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WORKER OF THE WEEK
SCHOOL MUSICAL – ‘Space Pirates!’
Space Pirates tells the story of Gabby, a kid who gets picked on during a school trip to the museum. Everything quickly changes when an alien space ship accidentally beams Gabby and her classmates up to outer space. Things go from bad to worse when the alien space ship is suddenly attacked by SPACE PIRATES! It’s only after this whirlwind space adventure that Gabby becomes comfortable in her own skin, and her classmates appreciate her.
A matinee and evening performance will take place on Tuesday 21st June at the Emerald Town Hall. You won’t want to miss this fabulous show featuring our Year 6 students, tickets on sale now!
Date: Tuesday 21st JuneTimes: 1pm & 6.30pm
Location: Emerald Town Hall
Adults $10.00
Pensioner $8.00
Child (under 18) $5.00
Child (under 2 on parent’s lap) Free
Tickets on sale now: https://www.trybooking.com/BZWLM
or scan the QR code below:
A matinee and evening performance will take place on Tuesday 21st June at the Emerald Town Hall. You won’t want to miss this fabulous show featuring our Year 6 students, tickets on sale now!
Date: Tuesday 21st JuneTimes: 1pm & 6.30pm
Location: Emerald Town Hall
Adults $10.00
Pensioner $8.00
Child (under 18) $5.00
Child (under 2 on parent’s lap) Free
Tickets on sale now: https://www.trybooking.com/BZWLM
or scan the QR code below:
AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY
On Tuesday, several of our St Patrick’s students celebrated becoming Australian Citizens during an awards ceremony hosted by the Central Highlands Regional Council. We would like to congratulate the following families: The Sharma's, Reuben's, Arulselvan's and Kaur's. Congratulations also to Helen Smith, our Tuckshop Coordinator, and her family who also become Australian citizens.
PICASSO COW
Presenting ‘Milkshake’, the painted Picasso Cow. Finally, after 6 weeks of learning about dairy and its role in a balanced diet, the cow is now complete. As part of the program, 2P had to design what they wanted ‘Milkshake’ to look like using dairy products, which was their theme. The students provided wonderful examples of what they wanted on their cow and above is the finished product.
The Learning Journal and cow photos have been uploaded to the school’s specially allocated dashboard for the program and will be judged against the criteria that was set by Dairy Australia. The 2 parts that the cow is assessed on are:
Assessment Task One: Designing and decorating the cow.
Criteria includes:
Criteria includes:
The Learning Journal and cow photos have been uploaded to the school’s specially allocated dashboard for the program and will be judged against the criteria that was set by Dairy Australia. The 2 parts that the cow is assessed on are:
Assessment Task One: Designing and decorating the cow.
Criteria includes:
- Visual and aesthetic appeal
- Command of media techniques
- Evidence of the dairy-related theme visible and corresponding learning from the design
- Finished product expresses cohesiveness of the intended dairy story told
Criteria includes:
- Learning journey told through photography
- Evidence of diary-related theme in student learning
- Use of content and supporting resources on the Discover Dairy website by participating students
- Evidence of teamwork
YEAR ONE DINOSAUR SESSION
Our Year One students have been developing their knowledge of how to write information reports. They have also been learning about dinosaurs and have discovered many interesting facts about these amazing creatures.
On Tuesday, the Year One parents joined their children for ‘Dino Day’. The Year One students proudly read their information reports to parents and completed some fun dinosaur activities.
On Tuesday, the Year One parents joined their children for ‘Dino Day’. The Year One students proudly read their information reports to parents and completed some fun dinosaur activities.
P AND F FUNDRAISING EVENTS
We would like to sincerely thank our P and F for assisting at the Emerald Show dinner on Monday night. Thank you also to Katie Ritson for her organisation of this event. This is an opportunity for our school community members to support our local community and in doing so receive valuable funds for our P and F. We hope that all of the parents who were able to volunteer enjoyed this event and we thank them all for their efforts.
P AND F MEETING
Our next meeting will be held next Tuesday 2nd August. The meeting will also be offered via Zoom. The Zoom link is:
https://rokcatholic.zoom.us/j/96908334972 .
If families would like to add items to the agenda for the meeting, please email: spe@rok.catholic.edu.au and
title the email: ATTENTION: P and F Agenda
Our P and F executive are also very approachable and are very happy to talk to you about agenda items for our P and F meetings.
P AND F MEETING
Our next meeting will be held next Tuesday 2nd August. The meeting will also be offered via Zoom. The Zoom link is:
https://rokcatholic.zoom.us/j/96908334972 .
If families would like to add items to the agenda for the meeting, please email: spe@rok.catholic.edu.au and
title the email: ATTENTION: P and F Agenda
Our P and F executive are also very approachable and are very happy to talk to you about agenda items for our P and F meetings.
READERS CUP TEAM
Congratulations to Knox Hamilton, Ethan Farrell, Claire McDowall, Milla McCarthy, Ella Gellatly, Emma Glanville, Ava Magnussen, Isabelle Pettett and Deirmina Delaram who competed in the regional competition for Readers Cup.
Thank you to Miss Krause and Mrs Heinemann for supporting the students.
Thank you to Miss Krause and Mrs Heinemann for supporting the students.
WHOLE SCHOOL DISCO
We are excited to celebrate the beginning of Term 3 with a whole school disco. All families are invited to attend.
Date: Friday 22nd July
Time: 5:30-7pm
Venue: St Patrick’s School Oval
Cost: $2 per child or $5 per family
Theme: ‘80s and Fluro’
A sausage sizzle and drinks, chocolates and chips will be on sale.
Date: Friday 22nd July
Time: 5:30-7pm
Venue: St Patrick’s School Oval
Cost: $2 per child or $5 per family
Theme: ‘80s and Fluro’
A sausage sizzle and drinks, chocolates and chips will be on sale.
TUCKSHOP
Our school tuckshop is a valuable service in our school, and we are extremely fortunate to be able to offer nutritious food for our students.
Our tuckshop has two convenors who work on Wednesday and Thursday and three convenors on Friday each week. The tuckshop also relies heavily on the support of our school community to volunteer their time to ensure that we can continue to provide this service for our families.
The role of a volunteer in the tuckshop is to assist in food preparation and packing the food into the tuckshop baskets once the food has been prepared. Volunteers are asked to assist from 8.30am until 11.30am on their volunteer day. According to new health regulations our volunteers are also required to be vaccinated for Covid.
Volunteering in the tuckshop offers a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and play an active role in supporting our school community. Your time volunteering is very much appreciated.
The following link enables families to add their name to the tuckshop volunteer roster. Please consider volunteering to support this valuable school service. You are also able to call our school office if you would like to add your name to the roster.
Tuckshop Roster Link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hFAADcPqrAqicTQQFh1Yvc1-4hdezE4uZCyybWekRjM/edit?usp=sharing
We encourage all of our families who are able to do so to consider volunteering to spend time in our tuckshop. Your support is very much appreciated.
Our tuckshop has two convenors who work on Wednesday and Thursday and three convenors on Friday each week. The tuckshop also relies heavily on the support of our school community to volunteer their time to ensure that we can continue to provide this service for our families.
The role of a volunteer in the tuckshop is to assist in food preparation and packing the food into the tuckshop baskets once the food has been prepared. Volunteers are asked to assist from 8.30am until 11.30am on their volunteer day. According to new health regulations our volunteers are also required to be vaccinated for Covid.
Volunteering in the tuckshop offers a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and play an active role in supporting our school community. Your time volunteering is very much appreciated.
The following link enables families to add their name to the tuckshop volunteer roster. Please consider volunteering to support this valuable school service. You are also able to call our school office if you would like to add your name to the roster.
Tuckshop Roster Link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hFAADcPqrAqicTQQFh1Yvc1-4hdezE4uZCyybWekRjM/edit?usp=sharing
We encourage all of our families who are able to do so to consider volunteering to spend time in our tuckshop. Your support is very much appreciated.
SAVE THE DATE
ST PATRICK’S FUNDRAISING COOKBOOK
Our St Patrick's Fundraising Cookbook COME TO THE TABLE is now available for purchase at the school office for $40. Come to the Table supports the wonderful work of our Emerald Neighbourhood Centre. $5 from each book sale will be donated to ENC.
For those interested in the cookbook specs:
300 pages with over 400 recipes!
250 x 210mm portrait
115 gsm CVG silk pages with Wibalin Hardback case with white foil stamped book title
Navy ribbon bookmark
You are most welcome to purchase more than one copy.
For those interested in the cookbook specs:
300 pages with over 400 recipes!
250 x 210mm portrait
115 gsm CVG silk pages with Wibalin Hardback case with white foil stamped book title
Navy ribbon bookmark
You are most welcome to purchase more than one copy.
SCHOOL UNIFORM UPDATE
We thank our families for their patience as we wait for the arrival of new uniform orders, particularly our boy’s formal shirt.
If you are currently waiting for your uniform order, please be assured that your order still exists, and you will be notified, and your order completed as soon as the uniforms arrive.
The full implementation of our new school uniform does not occur until 2023. We are confident that supplies will increase throughout the year to ensure that the full implementation is able to occur at the beginning of next year.
It is not a requirement that students are in the new uniform for the upcoming school photos.
Thank you for your patience and a special thank you to Tineasha Bowen and Tineale Owens, in our uniform shop who have worked to get uniform orders to families as soon as they arrive.
If you are currently waiting for your uniform order, please be assured that your order still exists, and you will be notified, and your order completed as soon as the uniforms arrive.
The full implementation of our new school uniform does not occur until 2023. We are confident that supplies will increase throughout the year to ensure that the full implementation is able to occur at the beginning of next year.
It is not a requirement that students are in the new uniform for the upcoming school photos.
Thank you for your patience and a special thank you to Tineasha Bowen and Tineale Owens, in our uniform shop who have worked to get uniform orders to families as soon as they arrive.
NEW SCHOOL UNIFORMS
Our new boy's formal uniform and school sports uniform will be compulsory from the beginning of 2023. Girl's will have a choice to wear the dress or blouse and culottes as the formal uniform option.
All Prep students in 2022 will be required to wear their Prep shirt and the 'SPE' sports shorts or culottes.
All students are required to wear black shoes and white socks.
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:
All Prep students in 2022 will be required to wear their Prep shirt and the 'SPE' sports shorts or culottes.
All students are required to wear black shoes and white socks.
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:
NEW SCHOOL UNIFORM HOURS FOR 2022
The following will be the new uniform shop opening
times beginning in 2022.
Monday 8:00am - 10:30am
Tuesday 8:00am - 10:30am
Wednesday 1:30pm - 4:00pm
The following will be the new uniform shop opening
times beginning in 2022.
Monday 8:00am - 10:30am
Tuesday 8:00am - 10:30am
Wednesday 1:30pm - 4:00pm
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. |
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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