9 August 2017 Newsletter No 12

Dear Parents and Guardians We had a beautiful celebration this morning for the

Feast of St Mary MacKillop. Our students prepared carefully for their Readings and helped to create a very joyful and reverent Eucharistic celebration for this special Feast Day. St Mary MacKillop is Australia’s first saint and she was canonised on 17th October 2010 by Pope

Benedict XVI. Her way of living and responding to the Gospel message of love – “Never see a need without trying to do something about it.” – provides a tangible model for us as we also try to live each day and “Make Jesus Real” in our lives too.

Feast of St Mary MacKillop of the Cross – 8th August Most loving God, we thank you for the example of St Mary

MacKillop, who in her living of the Gospel, witnessed to the dignity of

each person. She faced life’s challenges with faith and courage.

Inspired by her example, may we be led by Your Spirit, to reach out to our brothers and sisters.

Give us generous hearts to respond to the cries of those who are poor in our community and in our world.

We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our year six students, in particular, are striving to demonstrate the values of compassion, justice and love through the Christian Service projects they have been working on as part of their preparation to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation; we encourage them to try to take and accept some personal responsibility for making a difference in our world. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be conferred by Bishop Sproxton at St Jude’s Church on Sunday 13th August at 9 am. I hope you can join us for this very special and important school and parish celebration for our students. Congratulations to all the students who were finalists in the Poetry Spectacular last Friday! We thoroughly enjoyed their presentations! They were of a very high standard and it made the adjudicator’s work very difficult indeed - a big thank you to our adjudicators, Ms Allen and Mrs Murray! The winner of the junior section was Edna in year 3 and the runner up was

Jathu in year 2; the winner of the senior section was Elijah in year 5 and the runner up was Alena in year 5.

Congratulations everyone!

During these two weeks, our year three and five students have participated in the online Bishop’s Religious Literacy Assessment. The assessment includes multiple choice and short answer questions to demonstrate the children’s knowledge of some of the central principles of our faith. The teaching of our religion and the inclusion of prayers and rituals in our daily life at school is a very important aspect of education in a Catholic school and this formal assessment at these levels indicate the Bishops’ desire to ensure that schools are faithful in their teaching of our faith. Parents are of course the first teachers for their children and it is your continued modelling and guidance which demonstrates the importance of learning about our faith and living it in our daily lives. The results of the assessments are shared with the school and parents later in the year.

The One Big Voice Festival takes place on Friday 18th August at the Perth Arena! The choir will travel from school by bus to the Thornlie train station, into Perth and then walk to the Arena. They will participate in rehearsals in the afternoon and the One Big Voice Concert will begin at 6.00 pm. I hope you have your tickets (available through Ticketek)! Thank you to Mrs Murray for the many hours she has put into their preparation – this is a wonderful opportunity for our choir and for our school!

Book Week is coming up soon. We will be celebrating on Wednesday 23rd August with our Book Character Dress Up Parade!

Today I attended the Annual Catholic Education Staff Breakfast which each year honours and acknowledges the outstanding and committed work of all who work in Catholic Education. Today Mrs Janet Cattrall, together with other educators, was acknowledged for Thirty Years in Catholic Education – congratulations Mrs Cattrall .

God bless Lyn Stone, Principal

ST JUDE’S

CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

WE CENTRE OUR LEARNING IN CHRIST AS WE STRIVE TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE

STEM SCIENCE—READ MORE…. Pg 3 & 4 STEM MATHS READ MORE…. Refer Feature

Tel: 6350 2500 Fax : 9356 5486 Email: admin@stjudes.wa.edu.au Website: www.stjudes.wa.edu.au

St Jude’s Parish Mass Times

Sunday Masses: (Vigil) Saturdays: 6.30pm Sunday: 7.30am 9.00am and 5.30pm

Weekday Masses: Mon to Fri: 9.00am followed by Recitation of the Rosary

Altar Servers: Sat 6.30pm: Leander & Amanda D’Cruz

Sun 9.00am: Kyla Almeida & Goretty Otim Sun 5.30pm: Noah & Elijah Moonemalle

CALENDAR

WEEK 4 Wed, 9 Aug Confirmation Rehearsal 6.30pm Thurs, 10 Aug Playgroup Tables Challenge Fri, 11 Aug FOSJ Movie Night Sun, 13 Aug Confirmation 9am WEEK 5 Mon, 14 Aug PUPIL FREE DAY Tues, 15 Aug Feast of the Assumption Edu dance Board Meeting 6.30pm Wed, 16 Aug Yrs. 1&2 Bunnings Visit Yr.3 BRLA Assessment Thurs, 17 Aug Playgroup Science Day Fri, 18 Aug Yr.2 Assembly 9am One Big Voice Festival WEEK 6 Mon, 21 Aug After School Sports Tue, 22 Aug Edu dance Wed, 23 Aug Dress up Book Week Parade Thurs, 24 Aug Playgroup Fri, 25 Aug Yr.5 Mass 9am

WEEK 7 Mon, 28 Aug After School Sports Tues, 29 Aug Edu dance Thurs, 31 Aug Playgroup Book Week Performance 9am Fri, 1 Sept School Athletics Sun, 3 Sept Father’s Day WEEK8 Mon, 4 Sep Worm Farm Incursion Yrs. 4,5 & 6 After School Sports Tues, 5 Sep Edu dance Thurs, 7 Sep Playgroup Fri, 8 Sep Assembly Yr.1 9am WEEK 9 Mon, 11 Sep After School Sports Tues, 12 Sep FOSJ Meeting 9am Edu dance Concert 2pm FOSJ Sausage Sizzle Open Night 3pm-5pm Thurs, 14 Sep Playgroup Fri, 15 Sep Interschool Athletics WEEK 10 Mon, 18 Sep After School Sports Tues, 19 Sep Board Meeting 6.30pm

Friends of St Jude Group

Movie Afternoon is this Friday 3.15-5pm!

All permission slips are now due back to the office. Entry is free with yummy snacks available for sale inside. We are really looking forward to seeing you all there!!

2017 FOSJ Committee

THREE YEAR OLD KINDY 2017

We are taking enrolments for children who have reached three years of age, or are reaching three years of age in 2017. We offer the option of one half-day session 9.00am-11.30am or two sessions 9.00am to 2.30pm on Wednesdays. For further information, please contact the office on (08) 6350 2500.

Playgroup at St Jude’s School Hall Every Thursdays from 9.00 – 11.00 am (Term time only) in the School Hall . A gold coin donation each time you attend. Why not join them this week!

SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB

Sincere apologies due to unforeseen circumstances book club will be delayed by one week.

Thank you for your patience. Mrs Carey O’Brien, Book Club Co-ordinator

SCIENCE WEEK—COLOURING COMPETITION

Remember to get your colouring in competition in by Friday 11th August so that they can be judged and displayed for Science Week.

Each Class will be participating in Science Week activities during the week to promote our theme of FUTURE EARTH. All classes will participate in Science day activities on Thursday (Year 6’s will be during their STEM time on Wednesday). We require CARDBOARD ROLLS (eg: glad wrap roll) for some of our activities so please bring them to school if you have them.

There will also be a Science Quiz competition for the Junior and Senior students given to students on Tuesday for students to complete either at home or at school.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS!

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) FEATURE

SCIENCE NEWS

The Science Week theme this year is ‘Future Earth’. Students are exploring different topics in STEM.

Year 5 and 6 are learning about the United Nations Sustainability Goals and how everyone needs to help to achieve these goals. There are 17 goals that 193 countries around our world have pledged to help solve by the year 2020.

My goal is number 4 in the UN Sustainability Goals. This goal is about Education for all and how education is not fair all over the world. In other countries, boys are educated but not girls, and in some countries children can’t go to school because they have to work to get food. (Delphine)

We have been learning about the sustainability goals. I am learning about Goal 5 which is Gender Equality. This goal is all about making everything fair for each other, no matter if you are a boy or a girl. In some countries if you do not obey you could be punished. (Mani)

I have been looking at sustainability goal number 11 – Sustainable cities and communities. We are trying to make committees and cities more sustainable and work on lower developed communities and help them become more sustainable. (Tharnish)

I am looking at goal number 5 which is Gender equality. Girls are treated unfairly throughout the world, because of their gender. A reason why girls are treated unequally is that some people think it is ok and believe that they can say mean stuff to girls. In some cultures girls do most of the work and they don’t get to go school. (Gracie)

The goal I am doing is goal number 13 – Life Under Water. Our marine life underwater is very precious and it is being ruined. We have to help keep it clean and safe so that it will be there in the future. (Eileen)

The goal I am doing is number 5 – gender equality. In a lot of places around the world, men are treated much better than women and it is very unfair. People should be doing all they can to help create an equal world, where people’s difference don’t stop them from doing things. (Anna)

The students in Year 3 and 4 are learning about sustainability and what we can do to help those less fortunate than themselves. They have been exploring water conservation, soil conservation, better health for all, better food production and different ways we can use energy to

make our world a better place. They are creating brochures and trioramas to show their learning.

Please save our energy resources for future people. If you save energy, future people will thank us. (Ethan)

If we don’t conserve water the earth will die and the animals will die like the earth. (Jennifer)

Save energy in the home by turning off heaters and coolers when you are not using them. (Edna)

Use less water when you have a shower. Use less water when you are washing your hands at the tap, sink and bathroom. (Joshua W)

We will suffocate with too much carbon dioxide. We are cutting down all of our trees and they help us to have clean air. (Fred)

You need water to survive. We need to look after our water by not polluting our earth and using less of the water we have (Jasmin)

Saving water in the ocean, we can stop using plastic bags and throwing them away. We can stop putting plastic bottles in the ocean. We should save plastic and make new things out of them. (Mary-Jane)

In some places in our world, Health is a problem. People are getting sick from diseases and scientists don’t know how to help them. Some people have poor health because they don’t have good food and clean water. (Mishel and Destiny)

The Year 2’s have been learning how they can help our planet in simple ways. Here are some of their thoughts.

I can help the world by taking quicker showers. (Miley)

I can help the world by making our world clean. (Risharb)

I can help the world by having a little bath. (Keshori)

I can help the world by throwing rubbish away

(Blayze)

I can help the world by taking little showers. (Jathu)

Telephone: 6350 2500 Email: admin@stjudes.wa.edu.au Website: www.stjudes.wa.edu.au

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) FEATURE

SCIENCE NEWS