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WORKER OF THE WEEK
Athletics Carnivals
With some events looking very different to past years, we are communicating in advance to allow families time to prepare.
This begins on Friday of Week 7 and continues the following week. Throughout Week 8 we are providing all our year levels with an opportunity to participate in an athletics carnival.
This year our carnivals will run differently and have a dual purpose. For our students who compete in the 10’s, 11’s and 12 year old age bracket and who are competing for age champion or personal bests in our track and field events, they will complete field events at school as well as attend track events at Marist.
For our younger students as well as our students who love representing their house and participating, running events along with some field events and ball games will be hosted at school.
It is important that we meet our COVID requirements and adhere to the social distancing requirements of 1.5 meters and not attending if unwell.
The carnivals will be held on the following days and times:
Friday 28th August (Week 7)
Students will nominate to run the 100m, 200m and 800m at Marist. Students who nominate for these events will catch the bus to Marist and complete these events throughout the morning. All other students will remain at school and participate in their usual class routines.
Unfortunately, due to the venue and access to toilets we cannot have spectators at Marist due to restrictions.
Monday 31st August Prep 11.30-1.20pm 60m sprints, vortex throw, egg and spoon and ball games
Tuesday 1st September Year 2 9.00-10.40am 80m sprints, long jump and shot put
Tuesday 1st September Year 1 11.30-1.20pm 60m sprints, vortex throw, egg and spoon and ball games
Wednesday 2nd September Year 3 9.00-10.40am 80m sprints, long jump and shot put
Wednesday 2nd September 2010’s 11.30-1.20pm long jump and shot put
Thursday 3rd September 2008/2007’s 9.00-10.40pm long jump and shot put
Thursday 3rd September 2009’s 11.30-1.20pm long jump and shot put
Children who are born in 2007 through to 2010 will complete their high jump event during their class P.E. lesson with Mr Boyle.
We are looking forward to a different format that will allow all of our students and opportunity to participate in sports and activities to contribute to their team.
This begins on Friday of Week 7 and continues the following week. Throughout Week 8 we are providing all our year levels with an opportunity to participate in an athletics carnival.
This year our carnivals will run differently and have a dual purpose. For our students who compete in the 10’s, 11’s and 12 year old age bracket and who are competing for age champion or personal bests in our track and field events, they will complete field events at school as well as attend track events at Marist.
For our younger students as well as our students who love representing their house and participating, running events along with some field events and ball games will be hosted at school.
It is important that we meet our COVID requirements and adhere to the social distancing requirements of 1.5 meters and not attending if unwell.
The carnivals will be held on the following days and times:
Friday 28th August (Week 7)
Students will nominate to run the 100m, 200m and 800m at Marist. Students who nominate for these events will catch the bus to Marist and complete these events throughout the morning. All other students will remain at school and participate in their usual class routines.
Unfortunately, due to the venue and access to toilets we cannot have spectators at Marist due to restrictions.
Monday 31st August Prep 11.30-1.20pm 60m sprints, vortex throw, egg and spoon and ball games
Tuesday 1st September Year 2 9.00-10.40am 80m sprints, long jump and shot put
Tuesday 1st September Year 1 11.30-1.20pm 60m sprints, vortex throw, egg and spoon and ball games
Wednesday 2nd September Year 3 9.00-10.40am 80m sprints, long jump and shot put
Wednesday 2nd September 2010’s 11.30-1.20pm long jump and shot put
Thursday 3rd September 2008/2007’s 9.00-10.40pm long jump and shot put
Thursday 3rd September 2009’s 11.30-1.20pm long jump and shot put
Children who are born in 2007 through to 2010 will complete their high jump event during their class P.E. lesson with Mr Boyle.
We are looking forward to a different format that will allow all of our students and opportunity to participate in sports and activities to contribute to their team.
FATHER’S DAY STALL |
PREP VISION SCREENING |
EMERALD DISTRICT CRICKET TRIALS |
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Our P and F will host a Father’s Day stall on Thursday 3rd September. Students are invited to bring some money to school on this day if they would like to purchase a gift for their father, grandfather or special someone in their lives. The gifts will range in price from $1 - $5. Thank you to Lesley Anne McDowall and her helpers for creating this initiative for our students.
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The Prep Vision Screening has been rescheduled to 17th November. The forms that were returned at the beginning of the year will be used for this rescheduled date. If families have not completed a Prep Vision Screening form and would like to have their child undertake a vision screening please contact the school office.
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Congratulations to Oliver Brotherton, Callum Ryan, Sidney McCullagh and Eddie McCullagh on their selection in the Emerald Districts Under 12's Cricket trial. Good luck boys for the upcoming Central Highland's trials
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DEBATING COMPETITION
At this time of the term, our Year 5 and 6 students are usually preparing to take part in the Interschool Debating Competition. Unfortunately, due to CoVid restrictions and Government guidelines, the Debating Competition has been cancelled for 2020. To ensure our Year 5 & 6 students do not miss out on this experience, St Patrick’s will be holding its own Intraschool Competition.
Below is a timetable for the students:
Year 6 Year 5
Week 7 Round 1 Week 7 Round 1
Team A v Team B Team A v Team B
Team C v Team D Team C v Team D
Team E v Team F
Week 9 Round 2 Week 9 Round 2
Team A v Team C Team A v Team E
Team B v Team D Team B v Team D
Team C v Team F
The students each received a ‘Debating Basics’ guide to assist them in understanding what a debate needs to include and how a debate is judged and scored. Practical Tips were discussed including being confident, making eye contact, good posture, ignoring mistakes and of course, not forgetting to smile! The importance of using their voice was also explained including pitch, pace, pause, projection and personality. The Debating guide certainly has all elements covered so the students will be well informed for their first debate in week 7.
The students will be assisted by their classroom teacher and Mrs Isles in preparing and delivering their debates. Students will practice at lunch times and classes will be allocated a time of when their debates will take place in weeks 7 and 9.
Below is a timetable for the students:
Year 6 Year 5
Week 7 Round 1 Week 7 Round 1
Team A v Team B Team A v Team B
Team C v Team D Team C v Team D
Team E v Team F
Week 9 Round 2 Week 9 Round 2
Team A v Team C Team A v Team E
Team B v Team D Team B v Team D
Team C v Team F
The students each received a ‘Debating Basics’ guide to assist them in understanding what a debate needs to include and how a debate is judged and scored. Practical Tips were discussed including being confident, making eye contact, good posture, ignoring mistakes and of course, not forgetting to smile! The importance of using their voice was also explained including pitch, pace, pause, projection and personality. The Debating guide certainly has all elements covered so the students will be well informed for their first debate in week 7.
The students will be assisted by their classroom teacher and Mrs Isles in preparing and delivering their debates. Students will practice at lunch times and classes will be allocated a time of when their debates will take place in weeks 7 and 9.
MJR GROUPS
Tomorrow, we will be holding our first MJR Groups. Our Year 6 leaders facilitate activities with small groups of younger students. A teacher supervises each group which includes: two/three MJR student leaders and multi age groups of 14 – 16 younger students. This is a great leadership opportunity for our Student Leaders. This year our MJR Group theme is God Moments. We will be discussing how we can all be Walking God Moments every day.
BOOK FAIR |
BOOK COSTUME PARADE |
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Our school book fair will be held in Week 6, beginning on Monday 17th August -Friday 21st August. The book fair will be held in the library and will be open each morning from 8am - 8.40am on Monday to Friday and from 3.00pm-3.30pm on Monday to Thursday. Parents are welcome to visit the book fair with their children during these times. We are required to meet COVID restrictions in regard to the number of individuals that are able to be within the library space. Parents visiting the book fair will be required to physically distance before entering the library and leave the school grounds as soon as they have visited the book fair. Students are welcome to bring money to purchase books during their library borrowing time. If students are bringing money to school to purchase books we are that they please give their money to their classroom teacher at the beginning of the school day.
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In celebration of Book Week our students are invited to dress as their favourite book character on Thursday 27th August at 8.40am. Our book costume parade will take a different format this year. To ensure that we meet our adult number requirement limits the book character parade will take part on the school oval. The students will sit in the middle of the school oval and one parent of each child is invited to stand in allocated year level areas on the oval to watch the parade.
All of the students will walk around to parade their book character costume in front of the school. Each student will not announce who their book character is as has occurred in past years. We look forward to celebrating the enjoyable school event with our school community. |
THANK YOU
Thank you to Mr Les Brown, who is one of our grandparents, for creating the extensions for our lunch trolleys. The extensions to our lunch trolleys allow for all of the P-3 lunch boxes and water bottles to fit in the lunch trolleys. The lunch trolleys serve an important role in allowing for the smooth transition of our P-3 and 4-6 lunch eating times. We would like to thank Mr Brown for generously sharing his craft talents with our school community.
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Thank you to Mr Shaun Connelly, one of our parents and Mr Peter Finlay, our groundsman, for generously giving of their time to lay the green turf on the new concrete lung jump run up track. The new track will provide our students with a safe run up when completing their long jumps. Thank you, Mr Connelly and Mr Finlay for assisting in creating this new school resource for our students.
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CLASS LITURGIESAfter discussions with our St Patrick’s Parish, I am very excited to announce that Class Liturgies will recommence this term. Due to church attendance numbers being limited to 60, this means that only the class presenting, and their families are able to attend. There is no need to ‘book in’ but there will be a sign-in register for parents to complete for COVID tracing purposes. Parents will be limited to one section of the church for ease of cleaning afterwards. I will clean the church after each Liturgy.
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FAITH FORMATIONThis term we will begin our Friday Faith Formation. Our Faith Formation sessions are designed to provide our students will different opportunities to further deepen their faith and relationship with Jesus. This will take place every Friday 12:40 – 1:20. Faith Formation will either be a Class Liturgy at 12:30pm or whole-school MJR Groups. Weeks 1, 4, 7 and 10 are MJR Groups and Weeks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 are Class Liturgies. Please see our Liturgical Roster for a more detailed term timetable.
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PRAYER ASSEMBLIES
We are allowed to gather as a whole school once more for assembly, however adults need to adhere to social distancing and we are limited to 100 adults in the under covered area, including staff. Therefore, only one parent for each of the children who are receiving Worker of the Week as well as one parent for each of the students of the presenting class are welcome to attend. This will ensure we meet requirements. We will record the presenting class and upload this part of the assembly to their Google classroom so that both parents then have the opportunity to view their child’s Prayer Assembly.
AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST CHILD SAFETY LESSON
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St Patrick’s School is a proud supporter of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation because we believe child safety is everyone’s business. On Thursday 25th June, our Year 3 – 6 students joined with thousands of students across Australia and watched Australia’s Biggest Child Safety Lesson. This lesson was livestreamed online and focused on online safety strategies. Examples of previous year’s videos are available online at https://danielmorcombe.com.au/australias-biggest-child-safety-lesson-2/ Later this year on September 10th, as part of National Child Protection Week, our Preps – Year 2 students will also watch a livestreamed lesson. There’s will discuss key messages about safe and unsafe secrets.
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NEW PREP RESOURCES
Recently, Ensham Resources donated funds to provide St Patrick’s Prep children with some new play resources. The money was used to purchase timber and items to make a new play bench and small world play accessories for imaginative play. Mr Les Brown, one of our grandfathers, kindly donated his time and skills to construct the timber toys for the children to enjoy for years to come. On Friday, the children had a wonderful time being presented with their new toys by Mr Brown and Kellie Gersbach, a representative from Ensham Resources. A big thank you to everyone involved in this special project which will enhance and support play based learning in Prep.
SCHOOL PHOTOS
Our school photos are due to occur on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th August. MSP Photography have informed our school that they are required, as a business to put in place strict social distancing measures to ensure they meet the COVID Safe requirements for their organisation.
Therefore, the photos will be a little different this year. There will be no official class photo. Instead only individual photos will be taken. The individual photos for each class member will be added together to form a class photo. Our school band and our school leaders photo will also take this form. The picture indicates the class photo format.
Unfortunately, MSP are unable to offer a family photo option. More information will be provided by MSP Photography as we get closer to our photo date.
Therefore, the photos will be a little different this year. There will be no official class photo. Instead only individual photos will be taken. The individual photos for each class member will be added together to form a class photo. Our school band and our school leaders photo will also take this form. The picture indicates the class photo format.
Unfortunately, MSP are unable to offer a family photo option. More information will be provided by MSP Photography as we get closer to our photo date.
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ST PATRICK’S PARISH MASS
Weekend Mass attendance numbers have now increased to 100. Frs Truc and Yon look forward to meeting you all in person. Please book online at: https://www.trybooking.com/BKHQZ or contact the Parish Office on: 0418 821 066 to register your attendance to weekend Masses. You are not required to bring the ticket. If you wish to watch a Mass online, you can join the community of St Joseph's Cathedral, Rockhampton at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQeYD6B2cSvFb4zqStn_Brg |
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CARITAS PROJECT COMPASSION
Thank you for supporting Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Campaign. Your generosity will work for the freedom of those living in poverty, challenge unjust structures, and empower people to work for a sustainable way of life.
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YEAR 7 MARIST COLLEGE ENROLMENTSThe 2021 Year 7 applications for Marist College have opened. Families wishing to enrol their children in Year 7 at Marist College in 2021 are asked to complete an application form. Application forms are available from the Marist College website www.maristcollegeemerald.com.au .
Important dates: Enrolment Interviews – 11th August 2020 Year 7 Orientation Day 1st December 2020 |
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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