Dear Parents and Carers,

Over the weekend we had two special opportunities to gather:

REMBEMBRANCE DAY: Thank you to our School Captains, Abigail, Charlotte, Nate and Jack for representing St Patricks at the Gundagai RSL Sub-Branch Remembrance Day celebration on Saturday. They were joined by Emily (Year 5) and Lachlan (Year 4) as well as parents and grandparents. Students gathered yesterday for a school Remembrance Service to honour those who have served or continue to serve to keep our country safe.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: What a beautiful celebration on Saturday evening, when Leila, Rouge (RV), Reuben and Jack (GPS) made their First Holy Communion! Special thanks to Mrs Howe for preparing the children so beautifully, to parents for supporting their children in their faith development and to Fr Joe for a beautiful Mass. A highlight was when Fr Joe invited the four children to sit with him on the altar steps for the homily. This will be a special moment these children will have forever. Many thanks also to the St Patrick’s children and staff who came along to support their family and friends as altar servers, music and overhead or in the choir.

Year 5 School Captain Speeches: Our Year 5 students will deliver their 2024 School Captain Speeches every morning during this week. Voting for the 2024 School Captains will take place this Friday. We look forward to hearing from our Year 5 students about their ideas, hopes and plans for next year as school leaders.

2024 KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION SESSION: This Friday 17 November, any new parents to our school community in 2024 or Kindergarten parents are welcome to come along to the school library for an information session. The session will run from 9:00 to approximately 10.30am.

CATALYST: Mrs Gillian Forrester (CE) visited St Patrick’s today to support teachers in the continued delivery of Direct Instructional programs. In 2024, The Writing Revolution program will be utilised from Kindergarten through to Year 6 aimed to teach students to become proficient writers, readers and critical thinkers. The sequential teaching instruction from K-6 enables teachers to build writing skills developed each year.

 A big end of week for the Gundagai community with infamous Snake Gully Cup and other events being held.

Christine Baron

Principal

St Patrick, Pray for Us