NEWSLETTER

St Patrick’s School, Brewarrina
NEWSLETTER
Email: admin.brewarrina@wf.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 6839 2017 9th April 2013 Week 11 Term 1
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PARISH PRIEST:
From the Principal,
Father John Shalvey
Dear Parents,
PRINCIPAL:
Mrs Renee Matheson
A principal at St Patrick’s school is privileged as their role includes lots of time in the
classroom teaching. Last week I learnt a lot about the letters ‘H’ and ‘R’ with Kindergarten,
R.E.C
the Year 2/3 Pirates told me how they were going to beautify Brewarrina (look out Brewarri-
Mrs Renee Matheson
na Shire Council we have a great plan!) and I spent the day watching and cheering our 3,4,5 & 6
LEAD TEACHER:
boys as they played Rugby League at Goodooga on Friday.
Mrs Julia Jeffery
The carnival was fantastic. The weather was beautiful and the boys showed great class
LEARNING SUPPORT TEACHER:
through out the day despite not coming away with any team wins. Their spirit and determina-
Mrs Julia Jeffery
tion was admirable and many spectators and opposing teams commented on our boys participa-
ICT TEACHER:
Miss Molly Gilmour
special consolation prize for sportsmanship and effort. A big thank you to Brian Johnson who
TEACHING STAFF:
K/1: Miss Brienne Allport
2/3: Miss Molly Gilmour
4/5/6: Mrs Ros Fraser
Mrs Mary McMullen—
Literacy and Numeracy
Teacher
ADMIN ASSISTANT:
Mrs Ellen Schleinzer
TEACHER ASSISTANT:
Mrs Ellen Schleinzer
Mrs Wendy Finalyson
Mr Michael Talbot
Mr Ian Bloomfield
ABORIGINAL
EDUCATION WORKER:
Mrs Elizabeth Dennis
tion. I was so proud (and jumping around like a lunatic most of the time!). Our boys received a
drove the bus, our parents and grandparent who cheered, and Michelle and Cherie who provided oranges and cake. A HUGE thank you to Ian Bloomfield and Mick Talbot for the coaching
and support of all the boys, on and off the field. We are very lucky at St Pat’s to have such
fantastic support staff. We look forward to the Bourke Rugby League day in Term 2.
Each child at St Patrick’s is unique. This term parents, students and class teacher’s have
worked together to build Personalised Learning Plans (PLP’s) to strengthen and build upon each
child’s gifts and talents. Thank you to all the parents who have met with class teachers this
term. The teachers of St Pat’s have worked hard to contact all of you individually and I thank
them for their professionalism and dedication to all students.
Congratulations to our Kinder/Year One teacher Miss Brienne Allport who graduated from
the University of New England on the weekend. We trust you had a wonderful day where you
celebrated your accomplishments with family and friends.
This week we welcomed an addition to our teaching staff. Miss Breanna Thayer will be working
casually at school to cover permanent teaching staff during Professional Development and personal leave. Welcome Breanna.
As you may be aware my husband David works a two week roster and this term our holidays
didn’t quite match up! Unfortunately I will not be school the first two days of Term 2—I do
apologise for any inconvenience. Mrs Jeffery will take on the leadership responsibilities dur-
CASUAL TEACHERS
ing my time away. Thank you Mrs Jeffery.
Mrs Sally Davies
Many thanks for a great term, enjoy your week & your holidays!
Miss Breanna Thayer
Cleaner
Ms Michelle Tattersall
Renee Matheson
Dates to
Term 2 Baking Ros-
ANZAC MARCH
25th April 2013
Students and staff of St Patrick’s school are invited to represent our school in the Brewarrina
ter—are you able to
help
We are going to continue this
in Term 2. If you are able to
bake for the Monday Canteen roster please send in a
message to the front office.
ANZAC day parade. Students are
Many thanks.
to meet Mrs Jeffery at the Po-
Remember:
Infants Excursion—Term 2
13th and 14th Mary
Football Outback
Challenge—22nd May
Bourke
Russell Richardson Football
& Netball Carnival 29th
Mary
Primary Excursion - Term 3
Canberra 5th to 9th August
2013
lice Station at 10:15am.
Students should wear their summer uniform.
Lest we forget
P & F Menu
Canteen
Thursdays
Homemade
Ham & Cheese
From the community...
Cemetery Clean Up Day Sunday 14th April 2013
7pm to 4pm Shire will be providing tools, paint, gravel on the day.
Sausage Sizzle—$2 More information available 0427744927
Traditional/Formal Welcome to our land—Launch of “Brewarrina Says
NO to Child Sexual Assault’ Campaign—
Pizza $3
Poppers $1
Cake 50 cents
Please send in
your
orders ASAP
Friday the 19th April 2013 Memorial Park, Brewarrina—Trish Frail
0488392221 or Melissa Kirby 02 68701777 for more information
Kids Day at the Oval 22nd April 2013 10-2pm
Thank you
Sam Wilson
National Walk Safely to School Day Friday 24th May
2013
.
Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an annual,
national event when all Primary School children
will be encouraged to walk and commute safely to
school. It is a Community Event seeking to
promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport
and the Environment. We are encouraging students, staff and parents to walk to school on the
Friday and enjoy a bacon and egg burger on arrival! After breakfast families are welcome to stay
for assembly (free coffee for mums & dads!).
Tip of the Week
Please keep reading over
the holidays!
Reading Tips for Parents of Kinder
Read it and experience it
Connect what your child reads with what happens in
life. If you’re reading a book about animals, relate it to
your last trip to the zoo.
Talk about letters and sounds
Help your child learn the names of the letters and the
sounds the letters make. Turn it into a game! "I'm thinking of a letter and it makes the sound mmmmmm."
Parents Prayer by Michael Durso
I pray that I may let my child live his own life, and
not the one I wish
I had lived. Therefore, guard me against burdening him
with doing what I failed to do. Help me see his missteps today in perspective against the long road he
must travel and grant me the grace to be patient
with his slow pace.
Give me the wisdom to know when to smile at the
small mischiefs of his age and when to show firmness
against the impulses he fears and cannot handle.
Help me to hear the anguish in his heart through the
din of angry words, or across the gulf of brooding silence; and, having heard, grant me the ability to
bridge the gap between us with understanding.
I pray that I may raise my voice more in joy at what
NAPLAN Online Practice Tests
Check out www.smeebu.com
There is a range of online NAPLAN Practice tests for
Year 3, Year 5, Year 7 and Year 9 which cover the areas
of Numeracy, Spelling and Grammar. These assessments
are designed to help build familiarity with the NAPLAN
test format.
he is than in vexation at what he is not, so that each
day he may grow in sureness of himself.
Help me to regard him with genuine affection, so that
he will feel affection for others. Then give me the
strength, O Lord, to free him, so that he can move
strongly on his way.
AMEN
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YEAR 6 Special Lunch Order Friday the 12th April 2013
Please complete the order form and send into school with money.
Thank you
Shannon, Andrew, Fergus, Hayley, Lleyton & Grace
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Name:
Hot Chicken roll (limited numbers), Zooper Dooper & Popper
$5
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Chikko Roll, Popper & Zooper Dooper $5
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Name
6 Chicken Nuggets, Popper & Zooper Dooper $5
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Pie, Popper & Zooper Dooper $5
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COMPETITION
The Brewarrina Aboriginal Integrated
Child and Family Centre is holding a competition for local students to design a logo
for their centre. The winners artwork will
be
featured in Newsletters, Advertising and
The AICFC’s name in the Ngemba Language is “Ngunnhu, Waroos & Booris
Place of Learning” meaning “Fisheries,
Little People and Children”.
Ideally, the entries should feature these as
key features in the artwork.
Entries are open to all school age children
in Brewarrina and must be submitted to
either the AICFC or the Brewarrina Business Centre by 2nd May 2013.
All entrants will receive a certificate
of thanks and the winning entry will
receive $150.00 prize money.
For more Information, stop in and see
the staff at the
AICFC at 95 Bathurst Street
or the
BBC at 88 Bathurst Street