Newsletter 26/07/2021 Term 3 Week 23

From the Principal

Prayer Reflection

Assembly

Online Assembly this Friday  10.45am Live streamed

Remote Learning 5.0

The premier is yet to confirm whether or not our lockdown will finish tomorrow night as previously stated. We are hopeful that this will be the case, however as always we will let you know if anything changes. 

Children still have access to their Google Classroom page to remote learn from home. Each area has sent out, via email & on their Google classroom, an outline of what will be happening for their grade level for the next few days.  Emails are one of our main avenues for sending out information so please check regularly. 

If the lockdown extends for longer than Mon/Tues, I can confirm that Wednesday of this week will again be the specialists day & Thursday & Friday the literacy/numeracy learning days for the week. All information will be on your child's Google Classroom page.

If any hard copies of work are required, please let your teacher know asap.

If children are required to attend school due to vulnerability or parents being essential workers, please fill in the attendance form previously emailed out & again attached to this newsletter.  If something changes for you after this form is submitted, please contact the school directly so that we know if children are coming or not. It is just like a school day, if you have told us the children are coming and something happens, you need to let the school know, so we are not expecting them and then need to make a follow up phone call. 

If a computer is still required please complete the form in the link below asap. These are ready to be collected.

Buses will be running as normal although they may be a little earlier both in the morning or at night due to lower numbers on the bus. 

For those children coming into school, the canteen will be operating and is certainly an option for ordering lunch and if your chid is sick in any way please keep them home from school.  

To request attendance at school:

https://spscamperdown.schoolzineplus.com/form/14

To request a computer:

https://spscamperdown.schoolzineplus.com/form/15 

Kinder Visit & Enrolments

We still hope that our Kinder visit can go ahead this Thursday from 9.30-11.00. If it does, they will be working with Mr K doing PE, Sharna doing art & Paula A doing science.

A reminder that enrolments are due in by the end of this month, so if you haven't attended to this can I ask that you please do so. 

Camperdown Kinder Enrolments open

Enrolments for 2022 are now open for the Camperdown Kindergarten, please contact the kinder on 55931936 for further information.

2022 Intentions

It is also getting to that time of year when we turn an eye towards 2022. If you know that you will not be returning to St Patrick's next year, it is important that we know so we can make more accurate decisions moving forward. I therefore ask that if you are moving on, can you let us know as soon as you can. Similarly, if you know of anyone who would like to attend St Patrick's next year can you ask them to make contact with me as soon as they can so we can begin any transition processes we need to. 

MRC Canteen going online

Over the coming weeks, the MRC canteen will be offering the option of pre-booking lunch orders and paying by credit card. Hopefully this will make it easier for families.

They will still be taking cash, however offering the online option as well. 

I will let you know when this goes live. 

In the meantime the canteen is in full operation during the lock down and is available to order lunches. 

Community Meal

Our next community meal session will be Wednesday 4th of August and 5/6C will be in charge of this activity. A note will be coming home to families in 5/6C very soon. 

Can I thank families in advance for your continued support of this social justice activity. 

Hooptime Basketball

August usually means that our Hooptime Basketball campaign is due to start with our girls and boys teams. 

Friday  6th August: 3/4 Rookies.

Friday 13th August: 5/6 Rookies

Friday 20th August: 5/6 All Stars

Friday 27th August: 3/4 All Stars

More info will come home once we have it at hand. 

The Great Book Swap

St Patrick’s School Camperdown is excited to participate in the 2021 Great Book Swap to raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. We see this event as an important addition to our social justice program in providing equity of opportunity for all. 

The indigenous Literacy Foundation hopes to raise $350,000 to gift over 35,000 culturally relevant books to children living in remote communities in 2021. 

To be a part of this we are asking families to donate favourite books in good condition. These books will be sold at our Great Book Swap during Book Week activities in late August (date to be confirmed). On that day children will bring gold coins to purchase other books to take home. The funds collected on the day will be forwarded to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. 

The fundraising page also allows anyone to make an online donation to St Pats Great Book Swap. Follow this link to donate or find out more about the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. 

https://edu.greatbookswap.org.au/stpatsgreatbookswap 

What to do - 

1. check your book shelves at home for children's books that are in good condition but are no longer being read.
2. Bring these books to school prior to August 25th.
3. Send a gold coin donation with your child(ren) on Book Week activity day (date tbc) so they can purchase some ‘new’ books to read.

RE Closure Day

There will be no school for children on Monday 16th of August as St Patrick's, St Thomas' & St Colmans are involved in a teacher RE professional development day. 

CSEF applications

The Camp Sports and Excursion Fund is still available for families to claim, if you have a current health care card please contact the office.   This fund pays $125 per child towards the cost of excursions and camps.

School Wide Positive Behaviours Systems (SWPBS)

Our focus for this week is again, Manners

Some of the things we will be targeting: Say excuse me for interruptions, please & thank-you, waiting turns, allowing others to pass, responding appropriately to adult request, greeting people. We will be making up some little videos as buddy classes and get it out to the other teachers for them to show the behaviour we are looking for. 

Parents can support us by ensuring these manners are also used at home. 

Grade 6 Trivia Night

The annual grade 6 trivia night has been set for Friday 27th of August, 6.30pm (for a 7.00 start)-9.30pm. This night traditionally has families booking teams to vie for the title of Trivia kings & queens of St Patrick's for the next 12 months. 

Teams of up to 8 or so can be booked by filling out the form below, if you have any queries please phone Deb or Bec at the office.

The night consists of 6 rounds of questions with some entertaining games in between.

Teams bring along their own drinks & nibbles and it costs $10 per person to enter. 

More information as we get closer to the night.

This has always been one of the best social nights the school runs for the year and is full of fun, laughs and quality time spent with family & friends.

All money raised goes towards assisting the grade 6 camp fund and is designed to subsidise $200 per child towards the camp. It is a truly worthy cause. 

Please consider booking a spot at this event. 

Catholic School Culture

First Holy Eucharist:   Sacrament of First Holy Eucharist

At this stage, we have set Saturday August 14th in Cobden @6.30pm & Sunday August 15th in Camperdown @11.00am as our Eucharist celebrations. Please keep the following children in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to prepare for these days. 
Charlie Bourke, Jimmy Cheeseman, Daisy Courtney, Isaac Lawlor, Chase Lee, Grace Magilton,  Riley Spence, Halle Barake, Taylor Cameron, Orson Capizzi, Hannah Cridland, Maddison Fisher, Lachlan Hewitt, Jayden Kleinhenz, Ava Lafferty, Jake Lenssen, Madison Lucas, Zoe Roberts, William Ryan, Scarlett Simmonds & Olive Wills.

Foundation Grandparents Mass: Friday 30th July

This Friday the 30th of July we will be having our annual Foundation Grandparents mass. It is a wonderful way to welcome our new (& old) grandparents to St Patrick's, as well as celebrating grandparents day within the school. 

Mass will be at 9.30 at St Patrick's church and this will be followed by morning tea in the library at school. 

All grandparents and parents of Foundation children are invited to attend to be a part of this mass. 

An invitation will be coming out, however please spread the news to the grandparents of the Foundation children that this event is on. 

Ritchies Community Benefit

Another reminder to please consider nominating St Patrick's as your preferred organisation when shopping at IGA. Over the years we have received over $40,000 (around $2000 per year), which goes towards classroom resources.  It is easy to join either using a phone and downloading the Ritchies Card App from the App store or Google Play, or by going online to www.ritchies.com.au/loyalty using a tablet or desk top computer. You can then pick up a physical card available from the friendly cashiers in-store, which you then link to your app or online account. Once you have set up your account you can then nominate our organisation.

Students of the Week

Birthdays

From St Patrick's 

To the following students that celebrate their birthdays this week 

27/07/21 Tuesday - Jayden Kleinhenz

28/07/2021 Wednesday - Charles Rendell

29/07/2021 Thursday - Layla Wood

Camperdown Basketball

CABA Annual General Meeting is coming up on Tuesday 3rd August at 7pm at the Camperdown Community Stadium. We require a number of new committee members if we are to get a season up & running. If you have kids who are going to be playing, we would love for you to come along to our AGM. Many hands make light work! Please help spread the word. Enquiries are welcome through our Facebook page or direct to Gary O’Neil (President) on 0419302436