St Pat’s Matters 16 Alfred Street NANANGO 4615 PO Box 36 NANANGO 4615

Phone 07 4163 1555 Fax 07 4163 1600 Email pnanango@bne.catholic.edu.au

Wednesday 10th June 2015

www.stpatsnanango.qld.edu.au

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Dear Parents,

Currently teachers are very busy preparing student reports. These reports

provide a summary of your child’s achievement over the semester. In

preparing these reports teachers make judgements based upon the work your

child completes in the classroom in all curriculum areas. These judgements

are based on many pieces of evidence (work samples) rather than a sole test

result or assignment.

At St Patrick’s we fulfil our reporting requirements by completing two written reports each year at the

end of semester 1 and 2. Along with the opportunity for parent teacher interviews at the beginning of the

year, end of semester 1 and semester 2 we believe parents are well informed about the progress of their

child throughout the year.

This semester your report will be sent home with your child on Monday June 22. As committed parents,

it is expected that you make time to meet with your child’s teacher. This interview allows time to

communicate your child’s achievements, and also discuss areas where they may need help. This is

important as often the report is unable to go into detail about these aspects.

Enrolment for the parent teacher interviews will again be made through PTO (Parent Teacher Online)

which is an online booking system available through a link on the St Patrick’s website. This will be open

for bookings next Tuesday. If you are unable to access the internet, parents can contact the office to

book in a time.

External School Review

Next Wednesday a panel will be visiting St Patrick’s to conduct an external school review. The external

review is part of our school renewal process aimed at ensuring our school is compliant but more

importantly improving the quality of education we provide for our community. The school renewal

process involves annual preparation and review of school goals as well reviewing components. The

external review occurs every five years.

During the day the panel will meet with staff, students, parents, and Fr Nigel to ensure all relevant

stakeholders have input in the review process. The P&F committee have been invited to meet with the

panel as parent representatives.

If you would like further information regarding our school renewal process, please feel free to speak to

me.

Have a great week,

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APRE REFLECTIONS AND REVELATIONS

Dear Parents,

Another busy fortnight has passed by, bringing us to Week 8.

It was good to have a long weekend to re-energise for the last couple of weeks of term.

Sacraments

On Sunday 31st May, two of our students, Emily and Angus Don-

aldson, completed the Sacraments of Initiation by being confirmed

and making their First Holy Communion. Congratulations to both

children on this wonderful achievement in their lives.

Class Masses

Please note that the LG4 mass which was to be held this Thursday at 9am has been postponed until

next Thursday.

LG2 Mass – Thank you to Mrs Gerrard and the students of LG2 for a wonderful mass last Thursday.

Even though I was unable to be there, I hear that you all did a great job, especially singing your song

‘I’m So Special’.

Have a great

fortnight. Good luck to the Blues next week

Jen Cran

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This fortnight in Program Achieve students completed their study of Organisation.

Lower Primary

This week in Lower Primary, students have been learning to:

· list what they have learned about getting organized; and

· state as goals areas where the whole class needs to be better organised.

Middle Primary

This week in Middle Primary, students have been learning how to:

· to create daily task lists;

· to distinguish between difficult and easy tasks;

· the usefulness of doing unpleasant, difficult tasks before doing pleasurable, easy tasks;

· to plan assignments by breaking down long term tasks into simpler steps (task analysis) and

scheduling each step on a monthly assignment calendar (time planning);

· to state how the “Planning My Time” way of thinking helps them to be organized;

· to recall basic elements of organization; and

· to set a goal for one or more areas of organisation for self-improvement.

Upper Primary

This week in Upper Primary, students have been learning to:

· state the importance of making lists and will be able to make list daily task to be done;

· create their own lists of daily activities to be done;

· priorities tasks according to their importance; and

· break down large tasks into small components (task analysis).

Regards,

David Francis

Guidance Counsellor

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK 7

KIRALEA LG1

Awarded for always bringing in

her folder and being organised

for each day.

NIKITA LG3

Awarded for being an organised

learner who strives to complete

all challenges she faces in Maths.

THURSTON LG2

Awarded for being organised

and ready to start each lesson,

for completing tasks on time and

always willing to assist others.

DONNA-LEE LG2

Awarded for your huge

improvement in all areas this

year. It is amazing to see how

much you develop each week.

JACK LG1

Awarded for being an

enthusiastic learner and

demonstrating a great

knowledge of letters and sounds.

LILY LG4

Awarded for persisting with her

Maths even when it is difficult.

It is great to see you gaining

success from your efforts.

BRAXTON LG3

Awarded for a big improvement

in his handwriting this term and

working on enhancing his

writing.

ALEX LG4

Awarded for being organised

with homework tasks and

working hard to submit

classroom tasks on time.

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HARRY LG1

Awarded for being organised by

bringing his library book to school

each week and for doing a great

job with his weekly sight words.

TIERINEY LG1

Awarded for participating

enthusiastically in class finger

rhymes and songs.

HANNAH LG2

Awarded for being organised

and ready to start lessons. You

always complete tasks in the

required time.

INDIANA LG2

Awarded for listening to advice

and trying hard to make the

changes needed to improve your

homework. Well done!

JAYCIE LG3

Awarded for creating a great nar-

rative plan, and doing her best to

see improvements in her writing.

JACK LG3

Awarded for being organised for

learning by bringing in his reader,

completing his homework and

always following instructions.

SAM LG4

Awarded for working hard and

creating an appealing menu

design. Well done.

CHELSEA LG4

Awarded for bouncing back and

having an ‘I can do it’ attitude

towards her work last week.

Keep it up!

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L G2 Winter has arrived in LG2. Our visual arts last week was

exploring colour mixtures and dropper and spatter painting. We

had fun using different techniques to create our piece of art.

L G4 have been learning about menus and their

purpose. Every student has been researching recipes

and designing a tasteful menu for Kanyaka Kitchen. We are

looking forward to sharing our menus with the St Patrick’s

community.

L G3 have been working on creating their

very own narratives. They have been

very adventurous in formulating their

characters, settings and ideas!

L G1 Last week, the

Show and Tell

topic for LG1

was to share

something interesting from

their garden. We saw many

beautiful plants, flowers,

herbs and even a baby

chicken!

Whats on

@ ST PAT’S

Staffing 2015

Leadership Team

Principal Matthew Vine Assistant Principal - RE Jenny Cran

Teachers

LG 1– Prep Sonia Vine Kirsty Piper LG 2—Yrs 1 & 2 Tracey Gerrard Barbara Whaley LG 3—Yrs 3 & 4 Larissa Hoban Laurel Franklin LG 4—Yrs 5 & 6 Erin Flynn Laurel Franklin Inclusive Education Justin McCarthy Kids Matter David Francis

Support Staff

Secretary / Finance Jacqueline Knie Secretary Mon-Wed Trudy O’Brien Guidance Counsellor David Francis Cleaner / Grounds

Bernadette Anderson Max Whaley

Our Lady Help of Christians Parish Fr Nigel Sequeira ph: 4162 1958

Reminder: Deadly Ears (Health-e-piccaninny)

Screener Consent Forms

Remember to return your Deadly Ears (Health-e-piccaninny) parent

consent forms. Taking this opportunity to have your children

receive a free health screener is one step you as a parent can take to

ensure your child is ready to learn.

FRIDAY 12th JUNE PRE-PREP OPEN MORNING NEW ENROLLMENTS

WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE ASSEMBLY WITH LG2

THURSDAY 25th JUNE LITURGY IN THE CLASSROOM WITH LG1

FRIDAY 26th JUNE LAST DAY OF TERM 2

TUESDAY 14th JULY TERM 3 COMMENCES

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Do you know anyone looking at starting their Prep student in 2016? If so remind

them of our great school and show them our flyer for New Families in 2016

Prep Open Day 12th June