Dear Parents

It was wonderful to see many parents and grandparents arriving for today’s Assembly.

Congratulations to Ms Cooney and all Year 3G students for preparing a very entertaining item for our school community to enjoy.

The celebration of John XXIII Day is scheduled for next Friday 9 August. It is one of the special occasions during the year when the entire student body are involved in community celebrations.

The day will begin with a College Mass at 9am in the St Louis Sports Centre. The day will then continue with a ‘mini-fete’ organised by our Year 5 and 6 students. This mini-fete will consist of various games and food novelties. On this special occasion our normal nutrition guidelines are relaxed but parents may like to provide guidelines for their children.

While it is always at a parent’s discretion, we recommend the following guidelines for spending money.

PP & Year 1 $3.00 (6 x 50 cent coins)

Year 2 – 6 $5 - $10

All students are required to wear their sports uniform and House shirt for the day. They also need to bring a snack for morning tea and a packed lunch. No canteen orders will be available on the day.

Let’s pray for fine weather on the day and that a magnificent celebratory spirit will be present on John XXIII Day.

Kind regards,

Antoinette De Pinto

Head of Primary

Please check the College Website for Term 3 to note all the important Primary school events for your family calendar. http://www.johnxxiii.edu.au/view/for-parents/calendars

Staff News

Carly Moore and Brendan are very excited about the arrival of baby Cleo.

Caroline Cibesku and Rob welcomed Iyla to their family, a baby sister for Adam and Audrey.

Congratulations to both sets of proud parents.

Super Stars

Well done to all the students who received a certificate for their fantastic achievements.

PPB	Luke Bradley	Addison Dziubak	James Maginn
PPG	Charlie Barlow	Alma Campilan	Ronan Collins
1B	Indie Palazzolo	Samuel Travis
1G	Amelie Johnson	Victor Kailis	Mia Kwei	Nicholas Lamattina
2B	Jack Watson	Alice Wever
2G	Felicity Bosnich	Owen Burns
3B	Henry Bahen	Felix McGinty	Mia Pruiti
3G	Thomas Archibald	Alexa Kailis
4B	Zack Barley	Lola Denton	Eliza Owen	Xavier Parker
4G	Alyssa Mignacca	Brodie Stevenson	Clare Stout
5B	Tate Hewitt	Madeleine Holly	Matthew Mignacca	Eli Zuvela
5G	Taj Dorrington	Elise Kwei	Bridget Lilleyman	Matilda MacLennan
6B	Tilly Laver	Cooper Matera	Austin Vujcich
6G	Hunter Bovell	Finnian O’Donnell	Ethan Williams
SPORT	Max Tonich

Dates to Remember

Tuesday 6 August	Y3-Y6 Athletics Trial Day
Wednesday 7 August	Y5 Bishop’s Religious Literacy Assessment
Thursday 8 August	Y3 Bishop’s Religious Literacy Assessment
Thursday 8 August	Kindy Parent/Teacher Interviews
Friday 9 August	John XXIII Day Mass and Celebrations
Friday 9 August	Pre-Kindy Photo Day 3P Photography

Father's Day Mass, Friday 30 August 7.30am

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Kindy 2022

Do you have a child due to start Kindy in 2022? If so, please ensure you have submitted an Enrolment Form as the College already has great demand for these places.

You are welcome to contact Lizz Schollum, our new Enrolments’ Manager for further details. Lizz’s email is lizz.schollum@cewa.edu.au and her direct line is 9383 0449.

Reconciliation Retreat

On Monday the 29 July, Year 3 participated in a Reconciliation retreat arranged by 24:7 School Ministry. To start, we learnt about what the world would be like without rules, and this highlighted the importance of having rules. The next topic focused on forgiveness. They introduced this by showing a video that explained how God will always forgive us. We then decorated a cross and wrote our sins on the back. Just like Reconciliation, these sins were kept a secret by gluing the cross down.

After this we spent some time learning about Reconciliation. We watched another fantastic video that showed a cartoon pencil who accidentally went out of the line. The pencil panicked and tried to fix the mistake, but in doing so, only made it worse. Along came a rubber and it cleaned up the mess. We understood this to be about our lives and how as much as we try to stay on track and do the right things, sometimes we sin or make mistakes. However, we can find comfort in the fact that God will always be there and forgive us for our wrong-doings.

Overall, the incursion was a great success. Year 3 had so much fun playing games and engaging in discussions that taught us about rules, forgiveness and Reconciliation.

By Layla Travis (3B) and Grace Czajko (3B)

Footsteps

The students enjoyed their first Footsteps dance session.

The students can wear their school sports shorts and house shirt on their nominated dance days.

Tuesday	PPB, PPG and 2G
Wednesday	3B, 3G, 4B, 4G, 6B and 6G
Friday	1B, 1G, 2B, 5B and 5G

The dance sessions will culminate in a Dance Showcase involving all the Pre-Primary to Year 6 students on 27 September at 1.30pm in the Gym. Everyone is welcome to come along.

Sports News

Interhouse Cross Country

Well done to all the runners who completed the long or short courses at the Cross Country Carnival on Tuesday. The weather was certainly on our side and it was great to see everyone trying their very best. The top eight runners from each race will be representing the College at the IPSHA Interschool Cross Country Carnival on Thursday 22 August.

Congratulations to the following students will be representing the College at IPSHA:

YEAR 3
Abigail Prosser	Isabel Prosser	Ruby Scott	Georgia Walsh
Wren McGlew	Scarlett Melbin	Emily Rintoul	Amelia Wibrow
Hudson Grabham	Cooper Tout	Gus Lennon	Kiran Finn
Harry Azzopardi	Thomas Archibald	Kye Bishop	Charles O’Toole
YEAR 4
Isabella Stewart	Lydia Defrancesco	Sarah Stewart	Olive Smith
Eliza Owen	India Bester	Sade Hewes	Nada Jakovich
William Blaxell	Maximus Tonich	Brodie Stevenson	Christopher Cooney
Charlie Lennon	Sam Gooch	Benjamin Arundell	Liam McNamara
YEAR 5
Poppy Finucane	Allegra Hickling	Lauren McLernon	Lucy Morgan
Zoe Cannon	Sophia Negus	Sofia Paolucci	Matilda MacLennan
Harrison Pazin	Thomas Walsh	Taj Dorrington	Izaac Paton
Matthew Mignacca	James Miller	Oliver Wever	Joshua McGlew
YEAR 6
Ruby Verleg	Bianca Petsos	Mahalia Upton	Bridget Owen
Sylvia Czajko	Ella Matthews	Miranda Clyne	Caitlin Bradock
Jackson Bosnich	Oliver Defrancesco	Archie Ryan	Gregory Briede
Mark Bontempo

Primary Angelico Art Exhibition

Congratulations to the following students who have had their artwork selected as part of the Primary Angelico Art Exhibition.

4B	Eliza Owen & Amber Vujcich
5B	Gracie, Byrne, Matthew Mignacca & Lily van Pelt
5G	Oscar Croudace, Poppy Finucane, Elizabeth Levey, Aria MacMillan, Nicholas Skerratt & Cate Thomasz

The Exhibition will take place at the Forrest Centre, 221 St Georges Terrace, Perth, from 5 August – 16 August. It is open from 9am-5pm weekdays only.

Due to the restricted business hours, you are also invited to attend an exhibition viewing evening on Friday 9 August from 5pm-8pm. Paid parking is available at the Forrest Centre car park.

Fiona Blaauw

Primary Visual Arts Specialist

St Ignatius

On Wednesday 31 July we celebrated the Feast of St Ignatius. The Year 4s wrote some lovely personal reflections.

We pray for all the wonderful things you have given to us. I find God when I pray in the chapel and look at living things, plants and animals. Lord God, forgive our sins and help us to turn closer to God. St Ignatius - Pray For Us . Liam Burns 4G

My Lord, you are so good in every way. You teach us to love one another. You make things possible for us. You give us friends that we can talk to. You give us an environment to enlighten our spirit. You gave us a body to explore your world. You gave us Saint Ignatius to try to be more like. Thank you, God. Clare Stout 4G

Dear God, thank you for St Ignatius of Loyola. I reflect when I pray, in the sunshine and when I close my eyes to think of you. Scarlett Polini 4G

Counsellor's Corner

Parenting Ideas experts Michael Grose and Jodi Richardson have recently launched their book “Anxious Kids; How children can turn their anxiety into resilience”. As part of the book launch, they are touring Australia on a seminar tour. Christchurch Grammar are hosting the seminar in Perth on 27 August; 7pm – 9pm. Tickets are $39.95, details below:

Parenting*ideas link

Kind regards

Anne Murphy

Primary School Counsellor

Email: anne.murphy@cewa.edu.au

Rowing Fundraiser

Please click on the trybooking link to place your order for the Rowing Club Fundraiser.

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