NEWSLETTER 7 - 16th May 2024
- Principal Report
- Term Dates
- Calendar of Events
- Staff News
- Contacting School Staff - Out of Hours/Emails
- Cross Country Carnival - Friday 24th May
- Sports Training - After School Hours
- 2025 Kinder Enrolments
- Student of the Week & House Raffle Winners
- School Wide Positive Behaviour Award
- Principal Award
- Student Achievements
- Mother's Day 2024
- Devonport Basketball Primary School Tournament
- 2024 Soccer Season - Unregistered Players OVERDUE
- St Patrick’s Catholic Church
- Allergy Aware School
Mother’s Day Celebrations
Thank you to all our wonderful mums, step mums, carers, nans, aunts, sisters, and significant ladies for coming to our Mother’s Day afternoon. Thank you to the following for coming together to make our Mother’s Day Celebration an amazing afternoon:
- Carley Padman, for putting together the Mother’s Day gift which was given out on our Mother’s Day Celebration.
- Staff who brought a plate of food to share with our special ladies in the afternoon.
- Catherine Dunn for organising our liturgy.
- Teachers who worked with students in creating a treasured gift for mums for Mother’s Day and organising an activity for our special afternoon.
- All staff for working together to make this special event happen.
Preservation of Religious Freedom in Australian Catholic Schools
Currently, protections exist in the commonwealth which allows faith based schools to discriminate with regard to students and staff in order to maintain the integrity of their religious mission and purpose. The Albanese government is proposing to remove the protections contained in section 38 of the SDA, effectively leaving our schools with no legal protections to ensure mission alignment and regard to what is being witnessed or taught in our schools. The proposed legislation will severely impact the Catholic School’s ability to remain Catholic.
We as a Catholic school employ staff, and enrol students who are non catholic on the basis that we are a Catholic school and teach the tenets, beliefs and doctrines of our faith to those who seek Catholic education. Staff are not forced to work in Catholic education, and families are not forced to enrol their children in our Catholic schools. People will seek employment, or enrolment elsewhere if it does not align with their personal views. His Grace, Archbishop Julian Porteous and Catholic Education Tasmania have written to the prime minister Anthony Albanese to ask that these laws are not passed and allow Catholic Schools to enact a Religious Freedom Law and preserve the rights and freedoms to uphold beliefs and practice. See attached letter from His Grace Archbishop Julian Porteous.
Carmen Aylott
Principal
2024
Term 1 - Wednesday 7th February - Thursday 11th April
Term 2 - Monday 29th April - Friday 5th July
Term 3 - Tuesday 23rd July - Friday 27th September
Term 4 - Tuesday 15th October - Wednesday 18th December
*Student Free Days Friday 12th April, Monday 22nd July, Monday 14th October.
(Easter Break - Good Friday 29th March, Easter Monday 1st April, Easter Tuesday 2nd April. Return to school Wednesday 3rd April.)
| Wednesday 22nd |
School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
| Friday 24th | Cross Country Carnival 1.00pm - 2.45pm |
| Wednesday 29th | School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
| Wednesday 5th |
School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
| Friday 7th | NWCPS Cross Country Carnival - Penguin (Team & Details TBA) |
| Monday 10th | Public Holiday - King's Birthday |
| Wednesday 12th | School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
| Tuesday 18th | All Schools Cross Country - Details TBC |
| Wednesday 19th | School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
| Wednesday 26th | School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
2024 Board Meetings
|
Term 1 |
Tuesday 27th February - Annual General Meeting 6.00pm Tuesday 9th April - 6.00pm |
| Term 2 |
Tuesday 21st May 6.00pm |
| Term 3 |
Tuesday 13th August - 6.00pm |
| Term 4 |
Tuesday 5th November - 6.00pm Tuesday 3rd December - 6.00pm |
Ms Stuart was away Monday, Miss Woods taught Year 5. Miss Moore was away Monday, Mr Atkins taught Year 4. Mrs Jak was away Monday & Tuesday, Ms Bell taught Prep. Mrs Stoessiger was away Wednesday, Mr Jackson taught Kinder. Mrs Watson-Peters is away today, Mrs Pucetti taught Music. Ms Jarvis was away today, Ms Kenney took LOTE. Ms Pegus will be away next Wednesday, Mr Puccetti will teach the Year 6 class.
We understand that there are times when families require information/forms to be sent and completed by your child's class teacher or specialist teachers. When sending these items through we recommend using the school email address stpatslat@catholic.tas.edu.au this address is looked after by both the administration and leadership teams and will be forwarded to the staff member required.
The 2024 St. Patrick’s Cross Country will take place on Friday 24th May for all students in Prep to Year 6. We would love for all parents to come along and spectate!
The course will be conducted at St.Patrick’s, with students commencing next to the basketball court and finishing on the school oval. Each year level will complete a specially designed course of varied lengths for their year level group.
Please be mindful when walking near or through the course that you are not walking in front of a competitor.
Please ensure that on the day your child wears their P.E uniform. A plain house-coloured shirt can be worn in place of the School P.E. Shirt. Students should bring the following: Full Water Bottle, Healthy Lunch, and Soft Shell Jacket.
Parents are welcome to take their child/children when their race is completed, but we ask that you advise their class teacher.
Currently, we have quite a few sports teams who have started training (soccer/basketball/netball) after school. As this is after hours it is a requirement that students are supervised by their parents at these trainings. Families who have children at training sessions and have siblings who are not involved in training are asked to please keep their child/ren off the school playground. After School Care operates from the school hall every day and they are unable to let the ASC children out to play on the playground equipment that is being used by students who are not attending ASC. Thank you for your understanding regarding this matter.
Kindergarten enrolment applications for 2025 will be closing shortly. Existing families with siblings born in 2020, please ensure you have submitted an enrolment form to the office. Families and new enrolment will be notified of the interview timeline in the coming weeks.
Congratulations to the following students who have received Student of the Week.
Prep
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Elsie for her commitment to striving for her best in all subject areas.
Keep up the great work.
Year 4
Evie for the kindness and generosity she displays towards her peers.
Thank you Evie, you make our classroom a positive and happy space to be in.
Year 6
Chloe for displaying her leadership skills by cheerfully committing to her classroom recycling responsibilities.
Congratulations to our House Raffle winners this week:
Dooley - Zander P
Martyn - Zita
Byrne - Kahlo
Congratulations to Will Hawkins who has been selected to compete in the Tasmanian Swimming Team for the School Sports Australia Swimming Championships that are being held on the Gold Coast in July. Will has been selected to compete in 4 events. To help Will with his fundraising to attend this event we will be holding a school fundraiser soon - details of this fundraiser will be advised to families soon.
This year the Devonport Primary School Basketball Tournament will be held from Friday 5th - Sunday 7th July. The age groups for this competition are 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6 for girls and boys. Games may be rostered on Friday night (5th July) through to the finals on Sunday afternoon (7th July) *Please note this is the beginning of the Term 2 school holidays. Games may be played in Devonport, East Devonport and Ulverstone over this weekend.
The team registration cost will be covered by the school and if your child is not currently registered with Basketball Tasmania there will be a cost of $10.00 per child. (link for payment to follow on confirmation of teams). There will be no cost for players or spectators for entry to the tournament.
Our participation in this tournament will rely on parent commitment as parents will be required to coach, manage, complete bench and canteen duty over the weekend. Each team will be required to nominate a coach, manager, and referee to register a team. All coaches and managers will need to hold a Working with Vulnerable People registration.
A parent roster for bench duty (two volunteers for each game) will be organised for participating teams and you will be rostered on with someone that has had previous experience in completing this duty. Once coaches and team managers are nominated, trainings for this tournament can be arranged.
If your child is interested in playing and you can support this commitment, please complete the registration form below by Monday, 3rd June. No late registrations will be accepted.
Devonport Basketball Tournament Registration Form
The school will provide a playing singlet and students are to wear navy sports shorts, sneakers/basketball boots, and a school jacket or rugby top for warmth.
If you have any questions, contact the school as soon as possible.
The 2024 soccer season is now fully underway. Families who have registered their child/ren to play through the Google form but have not yet completed and paid the registration on the playfootball website can you please complete this registration by this Friday 10th May after this date DJSA does have the right to refuse players on the field.
https://rego.prd.
If your child no longer wishes to participate in the 2024 soccer season please let me know so we can remove their name from the team list.
Registrations must be completed via PlayFootball website by Friday 10th May.
Mersey Leven Catholic Parish
Mersey Leven Catholic Parish is a Catholic community made up of many people who seek together to live and share the joy of the Gospel.
Parish Office: 90 Stewart St Devonport
Wednesday - Friday 9am - 2pm
Phone: 036424 2783
Email: merseyleven@aohtas.org.au
See the Parish website for more information
https://www.merseylevencatholicparish.com/
