St Pat’s Matters 16 Alfred Street NANANGO 4615 PO Box 36 NANANGO 4615

Phone 07 4163 1555 Fax 07 4163 1600 Email pnanango@bne.catholic.edu.au

Wednesday 24th June 2015

www.stpatsnanango.qld.edu.au

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Dear Parents,

In the past two weeks we have conducted our emergency evacuation and lock down procedures at

St Patrick’s. These drills are important to ensure that all members of our community can be safe should

there be a need for evacuation or lock down. Whilst I report the students were excellent during these

drills, it is important for parents to understand the procedures.

The purpose of the evacuation drill to evacuate all people on site to the nominated assembly area, which

is our cricket pitch out on the oval. Students, staff and volunteers are to move together quickly and safely

to the assembly point and when there, are to listen to staff members calling the roll to ensure everyone is

accounted for.

For parents and volunteers on site during this time it is important that you listen to staff members for

instructions. It is also important that all parents and volunteers register at the front office when they are

on the school grounds. By doing this we have a record of you being at school and therefore know to

account for you should there be an evacuation.

Whilst the evacuation procedure is quite simple, the lock down procedure can be more difficult due to

the varying reasons for a lock down. A school may go into lock down should there be a dangerous

animal or intruder, a hazardous substance or situation on the school grounds. Once a lock down is

needed an alert siren will be activated and all students, staff, parents, and volunteers must enter into the

nearest building or room, and lock the door and windows. If is also advised to close blinds if possible.

During a lock down students are required to sit quietly and still until the lock down has been cancelled.

A lock down only ceases when the principal or staff member in charge speaks to all people in person.

When a lock down is in place, most people in the community are not sure as to why it has been put in

place. For this reason, once in lock down, no one will be allowed to enter rooms, as the person who

could be knocking at the door could well be the person causing the danger. This is important for parents

to understand, as in some cases when a school is lock down the media or social media may report the

danger at school. A parent’s natural reaction may be to come up to the school to remove their children.

In this case walking into the school grounds puts the parent in danger and the parent will not be allowed

to enter into any building or classroom. For all staff know, this well intentioned parent could be the

reason for the lock down.

It is important to understand our evacuation and lock down procedures are for your child’s safety.

We practise to ensure all members of our community are aware of what to do in case of emergency.

While we may hope never to use them in the case of an emergency, it is important that we are well

prepared and ready should we need to.

If you would like to know more or have any questions please feel free to make an appointment to speak

to me.

Enjoy the Holidays,

Matt

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APRE REFLECTIONS AND REVELATIONS

Dear Parents,

Another great term comes to an end this Friday. We have been blessed to have had many wonderful

opportunities for learning and give thanks for what has been achieved throughout the term.

School/Class Masses

Thank you to all who have joined us for our School and class masses. We have loved having you there

to share these times with us. Thank you to the children who have so reverently participated and have

been so enthusiastic with their responses and singing. A special thank you to the teachers who put

time and effort into preparing the masses and of course, to Fr Nigel for celebrating our masses with

us. LG4 did a fantastic job with their Mass on Saints last week. I especially enjoyed hearing how the

saints have had an influence on their lives.

This Friday LG1 are going to have their very first Liturgy, which will be held in the Prep classroom.

It’s focus is about thanking God for our five senses. As this is their first Liturgy we welcome the

parents/grandparents of the prep children only, to join them at 8:45am Friday morning. Thank you to

Mrs Vine and Mrs Piper for preparing the children. I look forward to celebrating this Liturgy with the

Prep children.

Term 3

Next term in Week 3, we celebrate Catholic Education Week. This is a special

week celebrated at each school in the Brisbane Archdiocese acknowledging

what it is that makes a Catholic school different from other schools. There will

be more of what will be happening in this week, next term. Watch this space!

Have a wonderful break and treasure the time spent with your family.

Jen Cran

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I was reading an article in the Courier Mail on Sunday 7 June, page 21, titled ‘Small screen, giant

scream’. With the increasing amount of children suffering from anxiety, I thought it was timely to

discuss some strategies parents can use to reduce both fear and anxiety, starting with what children see

on television. It can often be hard to recognise if a child is scared because fear can be exhibited in a

number of ways. Child psychologist Dr Glenn Cupit said children’s response to fear can be very subtle

and “they can just go silent”.

The article written by Sue Dunlevy and Ruth McCosker, discussed some of the problems associated

with exposing children to scary television and films. The main points are summarised below:

· Research has found children now report higher levels of anxiety than 1950s psychiatric

patients, partly due to exposure to scary or threatening TV.

· Scary television is causing sleep disturbance, fear and anxiety in young children, particularly

those under 10 years of age.

· “Exposure to just one scary trailer can make a sensitive child fearful of going to bed on their

own” – Australian Council on Children and Media

· Films and television can look so realistic that children have trouble distinguishing between

fiction and reality.

· British research found that the overall effect of scary TV on internalising symptoms was

“comparable to the impact violent TV has on externalising behaviours (like aggression and anti

-social behaviour)”.

· Dementors in Harry Potter movies, the ice creature in Frozen and the film Maleficent, and

other shows where there is a lurking menace that you can’t see watching you, may not be

violent, but they can still be scary.

Here are some strategies you can use to help your children:

· Sit with your children while they watch TV

· Defuse your child’s fear by commenting on the terrific make-up used so kids realise the

wounds or the monsters aren’t real

· Ensure children sit through to the end of the movie so they can see the hero triumph over evil

Regards,

David Francis

Guidance Counsellor

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK 9

INDIANNA LG1

Awarded for being organised

and responsible with her

belongings at school.

ELLAH LG3

Awarded for being an organised

learner who always uses her

time efficiently to complete task

to the best of her ability.

HARRISON LG2

Awarded for trying so hard to

learn your words and for

learning how to read.

Super Effort!

LARRAH LG2

Awarded for your fantastic

writing, spelling and para-

graphing. You are always trying

to do extra work to improve.

COOPER LG1

Awarded for being very ob-

servant and identifying lots of

letters and numerals on our walk

to the bakery.

COREY LG4

Awarded for showing a positive

attitude towards learning and

being confident in spelling words

during phonics.

LIVINIA LG3

Awarded for having a super

positive attitude to a variety of

activities this past week! Well

done Liv! We are very PROUD!

MIKAYLA LG4

Awarded for continually

encouraging others to achieve

their full potential You are a

fantastic school leader!

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ELISABETH LG1

Awarded for doing a great job

helping to Organise class

resources each day.

HUNTER LG1

Awarded for great work in class

investigating classroom objects

that are light and heavy.

MARC LG2

Awarded for working so hard to

learn letter sounds, coloured

words and numbers to 100.

Keep up the huge effort Marc!

CHASE LG2

Awarded for your huge effort

with sequencing your story and

writing sentences to go with

them. Keep up the great work!

JACK LG3

Awarded for continuing to

blossom into a friendly and

confident member of LG3.

Keep it up, Jack.

ETHAN LG3

Awarded for working on

becoming an independent

learner throughout the semester.

Keep it up, Ethan!

DAVINA LG4

Awarded for showing confidence

in her knowledge of Aboriginal

culture and sharing this with

the class.

MITCHELL LG4

Awarded for always doing his

personal best and for being

enthusiastic about school!

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L G2 Staff, students and parents, have been assisting Mrs Gerrard to raise money to buy school

supplies and some clothes, to take over to a struggling school in Vanuatu. Mrs Gerrard will canoe to a

village in North Efate and deliver the items to the village people. She will take photos to show the

people receiving the much needed items. A big thank you from Mrs Gerrard for all your help.

L G4 have been investigating Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Peoples’ experiences of democracy and citizenship.

The children will watch ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ to consolidate

their learning and will write a letter advocating for the

Stolen Generations to have contact with their families again.

L G3 In religion we have learnt about the Fruits

of the Spirit and have made cute little baskets

where we wrote about different ways we can live out

the fruits of the spirit in our lives.

C A M P 15

Whats on

@ ST PAT’S

Staffing 2015

Leadership Team

Principal Matthew Vine Assistant Principal - RE Jenny Cran

Teachers

LG 1– Prep Sonia Vine Kirsty Piper LG 2—Yrs 1 & 2 Tracey Gerrard Barbara Whaley LG 3—Yrs 3 & 4 Larissa Hoban Laurel Franklin LG 4—Yrs 5 & 6 Erin Flynn Laurel Franklin Inclusive Education Justin McCarthy Kids Matter David Francis

Support Staff

Secretary / Finance Jacqueline Knie Secretary Mon-Wed Trudy O’Brien Guidance Counsellor David Francis Cleaner / Grounds

Michelle Franklin Max Whaley

Our Lady Help of Christians Parish Fr Nigel Sequeira ph: 4162 1958

Kai Wilson at Under 43kg’s QLD Rugby in Goondiwindi

THURSDAY 25th JUNE LITURGY IN THE CLASSROOM WITH LG1

FRIDAY 26th JUNE LAST DAY OF TERM 2

TUESDAY 14th JULY TERM 3 COMMENCES

14th-24th JULY PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

FRIDAY 24th JULY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

The SB Zone Athletics will be held at Nanango State School 11 & 12 August 2015.

Nominations are required (by email only) by 24 July to be included in the program.

We will send home more information in Term 3 so watch this space ...

The U12 South Burnett Girls Trials will be held at Taabinga State School on the 15th of July 2015 at 4pm. Any girl that is turning 10, 11 or 12 this year is eligible to try out, as long as

they don’t turn 13 before Dec 30 2015. Please forward all enquiries on to me on 0417466759 or chuxtable@nrl.com.au.

Our school reps for

“Bring a Friend”

with Nanango Netball

Club.

Even though the

event was rained out

the girls had a ball..

Mikayla Wilson playing for U12 Nanango Netball

Club in Mundubbera last weekend.

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