Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Term 2. We were certainly blessed with beautiful weather over the school holidays and I hope it was an opportunity for families to enjoy holiday activities or some downtime.

ANZAC Day: Thank you very much to all our wonderful families for your incredible support of the 2024 ANZAC Day services. We were absolutely delighted to have so many students join us for the street parade as well as the Dawn Service. A special thank you to our school captains, Christyne, Corby, Riley and Chase, who proudly represented our school at both events. Special mention to Archie McDonnell and Lachlan Hargreaves who also attended both services. Staff members were extremely proud to march alongside, such a large representation of our students, especially given it was during school holidays.

MEET AND GREET EVENING: Term 2 started off on a very positive note, with a large attendance of families at our Meet and Greet session held last Wednesday evening. The feedback from the evening was extremely positive, with parents expressing their gratitude for the information they received from teacher sessions. Thank you to our very committed SCC members, for supplying the food and cooking the BBQ for all to enjoy.

WELCOME: We were delighted to welcome three new students to St Patrick’s last Tuesday. Cindy Chen returned to St Patrick’s in Year 5 along with her younger sister Kayla who will join Year 1. We also welcomed Bella Huang into Year 1. It is always wonderful to welcome new faces to join our St Patrick’s School community.

MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATIONS: This Friday 10 May, is a special opportunity to celebrate our wonderful mums, grandmothers, aunties or anyone who plays a special role in the life of our students. Please see the schedule below for Mother’s Day celebrations. We look forward to celebrating this special time with you.

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION VISIT: The Director of Catholic Education, Mr Ross Fox visited St Patrick’s today. Mr Fox took the opportunity to visit classrooms, to see Direct Instruction and High Impact Teaching Strategies in practice in our classrooms. The students were delighted to find that Mr Fox was wearing his special ‘fox socks’ again!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY! As usual, Term 2 is packed with exciting educational, sporting and cultural activities. The ‘Dates for your Diary’ section below, provides an easy reference point for families to keep abreast of activities coming up over the next two weeks. Please check the newsletter, COMPASS portal and FB page for all school events and add them to your personal diary.

2025 OPEN Day-Yes it is time to start opening up our school to anyone wishing to become part of our school community in 2025. Our first 2025 OPEN DAY will be held on Friday 17 May from 9.30-11.00am. Please spread the word!

Christine Baron

Principal