St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Pinjarra Newsletter
24 September 2015 Volume Seven, Issue Fourteen Week 10 Term 3
Our Vision We at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Pinjarra, seek to create a God centred
environment where each school community member is nurtured spiritually, academically, socially and physically.
MOTTO: Faith and Trust
A Prayer For Peace
Lord Jesus Christ,
who are called the Prince of Peace,
Who are yourself our peace and reconciliation,
who so often said,
‘Peace to you’,
grant us peace.
Make all men and women witnesses of truth,
justice, and brotherly love.
Banish from their hearts whatever might endanger peace.
Enlighten our rulers that they may guarantee
and defend the great gift of peace.
May all peoples of the earth become as brothers and sisters.
May longed-for peace blossom forth
And reign always over us all.
By Saint John XXIII
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Dear Parents, Caregivers and Community Members,
It’s hard to believe that we have come to the end of Term Three – please be careful on the roads and have a
wonderful relaxing break with your loved ones.
Tomorrow is our final Merit and Worker of the Month Assembly, please come and join us.
A warm welcome to our new students and their families who have joined us this term:
Myles Gaebler - Year 5
Darby Gaebler - Year 2
Cadyn Shutt - 3 Year Old Kindergarten
A reminder to drive carefully in the Parish Car Park and please do not park in front of the Convent gate as it
needs to be kept clear at all times. I know parking can be difficult but we all need to work together. From
Week One next term, children in Years One and Two who normally go to the undercover area for pick up in
the afternoon, now need to be picked up directly from the classroom door. Please wait in the undercover
area and move to the door after the bell has rung. Bus children will still need to go to the front gate near the
Library as per their usual arrangements and Camp Rd “Kiss and Go” will still operate as normal.
Next term Monday 12 October is a Pupil Free Day with children commencing on Tuesday. Notes regarding swimming
need to be returned to the office this week as lessons also start on the first day back to school, Tuesday 13
October.
This year we broadened our 1:1 iPad policy to include Year Four students and this will continue next year also.
Early next term we will send out information to allow the parents time to seek the best possible price.
Unfortunately we ran out of time to provide another Parent Volunteer session this term, however, this will
happen early next term and we will advertise via our SEQTA message system.
I have included some excerpts of the Year Two students’ persuasive texts about why they love St Joes, a lovely
way to end the term!
God Bless and have a safe and relaxing holiday.
Joy Ketteringham - Principal
One reason you must agree with me is because we have
Joey's Rock. At Joey's Rock, we sing in different
languages and it improves our singing. If we go to a
country and they are singing a song in a different language,
we can join in and sing it properly.
By Isabelle
St Joseph's is definitely the best school because there are nice teachers. They can teach you lots of new things and the school is the best. There is lots of space to play at lunch and recess.
By Darby
You must agree that St. Joseph's is the best because we have lots of excitement. We have lots of exciting things to play on like the monkey bars, the slide, the flying fox, the pole and a tunnel to hide in.
By Shaelie
You must agree with me that St. Joseph's is the best. We get lots and lots of classes like Italian. When we go there we learn new words like 'Benvenuto'. That means 'welcome'. We also get to do lots of activities.
By Georgie
One reason you must agree with me is we get investigations. We can be creative in investigations. We get to look for bugs and go to the circus. Investigations is definitely fun! By Lewis
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COMING EVENTS
FRIDAY 25/09/2015 8.40am Merit Assembly and Worker of the Month
Favourite Footy Team Free Dress Day
FINAL DAY OF TERM
SATURDAY 26/09/2015 9am-12pm Parish Busy Bee at St Augustine’s Church Pinjarra
SUNDAY 27/09/2015 10am Mass at St Augustine’s Pinjarra with Children’s Liturgy
TUESDAY 13/10/2015 8.30am
STUDENTS RESUME TERM FOUR
Swimming Lessons begin Pre Primary - Year 6
CANTEEN ROSTER
25/09/2015 12/10/2015 16/10/2015
FRIDAY: Ros Treasure MONDAY: Pupil Free Day FRIDAY: Ros Treasure
CAKES: CAKES: CAKES: Belinda Gilbert
ALTAR SERVERS
27/09/2015 Ci Gosby, Mi Gosby, E Slattery, A Harrington
04/10/2015 Ja Harrington, M Colum, T Poasa, C Elliott
DENTAL CLINICS OPEN IN HOLIDAYS IN CASE OF
EMERGENCIES: Pinjarra Dental Clinic 9531 1846 — for the first week and
Monday and Tuesday of the second week.
Meadow Springs Dental Clinic 9584 2478 — for the second
week.
BRAVI RAGAZZI! BRAVI RAGAZZI! BEST CLASS IN ITALIAN IN TERM 3
Congratulazioni a Pre-Primary! You have the most golden ticks… Signorina Venezia will visit with una sorpresa.
Buona Vacanza!! Happy Holiday!! Signora Lewis
RCIA—(Rite of Christian Initiation
of Adults) 9am Sunday 18th October
in the Parish Centre. For any person
interested in learning more about the
Catholic Faith and the RCIA
process, contact Jean Hoff on
95313842 or Father Wayne Bendotti.
Have fun and support our
Western Australian AFL
and WAFL teams as they
head towards the
Grand Final!
Tomorrow, Friday, we would
love everyone to dress up in
either Eagles, Dockers,
West Perth or Subiaco
colours,
but any AFL or WAFL team
colours will do.
Joy says, ‘Go West Perth!’
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CHILDREN’S LITURGY HAS RECOMMENCED Please join us at St Augustine’s Parish 10am each Sunday Mass.
Congratulations to the following students who performed at the Pam Corker piano concert on
Sunday 20th September.
Ryder Sakadakis Mia McClements
Matilda Bain Elise Slattery
Sophia Iseppi Te Uluaki Poasa
Andrew Harrington Dakota Steltman
Aaliyah Hunter
It was a pleasure to see such confident young musicians and a thank you must go to Louise
Helfgott for preparing them so beautifully.
LOST PROPERTY
There are a massive number of uniform items awaiting collection in the lost property box.
If your child is missing a part of their uniform, please come in and have a look through.
Unclaimed items will be donated to the uniform shop for resale.
85th ANNUAL WAROONA SHOW
Are you a crafty kid? Do you like photography? Maybe you are a budding chef?
Or vegetable gardener?
Then maybe you should consider entering yourself into the Waroona Show in one of
their many exhibits. For more info about entering, or about the show in general, go to
www.waroonashow.com.au