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Dates to Remember
WEEK FOUR Tues 21 May Hockey Clinic Wed 22 May School Board Meeting
6pm (TBC) Thurs 23 May BOOKFAIR
Commences
WEEK FIVE
COMMUNIO WEEK Bookfair Continues
Tues 28 May Hockey Clinic Wed 29 May Communio Fundraiser -
Meal Deal and PJ Day Thurs 30 May Communio Paraliturgy
9am
Fri 31 May Bookfair finishes NEWSLETTER
WEEK SIX Mon 3 June PUBLIC HOLIDAY Fri 7 June Yr 1/2
Assemblym2.30pm
Dear Parents and Guardians
NAPLAN Our educational focus this week has been unavoidably drawn towards the National Assessment Program -
Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). This is an important assessment as it provides parents and schools with
data about individual and whole school performance in relation to all other children in similar classes across
Australia. It is, however, limited in that it only assesses the two stated areas of Literacy and Numeracy. Whilst
forming a significant element of the curriculum, these two areas aren’t everything and children’s creativity,
scientific and sporting abilities are not assessed at this time. Nor are the children’s emotional intelligence and
their interpersonal skills that are essential elements of their development. It is important to remember that these
assessments are only one aspect of the overall development of the children and they should be considered along
with all of the other assessments that are conducted by staff on a regular basis throughout the year.
You will no doubt have heard through the media of the problems experienced by schools Australia wide with
the on-line Writing assessment that the children completed on Monday. At St Mary’s, we were extremely
fortunate that we did not experience any technical difficulties!
CATHOLIC SCHOOLING AT ST MARY’S “Those who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first
and principal educators of their children …...” Pope John Paul 11.
Research, anywhere in the world, confirms that when parents are partners in their children’s education, their
children improve their achievement levels. So, keep in touch with the school. Don’t leave it always to the
school to let you know how your child is achieving. Stay aware of what your child is learning, how they are
going and what you can do to help them at home. Arrange a visit to the school to talk with your child’s teacher
or schedule a phone call. Good communication between home and school is vital to create and sustain a
climate that is conducive to productive learning.
Parents, you are the source of your child’s affirmation. Children will believe what the people they love and
trust believe, including how they feel about school and their own ability to learn. So, after praise and
encouragement, encourage, perseverance, a warm, supportive home atmosphere will influence your child’s
confidence and motivation to become a successful learner.
It can be helpful, on occasion, to think about our role as parents, for it is truly a privilege to have given life to a
child and have accepted the responsibility, great though it is, of nurturing and providing for that child through
those developmental years. Fortunately, the teachers and staff here at St Mary’s, who are professionals, will
serve to help you succeed. Your child will enter our school, move through its various year levels and eventually
leave; but your child will still be part of your family and still be your responsibility.
So, welcome to the commencement of another school term when home and school come together to bring
success to a continuing phase of development for your child.
As we come to the end of week 3, I just want to let the St Mary’s community that I have encountered a bit of
health issue, which is currently being treateed, and I hope to back on board at St Mary’s in the coming weeks.
In my absence please see Ms Daniela Miotti should you have any questions or concerns relating to your child’s
academic progress or any school related issue.
Wishing you all a wonderful week.
God Bless
Velma Erskine
PRINCIPAL
17 May 2019
St Mary’s School
From the Principal…
NEWSLETTER
Vision Statement St Mary’s School provides an education that
endeavours to equip each child with the Christian values and life skills necessary to meet the challenges
of a changing world.
PO Box 138
Northampton 6535
Phone: 08 9934 1112
Fax 08 9934 1115
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.smsn.wa.edu.au
PRAYER
Spread Love
Spread love everywhere you go, first of all in your own house.
Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbour…
Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Be the living expression of God’s kindness;
Kindness in your face, Kindness in your eyes, Kindness in your smile, Kindness in your warm greetings.
Amen
BIRTHDAYS May 18 Billy
May 19 Isla
May 20 Makaylee
MOTHER’S DAY AFTERNOON
On Friday, 10 May we come together as a community to celebrate our mothers, grandmothers and all the people who care for us.
Thank you to all the mothers, grandmothers and carers that came along and received some extra special pampering by the children.
MARY’S MONTH The month of May is devoted to Our of Lady, Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Mary’s participation in Christ’s church in communion
began at the Annunciation. Like Jesus, she obeyed the Father’s will. From that moment, she was in communion with Him.
We hope that all mothers, grandmothers at St Mary’s School were spolit with much love and kindness by their families on
Mother’s Day.
TERM TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS The dates for the Term Two School Board Meetings are:
Wednesday 22 May at 6.00pm (TBC)
Wednesday 12 June at 6.00pm
TERM TWO ASSEMBLIES The dates for the Term Two Assemblies are:
Week Six - Friday 6 June at 2.30pm (Year 1/2 Class Item)
Week Nine - Friday 28 June at 2.30pm (Year 3/4 Class Item)
If your child is receiving a Merit Certificate, you will be advised via a note, an email or a phone call.
ST MARY’S SCHOOL P&F FOOTY TIPPING RESULTS
Round Seven Round Eight
Winner: Trent S
Second: Brian M
Third: Craig L
Winner: John Mac
Second: Shaes Nan
Third: Joanne L
JOIN NAGLE IN YEAR SEVEN 2021 During Term Two, the Principal from Nagle Catholic College will distribute Enrolment Packs to all Year Five students at St
Mary’s School.
Please see below for the enrolment schedule:
1. Application for Enrolments forms to be submitted to the College on or before Wednesday 3 July 2019.
2. Optional tours of the College are scheduled for:
Tuesday 25 June 2019
Wednesday 26 June 2019
Wednesday 24 July 2019
Thursday 25 July 2019
To book one of the above mentioned, please visit the Nagle website, www.ncc.wa.edu.au
3. An Information Evening will be held on Thursday 25 July 2019, commencing at 5:00pm in the College Gymnasium.
Students are encouraged to attend with their parents.
4. Parents/Guardians need to contact the College Reception between Monday 29 July and Friday 9 August 2019 to confirm
an interview time.
5. Interviews will take place from Monday 19 August to Thursday 5 September 2019. Parents are required to bring the
student’s Year Five Semester One Report (if not previously supplied), Year Three NAPLAN (if not previously supplied)
and Year Five NAPLAN (if released by that date).
6. Offers of places will be mailed on Wednesday 25 September 2019.
If you would like further information, please contact the Enrolment Officer on 9920 0500 or email [email protected]
COMMUNIO WEEK FUNDRAISING In Week Five, we will be celebrating Communio Week. Communio is the name given to the Bishop of Geraldton’s Appeal to help
the needy people in the diocese of Geraldton conducted annually at Christmas time as the ‘Christmas Communio Appeal’ . It is also
conducted annually through the Diocese in each school for one week, and is known simply as ‘Communio Week in Schools’. Each
year we have Communio Week in Schools. This is a time to learn more
about some of the people that our diocese supports, to pray for these people
and to raise funds for them. Various activities are suggested during the week
to help young people understand and be involved in all this.
Our Communio Week activities involve the Year 5/6 Class visiting the
Never Too Old club on Thursday 30 May 2019.
Please complete the permission slip at the end of this newsletter and return to the
school office by Friday 24 May 2019.
On Wednesday 29 May 2019, all the students will be having a “Dress in
Your PJ’s Day”, to raise funds for Communio Week. Please remember that
suitable footwear needs to be worn.
There will also be a ‘Communio Meal Deal’ for lunch to raise funds for the
Communio Appeal and the cost is $5.00 per child. The Meal Deal will
consist of one sausage sizzle, one juice box and one ice-cream.
Please complete the lunch order on the tear off slip at the end of this newsletter,
and return it to the School Office with payment by Friday 24 May.
COMMUNIO POSTER WIN FOR ST MARY’S SCHOOL All our students participated in a competition to design a poster and sticker
for Communio 2019, highlighting this year's theme, LISTENING TO THE
SPIRIT. Our winning design was by our Year Six students, Ace and Reeve.
Congratulations to Ace and Reeve as they went onto win the overall
Diocese Competition with their design as shown. Their design will now be
the Communio Poster and will be on the stickers for Communio 2019 that
are circulated throughout the schools in our Diocese.
NCVISSA WINTER CARNIVAL On Friday 21 June 2019, the students in Years 3-6 will be travelling to the Northampton Community Centre for the NCVISSA
Winter Carnival. We will compete in the netball competition only due to our small numbers. The Year 4/5 students will be in B
division and the Year 5/6 students will be in the A division.
We will require assistance from our parents for coaching, scoring and umpiring for both the A and B teams. If you are able to help
on this day, please complete the tear off slip at the end of this newsletter and return to the school office as soon as possible.
WANTED – OLD MAGAZINES Please drop any old magazines to the school office for use in the classroom.
NATIONAL QUALITY STANDARDS (NQS) The National Quality Standard (NQS) sets a high national benchmark for early childhood education and care and outside school
hours care services in Australia. The NQS includes seven quality areas that are important outcomes for children. The seven
quality areas are:
Quality Area 1 – Educational Program and Practice
Quality Area 2 – Children’s Health and Safety
Quality Area 3 – Physical Environment
Quality Area 4 – Staffing Arrangements
Quality Area 5 – Relationships with Children
Quality Area 6 – Collaborative Partnerships with Families and Communities
Quality Area 7 – Governance and Leadership
The staff in the early years at St Mary’s School has spent time looking at our areas of strength for Quality Area 5, Relationships
With Children all of which is documented below. Areas for further development have been added to our 2019 Quality
Improvement Plan (QIP).
MERIT CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS
Congratulations to the Merit Certificate recipients for Term Two, Week 2. Year K/PP Finn For the wonderful start that you have made to Term Two. Finn you are always willing to have a go at new things. You are writing your name confidently and you are a kind and caring classmate. Well done! Mardi For the excellent start you have had to Term Two. Mardi, you listen carefully to others, readily share your ideas and you are always willing to help when it is time to pack away. Well Done! Year 1/2 Nate For the way you approach all your learning with such enthusiasm and dedication. Nate, I am impressed with how you put so much effort into everything you do, both inside and outside the classroom. Your thirst for knowledge and passion for learning is amazing, it is wonderful to see how you bring this to every task we do. I have especially enjoyed seeing this when you have been engaging in building your shape city. Keep up the awesome work Nate! Lola For your consistent kind and caring attitude. It is wonderful to see you constantly helping others both inside and outside the classroom. The way that you are always willing to help your friends – whether it is helping them to solve a conflict or assisting them to sound out and spell tricky words is truly incredible. Keep up the great work Lola! Year 3/4 Torah For your ability to use prior knowledge to deepen your own understanding of each subject. Torah, I have been super impressed with the way you have been thinking outside the box and extending your own knowledge, and the knowledge of your peers, through questioning, and making connections to previous lessons. You are a fantastic member of the class Torah! Keep it up! Leah For beginning and completing work quickly and quietly this week, displaying enthusiasm no matter what the task. Leah, you constantly follow the rules of the classroom and you always display excellent manners. You a role model for others in the class. Fabulous work, Leah! Tyronne For your fantastic work ethic during our work on fractions! TJ, you challenged yourself every step of the way through our unit. It has been tough, but your perseverance has shone through. Keep up with this work ethic, TJ! Year 5/6 Ashlee For your well structured narrative, titled ‘The Picnic’. Your planning clearly outlined the characters, setting, problem, events and resolution. I liked the way you included dialogue and added extra details to make the narrative more exciting to the reader. Ashlee, I look forward to your next narrative that you write. Thank you for always being on task and getting activities completed. What an awesome start to Term Two, Ashlee! Caleb For your work ethic in all mathematical tasks. You can sequence fractions on a number line and convert mixed numbers to improper fractions. Caleb, you are always offering to help in the classroom, which is a wonderful skill to have. Keep up the great work in all areas at school. Fantastic attitude, Caleb!
PARISH NEWS
Fifth Sunday of Easter – Year C Today’s Gospel comes from Jesus’ Last Supper discourse. He is about to die. His final words to his beloved disciples are:”as I have loved you, you also must love one another”. In the end, all that matters is love, a love that is expressed most purely when we sacrifice ourselves for the well being of others. When we love in this way we show that we are disciples of Jesus who laid down his life for us. Celebration of the Word with Communion will be celebrated each Sunday throughout May, while Fr. Larry is away. Knights of the Southern Cross will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, 22nd May at 5pm, at St Johns’s, Rangeway. The Raffle at Morning Tea last Sunday was once again won by Cliff Dyer. $39.50 was raised and will go towards the upkeep of the Old Convent. Cliff has kindly donated the raffle prize back to be raffled again next month. Our Sick; Pray for Ines Miotti, Fr Brian Ahern, Patricia Casey, Col Constantine, Jean Williams, Paul Leeson, Owen Mulgrew, Jo Mattens, Maud Brown, Betty Thompson, Cliff Dyer, Jim Thompson, Sue Gravranish, Hazel Bunter, Ron Smith, and all the residents of Brookview Our Dead: Please remember in your prayers, the repose of the soul of Ron Johnstone who went to his eternal rest on May 18th. Also pray for all his extended family at this sad time. A funeral Mass will be held here at St Mary’s on Friday, May 31st at 2:30pm to be followed by committal and burial at Northampton Cemetery. Our three Diocesan Seminarians, Dominic, Savio and Peter will be ordained as Deacons on Wednesday, May 29th at 6pm in the Cathedral by Most Rev Bishop Emeritus Justin Bianchini. Please keep them in your prayers and thoughts. The Little White Book: Six-minute reflections on the Sunday Gospels of Easter (Year C) – is available for purchase, at the back of the church. Cost $3.00 Prayer for a Good Season: God - We see and feel you in so many different ways and we know that you are there. We thank you for all the good things in our lives. The stability of our governments, our political and religious freedom and the easy way of life that is part of being an Australian and which we so often take for granted. Lord, we seek the blessing of your rain which brings hope to our communities of a good season. Continue to look upon us and send the rain we need in order to grow our crops and pastures so that we can provide for our families and fulfil our obligations. We ask that you grant us the support and comfort of your presence so that we can get through this season, no matter what the outcome. Through our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen
COMMUNITY NEWS
Operate your dishwasher only when it’s full.
CRUNCH
AND SIP
NCVISSA WINTER CARNIVAL FRIDAY 22 JUNE 2018
PARENT HELPERS Years 3-6
We are seeking parent helpers for the Netball teams. If you are able to assist, please write your name alongside your preferred job and return to the School Office as soon as possible.
NETBALL A (Year 5/6)
Coach _____________________
Umpire_____________________
Scorer _____________________
NETBALL B (Year 3/4)
Coach _____________________
Umpire_____________________
Scorer _____________________
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COMMUNIO WEEK FUNDRAISER
COMMUNIO MEAL DEAL
Friday 29 May 2019
(Please return by Friday 24 May 2019)
My child/ren, __________________________________________________________________________________,
would like to order ONE Communio Meal Deal each.
($5.00/Meal Deal - Sausage Sizzle, Juice Box and Icecream)
YES/NO I can assist with the cooking of the sausages and preparations of the Communio Meal Deal. (Please be at school at12pm)
Signed: _______________________________________
Family Name: __________________________________
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NEVER TOO OLD CLUB VISIT
YEAR 5/6 ONLY
Thursday 30 May 2019
I give permission for my child/ren ______________________________________’
To travel to and from the Northampton Hospital for a Never Too Old Club visit.
Signed __________________________ Family Name _________________________________
