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Term 3—Week 8

6TH SEPTEMBER

2016

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Thursday 8th September

School Council Meeting

7.00 pm

Monday 12th September

P & F Meeting

7.00 pm

Friday 16th September

School Disco

Friday 23rd September

Last Day of Term 3

Principal’s Message

We hope that all our dads were

made to feel very special on Sunday.

Our school was blessed to have many

of our fathers present for our Fa-

ther’s Day liturgy. We hope also

that you enjoyed opening the gifts

that your children were able to pur-

chase for you from our Father’s Day

stall. Thanks to our hard working

P&F committee organising this for

us.

There are many highlights in our school year but one of the significant ones is

when our community comes together to witness the Sacrament of Confirmation.

It is a privilege to be part of this celebration. This past weekend it was a proud

moment when our Year 6 students and their families were able to participate in

the conferring of this Sacrament. Congratulations to all our students who par-

ticipated in this momentous occasion. We are very proud to be a part in the

Faith journey of our students.

Our thanks must go to the Year 6 teachers for their dedication in preparing the

students and to Mr Morrell for his organisation of the uplifting Liturgy of the

Confirmation Masses. Many of our staff were present at these Masses to lend a

hand. Thanks to them also for their generosity.

Yesterday our school leaders attended an official Diocesan farewell at the Ca-

thedral in Wagga for Bishop

Hanna. We felt very privileged

to be a part of this celebration.

Bishop Hanna will be retiring at

the end of this month. He has

been coming to our Parish for

many years to confer the Sac-

rament of Confirmation.

AFTER SCHOOL CARE

We are confident that we will

be able to make an announce-

ment about alternative arrangements for after school and vacation care before

the holidays

Sandra Campbell

mailto:[email protected]


News from the REC

Confirmation 2016 d On the weekend of the 3rd & 4th September, Sacred Heart Parish celebrated three Sacramental masses where

55 of our Year 6 students were Confirmed by Bishop Gerard Hanna. This was a significant weekend not only

for our candidates but also for Bishop Hanna who will confirm only one more group of children before he re-

tires. All three masses were a success and much of this was made possible by the overwhelming support and

presence of the St Patrick's staff. The Year 6 teachers; Miss Loretta Zanotto, Mrs Kathy Grant and Mrs Mar-

yanne Dodd are to be commended for the time and effort they have given in preparing the children.

We were so proud of our candidates who contributed to many parts of the mass and conducted themselves

reverently at all times. They truly appeared to be filled with the Spirit as they left the church with their red

stoles and certificates. The church was decorated so beautifully and the Gospel and offertory processions

were symbolic and meaningful. A special thank you to Nilva Close and Belinda Aventi who attended all three

masses and gifted us with their musical talents. Your presence at each mass was truly appreciated.

Congratulations to our newly Confirmed children and may you be filled with the Fruits and the Gifts of the

Holy Spirit for the rest of your lives.



Father’s Day Liturgy

Our Father’s Day liturgy was celebrated on Friday 2nd September and was received well by our school community. I

am very grateful for all the fathers who played an active role in the liturgy. How wonderful for our children to see

their dads taking part and how proud of their dads they must have been! Everyone got a kick out of the iMovie

that the Year 6 students put together. It made us laugh but it also showed us how amazing our dads are and the

weird and wonderful things that their children love about them. I hope everyone had a wonderful day celebrating

their dads.

Michael Morrell

REC



From the Assistant Principal

Boys and Education

St Patrick’s is in the process of writing and implementing a program that understands, appreciates

and embraces the development of a boy’s education. The program is being implemented because

we are seeing a great need to engage boys and offer more for boys during the school day. Part of

the program will be learning how to interact respectfully and appropriately with their peers as well

as build their identity as a male in society.

I, along with Mr David Curry and Mr Shane Fitzpatrick attended the Boys and Education conference

in Melbourne where we were exposed to amazing resources and initiatives that we are looking for-

ward to incorporating into the program. Shane has been employed one day a week for the remain-

der of the school year to help us with the initiative. He has years of experience working with chal-

lenging behaviours and in particular, with boys in high schools. Shane has already been working

with small groups of boys in the upper levels to establish relationships and working groups for the

program.

The school is also in discussion with Anthony Hood, the CSO Education and Well Being Officer to

help us run a parallel program for girls that will focus on social and emotional skills. There is a grow-

ing need for all children, but especially young girls, to be educated on how we interact with one an-

other, particularly on social networks. We aim to keep our girls informed and safe as their friend-

ship circles grow larger and become more independent from their parents.

From the P&F Committee

Next P&F Meeting

All parents are invited to attend the next P&F meeting on Monday 12th September at 7pm held in the Front Office/Staff

Room. We will be considering and discussing proposed amendments to the P&F constitution, which will also be voted on at

this meeting.

Father's Day Gift Stall

A big thank you to all the families who donated gifts to our Father's Day Stall. We hope all the Dads enjoyed their day on Fa-

ther's Day with the gift their child/children had bought for them at the stall. The students were certainly excited on stall day!

Thank you also to the parents who gave up their time to beautifully wrap and organise the gifts.

Term 3 School Disco

Our final School Disco for the year is coming up fast. It will be held NEXT WEEK in Week 9 on Friday 16th Septem-

ber in the Father O'Dea Hall. A note will be sent home this week asking for our awesome parents to help us on

the night once again!

Reminder: P&F Email Address

The P&F Committee have created a brand new email address. Please email us at [email protected] for any

enquiries about P&F activities and any correspondence.



Sports News

MacKillop Boys Cricket Trial

Last Friday, James Roche and Hayden Forner attended

the MacKillop Boys Cricket Trial in Wagga.

Due to inclement weather it was held indoors.

Both boys excelled in the trial and were selected in the

MacKillop team which will participate at the NSWPSSA

Boys Carnival held in Sydney over 4 days this November.

Congratulations go to both boys and we will follow their

performances when the carnival comes around.

Gala Netball Days.

Year 4 and 5 played last week in Albury (see report with this newsletter)

Year 6 head to Albury this Thursday.

We have two teams participating in the Championship A and B divisions.

We wish the students all the best.

Thanks go to the parents and supporters of all Year Level teams for their support of these teams.

Rugby League – Backyard Leagues days.

This Friday Years Three to Six will begin their first of three sessions in the Backyard League programme.

We thanks Andrew Herbert from the ARL for organizing this programme.

MacKillop Athletics

On Monday September 19th the school will have nearly 20 students representing the Wagga Diocese at the MacKillop Ath-

letics Carnival at Homebush.

We wish all our students the best at the carnival and hope they perform to the best of their ability.

Catholic Basketball Carnival

Four teams have been nominated for the Catholic Basketball Carnival in Canberra/Queanbeyan in October.

Thanks go to the parents and supporters who are preparing the teams and who are involved in all the organization behind

the scenes.

Garden Club News

This Friday, 9th September at afternoon tea (1.45 pm

to 2.15 pm) all parents/carers are invited to our vegeta-ble garden where we will be selling produce (mostly bok

choy and parsley) that we have been growing. We ask for a small donation and all proceeds from the sale will go to our next crop!



Jackie Murphy Netball Gala Day – 1st September 2016

On Thursday 1st September St Patrick’s sent two girls netball teams, one from Year 4 and one from Year 5, to

participate in the Championship divisions of the Jackie Murphy Netball Gala Day.

We were very blessed with the weather at JC King Netball Courts in Albury with only one very light shower on

the day.

Our Year 4 team had a very successful day winning 3 out of 4 games. In the first game they played against Sa-

cred Heart Kooringal and came away with a win 7-3. In the second game they came up against the tough com-

petition of Mater Dei, Wagga Wagga and were defeated 9-2. It was great to see our girls perform well against

such pressure. In the third game they also had a win against a joint team of St Michael’s Coolamon & St

Brendan’s Ganmain 10-2. In their final game of the day they played a great game against St Joseph’s Wagga

winning 10-3.

Unfortunately our Year 5 team did not come away with any wins on the day, but a great day was had by all. The

girls were very adaptable playing positions they had never tried before due to being down one player due to

illness. It was great to see the team pull together and give it 100%. These girls had a tough draw, up against

teams such as St Patrick’s Albury, St Anne’s North Albury, Mater Dei, Wagga Wagga and Henschke Wagga Wag-

ga. In the last game of the day against Holy Spirit Lavington the girls gave it their all, only going down by 2

points.

It was great to see both teams have a fun filled day and they all showed great sportsmanship.

Congratulations to all our girls who participated and thank you to those parents and carers who drove our girls

over for the day.

A special thank you to Mikaela Quinn & Catherine Wren for coaching our teams on the day, and Annette Waide and Alyssa Quinn who umpired all our games. Your efforts are much appreciated

LOST PROPERTY

There is an astounding amount of lost property in the Administration building. There are many school jumpers and jack-

ets that do not have any names on them. Could you please check in see if your child has lost any article of clothing and/or

lunch box or drink bottle.

SPEECH TUTORING (Message from Megan Beecher)

Anyone interested in tutoring to develop public speaking skills and confidence in presentation, please contact Megan

Beecher. I have many years of experience in Public Speaking and recital and am currently studying Advanced and Exten-

sion 1 English and Drama at Marian Catholic College. If you know someone in Years 3-6 who may benefit from my help I

would be happy to discuss tuition times and fees with you. Happy to chat to you via email: [email protected] or

phone or text 0497 206 993



Kindergarten Dahab Abbas

James Delgado Jasper Piccoli

Luca Vian Isaac Hill

Natalia Hodder Pippy Mitchell

Matthew Molinar Layla Robins

Karkeerat Chugha Matalena Ikenasio

Nicola Pastro

Year One James Morshead

Peter Haslett Chloe Dickie

Dominique Calabria Miranda Aventi

Ayesha Raza Amelia Mahon

Philippa Delgado Hugh Lancaster

Year Two Musa Singqandu Angelo Licastro

Finn Piccoli Gurnoor Sahota

Key Punch-Jackson Stuti Chatterji

Laila Afridi Nish Patel

Harshbir Singh Karis Pastro

Thiyasha Jayasuriya Samran Sidhu Jaidan Morrell

Year Three Mollie Zambon

Sahil Kumar Taleea Hodges Myah Thomas Hemen Bhargo Elise Calabria

Joey Nardi Prit Patel

Hamin Toor Kaleb Serafin

Giselle Apolloni Eva Shea

Year Four Digby Paterson

Maree Sergi Gabriella Cirillo

Antonia Panarello Sunaina Locham Nicholas Apolloni Alexandra Yardley Emmerson Waide

Year Five Sienna Andreazza Michaele Mustica

Emma Higgins Sam Trimboli Rajveer Singh

Christian Cavallaro Takshveer Chugha

Brody Vecchio Ellie Walsh

Abbey Fedrigo

Year Six Alex Parisotto

Sam Irvin Taine Moraschi Alannah Taylor Sophie Calabria Preetpal Kaur Rocco Barbaro

Devarsh Pancholi Lou Irvine

Alessia D’Aquino Arunima Kumar Xavier Serafin Ryan Zanatta

Antoinette Galluzzo Patrick Di Fiore Megan Piccoli

Nicholas Sartor

MJR AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who have received MJR Awards over the last 2 weeks:



Term 3 in Kindergarten

This term one of our main focuses in Kindergarten is Dream Time stories. Students in Kindergarten

have been participating in lessons to learn about the importance of storytelling in Indigenous cul-

ture. Students have listened to, read, viewed, illustrated and responded to dreaming stories. In

week 6, we invited Aunty Mary from the Catholic Schools Office in Wagga Wagga to share her

knowledge and expertise with the students. Students had the opportunity to have a turn of using

some of the traditional Aboriginal artefacts e.g. spinning the woomera and exploring the didgeri-

doo. It was an exciting and engaging experience for all students and staff in Kindergarten.

Pre-schools within the Griffith community have started to bring groups of children to visit our

school. They have been joining in small group activities with our current Kindergarten students.

Our students have thoroughly enjoyed teaching the pre-schoolers how to play games and complete

the activities. Our transition program at St Patrick’s Primary school is underway. It is taking place

every Wednesday until the middle of Term 4.

Every fortnight we interact with our Year 6 Buddies. Students read, learn sight words, play ball

games and get to know each other. This is a valuable learning opportunity for Year 6 and Kinder-

garten students.


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