Dear Parents and Carers,

This time last week we were in the joyous busyness of celebrating 150 years of Catholic

Education, at this time now we are all enjoying the glow of the celebrations and probably all

somewhat in the event fatigue mode.

The accolades from the participants are still coming our way. Thank you to the parent who

provided pizza lunch for the staff on Monday! Thank you to the parent who sent a beautiful

bouquet with words of thanks! Thank you to the many people who have sent verbal and email

messages of commendation to the staff and organising committee for a job well done.

We are now in the Thanking phase and will have a special assembly soon where the children can

thank those who gave special time and service to us throughout the event. We are also in the

photo collection phase and planning what to do with all the great shots that have been taken!

I would like to thank the members of the organising committee, over the last 18 months, for

meeting, planning and connecting the dots to fine tune each aspect of the celebrations. The

committee members were: Emma Grant, Mary-Ann Fraser, Caz Perryman, Fr Luke Verrell,

Tanya Tomlinson, Anya Alcock, Katrina Johnson, Nicky Bateman, Marea Russell, Michell Scott

and Meg Doherty. Mary Kite was part of the group at the outset and worked with the staff team on

the set up of the museum. Thank you team!

Here are a couple of photos from the event. One is of 5 St Patrick’s principals.

Kind Regards, Jo

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

M I C R O S O F T

2 2 N D M A R C H , 2 0 1 9 W E E K 8 , T E R M 1 ,

I M P O R T A N T

E V E N T S

TERM 1

Week 9

Tue 26th March

Swimming

Wed 27th March

Naplan Practice

Year 5

Fri 29th March

Chapel Mass

K1M - 9.15am

Week 10

Mon 1st-5th April

Parent Teacher

Student

Conferences

Mon 1st April

Naplan Practice

Year 3

Wed 3rd April

Rugby League

Gala Day

Year 5 & 6

Fri 5th April

Chapel Mass

KG - 9.15am

Cross Country

NEWSLETTER

REC NEWS

FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

SCHOOL COMMUNITY NEWS

PARENT TEACHER STUDENT CONFERENCES

From Monday 1 April to Friday 5 April Parent Teacher Student Conferences will be held. Conferences

are ten minutes. If you require a separate meeting please speak directly to your child’s teacher.

To book a conference time please go to https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au , click on MAKE A

BOOKING and enter the code

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You will be prompted to;

enter your details,

select the teacher/s for your conference,

select the appropriate times that suit your family.

When you click FINISH, your selected bookings will be emailed to you immediately. If you do not

receive your email, please check your junk mail or enter the event code again and check your email

address spelling. Update your details if the email address is incorrect.

DO NOT DELETE the email you receive. This is your copy of the time and date of the conference.

Reminders will not be sent home.

Bookings will be closed on Sunday 31 March at 4pm. If you need to view, cancel, change or print your

booking;

click on the link in the confirmation email you received after you made your bookings. OR

return to https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au and enter the code and email address you used when

making your bookings.

Caz Perryman

Assistant Principal

In class 1/2R have been learning about how to make positive

choices and have also been learning a song about making good

choices.

They have also been learning about Jesus and when he was a

child.

They have also gone to a chapel mass and learnt more about

Jesus.

150th Celebration

We have Tea Towels, Reusable Bags and

Cookbooks available to celebrate St Patrick’s

150th. These are available for purchase through

Qkr or the school office. Only while stocks last.

SPORT NEWS

NAPLAN NEWS

P&F NEWS

We wish Jontae Thompson Good Luck as he travels to Sydney to compete at the MacKillop Swimming

Trials. Jontae will be competing in the 11 yr boys 50m freestyle.

All the best Jontae we know you will be a great representative for St Pat’s and the Archdiocese.

Easter Raffle

Our annual Easter Raffle’s success relies on the generous donations of

prizes. These could be chocolates, bunnies, Easter colouring books,

etc.

Please send in something to donate as the more donations, the more

prizes we will have to offer.

Raffle tickets were sent home yesterday. $1 per ticket.

You don’t have to sell all the tickets.

Please fill out each ticket with the person’s name and your child’s class.

Please return the tickets, sold or unsold, and money to the school office by Friday 5th April

Raffle will be drawn on Tuesday 9th April

NAPLAN assesses literacy and numeracy – important skills that each child needs to succeed in

school and life. The NAPLAN tests are designed to help us make sure students are on track with their

literacy and numeracy development. Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in NAPLAN tests for

reading, writing, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.

Between 14-24 April our school will participate in NAPLAN Online. Students do not need to be

computer experts to take the NAPLAN test online. Making sure students have computer skills is part

of our school curriculum, and our teachers will ensure your child is familiar with the online format. To

see the types of questions and interactive features of NAPLAN Online, visit the public demonstration

site.

If you have any questions about NAPLAN Online, please contact your child’s teacher.

For more info:

How to support your child during NAPLAN https://nap.edu.au/naplan/parent-carer-support

information for parents and carers http://www.nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-

library/naplan-online-information-brochure-for-parents-and-carers.pdf

Watch a video that explains NAPLAN Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?

reload=9&v=3S1z6kUnRRE&feature=youtu.be

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Susan Haris Lecture Series #2 Full Day Seminar

Friday 3rd May 2019 Saturday 4th May 2019

5:30-7:30pm 9am-4:30pm

Mumbulla School Hall Mumbulla School Hall

ENTRY IS FREE Cost: $30. BYO lunch

NB: Participants must attend the Friday night talk to participate in the Saturday

seminar. Limited numbers

Bookings: www.trybooking.com/BBDDZ

SUSAN PERROW (M. ED) ……… Susan is a writer, storyteller, teacher trainer and parent educator. In 1986 she helped found the first Steiner school in

Byron Bay (north coast of NSW) and has a combined 16 years experience teaching in Steiner schools in Australia and Kenya. In 2000 she developed the

first course on Storytelling for an Australian University (S.C.U.). and completed her Masters Research on Storytelling in a cross-cultural situation (post-

apartheid South Africa). From 2001 to 2003 she was funded by the Australian Government to pilot creative courses and (storytelling) resources for

children with challenging behaviour. Today her time is spent writing, consulting with teachers, parents and therapists, and running seminars and giving key

-note talks on therapeutic storytelling. She travels internationally - from China to Africa, Europe to America and across her own sun-drenched land of

Australia. Her three resource books, ‘Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour’, ‘Therapeutic Storytelling’ and ‘An A-Z Collection of Behaviour Tales’ have

been translated into many languages, including Mandarin, Korean, Croatian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, Slovenian and Serbian. The English

publications will be on sale at the seminar. For workshop testimonials and book information, refer to www.susanperrow.com

Therapeutic Storytelling Susan Perrow

Addressing Challenging Behaviour and Challenging Situations through the Medium of

Story An Evening Talk followed by a full day Seminar for Teachers, Parents & Health Practitioners

In this seminar, examples, ideas and techniques for writing healing (‘medicinal’) stories will be

shared and the therapeutic use of metaphor explored. With the support of a story-making

framework, the participants will be guided to create their own stories addressing a range of

challenging behaviours & traumatic situations …. stories to give hope, to build resilience & to help

develop positive values (with children, teens & adults).