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TERM 1WEEK 5
3 March 2017
DATES TO REMEMBER
3rd Mch: Yr 4N Assembly
7th Mch: PUPIL FREE DAY
9th Mch: 11.30am Faction Swim Carnival—Yr 4-6 11th Mch: 1A & 5H Family Mass at 6pm
12th Mch: 2nd Sunday of Lent
14th Mch: Board Mtg 5.30pm and P&F Mtg 7.00pm
17th Mch: 1L Assembly 2.30pm
19th Mch 3rd Sunday of Lent
20th Mch: Harmony Day Incur-sion with Valanga Khoza guest speaker.
24th Mch: AFL Jumper Day and Yr 4 Reconciliation Liturgy
27th—30th Mch: Parent Teacher interviews
Our Vision
We are called to provide an exemplary Catholic Education.
Discipleship: With Christ as our light we aspire to nurture the whole person in a community centered on gospel
values.
Learning: We are committed to providing an education that empowers all to become life-long learners.
Dear Parents
Lent
Students celebrated Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday this week, to mark the start of the Lenten period of
preparation leading up to Easter. Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. There’s nothing tricky about
Lent, it’s simply tuning in to God’s presence and deepening our relationship with God and each other. There are
many ways we can do this at home with our children.
Scheduling time together as family
Saying nice things to each other
Reducing our compulsive purchases
Mission Award
Well done to 1L who were the worthy recipients of February’s Mission
Award, which goes to the class who has raised the most money for the Mis-
sions . The class spoke about what they were grateful for each day .
Eagle’s Visit
Last week the West Coast Eagles visited St Francis Xavier School. The players spoke to the whole school about
healthy diet, training and keeping healthy. Students then asked questions to each player. I learnt that to be
healthy I should eat fruit, vegetables
and drink lots of water.
Makenzie O’Neill Year 5
God Bless
Ben Doyle
Lord God,
You come to rule the
earth, to rule with jus-
tice and reward those
who have been faithful
to you.
Amen
Label that Lunch Box
Already excessive amounts of unlabeled lunch containers, hats and other items are filling the lost property boxes.
Teachers can only assist in returning property if they are clearly labelled. Take the time, save some money and label
all items clearly with your child’s name.
Parking Issues
Thank you to all parents who have assisted by following correct parking procedures. The start of the year is always
busy with children requiring additional support before transitioning to the kiss and drop zones. Additionally, a change
in the finish time for a neighboring school has added to the volume of cars being present in this period. Please be pa-
tient and respectful to each other and ensure student safety is a priority during afternoon pick up.
Swim Carnival
This year’s swimming carnival for year 4 –6 will be held next Thursday 9th March at the Aquarena. The carnival will
start at 11.30am and conclude at 2.30pm. Students are to come to school as normal, they will get changed at school
and will travel to the Aquarena by bus. At the conclusion of the carnival parents need to collect their students
from class teachers and have names ticked off. Any students who cannot be collected from the carnival need to let
their class teacher know, these students will travel by bus back to school to be dismissed at 3pm. On Thursday students
are to wear their school sports uniform with their faction coloured shirt, with their bathers underneath.
Uniforms
Total Uniforms have advised they now have the School Sports Jacket back in stock.
Student Address Collection Please see the attached note from the Department of Education and Training regarding the 2017 Student Residential Address Col-lection.
Term 1 and 2 Assemblies
Merit Certificates
Merit Certificates were awarded to the following students at this week’s assembly: PPR Rocky Little & Georgia Crothers PPM Jocelyn Slater & Jayden Baynes
1A Luke Gardiner & Amber Foster 1L Asha Pirrottina, Stevie Lanza-Cariccio & Zharntae Manado
2W Taylor Ahearn & Chevy O’Brien 2F Daniel Price & Kayley Iaria
3M Dali Muliada & Khadijah Nazir 3J Abdullah Hussain, Eve Broad & Clare Gardiner
4P Bella Watson, Heidi Correy 4N Declan Coyle & Henry Thomson
5O Makenzie O’Neill & Campbell Surtees 5H Nate Wyatt & Tayla Blakemore
6P Amy Price & Evelyn Morphew 6V Memphis Hyde & Hien Tran Thi Thu
Week 7—17th
March
Week 2—5th May Week 4—19th May Week 7—2nd June Week 9—16th June
Yr 1L—2.30pm 6P—2.30pm 2F —2.30pm 3J —2.30pm 1A —2.30pm
Enrolments—2018
It’s that time of the year when some of you or someone you know may be thinking
about enrolling your child in Kindergarten next year. Please contact the office for an
information pack or simply go to the link on our webpage: http://
www.sfx.wa.edu.au/enrolment.html. Children should have turned 4 between 1st
July 2013 and 30th June 2014.
RELIGION
Value of the Week—HONESTY For the next fortnight as a school we are focusing on the value of Honesty. Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straight-forwardness, along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Furthermore, honesty means being trustworthy, loyal, fair, and sincere. We show Honesty to ourselves, others and the community by: • Taking responsibility for our own actions. • Speaking up for what is right. • Considering our carbon footprint. In the Gospels of Jesus we read numerous stories about Jesus helping those who are honest and sincere about their faith and trust in God. One example is the story of the woman who was suffering of severe bleeding. Within a large crowd she managed to touch Jesus’ cloak and was instantly cured. Jesus could sense the power go from him and asked, “Who touched me?’. Trembling and worried that she had done wrong the woman was honest and admitted to Jesus that it was her. Jesus said to her, “My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your trouble. Good things happen to those who are honest. Project Compassion Our social justice focus for the season of Lent is supporting the work of Caritas through their Project Compassion fundraising program. Families have been sent home a money box. Please fill generously with your spare change and return a the end of term.
FAMILIES ASKING FOR BAPTISM OF THEIR SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
Families of Children who are not Catholic who have begun their schooling at school this year and asking to be baptised in order to make their First Reconciliation, First Communion and Confirmation in the Catholic Community are invited to contact Carol Quill, Coordinator of the Parish Sacraments Formation Team by the 27th of February on 9964 2716 or email [email protected].
Another option is to call into the Parish Office at the Catholic Centre, ph: 9964 1608 and complete an Enrolment Form which will be given to Carol.
If you have not already met with one of the Priests, Carol will arrange a meeting for you to build up the relationship between the Parish and your family.
All the sacraments will be celebrated in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms of the school year. An important way of helping your children prepare for Baptism or Reception (if already baptised in another Church) and participate the Sacraments, there will be a brief 4 weeks preparation time on Baptism for the children immediately after School beginning in March. You, as parents are very wel-come to join in the classes.
I do hope this year of 2017 will be a time of blessing for you and your children as the new school year begins.
Fr Michael Morrissey
COMMUNITY NOTICES
GERALDTON RUGBY CLUB
We would like to invite all players to come along and join the rugby club this year.
Fees. $70, which gets them a shirt & insurance
Gummy Sharks: Boys & girls 4yrs – 9yrs
Reef Sharks : Boys & girls 10yrs – 14yrs
Training will be on Thursday evenings 5pm to 6pm @ Rugby Park, on Chapman Rd, Spalding, Geraldton.
Margaret Frick
Geraldton Rugby Club
Mob: 040 7087 181
P & F NOTICES
SFX Second Hand Uniform Shop—Change of hours
Suzie will now be opening the Uniform Shop on Monday afternoons 2.45pm to 3.15pm and Wednesday mornings 8.30am – 9.00am. They des-perately need girls dresses with only three in stock. Also if you can please remember when donating items, if they could be clean and ironed which helps to save time and parents can then see items that are of reasonable quality.
We do not take donations of other items just school uniforms only please.
Suzie can be contacted on 0427 871 152
COMMUNITY SPORT NOTICES
Learn to play like the Perth Scorchers through MILO T20 BLAST! Geraldton registrations are now live! Venue: GBSC Sport Park Ages: 7-12 Program length: 5 weeks Dates & Times: 1630 -1800 Contact: JASON YIP e: [email protected] m: 0429 107 963 03.3.2017 – week 2 10.3.2017 – week 3 17.3.2017 – week 4 18.3.2017 – (morning) MILO T20 BLAST FESTIVAL! Each week will include a skills zone, where ALL participants will be honing skills whilst waiting to bat To sign up: 1. Visit the Play Cricket Website www.playcricket.com.au 2. Search ‘where can I play?’ in the top right corner of the page – for example 6530 3. Scroll down to ‘Geraldton Junior Cricket Association’ and click ‘next’ 4. Click ‘register’ Kids sport registrations: 1. Visit the Play Cricket Website www.playcricket.com.au 2. Search ‘where can I play?’ in the top right corner of the page type ‘kidsport’ 3. Continue through the registration process selecting MILO T20 BLAST
Jason Yip Regional Cricket Manager- Mid West
Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc.) M: +61 429 107 963 |
COMMUNITY SPORT NOTICES
“Olympic FC”- Junior Soccer 2017 Winter Season Sign up!!
Olympic FC Junior Soccer Club would like to invite anyone from the ages of 5 through to 12. Soccer is great for young children because they learn co-ordination, balance, sportsmanship and most importantly make new friends and have fun!!! All this is achieved in a non-contact and safe environment. Details of how to register are as follows:
Registration: To register your child, please visit https://live.myfootballclub.com.au
Cost: U5 and U7 - $145 for full season program
U9 to U13 - $160 for full season program
Age groups Under 5 – Born 2012
Under 7 – Born 2010 & 2011
Under 9 – Born 2008 & 2009
Under 11 – Born 2006 & 2007
Under 13 – Born 2004 & 2005
Female players are eligible to play down one year i.e. Born 2009 can play Under 7, born 2007 can play Under 9 etc.
Queries: Steve Pratt – 0428 939 330 or [email protected]
Nicole Wing - 0439 383 530 or [email protected]
Equipment: Our Royal Blue socks and shorts are available from Sports Power with a 10% club discount. To assist Sports Power, please request the discount to ensure you receive it.
Why not arrange a few friends and join together in the same team!!
