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Family Mass

Children’s Liturgy every 9am Mass

except in school holidays

P & F Meeting

Once a term

St Patrick’s Hall

Enquires and bookings please call the

school office

Outside School Hours Care

E: eastgosford.oshc@dbb.org.au

or phone 0408 165 671

or visit the school website

The Uniform Shop

phone 0412 087 696

opening hours during school terms

Tuesday

8.30am – 10.30am

Also 1st Friday of every month

2.30pm – 4.00pm

The uniform shop can be contacted

outside of business hours by email

stpatricksprimary@alinta.com.au

payments can be made direct to

Alinta Apparel in the form of cash,

credit card, or debit credit card

NO CHEQUES

uniform price list & online shopping

available at

http://www.alintaapparel.com.au/alinta/

Canteen

Infants: Wednesday & Friday

Primary: Wednesday & Friday

Rostered volunteers please give

24 hours’ notice if you are unable to

attend

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Enews 10 15 June 2019

FROM OUR PRINCIPAL…….

Dear Parents and students,

Our wellbeing Week this week has been quite eventful. The students and

teachers looked great yesterday in the active wear or favourite sports

team/colours and it has been wonderful to see them all join in their

physical activities each morning.

We were blessed today

with wonderful weather

for the Athletics Carni-

val, with everyone hav-

ing a great time and

thoroughly enjoying

themselves. I would

like to thank the many parent helpers who assisted

today. We certainly cannot do this without your help,

and I would especially like to thank the Infants Teach-

ers for their organisation of the event.

Reports

Next Friday afternoon or evening the Semester 1 Reports will be available

on COMPASS. The Reports do look different this year. There is a grading

for Effort as well as Achievement. These grading are:

Effort – Very Good, Good, Satisfactory, Not Applicable and Excluded.

Achievement – Extensive, Thorough, Sound, Basic, Limited and Excluded.

Excluded means that the area of the KLA was not covered this Semester.

If you have any questions about your child’s Report please speak to the

class teacher at your Parent Teacher Interview. These Interviews are

taking place in Week 9 so I hope that you have organised a time to meet

with your child’s teacher via Compass.

Kindergarten 2020

I have completed the Enrolment interviews that had been

scheduled. Currently, we have 54 enrolments for

Kindergarten next year. If there is anyone else who has not

submitted their enrolment can I ask that you do so as soon

as possible. Acceptance letters will go out in Week 1 of Term 3.

Parent Advisory Team Meeting

We have a PAT Meeting scheduled for Thursday 20th June in the LARC. I look forward to the

members of the group there at 7pm.

Bingo Night

Our first ever Bingo Night is happening next Friday 21st June at Erina Leagues Club. It is looking

to be an exciting night so don’t forget to organise your tickets to attend.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent teacher Interviews are taking place in Week 9, 24 – 28th June. Please ensure that you

have made a time to meet with your child’s teacher.

Finally a big thankyou to Ange Stitt for all her work in rostering the Canteen she passes this on to

a new committee. Ange continues in her role as President of the P & F.

Thank you for your support

Take care and God Bless

Cheryl

FROM THE LADIES OF THE OFFICE………………

You may enter absence notes for FULL DAY ABSENCES ONLY using the Compass App. If your child is arriving late to school, a late arrival pass will be printed when you enter the information into the Kiosk in the office. This pass must be given to the classroom teacher, the same applies to early departures.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent/Teacher Interviews for Kinder to Year 6 Students will be held on the following days: • Monday 24 June 2019 • Tuesday 25 June 2019 • Wednesday 26 June 2019 • Thursday 27 June 2019 • Friday 28 June 2019 4 You can now make these bookings via the Compass portal, click on 'Conferences' from the home page. Interviews will run for 15 minutes each. Interviews booked on Monday 24 June between 3:00pm and 8:00pm will be held in the hall on the primary campus. Interviews booked outside these times will be held in your child’s classroom. Please bring your child’s report with you (available the week prior to interviews).

Have you been on to our School Facebook page? Here is the link you don’t have to have a

Facebook account to view this.

Woolies Earn & Learn

Please send your full Earn & Learn Sticker sheets to your child’s class teacher. Here is the result so far. The class with the most stickers will receive a Pizza lunch!!!!

FROM OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CO-ORDINATOR MS FIONA BOLTON…. This weekend we celebrate Trinity Sunday. It is the mystery that there is ONE God who has three distinct persons within this one nature… Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God is, by nature, generous, loving, giving and shar-ing. Therefore the emphasis of Trinity Sunday for us is on our relationship with God our Father, Jesus Christ his son, and our guide, The Holy Spirit. In essence, it is about the 'Love of God poured into our hearts, so we are called to pour out the love of the Spirit into the hearts of all whom we meet'. At school we show this love through our relationships with others, how we unify and act as a community and share with those in need and how we accept and respect diversity in our multicultural school. June specifically is the month where we are asked to show our love for others by contributing to charity winter appeal which is being organised by our Mini Vinnies team. We pray for all those on the margins of life that they feel welcomed and loved. In the Classrooms Classes are busy over the next few weeks preparing class liturgies as a final reflection on their Religious Education units for this term. Parents and caregivers are welcome to attend and will be notified via com-pass of the times and dates. As Naidoc Week occurs in the first week of the holidays, we will be celebrating in week 10 with a liturgy early in the week and an indigenous dance performance on the Friday. More details to follow as the time draws closer. A reminder to parents wishing to have their children receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation next term. Forms need to be returned to the church office. If your child did not bring an application form home, please see me or go the church office if you would like your child to receive this sacrament this year.

FROM THE PARISH OFFICE International Food Night Yes, it is next Saturday night, June 15! Come and join in for a fun filled night with your Parish family. If you are able to provide an International dish for the evening, please write your name, what you will bring and what Country it is from, on the list at the back of the church. Tickets available at the Parish Office or on the night. Adults and Youth 15 and over $15 Children 6 – 14 years $10 Children under 6 FREE Come dressed in your national costume and above all have fun :o) EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS’ and Senior Servers MEETING On next Sunday, June 16 @ 4.30pm at St Patrick’s, Fr Greg calls all Eucharistic Ministers and Senior Servers to a meeting with him to prepare for the commissioning of all in this ministry on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday, June 23 at all Masses. Each minister should be aware that attendance at the meeting St Patrick’s or Somersby is very relevant to the commissioning, and that Eucharistic Ministers who aren’t commissioned on that day will be unable to serve in the ministry until they are. Could anyone who considers either of these dates a problem for them please contact the Parish Office. A Callout for new Catechists Jesus’s last words – “Go to the people of all nations and make them My disciples … and teach them to do everything I have told you’ (Matt 28:18-20) – were spoken to His followers as He ascended to the Father. We have various ways of responding to this command. One way might be to go into our Parish’s State schools as a catechist, or helper, where up to 420 Catholic children wait to hear the Good News each week. When you feel called, contact Alain (0414273654) or the Parish Office to find out how you can help. Applications for Reconciliation Forms can be downloaded for Parish Web Site. https://www.bbcatholic.org.au/gosford/home Or a direct link to the document download. https://www.bbcatholic.org.au/ArticleDocuments/1263/1st%20Reconciliation%20Application%20and%20Information%20%20Form%202019.pdf.aspx If anybody would like a copy of the Parish Bulleting e-mailed to them all they need to do is email Tom Croll at tomcroll@photom.com.au with “Bulletin Email” in the subject and their name and email address in the body of the email.

PJ DAY THURSDAY 4 JULY

Please note change of date for pyjama day, it is now Thursday 4th July

This winter, our school is helping the Vinnies Winter Appeal by

donating winter clothes and blankets!

Bring in any donations: jumpers, jackets, scarves, beanies, blankets, quilts or any unwanted items that will help keep someone in our community warm this winter.

All children are also wearing pyjamas to school on the last day of term,

THURSDAY 4 July, and we ask that they bring in a gold coin to donate to the

St Vincent De Paul Winter Appeal on this day

Thank You from the Mini Vinnies Team!

2019 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS (ICAS)

This year we are once again offering your children the opportunity to take part in International Competi-tions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) testing. For over 35 years, ICAS has taken place annually in schools throughout Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, the Pacific Region and South Africa. Your child is invited to participate in ICAS in 2019. ICAS provides an opportunity for all students in Years 3 to 12 to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external testing situation. It provides parents and students with comprehensive reporting of results in the areas of Computer Skills, English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Writing. All students receive a certificate and an individual student report indicating which questions they an-swered correctly and their score compared with the rest of the students tested. Certificates are awarded for each year level as follows:

High Distinction to the top 1% of entrants

Distinction to the next 10% of entrants

Credit to the next 25% of entrants

Participation to all other participating students.

If you wish your child/children to participate please login to Qkr! and pay the entry fee by Friday 2nd Au-gust. Each test costs $14.50 and they will be held on the following dates: Digital Technologies - 3rd September Science - 5th September Writing - 10th September Spelling Bee - 12th September English - 17th September Mathematics - 19th September Your child can now prepare for ICAS and other skills-based tests with EAA’s new Practice Online series. For more information please visit the UNSW Global Educational Assessment Australia website at: https://www.unswglobal.unsw.edu.au/educational-assessments/products/icas-assessments/

Premiers Reading Challenge Premier's Reading Challenge

This week we congratulate Christian in 2G, Remi and Joseph in 4B and Jordan in 4G for completing the 2019 Premier's Reading Challenge. Reading really is your SECRET POWER!

Carmen Hartz

Teacher Librarian

FROM THE MUSIC ROOM WITH MRS MORRIS………..

BIG BAND DAY OUT!

Members form both Training Band and Concert Band have been invited to the Central Coast Conservatorium’s Big Band Day Out on Tuesday 2 July (Week 10). St Pat's band students have attended for the past two years and it is an excellent opportunity for our students to meet band students from other schools, different instrument tutors, learn new repertoire and per-form together as a mass band. The format for the day is group instrument tutorials and then we come together to perform pieces for our parents and friends. More information, including permis-sion notes will be out shortly. Watch this space ...

CHOIR LEADING ASSEMBLY

You might have heard a different start to our assembly of late. The St Pat's Choir have been leading the school in singing the national anthem, Advance Australia Fair with a new, upbeat version.

Thank you to all choir members for their enthusiasm and participation - espe-cially our Year 6 choir leaders who are such wonderful role models for our younger students - their rise the challenge and continue to exceed my expecta-tions!

FUTSAL REPORT FROM MR HARRIS

On Tuesday of this week, 5 teams from Years 5 and 6 represented St Patrick’s at the Central Coast Futsal Tournament.

Some teams came second in quite a few games and these teams were tremendous at how they carried themselves throughout the day.

2 teams made it through to the finals but unfortunately Holy Cross Kincumber knocked us out on both occasions.

All of the children represented our school with passion and pride.

Well done, you were a pleasure to spend the day with.

P&F News

Canteen

Thank you to Lou, Andrea, Eileen and Erin for taking over the managing of the can-teens. New faces and fresh legs are just what we need. Already they have started a Facebook page for volunteers/canteen info so please see the roster here for that new and important information as well as the ladies' contact details.

You may have noticed that the menu on Qkr! has now been streamlined. We hope you all find it easier to use. Please feel free to send us any feedback you have via school email.

P&F Meeting

Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting last Thursday night. It was won-derful to see you all and thank you for sharing your ideas and opinions. Our next meeting will be held in week 5, Thursday 22rd August. Please pop it into your diaries and join us all for supper and a chat.

Bingo night ... already 104 tickets sold! These tickets are limited to 120. The prizes are fantastic. Platters need to be ordered asap if you are thinking of ordering food on the night. Please send your raffle tickets in too... Good Luck! More info on following page.

Ange Stitt, P&F President

Click here to join

Our Kids Canteen

$25 Elanora Hotel Voucher & Mini Clam Light

$25 Elanora Hotel Voucher & Vintage Car bookends

$25 Elanora Hotel Voucher, 2 tier Class Server & Serving Platter

$25 Elanora Hotel Voucher, popcorn maker & Deluxe Game house

Koh cleaning products

1 month membership to Central Coast Leagues Club Fitness and drink bottle

Peter Alexander Slippers, reed diffuser and hand balm

$50 Casey’s Toy Warehouse Voucher (6 vouchers to be won)

Glenworth Valley Horse-riding adventure

$40 Forever Bronze Voucher

2 Adults & 2 Kids Taronga Western Plains Zoo pass

Powerhouse Museum/ Sydney Observatory Passes

Jenolan Caves Voucher for 2 Adults and 3 Kids

2 Takeaway pizzas from Audrey’s Family Restaurant

$30 Voucher Edwards Family Butchery East Gosford

2 Adults & 2 Kids Hunter Valley Zoo pass

$50 Express Lube Vouchers x 2

Family Pass to Sydney Aquatic Centre & Archery Centre x 2

$25 Voucher Michael’s Family Restaurant East Gosford x 2

Family Pass to Scenic World

Taronga Zoo/ Western Plains Zoo pass.

Principal for the day – 1 Student

Pizza lunch for an entire class

No homework for a week for an entire class

Class movie at school for an entire class

Cupcakes with Miss Perry – 8 Students

Art with Mrs Lewis – 8 Students

Science with Mrs Morris – 8 Students

Jam Session with Mrs McCallum – 8 Students

Italian with Senoria Ryan – 8 Students –

Current Bid is at $30 – B Harrison

Front Row Tickets to School Concert – 4 ticket

Front Row Tickets to School Concert – 4 ticket

Singer Sewing Machine

4 Members tickets to Gosford Races

4 Members tickets to Randwick Races

2 Ground Passes to Australian Open Tennis in Mel-

bourne

Signed Central Coast Mariners Shirt

30 min Signature Facial – Five Star Day Spa

Captain Cook Cruise for 2 adults

Sole Therapy Pedicure by Beautique

Recovery Package by Beautique

$50 Bunnings Gift Voucher

Ryobi 18V Drill Driver Kit ( Lithium Battery Included)

Bingo Night FAQ’s Where, When, What time?

Erina Leagues Club, Friday 21st June – 6:45pm arrival for 7.15pm start

Will food/alcohol be available?

You can order platters, but these must be ordered and paid by Friday 14th June. Please

refer to our previous school newsletter for menu. Alcohol can be purchased at the club. No other food or alcohol is to be brought

on the premises. If you wish to have dinner at the Erina Leagues Club bistro before bingo starts I suggest calling them on

43652233 to reserve a table.

Is there a ATM/ Eftpos

There is an ATM at Erina Leagues Club located at reception. The school will have its Eftpos Machine for auction item purchase.

All raffle tickets sold on the night is cash only.

Bingo Raffle – if I win do I have to be present on the night?

No – if you are not attending our bingo night – you will be notified if you have won on Monday 24th June.

What’s happening on the night – I’m lost with raffles/ auction items/ bingo prizes.

We will have two raffles which will be drawn on the night.

Our bingo raffle – these tickets were given out to students – 1st prize is 1 Night accommodation at Terrigal Crown Plaza

(conditions apply). 2nd Prize $100 Casey’s Toy Warehouse Voucher, 3rd Prize $50 evening meal from Fresh Food Fast

and 4th Prize $40 voucher from Forever bronze. Tickets will also be sold on the night.

Lucky Door prize raffle – Each person who attends bingo will be given a lucky door raffle ticket ( 1 per person) additional tick-

ets can be bought on the night for $1

Bingo prizes – we have a selection of bingo prizes which will be listed on facebook and in our newsletter on Friday. Any lefto-

ver prizes will be raffled off in our lucky door prize raffle

Auction Items – this is separate to our bingo prizes – these items will be listed on facebook and in our newsletter on Friday.

Where will I be seated?

With tables originally set at 8, 9 or 10, some groups have exceeded these limits. We are trying our best to have everyone accom-

modated for. If you have paid but haven’t advised the school which table you would like to, please contact the school ASAP.

I’ve booked at table but haven’t paid

If you have put your name down for a table but haven’t paid as yet, please do so on the QKR app.

Thank You!!! To the following

Businesses for your support

Erina Leagues Club

Chrissy our Bingo Caller

Belle Property

Mary Tullipan from Tulli-

pan Homes

Elanora Hotel

Impact Centre

Five Star Day Spa

The Entertainment

Grounds

Australian Turf Club

VRROOM Entertainment

Boutique Real Estate

Koala Park Sanctuary

Australian Reptile Park

Kincumber Indoor Sports

MonkeyMania

Lasertag Mania

Kincumber Playtime

Bunnings Erina

Fresh Food Fast

Forever Bronze Erina

Koh

Central Coast Leagues

Fitness

Sydney Olympic Park

Aquatic and Archery Cen-

tre

Express Lube

Taronga Zoo

Taronga Western Plains

Zoo

Scenic World

Michael’s Family Restau-

rant East Gosford

Hunter Valley Zoo

Edwards Family Butchery

East Gosford

Audrey’s Family Restau-

rant and Café

Jenolan Coves

Powerhouse Museum

Glenworth Valley Outdoor

Adventures

Beautique

Captain Cook Cruises

Bunnings West Gosford

Mrs Osling

Matt Simon from Central

Coast Mariners

No glass drink bottles - they smash very easily—Only plastic please

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Thanks for supporting this SRC initiative at St. Patrick’s we en-

courage children to reduce, reuse and recycle. This leads to less

waste in our environment. One area we have focused on is chil-

dren's lunch boxes. We encourage all children to pack their

lunches in reusable containers. Pictured below are examples of

waste efficient lunch boxes.

Each Thursday will be TRASH FREE

All lunch is packed in a reusable lunch box.

Fruit, sandwich and cupcake in reusable plastic containers

Reusable drink bottle with water which means no rubbish to put in

the bin (as you would if you had a popper).

All food including sandwich and grapes are placed in reusable

plastic containers.

With the change of

uniform from Sum-

mer to Winter after

the holidays it is a

great time for any

uniforms that don’t

fit to be donated to

our second-hand

Uniform Shop—

please leave at the

school office.