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. 28 13th September 2019

Dear Parents, Friends and Students

On Wednesday all families received a letter from our

School Board Chair, Mr Gavin Hogg, announcing my

appointment as Principal of Good Shepherd Primary

School, Lockridge. I will be taking up my appointment on

the 1st January 2020. I will be leaving this school with

some sadness as I have really enjoyed my time here.

This is a wonderful school which so many positive

aspects to it, not the least of the high quality of staff and

the excellent teaching and learning that takes place in all

of the classrooms. There is also a very strong community

spirit in our school. I will leave with many great

memories. The appointment of a new Principal will begin

very soon. The announcement to the school community

will be made as soon as it becomes available.

Earlier this week a letter was sent home to all families

inviting them to participate in the School Climate survey.

It is extremely important that all families participate in this

in order for us to have valid data. The survey will give us

an indication of our families’ perception of what happens

at our school. The data collected will assist us to

organise programmes and activities in order to meet the

needs of our students and their families. The web

address to access the survey is;

www.NSIPartnerships.com.au and the code is MG2019P.

When we carried out this survey last year we only had 10

families out of 140 participate. We are looking forward to

a much higher participation rate this year.

Last weekend many of our Year 6 students received the

Sacrament of Confirmation. It was great to see them

standing so proudly to make their own baptismal

promises and then, one by one, receive the Oil of Chrism,

the outward and physical sign of the sacrament. I would

like to thank Miss Zurzolo for all the work she carried out

in instructing the students and to Mrs Keddie for her work

in organising the Mass.

On Wednesday 25th September the Parish will be holding

a parent/child workshop in preparation of those children in

Year 3 who will be receiving the Sacrament of

Reconciliation for the first time. The workshops will be

held here at our school. A note has been sent home to

Year 3 families about this and I encourage you to return it

as soon as possible so final preparations can be made.

Please keep these children in your prayers as they move

through this preparation period, culminating in them

receiving the Sacrament on Tuesday 22nd October. If

any parents have any questions on this, please see either

Ms Martinz or Mrs Keddie.

This week we received word that we have been

recognised for our outstanding performances in the

Catholic Schools Performing Arts Festival by taking out

the overall awards for the Easter Play and for ‘My Fair

Lady’. This is an outstanding achievement and

something our school can be very proud of. Thank you to

Mrs Aldred for her work in preparing the students for

these performances and to the staff for their support.

Mrs Brescacin will be taking some long service leave for

the next four weeks. We wish her an enjoyable and

relaxing time while she is away on leave and look forward

to her return. Miss Lina Zurzolo will be working with the

Year 4 class while Mrs Brescacin is away.

The Year 5 class held their assembly this morning. It was

great to see them sharing their learning with the school

community in such a positive way. Congratulations to

each of the merit award winners who were recognised by

their teachers for completing excellent work over the last

few weeks. This is our last assembly for this term. Our

Continued

We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love,

and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 1:3)

Ovia

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

Year Threes have been learning about blending with acrylics and have created these amazing artworks!

Aydan Adam Ella O’Hara Lincoln

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Fri 13th Sept Year 5 Assembly

Fri 13th Sept Year 4 G & T Testing @ 9.50am

Wed 18th Sept P & F Meeting 7.30pm

Fri 20th Sept Interschool Athletics Carnival

Mon 23rd Sept PP & Yr 2 Excursion to Kalamunda

History Village

Wed 25th Sept Reconciliation Workshop for

students & parents 4pm or 5.45pm.

Thurs 26th Sept END OF TERM 3 FOR STUDENTS

Fri 27th Sept PUPIL FREE DAY

Mon 14th Oct STUDENTS RETURN TERM 4 2019

YEAR 2 NEWS

Last week, we had a fabulous time performing The Three

Billy Goats Gruff at the Performing Arts Festival! The

children are to be congratulated on all their hard work. It

was a great experience for the children to perform on a

big stage with special lightning.

We are looking forward to our upcoming excursion to the

Kalamunda Historical Village with Pre-Primary. More

information will be sent home shortly. This will be a great

introduction to our unit of work on how technology has

changed people’s lives.

Gina Nickels

P & F Meetings Term 3 2019

Wednesday 18th September @ 7.30pm

PUPIL FREE DAY

FRIDAY 27th

SEPTEMBER

Assistant Principal’s

Religious Education News

TEAM COLOURS DAY

On Thursday 26th September (last

day of Term 3) we have our Team

Colours Day! All students are

encouraged to come in whatever

sporting team colours they like for

GOLD COIN donation. All monies

raised will go to the Catholic

Missions.

We will also have two Lolly Jar Raffles

K-2 and Years 3 -6.

Tickets will be: 50c each or 5 for $2.00.

Tickets will go on sale on Monday

16th September outside the Library from

8.30 - 8.45am. (Please note change from

last week’s newsletter.)

RECONCILIATION WORKSHOP

All students who are receiving the

Sacrament of Reconciliation this year,

need to attend the Student/Parent

Workshop on Wednesday 25th

September. A note will be sent home

next week to indicate which session you

will be attending. Please return this note to school as

soon as possible.

CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME

Yesterday we welcomed Joshua (Yr 3) and Bethany (Yr

5), into the Catholic Community of St Francis of Assisi,

Maida Vale. The two classes celebrated Mass with Fr

Joseph, along with Joshua and Bethany’s family, and

many of our class parents. It was a lovely Mass of

belonging, and we ask God to abundantly bless Joshua

and Bethany, as they continue their journey in faith.

Karen Keddie

Assistant Principal RE

next assembly will take place on the 8th November which

will be hosted by the Year 3 class.

The next P&F meeting will take place on Wednesday 18th

September. It will begin at 7:30pm and it will be held in

the library. All are invited to come along and show their

support of the P&F.

The Interschool Athletics Carnival will take place on our

school oval on Friday 20th September. If you have the

time and you are able to, please come along to support

our interschool team. Thank you to Miss Andersen for

the work she has carried out to prepare the team. We

look forward to a very successful day.

A reminder to all our families that the last day of school

for this term is Thursday 26th September. Friday 27th

September is a pupil free day. The staff will be spending

the day working with the Aboriginal Education Team

developing an Aboriginal Education plan for our school.

I wish you all a safe week.

Mark Powell PRINCIPAL

PRE-PRIMARY NEWS

The children have been working very hard in their group

rotations for both numeracy and literacy. In literacy, we

have been writing recounts of our weekend adventures in

our formal writing books. These books will be on display

next week, every morning before school, for parents and

carers to view. In our numeracy lessons, we have been

practising our addition skills and using different apparatus

and maths equipment to count in groups of ten and

practice ‘teen numbers’. The children have also been

busy with their box constructions creating bridges for the

Three Billy Goats! These constructions will also be on

display next week. In Week 10, we will be joining the Year

2 class for an excursion to the Kalamunda History Village.

A letter will be sent home tomorrow with more

information. Have a great week!

Debbie Hawley & Jen Moore

YEAR 4 NEWS

One word for last week and that is simply AMAZING! The

Year 4, 5, 6 children performed ‘My Fair Lady’. It was

such a privilege to see our children perform so beautifully

and truly work together under the direction of Mrs Aldred

to produce such a spectacular show. We were also

blessed to see the Year 2 / 3 classes perform Three Bill

Goats Gruff and again, it was fantastic to see all children

participate with great enthusiasm.

I was also lucky enough to be able to witness the Year 5

class perform ‘Noahs Ark’ on Wednesday. Well done to

all children involved you all shone like stars on the stage.

I would like to personally welcome Miss Lina Zurzolo to

my class next week, where she will take very good care

of them over the next couple of weeks.

To my beautiful class of Year 4’s, thank you for all your

hard work this term. I am looking forward to seeing you

all again early in term 4.

Joanne Brescacin

Parents & Friends Association

Agenda item request for meeting - Wednesday 18th

September @ 7.30pm.

Please submit your Agenda item request either through

the Skoolbag app - eForms - P&F Meeting Agenda

Items or through the Matthew Gibney website

http://web.gibney.wa.edu.au/pandf.html

You must attend the meeting if you wish to submit

an agenda item.

END OF TERM SPECIAL

HOMEMADE LASAGNE Order forms sent home Wednesday 11th September.

Pre-order form with correct money in

a canteen order bag due by Friday

20th September. Spare order

forms available from the Admin

Office.

SENT HOME WEDNESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER

★ End of Term Canteen Special order form

★ Climate School Survey Letter

YEAR 6 NEWS

Congratulations to all the Year 6 students who

participated in the sacrament of Confirmation last

weekend. All the rehearsals, learning and assignments

paid off; you performed beautifully! Well done! Thank you

to all the supporters that helped throughout this process.

Some students are doing a great job with their homework

in Term 3, but others are forgetting to do at least 20

minutes of reading every day. Along with this reading,

they should be completing one Lexile quiz a week at

home or at school. If they are not able to read and

complete a quiz, a comprehension task will be sent home

to ensure they are still working on their comprehension

skills.

Christina Zurzolo

Have Sum Fun” Maths Competition Term 3

Again this term, Matthew Gibney did themselves proud in

the “Have Sum Fun” Maths Competition. This term, our

new Year 4 Team (Romeo, Amelia Hu., Lloyd and Ben),

really rose to the challenge of problem solving using their

mathematical skills and knowledge. The results for this

term were:

Year 4: 14th out of 63 teams

Year 5: 11th out of 59 teams

Year 6: 32nd

out of 83 teams

We are really looking forward now to 2020. Great work

Matthew Gibney mathematicians!

Performing Arts Festival News Another wonderful year for MGCPS in this year’s Performing Arts Festival.

Congratulations to:

Eli Powell - Excellence Award in his Piano performance. Also a Credit Pass in Grade 2 AMEB piano exam.

Year 5 - Merit Award for their modern day take of Noah’s Ark.

Year 2 & 3 - The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Excellence Award.

Christian Drama - The Easter Story - Outstanding Award and the Shield winners in this category.

Years 4, 5 & 6 - Musical Excerpt - My Fair Lady - Outstanding Award and the Shield winners in this category.

The productions would not be possible if it wasn’t for the wonderful team of volunteers who worked tirelessly for many

hours in making these fantastic costumes. Thank you to Mrs Alison Oaks for her dedication in making the girls outfits

look spectacular. To Rae Roberts, Marilyn Scott, Vicki Zorino & Jodie Capobianco in making the magnificent hats for

the girls. Mrs Anya Moore for making the costumes for the Three Billy Goats Gruff and our Bird costumes. Once again,

thanks to Rae Roberts for working with me to make the tree costumes, and Jane Arnold for the floral arrangements for

My Fair Lady and Three Billy Goats Gruff. To the parents who assisted on the morning of the performance in styling the

girls hair, a sincere thank you for all your help.

Thank you parents for allowing your children to be part of this experience.

I wish you all a happy and safe holiday coming up.

Teresa Aldred