Newsletter - Padbury Catholic Primary School

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May you always know the peace of Jesus,
The Light of Love and the Joy of His Life Within You.
AUGUST 2016
26 Daffodil Day
Sausage Sizzle
Merit Assembly
27 Tournament of Minds
29 Sacrament of Penance
Parent/Student Workshops
30 4S Mass 11.05am
Sacrament of Penance
Parent/Student Workshops
31 PK2 Daddy & Me Play
Session 8-9am
Sacrament of Penance
Parent/Student Workshops
1
PK1 Daddy & Me Play
Session 8-9am
Kindy Fathers’ Night
2
P&F Fathers’ Day Breakfast
PP Prayer Assembly
6
4B Mass
7
KG Excursion to IGA
8
KW Excursion to IGA
9
Newsletter
Sausage Sizzle
Yr 1 Assembly
P&F Disco
Click below for:
Merit Awards
Principal’s Notes
Dear Parents & Carers
First Eucharist Mass- We extend heartfelt congratulations to all children who
received their First Eucharist last weekend. They should be very proud of the way in
which they participated in the mass and I thank our wonderful Padbury families for
their commitment in supporting the children on their faith journey. What a very
special time in the lives of the children and their families. I thank Father Joseph,
Father Renald and Donna Moxey for working so closely with the school, the children
and their families in preparing them for this special day. We all enjoyed some
knock, knock jokes and a reverent mass in which the communicants were all
intimately involved.
I also thank their teachers, Mrs Randazzo and Mr Spencer, for the preparation of
the students to receive the sacrament. My sincere gratitude is extended to the
Padbury staff who contributed to the success of the day by attending one of the
masses over the weekend. I have quoted before, “It takes a village to raise a child”
and when you see our community come together to celebrate such a marvellous
occasion as First Eucharist, you can see all the village coming together to raise the
child. May God‟s Blessings be with our Holy Communicants and all the students who
have received their First Eucharist and to those receiving this weekend.
On The Radar
P & F News
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State Cross Country- Recently our state cross country
team competed against 90 schools across the State. I
am pleased to announce that our Padbury Catholic
boys were number 1 in the State and we were
successful in achieving FIRST place overall in the State.
It was certainly a remarkable achievement by the
students involved and a fabulous reflection of
Mr Hignett‟s dedication to the task of preparing the students to achieve their
personal best at this extra curricula event.
Our Padbury
Catholic Prayer
Group
encourages you
to “RESET “on any
Monday of the
school term at
9am in the
Pre Kindy Room.
Good Luck- On behalf of the school community I wish our extension students all the
very best as they compete in the Tournaments of Mind this Saturday at ECU
Joondalup. These students have been working for 6 weeks on their challenge, after
school and on weekends. We wish them all the very best as they take on this
challenge on the weekend.
I thank Miss Ashleigh Remigio for her coordination and support of this extra
curricula event.
Wirrpanda Foundation- This week we welcome Sharna
Little to our Pre Kindy class. Sharna will be assisting in the
Pre Kindy room on a Wednesday and Thursday. We look
forward to her involvement with the school and our
support of the foundation.
Parking Policy- As our community is aware we have
developed a parking policy to ensure the safety of our
students and ensure the steady flow of traffic during high
traffic times. It is unfortunate that unless I am standing at
the entrance of the school some parents will choose to turn
right, off O‟Leary Road, into the school . I also find it interesting that I will often
have children alight from their cars and say, “Sorry Mrs Hutcheson but my Mum/
Dad didn‟t go down to the end of the road.” I certainly appreciate the busy
morning life of a parent trying to get their children to school and get to work on
time. However, I also know that people would live with a lifetime of regret if they
were to injure a child as a result of not following the parking policy. I ask all our
parents to examine their behaviour at pick up and drop off time to ensure that it
reflects our shared understanding of the Padbury Catholic Parking Policy. Please
click on these links: Parking Policy Kiss and Ride Map to read our Parking Policy. I
thank you in advance for your support regarding this safety
matter.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend filled with the joy of
your football team winning the last game of the season.
Ciao and keep smiling
Pina Hutcheson
Extra Curricula
activities for the
fortnight… 12
Assistant Principal’s Notices
Evacuation Drill / Lockdown Practice
In the coming weeks, the staff and students will take part in two emergency drills. All Catholic schools
are required to develop a school-based Crisis Management Plan. Catholic schools have a
responsibility to provide a safe and supportive environment for staff, students and members of the
community. Therefore it is a requirement that we practise the drills in case of a crisis.
Staff will be notified of the days on which this will occur, so that they are able to discuss and practise
the drills with the students prior to the day. Be rest assured that the safety and care of all students are
paramount.
Does Homework contribute to student success?
Over the last few months there has been much debate as to whether or not homework in the primary
school serves any purpose. Homework attracts many opinions. Parents have many differing views on
this topic. I invite you to click on the link and read this interesting research:
http://www.lifehack.org/385878/research-finds-the-effects-of-homework-on-elementary-schoolstudents-and-the-results-are-surprising
Your opinion in regards to this topic matters. If you wish to comment further,
please feel free to email me. Killalea.maura@cathednet.wa.edu.au
Eucharist Weekend
We congratulate our amazing Year 4 students who received the Sacrament of the Eucharist last
weekend. You are all to be commended for your reverence. Parents, thank you too for your love and
support of the children. Thank you to Fr Mark, Fr Renald and Fr Mark for helping the children
celebrate this special day.
Reconciliation
A reminder to Year 3 Parents that next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the reconciliation
workshops will be held at the Parish centre. The times are 5pm and 6.30pm. Please ensure you are
aware of the date and time of the session you will be attending. I have included an excellent link to
read in regards to celebrating First Reconciliation with your child.
http://www.rcda.org/Offices/prayer_and_worship/PDF/First%20Reconciliation%20Guide%20for%
20Parents%20flyer.pdf
Regards,
Maura Killalea
I‟VE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT HE‟S GOING TO BE
WITH ME FOREVER, BUT HE JUST DOESN‟T GET IT!
The School Emblem
The Cross
The cross is stylised on the Mercy Cross because of
the link with the Sisters of Mercy and Sister Carmel
Wringe who was the Foundation Principal. As it was
a CEO school, the Mercy Cross was not copied
exactly. It also represents Christ as the foundation of
all that we aspire to be as a Catholic school.
The Rainbow of the Covenant
Every time we see a rainbow, we are reminded of
our friendship with God. This friendship
is called a „covenant‟ and as God promised Noah
never to turn a back on those people chosen as
partners and friends, our job is to make this a world
of peace and love and never turn away
from the God who cares for us.
Padbury Catholic Primary 2W, 1995
The Water
The water symbolizes our Baptism and
also represents God‟s gift of the ocean to
us as part of our locality.
Disco in 1989!!!
NOT LONG TILL OUR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BEGIN IN MERCY WEEK
ON 19 SEPTEMBER, 2016.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP FOR MASS (11AM) OR THE SUNDOWNER 5-7PM.
PLEASE CONTACT HELEN AT THE OFFICE OR email admin30th@padcath.wa.edu.au
ON THE RADAR
O N T H E R A DA R
Daffodil Day
Daffodil Day is this Friday 26th August. 3W are continuing to sell Daffodil Day bears ($10),
volleyballs ($7), wrist bands ($2), pens ($2 or $6), office clips ($2), Peppa Pig stickers ($1) and
daffodil pins ($5). They are available all week from the front office or 3W (Room 7) before or
after school. Children or their parents are very welcome to
come and purchase items which help raise money for the
Cancer Council.
On Friday, stalls will be set up on the lawn outside the office,
near the Library and 3W, from 8am for people to buy
merchandise. There will be some extra bunches of daffodils
for sale as well for those who didn't get to order them. Stalls
will sell left over daffodils and merchandise after school near
the front office, hall and
near the Library. Daffodil orders will be delivered to your
child's class this Friday for your child to bring home.
Thank you for supporting this very worthy cause.
Stephanie Wilson.
Priests and Parents Catch Up
You are invited to a special gathering of parents, new families, existing families, to have a cuppa
with the Parish Priests. It is a great opportunity to ask questions, have a chat about your faith, about
the Sacraments, ANYTHING.
WHEN: TUESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER
TIME: 9am
WHERE: MACKILLOP ROOM
WHY: If you want to find out more about the Faith; ask questions about the Sacraments;
have a chat with Fr Mark, Fr Renald, Fr Jo.
WHO: Any parent is welcome to have a coffee and cake with us. Very informal gathering with
our parish priests.
Please email: Killalea.maura@cathednet.wa.edu.au if you wish
to attend.
No special meeting, just a get together of those who are
interested to chat about things in relation to the Catholic Faith.
ON THE RADAR
Olympics
We are half way through the term and the Padbury student have been busy showing their best! In class,
students from Yr4-6 have been encouraged to earn Olympic Points by displaying qualities that support
our motto of „Love One Another,‟ as well as our Core Values and Keys to Success. At the end of each
week the scores are tallied and given medals, 15pts for a Gold, 10pts for a Silver and 5pts for a
Bronze. Our top three competitors are currently:
Greece
TALLY
GOLD
9
SILVER
2
BRONZE
2
Japan
8
3
Pakistan
9
2
3
3
Junior Nature Play Area
The Junior Nature Play Area is slowly taking shape but we are short of a few
hands and expertise! We have been gifted, by a lovely Padbury Catholic
family, a small „dinghy‟ which we would like to „jazz up!‟ We are looking for
anyone willing to lightly sand and paint the fibreglass boat. Please contact: Mrs
Randazzo or Miss Conca via email or in person:
Bellombra.alicia@cathednet.wa.edu.au or conca.emilee@cathednet.wa.edu.au
Performing Arts
Congratulations to our future rock stars Jake, Tyson and Matthew (Year 5) for showing their talent on the
guitar at the Performing Arts at Zenith Music. Also Julia and Annika (Year 4) who played the ivories at
the same venue. Well done girls!
Mrs Sylvia Cusack
Congratulations
Nicole Trofimczyk has been selected as a member of the Western Australian Aerobic Gymnastics State
Team for 2016. She will be attending the Australian championships from 17-19 September in Bendigo,
Victoria. We wish you every success Nicole!
Extraordinary Fathers’ League
Don‟t forget the Dad‟s Footy Night this Friday, 26 August in the
School Hall, West Coast vs Adelaide on the Big Screen!
Doors open 6pm.
ON THE RADAR
BOOKWEEK
What an amazing display of book characters, authors, famous Australians, Australian animals
and Australianism to celebrate the theme - Australia: Story Country. Thank you to all children
and parents for your amazing efforts in making our Book Week celebrations a fun day.
Tamara Bastow
ON THE RADAR
Spor ts Notices Ter m 3
We have had a busy start to Term 3 with a number of Interschool events. In Week 3 we
entered 4 teams from Year 5 & 6 in an Interschool Basketball Competition at Warwick Leisure
Centre. Most children were experiencing basketball for the first time and all had a fantastic
day. The quality of the basketball was a high standard throughout the day. I‟m sure we have
future Boomers and Opals in the making. All of our teams experienced success with our two
girls‟ teams winning 7 and 4 games respectively from the 7 games they played. The boys‟
teams won 4 and 2 games from the 7 games they played. Thank you to Mr Randazzo, Mr
Bernhard and Mrs Young who assisted with coaching and managing our teams on the day.
State Cross Country 12 th August.
On Friday the 12th August we entered a team of 48 runners in this year‟s State Cross Country
Championships. The competition is held at McGillivray Oval each year and this year 90
schools were in attendance. There were approximately 300 runners in each race. Our school
performed amazingly well and finished 1st overall! Our boys were also ranked 1 in the State!
I am tremendously proud of our committed runners. The children have consistently spent 2
afternoons in training with the team and numerous other hours after school in training for our
cross country events. Hard work and persistence has definitely paid off. Congratulations to
Riley Smith who finished 8th and Sean Lougheed who finished 5th. Both have a chance to run
for WA if selected next year at the national trials in May.
City 2 Surf Sunday 28th August
This Sunday we will be participating in the City 2 Surf event. Members of our community will
be running and walking the 4km and 12km event. It is not too late to enter if you are keen.
Register at perthcitytosurf.com and join our school team. Members of staff will be at the 4km
start line at 7:30am if you would like to join us. Currently we have 60 people in our team.
We would love to get to 100 members.
Regards,
John Hignett
Physical Education
ON THE RADAR
Year 4 & Under Girls 2000m
Year 4 & Under Boys 2000m
Place
Name
Time
Place Name
Time
40
Mia Klimpsch
9:32
5
Sean Lougheed
8:03
106
Phoebe Hignett
10:16
17
Joshua Ross
8:24
126
Ashley McGee
10:27
40
Sam Swadling
8:44
133
Jessica Maxweell
10:30
50
Jack Sprigg
8:49
152
Abbey McQueen
10:40
75
Jai Baron Hay
9:02
165
Kirsten Tan
10:48
91
Finlay Hill
9:10
171
Niamh Hackett
10:50
124
Daniel Johnson
9:26
169
James Bloomfield 9:39
189
Peter Young
9:50
203
Noah McEntee
10:07
Year 5 Girls 2500m
Year 5 Boys 2500m
18
Sienna McLaughlin
11:18
8
Riley Smith
9:42
49
Sienna Cortese
11:53
13
Trent Johnson
10:00
70
Rhiannon Coulter
12:12
52
Mitchell Baker
10:35
112
Summer Hodges
12:35
63
Jack McGrath
10:42
178
Emily Maxwell
13:26
80
Dylan Moses
10:54
92
Alex Walford
11:00
154
Will Brennan
11:39
Year 6 Girls 2500m
Year 6 Boys 2500m
36
Asha Campbell
11:15
25
Ashton Waters
9:54
53
Jemima Hignett
11:38
38
Luke Sprigg
10:06
61
Sophie Axworthy
11:46
52
Cooper Smith
10:13
64
Montana Meek
11:50
57
Finlay Cannon
10:15
140
Sienna Shortland
12:52
77
Riley Hill
10:32
155
Remy Baron-Hay
13:22
107
Sam Smart
10:51
117
Joel Bayntun
10:56
ON THE RADAR
School of Opportunity
Liturgical Dancers and Singers at Assumption Mass
Students from Padbury Catholic who attended a
Dockers’ Clinic
These 15 boys and both Year 2 classes sang in the
Performing Arts Festival at the Vasto Club last
Friday. Both choirs looked amazing and sang like
angels! Congratulations to both groups.
Mrs Sylvia Cusack
Our Tournament of Minds team, hard at work,
in preparation to compete this weekend.
We wish them well!
One Big Voice at Perth Arena
ON THE RADAR
Pre-Kindy Stem
We celebrated National Science week as we love
being scientists and discovering the world around us.
We were so lucky to have a grown up scientist visit last
week to demonstrate and conduct experiments with us.
We even used real scientific equipment such as beakers
and measuring cylinders.
Scientist Lisa Fogliani, Deputy of Teaching and Learning
at Newman College and wonderful Padbury Mum of
Jack 1F and Stella KG, delighted and engaged the
children with dissolving the colours of Skittles in water
and sinking and floating with the children's choice of
classroom objects. The children were amazed that
objects that sunk could be made to float by using an
aluminium foil boat!
Kindy Connect
Numbers are often seen in pattern form
in the early years. At this stage of
development, they are trying to understand
how the shapes making the numbers are
formed, and connecting them to a value. Often
children feel that in order to be great at
counting, they need to count fast. This leads to
careless errors and does not refect the child‟s
true understanding. In Kindy, we share the
motto, „Slow counting is great counting‟ to
support our learning and consolidate where
needed.
This term, the Kindy classes have been actively
learning about numbers and their values. We
have focused on number ordering, identifying
and subsisting sets to 6. We have enjoyed
playing number bingo and even making
number burger buns filled with numbers we
have rolled with the dice. The children have
loved the challenge and have become aware
of numbers to 10 with confidence.
ON THE RADAR
Pre-Primary Olympics
„Watch out for these budding athletes from
Pre-Primary in future Olympic Games.‟ A big
thank you to all the parents for their support
and attendance. The children certainly had
a spectacular day!
OSHClub
Hello Everyone! Hoping you are all happy and well and enjoyed the baked goods the
children made to raise money for the RSPCA. They did an amazing job!! You will also notice
that some of the children‟s artwork is displayed on pockets of a fabric wall hanging we will
be using to plan the activities for subsequent weeks. The children are to take an activity
suggestion order from the black pocket, write on it what they want to do at OSH and put it in
the pocket for the session they will be attending. On Friday, I will take the suggestions and do
my programming for the following week using the children‟s ideas. Lately, there have been a
few children coming down with colds and being picked up from school – if parents are able to
send me a text on the OSH program phone that will be extremely helpful so we aren‟t
chasing up the whereabouts of children missing after school. Our Missing Child procedure is
displayed above the sign-in table – the Area Manager is required to start calling police if we
have not heard from a parent or reached a parent thirty minutes after the start of an
OSHClub afternoon session. Texting is preferred to telephoning as I am able to read many
messages quickly when we have all the children arriving. We thank you so much for all the
support you give our wonderful program and welcome all
suggestions and feedback.
M E R I T C E RT I F I C ATE H O N O UR B OA R D
25th August 2016
PPH
Daniel Carey
3SR
Joshua Malyniak
Emma Carter
Samuel Studman
Olivia Diaz
Jett Wilson
Ingrid Munyongani
4R
PPW
Kuku Chibiliti
Holly Cannon
Thien Hoa Tran
Caleigh McGuirk
Sophie McQueen
4S
Zen Ing
Caitlyn Leahy
1F
Heath Ross
1PR
Tyler McGuinness
Jack Sprigg
5B
Inaya Stewart
2C
Eliza Brennan
Lara Benato
Cameron Menage
5BK Tyson Zencich
Sean Fox
5D
2W
Kiera Aitken
Flynn McGuane
Micheal Buckley
Sophie Monisse-Redman
Elizabeth Sanders
Ben Steinmann
3S
Mia Eastcott
Oliver Kunzli
6R
Imogen Curwood
James Fowler
3W
James Bloomfield
Sienna Crockford
6WH Lewis Dolan
Luke Sprigg
MERIT AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD
AT 2.30PM THIS FRIDAY IN THE SCHOOL HALL
P&F NEWS
SCHOOL DISCO
FRIDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER
OLYMPICS Theme
Children can come dressed as their favourite Olympian or Sportsperson or dressed for their
favourite Olympic Sport!
PLEASE remember to purchase your DISCO Tickets ($3) and order your
Sausage Sizzle Dinner on FLEXI SCHOOLS!!
More details to follow….
Scholastic Bookclub
Thank you for your continued support of Bookclub. Issue 6 has been sent home this week. Could we
please have all orders back by September 6. If there are any queries, please contact the Bookclub
team at padcathbookclub@gmail.com.
Father's Day Breakfast
This is the last week Dads can RSVP for the
Father's Day Breakfast.
Please go to www.flexischools.com.au to RSVP.
Also it's the last week for Dads to submit their
photos for the Father's Day slide show. Please
email your pics to
danielleflthomas@bigpond.com.
P&F NEWS
PARISH NEWS Our Lady of The Mission
WEEKEND MASS TIMES: SAT 6.30PM
SUN 8AM 9.30AM 11AM 5.45PM
COMMUNITY NEWS
TRINITY COLLEGE CURRENTLY TAKING ENROLMENT INTERVIEWS
If you are looking for a holistic, quality Catholic education for your son, Trinity College in East
Perth may be the school you are searching for. We strive to provide the highest level of teaching
and learning in an environment that keeps expanding to meet the physical and emotional needs of
all students. To learn more about the extensive things on offer such as our state-of-the-art robotic
observatory or our Design and Technology centre using the latest equipment in technology
laboratories, please visit our website for further information. Interviews are now taking place for
Year 7 in 2018, with limited places available for Year 7 next year. Visit www.trinity.wa.edu.au or
contact 9223 8121 to book a guided tour.
MERCEDES COLLEGE OPEN DAY
MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 9.30AM-12 NOON
To register, please go to: www.mercedes.wa.edu.au/openday
Celebrating 170 years of quality education
HAMERSLEY LITTLE ATHLETICS REGISTRATION 2016
SATURDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 8am-11am
Clubrooms Wendling Rd North Beach
Bring Birth certificate or passport and registration fees $220-$230
SORRENTO CLUB training Monday 5-630pm Robin Reserve Sorrento
WHITFORDS CLUB training Thursdays 430-6pm McDondald Reserve Padbury
www.hamersleyaths.com
VACSWIM OCTOBER ENROLMENTS close on Monday 29 August.
It is important for every child to learn to swim and develop essential water safety skills. VacSwim
offers affordable school holiday swimming lessons run by qualified instructors at a range of
locations throughout the state.
To enrol or find out more, please visit education.wa.edu.au/swimming