SCHOOL NEWS
Learning
Understanding your child's Report
The following attachment has been included with your child's report this Semester.
Year Six News
This term our main focus has been preparing the children to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. In class we used the Pentecost story to define the role the Holy Spirit plays in our life which helps us to continue spreading the message of Jesus Christ.
In the English Learning Area, the children have continued to write in a variety of formats such as narratives, letters and innovative texts, in the form of a historical narrative, to name just a few. The students will build upon their previous skills to construct strong persuasive arguments and creative narratives. There is a strong focus on what improves writing and using the editing process to make changes. They will be exposed to a variety of text types, in particular narratives and persuasive texts. The children will focus on reading with improved fluency and expression to enhance and contribute to deeper understanding of what they read.
In the Mathematics Learning Area, we expect the children to continue to use Mathletics to assist with their individualised learning. Mathletics is being used both in class and as a part of homework to help reinforce topics covered in class. We take the opportunity to remind you that Mathletics Live and the links to Rainforest Mathematics assist with the development of children’s mathematical concepts.
Our integrated focus this term has explored citizenship, different cultures within Australian Society and understanding the many impacts and roles migrants had in establishing Australia. We have studied the many events in Australia’s history that have impacted and changed our country to what it is today. Our country is an amazing, vibrant and a multicultural place and it is important that the children understand this and know they are lucky to live in such a place and to share it with many different cultures.
Our technology focus for this semester focused on the children learning how to code. They were provided the opportunity to code using their iPad and also participated in ‘coding unplugged’ which means without the use of technology. Coding is the language of computers and it will play a big part in the future career paths of our children.
We have continued to use the available technology to support and extend the children’s learning on a daily basis. It is great to see the children grow in their understanding and responsibility and use the technical devices to enhance their learning. We spent time discussing digital citizenship and are continuing to encourage children to speak openly to their parents about their technology usage. The Technology Room has been a wonderful environment for the children to be innovative and creative.
This term we ventured to Forest Edge in Waroona for our Year 6 School Camp. This was a great opportunity for the children to consolidate their relationships with each other, take safe risks and put themselves out of their comfort zone when undertaking activities. Camp will provide many opportunities for personal growth and gives the children a better understanding of self as they spend three days participating and socialising in activities far removed from their normal everyday life.
Mathematical Language
One of the most valuable ways that parents can support their child’s mathematical development is to use mathematical language in daily conversations. Some of the situations that parents can verbalise their mathematical thinking include:
Setting the table (multiplication)
Sharing food (division)
Counting as children dress in the morning (ordinal numbers)
Locating items (positional language)
Discussing the days of the week, time on the clock, number of sleeps until a birthday (measurement)
Talking about weight, volume and capacity when cooking or shopping (measurement)
Putting food away from the supermarket (sorting and classifying)
Finding numerals in the environment (number knowledge)
Writing a lunch orders, calculating total costs and counting out amounts (money)
Reading large numbers on road or house signs (place value)
Cooking (fractions)
Describing objects (shape)
Discussing the weather (probability)
Reading public timetables and organising their own timetable (measurement)
Reading picture books with young children that are rich in number (number knowledge)
Seasons for Growth 2017
A program to help children adjust and learn ways of coping with loss and grief or other significant changes in their lives. Further information and participation consent form attached.
Penny Storey - Social Worker
Tuning into Kids - Parent Program
Infant Jesus School will be offering the Tuning in to Kids parent program over six weeks, commencing in Term 3, Week 2. Further information and registration from attached.
Engagement
P&F News
ENTERTAINMENT BOOK FUNDRAISING
Infant Jesus School is raising funds. Here's how you can help...
We are raising as much as we can to support our technology and Innovation Centre, and we need your help! Order your NEW 2017/2018 Entertainment Book or Entertainment Digital Membership now. You'll receive hundreds of valuable offers for everything you love to do, and help our fundraising at the same time!
"The Entertainment Book is such a great way to try new restaurants. It’s also a great opportunity to help community organisations."
A Sample Book and Order Forms are available in the Front Office if you wish to have a look.
Nicola Cecchele - P&F President
INFANT JESUS FAMILY CAMP 2017
Family Camp is a great opportunity to make new friends, experience a bit of the Infant Jesus tradition and this year's theme is "Heroes and Villains".
Venue: Point Peron, Rockingham.
Date: Friday 29 September to Sunday 1 October. (not the long weekend and 2 nights only).
Anticipated cost of $350 per family (this may change after budget confirmation) includes accommodation, all meals, all indoor/outdoor activities and of course lots of fun and laughter.
Places are limited. To secure your place and in fairness to everyone wanting to attend, this will be a first come first serve basis on receipt of non-refundable $50 deposit on or before 19 June 2017.
Please take your slip and the $50 deposit in an envelope with your name to the school office. The date and time will be noted on the slip. We are also asking if anyone has any items (figurines, posters, etc) in relation to the Heroes and Villains theme that you no longer use or need and are willing to donate. We will gladly collect. Please contact Ardrian on 0403439888.
We look forward to seeing you all there, especially NEW families, so start spreading the word! Any queries please don't hesitate to contact
Linda Prestianni 0433 925 857 lindaprestianni@yahoo.com
Ardrian Gonsalves 0403 439 888 ardrian_thurgood@hotmail.com
YEAR 2 MUMS NIGHT OUT
When: Saturday 1 July
Time: 8pm
Place: Minq Bar Burswood Crown
Cost: $40 PP Nibbles/Drinks provided
Contact: Nicole 0400266755 or Maree 0412336965 for payment
RSVP and Payments by 16 June
YEAR 3 BRUNCH CATCHUP
When: Friday 23 June
Time: 10.30am
Place: Our Table, 180a Grand Promenade, Bedford
Please RSVP to Justine or Sherrie for booking numbers
All welcome, see you there!
YEAR 4 MUM'S DINNER
When: Thursday 22 June (TONIGHT!)
Time: 6.30pm
Place: Inglewood Hotel, 803 Beaufort Street, Inglewood.
Come join us for a catch up, something good to eat and a drink or two.
Please RSVP to either Simone simone@epswa.com.au or Tash aarontasha@iinet.net.au to let us know if you will be there.
YEAR 5 PARENT CATCHUP
When: Thursday, 22 June (TONIGHT!)
Time: from 8.45am
Place: Coffee Club, Morley
Hope to see you all there!
Please let one of us know if you can make it, thanks...
Maria, Lisa and Rochelle, Year 5 Parent Reps.
YEAR 6 SAVE THE DATE
Christmas in July
When: Saturday 29 July
Place: Italians Function Rom
Bring along partners along.
A set menu dinner - time to be confirmed
MAD Camp
Just to let you know that this year every attendee will be receiving a $15 refund.
A mother and one daughter will receive $30 refund; and
A mother and two daughters will receive $45 refund.
The money will be available for collection from Thursday morning in the school office. The money will not be able to be collected by your child you must come into the office. Thank you.
Liselle
Canteen Roster
TERM 2
Friday 23 June
Mina Pillera, Marisa Gulluni, Carol Penwald
Monday 26 June
Sandrine Teo, Franca Colli, Belinda Poat
Wednesday 28 June
Sara McMenemy, Alison Wilathgamuwa, Justine Scriva
If you cannot do your Roster please arrange with another Parent to do your Roster as a swap. Please also see the attached Canteen Winter Menu for Term 2 and 3.
Accountability
PARKING - Admin
Please do not pick up or drop off students in the Admin Carpark. This Carpark is for office business and visitors to the school only. It is not a safe area for students to be at anytime, due to the amount of traffic and delivery trucks using the space. Please use the designated pick up and drop off areas.
LOVEGROVE WAY
Please consider others and park correctly along Lovegrove Way to help with the flow of traffic in that area.
VOLUNTEER WORKSHOP AND CODE OF CONDUCT
To assist with school based events, please ensure that both of these have been completed.
1. Complete the Volunteer Workshop
2. Read and Sign the Code of Conduct which is new in 2017.
It is a requirement that not only the Parent Volunteer Workshop has been completed, but the school based Code of Conduct has been signed and returned to the office.
Copies of the Code of Conduct are available from the front office or online.
Discipleship
Feastday of St Aloyisius Gonzaga 21 June
Do your parents have plans for you? As soon as Aloysius was born, his parents began planning for his future. His mother wanted him to be a priest. His father was determined to have his oldest son become a military leader or famous political figure—anything but a priest.
At the age of five, Aloysius was sent to a military camp to get started on his career. His father must have been very pleased to see his son marching at the head of the platoon of soldiers around the campgrounds. His mother and his tutor were extremely displeased; however, when Aloysius came home using the rough, coarse language of the camp. At the age of seven, Aloysius received a special insight from God. While other boys were dreaming about being military heroes or heads of wealthy estates, Aloysius thought of other matters. He decided to become a saint, and he began acting on that decision. He prayed long hours at night and fasted several times a week.
While he was on a visit to Spain with his parents, Aloysius read the lives of saintly Jesuit missionaries, and he decided to become a Jesuit. His father and some other relatives tried hard to change his mind. It was a fierce battle of wills, but after several years, Aloysius won. With his father’s permission, Aloysius gave his large inheritance to his brother and joined the Jesuit order at 17 years of age. The novice director, who was in charge of training Aloysius, told him to cut down on his long hours of prayer and to give up some of his fasting and other penances. Aloysius obeyed willingly. He understood that obedience was better than “doing his own thing.”
When Aloysius was 23, a serious epidemic broke out in Rome. Aloysius volunteered at once to help in the hospital. At that time hospitals were not the clean, orderly places with which we are familiar today. It was very easy to catch an illness. That is what happened; Aloysius became very ill. No medicine could help him. Aloysius was not afraid to die.
Aloysius shows that young people are not too young to become saints. During his life he had focused on doing what God wanted—serving and loving God and his neighbor.
POPE FRANCIS SPEAKS
"I invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an openness to letting him encounter them; I ask all of you to do this unfailingly each day. No one should think that this invitation is not meant for him or her, since "no one is excluded from the joy brought by the Lord". The Lord does not disappoint those who take this risk; whenever we take a step towards Jesus, we come to realise that he is already there, waiting for us with open arms."
(From The Joy of the Gospel (Evangelii Gaudium) by Pope Francis #3)
Parish News
Thinking of becoming a Catholic?
We are running a Monday morning RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) program for adults who would like to receive the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Communion and Confirmation.
If you would like to find out more, please call Billie at Parish office on 9276 8500.
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM REMINDER:
Sacrament of First Eucharist
· Enrolment Masses - Saturday, 22 July at 6:30pm or Sunday, 23 July at 9.30am or at 6.00pm
· Commitment Masses- Saturday, 19 August at 6:30pm, or Sunday, 20 August at 9.30am or at 6.00pm
· Parents Information Night- Monday, 21 August, 7:00pm at the Parish Centre
· Parents and Child Workshop- Monday, 28 August, 7:00pm at the Parish Centre
· Retreat at Schoenstatt Shrine (for Infant Jesus School children only) - Wednesday, 23 August
· First Eucharist Retreat and Practice (for PREP and Infant Jesus School Children)- Friday, 8 September, 9:00am at the Parish Centre
· First Eucharist Masses- Saturday, 9 September at 6.30pm, OR Sunday, 10 September at 9.30am OR at 11.30am
MORLEY YOUTH GROUP
Infant Jesus Parish 24:7 Morley Youth Group
All youth in Years 6-12 are invitedJoin us this Friday night, 6-8pm in the Parish HallFor more info call Roger 0434 988 711 or Elizabeth 0410 554 393
What's shopping got to do with faith?
"Sometimes I almost scream with fright!"
Mary MacKillop 1870
As a shopper, you’ve probably met check-out staff who were quite affable, but not so efficient. Remember your frustration as simple procedures seemed to take ages? You tried to keep calm and remain present. Phew! That was close! Then a satisfying visit to the bank? I don’t think so! Only one teller on duty and a very long queue. It’s only necessity that keeps us going back.
Like Mary MacKillop, we come across things that can make us almost scream, whether from annoyance, frustration or fear. These are our growth times, if we can just identify them.
"God alone knows what is best for us"
Mary MacKillop 1870
Rather than resisting, we can see these occasions as part of our search for God, the Ground of our life. Mary reassures us that God’s presence is always there, amidst the mess and confusion.
"We may walk lovingly in God’s presence
in the midst of the most trying occupations"
Mary MacKillop 1870
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."
(Psalm 46:1)
(Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart e-news)