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Tuesday, 24th June, 2014 Term Two, Week 9

‘Body and Blood of Christ Readings for the week:

Ex 34: 4-6, 8-9 2 Cor 13: 11-13

Jn 6: 51-58 (The Bread from Heaven)

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Thursday 26th June

NO CANTEEN Feast of Sacred Heart Mass 9.30am

Year 6 Jelly/ Cupcake Stall

Friday 27th June

Parent Teacher Interviews

PUPIL FREE DAY

Please note:

Monday 14th

& Tuesday 15th

July

PUPIL FREE DAYS School resumes for Term 3

On Wednesday 16th

July

A Prayer for the End of School Term At the end of this school term we give thanks to God: For all the teaching and learning that has taken place in our school, both in and out of the classroom. For the talents and gifts that have been shared and the challenges that have been faced. For the burdens that have been lifted and the hurts that have been healed. For the respect and care that has been given. We give thanks for the friendships that have just begun and for those that have grown. For the faith that has been lived in our daily struggles. For the hope that has lifted our hearts on the dark days. And for the love that has kept us going. We give thanks for the community that we are and we ask you Lord - bless our families as we take our holidays, may our time together leave us with memories to cherish. Pour out your love on us that we may return renewed and refreshed to continue our journey together. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen

Principal Visit to Year Three Last week I spent some time in Ms Watkins and Ms O’Connor’s Year Three classes. Normally, I only visit one class a week however, the structure of the open (two) classrooms is a shared and collaborative learning space. In this structure the students engage at differing levels throughout the curriculum. When I visited the students, they were spread out across the learning space engaging in spelling, reading and dictation. Ms Watkins and Ms O’Connor developed their differentiated curriculum that offers a variety of entry points for students who differ in abilities, knowledge and skills in spelling, reading and dictation. Before instigating the program, the teachers did some pre-planning together to find out what the students already knew and their level of skill attainment. The teachers gathered various types of information about the individual differences in the ability of the class. When I visited I saw the three groups working diligently in testing their knowledge of new words, another group making links with words and transforming them in to

meaningful sentences and another group reading independently. In talking with the reading group one student confidently told me that she was looking for words that she had learnt to spell in the book she was reading. (Continued on page 2)

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The research around the differentiated curriculum is relatively new in this century but is now more explicit in the Australian Curriculum. Differentiated curriculum is about

Teachers planning high expectations for all students.

Permitting students to demonstrate mastery of material they already know and to progress at their own pace through new material.

The provision of different avenues to acquiring content and making sense of ideas.

Allowing students to choose with teacher’s guidance, ways to learn and how to demonstrate what they have learnt

Being flexible - teachers moving students in and out of groups based on instructional needs. Classrooms of the past century restrict this kind of program and collaborative learning. It is clear that Ms Watkins and Ms O’Connor are utilising the current learning space to reflect the opportunities that our students need in order to obtain maximum learning outcomes. Congratulations, Year Three and staff.

Holy Communion-Congratulations Year Three Special congratulations to our students who recently received the sacrament of Holy Communion at the Sacred Heart Parish Church. This Sacrament has the greatest importance among the Seven Church Sacraments. It is sometimes called the ‘Mystery of Mysteries’ or the ‘Crown of Sacraments’; for all the Sacraments are crowned by the Eucharist. It was exciting to witness our students and their families receive this sacrament on the weekend. I wish to acknowledge Mrs Dunbar, Mr Wedesweiler and Year Three staff -Ms Watkins, Ms O’Connor, Mrs Murray and Mrs Patsalides for walking alongside our students and families and witnessing them receive the holy of sacraments, Communion! I wish to also acknowledge the staff who attended the celebration Masses over the weekend and Fr Grace, Fr Rafter

and Sr Siony for their ministry. It was a truly wonderful weekend.

Assembly Awards and Making Jesus Real A big congratulations to all those students who received awards at yesterday’s assembly. It was wonderful to see so many parents at the assembly, supporting their child and friends. Well done everyone, we are all very proud of your achievements. If you would like to see more photos from assembly, please check out our Facebook or website under Photo Gallery! Well done!

Thank You All for a Wonderful term! Term Two like any other is always busy and productive. I wish to acknowledge the staff on behalf of the wonderful school community for the marvellous work they have done

this term. Our students love the gift of learning and have no doubt fully engaged from their inspirational teachers throughout the term. As this week is the last week of term, I encourage parents to take a few minutes to personally acknowledge our staff when they meet their teacher at this week’s Parent Teacher Interviews on Friday in the Fr O’Dea Hall. Parents and Friends of St Patrick’s, I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to the support you have provided to our staff. The success of students at school depends on the mutual support for teachers, students and the wider school community. A growing body of research shows that successful parent involvement improves not only student behaviour and attendance but also positively affects student achievement. The high involvement of parents throughout our term is again clearly evident and documented in our photo gallery on our website. These achievements could not be achieved without your positive ongoing support. On behalf of the staff, a sincere thank-you!

Congratulations Fr Rafe Beltrame Sixty Years as a

Priest!

Last weekend our much loved Fr Rafe Beltrame celebrated the milestone of sixty years as an ordained Catholic Priest. Forty Five parishioners from Sacred Heart Parish Griffith, including Mrs Cath Catanzariti and Mrs Lorette Sartor from our school community travelled to his home at Scalabrini in Austral by bus to be with him on this marvellous occasion. To read more about this very special event please see more in

our newsletter from Fr Grace, Cath Catanzariti & Lorette

Sartor.



To see more photos of what’s

happening in our school, have a look

at the photo gallery on the

School Website and Facebook.

Pupil Free Days Throughout the term and in the online school calendar available on the school’s website, there are a number of pupil free days documented for your diaries. Please note that students return to school on Wednesday, 16

th

July. The pupil free days are July 14th

and 15th

. Enjoy the holidays with your children and we all look forward to seeing you in the new term.

Teachers on Leave next Term Next term, Mr Bill Ross will be accessing his long-service leave entitlement. Mr Ross will be taking leave from August 4 until 19

th December. This is a wonderful opportunity for Bill as you are aware of the

marvellous work he does for our school and the community. A replacement teacher is now being sought through our processes. Once a replacement has been confirmed I will notify the community. Mrs Cocilova will be continuing her maternity leave throughout Term Three. I am pleased to announce that Mrs Armanini and Mrs Kellie Kelly will be taking Year One (102) as Mrs Piper is on Long Service Leave. Mrs Danielle Martinello will continue to remain on her class until the end of the academic year. I am very grateful and welcome our staff for the beginning of Term Three. Have a wonderful rest over the holidays and I look forward to seeing you back at school on July 14 for staff and 16

th July for students.

Go the Broncos!

David Adams-Jones, Principal

Merit Awards at Assembly

Kindergarten Milla Vecchio Jamie Sinclair

Stella Farranato Peter Haslett

Angelo Licastro Claire O’Sullivan

Year One Toby Vian

Karalaini Loki Isabella Cavallaro Giorgio Farronato

Elise Calabria Hamish Crockett

Ayushi Ghosh Shyanne Hodges

Year Two Amirah Housil

Mele Siale Domenic Sergi Lucinda Slater Jeriah DalBroi Meril George

Digby Patterson

Year Three

Role Potgieter Samantha Tam

Christian Cavallaro Elizabeth Sergi Mutsa Maveve Joshua Trotter

Josephine Torrenfranca

Year Four Ashmeen Dhillon

Sam Irvin

Year Five Anjni Chauhan Connor Bourke Felicity Bonny

Grace Catanzariti Johan Van Tonder

Isabella Arcifa

Year Six Stephanie Bertoldo

Cross Carlo Prateek Prasad Grace Murray

MJR AWARDS –. Emma Snaidero for picking up the poppy from the floor at the War Memorial in Canberra so anyone

would step on it. Mischa Northeast – finding a homework folder outside the classroom after school. She took it home to give to him as he lives next door. CONGRATULATIONS to you both!



From our Assistant Principal We began the term by saying that there was much ado and much to share this Term. My goal for us as a community was to continue to provide opportunities for Parental Engagement in their child’s learning, and for opportunities for students to share their learning. My hope is that through the newsletter articles and practical opportunities that this goal has been realised for you all to further your engagement in learning.

I was recently asked to outline what I consider to be the major issues in education today. I wrote that I believe there is an urgency to focus on.

· Maximising the learner’s potential. · A Catholic Education in a 21

st Century World.

· Building and fostering of relationships

· The need to encourage and foster creativity. · Student engagement in their learning – purposeful – understanding why they are doing what they are doing

· Increased Parental engagement in learning. · A focus on social justice

· Reflective Practice for Teachers – why and how am I teaching this?

· Goal setting. A lot to consider I know. However, the more I walk through and weave with the teachers and students in our school here at St. Patrick’s, the more evidence I see that these issues are being talked about and explored in our classrooms. Powerful stuff. My sincere hope is that you enjoy the opportunities that the upcoming holidays bring to rest, rejuvenate and reflect. Being able to embrace the newness and nothingness alike.

Virtue – Thankfulness Thankfulness brings contentment. It helps you find the good things in whatever happens. Without thankfulness people can become negative. They wish things were different. They whine and complain when they don’t have everything their own way. They envy other people. With thankfulness, we keep a positive outlook. We can see the good in our lives and in whatever happens.

Parent Teacher Interviews

We will be using our online booking system (SOBS) for our Parent & Teacher Interviews again this year. A full set of instructions is available in last week’s newsletter .Parents unable to make a booking online are asked to contact the office and leave their details and I will arrange for assistance to be provided. Each interview will be for 10 minutes and all interviews will be conducted in the Father O’Dea Hall on Friday 27th June. Note that this is a pupil free day. Reports will be sent home on Monday 23rd June. The window for Parent Booking closes on Wednesday 25th June at 12pm.

Maintain & share your awesomeness, Alan Wedesweiler, Assistant Principal



Diary Dates for Term Three

Monday 14th

July – Staff Development Day – Australian Curriculum (Mathematics and Science – Pupil Free Day).

Tuesday 15th

July - Staff Development Day- Pupil Free Day.

Wednesday 16th

July – First Day of Term Three for Students.

Monday 21st

July – Sacrament of Confirmation Information Evening, 5.30pm in 605 & 606 rooms.

Tuesday 29th

July – ICAS English Competition.

Tuesday 29th

July – Year 1 and Year 4 Excursion to Griffith Theatre.

Friday 1st

August – Staff Development Day – English Curriculum.

Friday 8th

August – St.Mary of the Cross MacKillop Feast Day Mass- Year 3 organising.

Tuesday 12th

August – ICAS Mathematics Competition.

Friday 15th

August – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass- Year 5 organising.

Friday 29th

August – Art Show.

Friday 5th

September – Father’s Day Liturgy.

Thursday 11th

September – Bishop Hanna Morning Tea and Meeting Year 6 Students for Confirmation.

Friday 12th

September – Sacrament of Confirmation Mass 6pm- Sacred Heart Church.

Saturday 13th

September – Griffith Horse Races. -Dalton Park

Sunday 14th

September – Sacrament of Confirmation Masses , 9am and 11.30am, Sacred Heart Church.

Monday 15th

September – MacKillop Athletics Carnival – Sydney.

Friday 19th

September – Cultural Diversity Day.

Friday 19th

September – Last Day of Term Three for Students and Staff.

From our Religious Education Coordinator Feast of the Sacred Heart Where: Sacred Heart Church When: 9:30am Thursday Who: Year 2 is leading the celebration with Fr Grace and all family friends are invited to attend.

Confirmation Our Year 6 students will begin preparations for Confirmation next Term.Three will be more detailed information to follow as of the beginning of Term 3. Mass allocations will not begin until after the Parent Information Evening.

Confirmation Dates

Monday 21st July @ 5:30pm – St Patrick’s Parent Information Evening Weekend of 26th and 27th of July – Commitment Masses Wednesday 3rd September @ 5 or 6:30pm – Reconciliation for Confirmation Wednesday 10th September – Practise (6,6:45 and 7:30) Friday 12th 6pm and Sunday 14th 9am and 11am – Confirmation Masses Please note, students are expected to attend Mass each weekend in the lead up to Confirmation.

Sarah Dunbar, Religious Education Coordinator

Blessed be the Most Loving Heart and Sweet Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ

in eternity and forever. Amen.



Pastoral Care Corner Report on Father Beltrame’s 60th anniversary celebration, by Cath Catanzariti and Lorette Sartor who represented St Patrick’s School. Last Sunday, 22nd June, over 50 parishioners from Griffith and Leeton, attended Father Beltrame’s anniversary celebration. We arrived at 4:30 PM at Scalabrini Village Austral. There was great anticipation among us, as we were all eager to meet up with our much-loved priest. Father Beltrame was sitting in his wheelchair, assisted by his carer, Sr. Assunta, waiting to greet us as we got off the bus. He greeted each one with that familiar individual attention. We then made our way into the chapel where four priests concelebrated in the mass to offer thanksgiving for Father Beltrame’s life of love and service. Father Beltrame displayed his usual determination when he stood up from his wheelchair and indicated with his body-language that he wanted to take his place alongside his fellow priests to concelebrate, in the presence of his brother Tiziano, who travelled from Italy for his brother’s celebration. Later, that evening, over 80 guests attended a special dinner held in his honour, where both Cath Catanzariti and Lorette Sartor presented Father Beltrame with a card that had been especially prepared by our students from St Patrick school. Father Beltrame displayed much interest in the card and read the message aloud to us. Father Beltrame’s 60th anniversary celebration was a memorable occasion, to honour the life of an amazing priest. The atmosphere was embued with pride, love, warmth and joy. Many stories were shared about the admiration and love for our Father Beltrame, who always had so much time and love for each person that had the privilege to be in his presence. A poem prepared by Cath Catanzariti was read out, illustrating Father Beltrame’s character and life of his priesthood.

Cath Catanzariti, Pastoral Care Coordinator



From our Parish

Fr Beltrame’s Diamond Jubilee - 60th Anniversary of Priesthood

On the 21st

of June, well known and much loved Catholic priest

and identity of Griffith, Fr Rafe Beltrame celebrated the 60th

anniversary of his ordination. He was the Assistant Priest here

from 1966 – 1979, then the Parish Priest from 1979 – 2002 and

then he continued ministering to the people of Griffith from 2002

– 2013. Our celebrations began on Sunday the 22th

of June when

Bruno and Elisa Guidolin arrived from Italy with Fr Beltrame’s

younger brother, Tiziano Beltrame. He came to Australia for the

very first time to visit his brother. Fr Grace celebrated Mass with Fr

Beltrame and three other Scalabrini Priests. In attendance there

were many Daughters of St Anne Sisters, the MACE Sisters, many

parishioners from Sacred Heart Griffith and other friends who

travelled from Canberra and other parts of Sydney. The Mass was

held at Scalabrini Nursing Home in Austral, near Liverpool. During

the Mass Fr Grace mentioned about Fr Beltrame’s love of the

children of St Patrick’s, Griffith and how much he delighted in

teaching them about Jesus, Our Saviour. Following Mass we

travelled to the Liverpool Catholic Club for a delicious dinner. It

was indeed a joyful celebration of an amazing 60 year legacy of

ministering to all of God’s people where ever he went. Father

Beltrame is currently in respite at Scalabrini Austral and despite

having dementia and being almost completely wheelchair

dependant he is in good spirits. In God providence, he is being

cared for by Sr Assunta who worked closely with Fr Beltrame at

the Scalabrini Griffith Nursing Home for 17 years. Fr Nevio his long

time friend and compatriot who worked with Fr Beltrame to build

this first Scalabrini Village in Australia is also a resident there.

During the evening we presented Fr Beltrame with a Papal Blessing from Pope Francis, our Jumbo Diamond Anniversary

Ordination Card and many letters of congratulations from many groups such as Griffith Combined Churches Association and

Griffith Rotary. Mrs Cath Catanzariti and Mrs Lorette Sartor presented the beautiful card from St Patrick’s and gave a very

moving speech reminiscing about the many happy times he spent teaching the faith to the children of St Patrick’s.

Please keep Fr Beltrame in your prayers

Fr Grace, Parish Priest

P&F Information Pie Drive Thank you to all the families that have supported our Pie Drive Fundraiser. We have had a wonderful response from our St Patrick’s School Community.

Pies can be collected from the Fr O’Dea Hall on Friday 27th June between 9 – 11am.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Administrative Information

Lunchtime Utencils

Parents please note that the only utensils we encourage to be bought to school for lunches are

spoons. Thank you for your cooperation.

Update Family Contact Details

Families if any of your contact details change please let our Administration Staff as soon as possible.

This includes postal & residential addresses, mobile numbers & email addresses. Thank you.



Extend

Parents, as you are aware we are having 2 Pupil Free Days next Term on Monday 14th

& Tuesday 15th

July.

Extend is offering the opportunity for Vacation Care (dependant on numbers). The hours of operation are

between 8am -6pm. Please refer to the Extend Website for more details.

http://extend.com.au/

Year Six Fundraising On Thursday the 26

th June Year Six are holding a Cupcake/Jelly Stall at lunchtime in the Infants and

Primary Areas. Prices will range from 50c - $1. Make sure you bring your coins along to support the

Year Six Students and you’ll get to enjoy the yummy goodies at the same time.

Sport Representative Sport Athletics - Diocesan Carnival The Diocesan Athletics Carnival was held at Albury last week. There were many highlights on a day that saw all students do their best and compete in a sporting manner that we can all be proud of. Highlights include :- Mason Salvestro winning his 100m as did Felicity Bonny and Claudia Torresan. Monica Litisoni was placed first in her Shot Putt. Mason Rosengreen was 2

nd in

his 100m as was Ava Kelly in her 800m. Beth Huxley was placed first in the 100m and 2

nd in the 200m. Three of the Relay teams have also qualified for

the Mackillop Carnival with our Junior and Senior Girls both winning their events and our Junior Boys placed second. Mrs Dodd has continued to train these teams and that teamwork showed in their races. Thanks go to our parents who continue to support our sporting programmes. Students received Preliminary Information about the MacKillop Carnival on Friday but as it is not until September full Information will be sent out later.

MacKillop Touch Last Friday the Diocesan Touch teams attended the MacKillop Trials hosted by the Parramatta Diocese. Giordan Pastro and Abby Favell from Year Six attended the Trial and even though they did not make the final selections we hope they had a good day.

MacKillop Rugby Union Yesterday the MacKillop Rugby Trials were held in Forbes. We had Lachlan Waide, Patrick Star and Neil Dunne attend and the boys played well in very cold conditions, but had a great day.

Sara Negus – School Sport Australia – Swimming In week one of Term Three Sara Negus will attend the School Sports Australia Swimming Carnival as a member of the NSWPSSA Team. The Student Council co-ordinated a fund raiser and I thank Mrs Hill and Miss O’Connor for their assistance. The wininng guess for “how many lollies in the jar“ was Christian Codemo from 601 with correct guess of exactly 373.

Mackillop Rugby League Last week Moraschi was away with the MacKillop Open Rugby League team. The team made it to the final series with four wins from five games in the pool games. The team won their Semi final and lost their Final 12 points to 10.

Paul Kelly Cup – Senior Girls Team The Paul Kelly girls team played Beelbangera Primary two the weeks and came away with a great team. The Team is now to play in the Final series in Wagga this Thursday. Team members are being kept informed by Miss Bordignon and we thank her for her enthusiasm and willingness to be involved.

School Holiday Activities In this Newsletter there is Information Details about AFL and Rugby League holiday programmes.

GWS Giants Visit Last Wednesday members of the GWS Giants AFL team visited the school and spoke to the classes in the school hall. We thank the local Australian Football community for arranging the visit which proved very successful with our students.

Griffith Regional Aquatic & Leisure Centre --- Future Developments The next Community Engagement Session will be held this Thursday at the Griffith City Library beginning at 6.00pm. The first two meetings drew reasonable numbers and many ideas have been brought forward about what is needed in Griffith for the future. If you have a point of view try and make it along to the meeting. The Griffith City Council website also has a link where you can make submissions that will become part of the discussions for the future planning.

Bill Ross, Sports Coordinator



Canteen

Canteen Roster:

Wednesday 25th

June: A Woodhouse M Harrison

Thursday 19th

June: NO CANTEEN

BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS

Help St Patrick’s raise money by donating to The Art Show.

We are looking for donations to be placed in our raffles.

We would love anything you have to offer:

From cosmetics – to vouchers

From alcohol to toys!

It would be greatly appreciated.

AND

To help us set up our display we are also looking for:

Dried/fresh lavender, hay bales

Wheat stalks, old farm clothing

Rice stalks, straw hats

Sunflower seeds, Cotton

Please leave at front office.

THANK YOU!

AFL HOLIDAY CAMP- GRIFFITH

Westend Stadium Merrowie St

Friday 4th July, 2014

9.30am to 3pm

The cost of $50 includes: ● Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea

● AFL Pack (Footy etc) ● AFL Skills and games – Delivered by AFL

Staff TO REGISTER CONTACT AFL GRIFFITH

Ché Jenkins [email protected]

Group bookings of 5 or more are $40 each (GST inc)



ODE TO FATHER BELTRAME

Father Beltrame, you are our shining star, You guide the people close to you and those from afar. You give love and strength to those in need, You always encourage us to use our rosary beads. You embraced Australia like a mother embracing her son. Her citizens have honoured you, each and every one. You are always available 24/7 and more to mend broken hearts or referee, it's difficult to keep score. You held the Gen Meetings To teach us about love & the ice cream you served was from Heaven above. You have walked on our life’s journey in sunshine and rain, helping us to carry our burdens and pain. You made everyone feel special, The rich and the poor and everyone who knocked on the presbytery door.

“See Jesus in everyone” that was your call. Unity and peace, you wanted for all. God bless you Father.

Happy 60th Anniversary of your Priesthood.

Written by: Cath Catanzariti 20th of June 2014


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