NEWSLETTER 37 - 22nd November 2022

In our school environment we are lucky to be immersed in children’s literature. I admire the craftsmanship of the authors who, with ingenious language and characters, entertain and inspire their readers. The author JK Rowling became a household name with her series of Harry Potter adventures. She was invited to speak to students at their Harvard University graduation. The two main ideas in her speech were the benefits of failure and the importance of imagination.

After experiencing significant personal challenges in her life she believes that the benefits of failure allowed her to direct her energy to work that mattered to her. It taught her things about herself, made her more capable and self disciplined. She believes that she was wiser and stronger from set backs and that we know more about our strengths when we experience diversity.

Resilience is the ability to “bounce back” from stressful or challenging experiences. Being resilient doesn’t mean that a person doesn’t experience difficult life events, but rather that they are better able to cope with them when they do occur. Often resilience is built through the experience of failure. It is not necessarily a fixed trait, but something all people have the potential to develop.

JK Rowling’s second point was not in using your imagination to produce literature but the importance of imagination in trying to understand what it would be like to be in someone else’s shoes. Empathy is also a skill that can be developed. It is about understanding that others have different thoughts, feelings and experiences than our own. Empathy is the ability to imagine how someone else is feeling in a particular situation and respond with care.

There are many formative experiences that shape our students and us each day. These may be through messages in literature or everyday interactions with each other. Developing the qualities of resilience and empathy helps us build relationships and develop meaning in our lives.

Tina Badcock

Acting Deputy Principal

November

December 

2022

Term 1 - Thursday 3rd February - Thursday 14th April

Term 2 - Monday 2nd May - *Friday 8th July

Term 3 - Monday 25th July - Friday 30th September

Term 4 - Monday 17th October - Thursday 15th December

*Student Free Day Friday 8th July 2022

2023

Term 1 - Friday 3rd February - Thursday 6th April

Term 2 - Wednesday 26th April - Friday 7th July

Term 3 - Monday 24th July - Friday 29th September

Term 4 - Monday 16th October - Thursday 14th December

*Student Free Days

Monday 24th April, Monday 24th July,

Monday 16th October.

Congratulations to the following students who have received Student of the Week.

Prep: Eliza Bowkett for her enthusiastic and diligent participation in our Nativity Play. 

Year 1: Elsie Tueon for your pleasing engagement of set tasks and positive ability to persevere and work hard towards goals.

 Year 2: Angus Anthony for an improved growth mindset towards challenges which demonstrates a developing resilience.

Year 3: Henry Jones for improved application towards completing his tasks.

Year 4: Zita Omogbai - Musa for her positive application to learning tasks and her improvement with reading and comprehension tas

Year 5: 

Year 6:Connor Anderson for the positive teamwork, effort and creativity he has been applying to Drama.

Congratulations to our House Raffle winners this week: 

Dooley -  Nate Crump   Martyn - Claire Simpson 

Byrne - Indiana Bowkett

Congratulations to the following students who received their medals in yesterday's morning assembly. 

A reminder to players in years 3 – 6 that the last roster game will be played this Thursday 24th November and not Friday 25th due to the Show Day public holiday.

We have been advised by DBC that the Meerkats have forfeited against the Shamrock's this Thursday night. 

Student End of Year Reports will not be printed this year and instead will only be available via Compass. Reports are easy to access via Compass and instructions for this will be made available in future newsletters. We will however print reports if requested by parents/guardians. This can be requested after the reports have been made available on Compass. Please note the reports from previous years and the Mid Year Report from this year can also be accessed via Compass (either in the App or the web version).

Please contact the school office if you are unable to access Compass or do not know your login details. 

Parents are welcome to contact Mr Atkins, Mrs Marshall or Mrs Badcock at any time to discuss issues relating to their child’s education. It is important for parents to always make contact with the leadership team (Mr Atkins, Mrs Marshall & Mrs Badcock) or their child’s teacher if they require elaboration or clarification on any issue. Contact to the school can be made by either phoning the office between 8.00am - 4.00pm (after-hours phone calls will now go to the school message bank) your child's diary, or by making an appointment. 

Latrobe U12’s Junior Cricket would like to invite all kids interested in playing junior cricket to come along to training every Thursday night from 16:30 till 17:30 at Latrobe Cricket Club. Any questions please contact Stephen Kettle 0407 185 608

A reminder to parents that St Patrick's is a Nut Allergy School and that we ask that parents not pack nuts or nut products in their children's lunchboxes.

‘Inquiring Minds’ Birth to 5 program - a ‘Set-Up for Success’ Catholic Education Tasmania initiative.

Our ‘Inquiring Minds’ birth to 5 program operates each Friday during school term time from 9.00am to 10.30am;This program involves a considerable focus on communicating to parents the learning intentions of important activities that are associated with early years learning. Mrs Klug will be working to engage parents in early years learning experiences that will ensure children who are enrolling in Kindergarten, will be informed in regards to developing key social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills and understandings.