Dear Parents,

The school has certainly been busy and a hive of activity over the last couple of weeks. We have enjoyed hosting some wonderful community celebrations and gatherings like Harmony Day and Mother’s Day, and participating passionately in Mortimer Shield and our Athletics Carnival.    

Harmony Day

Harmony day was bright, colourful and a fantastic opportunity for the children to experience a variety of cultural dishes and celebrate cultural diversity within our school. Many thanks to Alicia Hargreaves for organising and making this day possible with the help of parent volunteers from many of our new and existing families. The meals served were delicious and unique.

Mother’s Day Morning Tea

Mother’s Day morning tea was attended well by all our Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunties and significant females in our lives. Sitting together on the school’s blacktop in the lovely sunshine and enjoying some beautiful food prepared by the teachers and staff was thoroughly enjoyed by all.  The Year 6 students are to be commended for setting up and serving our guests and Year 3/4 for a beautiful Mass.  We hope all Mothers enjoyed their Mother's Day events on Sunday.

Athletics Carnival

Our Athletics carnival was a huge success. Many thanks to our organisers, Mr Makeham Mrs Howe, Mrs Eccleston and Mrs Carberry for making sure the day ran smoothly. Thank you to all our parent volunteers who assisted on the day with timekeeping and field events. Your help is very much appreciated. The sunshine and warm weather topped off the day and congratulations to the children on their participation in all events. Donovan made it three in a row and was awarded champion house!  The next level Western Region will be held in Tumut on Friday 16 June.

CogLearn Staff  Professional Learning

Our staff professional development continued last week with a third visit from our CATALYST team mentor Alice Smith.  Alice continued to model and observe Daily Reviews in Literacy and Math lessons across all classes to provide critical feedback to teachers.  This ongoing staff learning is part of Catholic Education's Science of Learning and Evidence Based Instruction model being rolled out in all Canberra Goulburn diocese schools.

Tell them from Me Surveys

Tell them from Me surveys will go live soon with a link being emailed out to parents via Compass. This is an important opportunity for parents of St Patrick’s to provide feedback on key areas such as Faith, Wellbeing, Engagement and Effective Teaching. The survey takes around 15-20 minutes to complete and is valued feedback to inform our school improvements and priorities.  We look forward to the survey results.

Have a lovely week everyone and we look forward to welcoming Mrs Baron back and hearing all about her holiday news next week.

Lisa Wilson

Acting Principal