MATTHEW GIBNEY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

30 Munday Road, High Wycombe WA 6057 Phone: 6216 8400 Email: admin@gibney.wa.edu.au Website: www.gibney.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER No. 34 1st November 2018

Dear Parents, Friends and Students

Last Friday was a very special day as we celebrated our

patron, Matthew Gibney. We started the day with a Mass

that was celebrated by Father Francis and assisted by

Deacon Trevor. In his homily, Deacon Trevor reminded

us of how important it is to have courage in our

convictions, particularly if we know that what we are doing

is right. At the end of the Mass, we sang ‘Happy Birthday’

to Matthew Gibney and cut his birthday cake. The

students then celebrated with a cup cake at recess. After

recess the students participated in a tabloid sports

session that was organised by Miss Andersen and Mr

Donlon. In the afternoon we held our Grandparents

Afternoon Tea and Concert. There wasn’t a spare seat in

the house as many of our community joined us as the

students showcased their talents. There are so many

people to thank who played a part in making the day a

success. Thank you to Mrs Keddie, Mrs Scriven, Mrs

Aldred and the staff for all the work they did in preparing

the Mass, preparing the children, organising the concert

and for their support throughout the day. Thank you to the

P&F for all the work they put into preparing the morning

tea, the birthday cake, the cupcakes and the afternoon

tea. Congratulations to the Year 6 students who did an

outstanding job serving the afternoon tea to all our

guests. The whole day was a fitting tribute to Matthew

Gibney and our school.

We received word from Catholic Education Western

Australia that our annual community meeting will need to

be postponed until February 2019. This is due to the fact

that budget information from both the state and federal

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our

Lord Jesus Christ,

(Romans 5:1)

governments have been delayed and we do not have

enough time to prepare our budget in order for it to be

approved and then presented to the school community.

The date of the community meeting will be publicised as

soon as we can. CEWA has advised us that schools will

need to publish school fees by the end of the year. We

will publish these in our newsletter following the

November meeting of the School Board.

The final P&F meeting of the year will take place on

Wednesday 14th November. It will be held in the school

library and it will begin at 7:30pm. This will be the final

P&F meeting of the year. Please come along and support

the great work the P&F carry out building community in

our school as well as raising money to assist with the

purchasing of resources.

Today the staff and students joined with the Parish to

celebrate the Feast of All Saints. This feast has been set

aside to recognise the heroes of the Catholic church,

those who have been recognised for the great work they

carried out. We also recognise those who may not be

recognised as Saints but have still committed their lives to

the service of God. During the Mass the students were

told the story of Archbishop Oscar Romero who showed

great courage in the face of adversity to stand up to those

who were taking advantage of the disadvantaged people

in his diocese of El Salvador. It reminds each of us that

we also need to stand up to those who don’t do the right

thing.

Continued

Sophie Joshua Robert Hayden

GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS

The Year 6s have been creating comic strips!

Jensen Isaac

Friday Giving

Don’t forget our Friday Giving Appeal to

help the needy.

Please bring your donations of canned

foods or non-perishables, etc. to school

for collection each Friday.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Fri 2nd Nov Year 2 Assembly

Mon 5th Nov PUPIL FREE DAY

Tues 6th Nov Melbourne Cup Day

Wed 7th Nov Year 3 Liturgy

Fri 9th Nov Year 4 Assembly

Fri 9th Nov Remembrance Day Ceremony @

10.30am

Sun 11th Nov Remembrance Day

Mon 12th Nov Yr 4 TIMSS Assessment

Wed 14th Nov Year 5 Mass

Wed 14th Nov P&F Meeting @ 7.30pm

Fri 16th Nov PP Assembly

Thurs 22nd Nov PP & Yr 2 Excursion to Kings Park

Fri 23rd Nov Year 1 Assembly

Mon 26th Nov Yr 5 Cathedral visit 9.30am - 2.30pm

Wed 28th Nov Year 2 Liturgy

Fri 30th Nov Year 6 Assembly

Fri 30th Nov End of Year Concert K-6 @ 6pm

Wed 5th Dec Semester Two Reports available to

parents

Thurs 6th Dec Thanksgiving Graduation Mass @

9.00am undercover area

Fri 7th Dec Year 6 Excursion

Fri 7th Dec END OF TERM 4 FOR STUDENTS

SENT HOME MONDAY 29th OCTOBER

★ Family Portraits P&F Fundraiser flyer (eldest)

SENT HOME TODAY

★ Vinnies Christmas Appeal flyer (eldest)

PUPIL FREE DAY

MONDAY

5th NOVEMBER

Assistant Principal’s

Religious Education News

St Vincent De Paul Christmas Hampers Coming home today will be a note outlining our Christmas appeal for St Vincent De Paul. Please give generously to this appeal.

Karen Keddie

Assistant Principal RE

P & F Meetings Term 4 2018

Wednesday 14th November @ 7.30pm

On Friday November 2nd, the Year 2 class will be

holding their assembly. The Assembly will start at

9:00am and it will be held in the undercover area.

Again, all parents and members of our community are

invited to join with us.

A reminder to all families that Monday is a Pupil Free

Day and, as such, students are not required to attend

school on this day. We trust that the students will enjoy

this long weekend in the middle of the term and come

back refreshed and ready to embrace the last half of the

final term of the year.

The Year 3 class will hold their Liturgy of the Word on

Wednesday 7th November. The Liturgy will start at

9:00am and it will be held in the Sacred Space. All

parents and members of our school community are

invited to join the Year 3s.

Have a great week!

Mark Powell PRINCIPAL

Remembrance Day Liturgy 10.30am Friday

9th November undercover area.

All welcome.

BATTERY RECYCLING We are very pleased to “do our bit” for

the environment by offering recycling

collection for household batteries. You

can drop your batteries off in the metal

collection bin in the hallway opposite the

Year 3 class room.

YEAR 2 NEWS

I am so proud of the Year 1 and Year 2 class

performance on Matthew Gibney Day. The children did an

amazing job and are to be congratulated!

This week the children have been sharing their Toys

homework activity during news time. We have found out

lots of interesting information about how toys have

changed over the years.

A reminder that excursion notes for our upcoming

excursion to Kings Park are due back to school tomorrow.

We are looking forward to our assembly tomorrow

morning in the undercover area at 9am. The children

have been asked to wear a t-shirt with shorts/pants or a

skirt and their sport shoes. The children will need to bring

their school representative shirt and sport shorts to

change into after the assembly.

Gina Nickels

PRE-PRIMARY NEWS Last Friday, we celebrated Matthew Gibney Day at our

school and the Pre-Primary class took part in all the

celebrations! After attending mass, we all received a

delicious birthday cup cake and then took part in the

‘whole school’ tabloid sports events. After lunch, we

presented a percussion item for the concert at the

Grandparents afternoon tea. The Pre-Primary children

were, once again, ’super stars’ on stage and thoroughly

enjoyed all the celebrations that day. This Thursday, we

will be attending Mass at the church to celebrate ‘All

Saints Day’. Meanwhile, the Pre-Primary children are

practising for their ‘EduDance Concert’ which takes place

in Week 8. These lessons take place every Wednesday

morning and they are progressing very well with their

dance. A letter was sent home last week requesting a

yellow or red T-shirt for the EduDance concert. We would

be grateful if these shirts could be sent to school a.s.a.p.

We have also been working very hard in the classroom

with our reading, sentence writing and learning how to tell

the time. We are also learning how to use money to pay

for our shopping, in our own Pre-Primary shop! Keep up

the great work Pre-Primary!

Debbie Hawley & Jen Moore

YEAR 5 NEWS

A big thank you to all of Year 5 for their wonderful efforts

and participation in our Matthew Gibney Day

presentation, last Friday. We were super proud of them

and they were a credit to our school. Inspired by Matthew

Gibney, we have been exploring this week, leadership,

and what it means to us. We have also been looking into

how humans change the environment. The Year 5's did a

great job of reading information on the new Perth Airport

Runway, and then coming up with pros and cons on its

impact on our local and state environment. They found

that the runway was shortened and slightly relocated, to

make sure that the Munday Swamp area was not

impacted heavily; but there would be increased air and

noise pollution. We also found out that Grogan Rd would

be closed, which did affect some students and parents, as

this was a road they used frequently. Keep up the terrific

work Year 5.

Karen Keddie & Jess Bettridge

CANTEEN ROSTER

Fri 2nd Nov Charline M

Tues 6th Nov CAN YOU HELP

Fri 9th Nov Debra K

MATTHEW GIBNEY DAY THANK YOU!

Thank you so much to all the people who came along

and assisted with our Matthew Gibney day celebrations

last Friday. The day was a resounding success and

could never have happened without the help of our

amazing volunteers. Also a huge thank you to the Year 6

students who showed wonderful listening, serving and

community spirit with their help in serving the food and

drinks. We very much appreciate the support of the

school community and congratulate everyone on a

fantastic day!

Michelle Steward

P&F Committee

DON’T FORGET

Mexican Fiesta TOMORROW

FRIDAY 2nd NOVEMBER Mild con carne mince with corn, lettuce,

tomato, corn chips & cheese.

$5.00