Dear Parents and Carers

We began the week with a SPLASH! Thanks to all the parent helpers who made our school swimming carnival a great success. Thanks to Mrs Harnett and our school staff. Thanks to our great St Pat's kids for 'giving it a go' in the pool. It was great to see the new sport house captains showing their leadership skills. 

Congratulations to our Age Champions:

The winning house was Tenison.

We took time to thank Zoe and Mark for so many wonderful years of carnivals and swimming lessons / swimming intensives for St Patrick's school.

LENT

On Wednesday we began the season of Lent with our Ash Wednesday Mass. Lent is an important time for Christians as we prepare ourselves for Easter.

2024 Goals

Last week I wrote about the programs we have in place in support of Bold Goal 1.

To achieve our system Bold Goal 2 we have a school wide approach to knowing, understanding and enacting high impact teaching practices (HITPs) in every classroom.

What are the HITP's?

* Teachers engage in regular professional reading & learning.

* Teachers write and implement daily and weekly review, question students and check for their understanding.

* Teachers provide explicit instruction of content, expecting high success rate and providing supports and reteaching where necessary.

* Teachers model and scaffold learning.

* An external coach visits in support of improving teaching practice.  

Blessings

Jo