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Phone: 03 6426 1626

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55 Bradshaw Street
Latrobe TAS 7307

Phone: 03 6426 1626

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NEWSLETTER 37 - 22nd November 2022

  • Reflection
  • Upcoming Events
  • Term Dates
  • WEST Award
  • Student of the Week & House Raffle Winners
  • 2022 Athletics Champions
  • Book Club - Issue 8
  • Lego League Fundraisers - Hot Chip Day & Casual Clothes Day (STEM Theme)
  • Religious Education - Mrs Dunn
  • Spring Roster Basketball
  • Reminder - 2023 Class Stationary Pack
  • Reminder - End of Year Reports On Compass
  • Reminder: Contacting the School - Term 4
  • Reminder: Major Plumbing Works
  • Brain Boot Camp
  • Latrobe Tennis Club - Open Day
  • Latrobe Cricket Club - Girls Cricket
  • Latrobe Cricket Club
  • Nut Allergy Aware School
  • Inquiring Minds
  • Care and Concern

Reflection

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

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Upcoming Events

November

Wednesday 23rd Hot Chip Day - Fundraiser Lego League Team
Thursday 24th  All Schools Triathlon Mersey Bluff (Yr 3-6) *Registrations closed 
Friday 25th  Devonport Show Public Holiday 

December 

Friday 2nd 

Prep Nativity Play - Family and Friends Performance 10.30am

Lego League Fundraiser - Casual Clothes Day STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) theme - Gold Coin Donation

Monday 5th

Prep Nativity Play - Whole School Performance 9.15am 

Year 4 - Camp Clayton Excursion (TBC) 

Tuesday 6th 

LHS & SBSC Year 6 Orientation Day 

St Patrick's Transition Morning K-5

Thursday 8th  Year 6 Big Day Out - Launceston 
Monday 12th  Year 6 Graduation and Leavers Dinner 5.00pm
Tuesday 13th Year 6 Leavers Award Assembly 9.00am 
Thursday 15th  Last Day for Students 

Term Dates

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.



WEST Award

Congratulations to Sasha Tucker this week who recieved a WEST award this week.  We continue to acknowledge those students who exhibit WEST (Welcoming; Encouraging; Sorry; Thankful) qualities and Mercy Values. 

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Student of the Week & House Raffle Winners

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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

2022 Athletics Champions

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

St Patrick's Catholic School Athletics Champion 2022
 
Year 6 - Ryan Jackson
Year 6 - Tyla O'Toole
 
Year 5 - William Brazendale 
Year 5 - Melia Sesara
 
Year 4 - Taylor Goss
Year 4 - Sophia Simmonds
 
Year 3 - Owen Christie 
Year 3 - Ava Mulvey (absent) & Aleks O'Toole
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Book Club - Issue 8

BOOK CLUB Issue 8 is out now! This is the final Book Club for 2023, and as always it's full of great buys, new releases, and of course some wonderful Christmas gift ideas. Please have your orders in by Friday 25th November. Thank you for your support this year with Book Club.

Lego League Fundraisers - Hot Chip Day & Casual Clothes Day (STEM Theme)

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A reminder that tomorrow is our Hot Chip Day to raise funds for our First LEGO League team, the Four Leaf Engineers, to help them get to Victoria to compete in the Southern National Tournament. Hot chips can be purchased through the QKR App (the same app used for lunch orders) and will cost $4.00 for a bucket of chips and $0.50 for a container of sauce. Cut-off for orders will be tomorrow morning Wednesday 23 November at 8:00 am. Orders are open now. Thank you for your support.
We will also be holding a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) theme casual clothes day on Friday 2nd December as part of the fundraising for the Four Leaf Engineers. This will be a gold coin donation. 
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Religious Education - Mrs Dunn

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Urgently Needed!

Advent Mass Volunteers 

Children and Families to attend an Advent Mass on the 3rd of December at the 6.00 p.m Our Lady of Lourdes Church Mass or 4th December at Sacred Heart Church at 9.30 a.m. The children will be reading at the Mass and if there are enough children we will also be singing. If your child and family are able to attend would you please let your classroom teacher know as soon as possible. Thank you! 

 

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CHRISTMAS MASS

Calling all Angels, Kings and Shepherds!

If you would like to be in the annual Christmas play on the 24th of December at 6.00 p.m Mass please let your teachers know as soon as possible to secure your role!

 

Vinnies Christmas Appeal

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The St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal are in desperate need of items of food in particular special Christmas food items such as bon bons that would make a family’s Christmas Day special and different from an everyday meal. St Vincents would also like any donations of non-perishable food items to restock their pantry for the Christmas and holiday season. In order to support those in need we are collecting food for those who are not as fortunate as we are this Christmas season. Collection boxes are located in the school foyer. Thank you!

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Advent Family Mass 

On the second Sunday of Advent on the 4th December, there will be a School/Family/Parish Mass to celebrate together.

Christmas Mass

We are also celebrating Christmas with a School/Family/Parish Mass on Christmas Eve so keep this date in mind also please.

Please pop these dates on your calendar as we would love you to attend.

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Spring Roster Basketball

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. 

Reminder - 2023 Class Stationary Pack

2023 Class stationery packs are now ready for families to purchase from the school office. These are available for sale during office hours.
2023 Book Price List

Reminder - End of Year Reports On Compass

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. 

Reminder: Contacting the School - Term 4

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. 

Reminder: Major Plumbing Works

Palmer's Plumbing commenced major plumbing work on the school's stormwater on Monday 14th November. This is the start of a large project managed by TCEO Facilities. It involves installing a new stormwater main line and drainage between the hall and school (first stage) and then outside year 2 and the canteen (second stage) and then onto other areas (near the car park).

Excavators will be brought in and fencing erected in front of the hall following the verandah and also across from the fire hydrant at the front of the school to the corner of the front office.

We ask that Families are mindful of these works and depart the school grounds straight after pick-up. Students are not to play near the fences or equipment. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this important safety issue.

Brain Boot Camp

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Latrobe Tennis Club - Open Day

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Latrobe Cricket Club - Girls Cricket

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Latrobe Cricket Club

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

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Nut Allergy Aware School

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.

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Inquiring Minds

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‘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.

Care and Concern

Our school community is special in many ways - dedicated staff, supportive parents, and cooperative students. Our Mercy Charism provides us with key values that, I believe, are real ingredients for our uniqueness - Compassion, Hospitality, Respect and Mercy. We try hard to live out these values and one way of displaying compassion is for us to be a support to those in our school community who have undergone a loss.

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