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Concern [email protected] P.O. Box 857 Katanning 6317 Phone: 98212281 Fax 98214281 21 st September 2017 Issue 29 St Patrick’s School Vision Statement St Patrick’s Catholic School in Katanning aims to emulate Jesus through its motto of Concern by engaging children, teachers, parents, community and the parish to work together in a supportive and happy environment. Our school acknowledges parents as the primary educators of their children, and aims to further develop each child intellectually, emotionally, physically, socially and spiritually, creating lifelong learners who have the ability to draw upon processes and skills, to cope with future technologies in a changing society. Our school strives to be accepting of multicultural and individual differences. It acknowledges the rights of children to be safe and values them through pastoral care. Dear Parents and Guardians, What a fantastic week in St Patrick’s! Weather was planned to perfection with a glorious day for our staff, students and families at our faction carnival. Congratulations to Miss Emma Ackland on her preparation and running of the carnival. It ran very smoothly and the students and staff had a fabulous day. A very special thank you to Mitch Davies for helping to set up with our staff in the morning – he is an absolute expert at putting our faction tents up! Congratulations to Gibney for their great win on the day. Prendiville and McLeod were also fantastic. Well done to McLeod for their win in the marching shield. I was so impressed with the sportsmanship displayed by our students and this year many of them had ‘good sports’ ribbons proudly displayed on their shirts. Next term we welcome Tara Punch to our staff. Tara will be taking Dance as part of the Arts component of the curriculum. Tara is an experienced dance teacher and we look forward to her supporting our students and staff with dance and our end of year concert. We will miss Ms. Bearcroft who has been seconded to St Bernard’s for 9 weeks, she will be in contact with us no doubt throughout the term. Our staff have taken up many of Deb’s responsibilities during the term with St Pats Facebook page and supporting the sacramental program. It has been a very busy term, our staff prayer today reflected upon travel. During the holidays, many people will be on the road. Mrs Pontillo shared a motorist prayer-asking God to watch over us as we travel and to protect the people in our car. When we get behind the wheel of our cars, we are responsible for our passengers’ lives – our wife and children. St Christopher is the patron saint of travellers. May he protect you and your family over this holiday period. Athletics Carnival Peace to you and your family, Christopher Smith Principal
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Concern [email protected]
P.O. Box 857 Katanning 6317 Phone: 98212281 Fax 98214281
21st September 2017 Issue 29 St Patrick’s School Vision Statement
St Patrick’s Catholic School in Katanning aims to emulate Jesus through its motto of Concern by engaging children, teachers, parents, community and the parish to work together in a supportive
and happy environment. Our school acknowledges parents as the primary educators of their children, and aims to further develop each child intellectually, emotionally, physically, socially and
spiritually, creating lifelong learners who have the ability to draw upon processes and skills, to cope with future technologies in a changing society. Our school strives to be accepting of multicultural
and individual differences. It acknowledges the rights of children to be safe and values them through pastoral care.
Dear Parents and Guardians, What a fantastic week in St Patrick’s! Weather was planned to perfection with a glorious day for our staff, students and families at our faction carnival. Congratulations to Miss Emma Ackland on her preparation and running of the carnival. It ran very smoothly and the students and staff had a fabulous day. A very special thank you to Mitch Davies for helping to set up with our staff in the morning – he is an absolute expert at putting our faction tents up! Congratulations to Gibney for their great win on the day. Prendiville and McLeod were also fantastic. Well done to McLeod for their win in the marching shield. I was so impressed with the sportsmanship displayed by our students and this year many of them had ‘good sports’ ribbons proudly displayed on their shirts. Next term we welcome Tara Punch to our staff. Tara will be taking Dance as part of the Arts component of the curriculum. Tara is an experienced dance teacher and we look forward to her supporting our students and staff with dance and our end of year concert. We will miss Ms. Bearcroft who has been seconded to St Bernard’s for 9 weeks, she will be in contact with us no doubt throughout the term. Our staff have taken up many of Deb’s responsibilities during the term with St Pats Facebook page and supporting the sacramental program. It has been a very busy term, our staff prayer today reflected upon travel. During the holidays, many people will be on the road. Mrs Pontillo shared a motorist prayer-asking God to watch over us as we travel and to protect the people in our car. When we get behind the wheel of our cars, we are responsible for our passengers’ lives – our wife and children. St Christopher is the patron saint of travellers. May he protect you and your family over this holiday period.
Athletics Carnival
Peace to you and your family, Christopher Smith Principal
Our St Patrick’s Family
We give thanks for our families in St Patrick’s and the wonderful work that our parents and guardians do to support our school. At times, families go through much hardship (often very quietly); please pray for Mrs Sugg and her family, her mum Stella passed away on the weekend and her funeral will be on Friday. Also, please keep Patrina Gayton in your prayers, Patrina’s father is in hospital and he is not doing so well. Many of our staff have families who are sick and need our constant prayers so that they can recover. Please keep all our families in your prayers, as we well know, the power and strength that prayer provides at different times in our lives
Eco Fair: Market Day: Saturday 16th September:
Assembly Feedback: The results of the Assembly Time survey are as follows:
13/16 Staff responded (81% respondents.) 62% Staff preferred 2:30pm Assembly 38% Staff preferred 9:00am Assembly 21/75 Families responded (28% respondents) 95% stated that they would always try to attend an assembly when they knew their children were
performing/receiving awards. 79% Families 9:00am Assembly 21% 2:30pm Assembly
The information gained from the survey has informed the school’s decision to continue to hold Assemblies on Friday afternoons 2:30pm. It is appreciated that it is not always easy for some parents to attend in the afternoon, however, it is heartening to know that most parents will do all they can to attend if their child is either performing and /or receiving an award. Thank you to the 21 families who responded and provided some excellent suggestions regarding the running of our school Assemblies. It is hoped that we can put some of the ideas into place for 2018.
God Bless Debra Bearcroft [email protected]
Please join us at this week’s Friday afternoon assembly at 2.30pm. Congratulations to this week’s award winners…
Sebastian Smith, Year 2 Class Award, Year 3 Class Award, Inway Lipio, Jonty Bolto, Yasmin Prosser
Presentation of the 400m Awards and Record Breaker Certificates
Ebony Smith Marciniak and Flynn Stade
DATES TO REMEMBER - TERM 3
Thursday 21st September Remarkable Readers
Friday 22nd September Term 3 Concludes
TERM 4 DATES
Monday 9th October Pupil Free
Tuesday 10th October Students Return
Wednesday 11th October No Canteen
Homework Classes with Mrs Holmes are available for
students from Years 3 to 6 in the Year 6 classroom.
Tuesday 3.20pm – 4.00pm to the end of term.
Term 4 homework classes will start Tuesday 24th October
Pre Primary Little Lady
Bug…
Flynn Stade
RUNNING CLUB
Friday morning School Oval 8.00- 8:30 Friday 15th September Friday 22nd September No Running Club in Term 4.
Please send in all stickers!
Learning: In Year 5, we have been discussing the qualities of responsible people in our religion unit and in preparation for leadership in Year 6. Some of the ideas the students have spoken about were being respectful to those around them and being organised and independent. We will be setting personal goals at the beginning of next term based on these qualities. Miss Anderton.
Engagement: Remarkable Readers is a celebration to acknowledge those students who are engaged in their home reading each school night. Well done to all the students who are attending. There has been a great improvement in all students' engagement and attendance in the Remarkable Readers program this term which in turn enhances their comprehension skills, their vocabulary knowledge and their Literacy Pro scores. Looking forward to a great day! Mrs Holmes.
Accountability – in our spelling rotations, we have introduced a table where we have the ability to choose which activities we complete over three weeks, but they must all be different. The Year 4 students are accountable for learning their spelling words through Soundwaves, writing the words in sentences, completing homework and by picking the activities in a way in which appeals to them, in a way they believe they will learn best. Miss Anderson Discipleship: Discipleship is the way that we live out the teachings of Jesus. It is how we show love to God and one another. We can do this through our thoughts, words and actions- living the way Jesus taught us to. A great example of discipleship I saw this week was through the sportsmanship during the Athletics Carnival. The children all supporting and encouraging each other during their events- it was so wonderful to see them acting in such a Christian way. Miss Lilleyman
UNIFORM SHOP HOURS
The uniform shop will open fortnightly on a Thursday morning 8.30am to 9.30am. (Check term planner for opening days)
If you cannot get into the shop during this time, please feel free to send your order to Karen, Shan, or Helen in the front office. Karen Watson – 0407 729 880 [email protected]
Shannon Beeck - 0428217728 [email protected]
ST PATRICK’S CHURCH
School Holidays Altar Serve Roster
Sunday 24th September – Zacheus Ndong’a, Robertson Saw
Sunday 1st October – Sharie Oclarit, Piper Kennedy
The First Shall Be Last
Jesus said, “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A farmer goes out at dawn and hires workers. He promises them one silver coin each for the day’s work. Later he sees some more men and he hires them, and more again at lunchtime. At the end of the day, he pays each worker one silver coin. Those who worked all day were angry, but the farmer said, ‘Are you jealous because I am generous? I paid you what I promised.’ “Jesus concluded, “The last will be first and the first will be last.” God’s Generosity. The story is not about fair wages; it’s about the Kingdom of heaven. The message is this: Some will hear God’s call as children, young adults, or in old age. No matter when a person hears the call, if they respond, their reward is the same; eternal life in heaven.
Father in Heaven, you love all your children equally. Help us not to be
jealous of one another. Amen.
SUMMER UNIFORM – TERM 4 Girls Summer Uniform Royal Blue Summer Dress Plain White Socks – fold over ankle socks. Black leather school shoes- lace up or buckle style OR brown sandals Royal blue slouch hat with School Crest. Boys Summer Uniform Short sleeve grey shirt with School Crest Grey college shorts Grey ankle socks with gold and royal blue stripes Black leather lace up school shoes OR brown sandals without socks Royal Blue slouch hat with School Crest.
*NO HAT = NO PLAY*
No Canteen on Wednesday 11th
October – Week 1 of Term 4.
Joey Scouts are coming to 1st Katanning
For 6 and 7 year old boys and girls
Commencing Term 1 2018
Meeting Wednesday afternoons plus some weekend activities
Skills Games
Craft Outdoor
s
For more information, contact 1st Katanning Scout Group:
Hilary Harris - Group Leader – 9821 4889
Ella Maesepp – Joey Leader – 9821 8616
Important KidSport Information
1. KidSport enable children aged 5-18 years to participate in community sport and recreation by offering them financial assistance towards club fees only. Applicants must be listed on a valid Health Care or Pensioner Concession card. Applicant's primary place of residence must be in the local government area they are applying to.
Parent/Guardian’s: it is your responsibility to apply for Kidsport funding, (not the Clubs), you can apply on: o Online: visit the Department’s website (dsr.wa.gov.au/funding/individuals/kidsport). You will need to scan or take a photo
of your healthcare or pension concession card and upload it to site; you will also need a current email address. Or
o Hard Copy Form: Submit a KidSport application form to the Katanning Leisure Centre along with a copy of your current
healthcare or pension concession card and please ensure that a current email address is written neatly on the form, so your application can be validated. Your application will not be approved if you do not supply the above information. If you do not receive an email from your local Government after 5 days please ring 0898214399 to ensure your application form has been approved.
2. Once you have applied online or by hard copy form and your application has been approved, you will be then emailed a unique code. Please note: It is the Parent’s/Guardian’s responsibility to give the Sporting Club the unique code. If
you do not give the Club your code then your child/children’s fees will remain unpaid and your child will not be able to participate in the sport.
3. KidSport no longer has referral agents.
For further information or assistance with Kidsport please speak to Tania Wolfe – Community Development Officer – Clubs on 08 98214399 (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday)
KATANNING GOLF CLUB 2017 JUNIOR GOLF COACHING EVERY FRIDAY FROM FRIDAY 13TH OCTOBER TILL FRIDAY 15TH DECEMBER Where: Katanning Country Club Driving Range When: Every Friday of school term 4 Age: 8-16 years of age Time: 3.45-4.30 Cost: $40 for the term Equipment provided, bring your own clubs if you have them. Please contact Louise McCarley (0427773550) or Fiona McCarley (0428211877) for further information. Following Junior Golf, from 5pm, why not get a team of 3 together and join in the fun at Corporate Golf! (starting date to be confirmed)
Tennis anyone? Registrations are now open for Junior Coaching and Senior Pennants! Both will commence on Wednesday the 18th October 2017.
2017 Junior coach will be Brad Rundle who is a qualified Tennis West Hotshots Coach. Ages from 6 are welcome. Varying time-slots on Wednesday afternoons or Saturday mornings are available. Call or text Jane Kowald 0428712050 or Felicity Clegg 0407389310. Registration day will be held on Wednesday the 11th October from 3:30pm at the Katanning Country Club.
Senior Pennants is a great way to catch up with friends mid-week and find your 30! All grades of playing are catered for as long as you’re willing! Commencing on Wednesday the 18th October, you can request to play either Wednesday or
Thursday nights. Choose your night early by registering with Hamish Tompson on 0417851433.
