It’s hard to believe that the end of the school year has arrived and Christmas is a little over two weeks away! I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for all of your support during the year. It has been a truly memorable year and I am so glad that you and your children were a part of it.

A big thank you to Emma for designing, planning, organising and painting our installation in the 'Tonny Hay Bail Trail'. Emma's amazing talents, along with help from the students of St Pat's has ensured that our installation is a favourite on this years trail.

This semesters 'Sewing Group' finished their beautiful patchwork bags. After a term of learning and hard work, the hours of time and effort have paid off and the girls got to take their bags home with them. A big thank you to Pat, Leanne, and Jillian from Tongala Community Activities Centre -TCAC & Tongala Child Care for sharing their time and expertise with us this year.

This semesters 'Mens Shed' groups concluded their learning by visiting the Kyabram Mens Shed on Wednesday. It was a great opportunity for the students to have a look around the the mens work shed and see where all the magic happens. They also appreciated seeing some of the masterpieces the men have created. The students gave the men a wonderful thank you gift- their very own St Pat's apron.

On Tuesday we had our whole school 'Orientation Day' in preparation for 2023. All students had an opportunity to spend time with their new class group in their new classrooms. Some students had the opportunity to meet their new teachers. There was a real buzz of excitement amongst all the students and staff!! Our 2023 Foundation students had the opportunity to meet their buddies, which was super exciting for all students involved.

All students have been practising singing their Christmas Carol's in preparation for the Tongala Christmas Carols on Saturday night. All students have been invited to perform at this community event:

Our Rochester Christmas Tree is well under way- collecting Christmas presents for the children of Rochester. We are aiming to collect 120 gifts before Wednesday. Feel free to add a gift under the tree, these gifts could include toys, board games, sports equipment etc.

Our class structures, teachers and classrooms for the 2023 school year are:

Class	Teacher	Classroom
Foundation	Ms Lauren Bennett	Cill Dara
Grade 1-2	Ms Stephanie Hayes	Old Grade 5-6 Room
Grade 1-2	T.B.C	Old Foundation Room
Grade 3-4	Ms Ashlea White	Current 3-4 Room
Grade 3-4	Mrs Annaliese Crosbie	Current F-1 Room
Grade 5-6	Ms Katie Rasmussen	Current 5-6 Room

Our specialist teachers will be:

Italian Mrs Lisa Corso

STEM Mrs Fiona McKiernan

Sport Kate Nicholds

Art Mrs Sarah Hill

Our support staff will be:

Learning Support Officer: Emma Keirl

Learning Support Officer: Jaleigha Hart

Learning Support Officer (Trainee): Nikki Haw

Chaplain: David Czech

Our administration staff will be: Teresa Bugoss

Our leadership structure in 2023 will be as follows:

Teachers have been busy finalising assessments for Semester Two reports. Your child’s report will reflect their achievements during Terms 3 and 4 this year and will be available through PAM today. Please spend some time together, reading and reflecting on the report as this clearly demonstrates to your child the value you place on their school life. Don’t forget to celebrate all their hard work, efforts and achievements after reading their reports! Please contact your child’s class teacher if there is anything you wish to discuss on their report.

On Monday the 12th of December, at 6:30pm, Grade 6 students and their families will celebrate their Primary School Graduation with a dinner. This dinner will be held at Hurley’s Hotel in Kyabram. During this dinner the graduating students will present their individual slideshows.

On Tuesday the 13th of December, at 1pm we will have our Grade 6 Award Presentation followed by our End Of Year Mass at 2pm, we will conclude with the Grade 6 guard of honour.

Next Thursday, December 16th is the final day for students. Children will be dismissed at the normal time of 3:15pm.

The first day of Term 1 2023 will be Monday, 30th January for ALL students.

As families are leaving us at the end of the year I would like to acknowledge and thank them for being part of our community. We farewell the Heald Family (Ruby), the Dicker Family (Charles) the Shepard Family (Kaisha), the Wallace Family (James), the Crilly Family (Caylee), the Humphries Family (George & Max), the Daws Family (Angie), the Parker Family (Harvey) and the Mitchell Family (Henley). I know that you will hold in your heart fond memories of your time at St Patrick’s.

We also farewell staff member Harry Shortis. He has been a much loved and valued member of the St Patrick community and we thank him for all that he has given during his time with us and wish him well in his new adventure.

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