Dear Parents and Carers

This week we have presented two special St Patrick's awards. Both students and staff are given opportunity to nominate someone whom they see demonstrating the attributes of each award. 

The Michael Rheinberger Award for Athletics is presented to a student who displays the attributes of past student Michael, as he strove to achieve his dream of climbing Everest. These attributes include: Persistence, Sportsmanship, Effort, Positive mindset, & Participation. These attributes, and the nominees and winner demonstrate across all three of the St Patrick's school pillars. 

Well done to the nominees: Chase, Sophie, Elizabeth, Isabella, Jayden, Thomas, Henry, Remmi and Ruby.

Congratulations to the awardee, Chase! Well deserved.

The Noa Jessop Memorial Award is presented to a student who emulates Noa's attributes of Christian Spirit, Sportsmanship, and Commitment to School. Again this award is presented to a student who shows these 3 school pillars behaviours in their everyday life at school.

We congratulate the nominees: Jayden, Isabella, Archie, Will N, Flynn, Arly, Chase, Eva, Aodhan and Colin.

The very worthy 2023 recipient of the award is Aodhan. (photo to come next week!)

Our Jersey for Noa day was a day of great remembering and some footy fun! Thanks Mrs Harnett for popping in to be the football ref!

Congratulations to the students who represented the school at the Southern Region Athletics Carnival. Read more in the sport news about the great achievements of our St Pat's kids. Thanks to Mrs Harnett for coordinating the day and to Mrs Collins for organising and running the canteen on the day, and of course all the helpers too.

And, on the note of congratulations, well done to all the Year 3-6 students who prepared and presented a speech this week. Well done to all the students who embraced the opportunity to compete at a school level to represent St Patrick's at the Southern Region Public Speaking Competition next week. We can name up to two students in each year level 3-6, and a reserve.

The St Pat's team is:

Year 3 Cassidy and Keeret, reserve Ash

Year 4 Sofia and Jayden

Year 5 Abbie and Rowan, reserve Zoe

Year 6 Sophie.

  

Good luck to our team!

At St Pat's the Red Pillar 'Look into Thinking' names our core work in teaching and learning and is the simple daily language that describes one of the three school principles. At assembly every morning teachers honour many students for the ways in which they are demonstrating this pillar every day at school. You are always invited to come to our morning assembly, it is a short and wonderfully positive way to start school each day.