Principal Report

Information Communication Technology (ICT) Student Use Agreement 

Recently, an  Information Communication Technology (ICT) Student Use Agreement was sent home for children who are enrolled at St Patrick’s. The ICT Student Use Agreement is implemented across schools in Catholic Education Tasmania and other jurisdictions across Australia. Access to ICT devices and Digital Technology resources are provided to students at our school to support and enhance their learning, as well as ensuring that all students benefit from learning about, and working with, traditional, contemporary and emerging technologies through the Australian Curriculum. 

The ICT Agreement describes the programs and processes our school has in place to support students to be safe, ethical and responsible users of digital technologies.  Safe and responsible use of ICTs' means that children are able to fully engage with the multitude of positive opportunities they present, while employing sensible safeguards to protect themselves and others, in the context of informed parental guidance and appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks. The purpose of the agreement is to ensure the appropriate use of these devices and resources are practised, thus protecting continuous access for students. 

After discussing the agreement with your child, you and your child are asked to sign the agreement and return it to the school office. Some feedback has been provided by parents on the content of the ICT Agreement and this will be taken into consideration for 2024.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

This year, our Librarian, Mrs Melissa Carter will register students online for the Premier's Reading Challenge. The challenge is about encouraging children to develop reading for life. The challenge runs for 10 weeks and students can read a range of different things including home readers, fiction, non fiction, blogs, comics magazines, poetry etc, it all counts. For families, you can help your child get involved in the challenge by reading with them, talking to them about what they are reading and providing lots of encouragement! We would like to see as many students as possible participating fully in this challenge!

Lockett Sensei

At the end of last year, Mrs Kayla Lockett, aka Lockett sensei applied for a grant which is a six-week program in Urawa, Saitama, Japan that is designed to provide an opportunity for improving Japanese language skills necessary as a teacher. 

We are happy to announce that she was one of 31 teachers from around the world who received this grant.

So from the 6th of June until the 22nd of July Lockett sensei will be studying Japanese language in the morning and cultural studies in the afternoons. She will be touring schools and bringing back many cultural experiences to share with the students and enrich their language learning.

We look forward to following her journey and that this will be an amazing experience. During Lockett’s sensei time away, Ms Therese Dennis will be teaching specialist lessons in Japanese instead. 

Have a great week

Carmen Aylott

Principal