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I Belong! You Belong! We Belong!
Enrolments Now Open for 2017
Dear Lord Catholic Schools Week is a special time in the year when we celebrate the extraordinary achievements of our Catholic schools. It is a time to give thanks for the wonderful teaching and
learning that takes place each day in every classroom. We
acknowledge and thank all who work in the service of
Catholic education to create the opportunities for students
that allow them to grow and thrive.
We thank you for the wisdom and understanding of teachers the enthusiasm and energy of students the leadership of school Principals and executive staff the skill, care and commitment of administrative and support staff the guidance of our pastors and religious leaders the support and partnership of parents, carers and local communities. We pray that each student’s learning journey be inspired by a search for your wisdom and truth. We pray that we never take for granted the learning opportunities that we have all been given, and that we use the gifts of learning wisely and responsibly. We ask that we use what we have learnt to create a better world for all people, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen
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Catholic Schools Week: I belong. You Belong! We Belong! Our aim this year at St Patrick’s is to raise further public awareness of the wonderful opportunities that not only Catholic schools
provide in the Griffith region but to celebrate our history, our distinctiveness and our many achievements. At St Patrick’s we
believe it is an ideal opportunity to showcase our spirituality, our school achievements in the arenas of academic excellence such
as our 2015 NAPLAN scores, student representation at the highest sporting levels in the State and the engagement of
opportunities through our creative Arts and Science programs. The theme this year I belong, You Belong and We Belong” aligns
itself as we continue to strengthen our relationships among all who have a stake in our school – students, staff, families, priests,
parishioners, and members of the wider community. Finally and most importantly, Catholic Schools Week is about creating a
stance on supporting refugees and asylum seekers and the need to be a compassionate local and global community.
On behalf of the Chair of our school council and P&F President, I
would like to thank you all for making St Patrick’s Primary
School more than a place of learning but a place that focuses
on helping our students and community to be more
outreaching and compassionate to those less fortunate than
us . Next week, we are opening our doors to the
community to come in and visit us and witness the
wonderful achievements and sense of belonging that exists
at St Patrick’s Griffith on our name sake day of St Patrick’s
Day on March 17th. Please save the date and come along and
celebrate St Patrick’s Day with us.
Display at Central Plaza In Central Plaza this week, I invite community members to see our Catholic Schools Week display at Griffith Central throughout
the week. The display will have student’s art work up and display posters of our school. To conclude our celebration the staff
along with other members from Catholic schools in the region will celebrate together at the South Side Leagues Club. This will
be a wonderful opportunity for all staff in Catholic Schools to be acknowledged in making a difference for the students in their
care. After all, we believe that teaching in a Catholic school is not just a job but a vocation! Happy Catholic Schools week to
everyone and thank you!
Enrolments Now Open 2017
St Patrick’s school is now seeking expressions of interest for Kindergarten children for 2017. I realise this may seem early, but
due to the increased numbers of siblings on our enrolment system, we are beginning the process early. If your intention is to be
part of our community here at St Patrick’s then please telephone the office on 69642888 and provide details to our office staff. I
encourage all friends and parents to look at our website for information about our school at http://web.spgww.catholic.edu.au
Assembly
Congratulations to the students who received an award at our weekly school assembly. Mrs Roche has provided a full list of
students who received an award this week at assembly further in this newsletter. All parents and friends are invited to come
along to our weekly assembly held in the Fr O’Dea Hall. The assembly starts at 2:40pm every Friday. If your child is receiving an
award do not be shy, come up and take a photo or two! If you miss the assembly don’t worry, just check out our Facebook page.
Pupil Free Days Term 2
Parents Term Two begins for all students on Thursday April 28th
. ANZAC Day is on Monday 25th
which is a public holiday and
Tuesday 26th
and Wednesday 27th are nominated pupil free days. All staff will be in Wagga attending the Diocese Conference
entitled Nourish 2 Thrive. Please note these dates in your diary as there will be no staff at school on April 26 and 27th
.
Thanks for reading and have a great week!
PS Go the Broncos!!
David Adams-Jones
Principal
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Tuesday, 8th March 2016
Term One, Week 7
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday 8th
March
Diocesan Cricket Trials
Diocesan Netball Trials
Thursday 10th
March
Diocesan Soccer Trials
Diocesan Rugby League Trials
School Council Meeting 7.30pm
Tuesday 15th
March
Final Diocesan Soccer Trials
Thursday 17th
March
St Patrick’s Day
9.30am Mass
Tabloid Sports following picnic lunch in
the school grounds – all welcome
Open Classrooms
Friday 18th
March
Launch of Vision & Mission Statement
10.00am Liturgy in Fr O’Dea Hall
followed by picnic lunch in the school
grounds – all welcome
Open Classrooms
Diocesan AFL Trials
School Disco: Infants 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Primary: 7.30pm – 9.00pm
Monday 21st
March
School Cross Country
Collina Oval
Please be aware that Term 2
begins for the students on
Thursday 28th April.
Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th
April are Pupil Free Days.
Principal Visit to Year Four
My visit this week enabled me to see our fabulous Year Four students playing an old
time favourite game called “Golden Child”. Golden Child is a drill where the players
split into 2 teams. One team lines up in a line behind each other facing the post, the
other team lines up in a line behind each other off the court. As soon as the teacher
blows the whistle/says go, the first person shoots then the next person shoots and so
on. Whilst the shooters are shooting, the other team has to run around a third of the
court and reach the other side before
someone shoots. If someone shoots,
the runner has to stop where they
are. The shooters carry on shooting
and the runners carry on running,
however the runners who have
stopped stay where they are. When
only one runner is left they have to
run and collect all the runners who
had to stop. The aim of the game is
for the runners to reach the end
before everyone has scored. It was
obvious from the loud directions and cheering that is one of the favourite games the
Year Fours love to play. But amongst all this cheering one could see how the game
builds on sportsmanship’s, team work and individual skills such as shooting, dribbling
and passing skills all of which were being refined in the game. Now that is the spirit of
sport on Friday afternoons!
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Merit Awards at Assembly Assembly Congratulations to the students who received an award at our weekly school assembly. On behalf of the school community, we are very proud of your achievements and congratulate you all in Making Jesus Real in everything you do. Please visit our Face Book page for more photos! https://www.facebook.com/St-Patricks-Primary-School-Griffith-359977407452954/
Kindergarten Ajitinder Singh
Ava Graham Isaiah Valele
Lillah Thomas Ravdeep Sandhey
Isabella Kelsey
Year One Riley Andriolo Taylor Serafin Leo Halliday
Mackenzie Trotter Maree Montagner Oliver Salvestrin
Rocco Catanzariti Ellina Sergi
Om Chaudhary Chloe Dickie
Year Two Nicholas Sergi Alyx Mustica Finn Piccoli
Alex Nascimben Soham Ghosh
Laila Afridi Isaiah Dal Broi Cooper Savage
Mia Sergi Bhavya Chaudhari
Emily Ferris William Lancaster
Year Three Lachlan Emery Summer Carlon
Johan Martinello Sienna Sergi Uday Toor
Shirine Nehme Juliet De Marco Jack Beltrame
Sienna Armanini
Year Four Ella Savage
Rebecca Ikenasio Mason Salvestro
Pearson Kasawaya Gabriella Cirillo
Antonia Panarello
Year Five Sam Trimboli Prince Patel
Cooper Bradley Molly Laurent Kayla Curran
Antonio Barbaro Pepper Malijan Molly Laurent Dean Armanini Jess Moraschi
Charlie O’Sullivan Hayden Forner
Elizabeth Andreazza Ben Devery
Talia Armanini Eva Catanzariti
Year Six Michael Di Lorenzo
Khush Patel Bohdy Martyn
Isabel McDonald Allira Bugge
Charmi Gami Lucy Cozens Pria Cerato
Joel Apolloni Domenic Sergi Jayden Skirving
Claudia Torresan
MJR Award – Stella Minato: When there was a little Kindergarten student sitting by himself Stella sat with him and
wouldn’t leave his side until the bell rang.
Griffith School Leaders Reception
Last Friday our school leaders attended the Griffith Regional Art Gallery School Leaders Reception. The students were acknowledged for their efforts in fulfilling their civic duties and recognised as future leaders in our community. The Mayor Mr John Dal Broi welcomed
everyone and Minister for Education Mr Adrian Piccoli opened the reception. We are very proud of your achievements.
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From our Assistant Principal This week our students will be voting for 2 representatives from each year group to be their representatives on the Student Representative Council. SRC members represent all students in the school and organise ways for students to participate and contribute to their school community. Next week at the launch of our new Vision and Mission statement the SRC representatives will receive their badges.
“Late to School” and “Absentees Forms”- On the Website Parents, if your child is absent from school we require the following information from you.
Who is the note for – Name of Class Teacher.
The child’s name.
The class the child is in
The date
The name and signature of the parent To assist parents with this request we draw your attention to the absentee note you can download from the school website. As part of the legislation, absentee notes are essential if your child is away or late to school. We hope this download can make this process a little easier. Now, you can download our absentee note from the School Website. Absentee notes are essential if your child is away from school for any reason. Find the link here: http://web.spgww.catholic.edu.au/downloads/absenteenotes.pdf
Mrs Sandra Campbell Acting Assistant Principal
News from the REC
St Patrick’s Day - will be celebrated at our school on Thursday 17th March. The children will be required to wear
their House sport’s uniform on the day as well as any green that they would like to accessorise with. This will assist
us with the running of the tabloid sports events. Mass will be celebrated at 9.30 am in Sacred Heart Church. This will
be followed by an open classroom session where we would like to invite any parents and
grandparents to come in and share in some of the learning and activities taking place on the day.
The tabloid sports rotations will take place in the middle session (11.45-1.45) where the students
will be grouped into their house colour. The children will spend the afternoon in their classrooms
where they will complete some fun themed St Patrick’s Day activities.
Cupcake Day - Please note that the Year 6 Children will be selling green cupcakes on St
Patrick’s Day to help raise funds for their end of year gift to the school. Cupcakes will be sold
for a gold coin donation.
Vision and Mission Liturgy – St Patrick’s Primary will launch their new Vision and Mission Statement in a whole
school liturgy on Friday 18th March at 10.00am in the Father O’Dea Hall. Family and friends are invited to celebrate
the liturgy with us followed by a family picnic lunch with your child. Each child will receive an ice block at the end of
the liturgy and be able to sit with their parents and eat lunch together.
Uniform change – The children will wear their house sport’s uniform on Thursday 17th for St Patrick’s Day. They will
be required to wear normal school uniform on Friday 18th.
Friday Assembly – There will be no Friday Assembly on the 18th March due to the Vision and Mission Liturgy being
held that morning.
Please Pray for
We pray for all the members in our school community who are sick and for all families who have lost loved ones. If you have any special intentions for prayers that you would like us to include in this section, please email the office.
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Sport
Diocesan Sport
Today we have James Roche and Hayden Forner attending a Diocesan Trial in Cricket against Canberra/Goulburn.
Also today in Wagga we have Ava Kelly, Poppy Carlon, Livi Hirst, Abbi Zanesco, Alice MacRae and Lexi Salvestro
participating in the final Diocesan Netball Trial.
Our Diocesan Swimmers, Aida Wiseman, Alice MacRae, Emmerson Waide, Breanna Restagno, Megan Balind, Lexi
Salvestro, Sahara Moon, Joanna MacRae, Lily Beltrame, Mason Rosengreen, James Roche, Samuel Irvin and Ben
Tyson head to the MacKillop Trial at the end of the month.
At the MacKillop AFL Trial on Friday 18th March we have James Roche, Joshua Trotter, Hayden Forner, Mason
Rosengreen and Seve Pastro competing in the MIA/ SW team.
This Thursday we have students attending the Diocesan Trials in Girls Soccer and Rugby League.
On Tuesday March 15th several boys are heading to Junee for the final Boys Soccer Trial.
School Sport
Tomorrow Years Three and Four will participate in a skills session with Soccer NSW.
Our School Cross Country notes went home yesterday and will be held on Monday March 21st.
Students are to wear to wear their coloured House sports Polo on the Monday.
In Athletics our School Field Day events will be held on Friday April 1st leading up to our Track
Carnival on May 2nd. Any changes to the Athletics Format will be published in the Newsletter or face book.
Message from Curriculum Coordinators
The teaching teams have been working together to collate data they have gathered from their students. This data has been transferred to a visual data wall. These data walls, which focus on Mathematics, are located in grade learning spaces to allow the teaching teams to track and monitor student’s progress.
Student Survey Results: Stage 2 –New Learning
Recently, I individually interviewed all the Stage Two students (Years 3 & 4) regarding their learning. Below in the table I have shared the data with you. In the coming weeks I will share Stage data in the next newsletter.
Question Response Are you enjoying this year 100 % Yes
Is it more enjoyable than last year? 97 % Yes
Do you like the freedom of space, movement and furniture?
100% Yes
Do you enjoy having more than one teacher?
100% Yes
Do you think you will learn more than last year?
100% Yes
What is the best thing about this year so far?
Learning, teachers, friends, the learning space & furniture, sport, getting along, Maths, Art and new people.
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Hot Cross Buns
A reminder that Hot Cross Bun orders are due back at school tomorrow - Wednesday, 9th March. Collection of Hot
Cross Buns will be on Thursday 17th March between 2:30pm-3:30pm from the School Hall. Alternatively, if you have
nominated on your order form for your order to be sent home with your son/daughter, it will be sent to their
classroom.
School Disco
Our first School Disco for the year will be on Friday 18th March in the St Patrick's School Hall. Entry is $5 per child.
The Infants session will run from 5:30pm-7:00pm. The Primary session will run from 7:30pm-9:00pm. A note will be
sent home this week asking for helpers on the day. If you are able to offer any of your time, it would be much
appreciated.
St Patrick's P & F Fundraiser on Easter Sunday at De Bortoli Wines
Come along and support our school at 'Celebrazione at De Bortoli Wines' on Easter Sunday (27th
March) between 10:30am-4:00pm. We are also looking for volunteers to assist with collecting gold
coin entry fees at the gate, BBQ stall sales and cooking, as well as anyone who can help with set-
up/pack-up on the day. All funds raised will go towards resources for our school. If you could offer
an hour of your time on the day, it would be greatly appreciated! A note will be sent home this week asking for
helpers on the day.
YEAR 6 WILL BE SELLING CUPCAKES
ON ST PATRICK’S DAY FOR $1.00 EACH. General Information Canteen Notice: Parents in the last newsletter there was a request for Tomato Sauce from the canteen. This was a mistake by us. This article was a carryover from last year. The canteen does not require any sauce and we apologise for any inconvenience made.
ICAS 2016
If you would like your child to
participate in any of the above ICAS
assessments please send in entry
fee/s in a clearly marked envelope
with name, class and assessment/s
you would like to enter.
All entries are to be in by Thursday
31st
March. These assessments
are open to Years 3-6, Year 2 are
able to sit introductory
assessments in Science, Spelling,
English and Maths only.
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P & F Easter Sunday Fundraiser
at De Bortoli Wines
We are looking for volunteers to help us in a fundraising event
this Easter Sunday (27th March) at De Bortoli Wines.
We are asking for an hour of your time to...
Collect gold coin donations for our school at the De Bortoli Wines entry.
Assist with cooking and sales at the St Patrick's BBQ and drinks stall.
Assist with set-up and/or pack-up on the day.
All funds collected will go towards resources for our school.
Any time you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
If you are able to help out on the day PLEASE fill in and return the slip below.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
P & F Easter Sunday Fundraiser at De Bortoli Wines
Name of Helper: _____________________________________ Phone: ___________________________
I can assist with (please circle): - collecting donations at the gate
- cooking at the BBQ stall
- sales at the BBQ stall
Time available (please circle): 10.30am - 12:00pm
12:00pm - 1:00pm
1:00pm - 2:00pm
2:00pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
AND/OR
I am available to assist with (please circle): Set-up / Pack-up
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Tim e t o get d o w n an d bo o gie at t h e ...
Sch o o l D isco !!!
Th em e:
Wh en : Fr iday 1 8 t h March
In fan t s 5 .30 p m t o 7 p m
Pr im ary 7 .3 0 p m t o 9 p m
Wh ere: S t Pat r ick 's Sch o o l Hal l
Co st : $ 5 p er ch ild
____________________________________________
Assistance is required from parents to help out at the Disco.
If you are able to help PLEASE fill in and return this slip.
Name of Helper: _______________________ Phone:_______________
Time available to help - Infants Disco__________________________
- Primary Disco__________________________
Please circle TWO preferences:
Set Up / Supervision / BBQ / Sales & Food service / Door Security / Clean Up
*If we all do something small then it becomes much easier for all!
From your friendly P & F Committee.
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For Sale With our move to new learning spaces and our decision to move towards interactive TV's we have a surplus of Smart
Whiteboards. We have the following for sale
6 x Smart Interactive Whiteboards (SB 680) - 2 x Bluetooth ($700) - 4 x USB connection ($500) Included are ; wall brackets/trays/pens We are also prepared to throw in a long throw projector and ceiling mount with each board. Some projectors may
need globe replacement.
How to be Googly at home!
(For students using Google Drive, Gmail or Google Classroom at home)
1. Log into Google with your school email address and your school
password. Your email address is your surname and first initial (and perhaps a
number) and then @wwstu.catholic.edu.au Your password is the same as
the password you use to log on at school.
2. Log in to the school network with your school username and password.
➔ To access your drive go to Google Drive
by clicking on the Google Apps icon located in the top
right hand corner of the page.
➔ To access your Gmail click on “Mail” in the top right hand corner of the
page.
➔ Or you can find Gmail in the Google Apps icon
➔ To access Google Classroom click on the Google Apps icon
then click on “More” and it will list more apps including Google
Classroom. If the app is not there you can google Google Classroom
and once you have the page open book mark it for next time.
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As Year Four have started 2016, we have had many exciting opportunities already. We have competed at the Saint Patrick’s Swimming Carnival. We have visited the Life Education Van and reacquainted ourselves with Harold.
We have been to guest talks from visiting sporting codes and measured up against them. We look forward to more exciting learning to come.
