Principal's Report
Dear Parents and friends,
St Vincent de Paul collection point.
Just a reminder that we have a St Vincent de Paul collection bin at the front of the school. As the cool weather has gone this is a great time to pass on any items of clothing/footwear the children have grown out of or no longer wear. The clothes may be sent along in a plastic bag and placed in our collection bin. Thank you in advance for helping others in need.
St Patrick’s Carols and Nativity Evening – Thursday 13 December
The students and teachers are busy preparing for the presentation of the Christmas Story to be held in our School grounds on Thursday the 13 December. This will be a great evening for families to join in the Christmas spirit, singing along to some great carols performed by the students of St Patrick’s. All parents, grandparents and friends most welcome.
Semester Two Reports and Interviews
At present, our teachers are finalising the Semester Two student reports to be sent home on the 7thof December. Parents and Caregivers are invited to attend Parent/teacher Interviews on the 17th and 18th of December. Supervision will be provided in our library for children to wait whilst parents attend interviews.
End of year Interviews are an opportunity for you to discuss any concerns you may have with your child’s report with their teacher. Each interview is 10min minutes in duration and we encourage your child to be present during this interview.
Awards Day
This Friday, the 14h of December we will be holding our annual Awards Day commencing at 9:30am in our hall. At this event, awards will be presented to those students who have excelled in a number of criteria. The following awards will be given out: JMA Legal Award, Gundagai Real Estate, WFI Insurance Award, Bendigo Bank Award, Bethany Tout Award, Gundagai Pharmacy Award, Shirley Dean Award, Lions Club Award, Veronica Lawson Award, St Patrick’s Academic Awards and the Junior and Senior Library Awards. I would like to acknowledge the Gundagai business community and friends of St Patrick’s for donating these awards and supporting our students. We also wish to acknowledge the parent and friends who help each week with reading and Numeracy around the classes. During the awards event, outgoing school captains will address the community after which we will announce our School captains for 2019.
We will also be acknowledging and congratulating our Year Six and Kindergarten 2018 classes on having graduated.
Following the ceremony there will be a morning tea for Year 6 students, parents and friends. This will be an opportunity for parents to catch up and say farewell to those parents moving on. It will also be an opportunity to thank and acknowledge those who have assisted in our school in various ways.
At 12:00 pm we will be celebrating a thanksgiving mass and you are most welcome to attend. The children will present on offertory of non-perishable items to pass on to St Vincent de Paul as part of their Christmas relief to families in our local community. Items may be sent in with the students and given to their class teacher or the front office.
St Patrick’s Learning Technologies update.
Over the past three years, I have worked hard to ensure St Patrick’s has 21st century learning technologies integrated into our classrooms. My previous experience as an ICT consultant in schools has guided my selection of industry standard devices and classroom interactive whiteboards.
My aim has been to lay a platform that is future focused and easily built upon.
Please follow the link below to access a full report of the available Learning Technologies currently at St Patrick’s Gundagai and the rationale behind their selection.
Link to Learning Technologies at St Patrick’s Gundagai
Enjoy the week,
