Dear Parents,

This week is a very exciting week for St Patrick’s School as we present our school performance, Pirates v’s Mermaids. All hands are on deck this week to bring our school community the exciting story of Captain Scarypants and his band of trainee pirates who take on the feisty mermaids of the high seas!

Wednesday’s matinee performance is looking like a mostly full house with both Gundagai North and South Public Schools, pre-schools and other community groups attending the 11.30am performance. For any grandparents or family members wishing to attend the matinee performance, the Community Council will be offering morning tea from 10.30am until 11.15am for your benefit. Please come along and enjoy a cuppa and something to eat before you settle in for the play.

Thursday evenings performance begins at 6.00pm. We welcome all family and community members along to this special night-time show.

Thank you to all involved in celebrating the Sacrament of First Holy Communion on Saturday evening. It was a special evening with 10 children receiving communion for the first time. Special thanks to Mrs Howe for co-ordinating the beautiful Mass, Mr Ferguson and The Parish Sacramental team for preparing our students so well for this sacrament. Thank you also to parents for their ongoing support of their children over the past month.

Teachers are also in the midst of completing assessments and report writing. Semester Two reports are due to go home on Wednesday 4^th December. Parents that wish to organise a parent/teacher meeting following the interviews will be provided with the opportunity during Week 9.

St Patrick’s award day will be held on Friday 13^th December commencing at 9.30am. All family members are invited to attend this special event as we celebrate individual achievements from across the school year.  This will be followed by our whole school Thanksgiving and Year 6 Graduation Mass at 12pm. This will be a special opportunity to celebrate many blessings and give thanks for a wonderful school year.

St Patrick’s school has also received Drought Assistance Funding from the Catholic Education office. We are delighted to inform families that the money will be distributed equally across all families and used to help reduce the Term 1, 2020 school fees. For those Year 6 families leaving us this year, the money will be refunded or taken off your account. We are extremely grateful to CE for their support and recognition of the ongoing effects the drought has had on our families and community.

Please continue to pray for rain.

See you on the high seas at ‘Me Hearty High School!’

Christine Baron

Principal