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Tuesday Wednesday

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Friday

NUONG

VO

JACQUI

TERRYSCHILD

EILEEN

PRIOR

MARIANNA

KONDRAT

VAN

NGO

Happy Birthday Rakshikaa Baskar

Taffy Chivonivoni

Nawaz Motha

Junior Parmar

Emily Karto

Kevin Ninh

Zandy Bondad

Jason Danh

Huy Ngo

Sandy Nguyen

Ricky Tran

Amy Le

Tin Le

Amy Nguyen

Diana Lual

Quan Mai

Janeekhar Phuong

Innocent Chikuse

Canteen Volunteers

Thank you to our dedicated volunteers who support our

school through their time in the canteen.

Nathaniel Chronowski-Wong

July Birthdays

CANTEEN NEWS As we are nearing the end of the term some

canteen items may start to become unavailable.

A suitable replacement for these items will be made.

Thank you for your understanding.

As we wrap up Term 2, we would like to provide you with a little glimpse of how our term was! This term we learnt how plants grow, and got the chance to plant some herbs and watch them grow ! (come and check them out !) We did some nature walks around the school and collected lots of leaves, bark and twigs and made a fantastic Welcome Banner! We also wrote our names with leaves and did some leaf portraits! We learnt to look after the environment, because if we don’t, who will?? The Lorax, once said, unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not. We did Uno Championships and soon we will announce the winner!! At the moment Alan Manoj and Lochlan Clark are at the top!! Lastly, we did a lot of experiments with magnets and iron shavings that all children enjoyed! Those were the highlights of our term! Please remember that Friday is the last day of school and OSHC will be operating from 12.30. To ensure your child’s safety please book your child in as soon as possible. Thank you, The OSHC Team

Out of School Hours Care is run by

CAMP AUSTRALIA

Please direct all enquiries,

bookings & cancellations to:

CAMP AUSTRALIA 1300 105 343

www.campaustralia.com.au

St Patrick’s School Term 2, Week 10

IN OMNIBUS CARITAS ‘in all things love’

Office Hours: 8.30am - 3.45pm Principal: Frank Congedi

Acting REC: Amy Raymond CAMP Australia: 1300 105 343 or

0447 141 518

PH: 8303 4500 FX: 8243 1656

33a Dudley Street, Mansfield Park SA 5012 - info@stpatsmp.catholic.edu.au

Thursday 6th July 2017

Colds & Flu We are well into

the cold and flu

season.

If your child is

suffering from

cold and flu

symptoms

sometimes bed

rest is can assist

with recovery.

If your child is away please let the school know in the morning in any of the following ways:

Text Absentee Details to - 0408 510 583 Email Absentee Details to - info@stpatsmp.catholic.edu.au

Leave a voice message on - 8303 4500

Monday 24th July

Pupil Free

Day

Tuesday 25th July

First day of Term 3

St James, Apostle

Monday 31st July

Monday Morning Prayer

led by Prayer & Liturgy

Group

All Welcome

Friday 4th August

9am Assembly led by

5/6TP

All Welcome

Our Learning Journey of Reggio Emilia St Patrick’s School is increasingly being influenced by

the Principles of Reggio Emilia. Through this approach we are making

learning and thinking more visible to one another.

The Reggio Emilia Approach is an educational philosophy focused on

preschool and primary education started by Loris Malaguzzi

in Italy after world war II.

Please see further information in the enclosed leaflet.

From our Principal………... Dear Parents and Community Members,

As we reach the end of yet another term we have

much to thank for in this school community. We are

blessed to have such wonderful students who are

growing in a loving community surrounded by staff

and parents who love them, care for them and look

out for them. We all strive for our children to grow

happy and healthy and as a small Catholic School we

work hard at providing this nurturing environment.

Last Friday’s School Disco was a great example of

developing children’s well-being and sense of fun.

Children love to see their school as a place of

connecting with others, place of belonging and a place

of enjoyment. So I thank with all my heart our

wonderful Parents and Friends, led by Nicole Davis,

who coordinated a successful and fun-filled evening

for our children. Close to 170 children out of a total of

223, bought tickets and were mesmerized by the fluro

theme, the lights and balloons. Many parents spent

hours Friday during the day to set up to make the

event that extra special. The money raised from this

disco will go directly to buy reading books for classes,

providing greater variety of books to read.

Thank you to the 13 volunteers who recently were

able to attend a face-to-face Volunteer Induction

Session. These sessions will be repeated in Term 3 for

those volunteers who could not join us this term.

Protecting our children is of paramount importance

and the many eyes on the children help to make our

school a safe and secure place to be. The contribution

of our volunteers adds to the sense of feeling safe, a

sense of belonging, break down social isolation and

support the school financially. For this reason, we are

asking all parents who are not yet registered become

registered volunteers to undergo a police check which

is free for you to do so you can be ready at any time to

help whenever you can. Volunteers can also be occa-

sional volunteers and can help up to 7 times without a

police check for public school events like Sports Day

or Mid-Autumn Festival but you must be registered

with the school.

The recent Archbishop Visit together with the

Archdiocese leadership team was also a wonderful

opportunity for our parish in this community.

St Patrick’s School, as one of the Croydon Park Parish

School, has always been a school that has supported

the settlement of many families of migrant and

refugee background and for the last 26 years to

families with children with special needs. It was a

honour to have our school and our parish featured so

highly in this month’s Catholic Newspaper the

Southern Cross.

Staff News

As we end this term, we farewell Ms Teresa Colella

who has been a student-teacher, relief teacher and

NO PARKING

on Haddington Crescent long driveway

I urge all families to ensure that you do not park on

the long driveway in front of the big bin enclosure.

It is not only a ‘No Parking’ area but it is posing a

risk as children walk behind the parked car and

cars may reverse into a child.

Reception teacher this term. Ms Colella’s connection

to our school has been an extended one and we

thank her for sharing her gifts of kindness and

teaching skills with our school community. Ms Colella

will be teaching full-time at St Thomas More, Elizabeth

Park over the next 2 terms and we wish her well as

she continues her career in Catholic Schools.

It is also an opportunity to thank Ms Amy Raymond for

her leadership and the support she has provided St

Patrick’s School during this term. With Ms Anne-Marie

Platten returning to our school after taking Long

Service Leave, Ms Raymond’s will be returning to

full-time teaching in the Reception class. Ms

Raymond’s experience, leadership and faith has

meant that we have benefited a lot by having her with

us this year so far and her support this term in

particular has been pivotal to another successful

term. During the holidays, Ms Abbie Davison is due to

have her baby and we wish her and her husband Joel

well. We are looking forward to the news as she

begins her family. Ms Davison thanks the staff and

parents for the connection she has made over the last

2 and half year and misses the children a lot.

July Holidays

As staff, students and their families take a break from

the routine of school, I take the opportunity to thank

you for making our school a special place to be. I

hope you can have a more relaxed pace in the

morning and keep warm. If you require Vacation Care

please refer to YMCA at Whitefriars, Our Lady of

Mount Carmel OSHC or Our Lady Queen of Peace

OSHC.

God Bless, Frank Congedi

DATES TO REMEMBER Sacraments students Confirmation

practice, 27th July at St Margaret Mary’s

Church 6.30pm & 7.30pm.

From our APRIM……... Sincere Thank You – Visitation by the

Archbishop

Thank you to all

parishioners who were

involved in the Pastoral

visitation to the Parish

by Archbishop Wilson

and his Team. Our

visitors covered many

aspects of our parish life

– the three schools,

including the Special

Learning Unit at St

Patrick’s and the

Pre-School at St Margaret Mary’s, the Bene

Nursing Home, some aged in their homes,

meeting with the Parish Pastoral Council, the

Religious Sisters, the Special Ministers of Holy

Communion to the sick and frail aged, St

Vincent de Paul and Mercy Care

representatives. 80 parishioners came to the

Wednesday evening parish meeting, and 5

parishioners spoke of their experience of the

parish and their questions/anxieties for the

future. 35 youth and young adults met with

the Archbishop on Sunday afternoon and 5

presentations were made.

The Archbishop celebrated our 10.30am Mass

as well as the Vietnamese Sunday night Mass.

Refreshments followed that Mass and the

Archbishop was the last to leave! He also

enjoyed the sausage sizzle with the youth. We

thank all who prepared food for the various

gatherings.

Before the Visitation a comprehensive report

on the parish was prepared, which included

input from the Parish Pastoral Council, schools

staff and other parishioners.

All of this happened while the parish office

staff were battling with the flu at various

stages of infection. My sincere thanks to Fr

Long Hai, Paula Noujaim and Helen McPhee

for battling on so valiantly.

Chancellor Mrs Heather Carey in an email on

Wednesday said, “ the diversity of people and

groups and the active involvement and joy of

commitment were just wonderful to

experience.”

Fr Maurice

Our Catholic Identity…… Our Reception children have been learning about God’s creations. We were Made In the Image of God and created by God therefore, we are connected to all of God’s creations. They read a beautiful story called “You are Star Dust” by Elin Kelsey. The magical words, "You are stardust" begin this book designed for children four years old and up. The author continues: "Every tiny atom in your body came from a star that exploded long before you were born." Elin challenges the readers to ponder that the water they drink today once filled "the puddles where dinosaurs drank." Then there are our ties with flowers ("Each time you blow a kiss to the world, you spread pollen that might grow to be a new plant.") and to trees (just as they lose their leaves, we shed the most hair in autumn), and other animals who deserve our respect and understanding. The book delivers an important spiritual message that all children need to hear: "We are all connected. We are all nature. We are all stardust." Everything in the universe is our neighbor in the community of life. The children then wrote and illustrated ways in which they are connected to God’s creations. Dear God, thank you for making me and for making butterflies, we are connected because we are special. Precious

Dear God, thank you for making me and for making cats, we are connected because we are cute. Rodela

Dear God, thank you for making me and for making flowers, we are connected because we are beautiful. Jessica

Dear God, thank you for making me and for making gardens, we are connected because we are beautiful. Vamika

Dear God, thank you for making me and for making gardens, we are connected because we are pretty. Angel