Dear Parents and Carers

Do you use the term 'Finishing Strong' with your children? Perhaps at weekend sport, in a Nippers event, in a swimming or running race?... At school we recognise and commend our students for 'finishing strong.' At our daily assemblies students are honoured for the St Pat's kids characteristics they are showing in the classroom and at play. Every day many students are recognised for their diligence and persistence, for their cooperation and collaboration, for their welcome of others and sportsmanship at play. Every day through the year, and as Term 4 comes to a close we commend our students for 'finishing strong' living the school pillars and rules. You might like to ask your child how they are being a St Pat's kid each day.

Look Into Thinking                 Look, Listen, Learn

Look Ahead to the Future          Respect, Share, Grow

Look After Each Other                Be Safe, Be Happy

In particular we need to acknowledge our junior students and teachers for persistence and resilience - particularly yesterday - getting wet two ways to ensure they could still have their swim lessons! Despite the inclement weather our St Pat's kids kept up their spirit and made it to the pool and back!

Step Up

We are planning a shorter, and Covid safe, STEP UP morning for next Tuesday morning. Students will meet with their class group and teacher for 2022 and enjoy a short 'getting to know you' time.

We have worked hard, following our class allocation policy, to create balanced learning groups for 2022. We take into consideration teacher, parent and student input with a strong focus on learning, but ultimately the Leadership Team finalises all class lists to ensure there is balance. 

Thank you for supporting your child in this transition time by talking positively about their class and teacher for 2022 and being excited about the year ahead. Your positive response as parents will help your children to look ahead to the future with hope and happiness.

Jesus is the Reason for the Season

We are enjoying this special time of Advent preparing for the birth of the Christ child. Across the classrooms our students are learning why we celebrate Christmas. Students from Kinder proudly shared their gorgeous tree decorations. They had drawn a nativity scene and were able to talk about the story of Jesus' birth.

Creativity at Wet Weather Play

2021 Staffing Change

Ms Alicia Jenkins will no longer be able to join St Pat's Bega staff team in 2022. Mrs Margy Carracher will work with Mrs Melinda Ferris in the Year 5/6.

2022

The School year for all students commences on Tuesday 1st February 2022. Dates as published by Catholic Education to date are:

Term 1     February 1 - April 8

Term 2     April 27 - July 1

Term 3     July 19 - September 23

Term 4     October 11 - December 15

Blessings on a wet weekend. Stay safe.

Jo

SCHOOL DIARY/JOURNAL 2022

All students at St. Pat's will have access to a school diary throughout 2022. The diary has been developed to incorporate our St. Patrick's vision and 3 pillars of learning.

Students will be able to revisit their diary daily and classes will be focussing on a particular attribute of learning during school time (for example resilience) throughout the year and students acknowledged who are demonstrating this. This journal is another way of supporting our students to demonstrate the behaviours of being a St. Pat's kid;

At St Pat’s we LOOK LISTEN LEARN by

• setting goals independently
• asking for help
• staying on task

At St Pat’s we RESPECT SHARE GROW by

• taking responsibility for myself
• managing rejection
• valuing and accepting other people’s point of view
• valuing the opinion of friends
• negotiating and problem solving with friends
• seeking advice from others
• being in control of my body language
• disagreeing politely
• stopping when someone asks me to stop

At St Pat’s we BE SAFE BE HAPPY by

• understanding that there are consequences for my actions
• understanding that my actions impact others
• communicating clearly and appropriately

 Val Sheahan

Religious Education

Upcoming Events

Week 11:

Thanksgiving Mass Wednesday 15th December 9:15am 

Year 6 Graduation Mass Thursday 16th December 6pm

Creativity Under Construction

This week 5/6C, 5/6N and 3/4R participated in a class retreat which focused on prayer.

Students were given opportunities to express themselves creatively, explore the three worlds of the text and explore different forms of prayer including Lectio Divina.

Vinnies Christmas Appeal

If families can please donate to the Vinnies Appeal by sending in items for the Christmas Hampers.

 Emma Grant

The attached note has been sent home with the eldest sibling. 

Please complete the form and return it to the school office if you have one or more children enrolled at Lumen Christi, Pambula in 2022.

The CEO Tuition Fee discount applies to the eldest Primary child where they have an elder sibling in a Systemic Secondary School, Lumen Christi.

If you require a printed copy, please contact the office on 6492 5500 or office.bega@cg.catholic.edu.au 

Place your orders for the Christmas Cookies Boxes by 9pm tonight (Friday 10th December) via Qkr! 

Orders will be filled during the final week of school.

The uniform shop will close for the Christmas holiday period on Friday 17 December 2021 and will reopen to fill orders on Friday 28 January 2022.

Holiday Trading

The uniform shop is open to fill orders during the holiday period on the following days:

Friday 28 January 2022

9.30am - 1.30pm

Monday 31 January 2022

9.30am - 1.30pm

If you would like to come in on these days, you will need to make an appointment by contacting us at stpats.uniform@gmail.com.

QKR Store

You can place QKR uniform orders throughout the holiday period. Please note any order placed over the holidays will not be filled until 28 January 2022.

Term 1 2022

The uniform shop will fill orders each Wednesday and Friday during term.

Second Hand Uniform

Please take the opportunity to have a dig around your cupboards these holidays and see if you have any items that can be donated. We have many new and existing families who need access to second hand uniforms and the proceeds go back into community council projects. We ask that you make sure they are St Pat’s uniform brands ie LW Reid, Midford and Eagle and the items are in a condition that is presentable.

Thankyou for all your support during the year. On behalf of the Uniform Committee we wish everyone a happy and relaxing Christmas break.

Kind regards,

Carmen, Roz, Helen & Holly

The trolley in the office regularly has many jumpers and lunch boxes and drink bottles, please encourage your child to search the trolley and claim their lost items prior to the end of term. 

Week 9 answer: 

A shadow

WeeK 10: