Dear Parents

What a fabulous assembly put on by our Year Two class

last Friday! Well done to all of the amazing Yr 2 story

‘characters’ and their script writer and director, Miss

Hall. The item was a highly entertaining and innovative

adaptation of The Three Bears cleverly involving

teaching elements around the use of grammar and

punctuation! It will be available for website viewing very

soon and Yr 2 parents will be notified by SMS as soon

as it is uploaded.

This Friday we have a Pupil Free Day to help that long

weekend become even lengthier - providing a timely

mid term break for students and staff. The ‘free’ day

for staff is part of the Catholic Education of WA (CEWA)

acknowledgement of the many additional hours staff in

Catholic schools contribute to support community

events and sacramental programmes.

Next week several Yr 6 students, Mr Beresford and I will

be attending the special launch of Lifelink 2018. Lifelink

is a project created by the Perth Archdiocese to support

the many social services provided by the Catholic

church. Mark Beresford has provided a fuller description

overleaf.

Jeannie O’Sullivan, our much loved Pre Kindy teacher, is

retiring at the end of this term. We are organising a

special mass and afternoon tea for the school

TERM 2 WEEK 5 – 29 May 2018

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

WEEK 5 WEEK 6

Mon 28 Tues 29 Wed 30 Turs 31 June Fri 1

Yr 6 Camp Movie Night in Hall 6:30pm Birds of Prey Incursion - Kindy Board Meeting 6:30pm Mass Yr 4 Reconciliation Yr 4 Modcrosse Clinics Yrs 3-6 Soccer Clinics Yrs 3-6 Singing Club 3:10-3:40pm PUPIL FREE DAY

Mon 4 Tues 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8

WA Holiday LifeLink Guild Cross Country Singing Club 3:10-3:40pm Assembly Yr 3 P&F Mum’s Night Out at The Sandbar

community so that those who have been privileged to

share time with her over the years can say their

farewells.

Regards

Mary Bizzaca Principal

SCHOOL NEWS

Happy Birthday May 29 Amina Fowers Yr 4 30 Lawson Armitage Yr 1 30 Christopher Rece Yr 1 June 1 Mackenzie Ebert Yr 1 4 Oisin Timmins PP

ART - Maren Devine Year 3 and Year 6 have been working on pieces based on Maren Devine. Maren Devine’s style is defined by large, eye catching blooms and loose brushstrokes. Her use of contrasting colours is stunning. This activity required three detailed lessons that allowed us to layer the paint in stages. We concentrated on capturing the brushstrokes and creating an array of colours. This was particularly exciting as it allowed us to blend and mix new colours on the page. Finally, we finished by adding some pops of colour in the petals and some definition with black paint. Some of the student’s work is on display in the office, so pop in and have a look at these great pieces. Celeste Ndreca

LifeLink Day 2018 The LifeLink organisation was established by the Archdiocese of Perth in 1994 to provide for the ongoing financial and promotional support of agencies established or assisted by the Church.

LifeLink’s agencies deliver professional services & caring support to thousands of people in need throughout Western Australia each year.

The work of LifeLink is indeed a positive demonstration of: Faith in Action.

LifeLink Day 2018 will officially be launched on Wednesday 6 June 2018 during WA Week, with four year six students along with Mrs Bizzaca and Mr Beresford attending the launch.

It is appropriate that during this week of celebrating what is great about our State, that we focus on and remember people in need within the community – our ‘brothers and sisters’ right here ‘at home’ in WA.

LifeLink Day provides a wonderful opportunity for students attending Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Perth, to join together to show their collective support for the many Church social service agencies – agencies which on behalf of us all, reach out to provide practical care and direct assistance to thousands of people in need within the community each year.

For LifeLink Day 2018, our Archbishop, the Most Rev Timothy Costelloe is asking Archdiocesan primary schools to enthusiastically participate in and support a new and exciting project in this special ‘Year of Youth’.

Each child will be asked to make a gold coin donation and to design a card, which will eventually be distributed to parishioners attending Mass at local parishes during the ‘Christmas Appeal for LifeLink’ held later during the year.

The card will convey each child’s understanding of the work of one of the LifeLink agencies, and carry a message from them to someone in need in the community.

Student of the Week Ending 25 May 2018

Honour Certificate PP Grace McKenna Yr 1 Lawson Armitage & Amelie Tomlin Waller Yr 2 Sienna Hayes, Ella Heatley & Jaden Szekely-Ng Yr 3 Coco Wilsoncroft, Alma Knox & Molly Taylor Yr 4 Matilda McCallum Yr 6 William Thomas, Jasmine Fryer & Jack Wibrow

Marvellous Manners PP James Baudia Yr 1 Finn Kyngdon Yr 5 Lily Sweeney

Valued Virtues Yr 4 Mathew Lao Yr 5 Leo Kelly

Scarborough Library Excursion - Year 4 “On Tuesday 22nd May the Year 4 class went on an exciting and wonderful journey to the local Scarborough Library.” – Jack

“We caught the 990 bus from outside our school and went 3 stops up Scarborough Beach Road.”- Parker

“When we arrived, we were welcomed by a polite librarian who guided us around the library.” – Matthew

“She gave us a worksheet to fill in to help us get more familiar with the book shelves.” – Finn

“Some people brought their library cards so they were able to choose books to borrow.” – Hudson

“When it was time to leave we all walked back from the library to school.” - Kynan

Thank you to Jody Blake and Sharon Stephens for your help last week. This week is Emma Taylor. Need helpers from Yr 2 for 6 June.

Many thanks Sam Haslam Mobile: 0438 010 801

Purchase your 2018/19 Entertainment Membership NOW to help support St John's Primary School raise much needed funds!

Both digital and book memberships are available. You can purchase both online at http://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/8614q7 or books are available in the school office, payable with cash or credit card. Alternatively, you can contact Taya Miller at tayamiller@hotmail.com to purchase or to organise delivery to your child's classroom. Thank you for your support.

Cross Country Cross Country training is held at Abbett Park every Wednesday and Thursday morning starting at 8.00am sharp. Children receive one Guild point for each time they attend training. Year 1 and 2 children are welcome with a parent or adult to supervise them. Parent helpers are required to assist with timing and walking (2) children to school at the completion of training.

Guild Cross Country Competition Abbett Park Thursday 7 June Class Race times Years 1 & 2 : 9.00am Years 3 & 4 : 10.00am Years 5 & 6 : 11.30am Children will walk to the venue with their class teacher for their allocated race times. Parents are encouraged to attend to support their child. Please volunteer your assistance when you arrive at the oval. There are a few jobs which need to be covered to enable the safe and efficient running of the event. Interschool Cross Country Carnival Yr 3-6 Squad Dianella No1 Reserve Wednesday 20 June

Winter Sport Lightning Carnival Year 5 & 6 Friday 15 June AFL - Pat Goodridge Oval Soccer - Matthews Netball Centre Netball - Henderson Park

All children in Year 5 and 6 will participate in the Winter Sport Lightning Carnival. Parent helpers are needed for each team. If you are available to assist please advise Mr Beresford or Mrs Washer or Year 5 teacher.

Weekend Netball Results Yr 3 St John’s Superstars def PLC 6-1 The girls had a great game! In tough conditions they played really well to earn the win. Awesome job! Yr 5 St John’s Sparks def Mt Hawthorn 16-4 Tough game in wet and windy weather. The girls worked it out and played an excellent second half. The Sparks stars this week were Neeti for trying so hard and keeping a tight defence and Addison for finding space all over the court.

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