St Lawrence & Mary Immaculate Parish Balcatta:

Parish Priest: Fr Emil Ciecierega SDS Assistant Priest: Fr Leonard Macionczyk SDS

Palm Sunday always reminds me how fickle us human beings can be.

Within one week of Jesus being hailed a King, he is crucified by many of the people in the same crowd.

May we have the courage and fortitude to stand up for what we believe.

I do remember the saying of be loyal to those who are not present.

In doing so, you build the trust of those who are present.

May we rejoice with our Risen Lord throughout Easter.

EASTER

The Season of Easter is about renewal and new beginnings. May we use this time to deepen our

relationship with God. The culminaton of our Easter activities will be Thursday afternoon at 2.10pm in

the Church, where the students from Year Three to Year Six will re-enact the Story of Easter from Palm

Sunday to the Resurrection. Please be aware of all the Easter services that are available at St Lawrence

Church throughout Easter.

EDUDANCE

What a wonderful afternoon yesterday to see the many talents of the

students of St Lawrence. I particularly enjoyed the smiles and the positive

attitude as each student had their moment to shine. It was pleasing to see

the whole community from Kindy to Year Six come together to celebrate

the gifts of God in our students. Thank you to Mrs Major and Miss Swain

for organising all the students. It was truly a fantastic afternoon.

FIRST AID

Today eight families from St Lawrence participated in the First

Aid Course focusing on safety of children. I would like to thank

the P&F who paid $10 of the $50 to support families in having a

better first aid knowledge.

St Lawrence Primary School 386 Albert Street Balcatta WA

Telephone: 9344 4944 Fax: 9344 5099 Email: admin@stlawbal.wa.edu.au

Home Page: www.stlawbal.wa.edu.au

Newsletter No. 10 5 April 2017

School Vision Statement The vision of St Lawrence Catholic Primary School, Balcatta

is to share the message of God’s love and friendship in a community of learners, developing the full potential of each child.

P&F CASINO NIGHT

Please remember to purchase your tickets for the Casino Night, which will be held on Friday 19 May.

This will be an excellent evening and I would strongly encourage all parents to attend.

TERM TWO PLANNER

Attached with today’s Newsletter.

BUSY TERM

On top of the ongoing quality education your child receives at St Lawrence there has been a range of

activities that highlights how busy and active the St Lawrence School Community is. Some of the

activities throughout Term One include:

- Parent Meetings/Information Nights

- Two Whole School Masses

- School Photos

- School Board and P&F

Meetings

- 13 Excursions

- CoderDojo Sessions

- Fathering Project Camp

- Running Club

- Chess Club

- Resiliency Talks

- Kindergarten Screening

- Edudance concert

- First Aid Course

- Lenten Liturgies

I hope all staff and families enjoy a well deserve break through the school holidays and look forward to

seeing everyone in Term Two on Wednesday 26 April.

With God’s Friendship and Love we Grow

John Rose

Principal

TERM DATES

Term One concludes on Thursday 6 April

Pupil Free Day Friday 7 April

Term Two commences on Wednesday 26 April

Monday 24 April Pupil Free day and

Tuesday 25 April Anzac Day – Public Holiday

Pupil Free Days:

Friday 2 June and Monday 19 June

Term Two concludes on Friday 30 June

FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS

LENTEN LITURGY

Please join us in the church on THURSDAY at 2.10 for our Lenten Liturgy. Our Year Three, Four, Five

and Six students will be leading us through the events of Holy Week.

PUPIL FREE DAY

Please note that FRIDAY 7th

APRIL and MONDAY 24th

APRIL are pupil free days. Term Two

commences on WEDNESDAY 26th

APRIL.

ANZAC DAY SERVICE

The Year Fives will be leading our ANZAC day service on WEDNESDAY 26th

APRIL at 11.00am.

Please put this date in your diary and join us in remembering this important day.

PRE KINDY PHOTOS

A reminder that our Pre Kindy photos will be taken on THURSDAY MAY 4th

. Family photo envelopes

can be collected from the school office.

Wishing you and your families a blessed and holy Easter

and a restful and joy filled break with your children.

Mrs Jacki Tucker and Mrs Gabrielle Brennan

EASTER PROGRAM 2017

HEALING MASSES St Lawrence: Tue 4th April 10am with

Reconciliation at 9.30am. NO Mass at 9am. St Theresa: Wed 5th April 10.30am with Reconciliation at 10am. There will be morning tea after both Masses

II RITE of RECONCILIATION

Thursday 6th April 7.30pm Held at St Lawrence Church

II RITE of RECONCILIATION

Croatian—Wednesday 12 April 7.30pm

Fr Cabraja will be available at St Lawrence

PALM SUNDAY—9th April

No Croatian Mass St Lawrence Masses: Saturday Vigil: 6pm

Sunday: 8.15am, 10.15am(Italian) and 5.30pm St Theresa Mass: 11.30am

HOLY THURSDAY—13th April

No Mass at 9am

The Lord’s Supper 7.30pm at St Lawrence followed by Adoration at the Altar

of Repose until Midnight

GOOD FRIDAY—14th April

No Mass at 9am or 7.30pm

Stations of the Cross 10am at St Lawrence and St Theresa

The Lord’s Passion 3pm

at St Lawrence and St Theresa

Via Crucis (Italian) 7.30pm at St Lawrence

EASTER SATURDAY—15th April

No Mass at 9am Blessing of Easter Food at St Lawrence 12noon

Easter Vigil at St Lawrence 7.30pm

EASTER SUNDAY—16th April

No Mass at 5.30pm St Lawrence Masses: 7am, 8.30am,

10am (Italian), 12noon (Croatian) St Theresa Mass: 11am

CLASS NEWS

PRE KINDY

Term One has flown by and we have had wonderful days together. I truly look forward to the rest of the

year working with the children and Mrs Fiorenza. I hope you will enjoy your holiday break and look

forward to seeing you all in a few of weeks’ time. Stay safe and be happy! Have a very Holy and

Happy Easter.

Mrs Kaylene Bozich, Pre Kindy Teacher

KINDERGARTEN

It is hard to believe that this term is over! The children have

settled in really well and are a lovely group.

Thank you parents for your help and support this term which has

helped the children to feel happy and safe and for the classroom

to run smoothly.

Next term we will start with the theme of 'Autumn' then we will focus on 'Our Families' for a few

weeks. Do not forget the wonderful value of reading stories to your children over the holidays.

Enjoy the holiday break and have a happy and Holy Easter.

Mrs Simone Covich, Kindergarten Teacher

PRE PRIMARY

Wow! Term One is over, and wasn’t it just fantastic.

We have had a wonderful first term of learning, playing,

making friends and learning how to talk to our peers when we

have a problem. The Pre-Primary students have really enjoyed

learning about how they are special and that God loves each of

them just the way they are through our Term One theme and

Religious education units. The Pre-Primary students have also

been practising their letter sounds and blending letter sounds

together to make words. In Maths the Pre-Primary’s have been practising counting, writing and

matching numbers and number amounts for numbers 0 to 20 as well as making patterns with colours.

I would like congratulate all the students and their families for settling so well into the first term. Please

take the time now to relax and spent time together as a family. I look forward the seeing everyone in two

weeks.

Happy Easter, Miss Laura Byrne, Pre-Primary Teacher

YEAR ONE

What a great week we have had in Year One. Last week we ate some delicious watermelon that Mr

Tonge picked from the garden. Yesterday morning we went on our first excursion to the State Library

of Western Australia to learn more about the olden days. We saw how Perth has changed and also made

a postcard souvenir of our visit. We were able to sit in the Library and enjoy some of the great books

they have. Thank you to Mr Tonge for driving the bus and to Mrs Bilic, Mrs Di Trento, Mrs Siciliano

and Mrs Tamburri for their help at the Library. In the afternoon we had our Edu Dance concert and

'Who Let The Frogs Out?' was definitely a highlight from the concert. The children did a fabulous job

and most importantly had lots of fun! We have done so much learning this term and it is great to see

how far the children have already come. They have settled in to the routines of Year One and I can’t

wait for them to learn so many more wonderful things. It has been great to see the smiles on their faces

as they learn new things each day.

I would like to thank all the parents for their support in the classroom and at home this term. It is very

much appreciated and the children love having you help. We have worked really hard this term and all

the children are well deserving of some rest and relaxation. Please continue to read to or with your child

every day.

Wishing everyone a happy, safe and holy Easter. Enjoy the holidays with your family.

YEAR ONE – Excursion and Edudance

Mrs Roselyn Pizzino Year One Class Teacher.

YEAR TWO

It has been a pleasure meeting with so many parents over the past few weeks to discuss the progress of

our wonderful class members. We have been very proud of the effort that our students have put into

their work this term and it has also been lovely seeing the development in their social skills and

independent work habits. P lease note that we will be leading Assembly on Friday 5th

May, it would be

terrific to have lot of our parents and family to support us.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Easter break and looking forward to seeing our team members refreshed

and ready for a fabulous Term Two!

Mrs Jacki Tucker, Year Two Teacher

The children have worked very hard and have settled well into Year Two – they have adapted to the

Wednesday routines so very well. We have many wonderful times ahead during the rest of the year and

I look forward to helping the children in their learning journey with Mrs Tucker.

Now though, enjoy the wonderful Easter season and share in this special time for families.

Mrs Bozich, Year Two Teacher Wednesdays

YEAR THREE

We have come to the end of Term One.

Thank you to all the parents who have

helped listen to reading each morning.

Your time has been appreciated. The

children have worked hard this term and

learnt many new things across all Learning

Areas. Active listening has been a focus and continues to be a focus in Term 2. I have enjoyed meeting

with all parents and children and discussing progress both academically, behaviourally and socially.

Each child in Year 3 has their own goal to work towards in Term 2. Tomorrow we end the term by

presenting the Palm Sunday drama. The children are looking forward to this and we hope to see many

parents in the church at 2.10 pm.

Term 2 begins on Wednesday the 26th

April. Please make sure the children have all the items they need

to begin the term. These were outlined in the homework journal this week. Today I will send home all

the sheets in the homework journal, so we can begin Term 2 with a fresh folder. Please make sure your

child continues to read over the school holidays and possibly write a story or two! Have a wonderful

Easter and holiday break.

Mrs Marie Heavey, Year Three Teacher

YEAR FOUR

Year Four have enjoyed practising for our Lenten Liturgy and

hope you can join us tomorrow. This afternoon we had lots of

fun building and playing on our 10m waterslide on the senior

oval. The students have worked very hard to create their team

waterslide models as part of our STEM learning in the

technologies curriculum. Over the holidays please make time for

your child to read and practice their 4 x tables.

Wishing all families, a very Happy and Blessed Easter and a wonderful holiday. Thank you for a

fabulous term!

Miss Emma Reid, Year Four Teacher

YEAR FIVE

I hope you can come to the Lenten drama tomorrow

beginning at 2.10pm in the Church. Year Five will

be performing Good Friday. I have set some 2D and

3D NAPLAN style activities on Study Ladder to be

completed by the end of the first week back from

holidays; you may like to go through them with your

child. I will set some NAPLAN style Mathletics

tomorrow – this will be voluntary for the students to do. NAPLAN assessments will be during week

three of next term. I hope you enjoy more time with your son and daughter and wish you are wonderful

Easter.

Mr Phil Haydon, Year Five Teacheer

YEAR SIX

This term has been action-packed! We have been working very hard this

week to complete assessments in various learning areas. We have also

been working on our liturgy and look forward to seeing many parents in

the church tomorrow. I’m very proud of the way in which the Year 6

students have taken to the leadership roles. They have also worked hard

to learn new concepts, particularly in the new HASS learning area.

Civics and Citizenship are big concepts and the students have applied

themselves well. I was particularly impressed with the way they

conducted themselves at parliament house last Friday. Hopefully this

excursion has made the concepts they have been learning about in class more meaningful. Have a

fantastic break and an enjoyable Easter.

Miss Anna Brenkley, Year Six Teacher

CLASS REP NEWS

YEAR SIX

Morning tea catch up on Thursday 6 April straight after drop off (around 8.45am) at Waldeck

Nursery Stirling.

Hoping to arrange a Dinner catch up for Term Two, at the Atrium Buffet Crown Casino, on

Friday 28 April. Time 8.00pm to 10.00pm. Cost $75.

Crown will need numbers and money as soon as possible, as it is considered a group booking. As I am

not always at school, Mandy at the Canteen has kindly offered to collect names and money. Thank you

Mandy. I will be able to collect money at the Edu Dance Concert and at Waldeck’s catchup.

Looking forward to seeing you then. Tonya Vivona, Year Six Class Rep

LIBRARY NEWS

Many thanks to the families who supported our discarded book sale last

week. A total of $43.50 was raised which will go into the school’s Project

Compassion donations for this Easter.

We would like to thank Mrs Cruz de Jesus, Mrs Mannino and Mrs Del

Borrello who have volunteered to help with Book Club next term. Thanks

also to Mrs Hall and Mrs Cirillo for their previous help with Book Club. It

was greatly appreciated.

Together with Mrs Frenzel, I would like to wish all children and their families a very holy and happy

Easter and a relaxing holiday break.

Mrs Lyn Archer, Teacher Librarian

MUSIC NEWS

Hello everybody.

Congratulations on the completion of Term One.

In our Music program we have enjoyed learning about music notation, pitch and rhythm. This will assist

us to read and write the magical language of ‘La Musica’.

We enjoyed working on learning and recognising instruments of the orchestra with the help of S.

Prokofiev and his young hero Peter. We feel very lucky to be able to sing, play instruments and games

as part of our daily routine.

With the older students, we have discussed and worked on a soundtrack writing project, inspired by the

music of E. Grieg.

We have been working towards our big Music Show to be held at the end of Term 2. Thank you to the

many students who volunteered to audition for group and solo items. They will share their talents and

provide for a memorable concert of the year.

I would like to thank my amazing students, parents and colleagues for your support of this ambitious

idea. I am sure we can make this event bright and happy.

I wish everybody a safe and relaxing holiday and a

beautiful Easter.

Mrs Svetlana Zenkina , Music Teacher

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS WINTER UNIFORM

Please ensure that, commencing in Term 2, children have their winter uniform ready to wear for

their first day back, Wednesday 26th April for all students in Years 1 to 6. The Uniform Shop last day

open is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday 6th April. The Uniform Shop will be closed during the school

holidays. It will reopen in Term Two.

NAME LABELS

When purchasing Track Jackets, School Jumpers and School Hats please make sure names of student

and year are clearly labelled.

LOST PROPERTY BOX

The lost property box is located outside the Year 6 classroom. It has numerous uniform clothing items

with no labels. Can you please check if any items belong to your child. In Term 2, the lost property box

will be cleared and any uniform items with no name labels will be put into second hand and sold.

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter and great holidays.

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

Wednesday 8.30am - 9.30am and Thursday 2.30pm - 3.30pm

Mrs Angie Miola, Uniform Shop Manager

P&F NEWS

Cadbury Chocolate Easter Fundraiser

Our Term 1 fundraiser has now finished. All chocolate boxes and money need to be returned ASAP!

We would love for all outstanding monies to be returned before the end of the term.

to the Sgambelluri Family (Kindy) who won the Easter Hamper Raffle

and to the Gearon Family (Year 6) who received an Easter Hamper for

selling the most boxes of Chocolates. 10 Boxes – Impressive!

Thank you to all families who contributed to this fundraising event.

Casino Night Fundraiser Friday 19th

May

Get your friends together and come along to our Casino night.

Tickets on the night will be redeemed for play money that can be

changed into chips to gamble on the night.

There will be door prizes, giveaways, raffles and we even have a DJ!

Licensed Event – Alcohol will be for sale on the evening.

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased from the front office so come and support this event!!!

Classroom Cash

A reminder to all families to please bring in any coupons you still have at home by Thursday and drop

them off at the office or give them to your classroom teacher.

We would like to thank all the mums and dads who have volunteered their time and helped cut out the

coupons over the last three weeks. A huge THANK YOU goes to Mrs Armstrong who helped not only

cutting the coupons but stamping them as well. You are a star.

Caterina Di Carlantonio

P&F President

pandf@stlawbal.wa.edu.au