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FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFE LONG LEARNING - 1 NOVEMBER 2018FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFE LONG LEARNING - 1 NOVEMBER 2018

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

Dear Parents and Staff This morning our Year 3 to 6 classes celebrated Mass for All Saints Day along with the upperclasses of children from St Maria Goretti’s school. The Gospel from Matthew was taken fromthe Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes. I like to adopt a small play on words and ratherthan the Beatitudes, which give us a guide as to how we should live our lives, I like to seethem as the Be Attitudes, which call us to action not merely words and thoughts.

Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn,

for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek,

for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

for they will be �lled. Blessed are the merciful,

for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart,

for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(Matthew 5: 3-10)

OPEN NIGHT PASSPORT WINNERSWe had the draw for the prizes for Passports completed at our recent Open Night at ourassembly last Friday. The lucky winners were:

Congratulations to our winners and thank to all who attended the Open Night and completedtheir passport

SOCIAL MEDIAMany of the Year levels have established Facebook pages through the P&F to shareinformation that may assist parents in ensuring that they are aware of school events andissues such as lost uniform etc. It has come to my attention that some of these pages havebeen used by parents to vent about situations that occur at school. This is unhelpful and onlycauses unnecessary angst rather than addressing the concern. Should parents have issues orconcerns regarding the happenings at school these are best addressed by contacting eitherme or one of the other members of our school Leadership Team. SCHOOL BOARD AND P&F AGMsThese will be held on Tuesday 27 November commencing at 6.00pm. Details regarding P&Fpositions are in their section of the newsletter. We are seeking nominations from members of our School community to �ll �ve vacancies toserve on the School Board for a two-year term commencing in 2019. Two current members ofthe Board are nominating for re-election. Criteria for membership of the Board is:· possession of special skills that will be an asset to the Board;· a deep interest in the welfare of all students and staff;· a desire to give service to the Catholic School Community;· a keenness to promote Catholic schooling;· an ability to work cooperatively and constructively with all other members of the Board; and· a su�ciency of time to devote to Board duties. Nominations should be on the form which follows this article and be handed to the schoolo�ce by no later than Friday 16 November 2018.Please contact me if you would like clari�cation of the duties of Board membership.

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONSTUDENTS NOT RETURNING TO NOTRE DAME CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL YEAR 2019Parents, If your child/children will not be returning to Notre Dame in 2019, it is urgent that youadvise the school by FRIDAY 2 November, 2018.

CHRISTMAS VIGIL MASS - MONDAY 24 DECEMBER2018 @6.00PM @ NOTRE DAME CHURCH

Fr Quynh has asked the school to place an advance notice for the Christmas Vigil Mass atNotre Dame Church. He is inviting students to do the Readings and Prayer of the Faithful. Thechildren attending the Family Mass will process with him at the beginning of the Mass. Thechildren are most welcome to be dressed in the real theme of Christmas – Mary, Joseph,angels, shepherds, sheep and wise men (kings). If you are attending the Christmas Vigil Mass and your child would like to participate in thereadings etc. please notify Daniela Boyle or Joanita Stapleton from the Notre Dame LiturgyCommittee.

UPCOMING EVENTSFRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (ALL SOULS DAY)Merit Assembly WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBERYear 1 Liturgy @ 10.00am FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBERAssembly PPP MONDAY 12 NOVEMBERRemembrance Day Service @ 8.45am THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER 3YO KINDY ORIENTATION 1.00-2.00pm

YEAR 5 CLASS NEWSThe Year 5 kids have been working extremely hard this term to be prepared for Year Six.Brother Stephen has been coming into Year Five each week to prepare them for leadership,next year. In English, we have working hard on poetry inspired by the books Flood and Fire by JackieFrench. We have also been reading books like Harry Potter and Captain Underpants to �nd�gurative language.

In preparation for open night, we worked hard on things like idioms, �gurative language, art andactivities for our parents to complete. We also made Kahoot quizzes for our families to seehow well they know us.

CHARLOTTE,KRISTEL &HOLLIE

In Health this term, we have been focusing on the Respiratory System. Did you know that thelungs are the only organs that can �oat on water? We made PowerPoints, Keynotes andposters explaining the parts of the Respiratory System. Miss Cutri, Mr Tyrrell & Mrs Crabbe

INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICSLast week, students from Notre Dame represented the school at the annual Field and TrackAthletic carnivals held at Gerry Archer over two days (Tuesday & Thursday) The year 4-6students participated in the �eld events on Tuesday with the year 1-6 students participating inthe track and team game carnivals on Thursday. The senior year groups had the school wellplaced in 3rd position with some great individual performances in the Turbo Jav and Shot putevents. It was great to see the Year 1 participate in their �rst Interschool Athletics Carnival,with some fantastic running performances across the year group. The big improvement forNotre Dame was in our team games, with consistent top places throughout the year group,which has been a goal on improving from last year. I would like to congratulate the Year 6leaders over the two days for the way they fought it out in each race, team game and assistingthe junior groups in preparation for their races and relays. Notre Dame �nished up in 6th placeoverall, with some very athletic and impressive runners from the other schools proving just abit too strong for us this year. St Joseph’s led from Tuesday to the end of the Thursdaycarnival and were deserved winners. Many thanks to all the teachers, EA and parents whoassisted with training over the last couple of weeks. I’d also like to thank Mrs Gilmour, MrsDavidson, Mrs Tomasini, Mrs Sheehan, Mrs Lawrie, Miss Rognetta and Mr Tyrell for theirassistance helping out on the two carnivals. We look forward to next year's challenge andimproving on the foundations set by our junior year groups.

JUMP ROPE FOR HEARTLetters have been emailed out to parents outlining how to register their child to help raisemoney for the program. Students have also received their sponsorship forms to assist. We arelooking at a School goal of $5000 this year. Every small donation per student will help usachieve this goal. I’ve included the link below: https://jumprope.heartfoundation.org.au/2018/Notre_Dame_School_-_CLOVERDALE_-_WA_-_139779

CANTEEN NEWSDear Parents Next week's roster

Monday 5 November - Mei Lie (1 hr)Wednesday 7 November - Mei Lie (1 hr)

Friday 9 November - Ros Lovick

THANK YOU EVENING14 NOVEMBER 2018

6pm onwardsNotre Dame Staff Room

Refreshments & Finger foods providedRSVP by Monday 12 November

The Thank You Evening invitation is open to everyone who has volunteered in the canteen orvolunteered with the students' banking. Hope to see you at the canteen soon. Kayleen McLeanCanteen coordinator

UNIFORM SHOPOpening Times for Term 4:

Monday & Wednesday 1.30pm - 3.30pm Orders and payment can be made at the front o�ce. Danielle LawrieUniform Shop Coordinator

SCHOOL BANKINGEvery Thursday 8.00am - 8.30am in the School Library.

P&F NEWS

Printed copies of the 2019 Nomination for a Committee Position forms are available at thefront o�ce.

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