ST LUKE’S NEWSLETTER

ST LUKE’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL - 17 DUFFY TCE WOODVALE 6026

Phone: 9309 2949 Email: admin@stlukeswoodvale.wa.edu.au

Website: www.stlukeswoodvale.wa.edu.au

https://stlukeswoodvale.coneqt-p.cathednet.wa.edu.au/ 14th March 2018

VISION STATEMENT St Luke’s is a Catholic community dedicated to learning. Here you will find an optimistic, vibrant and inclusive school.

We value the gifts and contributions of students, staff and parents. All people here are treated with respect.

Each member of the St Luke’s school community has an important part in bringing our vision to reality.

We live by values drawn from the writings of St Luke and through them we are an expression in the world

of God’s redeeming love. In our time here we remain attentive to the sacredness of the present moment.

Issue No 6.

14th March 2018 Table of Contents Principal’s Message Assistant Principal’s Message Merit Award Winners Birthday Greetings Parish News Pie Day Volunteers Needed Interschool Swimming Carnival News Social Worker News Uniform shop News Parish Flyer Community News

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

St Patrick’s Day (17th March) On Friday the

16th of March, we will celebrate St Patrick’s

Feast Day! To help us celebrate, children are

allowed to wear a green shirt, hat and even

colour or wear green in their hair. This is

optional and we look forward to celebrating with you. As Catholics in

Western Australia we celebrate the spirit of Irish Catholicism, because the

Church in Western Australia was founded by priests, brothers and nuns who

came from Ireland to our shores over 170 years ago.

Who was Saint Patrick? Saint Patr ick was born a long time ago, about 385

AD in the United Kingdom. When he was 16 years old, he was kidnapped by a

group of bad Irish raiders and forced to become a slave in Ireland. After six

years being a shepherd, he finally escaped to France and became a priest, then

later a bishop. When he was about 60 years old, Saint Patrick returned to

Ireland to spread the Christian word. He used the shamrock, which resembles a

three-leafed clover, as a symbol to explain the concept of God (Father, Son and

Holy Spirit). Saint Patrick was important, because it’s said he brought

Christianity to the Irish people. …...continued

Dates to Remember Wed 21 Mar Harmony Day Board Meeting 6.00pm P&F Meeting 7.15pm Thurs 22 Mar Interschool Swimming Carnival Fri 30 Mar Good Friday Public Holiday Mon 2 Apr Easter Mon Public Holiday Tue 3 Apr Easter Tue Public Holiday

St Luke’s School acknowledges the Whadjuk people as the traditional custodians of the land upon which our school is situated.

As we journey through this season of Lent we might consider the message

that Jesus gave and demonstrated to us which was ‘to consider others before

Himself ’. The following prayer gives us a focus for doing this. Prayer for the Week

May the raindrops fall lightly on your brow and may the soft winds freshen your spirit.

May the sunshine brighten your heart and may the burdens of the day rest lightly upon you.

And may God enfold you in the mantle of His love. Amen.

(An Irish blessing)

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What is Saint Patrick’s Day? Saint Patr ick’s Day is a big par ty for everything to do with the country,

Ireland - it’s people, art, religion and all the things Irish people like to do. Saint Patrick’s Day happens every

year on March 17, which marks the date when Saint Patrick died.

It’s Wednesday of Week 7 and the countdown to the Easter break is now in earnest. Given we are well over

half way through this first term, it’s at this point that one realises the true breadth of the educational experience

available to children these days. Our curriculum is bursting at the seams with educational opportunities

happening in the physical, emotional, social and spiritual domains, not just the narrower cognitive domain of

previous generations. We provide our children with Foundations for Life-Long Leaning – a gift just as

important as the three ‘R’s.

Schools are busy places, but more often than not, what happens outside of school hours influences the education

of a child as much, if not more than what’s happening inside the gates. What then, can you as parents do, to

assist the school in enabling your child to reap the benefits of such a rich educational experience?

Following are seven ‘habits’ to encourage what may seem small and inconsequential, but will provide children

with the building blocks for positive engagement in class.

1. Commit to your child going to school every day on time. One of the most important things you can do to ensure your child has a bright future is to make sure he or she

goes to school every day – and gets there on time. Kids spend more time asleep than at school, so we need to

maximise every day to get full value.

2. Help kids start each day well. A good night’s sleep, a healthy breakfast and some words of encouragement from you will help set a positive

tone for a day of learning. This may mean that you adjust your morning routine so that kids have plenty of time

get up, eat and get ready for the day.

3. Establish work & study habits. The most successful students are those that develop regular study habits that suit their lifestyle, their study style

and their school’s expectations. Find out the work expectations from your child’s teacher and help them

establish a work routine that matches.

4. Make sure your child gets enough sleep Many children and young people are sleep-deprived, which impacts on their well-being and their learning. A

good night’s sleep consolidates learning, as well as assists future learning. Children need between 10-12 hours

of sleep each day, while teenagers need a minimum of nine hours. Help kids get sufficient sleep by having a

regular bed-time and get-up time each day. Have 45-minute wind down time each night and remove screens,

iPads and mobile phones from bedrooms.

5. Encourage kids to exercise. Kids today get less exercise than those of past generations, which is an impediment to learning and mental

health. Health professionals recommend a minimum of 60 minutes of exercise per day for kids of all ages.

Encourage kids to play sport; promote free and active play and look for ways to make moving part of their daily

lives.

6. Focus on being friendly. Schools are very social places requiring kids to negotiate many different social situations each day. Encourage

kids to be open and tolerant; to be friendly; to be involved in plenty of activities and to be social risk-takers.

7. Develop self-help skills. Successful students are often well-organised, self-directed and self-motivated. You can foster organisational

skills and self-direction by developing simple, age-appropriate self-help skills related to their everyday lives.

Skills such as making lunches, packing school bags, and organising after school schedules can be great lessons

that impact on how kids perform at school.

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE ...continued Making Jesus Real (MJR) - Good Manners

One of our many ‘Rainbow Values’ at St Luke’s is to use Good Manners. The staff are constantly reminding the

students about the use of their ‘Manners’ at school and at home.

Whether we like it or not, people will judge our children on how they handle themselves in the public forum. It’s much

easier to teach good manners while our children are young, than it is to break bad habits when they are older. It is

important that children are taught to use appropriate manners in all situations for example:

Waiting their turn and not interrupting other people when they are speaking.

No name calling. Even if it’s in “fun”, name calling hurts.

Always greeting someone politely.

Saying, “Please” and “Thank you” often. It shows respect and appreciation.

Learning to take turns – putting other people first.

Cleaning up after themselves. It is their mess, so they need to clean it up.

Opening doors for others. When going into buildings, allow elders to go first and open the door for them.

Respecting differences. When people do things differently from your family because of diversity in culture, race, or

religion, then this needs to be respected.

Recognise and appreciate the efforts that people make for them.

Consideration is the most important idea behind all good manners. Almost always, being considerate is being ‘

well-mannered’. Consideration is simply thinking about the way the other person feels. Let us continue to make an

effort to be considerate of others.

Access to Staff via Communication Channels

In this modern age we all have access to social media and email and in this quick information age, we expect replies

straight away. Teachers are dedicated to the task of teaching and do not always access emails when you would like

them to. Also, emails sent late at night will often not be responded to because teachers too have family to care for.

Teaching is not a physical job, it is an emotional and spiritual one, requiring us to have time away from the day at

school for our own positive mental health and well-being. Remember, in a class of 30 there is one teacher and 30

children with parents. If a teacher has many emails to respond to then they are losing time for planning, assessment,

spending quality family time and needing to recharge their emotional levels. I would ask all parents to only email

teachers if the matter if absolutely urgent. We must look after their mental health and well-being too!

Lenten Thought Jesus . . . overturned their tables. He told [them],

Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace! (John 2: 15,16) Acts for each day during this week of Lent Thursday: Try to make everything you say today POSITIVE. Friday: Tell someone special you love them. Saturday: A family project – clean/tidy the garage or yard. Sunday: Let someone special in your life know that you really appreciate all that they do. Monday: Check your Project Compassion Box. Add to it if you can. Tuesday: Pray today, for people who are lonely.

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What Great Learning is Happening This Coming Week?.....

Youth Group Night this Friday evening. The school and Par ish will go halves in the cost of supplying pizzas

for all those in attendance.

Next Tuesday our student leaders will be attending the GRIP Leadership Conference at the Per th

Convention & Exhibition Centre. The GRIP Student Leadership Conference is unique in that it concentrates

specifically on training student leaders for their role as SCHOOL LEADERS. The style, topics, and content of this

conference all focus on what the students can do RIGHT NOW.

Next Wednesday both Year 5 classes will be spending the day with Peter (Mitch) Mitchell who will be

travelling from Tasmania to present Making Jesus Real. The staff will be working with Mitch after school for one

hour too.

Tomorrow, our Early Childhood team will be attending a Walker Learning Conference with Dr Shona Bass

from Melbourne. This will be a fabulous day for educators and leadership wanting to optimise young

children’s learning through a play-based pedagogy.

We wish Mr Baker safe travels as he attends the National Future Schools Conference in Melbourne from

this Tuesday. Mr Baker will have access to the best speakers from Australia and around the world. This conference

brings together world-leading education experts delivering thought-leadership and practical case-studies across

K-12 education.

Sending students and staff to these conferences helps our school’s vision moving forward, and that is to be a

‘LEADing Learning School’, where we aim to:

CHALLENGE our students and all in our school community to

CONNECT with learning about ourselves, one another and the wider world, and

CONTRIBUTE with confidence, courage and creativity towards making the world a better place.

Harmony Day Next Wednesday

On Wednesday 21st March, St Luke's will celebrate Harmony Day. This is the day when we celebrate

Australia’s cultural diversity and share what we have in common. The central message for Harmony Day is that

‘everyone belongs’. There will be a short assembly at 10.20am. Thank you to Mrs Papiccio for organising this day

for our school.

Children and staff will be encouraged to wear orange clothes and/or accessories. Alternatively they can

wear traditional clothing that reflects their family culture, to show that even though we come from many

different cultures, we are still an inclusive Australia. Why orange? Traditionally, orange signifies social

communication and meaningful conversations. It also relates to the freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual

respect.

There are some fascinating statistics about Australia’s diversity nearly half (49 per cent) of Australians were

born overseas or have at least one parent who was we identify with over 300 ancestries since 1945, more than

7.5 million people have migrated to Australia 85 per cent of Australians agree multiculturalism has been good

for Australia apart from English, the most common languages spoken in Australia are Mandarin, Arabic,

Cantonese, Vietnamese, Italian, Greek, Tagalog/ Filipino, Hindi, Spanish and Punjabi more than 70 Indigenous

languages are spoken in Australia.

Congratulations George Harley

Australian Commonwealth Games Swim Team

Former student (Class of 2010) and brother to Annaleise and Chloe, has been selected to represent Australia at the

upcoming Commonwealth Games. A very talented athlete, George’s main event is the 200 metre Breaststroke.

George represents the local club Breakers Swim Club which trains at Craigie Leisure Centre and Arena Joondalup

under the guidance of world class coach Bud McAllister.

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He is part of the Western Australian Institute of Sport Northern High Performance Program.

George trains with a group of elite swimmers including Olympian Blair Evans, who is also competing at the

Commonwealth Games. One of his greatest achievements so far is winning the US Open 200 Breaststroke in 2017.

What makes this achievement even more special is that George overcame a huge obstacle through injury when he

nearly lost one of his feet in a farming accident 5 years ago.

All of the St. Luke’s Community, along with the whole of Western Australia will be cheering him on as he makes

his National Team debut.

Thought for the Week Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.

(Mother Teresa)

Andrew Kelly

Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Holy Thursday - March 29th Stations of the Cross On Holy Thursday, we will be holding a special Stations of the Cross liturgy involving the whole school from

8:50am in the morning. As well as the children leading us through the Stations, it will also be a chance for parents

and children to express their thanks to Father Francisco. As many families would be aware, Father Francisco has

been battling illness over the past months and will more than likely focus on his treatment after Easter, not

returning to the Parish in the short-term.

Provided his health allows, Father Francisco will be attending the Stations of the Cross liturgy and remaining for

morning tea after. We would like to welcome all families in the community to attend the Holy Thursday, Stations

of the Cross and to stay for morning tea following, to pass on their thanks and prayers for Father Francisco.

The details are as follows:

Date: Holy Thursday, March 28th

Time: 8:50am

Place: Grassed area outside Year 5/6 classes

*Morning tea to follow in the Covered Area for parents along with Father Francisco

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE ..continued

BYOD 1:1 iPad Parent Workshops

A reminder to parents that a workshop will be run each Wednesday in the Learning Hub from 3:15pm to 3:45pm. The

focus for the term is on using the ZuluDesk Parent Application to place restrictions on iPad devices while

children are at home. This is a much more effective method than using the 'Restrictions' option in the

settings. I would strongly recommend attending for those parents who wish to control device use at at home. For those who are unable to attend, there is a DIY video in the link below:

ZuluDesk Parent v2 Overview & Demo

Assistant Principal’s

Jackie Hunt and Jason Baker

MERIT AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen by their teachers to

receive merit awards, to be presented at this Friday’s Assembly.

BLUE WHITE

1 Asha Merton Hayley Johnson Lola Davis Jett Herbert

2 Levi Pavlovic Jonah Bridges

3 Taylah Cadd Isabelle Drozdz Holly Williams

4 Kai Collins Mia Tayler

5 Jacob Richmond Emma Bradshaw

6 Ben Carrigy Xavier Collins

SUPPORT Sienna Zimmerman Chloe Tomkinson

VISUAL ART Giselle Vivarelli Connor Schewtschenko

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Congratulations to the following staff and students who are celebrating their birthdays during this week.

Naomi Finlay(5W), Olivia Fuda(6B), Heidi Finlay(2B), Eva Suggun(2W),

Chloe Hastie(4W), Noah Chau(1W), Noah Mc Gavigan(4B), Mrs Dohnt

(Office).

PARISH NEWS

Choir The choir meet each Wednesday afternoon, at 2.15pm, after hymn singing, in the music room with Mrs

Longbottom. All Year 3-6 students are welcome to attend.

Family Mass The next family mass is scheduled for Sunday, 29th April at 9.30am. If your child would like to participate

in the mass, please contact Raquel Leeks - leeksies@gmail.com

Youth Group The first celebration, for 2018, is scheduled for Friday, 16th March, 7.00pm - 9.00pm, in

the Parish Hall. All Year 4 -6 children are welcome to attend. There will be an olympics theme and lots of

pizza! If you are able to assist please contact Carmel Mohen - mohenstlukesyouth.woodvale@gmail.com If you have any queries about the Parish News, please contact Trish Main - trisha.main@cewa.edu.au

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PARISH NEWS continued….

CHURCH CLEANING

We are looking for assistance to help clean the church – it only takes approximately 1 hour every two

months. If there is anyone (female, male or family) that would like to join our dedicated team, please

contact me at sydsmith@iinet.net.au or on 0419 042 620.

PIE DAYS 2018 – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

From the week beginning Monday 7th May (second week of Term 2) we will once again be offering

the children lunch and muffins on a Wednesday. The children enjoy the chance of a hot lunch once a

week and most parents enjoy not having to make lunch or recess at least for one day. To make pie

days happen we need volunteers for the following tasks:

On Monday mornings before the school bell to distribute pie bags to classrooms (weekly or

fortnightly) takes approx fifteen minutes.

On Tuesday mornings after the morning bell to collect orders, count money and order pies

(usually fortnightly) takes approx one hour.

On Wednesday mornings to sort and deliver muffins (fortnightly, monthly or once a term) from

8.20am until 9.15am

On Wednesday before the lunchtime bell to distribute pies to classrooms. (fortnightly, monthly or

once a term) from 12.30pm till 1.30pm.

Newcomers are all welcome as no experience is needed! If you can help with any of the above please

email vfoxylady@bigpond.com letting us know what days/times suit you, and how often you are able

to help. Also if you have any specific dates that you can / cannot be available for please note these

down and the roster will be organised around these dates. Rosters will be emailed out by the last week

of this term.

Thanks

Vicki Murphy, Marianne Agnello and Renny McArthur

Pie Day Co-Ordinators

INTERSCHOOL SWIMMING CARNIVAL NEWS

All children selected for the Interschool Swimming Carnival have

been given notes and information about the carnival on March

22nd.

A full program is attached to this newsletter.

The bus leaves school at 9.10am and leaves Joondalup Arena at 2.00pm. Again if you are taking your

child home with you from the event make sure you have advised staff.

SOCIAL WORKER NEWS

More than just a nice feeling, gratitude is integral to happiness. If we can inspire and cultivate gratitude in our

children, we are doing so much more than teaching them to be polite by saying “thank you”. We’re helping

them develop a strength that will positively develop their mental health and well being over a life time. It’s that

powerful!!!! Please see the attachment to this newsletter for more information about gratitude.

Ann Peart

Social Worker

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UNIFORM SHOP NEWS …. Continued This Thursday March 15 the Uniform Shop will be

holding appointments for Year 1 and new students

to try-on and purchase their summer uniforms. The

shop will be busy and the change rooms will be in

constant use throughout the morning opening hours

for those students with appointments.

Other families who need to make straightforward

purchases are still welcome at the shop this

Thursday morning. If your family has a large purchase to make or

needs to try uniforms on before purchasing, we

kindly ask that you delay your visit until the

afternoon opening time or another Thursday.

My apologies for any inconvenience this causes

and thanks for your understanding.

Optional navy coloured winter jackets and optional

navy winter tights are available for sale by special

order through the uniform shop. Order forms for

these are available on the school

website (under ‘Information’

then ‘Uniform’), the Uniform

Shop’s Facebook page, the

Uniform Shop and the office.

Please read the order forms for

further information before

placing an order.