAL POTENTIAL
PARENT INFORMATION SESSION – UNLEASHING PERSONAL POTENTIALLuke McKenna from Unleashing Personal Potential will be presenting a zoom meeting for our families. The presentation is an initiative of our P and F who have engaged the expertise of Luke to provide information and ideas to families regarding how they can support their children. Luke will speak about the following topics:
Parents are invited to gather in the Activity room for nibbles and drinks before the meeting at 6:30pm. For catering purposes please contact the school office to RSVP if you would like to attend this information session in the Activity room. A zoom meeting link will be sent to families closer to the date for those families who would like to attend the meeting through the zoom option.
We look forward to providing this learning opportunity to our families and thank our P and F for their assistance and support in providing this opportunity for our school community.
- The big 3 inhibitors to learning, improving and thriving
- Share research and practice about growth mindset, grit and wellbeing
- Give practical tips and common language for parents to use at home to help children reach their personal potential.
Parents are invited to gather in the Activity room for nibbles and drinks before the meeting at 6:30pm. For catering purposes please contact the school office to RSVP if you would like to attend this information session in the Activity room. A zoom meeting link will be sent to families closer to the date for those families who would like to attend the meeting through the zoom option.
We look forward to providing this learning opportunity to our families and thank our P and F for their assistance and support in providing this opportunity for our school community.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS |
CHURCH CARPARK |
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The new playground in our nature play area was completed over the holidays. Thank you to our P and F for their generous donation to provide this new playground for our students.
The cement area under B block received a new cement covering over the old cement. This has greatly improved the area by matching the existing cement following the completion of the building that has occurred. Maddy's garden was also completed. The new space received new planting and gained a seating area for students to sit and spend time in this special place. |
The Church car park is only for staff parking. We ask that parents do not park in this car park to drop off their children in the morning or collect their children at 3pm. Students who ride to school leave the school grounds through the Church car park area. Therefore, it is not safe for parents to drive in this area. Staff cars do not leave this car park area until after students have had an opportunity to leave the school grounds. The preferred pick up and drop off areas for all students are at the front office on Borilla street, the drop off zone on Anakie street and the Bus zone on Borilla street. Thank you for your support in keeping our students safe.
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CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FAIR
The 2021 Catholic Community Fair is fast approaching. To help with the planning I have created a signup platform using Signup Zone, to track all our stalls and our helpers.
It is easy to add your name - just click on this link below, pick a stall/area to help on and add your name into the preferred time slot:
https://signup.zone/pTDsoiTqbRjkw9Nkk
Our fair is a wonderful event supported heavily by our staff and families. We encourage every family to get involved and be part of something amazing.
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY RAFFLE TICKETS
This week families received raffle tickets for our Catholic Community Fair. We are asking families to support this major fundraiser by selling a book of raffle tickets. Each family will receive a raffle book of 5 tickets. Each ticket sells for $5. The tickets and money are asked to be returned to school by Friday 16th October. All tickets sold and unsold must be returned to school. If you are unable to sell the tickets, please return them to school. If you would like to sell additional tickets, please contact the school to receive another book of raffle tickets.
A raffle will be conducted leading up to the Catholic Community Fair that includes a 7 x 4 trailer filled with Christmas Goodies as 1st prize. This major prize is valued at $6000. There will also be a 2nd place prize of $500 and a 3rd place prize of $250.
We thank our families for your support in assisting in the raffle ticket sales for this major fundraiser for our Parish.
It is easy to add your name - just click on this link below, pick a stall/area to help on and add your name into the preferred time slot:
https://signup.zone/pTDsoiTqbRjkw9Nkk
Our fair is a wonderful event supported heavily by our staff and families. We encourage every family to get involved and be part of something amazing.
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY RAFFLE TICKETS
This week families received raffle tickets for our Catholic Community Fair. We are asking families to support this major fundraiser by selling a book of raffle tickets. Each family will receive a raffle book of 5 tickets. Each ticket sells for $5. The tickets and money are asked to be returned to school by Friday 16th October. All tickets sold and unsold must be returned to school. If you are unable to sell the tickets, please return them to school. If you would like to sell additional tickets, please contact the school to receive another book of raffle tickets.
A raffle will be conducted leading up to the Catholic Community Fair that includes a 7 x 4 trailer filled with Christmas Goodies as 1st prize. This major prize is valued at $6000. There will also be a 2nd place prize of $500 and a 3rd place prize of $250.
We thank our families for your support in assisting in the raffle ticket sales for this major fundraiser for our Parish.
INTERSCHOOL DEBATING |
INTERSCHOOL NETBALL |
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Debating Rounds
Round 3: Term 4 Week 3 Wednesday 20th October at Emerald North School Finals: Term 4 Week 5 Wednesday 3rd November at Emerald Christian College. erald Christian College. |
Interschool Netball will commence in Term 4
Game 1: Week 2 - Thursday 14th October Game 2: Week 3 - Thursday 21st October Game 3: Week 4 - Thursday 28th October Game 4: Week 5 - Thursday 4th November Time: 3.30pm for first round games and 4.30pm for second round. Venue: Rundle Park Netball Complex in Emerald Cost: None Divisions: Junior girls (Yrs 3 and 4), Senior girls (Yrs 5 and 6) and Mixed (Yrs 5 and 6) Transportation: Children are to have their own transport to and from the courts. |
GRANDPARENT'S DAY CONCERT |
INDEGENIOUS ARTIST |
PREP TO YEAR ONE TRANISITIONS |
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Grandparents is a day that we enjoy celebrating at St Patrick's school. On Friday 29th October at 9:30-10:30am we will present a concert in the undercover area for our grandparents. The school bands and choir will present at the concert. All our of our grandparents are welcome to attend this special presentation.
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We welcome Arthur Conlon to our school. Arthur will be conducting guided drawing sessions with all classes next week. Throughout the guided drawing sessions, Arthur shares indigenious stories with our students. The students and teachers thoroughly enjoy working with Arthur and we look forward to welcoming him back to our school.
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Our Prep students will visit the Year One classrooms to complete learning activities each Wednesday over the next 3 weeks. The sessions are designed to introduce the Prep students to being in a Year One classroom to support them in their transition to Year One. During these sessions the Year One students will complete their normal learning activities in the Prep classrooms.
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SWIMMING TERM 4
All students in Prep, Year 4, 5 and 6 will be participating in water safety and stroke development lessons during PE in Term 4. Swimming lessons will commence in Week 2 and conclude on Wednesday of Week 6. The swimming carnival for Year 4-6 will be in Week 7 on Friday 19th November. Students will be travelling to and from the pool by bus.
They will get changed at school before and after their lessons. The cost per lesson is $8 which includes the bus and pool entry. All fees for swimming will be charged to school fees. If students have a pool pass, please bring it to school to be photocopied and the pool entry fee will not be charged to your account.
Students will need their togs or swim shorts, a swim shirt, towel, goggles (recommended), thongs for the bus and dry underwear.
Lessons will be on the following days:
Monday 5O, PM, PG, PB
Tuesday 6B, 5F, 6M, 6S, 4T
Wednesday 5K, 4F, 4O
Please log on to Parents Lounge to provide permission for your child to participate in the lessons.
They will get changed at school before and after their lessons. The cost per lesson is $8 which includes the bus and pool entry. All fees for swimming will be charged to school fees. If students have a pool pass, please bring it to school to be photocopied and the pool entry fee will not be charged to your account.
Students will need their togs or swim shorts, a swim shirt, towel, goggles (recommended), thongs for the bus and dry underwear.
Lessons will be on the following days:
Monday 5O, PM, PG, PB
Tuesday 6B, 5F, 6M, 6S, 4T
Wednesday 5K, 4F, 4O
Please log on to Parents Lounge to provide permission for your child to participate in the lessons.
FATHER’S DAY IN PREP
Our Prep students welcomed their fathers and special father figures in their lives at the Father’s Day morning at Prep. The Prep students were very excited to do some fun activities and make Father’s Day a very special occasion. Thank you to our Prep teachers and teacher assistants for the time and effort that was involved in making this a special moment for our students and their families.
PARENTS & FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
Thank you to our families who were able to join us at our P and F meeting on Tuesday night. The Parent Information and Engagement session presented by Luke McKenna, will be our last P and F meeting for this year. We welcome all of our families to join us on zoom or at school for this final opportunity, for this year, to gather together as a Parents and Friends community.
NEW SCHOOL UNIFORMS
We now have stocks for all of our new school uniform. Students will be very excited to know that the new sports shirts and shorts have arrived. We look forward to seeing this new uniform being worn by students.
There have been some very excited girls who are proudly wearing the new blouse and culotte formal uniform and it has been great to see boys wearing the new formal shirt with the new shorts. A reminder that the formal boys shirt is to be worn tucked in and the sports shirt is able to be worn out.
All of the uniform items are now available to order. The uniforms are available to order online www.wearitto.com.au and may also be directly purchased from our uniform shop which is opened at the following times Monday and Friday 8am-10:30am and Wednesday 1:30pm-4pm.
BACK TO SCHOOL UNIFORM HOURS
Thursday 2nd December 9-1pm
Tuesday 18th January 9-2pm
Thursday 20th January 2-6pm
Tuesday 25th January 8-10:30am
Thursday 27th January 8-10:30am
Thursday 27th January 1:30-4pm
There have been some very excited girls who are proudly wearing the new blouse and culotte formal uniform and it has been great to see boys wearing the new formal shirt with the new shorts. A reminder that the formal boys shirt is to be worn tucked in and the sports shirt is able to be worn out.
All of the uniform items are now available to order. The uniforms are available to order online www.wearitto.com.au and may also be directly purchased from our uniform shop which is opened at the following times Monday and Friday 8am-10:30am and Wednesday 1:30pm-4pm.
BACK TO SCHOOL UNIFORM HOURS
Thursday 2nd December 9-1pm
Tuesday 18th January 9-2pm
Thursday 20th January 2-6pm
Tuesday 25th January 8-10:30am
Thursday 27th January 8-10:30am
Thursday 27th January 1:30-4pm
STUDENT SIGN-IN AND SIGN-OUT PROCEDURE
A new Student Attendance booklet and computer is available for parents to sign their children in and out of school when attending appointments throughout the day, arriving late to school and leaving school early. The booklet and computer are located in the front office. Parents are asked to use the booklet to find their child’s details and then use the computer to account for their child’s attendance. The staff in the front office will support families with this new procedure.
NEWS FROM OUR ST PATRICK’S PARISH
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IMPORTANT PARISH UPDATES
Weekend Mass attendance numbers have now increased to 200. Frs Truc and Yon look forward to meeting you all in person. St Patrick’s Parish are now utilising a QR code system. Upon arrival, please scan and enter your contact details. Alternatively, you can register at the Church doors. At all services parishioners attending are asked to clean the area they have used. Spray bottles and chux provided at the doors. Just a reminder that our Church and Parish Office will be closed on Mondays for deep cleaning. Office hours are Tuesday through to Friday, 9am to 3pm. Mass times are Tuesday at 12:00 – 1:00pm and Wednesday 7am, Thursday 8am, Friday 9am. Attendees are welcome to stay for the remainder of the hour in private prayer. For those wishing to visit the Church outside those times, please contact the Parish Office to organise a time. |
Parishioners are welcome to attend our St Patrick’s Parish
Weekday Masses: Monday NO MASS Tuesday 12 noon Wednesday 7:00am Thursday 8:00am Friday 9:00am CHILDREN’S LITURGY Children’s liturgy will begin this weekend. It will be on Sunday at 8am. |
COVID RESTRICTIONS
As a school we continue to endeavour to provide as many opportunities as we can to engage our families in our school activities. Due to COVID regulations we are required to put into place measures to ensure that we are meeting the requirements of the number of adults within our school and also ensure social distancing when adults are present. We thank families for their continued support in regard to our restrictions.
PARENTS AT ASSEMBLY
With the lifting of some restrictions, we are now able to welcome all families back to our assemblies. It will no longer only be the families of classes presenting at the prayer assembly and the parents of the Work of the Week students.
PLAYGROUNDS
All of the school playgrounds are closed before and after school. We ask that no children play on the playgrounds after school as this is a time when the playgrounds are cleaned.
We also ask that families do not arrive at school before 8am in the morning for drop off and leave the school grounds as soon as they have collected their children at 3pm.
We thank all of our families for their continued support.
PARENTS IN CLASSOOM
The lifting of some COVID restrictions now allows for parents to enter classrooms. We are still however required to ensure that we are social distancing within the classrooms. Based on the average size of our classrooms we are able to have up to 12 adults in the classroom at one time.
Before and after school are times when teachers are preparing for student learning and lesson preparation. If parents would like to meet with teachers before or after school to discuss their child, please email the teacher to arrange a suitable time.
In the mornings, students will continue to be asked to take their bags to their classroom and then go to the undercover area where leadership members will be on duty. All students will continue to engage in the morning walk before lining up in the undercover area at the 8.40am bell.
Students are still required to move to the pick up locations at the 3.00pm bell. The pick up locations are the bus waiting area on Borilla street, the drop off zone on Anakie street and in front of the school office on Yamala street. Students are not to wait in the undercover area to be collected by their families in the afternoon. All playgrounds are not to be played on in afternoon.
PARENTS AT ASSEMBLY
With the lifting of some restrictions, we are now able to welcome all families back to our assemblies. It will no longer only be the families of classes presenting at the prayer assembly and the parents of the Work of the Week students.
PLAYGROUNDS
All of the school playgrounds are closed before and after school. We ask that no children play on the playgrounds after school as this is a time when the playgrounds are cleaned.
We also ask that families do not arrive at school before 8am in the morning for drop off and leave the school grounds as soon as they have collected their children at 3pm.
We thank all of our families for their continued support.
PARENTS IN CLASSOOM
The lifting of some COVID restrictions now allows for parents to enter classrooms. We are still however required to ensure that we are social distancing within the classrooms. Based on the average size of our classrooms we are able to have up to 12 adults in the classroom at one time.
Before and after school are times when teachers are preparing for student learning and lesson preparation. If parents would like to meet with teachers before or after school to discuss their child, please email the teacher to arrange a suitable time.
In the mornings, students will continue to be asked to take their bags to their classroom and then go to the undercover area where leadership members will be on duty. All students will continue to engage in the morning walk before lining up in the undercover area at the 8.40am bell.
Students are still required to move to the pick up locations at the 3.00pm bell. The pick up locations are the bus waiting area on Borilla street, the drop off zone on Anakie street and in front of the school office on Yamala street. Students are not to wait in the undercover area to be collected by their families in the afternoon. All playgrounds are not to be played on in afternoon.
MAKING JESUS REAL
St Patrick’s School is an MJR school. MJR is a values education resource. MJR is centred on the belief that we are all God’s children and are called to try to be like Jesus Christ in the way we live. We are Jesus’ friends. He calls us into friendship with God and he calls us to imitate his way of living. MJR values include respect, honesty and trustworthiness, understanding, tolerance and inclusion. They focus on the Gospel values of compassion, justice, humility and forgiveness. These values also encourage students to do their best, treat others fairly, be responsible for their actions, follow principles of moral and ethical conduct and stand up for others against bullying. Our main aim in Catholic Education is to invite students, parents and teachers to be aware of and grateful for God’s loving presence in their daily lives. MJR’s main aim is to get us ‘switched on to God’s presence’ by reflecting on our lives each day to see where God has been in our experiences.
Another focus is not to leave Jesus as merely a person in history, but to emphasise that Jesus Christ is a mystery with us now. We live ‘in the now’ and we will always have ‘the now’. MJR demonstrates a strong connection to many Catholic spiritualties, such as the Ignatian and Franciscan traditions, particularly with aspects such as the imitation of Christ, respect for others and for creation, and reviewing the events in our lives. The Sacrament of the Present Moment is a central theme. Through emphasis on simple and memorable prompts such as WESTIE (Welcoming, Encouraging, say Sorry, say Thank you, Inclusive and Enthusiastic), MJR inspires positivity and gratitude. I encourage you to have talk to your child about how they can Make Jesus Real.
St Patrick’s School is an MJR school. MJR is a values education resource. MJR is centred on the belief that we are all God’s children and are called to try to be like Jesus Christ in the way we live. We are Jesus’ friends. He calls us into friendship with God and he calls us to imitate his way of living. MJR values include respect, honesty and trustworthiness, understanding, tolerance and inclusion. They focus on the Gospel values of compassion, justice, humility and forgiveness. These values also encourage students to do their best, treat others fairly, be responsible for their actions, follow principles of moral and ethical conduct and stand up for others against bullying. Our main aim in Catholic Education is to invite students, parents and teachers to be aware of and grateful for God’s loving presence in their daily lives. MJR’s main aim is to get us ‘switched on to God’s presence’ by reflecting on our lives each day to see where God has been in our experiences.
Another focus is not to leave Jesus as merely a person in history, but to emphasise that Jesus Christ is a mystery with us now. We live ‘in the now’ and we will always have ‘the now’. MJR demonstrates a strong connection to many Catholic spiritualties, such as the Ignatian and Franciscan traditions, particularly with aspects such as the imitation of Christ, respect for others and for creation, and reviewing the events in our lives. The Sacrament of the Present Moment is a central theme. Through emphasis on simple and memorable prompts such as WESTIE (Welcoming, Encouraging, say Sorry, say Thank you, Inclusive and Enthusiastic), MJR inspires positivity and gratitude. I encourage you to have talk to your child about how they can Make Jesus Real.
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A TOUR OF OUR SCHOOL
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Our school was originally established by the Presentation Sisters in 1902 to serve the catholic families of the Central Highlands area of which Emerald is the geographical hub. The Sisters ended their ties with the school in 1992 due to the decline in their numbers and a shift in their mode of service to people and especially children.
St Patrick’s School exists for the education of children from Prep age (Five) to Year Six and is a co-educational facility serving the township and surrounding districts of Emerald. At our school, we aim to develop within our students the ideals of academic excellence and personal growth which are centered around the deepening of our Christian faith. We strive to have these aims as the centre point of any relationships and curriculum which occur within our community. |
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