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CALENDAR

Detailed calendar can be viewed at www.spnhill.catholic.edu.au or on the FlexiBuzz app

SEPTEMBER Tu 11 Student Free Day (Staff PD) We 12 Parent Teacher Interviews Fr 21 Cultural Day Last Day Term 3—Dismissal 2:15pm OCTOBER Mo 8 First Day Term 4 Th 18 Public Holiday—Nhill Show Sa 27 SAC Fundraising Event Tu 30 School Advisory Council Meeting

7:30pm

Dear Parents and Members of St. Patrick’s School Community,

SUNDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER—22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time— Last Sunday’s gospel from Mark (7:1-8) depicted Jesus challenging the accepted understanding of what can make a person unclean. Jesus was constantly challenging religious laws that placed unnecessary burdens on people, and distracted their attention from more important issues. Rather than worrying about whether the food they were eating was acceptable, Jesus wanted people to think about the lives they led and how they treated other people.

Sadly we as Christians are just as guilty of getting caught up in petty politics associated with religion, rather than facing the real challenges brought to us by our faith. The core Christian discipleship is the dual command of Jesus to love God and love our neighbour as ourselves. We are encouraged to live by God’s law which is designed to form our hearts so that we will live in a way that ensures everyone’s wellbeing is cared for. God’s law is a special gift to us that touches and forms us so that we can love, respect and forgive ourselves and others.

CHILD PROTECTION WEEK—National Child Protection Week starts annually on Father’s Day each September and it is an opportunity for government, business and community groups to come together to promote the safety and well being of children. The enduring message of National Child Protection Week is the ‘Protecting children is everyone’s business’ and that all Australians should play a part in ensuring that children are protected. The little things we do every day can help to create safer environments for children. For example we can -

Be kind to children and their parents.

Respect young people.

Be a good role model around children.

Get involved in our local community.

Look out for signs of abuse or neglect and talk to an expert if you suspect something is wrong.

Always take reports of abuse seriously.

Avoid blame and don’t judge; ask what you can do to help instead.

Listen to the needs of children and spend time with them.

FATHER’S DAY BREAKFAST—Thank you to everyone who came to our Father’s Day Breakfast last Friday. It was fabulous to have so many fathers, grandfathers and father-like figures join us and the children. The students had a great time playing with their dads before heading into class to start the day. A huge thank you to Lynda Donnell for cooking the BBQ and to all staff who came in Jobe

As partners in Catholic Education and open to God’s presence, we pursue the fullness of life for all. St. Patrick’s School is a Child-safe school.

Our Vision

SCHOOL

Advisory

Council

Members

Parent Representatives Lisa Braybrook Helen Cannell (Chairperson) Michelle Dickinson Jamie Donnell Kimberley Philip Melissa Polkinghorne Ex Officio Fr. Peter Hudson Kathryn Bendall Ann Munro Karen Rintoule

St. Patrick’s Church Times

Sunday 9 September - 10 a.m. - Mass

This week’s winner is Riley who

was caught using our school rules by being respectful and responsible.

Nominated by Mia and Jayda

St Patrick’s School

is a child safe school St. Patrick’s School

29 Leahy Street, PO Box 113, Nhill 3418

Phone 03 5391 1575

Mobile 0419 929 271

Fax 03 5391 1506

Email principal@spnhill.catholic.edu.au

Web www.spnhill.catholic.edu.au

Term Dates Class Times Administration Office Hours

Term 1 29 Jan * to 29 Mar 8:55am Class time

Term 2 16 Apr to 29 Jun 11am Recess Monday 9am-3:30pm

Term 3 16 Jul to 21 Sep 11:30am Class time Tuesday 9am

3:50pm Term 4 8 Oct to 21 Dec 1:00pm Lunch Wednesday

1:45pm Class time Thursday

3:15pm Dismissal Friday 9am1pm

Newsletter No. 2018/26 Thursday, 6 September 2018

JUNIOR CLASS In Maths we have been able to use some of the recently purchased resources to extend our understandings. T hese include number caps for counting with unifix, flip charts for renaming numbers and family fact triangle cards. Special emphasis has been placed on reading mathematical questions and deciding what strategy is needed to solve them. This can range from simple story sentences to more complex information diagrams.

Our book in Shared Reading is Indigenous Sea Creatures and we have been focusing on the words invisible, clamber, amidst, swift,

mammals and grazes on the vocab chart. The

Foundation students have learnt the sound 'z' for

zip and 'zz' for buzz. Level 2 Spelling group have

been working on (c/sc) words.

In P.E. this week, we joined in with the Seniors and did some skipping practice for Jump Rope For Heart.

During Integrated Studies students have been researching interesting facts about New Zealand and China. We learnt the Chinese words for dog, cat, fish, cow, sheep and rabbit.

We are currently drawing Indigenous inspired art pieces to put in the Nhill Show during our Art/Technology hour.

SENIOR CLASS The senior students have been reading a poem called Black Jack the Bold during Shared Reading. They have been exploring the purpose and power of rhyming verses throughout a poem.

During the writing block the students have been experimenting with alliteration, personification and metaphors within their narrative writing.

In Numeracy the class has been studying Data representation. This unit enables the students to display data using various forms, depending on the type of information being collected.

In Religious Education the seniors have been focusing on the unit God’s Holy Word. They have been exploring the meaning behind the parable of The Sower, and how it relates to the world today.

During Art students have been experimenting with shading and tones, creating artwork with a focus on light and dark.

early to set up the hall and cook the toast and put the muffins together. Thanks also to Lisa Braybrook, Emma Dickinson and Michelle Dickinson who also assisted with the preparation and cleaning up at the end. Many hands make light work and I think that everyone had a great start to the day. We hope that all our fathers had a relaxing day on Sunday as well.

SAC FATHER’S DAY RAFFLE—Tim Cramer was the lucky winner of our Father’s Day raffle. He was very grateful to receive his prize on Friday afternoon. The total amount raised for this raffle was $1277.20. A might effort for our small school.

READING AWARDS—Erin Fraser-Klix and Sophie McEldrew both received Reading Awards at today’s assembly. Both girls have read 30 books at home so far this year and they have only recently developed the skills to read independently at home. Congratulations to both students.

SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT—At Tuesday night’s SAC meeting the following policies were recommended to Father Peter for ratification -

Refund

School Fees

Pastoral Care.

The Grounds and Maintenance Working Party’s report included the successful tenderer for the replacement of the shade sails (Carey Covers) and the grounds contract (Gone Tropo). We acknowledge and thank Matt Bone for his work in keeping our grounds neat and tidy in the previous 7 years. The Social Justice Working Party is finalising the order form and prices for our coffee fundraiser and it will be sent home very soon for you to consider. The Fundraising Working Party is completing organisational details for an upcoming event which involves selling coffee (using WithOneBean coffee) and muffins at the Luv-a-Duck 50th birthday celebrations on 27 October. Hopefully a number of families will be able to assist with the preparation of muffins and the making of coffee for this special occasion. A SAC member will be in contact closer to the date to seek your input and support. SAC also commended the Fundraising Working Party for their efforts in raising $1277.20 from the Father’s Day raffle. We also appreciate the work of our families who also sold tickets to neighbours and friends for this raffle. Our next meeting is set for Tuesday 30 October.

DENTAL PACKS—Thank you to the Nhill Dental Clinic who recently provided a pack containing a toothbrush, toothpaste and timer to every St Patrick’s School student. This is a generous donation and emphasises the importance of caring for our teeth on a daily basis.

STUDENT WORK—Last Friday, Sophie, a Foundation student, completed an amazing piece of writing. Maybe she needs to have an egg and bacon muffin every day so she’s got lots of energy for writing stories. Well done Sophie.

REMINDERS

Parent—Teacher Interviews—Don’t forget to complete the form sent with last week’s newsletter

Full colour version of newsletter is on our website spnhill.catholic.edu.au/newsletters-2018.html and FlexiBuzz

and nominate your preferred time for an interview with your child/ren’s teacher/s. These are due by tomorrow morning and the Interviews are scheduled for Wednesday 12 September. If you have lost or misplaced the form then please send an email, ring, or write a note on a piece of paper so that your preferences can be recorded. If you are unsure of the process then please contact the school for further information. A timetable will be sent home with your children on Friday afternoon.

KINDER ENROLMENTS—Final call for 2019 Foundation enrolments! These are due to be finalised tomorrow (Friday 7 September). If you know of any families who have yet to complete an enrolment form at one of the local primary schools could you please remind them to do this tomorrow, or early next week.

UPCOMING EVENTS

SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY—Next Tuesday, 11 September, is a School Closure day so teaching staff can attend Professional Learning in Stawell. Students are not required to attend school on Tuesday.

CULTURAL DAY—Friday 21 September—Plans are coming together nicely for the last day of term. Please help your children select an appropriate costume from another country for this day. Remember—no thongs or singlet tops.

As always, please contact the school if you have any questions about what is happening at St. Patrick’s School.

Kathryn Bendall, Principal.

Find Me In Paris

TV

Show

Go to Queensland to visit cousins.

What can you share

about yourself that

no-one or not many

people know?

A dog (Jo) 3 cats (Wally, Tiki & Holly) 8 chooks & 1 duck

What do

you want

to do

when you

grow up?

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

If you could go anywhere /

do anything right now,

what would you do?

Who are they and what do you

enjoy doing with them?

Best thing about St. Patrick’s

School / favourite subject

Mum, Dad and brothers Jack and Ben. We love to play board games and travel.

I can take my glasses off with my feet going over my head.

ICT—Coding St Pat’s is really friendly. A lot of my friends are here.

Fiji

Best

ever

Gymnastics Cucumber

Olympic gymnast.

Aqua

FOOTY TIPPING UPDATE

This report was inadvertently missed in last week’s newsletter.

Well done to Ash Dickinson, 135, who narrowly won the footy tipping from Mrs Pilgrim 134. Mother and son, Emma and Jobe finished 3rd on 118. Having tipped the whole season prior to round 1, it is always interesting to see who does well.

Interesting facts:-

Heath was the only tipper to select 9 in any one round (Round 22). Mrs Rintoule was the only tipper to get zero (round 18). Mrs Rintoule followed a pattern of away team, home team for the whole season. Stew-art Mackenzie and family relative Pam had their own battle. Stew tipped all the home teams for the whole season and finished on 104 and Pam chose all the away teams and ended the year on 93.

Thanks to everyone who participated, and also to Mrs Pilgrim and the students who helped correct and tally each week.

Final results are:-

Ash Dickinson 135 Tyi Mia

105

Mrs Pilgrim 134 Miss Hudson Stew Mack

104

Jobe Dickinson Emma Dickinson

118

Mrs Schubert 102

Mrs Bendall Heath Braybrook

116

Mrs Rintoule The Munros

99

Jarryd Bendall 116 Montana 96

Miss Webb 110 Pam Wheeler 93

Zanny McEldrew 109 Maddison 88

Tia Hanna Nessa

108

Mark McEldrew 76

Names are now being taken for Aussie Hoops.

30-45 minutes one night per week

during term 4. (Night to be determined - possibility Tuesday,

Wednesday or Thursday). It is a program introducing basketball in fun

games and activities.

Ages 5- 10 boys and girls. We are also looking for a coordinator to help run the program- no basketball knowledge is

required. Please contact Emma Dickinson 0408911664 to

register your child’s interest ASAP-so we can get planning.

See aussiehoops.com.au for more info on the program.