Newsletter 9 - 13th June 2024
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Principal Report
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Term Dates
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Calendar of Events
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Staff News
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Year 1 News - Mrs Bruni & Mrs Meech
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Student of the Week & House Raffle Winners
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School Wide Positive Behaviour Award
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Principal Award
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SRC Hot Chip Day - Wednesday 19 June
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Student Achievements
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BOOK CLUB Issue 4
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2025 Kinder Enrolments - Closed
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Mini Vinnies Fundraiser - Soup Day
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St Patrick’s Catholic Church
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2024 Sacramental Calendar
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Latrobe Federal Band - Annual Winter Concert
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2024 Tasmanian Chess Championships
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Allergy Aware School
COVID / Colds and Flu
Staff or students who test positive or who display acute COVID-related or cold and flu symptoms are not to enter a school until their symptoms have gone or have significantly resolved e.g. they have not had a fever (or signs of fever such as chills or night sweats) for at least 24 hours.
Staff or students with respiratory illness symptoms should stay home and test for COVID-19. If the initial test result is negative and symptoms continue, staff and students are advised to take a second test the following day.
Staff or students with the following symptoms should stay home.
Symptoms include:
- Fever
- Runny nose
- Coughing
- Sore throat
Speak Up and Stay Chatty
This Friday, we will be hosting a 1 hour interactive session called GritFit Kids. GritFit Kids is centered around mental wellbeing and resilience for year 6 students.
Delivered by two Stay Chatty facilitators, this evidence informed, clinically endorsed program provides students with foundational information, tools and strategies across the following topics:
Mental Health
- What is mental health?
- Depression and Anxiety – Exploring the differences between healthy anticipated emotions/experiences and what to look out for in yourself and others when it comes to anxiety and depression.
Brain Ways
- Resilience – why is it important and exploration of how we build resilience.
- Tools – how do we develop ways to boost our mental wellbeing and help release feel-good chemicals in our brains/bodies.
Kindness
- The importance of building a kindness culture and how we can participate in it.
- Mental Health Services available to support anyone working through a tough time.
Tolerance
Whilst children are curious or fascinated by differences, they learn prejudice from others. Underneath intolerance is a little vulnerability where people are frightened or misinformed. We recognise parents as the first educators of their children. Parents have a great influence over how their children react to a variety of cultures, ethnicities or disabilities. Just for this week, notice how you talk about others.
- What language do you use?
- What words do you use and in what tone of voice?
- What beliefs and values are you passing on to your kids?
- How do you explain people’s different customs, hairstyles or clothing to your kids
- If you were a detached observer what messages are your kids picking up consciously and unconsciously from you?
Teaching tolerance is an ongoing process. Teaching your children from an early age to ask questions rather than judge when they see something that looks different is a great way to encourage curiosity. Trying to answer their questions with facts, rather than judgments of your own, is also a great way to help them embrace diversity. Teaching Tolerance - Sue Atkins The Parenting Coach
What We Do In Our School
Student Support - Melisssa Marshall
The Student Support Coordinator, Melissa Marshall, is part of the teaching team and aims to facilitate a whole school commitment to inclusion of all students. She promotes an inclusive educational environment through coordination, oversight and monitoring of all students with particular focus on students with disabilities or learning support needs. Melissa works in collaboration with school leadership, classroom teachers and teacher assistants to provide support for students. She implements screeners, assessments and helps create individual adjustments based on screener/assessment results, and implements the recommendations made by external agencies such as Speech Pathologists, Psychologists and Occupational Therapists. Melissa develops positive working partnerships with students, parents, and staff to support and improve students’ learning.
Melissa Marshall will be presented an award at the Catholic Education Commission Tasmania Recognition Awards during Catholic Education Week in August. We congratulate Melissa on her commitment and dedication to Catholic Education Tasmania and St Patrick’s Catholic School.
Have a great week
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.)
2025
Term 1 - Friday 7th February - Thursday 10th April
Term 2 - Monday 28th April - Friday 4th July
Term 3 - Tuesday 22nd July - Friday 26th September
Term 4 - Tuesday 14th October - Thursday 18th December
*Student Free Days Friday 11th April, Monday 21st July, Monday 13th October.
(Easter - Good Friday 18th April, Easter Monday 21st April, Easter Tuesday 22nd April)
Monday 10th | Public Holiday - King's Birthday |
Wednesday 12th | School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
Monday 17th | Year 3 & 4 Excursion - Tiagarra - First Nations Experience |
Tuesday 18th | All Schools Cross Country - Entries are now closed. |
Wednesday 19th |
Hot Chip Day - Koinz 4 Kidz Fundraiser School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
Friday 21st |
Year 1 Excursion - Home Hill |
Wednesday 26th | School Assembly - All Welcome 2.15pm |
Friday 28th | Mid-Year Reports Open |
July
Monday 1st | Year 6 visit SBSC - Details TBA |
Tuesday 2nd | Parent-Teacher Interviews |
Wednesday 3rd | Parent-Teacher Interviews |
Friday 5th | Last Day - Term 2 (Students & Staff) |
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 Zeleznik has been away this week and will be for the remainder. Ms Locket has taught the Year 2 class with Mrs Grey on Tuesday, Mrs Atkins on Wednesday and today and Mrs Marshall will be in the classroom on Friday. Mr Wilson will be away Friday as he awaits the arrival of his new baby, Mrs Hayes will take PE.
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Congratulations to the following students who have received Student of the Week.
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Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Bruce for showing concern towards others and offering a helping hand.
Year 4
Year 5
Porter For always striving to give your best effort with learning tasks.
Year 6
Zita for showing initiative and being a person who displays the Spirit of Jesus.
Congratulations to our House Raffle winners this week:
Dooley - Henry
Martyn - Blair N
Byrne - Dawson
Due to the high number of kindergarten enrolments we have already received, we have made the decision to close the enrolments early and will not be taking any more enrolment applications for 2025.
Families and new enrolment will be notified of the interview timeline in the coming weeks.
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