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NEWSLETTER TERM 3 WEEK 4 August 13 2015

PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE

Dear Members of the St Paul’s Community Catholic Performing Arts Festival Honourable Mentions I am pleased to announce that Alexandra Carson (Yr 4) received an Certificate of Merit and Sophie Gregory received an Honourable Mention in the Instrumental Solo Strings section of the Catholic Performing Arts Festival. Congratulations Sophie and Alexandra. On Monday, St Paul’s Chorale, directed and accompanied by Fr Tim Deeter and conducted by Natasha Flexman, performed in the festival. The Chorale’s performance was excellent. Special thanks go to Mrs Emma Gregory and Mr Andrew Crean, who accompanied the choir on the viola and violin. All of our students participating in the festival are to be commended on their commitment to rehearsals, their school spirit, and the way they proudly represent St Paul’s. We wish all the individual instrumental performers, the Year 6 Choral Speech performers, and the Middle and Senior Choirs all the best for their upcoming performances. Students not returning in 2015: In accordance with the enrolment policy, a term’s notice is required when withdrawing students from the school. For the purposes of future planning, we need to be aware of students who will not be returning in 2016. If you know that your child will not be returning to St Paul’s next year, please inform the school in writing as soon as possible. 2016 Pre Kindy Enrolment Interviews Pre Kindy 2016 enrolment interviews are well under way. If you have not submitted your application please do so as soon as possible. Children who are turning three before the end of June next year are eligible to apply. If you know of any parents with young children interested in Pre-Kindy 2016, please encourage them to get their applications in as soon as possible. There are also a few places in the 2015 Pre Kindy class if any parents are interested in their three year old children commencing Pre Kindy during semester two of this year. P&F Meeting The P&F will be holding a meeting on Friday 14 August at 9.30am in the Barbier Hall. All parents are warmly welcomed and encouraged to bring a friend.

Joanna Noonan PRINCIPAL

St Paul’s Primary School is committed to Christ-centred education, inspired by the vision of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions and the teachings of St Paul, empow-ering us to seek the truth and grow in knowledge from darkness into the light of Christ.

OUR VISION STATEMENT

REFLECTION

Prayer for the Assumption of Mary Father in heaven, all creation rightly gives you praise, for all life and all holiness come from you. In the plan of your wisdom she who bore the Christ in her womb was raised body and soul in glory to be with him in heaven. May we follow her example in reflecting your holiness and join in her hymn of endless love and praise. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Fri 14 Assembly Yr 5

P & F Meeting 9:30am

Mon 17 Prayer Assembly Yr 1

Tues 18 Class Prayer Yr 3

Thur 20 NO MASS

St Paul’s School Choir

Yrs 3, 4, 5 & 6

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Happy Birthday to the students who celebrate their birthdays this week Cassidy Johnson Michael Hall Damon Sack Ruby Parker

St Vincent De Paul Visit

On Monday 17 August, Tim Lee from St Vincent De Paul is coming to talk to the

students, parents and teachers at Prayer Assembly. Tim will talk to us about how we

can support St Vincent De Paul through our donations of food, clothing and other

items. This is a very worthy cause that helps so many in our community. Please help

us to support St Vincent De Paul.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Monday 17 August Prayer Assembly 8.45am Year 1

Tuesday 18 August Class Prayer 9.00am Year 3

Thursday 20 August Mass 9.15am Year 5 (Yr4-6)

Feast of the Assumption 15 August

This Saturday, 15 August, is a holy day of obligation, the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven.

To celebrate this important Solemnity, Mass at St Paul’s will be offered on Friday 14 August at 5.45pm (Vigil Mass) and again on Saturday morning 15 August at 10.00am.

We are asked to make every effort to go to one of these Masses on this feast day, more out of love for Jesus and Mary than out of mere obligation.

On this feast of Mary we celebrate a special favour that God gave to Mary, our Mother. The Assumption means that Mary was taken up into the glory of heaven not only with her soul, but also with her body. Jesus, the Son of God was born from Mary's pure womb. So when Mary died, God the Father and Jesus, would not let the body of the Mother of God be spoilt. This was her reward for her love of God and her years of faithful prayers and suffering. Now Mary is in heaven. She is Queen of Heaven and earth. She is the Mother of Jesus' Church and Queen of Apostles. Every time Mary asks Jesus to give us graces, he listens to her request. After the resurrection from the dead, we, too, can go to heaven with our bodies. Our bodies will be perfect. They will not suffer illness anymore. They will not need any more food and drink to keep alive. They will be beautiful and splendid! If we use our bodies now to do good, those bodies will share in our heavenly reward. As we celebrate the feast day of Mary, we can ask our Blessed Mother Mary to guide, protect and care for us.

Mac Callisto and Jesse Yock ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS

RELIGION NEWS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

HONOUR CERTIFICATES

PP Madisyn Dang

MacKenzie Theobald

Georgina Myles

Yr 1 Thomas Gregory

Jessica Ryan

Damon Pelpola

Yr 2 Julius Muccilli

Michael Hall

Yr 3 Aimee Watts

Lilly Fewster

Nicholas Bowden-Jones

Yr 4 Milena Kim

Charlie Horton

Yr 5 Georgia Allingame

Isabella Mackin

Yr 6 Claudia Solitario

Nicholas Biundo

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IT NEWS

IT ZONE- Pre-Primary

Pre Primary are enjoying using I Pads in their learning.

Last term we used QR codes to learn more about keeping fit and healthy eating. The

QR codes were created and the children used the code reader Enigma on the I Pad

app. They became very efficient using the app and in the process learnt much about

healthy eating through facts, songs, alphabet, games and more.

We are also using the I Pads in our Literacy sessions to improve our sounds, rhymes

and Consonant / Verb / Consonant words.

We have been using the Interactive Whiteboard to do our calendar in the morning as

well as addition activities. The children are enjoying using the interactive screen.

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SCIENCE NEWS

Next week the 15 -23 August is Science Week.

There is a Festival at the Perth Cultural Centre on Saturday the 15 and Sunday the 16 of August. Check the link below for details.

http://www.scienceweek.net.au/wa/http://www.scienceweek.net.au/wa/

Here at St Paul's we will be talking about people we know who work in Science during our regular science lesson, so bring your story along with a web link or photo.

Check out my cousin, Professor Leann Tilley, who has just been awarded an ARC Laureate Fellowship by the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute.

http://www.bio21.unimelb.edu.au/professor-leann-tilley-awarded-arc-australian-laureate-fellowshiphttp://www.bio21.unimelb.edu.au/professor-leann-tilley-awarded-arc-

australian-laureate-fellowship

You might also like to bring something to share with your class about something that particularly interests you in science. Show us with a model, picture diagram or link.

Happy Science exploring.

Julia Waller

SCIENCE TEACHER

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PE / SPORT NEWS

St Paul’s Athletics Carnival

The school Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday 26 August at Inglewood Oval, which is the same venue as 2014. The day will begin at 9:30am and conclude at around 2:30pm. Permission slips have been sent home this week and it would be greatly appreciated if they could please be returned to school as soon as possible. Students need to wear sunscreen, their sport uniform and a hat. They are to bring recess, lunch and a water bottle. Sunscreen will also be available in the faction bays.

Please note: Pre Primary students will leave school at 9am and return after their activities are finished. We estimate that they will be back at school around 11:30am. Please make sure they are also in appropriate sportswear with a hat and sunscreen.

Kristy Wise

PE SPECIALIST

Term 3 Sporting Schools Soccer

Congratulations to the students from years 3 - 6 that have been taking part in this term's Sporting School's Soccer Program on a Tuesday afternoon with Miss Wise. The program has taken off to an awesome start, with the weather allowing for a number of drills and mini games to take place this week.

A reminder to all parents of students participating the program that they are to be picked up from school at 4.15pm sharp.

EPIC

For the next two weeks, we will be focusing on our EPIC skills. This is very like our social skills program, but now we’ll focus on our EPIC skills.

Our EPIC skill for this fortnight is ‘excellence’. Excellence is the quality of being outstanding or extremely good.

We all should challenge ourselves, and try to excel in everything we do. We should try our best in all areas of our learning for example in;

academic, physical, social, emotional and spiritual areas. Remember, try to do your best, be the BEST person that you can be.

Show excellence and BE EPIC!!!

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SCHOOL NEWS

SPORT NEWS

LIBRARY NEWS

BOOK WEEK

The theme for Book Week this year is “Books Light Up Our World”. This term in the Library we will be running a competition. We are asking children to interview someone close to them about the book that made them fall in love with reading. The children can either take a photo of the important person, or draw a picture of them with the book. They then place their pictures on the light bulb template available from the library and write a few lines about why the book is special and whether or not they would like to read the book. All entries will be displayed in the library and all children who enter will go in a draw to win prizes at the Book Week assembly in Week 6.

We will be holding our annual BOOK WEEK parade on Friday 28 August. Dress up as your favourite STORYBOOK character and join our parade at the assembly. If you have any queries please come and visit me in the Library.

Shelley Antoni

LIBRARY

We welcome St Paul’s Primary School to Twitter!

In an effort to increase communication between the home and school St Paul’s Primary School wish to announce their latest communication initiative – Twitter. Twitter is a social media platform used by many adults in today’s society. Twitter is an information network made up of 140-character messages called Tweets. It's an easy way to discover the latest news and up-to-date information for St Paul’s Primary.

Follow us @St Paul’s PS MTL for the latest and greatest school news at your fingertips.

For more information on creating a twitter account please visit https://support.twitter.com/articles/215585

Sporting Schools Program Extended!

We are excited to announce that the Sporting Schools Program has been extended to include students in Years 1-3. The sessions will take place on Monday afternoons from 3:15-4:15pm with the focus sport being Athletics.

The club will run from Monday August 24 to Monday 21 September. A commitment for the 5 weeks is expected from all participants. Students in Years 1-3 have already been given an information and permission slip. This must be returned no later than Monday 17 August. The club will have a maximum participant number of 30 students on a “first in, first served” basis. Make sure you hand your permission slip into your class teacher if you haven’t already! Please see the office if you require a replacement form.

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SCHOOL NEWS

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SCHOOL / COMMUNITY NEWS

PARISH NEWS

ST PAUL’S PARISH ALTAR SERVER ROSTER

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 AUGUST 2015

6pm Mass 8am Mass 9:30am Mass

X Torre M Townsend J O’Connor

N Cirillo O Fuller K Mutoya

S Cirillo

This Saturday, 15 August, is a holy day of obligation, the Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven.

To celebrate this important Solemnity, Mass will be offered on Friday 14 August at 5.45pm (Vigil Mass) and again on Saturday morning 15 August at 10.00am.

UNIFORM SHOP

At the moment there are some good quality second hand items to purchase in the uniform shop, especially if you

need a few more bits and pieces to see you through Winter. The uniform shop is open Wednesday afternoons

from 2:45pm until 3:30pm. We only accept cash or cheques.

SCHOOL / COMMUNITY NEWS

FAMILY FUN DAY Our Family Fun Day is getting closer. Each week you will find in the newsletter, new ways that you may be able to help out with some of the stalls. Each class has been allocated various stalls for the day, but it doesn’t mean we can’t all pitch in and help one another.

Pre Primary will be looking after the plant stall this year. Perhaps while you are out and about visiting friends and family this weekend you may like to keep an eye out for some “succulents.” Please ask for cuttings.

Below is a great website to give you some tips about growing them in tin cans.

http://www.gardening4kids.com.au/mini-succulent-garden/

If you have any ceramic or terracotta pots that you would like to part with, please bring them down to Pre Primary.

Please continue to save your jars with their lids! We will be asking for them soon!

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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COMMUNITY NEWS

TREATING HEAD LICE

What are head lice? Head lice are tiny insect parasites that live on your head and feed on your scalp (the skin covering your head).

Stay home from school Under the School Education Act 1999, if your child has head lice a principal may keep him or her away from school until treatment has started. Your child may return to school when all live head lice have been removed. There is no need to stay away from school if there are only a few remaining eggs, but you must continue treatment over the following 10 days to ensure that all eggs and hatchlings have been removed.

There are two effective head lice treatments. Be sure to follow the directions for your preferred treatment exactly.

Using an insecticide treatment Before using the insecticide, rinse out any hair conditioner as it may stop the insecticide from working. Follow the product information and instructions.

Lift the hair in sections and saturate the hair with the insecticide.

Comb the insecticide through with an ordinary comb from the scalp to the ends of the hair. Work from the back of the head to the front. Pay particular attention to treating behind the ears, at the back of the neck and close to the scalp.

Leave the insecticide on for the time recommended in the product information, then wash out.

Section the hair again and comb through with a metal fine tooth nit comb to remove dead lice and eggs. Check that the head lice are actually dead. Do this straight after the recommended treatment time and again the next morning. It may take a few hours for all the lice to die. Remember, if any head lice are found still alive the next morning, re-treat the hair the same day with another type of insecticide (for example, permethrin, pyrethrin or malathion), not a different brand of the same type of insecticide. Alternatively, change to the 10-day hair conditioner treatment. Check all other household members and close contacts for head lice and treat as necessary. Head lice and eggs do not survive long away from your scalp as they are human parasites.

The 10-day hair conditioner treatment Head lice can be removed by applying plenty of hair conditioner to dry hair and then combing to remove live lice and eggs. The conditioner makes it hard for the lice to move and traps them in the teeth of the comb. The conditioner also detangles hair, making combing easier.

Why does the treatment take 10 days? Eggs generally hatch 7 to 10 days after being laid on the hair shaft (the part of your hair closest to the scalp). The 10-day treatment period helps break the reproductive cycle of the head lice. Even if only one or two adult lice are missed, they can lay about 6 eggs per day, and the cycle of outbreaks will continue. Combing out new hatchlings every 1 to 2 days also means they cannot lay further eggs, which can happen about a week after hatching. What to do

Apply plenty of hair conditioner to the dry hair until it is saturated.

Comb through with an ordinary comb or brush to remove tangles.

Section and comb the hair thoroughly with the nit comb in 4 directions – forwards, backwards, left and right.

Wipe the comb on a white paper towel to check that the dark adult lice or the paler hatchlings (young lice) are being removed. You may need to use a magnifying glass and a strong light to see the lice and eggs.

Continue combing the hair in sections until the whole head has been checked. Some eggs will be removed by combing but you may need to use your fingernails to remove as many eggs as possible from the base of the hair shaft near the scalp. Hatchlings that emerge from missed eggs will be removed by combing with conditioner over the 10-day period. Only eggs within 1cm of the scalp will hatch. Eggs that have grown further out with the hair shaft will have already hatched or died. When you have finished checking, rinse the conditioner out and dry the hair. Repeat this process every 1 to 2 days over the 10-day treatment period. To save time during a school week, consider this combing schedule: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday. Check the waste material you comb out for adult head lice each day after combing. If any are found, this indicates a new outbreak and you will need to start again from day 1, as new eggs may have been laid by the adult lice. Check for head lice once a week for at least 4 weeks after you complete the 10-day treatment. You may wish to do this on the weekend when you have more time. Applying plenty of hair conditioner makes combing easier and more effective. Check all other household members for head lice and treat as necessary

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ST PAUL’S PRIMARY SCHOOL | TERM THREE 2015 PARENT CALENDAR

Mission Focus: St Vincent de Paul Winter Appeal

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN

1

Jul 20-26

20

Pupil Free Day

21

Pupil Free Day

22

Students commence

Yr 5 Prayer Assembly 8:45am

23

Whole School Opening Mass / Scapular

(P-Yr 6)Yr 6

24

Performing Arts

Festival Opening Mass

25/26

2

Jul 27-Aug 2

27

Yr 4 Prayer Assembly 8:45am

28 Class Prayer Yr 1

Board Meeting 6:30pm

29

30 Mass 9:15am

31 (Y4-6) Yr 5

Parent / Candidate Confirmation Work-shop 6:30pm Barbier Hall

31

Assembly - Music

1/2

Parish / School Mass

Year 3

3

Aug 3-9

3

Yr 3 Prayer Assembly 8:45am

4 Class Prayer PP

St Paul’s School Band Performing Arts

5

6 Mass 9:15am (Y4-6) Yr 4

Confirmation Parent Meeting 6:30 Church

7

8/9

4

Aug 10-16

10

Yr 2 Prayer Assembly 8:45am

St Paul’s Liturgical Chorale Performing Arts

11

Class Prayer Yr 2

12

13

Mass 9:15am (Y4-6)Yr 6

14

Assembly - Year 5

P & F Meeting 9:30am

15/16

5

Aug 17-23

17

Yr 1 Prayer Assembly 8:45am

18

Class Prayer Yr 3

19

20

No Mass

St Paul’s School Choir Y3/4 & Y5/6

Performing Arts

21

School Spelling Bee

Y3-6

Crazy Sock Day—Gold coin donation

22/23

6

Aug 24-30

24

Year 6 Prayer

Assembly 8:45am

BOOK WEEK

BOOK IN A DAY

COMPETITION

25 Class Prayer Yr 4

AUTHOR VISIT:

Danny Parker ((Yr1-3)

Yr 6 Poetry Performing Arts

Board Meeting 6:30pm

26

School Athletics

Carnival

PP-6

Inglewood Oval

27

Mass 9:15am (Y4-6)

Yr 5

28 BOOK PARADE

Assembly -

Tournament of Minds

Performing Arts

Festival Concludes

29

Tournament of Minds

30

Parish / School Mass

Year 1

7

Aug 31-Sep

6

31

Year 5 Prayer Assem-bly 8:45am

1

Class Prayer - Yr 5

2

3

Mass 9:15am (Y4-6) Yr 4

4

Fathers’ Day Breakfast and Liturgy Yr 6

Interschool Spelling Bee @ St Peter’s from 9-12

5/6

Fathers’ Day

8

Sep 7-13

7

Yr 4 Prayer Assembly 8:45am

8

Confirmation Retreat

Communal

Reconciliation (Year 4-6)

9 10

No Mass

11 Assembly - Year 2

P & F Meeting 9:30am

Confirmation Mass 6:30pm

12/13

9

Sep 14-20

14

Yr 3 Prayer Assembly 8:45am

PAF Concert - Perth Concert Hall Monday 14th September 7:00pm

15

Class Prayer Kindy

16

Learning Journeys 3:30—5:30pm (PP-Yr6)

17

Mass 9:15am (Y4-6) Yr 5

18 19/20

10

Sep 21-27

21

Yr 2 Prayer Assembly 8:45am

Interschool Athletics

22 Class Prayer - Yr 1

Board Meeting 6:30pm

23

Coppelia Ballet

Yrs 2-6

24 End of Term Whole School Mass (P-Yr6)

Yr 4

Term 3 concludes

25 Pupil Free Day:

Catholic Day

26/27