It's Nearly Time To Say Goodbye To 2022!

Over the last week, every morning there are a large number of excited students when they arrive at school as they would like to know where our two Christmas elves are. I know personally, they have been causing a lot of mess wherever they have shown up and hopefully they won't appear in my office in the very near future.

When we are speaking of Christmas, it is that time of year again when we are starting to wonder, where has the year gone? It only seemed like yesterday that all of the students were walking through the school gates for the first time this academic year. The year has gone so quickly and yet when I was in the process of organising my principal's reflection for last night, I realised that we as a school community have accomplished a lot over the last ten months. 2023 has been full of highlights and we only acknowledged the tip of the iceberg of what we have achieved together at our Presentation Night last night.

I am not going to go over each aspect of what I have mentioned previously but again I would like to thank everyone personally who came and took part in the celebrations last night. It was fantastic that after three years we had the chance to have a presentation night where we didn't have to abide by any COVID restrictions. We were able to come together as a school community and take part in the various acceptances of awards as well as viewing all of the cultural talents St Patrick's has to offer.

I do apologise if I didn't get the chance to catch up with you and your family at the barbecue last night as I was involved with the packing up of equipment that took a lot longer than I had anticipated. But thank you to all of the parents who assisted in any way with the running of the barbecue, the food was absolutely fantastic!

So where to next? There are a number of events that will be taking place in the last few years of the school year. Students' books, artworks and other classroom belongings will be sent home in the very near future. Tables and chairs will need to be cleaned as well as installing new furniture in our primary classrooms. Also, I better start thinking about tidying my office for next year.

Tomorrow, we will be officially farewelling our Year 6 students again at our End of Year/Year 6 Graduation Mass. On Wednesday, our Year 6 students will be taking part in a Graduation Lunch, and next Friday, we will be finishing off the year with a pool party in the afternoon.

2022 Presentation Night Awards - See the following page for the award winners from last night

End of Year and Year 6 Graduation Mass -Tomorrow, Friday 9th December at 11.30am

Tomorrow, all of the staff and students will be celebrating our End of Year and Year 6 Graduation Mass at St Patrick's Catholic Church at 11.30 am. Everyone is welcome to join us for this special event.

Congratulations to the School Leaders for 2023

As I had mentioned last night, I really find it hard to announce who are our official leaders for the 2023 academic year as I know all of our future Year 6 students are considered leaders of the school and are expected to be positive role models for the school community. Some of the positions hold special responsibilities such as representing the school at events such as Diocesan Masses, Remembrance Day & ANZAC Day.

School Captains 2023 – Annie Patterson-Kane & Hamish Clark

Sport House Captains Red - Lachie Provost & Blue - Olivia Hoy

School Leaders- Tylar Foster-Wall, Nate Powell, Mary Robertson and Addison Smith

Best wishes for 2023.

Staffing for 2023

Nearly everything has been sorted with the staffing for the next academic year and I will officially announce all classroom arrangements for the 2023 academic year in the next and final edition of the newsletter next week.

Semester 2 Reports Will Be Available To Access Tomorrow!

Parents will be able to view the reports via the parent portal on Friday 9th December at 2.00pm tomorrow. This is how you can access the Semester Two reports on Compass in this day:

Log into Compass

To view the Semester 2 report either click on your child's profile and select report.

If you would like a paper copy of your child/ren's report, please let us know.

2023 School Fees

With the rise of the cost of living including the price hike of essentials like: electricity, fuel, food and other basic items for living going through the roof and it looks like this will be the new norm for the very near future. Instead of raising the school fees in accordance with the rise in inflation as I am meant to, I have decided to keep the school fees for the 2023 academic year at the same amount as this year. I hope this helps all of our families in some small way.

The 2023 school fees are as follows:

One child in a family = $1455 per year.

Two children in a family = $2765 year.

Three children in a family = $4074 year.

Carols by Candlelight - December 13th

Rotary Christmas Carols at McHatten Park - children singing 7:15-8:30pm

Rotary BBQ sausage sizzle from 6pm. Thank you to the families who have indicated that their child/ren will be taking part in this event.

Term 4 - End of Year Date

School for the students will conclude for the year on Friday 16th December.

Dates for Term 1, 2023

The official start date for the 2022 school year will be Wednesday 1st February 2023 for all students in Years 1 - 6. Kindergarten will commence Friday 3rd February 2023 following Best Start Assessments.

SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS

Our School Office hours are from 8:30am -3:30pm Monday to Friday.

If the school phone is unattended please leave a message on the answering machine.

In emergencies outside Office Hours you can also phone the school mobile 0428772328

SPORT

Term 4 Aquatics Program

2023 DATES FOR THE CALENDAR