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FRI 1 MARCH

Assembly

WED 6 to FRI 8

MARCH

Year 5 Camp

WED 6 MARCH

Ash Wednesday

Mass (Years 3 & 4 at

9.00am, Years 5 & 6

at 12.10pm)

FRI 15 MARCH

St Patrick’s Day

celebrations

SAT 16 MARCH

Commitment Mass

for all Sacraments @

6.00pm

TUES 19 MARCH

P & F Meeting @

7.00pm

FRI 29 MARCH

Junior and Senior

Swimming Carnivals

N E W S L E T T E R

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Dear Parents,

We are fast approaching the end

of Week Four already and the pace has been hectic. Swimming

lessons are over; the Parent Information Evening has been conducted; the enrolment

meeting for the Sacramental programme has been held; and

we have commenced training for our first interschool event, which is the Super Eights Cricket

Carnival.

Many thanks to all the parents and grandparents who assisted with swimming lessons. Your

help is greatly appreciated by the staff and students and

contributed to the success of the lessons. For those students in Years 3 to 6 who may be

interested, swimming training will commence next week so that you

can build up your stamina and confidence to compete.

Information will go out on Skoolbag on how to register for

this. Once again if any parents feel confident to help out with the training, please contact Mr Yorke.

Extend After School Care

Our after school care numbers are slowly picking up and I am delighted to say Diana is doing a

great job making sure children are engaged and having fun. If

you are considering after school care, please read the information

over the page on how to enrol your child.

From the Principal

St Patrick’s Primary School

8 Ellen Street

Fremantle WA 6160

(08) 9335 5215

admin@stpatsfremantle.wa.edu.au

www.stpatsfremantle.wa.edu.au

Dates for the

Diary

Digital Club Applications close on Friday so

any children in Years 4,5 or 6 wishing to join should apply to Mrs Caputi as soon as possible as

we only have 30 spots available. In the application students need

to state their name year level and commitment to attending all sessions so as not to be taking

the place of a more committed applicant.

Digital Club will run on Thursdays commencing at 7.30am and

finishing at 8.15am so all students are ready to commence

regular classes afterwards. Many thanks to Mrs Caputi and Miss

Paynter for volunteering to run this club in their own time.

Drive Through Pick Up The Drive through has been much

better the last few days, thanks to your cooperation and, while funerals and other events are out

of our control, we have seen a marked improvement in the

things we can control. The biggest difference is in the

staggering of pick up times so please remember students are

supervised after school until the gates for drive through are closed at 3.30pm, so there is no need to

be waiting here at bell time. This applies particularly to parents of

older students.

More over the page….

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Making a Difference Volunteer

Program

The St Patrick’s Making a Difference

(MAD) volunteers will be a group who will

spend time on a regular basis working with

students in the classroom setting. The

volunteers will help the students to

consolidate skills.

Volunteers are needed for 2019 and we

hope that you will consider

participating. Parents/Grandparents can

choose a part of the day that will suit them

to come in and work with groups of

students. Volunteers can also commit to

help over a period of time that suits their

needs (5 weeks, 1 term or 1 semester).

We encourage you to consider the Making a

Difference program at St Patrick’s this

year. Please pick up a registration form

from the office for more information.

Bernadette Higgins

Assistant Principal/Learning Support

Co-ordinator

The children have been settling in very well

and are enjoying their time here at extend.

They have been participating in many indoor

and outdoor activities planned and of

children's interest, such as Valentine's Day

card making, painting, exploring the different

board games, cricket, tennis, bean bag toss

etc.

We are currently working on an enrichment

project with the children that the parents can

come and view during our open house day in

Week 8. We will write about it in more detail

in our next newsletter.

Many parents have been giving me feedback

that the children are looking forward to

coming to After Care at Extend and we are

steadily increasing in our enrolments, too.

Its lovely to know that the children are

enjoying their time at Extend After Care and

we look forward to many interesting

experiences in the coming weeks.

Vacation Care bookings are open on the

Extend website for our other Extend services

as we won’t be having vacation care at this

facility at the moment. There will be more

information in the next school newsletter.

Diana Robinson

Service Coordinator—Extend After School Care

Communication with teachers via email

and See Saw.

Our teachers are more accessible than they

have ever been with the introduction of

technology but they, like all people, need

down time. With this in mind I respectfully

request that communications are not sent

with an expectation of immediate response.

We have a fantastic staff who go above and

beyond; however, they may be teaching,

playing sport or spending time with their own

family and friends out of hours and they will

get back to you within 24 hours. If an urgent

message or response is required, please

contact the office. Thank you for your

support with this.

John Ryan

Principal

From the Principal (cont.)

MAD Program

Extend After School Care

To enrol for Extend after school care,

please visit the booking page at: www.extend.com.au

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Lent begins on 6th March (Ash Wednesday).

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of

abstinence. Ashes are placed on our

forehead in the sign of the cross as the

words; “Turn away from sin and be faithful

to the Gospel” are spoken to us. These

words emphasise our call to continual

conversion (leaving behind an old way of

living and acting in order to embrace new

life in Christ) and the need for ongoing

repentance (turning our lives more

completely over to Christ and his way of

life).

On Wednesday 6th March, the Basilica will

begin the special season of Lent. There will

be a Mass during the day. Children in Years

3 and 4 will attend at 9.00am, and the Years

5 and 6 at midday. The PP, Year 1 and 2

children will receive the ashes in their

classroom. The Lenten season extends over

a forty-six-day period, beginning on Ash

Wednesday and ending on the eve of Easter.

The six Sundays in Lent are not actually a

part of Lent and, therefore, the Lenten

season itself is forty days. Parents and

friends are more than welcome to come

along to the Masses. Next week, each child

will receive a Project Compassion Box to

take home.

Fasting and Abstinence During Lent

On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, the

Church asks us to observe both abstinence

from meat and fasting.

For Christians fasting is one of the ways of

expressing penance. The other ways are

prayer, self-denial and works of charity. The

practice of fasting is given to us by the

Church to help us acquire mastery over our

instincts and freedom of heart (Catechism

#2043). All who are 18 and not yet 60 are

bound to fast. All who are over 14 are bound

to abstain.

The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference

has not restricted our penance to fast and

abstinence in all cases - it leaves room also

for responsible individual choice, so that the

Ash Wednesday

Enrolments 2020

form of penance embraced will be

appropriate for our circumstances and

promote a stronger Christian spiritual life.

The Days of Penance, abstinence from meat,

and fasting are to be observed on Ash

Wednesday and Good Friday. All who have

completed their eighteenth year and have

not yet begun their sixtieth year are bound

to fast. All who have completed their

fourteenth year are bound to abstain. Lent

lasts from Ash Wednesday to the Mass of the

Lord's Supper exclusive. The Easter Fast is

observed on Good Friday and if possible on

Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil. On all

Fridays of the year the law of the common

practice of penance is fulfilled by performing

any one of the following: a) Prayer - for

example, attending an additional Mass; a

time of Scripture study and prayer; making

the Stations of the Cross; praying the

Rosary. b) Self-denial - for example,

abstinence from meat; not eating sweets or

dessert; giving up entertainment; limiting

forms of food and drink and luxuries so as to

give to the poor and those in need. c) Deeds

of charity - for example, setting aside special

time and effort to help someone who is poor,

sick, elderly, lonely or overburdened.

If you have a child who was born between 1

July 2016 and 30 June 2017 they will be

eligible to attend Pre Kindy next year.

Children born between 1 July 2015 and 30

June 2016 can be enrolled for 4 Year Old

Kindy in 2020.

If you have younger children who fit the

above age criteria, or you know of someone

who does, please submit the necessary

documents to the school office as soon as

possible, or contact Administration for more

information.

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Music Lessons

Is your child interested in learning to play a musical instrument?

Lynne Cronin, of Jump Music, teaches piano and guitar to students at St Patrick’s

Primary School, here on campus, both during and after school hours.

For more information about music lessons, please contact Lynne directly on

0428 326 560 or email her at jumpmusic1@iinet.net.au.

Welcome to “Living Well”

Sleep – Is this useful in your home?

SOME SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS We know that sleep helps children to work and play like a champion. Here are some do’s and

don’ts to help achieve that:

Do: Set a regular bedtime - and stick to it Turn screens off at least 1 - 1.5 hours before bedtime

Make sure the last meal is finished an hour before bedtime Slowing and calming down activities, in the hour before bedtime

Expect that once in bed your child remains there Immediately return your child to their bed if they wish to join the parental bed: it’s not

their territory. Repeat the process if the child returns... and repeat... Be calm and firm.

Do not:

Allow a TV in your child’s or adolescent’s bedroom Permit a mobile phone, tablet, video game or computer to be in your child’s bedroom

overnight

Permit the excuse of, “I can’t get to sleep this early”, to abandon your quest for your child to experience the recommended sleep period. Remind your child that bed rest also

helps the body to recuperate and to be refreshed.

We know that bedtime can be a difficult time – after a day of work and school. We encourage you to keep to these Do’s and Don’ts because it will help us to do our job even better.

THANK YOU!

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Congratulations to ...

Lincoln in Year 4 (photo above)—For

being the student of the month at his Martial Arts school. Keep it up, Lincoln!

Lachlan in Year 5 (photo above)—For

competing in the Swimming WA Splash and Dash on Saturday, 16th February at HBF

Stadium. Lachie competed in the following events - 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle. Lachie

came away with a state time for 50m freestyle (almost 2 seconds under the

fastest recorded time for his age group!).

Saxon in Year 4 (right)

—And a “very well done” to Saxon in Year 4, who

also competed valiantly in the Swimming WA Splash and Dash.

Well done, Saxon!

Student Leaders (photo above) -

Mackenzie, Adam, Victor, Ben, Ruby, Cinzia, Elena, Maria and Luca, were commissioned

as Year 6 leaders during our school Mass last Friday morning. May you all strive to be the best leaders that you can be!

Thought for the day ...

Simply give others a bit of yourself; a thoughtful act, a helpful idea, a word of

appreciation, a lift over a rough spot, a sense of understanding, a timely suggestion. You take something out of your

mind, garnished in kindness out of your heart, and put it into the other person's

mind and heart. - Charles H. Burr

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St Patrick’s Play Group for Toddlers

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Around St Pat’s

It’s only Week 4 and look what our students have

been up to:

1. Instruction of our new altar servers

2. Year 2 students listening to a story and creating a drawing (visualising—reading strategy)

3. Pre Kindy having fun with blocks 4. Year 6 students collaborating to make

community posters 5. More community poster-making in Year 6

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Around St Pat’s (cont.)

Year 1 Class—Investigating earthworms for Science Year 6’s creating community

posters

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Dates for your diaries 2019:

Term 1 WEDNESDAY’S SCHOOL BANKING DAY between 8.15 – 8.45am

St Patrick’s Day Celebration – Friday 15th March 2019 Term 1 P & F Meeting—Tuesday 19th March—7pm in the Staff Room School Disco – Thursday 11th April 2019

Term 2

Year 4 Fundraiser - School Lapathon – Friday 10th May 2019 Pre-Primary Mother’s Day Raffle – tickets on sale early May

P & F News

We hope the children have enjoyed their two weeks swimming and are ready to knuckle

down in class for the rest of the term.

A reminder for those new parents who are on Facebook we would encourage you to join the

“St Pat’s Fremantle Parents and Friends” Facebook page. It’s a great communication tool and will keep you up to date with what is coming up and highlights of things passed.

We are still looking for somebody to take over the position of President of the P&F. The past President will be there 100% to support the new President and ease them

in showing them what to do. Please let the front office know if you are interested and Peta Evans is happy to have a chat and outline what is involved in the position. You have a great team P&F Exec to support you.

Again, another reminder to all the new families of the Gilbert’s Fresh Hilton – Support Our School Program. If you shop at Gilbert’s Fresh Hilton, we ask that next time you are

at the checkout please request to sign up to the program and nominate St Patrick’s Primary School. You will then receive a card which is scanned each time you shop at the store. 1%

from your shop is automatically donated to the customer’s nominated school, which in our case is St Patrick’s Primary School. We also ask that you tell your family, friends and

neighbours about this program, it is not just the St Patrick’s Community but the broader Community that would like to help our school.

School banking has recommenced on Wednesday mornings between 8.15am to 8.45am in the banking room. For all the new parents who would like to receive information on student banking please come to the banking room on Wednesday mornings and Jacinta

Edwards our banking rep will be more then happy to provide information packs to you.

Please make a note that the Term 1 Meeting for the P&F will be Tuesday 19th March at

7pm in the Staff Room. For new parents the P&F meets once a term, and everybody is welcome to attend. We would love to see old and new faces at the meeting.

P&F Exec Committee

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Community News

The following information has been sent to St Patrick’s for inclusion in our

newsletter. Please note that the information is for your interest but does not imply that St Patrick’s Primary School endorses these activities or the information.