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Quote of the MonthGod will not look you over for

medals, degrees or diplomas, but for

scars.

Elbert Hubbard

Gospel Values forTerm One:

Reverence and SelfControl

102 1 s t J u n e2 0 1 3

I S S U E

Birthday Wishes

Brianna Wood 24th

June

Welcome Axyl Bailey

tarted with us last week

n the Junior Room. We

hope he enjoys his time

with us here at St Pats

nd everyone makes him

eel very welcome.

Faith Is .....

When we walk to the edge of all the

light we have and take the step into the

darkness of the unknown, we must

believe that one of two things will

happen:

There will be something solid for us to

stand on or we will be taught to fly.

Patrick Overton Quote of the WeekI know God won't give me anything

I can't handle. I just wish he didn't

trust me so much.

Mother Teresa

Congratulations to the 3 students that competed at the South Canterbury Primary Schools Cross

Country last week at Cannington School. David Xie, Morgan Oudemans and Patrick Kemp

represented St Patricks, competing against hundreds of athletes from all over South Canterbury.

Thanks also to Toni Oudemans for providing transport andphotos.

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I sincerely hope that everyone

is keeping nice and warm and

dry with this latest round of

polar-like weather drizzling its

way past us. What a soggy,

cold, miserable few days

weve had. Best spent sitting

around and open fire drinking

hot chocolate, or something

with similar internal heating

properties.

We can and should be thankful

though that we are not as bad

off as some other parts ofCanterbury and Otago where

the snow has fallen a lot

deeper than it did here, on top

of flood-ravaged pastures and

houses. Imagine the mess

when that lot thaws.

I feel some sympathy for my

Labrador, as I see that he

managed to excavate the fresh

hay that I had put in his kennel

on Wednesday evening.

Obviously he favours thesparse look and reduced

thermal qualities, over the

enhanced central heating and

plush surroundings of a tin

kennel with a hay-over-wood

floor. There is no accounting

for taste sometimes. I did miss

seeing his head peering out at

me this morning, and can only

presume that he was

luxuriating in dreamland while

the snow thickly blanketed thearea around our house, and his.

There are some bright notes on

the horizon however, with

School News

Subway Tuesday 25th

une.

Miniball Last week

he senior team came up

gainst a better

opposition and came

way with a loss. They

bounced back strong

with a good win this

week. The junior team

ontinue to show good

orm as they have

acked up two wins in a

ow.

Absences If your child

s going to be absent

ue to illness, or late

because of a medical

ppointment or

omething equally as

mportant, simply let us

know why and for how

ong. Thats all you need

o do.

Book Club Scholastic

book orders are due

back at school by 5th

uly.

Matariki Festival This

will be held at the High

School on Friday 28th

une. St Pats will be

performing around 1pm,

ll support from parents

nd families are

welcome.

PrincipalsCommentary:

a forecast of it can only get

better, featuring somewhere

ahead. In the interim, I suspect

that we have a little more rain

ahead of us.

As we sit in front of the tele,

watching the latest re-run of

the Simpsons, heat pump

determinedly draining the last

of the excess from LakeBenmore, fire crackling away,

spare a thought and a prayer

for the farmers and trades

people out there in the midst of

it, moving stock, clearing

roads and cleaning up after

others. Spare a kind wish and a

prayer for our emergency

services, when they get called

out to the sick, the injured, the

overly-enthusiastic and the ill-

informed and to those

suffering misfortune in this

weather.

Ka Toi / Matariki

We have only three weeks of

term left and already Ka Toi is

looking to be a wonderful

showpiece for our school. The

students have been hard out

working to learn a variety of

songs, most of which they willperform at next weeks

Matariki Festival, to be held at

Waimate High School. They

are all enthusiastic and

engaged in learning and it is

truly wonderful to see how

theyre all working together

for the common goal.

If you get the chance, go and

watch the Matariki show at the

High school. I understand at

this stage that our students willbe performing after lunch,

although timetables are subject

to change. It really is great that

all of the schools in the district

can get together for one

celebration and to showcase

their learning on a similar

theme.Ka Toi is scheduled forweek three of term three

(Friday the 16th of August) and

will be held at the Theatre

Royal on Stafford Street. Thistoo will be a fantastic display

of childrens work from

around all of south

Canterbury. The performances

include kapahaka as well as

performing arts. This may well

be the last year that the festival

has a performing arts section,

so as the current winners of the

junior section (Years 1-8) we

are going to perform with style

and hopefully retain the trophy

in what may be its final year.

Complaints:

Because we havent had any

complaints for a year or two, I

can only presume that there are

no complaints to be had, or

that no one knows the process

to follow with complaints. Its

probably timely to remind

everyone of the procedure for

sharing concerns.

If you have any complaints or

concerns about anything to do

with your childs education,

make contact with the

classroom teacher and arrange

a mutually agreeable time to

discuss your concerns or

questions, giving the teacher

ample time to provide

information etc if required.

Dont corner the teacher and

expect them to know the

answers to everything rightthen and there, or presume that

they are free at that moment to

talk exclusively to you.

Mutually agreeable time! If

you are not satisfied with the

outcome of that meeting, or if

your concerns are about a

wider issue than just your

child, then you need to arrange

a meeting with the Principal. If

the Principal is at the heart of

your concern (as if!) thenyou should share your

concerns with him by

arranging a meeting at a

mutually agreeable time to

discuss the issues.

If you are still not satisfied

with the outcomes, then you

should refer your concerns, inwriting, to the Chairperson of

the Board of Trustees. They

will respond in writing.

If you arrange a meeting witha teacher to discuss your child

and any others, the teacher or

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isheartening to see kids turning uTYB (to your budget)

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Chimney

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Commercial and

Domestic

Cleaning

Rubbish

Removals

Water Blasting

Decorating

Services

Renovations

No Job too small, we do

them all. Phone (03)

689 8225.

TYB Property Service is

a new business in town

and they are willing to

donate 10% of labour

costs back into our

school if you use them.

Friends at St Pats

Congratulations to Pat Fleming on winning the trailer load of firewood raffle.

Friends at St Pats are holding a dance party in conjunction with Waimate

Bluelight ventures on Friday 5th July. It will be free entry for both age groups

and spot prizes will be up for grabs. Drinks and glow sticks will be available for

purchase.

To make this a successful event we will require some parents to help supervise at

both sessions of the dance party. The first is from 6-7.30 and is for the under 10s,

the second is 8-9.30 and for the over 10s. If you are able to help can you please

let the office or Toni know as soon as possible. Thank you, we would not be able

to continue to run these events without support from the school community.

rincipal will only discuss that

art that is relevant to your child

nd will not discuss anyone

lses child with you.

National Standards

Our students are doing very well

n comparison to the national

verages in Reading, Writing

nd Mathematics for NationalStandards. Not that we are

upposed to be comparing them

gainst anyone else and not to

ay that the National Standards

ctually mean that much, but;

Our students across the school

re tracking above the national

verage in Reading by 4%,

bove the national average in

Writing by 11% and above the

national average in Mathematics

y 7%

Those figures seem fairly good

o me, although obviously there

s no room for complacency and

lways plenty of room for

mprovement.

Dont be offended, its just my

houghts folks

Naku Noa Na

Me rongo (in peace)Darcy Kemp

Principal

St Patricks Waimate

Senior class

hard at work on

their 1:1 laptops

Students

singing at

mass on

thursday

Mrs Suddaby entertaining

the students, (actually they

are learning a new song)

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May the Year of Faithbe a time for allCatholics to renew their

esire and zeal for theEucharist and to availhemselves regularly ofhe Sacrament of

Reconciliation andPenance.

During this Year ofFaith, may all Catholicspublically proclaim theirove for Christ and hisChurch.May this Year of Faithemind us of ways toerve those in our midst

who are overlooked,gnored or rejected, sohat all may experiencehe peace and healing

of Christs love.

May the Holy Spiritguide the Church duringhe Year of Faith so thatall Catholics mayexperience a deepenedenewal of faith, hope

and love.

May young people be

nspired by this Year ofFaith to listen attentivelyand respond to Godscall to priesthood andeligious life.

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The boat in the logo represents the Church.

The main mast of the boat is a cross and its sails are the shape of the sun which

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On the sails are the letters IHS, the first three letters of the Greek name for

Jesus.

Faith is the thing that we believe in and it is also the way bywhich we believe.