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Term 4 — Week 6

14TH NOVEMBER

2017

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Thursday 16th November

Kinder Orientation Day

Friday 17th November

NRL Backyard League

Years 3, 4, 5, & 6

9.00am - 11.00am

Colour Fun Run 11.45am

EnviroMentors Workshops

Thursday 23rd November

Friday 24th November

Monday 27th November

Tuesday 28th November

Wednesday 29th November

Friday 1st December

Year 6 Orientation Day at Marian Catholic College

Monday 11th December

Whole School End of Year Assembly

@12.00pm

Tuesday 12th December

Year 6 Graduation Mass

@ 7.00pm

Principal’s Message

Thank you to all our families who came along to support the Parish Fete. It was wonderful to see so many of our teachers, students and their families in attendance. Thanks also to the many parents who baked for the cake stall and to Mrs Maree Puntoriero who co-ordinated our army of helpers and bakers for this. An outstanding and delicious number

of cakes and slices were received. It is on occasions such as this that our community spirit is built. Your support and attendance are very much appreciated. CONGRATULATIONS Mr Michael Morrell has be appointed the Co-Assistant Principal of St Patrick's Primary School for the next 3 Years. His Co-Assistant will be Mr Daniel Tuohey (currently Principal of St Peter's, Coleambally). This Co-Assistant Principal role is a new initiative for our Diocese and St Patrick's has been chosen as a pilot school. This initiative is being funded and supported by the Catholic Schools Office. We are heralded as being a lighthouse school for this programme. We are very excited by this new way forward and congratulate both Mr Morrell and Mr Tuohey on taking up this challenge. CLASS LISTS 2018 Teachers and students are very busy at the moment assessing the Semester's work and writing Semester 2 reports. We will also be working on Class Lists for 2018 shortly. Please be aware that teachers work very hard to try and make sure that your child is in the best possible group for their learning for the next year. We have not yet completed the teams of teachers for 2018 but we hope to have this completed in the coming weeks. Reports will be emailed home to you on 11th December. ALAN BOWYER RETIREMENT Next week (November 24th ) sees the retirement Mass and Dinner for Mr Alan Bowyer. Mr Bowyer has been the Director for Catholic Education in the Wagga Wagga Diocese for many years.

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Mr Morrell and Mrs Campbell will represent our school at this occasion at the Cathedral in Wagga. Mr Bowyer has made a significant contribution to Catholic Education, as a teacher a Principal and as Director, over many years and we thank him, as a school, for all his work and dedication. We wish him

and his wife Helen, a very restful retirement. Thanks also go to all parents who have been so generous with our fundraising over the past couple of weeks. Socktober, Little Paths, Minnie Vinnies Christmas appeal and our upcoming Colour Fun Run raise money for much needed causes. This year our school community have given very generously to all these appeals. The recipients of your generosity are very grateful. Have a great week. Sandra Campbell Principal

Newsletter Advertising 2018 If there are any families/businesses who have an association with the school who would like to advertise in our school newsletter in 2018, please contact Donna Cavanagh by email [email protected] or phone 696428 88. Cost for 12 months of advertising is $550 including GST. The newsletter is distributed to 306 families each fortnight for the entire school year. It’s a great way to promote your busi-ness. This is a tax deduction.



New from the AP/REC

School Leaders 2018

Preparations have begun with our current Year 5 students as we work towards electing our School Leaders for 2018. Mrs Campbell met with Year 5 this morning to talk about the roles and responsibilities or our School Leaders, Social Justice Leaders and House Captains. Any Year 5 student who is interested in nominating themselves for one of these positions will receive an application form today to take home with them. Each student will nominate their preferred leadership area, complete the student profile by highlighting their strengths in leadership by referring to the selection criteria at the bottom of the forms.

Please see below the full School Leadership Timeline.



EnviroMentors Workshop

St Patrick’s have booked for 5 days of 4 x 1-hr workshops with the EnviroMentors. EnviroMentors has been the country’s leading mobile incursion-based environmental education program, reaching every corner of NSW with sustainability workshops since 1994. EnviroMentors focuses on motivating communities to participate in simple and practical ways to improve their local environment. St Patrick’s values stewardship and this is reflected in the school’s Vision and Mission. The EnviroMentors educators will focus on litter reduction, bin contamination, promotion of organic recycling, waste reduction, resource conservation, water conservation and sustainability to name a few. We are very pleased to give our students this opportunity to learn about and engage in these important environmental issues.

The EnviroMentors Educators will visit our school on Thursday 23rd, Friday 24th, Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th November.

CPS Basketball Challenge

Sandra and I would like to wish all our basketball teams the best of luck as they travel to Goulburn this weekend to represent our school in the Catholic Primary School’s Basketball challenge. A big thank you to Anita Forlico, Kylie Pastro, Ang Ellis, Deb Della Franca, Annette Waide, Lee, Wayne and Mitch Salvestro, Scott Connor, Kate Beltrame and Sarah Dunbar for their commitment to organising and coaching their respective teams. St Patrick’s has a history of success and a long rivalry with the other big Catholic schools in our diocese and we hope that they do us proud by playing well and showing excellent sportsmanship! Lastly, we are very grateful for the long hours Maryanne Dodd has put in behind the scenes to make this event possible.

Catholic Mission 2017 – Crazy Sock Day A huge thank you to all the children at St Patrick’s who helped raise $355.90 for Catholic Mission.

St Vincent De Paul Christmas Appeal Our classrooms are starting to fill up with food and other non-perishable items for our Christmas appeal hampers. Thank you to all our parents who have sent in the food item on the token that what sent home with your child. St Vincent De Paul is always overwhelmed with our generosity and assure us that these hampers will go to families in our community who are most in need. Years 4-6 continue to bring in donations that will also be used to support these families.

Michael Morrell Assistant Principal



JOIN THE FAMILY MATHS CHALLENGE! Have a go at the activities in our school newsletter each fortnight as a family. This is a great way to connect with your child’s school experiences and promote Mathematics in real world contexts.

Have fun!

Lesley Harpur

Targeted Mathematics Teacher (TMT)

I have exactly $100 in notes in my wallet. What notes might I have?

I have 2 coins in one hand and 1 coin in the other the other hand. Each hand is of equal value.

What could the coins be?

I tipped out my money box and counted $36 exactly in notes and coins. There were a lot of coins.

What notes and coins might I have?



YEAR 6

Walanmarra Gundyarri Schools Cultural

Day On Wednesday the 25th October Year 6 went to West End Oval to attend a day of celebration for

NAIDOC day. When we arrived we felt privileged to be a part of an event that was attended by so many

schools. There were over 500 Stage 3 students in attendance!

There were three sections to the day. The first section was dedicated to learning about Aboriginal culture.

We participated in Aboriginal art activities, aboriginal dance moves, learnt how to say Aboriginal words and

how to throw a boomerang. Another section involved playing backyard rugby league. We practiced drills and

skills and played a few games. We were all given a football at the end!! The last section of the day was mainly

based on networking with other schools and having fun!! It was an ultimate dance party!! The dj taught us some

awesome dance moves. We all participated enthusiastically and had a ball!!

For lunch the Aboriginal community and Youth off the Streets provided us with a BBQ lunch. There was

also an ice-cream truck on hand for us to treat ourselves!! We received so many gifts and giveaways through-

out the day- which was so exciting!!

During the day we engaged in two Aboriginal art activities involving paint and handprints. At the end of the

day a boomerang canvas and additional canvas were given to us as a gift to our school.

Thank you to our amazing Year 6 teachers for organising this opportunity and informative cultural learning

experience. Year 6 had the best day, full of laughter and fun and we all learnt a lot about the Aboriginal cul-

ture and also the skills involved with the games and different activities.







Sport News: Term 4 Week 6

Well done to Nicholas McGibbon, from Year 4, who trialled in Wagga for the Diocesan

Cricket team, on Friday. Nicholas played very well and impressed the selectors who

encouraged him to trial again next year. Terrific work Nicholas.

This coming weekend students from grades three to six are participating in the Catholic

Primary Schools Basketball Challenge. We have 5 teams competing. Do enjoy the

weekend and do St. Patrick’s proud. Thank you to the parents and siblings who have been

coaching and managing the various teams and have given up their time to transport their children to this

carnival. Have a fun-filled weekend and do travel and stay safe.

Thank you to Danny Dossetor who has now completed a four week tennis program to the whole school, with

the exception of Year 5. The students have thoroughly enjoyed the lessons and acquired many tennis skills.

Thank you Danny.

We wish the students competing in Diocesan Tennis and Basketball trials in the following weeks, in Albury, all

the best and we will report back on their progress in the next newsletter.

We look forward to a two week Back Yard League program by the NRL Development officers, Chris Hanneman

and Andrew Lavaka. These two gentlemen are working with Marian Catholic College to deliver this program to

our students. We thank them and the students from Marian Catholic College for providing our students with this

great opportunity. Today the NRL guys also began a three week program with Kinders, Year 1 and Year 2 which

involves reading and footy skills.

We also wish Hayden Forner all the very best as he heads to Orange as a member of the MacKillop cricket team,

to compete in the PSSA cricket carnival. This is a great achievement and very deserving of a student who has put

in a lot of time developing his cricket skills.

Have a great week

Take care

Maryanne Dodd



Kindergarten

John Paul Dal Broi

Aiden Cave

Dominic Cirillo

Roselane Hull

Callum Vecchio

Anika Chauhan

Kade Giason

Sejal Dhanoa

Buna Siganisucuvinaka

Ella Salvestrin

Isla Christoff

Michella Armanini

Year One Salote Lasekula

Ella Peters

Pippy Mitchell

Nicola Pastro

Johnah Vian

Lexi Frith

Gurnoor Singh

Leighchan Uda

Grace Sergi

Tony Mancini

Stella Minato

Alara Acar

Chrisneel Prasad

Year Two

Charlotte Rossetto

Ruben Puntoriero

Krina Chaudhari

Maree Montagner

Ayesha Raza

Mary Dal Broi

Maria Cumpay

Jordan Kelsey

Samuel Apolloni

Michael Parisotto

Lucas Torresan

Arman Sahota

Jagadish Kotikalapudi

Year Three

Nicholas Codemo

Angelo Licastro

Maddison Armanini

Marcus Virago

Finn Piccoli

Christian Northeast

Claire O’Sullivan

Claudia Paterson

Leon Shea

Niko Valele

Samran Sidhu

Cassandra Hodges

Ariana Puntoriero

Gemma Lynch

Seve Catanzariti

Year Four

Luca Piva

Lachlan Emery

Margaret Casey

Jake Roberts

Patrick Tokai (Jr)

Meg Walsh

Sienna Armanini

Toby Vian

Liam Codemo

Kaleb Serafin

Isabella Feltracco

Matthew Devery

Jake Sergi

Antwon Watkins

Year Five

Nicholas Apolloni

Savannah Vecchio

Luke Gulielmini

Antonia Panarello

Year Six

Sienna Andreazza

Molly Laurent

Elizabeth Andreazza

Rocco Sergi

Francine Sergi

Charlie O’Sullivan

Beia Kooba

Mason Rosengreen

Elizabeth Emery

Nikita Gilbert

Dayja Fergusson

Lachlan Chant

Jhaanu Karanapalan

Mutsa Maveve

Jessica McMaster

Tiarnah Reginato

Brody Vecchio

Samantha Tam

Abby Frith

Chrysa Velis

MJR AWARDS

Peter Haslett Yashmeet Singh Chase O’Grady

Matthew Carnell Jagadish Kotikalapudi

Jess Moraschi Molly Laurent Rajveer Singh








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