Newsletter Thursday 23rd February, 2023

We the staff of St Patrick’s acknowledge the traditional owners, the Kulin nations, of the land on which we learn and play.

We pay respects to the Aboriginal Elders, past and present, who are our teachers.

We thank them for taking care of children and country for countless generations.

 

Luke 9:22-25

Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it

Jesus said to his disciples:
‘The Son of Man is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’
Then to all he said:
‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it. What gain, then, is it for a man to have won the whole world and to have lost or ruined his very self?’

1AF Math News

IAF had a fun week in mathematics, learning about measuring length. We learnt how to use informal units such as; our hands to measure our height and dinosaur footprints to measure objects in the classroom.

All students had fun tracing their friends on large butcher paper and using their hands as informal measuring units. They started measuring from the bottom of the feet to the top of their head, wrote how many hands their height measured and coloured in to match their appearance.

 

 

Students used dinosaur footprints to measure different item lengths in the classroom. They measured their lockers, windows and tables. 

 

 

We hope you enjoy our work!

This week we also celebrated Shrove Tuesday by having a pancake picnic!

PARENTS PLEASE TAKE NOTE

Parents are NOT to use the student’s toilets. If in the event, you are needing to use the toilet, please approach the school office. Due to Child Safety regulations, no adult is to be using the toilets allocated for students. Parents will be approached by staff and given a reminder if we see this. Thank you for your understanding.

NAPLAN 2023:

All year 3 and 5 students will be completing NAPLAN testing, below is a list of those dates:

Wednesday 15^th March - Writing

Thursday 16^th March - Reading

Monday 20^th March - Maths

Tuesday 21^st March - Conventions of Language

Changes to the school timetable

Due to changes in our school timetable, please note the change of time that our classrooms will be open in the mornings.

Students can still be dropped off at 8.30am. Please do not drop off any earlier than this.

The gates will open 8.30 - students will gather in the colonnade to be supervised. Please do not leave your children UNSUPERVISED! The children are not supervised outside of the school premises.

8.40- Specialist teachers and leadership on duty- Children are to leave their bags outside their classrooms and they can then move to the basketball court with a teacher.  

8.50- Classrooms will open and children will move off the yard and head into class.

Please note, this does not mean that parent cannot enter the classrooms. They are still able to drop off their child/ren to the classes and pop in and say hello. Please remember however, this is the time that the students will begin to be getting settled for the day, so any conversations that need to be had with your child’s teacher, must be arranged at another time suitable for both parties.

Accessing your PAM accounts 2023

Due to an upgrade to our Parent Access Module (PAM), all parents will need to reset their password before regaining access to your PAM. Your user name remains the same which is your email address. You should have received an email asking you to reset the password for PAM.

If you have any concerns, please contact Alex in the office on 5943 9000 or ataylor@stppakenham.catholic.edu.au

School Uniforms

At St Patrick’s, it is important to highlight to students the message around respecting our school uniform. The uniform represents our school and is expected to be worn with pride. Please be aware that I will approach and ask students about their uniform and will follow up with parents if necessary.

Please write a note to your child/ren’s classroom teacher if there is an issue with the inform for a particular period of time.

Some reminders:

• Socks- are to be ankle socks; white for girls and grey for boys
• Students are to wear black shoes and NOT (black) runners. Runners may be brought to school for your child/ren to change into for the playtimes;
• Girls are permitted to wear the school (Summer) dress or the school shirt and grey shorts
• Boys wear the grey shorts in Summer and the long grey pants in Winter (they may choose to continue wearing the shorts.)
• Sports uniform consists of the polo shirt with the school logo and the green track pants or green unisex shorts.
• School sports jacket is optional in the cooler months.