Around The Primary
Dear Families
‘Reading is Magic’ is the theme for Book Week 2024, and our library has been transformed into the magical world of Harry Potter! The students have been enchanted by thespectacular decorations and displays.
Our Book Week celebrations started on Tuesday morning with the fabulous Book Week Parade. Both staff and students arrived in an impressive assortment of imaginative costumes inspired by their favourite stories. From Pinocchio to Captain Underpants, unicorns, colourful crayons and a giant inflatable axolotl, so many impressive and hilarious characters on display!
Special thanks to Ms Cattapan and the library team who put together a great week of activities to celebrate the magic of reading. This is an exciting time for our students and most importantly a timely reminder for us all to celebrate reading and the wonderful power of books to transport our minds and imaginations.
Congratulations to Primary Singers and Wanju Voices for their outstanding performances at today’s Assembly and the Catholic Performing Arts Festival. We are very proud of the dedication you have shown in attending early morning rehearsals, and the way you represented the College. A big thank you to parents and grandparents who attended these performances to support the students, and who have assisted students in getting to school for rehearsals before school throughout the year. A special thank you to Mrs Haydon for sharing her musical talents with our community and Mr Johnston for his expert accompaniment.
We look to welcoming many fathers and father figures to our Fathers’ Day Mass on Friday, 30 August. Please RSVP here https://www.trybooking.com/CTGPE
Kind regards
Antoinette De Pinto
Head of Primary
We hope you enjoy watching the highlights from 'Feathers Fly! Birds the Musical'.
Dates to Remember
| Monday 26 August | Year 5 Excursion, Shipwrecks Museum Fremantle |
9:00am-9:45am Y4 GATE Ancient Egypt Exhibition MacKillop Room | |
| Tuesday 27 August | Pre-Primary to Year 3 Zen Yoga Thomas More Exhibition Centre |
| Wednesday 28 August | Kindy Health Checks |
8:45am Inspire Event Thomas More Exhibition Centre | |
| Thursday 29 August | 8:30am-9:30am Year 4 Musical Volunteer Thank you Morning Tea |
| 2:00pm-3:10pm Pre-Primary Fathers’ Day Afternoon | |
| Friday 30 August | 7:30am Fathers’ Day Mass, St Louis Sports Centre, followed by light morning tea |
Please check the College Website to note all the important Primary school events for your family calendar. http://www.johnxxiii.edu.au/view/for-parents/calendars
By subscribing to the College calendar, you are automatically alerted when details of an existing event are changed.
Super Stars
Well done to all the students who received a certificate at today’s Assembly:
| PPB | Seraphina Hanrahan | Benedicta Hilhorst | Archie Lemmon | Bernard Wilson | ||
| PPG | Elizabeth Casey-Sinclair | Matthew Liu | ||||
| 1B | Lucy Beck | Henry D’Orsogna | Lucy Fielder | Arabella Graham | Hugh O’Connell | |
| 1G | Ivy Edwards | Samuel Farrugia | Lucy Heath | Imogen Lovegrove | Lennox Puljiz | Luke Wysocki |
| 2B | Chloe Chung | Primrose Creagh | ||||
| 2G | Max Groom | Michaela Sanderson | Vida Wallace | |||
| 3B | Lucy Bowers | Aurelie Ford | Zach Sibenaler | |||
| 3G | Abigail Ballem | Benjamin MacPherson | Jack Major | Henrik Rear | ||
| 4B | Martin Cabrera Carcuro | Ivy Creagh | Alby Thompson | Isaac Xu | ||
| 4G | Taj Deluca | Zara Gauci | Jemima McGinty | Althea Middleton | Ashwin Suppiah | |
| 5B | Reggie Bowers | Joshua D’Alessandro | George Heath | Amelia Perera | Kieren Ridley | |
| 5G | Thea Barboutis | Ronan Collins | Georgia Perera | |||
| 6B | Elle McGuren | Xavier Xu | ||||
| 6G | Audrey Colbert | Joel Gooch | Max Middleton | Samara Porteous | ||
| 6W | Madeleine Miller | Oscar Liu | Noah Wibrow |
Year 6 Leadership Positions
Congratulations to the following Year 6 Sports and House Leaders for Semester 2:
| House | Campion | Koolyangarra | Loreto | Loyola | St Louis | Ward |
Sport Leader | Max Middleton | Mila Bester | Everett Ford | Joel Gooch | Samara Porteous | Harrison Mann |
| House Leader | Asha Bowers | Benjamin Parker | Alia Hartfield | Zara Polini | Mia Kwei | Audrey Colbert |
Book Week Celebrations
On Wednesday we welcomed our first guest speaker to the library, the amazing Tamara Moss. An award-winning author from Western Australia, Tamara captivated students from Years 4, 5 and 6, with her stories and creative processes for writing. Tamara also described how she crafted her fantastical creatures for the “Lintang” series. The students thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to create their own mythical creatures.
On Thursday we welcomed back the extraordinary visual storyteller, scientist and comic maker, Aśka. She enthralled both students and staff with her hilarious and clever drawings and stories. Aśka showed the students from Pre-Primary, Years 1, 2 and 3, how pictures have a language, and ways they can create their own stories through drawings. Aśka spoke about the importance of using our imagination and challenged the students to have a go at creating their own comics.
Book Week Poster Competition Winners
The inventive and imaginative entries in this year’s Book Week Poster competition are on display in our library for all to enjoy. Well done to all our amazing artists who entered, we were so impressed by the creative and original designs!
Congratulations to all our winners, please collect your prize from the library.
| Pre-Kindy | Rosie Tobin |
| Kindy | Ravi Spiccia |
| Pre-Primary | Hugo Nguyen and Riley Cartwright |
| Year 1 | Chloe Laffrey and Elliot Papineau |
| Year 2 | Harvey Knox and Vida Wallace |
| Year 3 | Donato Grose and Lucio Martin |
| Year 4 | Madeleine Papineau and Alexander Kong |
| Year 5 | Claudia Milligan, Alma Campilan and Beatrix Reed |
| Year 6 | Mia Kwei |
Sasha Cattapan
Primary Library Teacher
Inspire Event
We are pleased to invite you to a special follow-up event organised by our Parents' Association Inspire group, building on the success of the recent talk by Karen Young. This session, titled ‘Lessons Learned from Karen Young’s Presentation,’ will provide further insights into the strategies discussed during her presentation on Building Courage and Resilience in Children and Adolescents.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Time: 8:45am - 10:00am
Location: Thomas More Exhibition Centre. John XXIII College, John XXIII Avenue, Mount Claremont
RSVP: essential: https://www.trybooking.com/1271777
Join our Primary College Counsellor, Anne Murphy, along with our Secondary Psychologists, Eva-Maria Catina and Martin Emery, as they delve deeper into the lessons from Karen’s presentation. This session will explore what strategies have been effective, what challenges have arisen, and why certain approaches have worked while others have not.
This is a valuable opportunity to continue the conversation on how we can help our children develop the courage and resilience needed to face life’s challenges with strength and confidence. Your participation will not only benefit your own family but will also contribute to our collective efforts in supporting the wellbeing of all our students.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Sports News
Our Years 3 – 6 students have been very busy preparing for the Interhouse Athletics Carnival on Friday 6 September. It is always a great day full of colour, smiles and celebration with every student earning points for their House. Whilst we encourage all students to participate and do their best, if at any point a student doesn’t feel comfortable taking part they can opt out. Not all the events can take place on the day so over the next 2 weeks some events will take place during PE and Sport periods, these are provided below:
| Year 3 | Triple Jump |
| Year 4 | Triple Jump |
| High Jump | |
| Years 5 & 6 | Long Jump |
| High Jump | |
| 400m |
If you have any queries about anything sport-related, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email: steve.williams@johnxxiii.edu.au
Steve Williams
Primary Sport Coordinator
Music News
Primary Choir and Instrumental Ensemble Rehearsals
| Wanju Voices | Monday 26 August | 7:30am Osborne Room |
| String Orchestra | Tuesday 27 August | 7:15am Osborne Room |
| Mini Minors | Tuesday 27 August | 8:00am Osborne Room |
| Year 6 Band | Wednesday 28 August | 7:30am Band Room, PAC |
| Year 5 Band | Wednesday 28 August | 8:00am Band Room, PAC |
| Primary Singers | Thursday 29 August | 8:00am Osborne Room |
| Chapel Choir | No Community Mass (Father’s Day Mass at 7:30am) | |
| Primary Singers & Wanju Voices | Fathers’ Day Mass (arrive at 7:20am) | |
Catholic Performing Arts Festival
Congratulations to the following Primary students who received special awards from the Performing Arts Committee for their recent performances in the Festival:
| Excellence Award | Mia Kwei | Year 6 | Primary Strings Solo |
| Excellence Award | Claudia Milligan | Year 5 | Primary Strings Solo |
| Merit Award | Sally Cairns | Year 6 | Primary Woodwind Solo |
| Merit Award | Cecilia Natale | Year 5 | Primary Strings Solo |
| Merit Award | 'Feathers Fly! Birds The Musical' | Year 4 | Year 4 Musical |
Best wishes to all students representing the College in the Festival next week.
Spring Soiree
Wanju Voices and Chapel Choir have been invited to perform in the Spring Soiree, which is the biggest Secondary ensembles concert of the year! This concert takes place on Friday, 30 August.
Information regarding rehearsals and the event will be emailed to families of the students involved. Tickets for the Spring Soiree are free and available via TryBooking, and we ask families to book online to ensure adequate seating is available.
Save the Dates
Please save the following dates for choral performances this term. Further information regarding performances will be emailed directly to families.
| Wanju Voices | Friday 30 August | 6:30pm Spring Soiree, St Louis Sports Centre |
Year 1G Mini Performance | Thursday 12 September | 9:00am Osborne Room |
Year 1B Mini Performance | Friday 13 September | 9:00am Osborne Room |
| Wanju Voices | Tuesday 17 September | 6:00pm City of Nedlands Citizenship Ceremony Performance |
If you have any queries regarding Primary Music, please contact me via email: catherine.haydon@johnxxiii.edu.au
Catherine Haydon
Primary Music Teacher
Helping others in our Community: Roncalli Care
The Roncalli Roster is a College community operated pastoral care program that facilitates the delivery of home cooked meals to members of the College community experiencing hardship and loss. The primary purpose of the roster is to provide meals while maintaining the privacy and anonymity of the recipients and volunteers alike, in a timely and consistent manner. If you or someone you know could benefit from the service provided by the Roncalli Roster, please get in contact through emailing Roncalli@johnxxiii.edu.au. Please note, consent is required from the meal recipient before the roster can begin.