Around The Primary
Dear Parents,
It is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas around the Primary school! On Monday evening we hosted our Music Soiree, this is always a very special musical event with performances from the Year 5 and 6 Bands, Primary Singers, Mini Minors, String Orchestra, Wanju Voices, Primary Guitar Ensemble, Ukulele Ensemble and culminating with the Combined Choir singing some Christmas carols. Congratulations to all involved!
This week our Kindy and Pre-Primary students shared the Christmas story in delightful ways for their families. The staff have spent time with the children talking about the real Christmas story. They have had so many wonderful discussions about the angels, the wise men, the shepherds, Mary and Joseph and, of course, the arrival of the special baby, Jesus. They are so excited about Christmas approaching and constantly remind us of the joy and wonder of being in the moment.
It is hard to believe that there are only four more sleeps until the Year 4 Christmas Performance, ‘A Very Elfie Christmas!’. The students, under the expert direction of Ms Cattapan and Mrs Haydon, have been working hard to perfect their roles. The students are getting very excited to be performing under lights in the Library courtyard. It has all the signs of being a festive and fun production.
In regard to next year, we cannot stress enough, the importance of downplaying which of their peers may or may not end up in your child’s class. While staff have once again worked very hard on creating class lists that take a myriad of factors into account, in the end, all children need to learn to navigate their way through different teaching styles and different class make-ups.
It was great to see so many excited and happy faces at the close of the day as the children shared the good news of who their teachers and classmates were going to be. Our job as significant adults in a child’s life, is to model confidence in their ability to work through any perceived worries or challenges and to let them know we are all here to support them.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Awards for Year 6. We are very proud of their wonderful achievements.
| Year 6 Award Recipients | Name |
| Religious Education | Christopher Cesare |
| Design Technologies | Lauren McLernon |
| Digital Technologies | Poppy Finucane |
| English | Joseph Scott |
| Health | Cate Thomasz |
| Physical Education | Lucy Morgan |
| Physical Education | Harrison Pazin |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | Georgette Watson |
| Languages – Japanese | Lily Van Pelt |
| Mathematics | Devan Finn |
| Performing Arts – Music | Gracie Byrne |
| Science | Catherine Gazia |
| Service | Zoe Cannon |
| Visual Arts | Elizabeth Levey |
| Simon Casey Sports Award | Matthew Mignacca |
| Outstanding Student | Elise Kwei |
Class Teachers
| PK Blue | Mrs Amanda Kounis | PK Gold | Mrs Cath De Campe |
| Kindy Blue | Mrs Emma Distante | Kindy Gold | Mrs Cayley King |
| PP Blue | Mrs Claire Peirce | PP Gold | Miss Hannah Kolbusz |
| Year 1 Blue | Miss Lauren Pillera | Year 1 Gold | Mrs Sonia Thomas |
| Year 2 Blue | Mrs Jessica Edwards | Year 2 Gold | Miss Lauren Nish |
| Year 3 Blue | Ms Maggie O’Shaughnessy | Year 3 Gold | Miss Caitlin Reynolds |
| Year 4 Blue | Mrs Teresa Fontaine | Year 4 Gold | Mrs Sonja Goss |
| Year 5 Blue | Mrs Vicki Murphy (Term 1) | Year 5 Gold | Ms Jacqui O'Connor |
| Mr Dustin Fromm (Term 2-4) | |||
| Year 6 Blue | Miss Georgia Gillen | Year 6 Gold | Miss Chelsea Hubbard |
Staff News
- We farewell Miss Dernie and thank her for all her wonderful contributions over the past four years to our school community.
- Mr Fromm will be taking leave in Term 1, 2021 and Mrs Murphy (well-known to our school community) will be teaching Year 5 Blue for the commencement of the year.
- Ms Cooney and Alex are looking forward to becoming parents in the new year. Ms Cooney will be doing some relief teaching in Term 1.
On the last day of the term (Thursday 10 December), all Primary students are welcome to wear a Christmas t-shirt/outfit, accessories or Christmas coloured clothing to school (no colour hair spray or face paint). If preferred, students can wear in their House shirt and sports shorts.
Kind regards,
Antoinette De Pinto
Head of Primary
What’s happening in the final week
Monday 7 December
PK 2021 Meet and Greet 9:15am to 10:15am
KG 2021 Orientation for new students 11am to 12pm
Tuesday 8 December
Year 6 Farewell Mass 9am (Gym) followed by Morning Tea (Exhibition Centre)
Year 6 Big Day In
Year 4B Christmas Performance 7pm Library Courtyard
Wednesday 9 December
Year 6 Big Day Out
Year 4G Christmas Performance 7pm Library Courtyard
Thursday 10 December
PP-Year 9 End of Year Mass
Last day of Term 4
Semester Two Reports
Semester Two reports for Pre-Primary to Year 6 students will be available through the College’s online communication platform ‘SEQTA ENGAGE’ from 3:30pm on Thursday 10 December.
Instructions
i. Please login to your SEQTA Engage account at: https://parent.johnxxiii.edu.au
ii. Click on the REPORTS link located on the menu at the left side of screen
iii. Select Student
iv. Select 2020 P, 2020S2
Mobile Devices
*It is also possible to download the SEQTA Engage App from your provider (e.g. Google Play Store; Apple App Store) if you wish to do this.
2023 Enrolments for Kindy
It’s hard to believe, but in the new year we will be interviewing for siblings entering Kindy in 2023!
Please ensure your child/ren are enrolled to secure their sibling place.
The Enrolment Application, along with the Parish Priest Reference and other key details, can be found in this link. Please direct further questions to Lizz Schollum, Enrolments Manager lizz.schollum@cewa.edu.au or 9383 0449.