Dear Parents,

The flood waters over the weekend were certainly a sight to behold. We know many of our families and staff members had road and bridge access cut off but we are thankful that everyone has remained safe and well.

Last week Mrs Wilson and I had the pleasure of accompanying Year 5/6 on their school excursion to Dubbo. It was a fabulous excursion with some fantastic educational experiences undertaken. The students are to be commended on their enthusiastic approach and willingness to be immersed in every experience. We were also extremely proud of their sense of responsibility and excellent behaviour. Every place we visited gave us positive feedback on the students wonderful manners and behaviour. We were extremely proud of all of them. Special thanks to Goodes Coaches for organising our fabulous itinerary and to Anthony our wonderful bus driver.

On Monday St Patrick’s welcomed 16 delegates from the Catholic Education Commission (CEC) to our school. The CEC were undertaking a tour of our regional area. After a tour of our school, they enjoyed morning tea with staff before attending our whole school

Mass to celebrate the feast day of St Mary of the Cross (Mary MacKillop). The CEC thoroughly enjoyed the students enthusiastic involvement in the Mass and their beautiful singing.

We would like to extend a special welcome to Miya Zhang who has joined our Year 5 class. We also welcome Miya's parents Cai and Bin to our school community.

Our Little Learners program began last Friday with 10 very enthusiastic participants. If you know anyone with a 4/5 year old who would enjoy participating in this program please encourage them to come along each Friday from 9:30 to 11:00am. Thank you to Year 5/6 who are assisting with the activities.  

Please note Little Learners has been postponed until next Friday. 

Wishing everyone a happy week ahead.  We are continuing to monitor our daily staff and student attendance data in relation to planning school activities.  Week 4 was on of the predicted peaks of health concerns and this week we do have a number of staff absent due to illness or caring for unwell family members.  With relief staff in short supply, our priority willbe to keep classrooms operating and may mean small changes or postponement of other school programs.  We will keep you posted about any such changes ASAP.  

Christine Baron

Principal