Principal's Report
Dear Parents and Carers,
St Patrick’s School and Parish certainly know how to celebrate the feast day of their Patron Saint! The students had a fantastic ‘green’ day on Friday at school, combined with a School Mass and an afternoon of great activities.
Congratulations also to our wonderful Community Council and parent helpers for a fantastic weekend of celebration. The Irish Variety night was a huge success with delicious food and great entertainment all evening. We certainly have some very talented members in the school and Gundagai community.
The Colour Run was the perfect way to finish off a great weekend. Once again a huge thank you to all involved in organising this great activity. The students (and some adults) turned all shades of colours as they tackled the obstacle course on Sunday morning. We still have some very interesting hair shades coming through the school gate this morning!
Thank you to all involved in assisting with the organisation, set up and running of events. It was a great way to celebrate as a school, parish and Gundagai community.
We have several more exciting events coming up this week. Toni Falusi from CE will be working with staff tomorrow with new IT initiatives. Toni will lead a twilight session from 3.30-7.00pm. We are excited to be working with Toni and building teacher capacity with technology.
On Thursday Year 6 are organising ‘Harmony Day’. This day will fit beautifully with the ‘No Bullying’ themes from last Friday. Harmony Day helps us to be aware of appreciating individual differences and being grateful for the diverse cultures that make up our great school community.
Then we finish the week off with another exciting visitor-much loved author Jackie French. Jackie will spend from 2-3pm with our students, sharing her experiences as an author and ideas around what inspires her as a writer. A huge thank you to the Jugiong Writers festival committee for supporting Jackie’s visit to St Patrick’s School.
In the words of St Patrick:
Christine Baron
Principal