Around The Primary
Dear Parents
Welcome back to Term 3!
It has been a delight to see the students and hear their happy voices filling the classrooms and playground once again. We have had a great start to the term, with our usual action-packed pace. Staff have been busy preparing the learning program for term 3. We started the new term with our annual Staff Conference and the staff are looking forward to another wonderful term of teaching and learning.
I hope the school holidays have given your children time to rest, relax and have some fun but now is the time to support them to get back into the swing of a good school routine. Some important reminders:
- Please make sure your children are eating breakfast, sleeping well and have healthy food choices in their lunch boxes.
- It is important that students arrive on time to each day. Classrooms will open at 8.35am for children to get organised for the day ahead.
- It is also essential that children are wearing the correct school uniform and have a neat and tidy hairstyle.
Later in the term we will get to view the Year 4 production, ‘Dogs! The Musical’. Under the expert direction of Mrs Cattapan and Mrs Haydon, the Year 4’s are busy rehearsing their lines, learning songs and practising dance routines. Further details to follow.
Over the next few weeks many students will be also be participating in the Catholic Schools Performing Arts Festival. The festival incorporates students from Catholic schools around the state. Many students will represent the school in the Choral (School Choir) and in the Liturgical sections of the festival. It is a time of great excitement for our budding musicians as they will share their hard work and talent, through voice or upon dedicated instruments, with the wider community.
In addition to this we have a number of sporting events this term. The students have been training hard for our Years 3-6 Interhouse Cross Country Carnival scheduled for Tuesday 30 July. The Carnival begins at 12.10pm and we hope many parents and grandparents can come along and cheer on our enthusiastic runners.
Year 3G are preparing our first Assembly for the term. Everyone is welcome to join us on Friday 2 August at 9am in Roncalli Hall.
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
At the end of last term, Semester One reports for Pre-Primary to Year 6 students were made available through the College’s online communication platform SEQTA. Hopefully all parents have had the opportunity to discuss the reports with their children and affirmed them for their efforts, as well as, looked for areas of development and improvement over the next six months. It is important that teachers and parents work together to ensure the best outcomes for the students at our school. As we begin a new semester, let’s all continue to encourage the children to work hard and apply themselves to achieve their personal best.
Kind regards,
Antoinette De Pinto
Head of Primary
Dates to Remember
| Monday 29 July | Y3 Reconciliation Retreat |
| Tuesday 30 July | Y3-Y6 Interhouse Cross Country Carnival |
| Wednesday 31 July | Y5 & Y6 Growth and Development Talk |
| Friday 2 August | Primary Assembly hosted by 3G, Roncalli Hall 9am |
Father's Day Mass, Friday 30 August 7.30am
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Sports News
Y3-Y6 Interhouse Cross Country
This event will be held on Tuesday 30 July. All students must wear their house, and school sports shorts. Please bring a water bottle and warm clothes.
Parents are very welcome to come and cheer on their children.
The interschool team will be selected from the long course races.
Time | Running group | Long Course | Short Course |
12:10 | Year 3 girls | 1500m | 800m |
12:30 | Year 3 boys | 1500m | 800m |
1:30 | Year 4 girls | 1500m | 800m |
1:45 | Year 4 boys | 1500m | 800m |
2:00 | Year 5 girls | 2500m | 1500m |
2:15 | Year 5 boys | 2500m | 1500m |
2:30 | Year 6 girls | 2500m | 1500m |
2:45 | Year 6 boys | 2500m | 1500m |
3:00 | Presentation |
Athletics Training
Afterschool athletics training will commence on Thursday 1 August and will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. These will be open sessions for all Y3-Y6 students. Each session will focus one track event and one field with an emphasis on technique. The particular field events chosen will depend on the weather.
Dates to Remember
Year 3 – 6 Interhouse Athletics Carnival, Thursday 12 September
Year 3 – 6 Interschool Athletics Carnival, Thursday 19 September
Steve Williams
Primary Sport Coordinator
Footsteps
This term the students will be participating in dance sessions, run by Footsteps Dance.
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.
Sacramental Certificates
As many children have now received the Sacraments of First Reconciliation, First Holy Communion and Confirmation, please email copies of their certificates to nancy.petsos@cewa.edu.au for our College records.
Counsellor's Corner
Welcome back everyone to Term 3. I hope everyone had an enjoyable break from the school routine and your children are happy to be back at school.
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. I have included the details below for anyone interested.
If you have any concerns about your child please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Kind regards
Anne Murphy
Primary School Counsellor
Email: anne.murphy@cewa.edu.au