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WORKER OF THE WEEK
SCHOOL LEADERS
The presentation of our School Leaders to our community was a wonderful moment to celebrate in their journey with us on Monday’s assembly. All of our Year Six students were presented as part of the leadership group, as well as the students who were voted in by their peers as Captains and Vice Captains. The students pictured below are to be congratulated on their position for 2021.
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School Captains
Ava Wills and Eddie McCullagh School Vice Captains Finlee Anderson and Jye Finch |
Moore Captains
Jo Marie Van Zyl and Tyler Davies Moore Vice Captains Annette Harris and Hugo Bailey |
Patrick Captains
Eve Osborn and Jackson Hardgrave Patrick Vice Captains Mia McEwan and Braith Gretton |
Kennedy Captains
Ashley Bennett and Will McDowall Kennedy Vice Captains Bridie Finning and Arnav Dewan |
Trinity Captains
Greta McGavin and Cruz Gilmore Trinity Vice Captains Coby Murphy and Samson Grant |
EMERALD DISTRICT RUGBY LEAGUE TRIALS |
OPENING SCHOOL
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EMERALD DISTRICT NETBALL TRIALS |
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Congratulations to the following students who were selected in the Emerald District Rugby League teams: Jaxon Day, Archie Clarke, Eddie McCullagh, Will McDowall, Braith Gretton, Cruz Gilmour, Nate Stowers and Max Garner. They will now take part in the CH Trials in Emerald on 12th March.
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All parents and friends are welcome to attend our Opening School Mass led by Fr Truc and Fr Yun and Year 6B on Friday 26th February 12:00 – 1:00pm in our Undercover Area.
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Congratulations to the following students who were selected in the Emerald District Netball teams. The 10-11 year girls are Isobel Brotherton, Ava Ledwy, Finlee Anderson, Kenzi Kerr, Mya Walsh and Milla McCarthy. The 11-12 year girls are Bridie Finning, Mia McEwan, Eve Osborn, Charlotte McEwan and Jo-Mari Van Zyl. The Central Highlands netball trials will be held at the PCYC on the 3rd March.
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ST PATRICK'S DAY
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P AND F ZOOM MEETING |
CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA DAY |
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Our school tuckshop will be selling jelly cups for St Patrick’s day on Wednesday 17th March. The jelly cups will be 50c and are only available via a paper bag order of cash on the day.
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Our P and F zoom meeting will be held next Tuesday at 7pm. A zoom link will be sent closer to the date. We encourage all of our families to join our P and F zoom meetings.
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The Central Highlands Regional Council will be hosting our local Clean Up Australia Day event on Sunday 7th March. Registration for the event will begin at 8.00am at the western entrance of the Botanic Gardens. St Patrick’s school families are encouraged to participate in this community event.
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MUSIC NEWS
Instrumental Music Parent Information Video: https://youtu.be/qT3BlSluBP4 Students in Years 4-6 are eligible to join our school instrumental music program. We recommend that all parents of interested students view this information video. Please do not hesitate to contact me via email should you have any further questions. Roslyn_Horsfall@rok.catholic.edu.au
Band and Choir Captains: We are excited to announce that for the first time, our Year 6 Senior Band and Choir students are invited to nominate themselves for the role of band or choir captain. Please note that there will be only one captain and one vice-captain. Each of these roles may go to either a boy or a girl. Our music captains will be announced in 2-3 weeks during assembly, when our specially ordered badges have arrived. Parents of the successful students will be notified prior to this ceremony.
Year 6 Musical: In our weekly music lessons, Year 6 students will be busy preparing for their performance of ‘The Most Epic Birthday Party Ever’ to take place on Tuesday 8th June at the Emerald Town Hall. Please save the date now to ensure you don’t miss out! Students have been invited to audition for lead roles and information about what preparation is expected has been shared with students via their music Google Classroom. Some students may be called to audition next Monday, so I recommend that any practice and preparation required takes place over the weekend.
Band and Choir Captains: We are excited to announce that for the first time, our Year 6 Senior Band and Choir students are invited to nominate themselves for the role of band or choir captain. Please note that there will be only one captain and one vice-captain. Each of these roles may go to either a boy or a girl. Our music captains will be announced in 2-3 weeks during assembly, when our specially ordered badges have arrived. Parents of the successful students will be notified prior to this ceremony.
Year 6 Musical: In our weekly music lessons, Year 6 students will be busy preparing for their performance of ‘The Most Epic Birthday Party Ever’ to take place on Tuesday 8th June at the Emerald Town Hall. Please save the date now to ensure you don’t miss out! Students have been invited to audition for lead roles and information about what preparation is expected has been shared with students via their music Google Classroom. Some students may be called to audition next Monday, so I recommend that any practice and preparation required takes place over the weekend.
CROSS COUNTRY
Next Friday 5th March, the 10, 11 and 12 year old boys and girls will have their cross country. It will be held at Rundle Park. The children who have nominated will be walking to Rundle Park at approximately 8:50am and will be accompanied by Mr Ferguson, Mrs Isles, Mrs DuPlooy and three classroom teachers.
The students who are in Year 4 students who are not 10 years old will compete in the cross country on Tuesday 16th March.
St Patrick’s Cross Country for Prep and Year 1 is on Monday the 15th of March in Week 8.
St Patrick’s Cross Country for Year 2 and 3 is on Tuesday the 16th of March in Week 8.
Emerald District Cross Country for Year 4, 5 and 6 is on the 19th of March in Week 8.
Cross Country training will be offered for the Year 4, 5 and 6 students on the 2nd and 4th of March at 7.30am. Training will be held on the St Patrick’s school oval.
Training will also be available for those students who are selected to compete in the Emerald District trials. This training will occur on the St Patrick’s school oval on 16th and 17th of March at 7.30am.
The students can wear training clothes to school and change at school after their training.
The students who are in Year 4 students who are not 10 years old will compete in the cross country on Tuesday 16th March.
St Patrick’s Cross Country for Prep and Year 1 is on Monday the 15th of March in Week 8.
St Patrick’s Cross Country for Year 2 and 3 is on Tuesday the 16th of March in Week 8.
Emerald District Cross Country for Year 4, 5 and 6 is on the 19th of March in Week 8.
Cross Country training will be offered for the Year 4, 5 and 6 students on the 2nd and 4th of March at 7.30am. Training will be held on the St Patrick’s school oval.
Training will also be available for those students who are selected to compete in the Emerald District trials. This training will occur on the St Patrick’s school oval on 16th and 17th of March at 7.30am.
The students can wear training clothes to school and change at school after their training.
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. 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 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. |
YOUTH GATHERING/MEETING
Sunday 21 February after 8am mass at St Patrick’s Church – Youth Group members will be rostered to be the readers at 8am, Sunday Mass on the fourth weekend of the month. Wishing to find out more about our faith and youth ministry in our Parish? Fr Yon and Deacon Ashwin would welcome your enquiry. For more information on St Patrick’s Youth Group please contact: Fr Yon 0405 191 438 | Deacon Ashwin 0432 151437 stpatsem@bigpond.com WEEKLY CATHOLIC PODCAST Our Parish’s Deacon Ashwin has commenced a weekly Podcast called “Suspended in the Word”. The link for the podcast is as follows: (on Google Podcasts): https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80M2ZhMTE0Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw His first episode is “From the Baptism of the Lord into Ordinary Time” |
STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE |
NRL ‘RESPECT’ WORKSHOP |
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Our 2021 Year 6 students will attend a student leadership conference on the 1st March 2021. The conference is presented by a team of specialists in the area of student leadership. The learning opportunity aims to develop students’ understanding of leadership and foster the qualities of confidence, humility, empathy and reliability. The school will cover the majority of the cost for the students to attend the conference and families are asked to contribute $15 towards this learning opportunity. This will be added to the Term One fees. The conference will be held at St Patrick’s school.
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On Wednesday, the students in Year 5 and 6 attended a workshop presented by the National Rugby League aimed at promoting respect in sporting activities and in the community.
The workshops involved the students listening to a presentation and participating in simple activities involving students and teachers all centred around the message of Respect. The students viewed a presentation from Tyson White and Tamika Upton. Tamika Upton is a past student of St Patrick’s, so the students were very excited to meet her. Tamika is an Australian Rugby League footballer and plays fullback for the Brisbane Broncos. Tamika and Tyson shared their values that have inspired them to be great players and more importantly how their values have helped their teams and communities. |
P AND F AGM
Our P and F AGM was held on Tuesday night. Thank you to the parents who were able to attend. Thank you also to our elected P and F executive members for their commitment to our P and F.
President: Carmon Connelly
Vice President: Katie Ritson
Treasure: Wendy DeLeeuw
Secretary: Alicia Ruhl
Our first P and F meeting was held immediately after our P & F AGM. At this meeting it was decided that ZOOM meetings are the preferred option for P & F meetings. Therefore, we will proceed with Zoom P and F meetings for this year.
Information to update our school community about the development of our school uniform was discussed and the progression on uniform samples was shown. We are continuing to develop the samples and hope to be at a stage where we can present a final sample of all our school uniform options in the near future.
We are thankful for the continued support of our parents and we look forward to welcoming families to our 2021 P&F meetings.
President: Carmon Connelly
Vice President: Katie Ritson
Treasure: Wendy DeLeeuw
Secretary: Alicia Ruhl
Our first P and F meeting was held immediately after our P & F AGM. At this meeting it was decided that ZOOM meetings are the preferred option for P & F meetings. Therefore, we will proceed with Zoom P and F meetings for this year.
Information to update our school community about the development of our school uniform was discussed and the progression on uniform samples was shown. We are continuing to develop the samples and hope to be at a stage where we can present a final sample of all our school uniform options in the near future.
We are thankful for the continued support of our parents and we look forward to welcoming families to our 2021 P&F meetings.
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
We are thankful to welcome our parents back to our school assemblies. In accordance with our COVID regulations of restricting the number of adults in our school grounds we ask that only one adult from each family attends the school assembly to view their child receiving a Worker of the Week award and only one adult from each family watch their child presenting at the class prayer assembly. If your child is not receiving an award or presenting at the prayer assembly, we ask that you do not attend assembly for the week. We would like to thank all of our families for their continued support.
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 AT ASSEMBLY
We are thankful to welcome our parents back to our school assemblies. In accordance with our COVID regulations of restricting the number of adults in our school grounds we ask that only one adult from each family attends the school assembly to view their child receiving a Worker of the Week award and only one adult from each family watch their child presenting at the class prayer assembly. If your child is not receiving an award or presenting at the prayer assembly, we ask that you do not attend assembly for the week. We would like to thank all of our families for their continued support.
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.
BUILDING AT ST PATRICK'S |
WATER BOTTLES |
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We ask that families are mindful of the building and ensure that they act in a safe manner around the building works. Only the builders and contractors are permitted in the fenced area.
ACCESS TO THE BUILDING SITE Access to the building site for contractors will be through the staff car park behind the Prep buildings. As large vehicles will be entering this space the two car parks closest to the entry will be blocked off for the duration of the build. We ask that families do not park in these spaces. |
The building that is occurring within our school has impacted the number of drink taps that we have available for students. We ask that all students remember to bring their water bottle to school each day to ensure that they are drinking enough water during the day. |
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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