Sporting Success

St Patrick's are proud to announce the recent sporting achievements of four Year 6 children.
Blake Archbold, Seamus Donohoe, Harry Whitfield and Pheobe Oakford have performed admirably in the sporting arena, progressing to Polding level. Blake and Seamus have been chosen as part of the Polding soccer team after successful trials at Diocesan level. Good luck boys when you attend the trials in the first week of Term 2.
Harry and Pheobe were successful in reaching Polding level for swimming. Pheobe swam in the 13 yrs 50 metre freestyle, winning a gold medal. A fantastic effort by Pheobe.
Unfortunately for Harry, he was unable to swim at the Polding carnival after  breaking his thumb training for the upcocming rugby league season. No wonder you are successful Harry, always training.
Well done and congratulations children. St Patrick's school community is very proud of you.

Seamus, Phoebe, Harry and Blake

NBN Weatherman Gavin Morris Visits School

NBN television weatherman Gavin Morris held a talk in the school library for the Stage 3 children on Wednesday 13th March. Mr Morris spoke very enthusiatically to the senior children about his passion for the weather and his role at NBN. Part of Mr Morris' presentation involved a slide show of his trip climbing Mt Kilimanjaro. Mr Morris talked in detail about the trip and the weather and environment changes that were evident as he climbed higher up the mountain. The children left with a greater appreication of the climate and weather after a very informative and entertaining hour with Mr Morris.

 

 

 

 

 

Resources Arrive At School

This week both the Coles Sports For Schools and Woolworths Earn and Learn Resources were delivered to the school. Thanks to the wonderful suppport from the school community in 2012 collecting vouchers, St Patrick's now has lots of fantastic new sport and classroom supplies.

 

Each of the 14 classes and the library were given a variety of resources and games and the sport shed now has a new supply of balls, ropes, ribbons and other sporting goods. The students and staff are very lucky indeed. Many thanks to yr 6 Diamonds class and the Sport Captains who helped unpack and distribute the equipment.

Woolworths Earn and Learn resources waiting to be handed out to classes.

Back in Full Swing

Already the weeks of Term 1 feel like they are ticking away.
The library, as always at St Patrick's is a very busy place. Computer and library lesson are held Monday to Thursday and all the children are really enjoying spending some time in the library reading and working on the computers. Library borrowing is always popular too!
Here are some photos of Year 1 Venus on their borrowing day.

 

 

Welcome Back For 2013

 

Oh..... how the holidays seem so long ago!!

 

Like all the children and teachers at St Patrick’s, Mrs Woods and myself are working hard at setting up the library for another year of productive, fun learning.

Programs are being created, books catalogued, class folders put together and the list goes on.

Just like last year, St Patrick’s children attend the library at least twice each week, once for a library lesson and a second time for borrowing. Class teachers can also take their children to the library when it is free, such as on Fridays, for extra computer lessons or research work.

I look forward to sharing our fantastic library with the children and school community in 2013.

Keep checking back regularly for future posts.

Resource Website

The Federal Government in conjunction with the ABC has launched a new website full of resources linked to the new National Curriculum.
The site is easy to navigate and has a range of resources like videos, audio and images that can be used during lessons or by the children at home.

 

Click on the link to access the site.

http://splash.abc.net.au/

Kindergarten in the Computer Room

During Term 3 and into Term 4, Kindergarten have been learning how to use programs such as Microsoft Paint and Tuxpaint. Both programs allow the children to use drawing, clip art and text to create wonderful pictures.

Koalas and Bilbies have had lots of fun learning to log on, find and open programs and  use the mouse and keyboard to draw and type. Smiling faces are always present in the library and computer room.