We are especially thinking of Mrs Baron as she wraps up her Holy Land Pilgrimage and now moves on to the UK to visit her son Jack. We wish her safe travels and look forward to her sharing her adventures when she arrives back at the beginning of week 5.

We also extend a warm welcome to the Zhu Family. We have two new students Noah (Kindergarten) and Max (Year 2).

All classes have settled back into their class routines and are enjoying being back with their classmates.

Anzac Day March 

Our school was proudly represented again by a large number of students at the annual Anzac Day March and our School Captains at the Dawn service. We thank parents for supporting their children in honouring this special day of Remembrance. 

Compass Reminders and Important Dates Coming Up 

With Compass being our main communication platform for school events and parent permissions it is essential for parents to please keep checking email notifications.  If notifications go unanswered,  organising teachers are required to send out reminders for parents to action permissions to attend excursions. To ensure events are pre organised and transport arrangements go out in a timely manner parent consent needs to be also completed in a timely manner.  

Upcoming events requiring parental consent are:

Year 6 Leadership Retreat -Tumut

Athletics Carnival 

Mortimer Shield Legends Gala Day -Gundagai 

We thank parents in advance for their assistance and understanding of this process.

School Uniform 

With the cooler weather all students are required to move to full winter uniform by the beginning of next week. Please ensure ties, woollen jumpers and long sleeve lemon shirts are worn.  Are new shipment of ties have arrived for any students requiring a new one or a spare. At last week’s assembly we asked students to share where they hang their ties at home so they can easily find them to wear each day. It is very common response by students who are missing their ties that they can’t find it. There were some interesting spots shared where they are kept for safe keeping. We appreciate your efforts to ensure our school uniform is valued and worn with pride.

Harmony Day Celebrations

We look forward to enjoying a cultural day this coming Friday with a very special lunch event of cultural dishes. We thank all families who have offered to assist with cooking and serving.  Students can come out of uniform wearing orange or bright colours. At St Patrick’s we are so fortunate to have numerous cultures represented which deeply enriches our learning and school community. 

Enjoy the weeks ahead and we look forward to another exciting term.

Lisa Wilson

Acting Principal