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Volume 22 4 August NOTRE DAME NEWS FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING FROM THE PRINCIPAL ` In a %me long past a man was riding his horse along a path when he came across an elderly man si5ng under a tree. He stopped to have a conversa%on with the old man and during the course of this he no%ced that the man was holding a number of stones very close to him. He asked the old man about the stones and the old man told him that they were magical stones. Most people would dismiss this as the ran%ngs of a deranged person, but the traveller, being a person of great empathy, decided to ask the old man just what the magic was. The old man told him that he could see that the traveller was a person of integrity and that he wanted him to put the stones in his saddle bag. If he did so his reward would be great. So the traveller humoured the old man and, whilst the weight of the stones in his saddle bags would slow up his journey considerably, he loaded them onto his horse and con%nued on his journey. Because of the extra weight he had to travel late into the night to reach his des%na%on, but he didn’t mind because he knew that he had made the old man happy. As he removed the saddle bags, with the inten%on of throwing away the stones, one fell out. He couldn’t believe his eyes as it had turned into a diamond. Upon checking he found that all of the stones had turned into diamonds. The old man certainly was true to his word, the traveller’s reward had come. That night the traveller found it very difficult to sleep, thinking about all that had happened. The following morning he woke very early, loaded the diamonds and rushed, as quickly as his poor horse would allow, back to find the old man. He found him si5ng under the same tree and, removing the saddle bags, returned the diamonds to the old man. The old man asked “Why are you returning my stones, are they not the reward that you were looking for?” the traveller replied, “They are truly a great treasure, but the treasure I seek is to find the wisdom that allows you to give them away so freely”
Transcript of NOTRE DAME NEWS · 2020. 1. 28. · 360 Daly St, Cloverdale Perth WA ... a deranged person, but the...
Volume 22 4 August
NOTREDAMENEWSFOUNDATIONSFORLIFE-LONGLEARNING
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Notre Dame Catholic
Primary School 360 Daly St, Cloverdale Perth WA
6105 Ph: 08 6272 7100Fax: 08 9277 2234
Core Value JUSTICE
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fairly, recognising and celebrating diversity and
engaging in action for social
Thought for th
e week
“A person who thinks
about building walls,
wherever they may be, and
not building bridges, is not
Christian. This is not in
the Gospel.”
Pope Francis
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Ina%me longpastamanwasridinghishorsealongapathwhenhecameacrossanelderlymansi5ngunderatree.Hestoppedtohaveaconversa%onwiththeoldmanandduringthecourseofthisheno%cedthat themanwas holding a number of stones very close to him. Heaskedtheoldmanaboutthestonesandtheoldmantoldhimthattheyweremagicalstones.Mostpeoplewoulddismissthisastheran%ngsofaderangedperson,butthetraveller,beingapersonofgreatempathy,decidedtoasktheoldmanjustwhatthemagicwas.Theoldmantoldhimthathecouldseethatthetravellerwasapersonof integrityandthathewantedhimtoputthestonesinhissaddlebag.Ifhedidsohisrewardwould be great. So the traveller humoured the oldman and,whilst theweight of the stones in his saddle bagswould slow up hisjourneyconsiderably,heloadedthemontohishorseandcon%nuedonhis journey.Becauseoftheextraweighthehadtotravel lateintothenighttoreachhisdes%na%on,buthedidn’tmindbecauseheknewthathehadmadetheoldmanhappy.Asheremovedthesaddlebags,withthe inten%on of throwing away the stones, one fell out. He couldn’tbelieve his eyes as it had turned into a diamond. Upon checking hefound that all of the stones had turned into diamonds. The oldmancertainlywastruetohisword,thetraveller’srewardhadcome.
Thatnight the traveller found itverydifficult tosleep, thinkingaboutallthathadhappened.
The followingmorning hewoke very early, loaded the diamonds andrushed,asquicklyashispoorhorsewouldallow,back tofind theoldman. He found him si5ng under the same tree and, removing thesaddlebags,returnedthediamondstotheoldman.Theoldmanasked“Whyare you returningmy stones, are theynot the reward that youwere looking for?” the traveller replied, “They are truly a greattreasure,butthetreasureIseekistofindthewisdomthatallowsyoutogivethemawaysofreely”
WEEKLY EVENTS
WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST
TUESDAY 9 AUGUST
MONDAY 8 AUGUST
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST
AssemblyYr5MEDU-DANCE
ITEvening5.00pm-6.30pm
SUNDAY 14 AUGUST
EDU-DANCE
Bishops’ReligiousLiteracy
Yr3LiturgicalChoralPerformingArtsFesOval
StBenedict’sChurch,Applecross11.30am-12.30
FRIDAY 12 AUGUST
MERITEDU-DANCE
SATURDAY 13 AUGUST
Confirmation Commitment Mass 6.00pm
Confirmation Commitment Mass 10.00am
DearParents&StaffDuringtheweekjustpast(25July–31July)andinthetwoweeksaheadwehave,andwillwitnesstwosignificantworldevents.TheeventjustpastistheCatholicWorldYouthDayinKrakow,Polandwhichsawover2millionCatholic pilgrims gather to celebrate their Faith and experience thepresenceofChristintheirlives.DuringoneofhisaddressesPopeFrancisencouragedyoungpeopleto“buildbridges,notwalls”,tobe“courageousandfree”,andtonotconfuse“happinesswithconsumpOon”.
The event, which officially commences early on Saturday morning PerthOme, is theXXXImodernSummerOlympicGames inRiode Janeirowithover11000athletescompeOngin42sports.
Whilstdifferentinsomeways,Iseeagreatsimilaritybetweentheseeventsastheybothbringahugenumberofpeopletogetherwiththepurposeofmakingourworldabeeerplace.Adefinite synergyexistsbetweenPopeFrancis’challengetotheyouthandtheidealsoftheOlympicGames.
PopeFrancis Olympicideals“buildbridges,notwalls” TheOlympicsisacoming
togetherofpeoplefromallnaOonsinpeaceandharmony.
….be“courageousandfree” AthletesneedtobecourageousiftheyaretoreachtheirpotenOalandfreetolookbeyondwheretheyaretowhattheymaybecome.
….notconfuse“happinesswithconsumpOon” WinninggoldisconsideredtheulOmate,butthemedalitselfisn’tevenmadeofgold.ItisthejoyofcompeOngandbeingthebestthattheycanbethatmoOvatestheathlete.Rarelydoweseeanathletesellingtheirmedalforthefinancialreturnthatthismaybring.
Let’shopethat,parOcularlyoverthenexttwoweeks,weexperiencealevelofpeaceinourworldconsistentwithboththemessageofPopeFrancisandtheOlympicideals.
PRCThankyoutothemembersofthePRCwhoprovidedourgreatsausagesizzleanddrinklunchforourOlympicdressupday.
WELCOMEFRQUYNHThe Year Two childrenwere very excited to have our new Parish Priest Fr Quynh lead their classLiturgyyesterday.HethenjoinedwiththestaffajertheLiturgyformorningtea.WelookforwardtoseeingFrQuynhinourschoolojen.
ABUSYDAYFORYEARTHREE!NextTuesday9AugustthechildreninYear3willcompletetheBishops’ReligiousLiteracyAssessmentandthenparOcipateinthePerformingArtsFesOvalatStBenedict’sChurchinApplecrossat11.30am.Wewishthemallthebestforbothoftheseendeavours.
INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYEVENINGNextWednesdayevening (5.00pmto6.30pm) the staffwillopen their classes forparents to learnaboutthewonderfulthingsthattheirchildrenhavebeendoingwithtechnologyatschool.IhopeallparentscanfindsomeOmetodropinandbeamazed!
Darryl WinsorPrincipal
CLASS NEWS
Year4This term, things have been a bit fishy in Year 4. We have learnt about sharing our gifts with others by reading an old favourite, The Rainbow Fish. In the story the rainbow fish is selfish. He keeps his sparkling scales to himself and does not share with others. As a result, he had no friends. In the end he decides to share his scales with the other fish. He makes friends with them and has a much happier life. In Year 4 we make sure we are always kind, caring and share with our friends so that we can all be happy and enjoy our time at Notre Dame Primary School.
We have been focusing on our learning gifts in religion and have discovered that memory, curiosity, thought and imagination help us to learn. This leads us to wonder at the God who created learning gifts and to celebrate what has been revealed about God: that God is the Revealer of Truths. In art we made some of our very own rainbow fish which we think look pretty amazing.
In geography we have commenced our topic on Vietnam. We are very excited about all the different activities we will complete to investigate and learn about this very fascinating country. At the moment we are working on producing a map that identifies Vietnam and the surrounding countries. We are also researching and presenting statistical facts and information. Did you know that 8% of the Vietnamese population are Christian and that in 2015 the population of Ho Chi Minh City (the capital of Vietnam) was 8.224 million…..now that’s a lot of people in one place! We are eager to learn as much as we can and are embracing the use of technology to explore this topic.
Miss Sagrera, Mrs Pethick & Mr Webb
SPORTS NEWS
INTERSCHOOLCROSSCOUNTRYCARNIVAL-TOMATOLAKELast Friday, selected students from years 4-6 parOcipated in the annual interschool cross countrycarnival held at Tomato Lake. The students came into the day excitedwith the new challenge thatawaitedthem.Studentshadbeenworkinghardattrainingthroughoutterm2andputinsomegreateffortstobepreparedforthecarnival.Thereweresomeexcellentindividualresultsfromtheday.SofiaAddyprovedthatasoreanklewasnoproblemforher,placingsecondintheyear5girlscategory.Wealso had some other notable efforts placing in the top 10with BenWhelpdale (Year 5 boys), AlicePlumbley,AmandaGabriel(Year6girls),KadeMcKeown&SamuelDeane(Year6boys).Iwouldliketocongratulateallthestudentsontheireffortsandfortheirdisplayofgreatsportsmanshipthroughout.UnfortunatelyNotreDamewasn’tabletogetthetop3placewewerehopingforbutallthestudentsshouldbeproudoftheirefforts.Belowaretheresultsfortheday.
1st -SacredHeart371 2nd -StMunchin's341 3rd -StJoseph's333 4th -StEmilie's302 5th -NotreDame270 6th -Xavier181
ManythankstoKaOeLinwhohelpedoutwithsupervisionjobsontheday,aswellasalltheparentswhocamedowntosupporttheirchildrenandtheschool
2016AthleOcsClubNotes were sent home earlier this week regarding our AthleOcs club program that will be runningThursdaymornings in leaduptotheschoolcarnivals.Thiswillhelpstudentsbeeerprepareforbothindividualandteamevents. IfyourchilddidnotreceiveanotepleaseseeadministraOonto jointheprogram.Sessionswillrunfrom7.10am-8.00ameveryThursdaymorningunOlweek8.Pleasecontactmeifyouhaveanyqueriesabouttheprogram.
BreeWebbPhysicalEducaOonTeacher
Book Week will be held during Week 6 of this Term and there will be a Parade
on Friday 26th August.
Let your imagination run wild and participate in the parade dressed as
your favourite book character.
The theme for the 71st year of the Children’s Book Council Awards is
Australia! Story Country.
A Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the School Library to coincide with Book Week.
Watch this space in future newsletters for more information about these events.
BOOK WEEK
CANTEEN NEWS
Nextweek’sroster Monday8August: 6Mclassroster Wednesday10August: KimNguyen9-12 Friday12August: LizDwyer;DorinaHorOn9.30-1.30 DaniLawrie8.30-9.30;AmandaMillington8.30-10 MichelleDouglasand1Pclassroster
IfyouareavailabletohelpinthecanteenonthefollowingdateswhichhavenotbeenrosteredMonday 15 August; Friday 19 August;Monday 22 August;Wednesday 24 August; Friday 26 August;Monday29August;Wednesday31August; Friday2 September;Monday5 September;Wednesday7September;Monday12September;Friday16September;Monday19September.Even1/2hourmakesahugedifference.
Hopetoseeyouatthecanteensoon.
KayleenMcLeanCanteencoordinator
Congratulations to Yash, Sam L., Kimi and Dhruv
for being chosen to compete against other schools in the OzSchools Chess Challenge
during September.
Mrs Pirie eagerly awaits confirmation of who the boys will challenge.
We wish them every success!
OZSCHOOLS CHESS CHALLENGE NEWS
FAMILY PHOTOS
Parents, just a reminder that if you have not collected your family photos, please call at the front office and we will be delighted to hand them to you.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
Book Club is back! Book Club pamphlets have been distributed this week.
Please note that no orders will be taken after this time.
Order online using your credit card and following these simple steps.
9am Friday 5th August 2016
EmmaNofalScholasOcBookClubCoordinator
SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS
CLOSE TOMORROW 5 AUGUST
Late order will not be accepted.
COMMUNITY NEWS
ARCHDIOCESEOFPERTH
TheArchdioceseofPerthinvitesyoutothe“DiscoveringRestora8veJus8ceTogetherWorkshop”FREEcourseoverfourdaysonceamonthbeginningFriday26August,30September,21Octoberand4Novemberfrom9.00amto12.30pmwhichincludesmorningteaandlunch.ThesessionswillbeheldattheCatholicPastoralCentre(40aMaryStreet,Highgate).
ThisisaniniOaOveoftheArchdioceseofPerthinthisYearofMercy.JusOceandMercyaresointerconnected.
EachsessionisconnectedanditisimportantforparOcipantstocommittoallfoursessions.Numbersarelimitedto20toallowparOcipantsthespacetointeract.PleaseregisteryourinterestwithClaireChewassoonaspossiblethematerialcanbeforwardedtotheparOcipants.
Thecoursecontents: . ExperiencingRestoraOveJusOce . WhatisRestoraOveJusOce? . ImplicaOonsofRestoraOveJusOceforFaithCommuniOes, . ArOculaOngtheParadigmShijoftheculturechange.Howcanwemake RestoraOveJusOcecomealiveinourrelaOonships?
ContactClaireChew([email protected].
City of Belmont Avon Descent Family Fun Day
When: Sunday 7 August 2016
Time: 11.30am-3.30pm
Where: Garvey Park, Fauntleroy Avenue, Ascot
PRC NEWS
FOOTYTIPPINGAreminderthatthefootyOppingmoneyisnowoverdue.PleaseleaveitatthefrontofficeforcollecOon.
ENTERTAINMENTBOOKSOrderformsforentertainmentbooksaresOllavailableatthefrontoffice.Yoursupportisgreatlyappreciated.
Thanks
TODAY’SCHILDFAMILYDAYCARE“Today’sChildFamilyDayCareprovidesahighqualityhomebasedcareinarespecuul,safeandnurturingenvironmentforchildren0–12yearsold.LocatedinRedcliffeWA.
IprovideintenOonalteachingmomentsandensuretherearechoicesavailablebasedonthechildren’sideas,interests,strength,abiliOesandskills.IrecognisethatchildrenlearnthroughplayandprovideenvironmentsthatinviteopenendedinteracOonsandplaywhileencouragingspontaneity,risktaking,exploraOon,discovery,wonder,self-idenOtyandindependence.PlayopportuniOesareprovidedforchildrentolearn,discover,create,improviseandimagine.Today’sChildFamilyDayCareisregisteredwithEasternRegionFamilyDayCareServiceswithanEXCEEDINGNaOonalQualityStandardRaOngVACANCIESareavailable,callNikkinowon0412832735”
Thursday, 8 September 2016
Crown Perth - Grand Ballroom
Morning session: 9:15am - 1:30pm
New evening session: 4:30pm - 7:30pm
The Abilities Expo is for people with disability, their families and carers who want to know
more about the services they can access and the organisations that provide those services.
In partnership with...
For further information, contact Paul Jones on 9378 2722 or email: abilities.expo@education.wa.edu.auwww.abilities-expo.blogspot.com.au
Department of Education
Exhibitors – Grand BallroomOver 60 organisations from across the disability sector are taking part in the expo.
Representatives look forward to meeting you to hear about your situation and your needs.
Interactive Industry Demonstrations – Grand Ballroom Students are invited to engage with Schools/Trade Training Centres and Institutions to gain
hands on practical experience across, leisure, art, volunteering, bike rescue, hospitality,
and building and construction to name a few.
Morning Session
Celebrating Successful Career Stories and Industry Presentations - Botanical 1
Career Story One Transperth and Centrelink Presentations
Career Story Two National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
and WA NDIS
Career Story Three Transperth and Centrelink Presentations
Evening Session
Featuring Life Stories and Industry Presentations – Botanical 1
Life Story One Carers WA
Life Story Two National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
and WA NDIS
Planning for Success
10:00am - 10:40am
10:50am - 11:30am
11:40am - 12:20pm
5:00pm - 5:40pm
6:00pm - 6:40pm
CENSUS DAY - Tuesday 9 August
Enhancing Self Esteem in Adolescents This is a course for teachers and others who work with adolescents
Course Aims:
Adolescence can be a difficult path for many young people as they attempt to find their own
identity in an ever changing and challenging world. Based on recent research, this course updates
participants’ understanding and provides practical and creative ways that teachers and mentors can
seamlessly integrate assistance to adolescents within their day- to- day roles.
The course focuses on practical application - teachers will learn strategies aimed to help adolescents
improve their mental wellbeing and build healthy self-esteem. Although this course aims to
empower and up-skill the individual teacher, a number of simple and effective strategies and tools
could be adopted by whole of school with a view to healthy self esteem culture.
The course covers:
How to assess what’s going on for the adolescent while establishing an alliance with them.
How we can roll with the student’s resistance to engaging with us.
Ways of working with adolescents who are depressed, angry, disengaged or emotional.
Highlights will include:
Understanding what happens in the adolescent and adult brain that makes changing some of our
patterns difficult but not impossible.
Ways that people enter change via the ‘Change Triangle’.
How to identify 10 Unhelpful Thinking Styles that appear in the language of young people and how
to respond supportively.
Gaining a deeper understanding of anger and learn 4 strategies that young people use to mismanage
their anger that can keep them stuck in feelings of low self worth.
Learning fun psychological strategies that help us defuse from the unhelpful ‘stories’ that our minds
create that cause us stress and unhappiness.
Active listening skills and empathic responding. Experience through activities why these often
neglected aspects of communication are vital to connecting with an adolescent.
Time: 9.30am – 4.30pm
Fee: $ 220 - includes a light lunch
Places are limited so please book now on 6164 0200
WEST LEEDERVILLE 22 Southport Street , corner of Cambridge Street
Tuesday 23 August 2016
