Around The Primary

Dear Parents

Thank you to the many parents and grandparents that attended today’s Assembly. It was delightful to see the Year 2 students performing so confidently on the stage in Roncalli Hall. Thank you to Miss Nish, Miss Ricciardi, Mrs Haydon and Ms Exten for preparing the students so well. 

Congratulations to all the students who received a certificate for their wonderful efforts. Well done to all the talented musicians and vocalists who received a medal or a trophy for their performance/s in the Music Eisteddfod.

On Thursday, the IPSHA Year 3-6 Interschool Athletics carnival was held at All Saints College. Our Interschool Team performed very well, with plenty of ribbons awarded and many personal bests achieved. Our students displayed excellent sportsmanship and encouraged one another throughout the day. A huge congratulations to all our participants! We are very proud of you. Special thanks to Mr Williams, Mrs Standing, Mrs Purcell and parent volunteers for all your hard work too!

Planning for next year is well underway. The complex process for creating class lists for 2023 has begun. Changing classes each year is a normal part of school life and a significant opportunity to renew and develop relationships across the year level. Your support of our process is greatly appreciated.

We value the contribution Grandparents make not only to the lives of children but also to the life of our school, they are an important part of our community. We look forward to this special event each year and can’t wait to welcome our Grandparents on Thursday 13 October.   Save the date! 

Kind regards

Antoinette De Pinto

Head of Primary

Super Stars

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

Dates to Remember

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 and subscribe to the Primary Calendar.

Dance Showcases

Our Dance Showcases will be held in the Gym are scheduled for:

• All students are required to wear their sports uniform to school on their allocated Dance Showcase days.  They will change into their dance t-shirt and accessories before the Dance Showcase.  They can wear their accessories (ribbons, coloured socks, headbands, hair elastics) to school on the day.
• All students need to bring their dance t-shirt to school on their allocated Dance Showcase day.  Please label the t-shirt.
• ALL Year 4’s will perform a song/dance from their Musical on both Dance Showcase days.

Parents are very welcome to join us for the Dance Showcases.  Please wear your Parent Badge. 

Sports Update

Interhouse Athletics Carnival 

Congratulations to Loyola, the Champion House for 2022.

Well done to Loreto for their fantastic efforts in winning the ‘Spirit’ Award. 

Interschool Athletics Carnival 

A little bit of rain didn’t dampen the spirits of our interschool athletics team.  Our team cheered all day long and represented the College with pride.  We had some fantastic individual efforts in both the track and field events and the depth of our team shone through in the relays.  Well done to all the athletes. 

Girls cricket

On Tuesday there is an amazing opportunity for girls to get involved in some cricket at the WACA!  Please see the attached flyer for further information. 

Afterschool sport

Soccer - Coach Adi and his team at J&J are back on Tuesday afternoons for Year 1 to 6 students.  Taking place on the Junior Primary oval from 3:30pm to 4:30pm, starting Tuesday 18 October.  Please contact Adi to register juricadi@hotmail.com

Tennis - Nick Kirkbride is back with Monday morning tennis for Pre-Primary to Year 6 students from  7:45am to 8:30am on the College tennis courts.  Please see attached flyer for further information. 

Basketball - Redhage Basketball continues on Thursday afternoons, 3:20pm to 4:20pm in the College Gym.  Register here www.redhagebasketball.com/schools-program

If you have any queries about anything sport related, please contact me via email steve.williams@cewa.edu.au 

Mr Steve Williams

Primary Sport Coordinator

Primary Music

Choir Rehearsals

Please see below for rehearsal times next week.  

Australian Girls Choir

Representatives from the Australian Girls Choir will be visiting the College next Wednesday, 21 September during lunchtime to facilitate an assessment workshop. This assessment enables the representatives to determine the choir that each girl may join if they choose to. 

Permission slips have been sent home with all girls from Pre-Primary to Year 6. If your daughter is interested in taking part in this assessment, please email me by 5pm Sunday 18 September as the names of students involved must be confirmed by this time.

Grandparents’ Day

Wanju Voices, Primary Singers, Year 5 Band, Mini Minors and String Orchestra will be performing at Grandparents’ Day on Thursday 13 October. Further information will be communicated closer to the date.

Pre-Primary Music

The Pre-Primary students have been learning about high and low sounds, and the correlation between the size of an instrument and the sounds it produces. As part of their learning, the students sang with Goldilocks and The Three Bears, and learnt about the instruments (double bass, cello, viola and violin) that each character ‘plays’ in the music story. The students enjoyed measuring themselves alongside the cello and the double bass!

If you have any queries regarding Primary Music, please contact me via email: catherine.haydon@cewa.edu.au

Mrs Catherine Haydon

Primary Music Teacher