Dear Parents,

We welcomed our 80^th enrolment to St Patrick’s last week when Lotus Li joined our Kindergarten class. We also welcome Lotus’ mum Lucca and dad Stan to our St Patrick’s School family. It has been exciting to see our enrolments continue to grow over the past year and thank you to all who are continuing to spread the word about our wonderful little school.

Congratulations to our team of 24 students who headed off to the WR swimming carnival in Harden yesterday. From all reports they had a fantastic day and were great representatives for our school. Special congratulations to Reo, Charlie and Essie who will now go onto represent at the Archdiocesan Swimming Carnival in Narooma. Well done to everyone!

It was great to see our students supporting the local Gundagai Show on the weekend by entering the various pavilion sections. There were a few prize winners among our students too, who must be proud of their efforts. Thank you to teachers and students for creating the lovely school display to thank the efforts of emergency personnel for their incredible work in saving communities especially over the school holiday period and giving a message of hope and moving forward.

As part of our 2020 Annual Improvement Plan, we have three main areas of focus this year…..

1. An updated Vision and Mission Statement
2. Improved outcomes for students in Literacy and Numeracy
3. Introducing STEM as part of our Science and Technology Curriculum 

Tomorrow Mr Phil Pettit (CE) will work with the leadership team and our Data Analyst, Mr Ferguson to look at the ways we collect, analyse and interpret student data. This information will help us make important decisions around the way we teach and deliver the curriculum mainly in the areas of Literacy and Numeracy. Mr Pettit has a wealth of experience around student data and we value his time and expertise. 

We give thanks for the rain we have received and continue to ask God’s blessings upon our land and communities.

Best wishes for a happy week.

Christine Baron