ST LUKE’S NEWSLETTER
ST LUKE’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL - 17 DUFFY TCE WOODVALE 6026
Phone: 9309 2949 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.stlukeswoodvale.wa.edu.au
https://stlukeswoodvale.coneqt-p.cathednet.wa.edu.au/ 14th February 2018
VISION STATEMENT
This is a place of courage where everyone can give voice to their aspirations and concerns. Our relationships are marked by
empathy and trust. The adults here are strong and conscious role models. In this place power is always at the service of the
people. We take risks and so sometimes we make mistakes. We learn their lessons and move on stronger. Laughter is heard
here often and we celebrate our success. People here are passionate in their advocacy of depth in learning
and in the pursuit of a more just world. We know that the dignity of our work is that we touch the future through
and for our children and that tomorrow is being built today.
Issue No 2.
7th February 2018 Table of Contents Principal’s Message Assistant Principal’s Message Kindy Enrolments for Siblings 2020 Nut Aware School Swimming Carnival News Merit Award Winners Birthday Greetings Parish News Kindy Parent Information Wine & Cheese Night Netball Registration Reminder Keyed Up Music Lessons The Big Splash Information
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Dear Parents, Caregivers and Community Members,
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. The key theme of this season is
repentance, and it is a time to saying sorry for all those things that have spoiled our
lives, hurt others and broken our relationship with God. Only through repentance can
friendship with God be restored and Christians be ready for the mystery and miracle
of Easter.
Some of the palm crosses from the previous year are carefully burned to create ash.
During the worship, people are signed with an ash cross on their foreheads as a sign
that they truly want to repent. In Baptism, Christians are signed with a 'water' cross on
their foreheads. That marks a new beginning in Christ. The cross of ashes on the
forehead marks a decision to say sorry for what has been done wrong and to get ready
to make a fresh start with Jesus again.
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Dates to Remember Tues 20 Feb Kindy Information Wine & Cheese Night 6-7.30pm Wed 21 Feb Board Meeting 7pm Wed 28 Feb P&F Meeting 7pm Fri 2 Mar Swimming Carnival Yr 4-6 Mon 5 Mar Labour Day Public Holiday
St Luke’s School acknowledges the Whadjuk people as the traditional custodians of the land upon which our school is situated.
Lenten Prayer We fast from judging others, But feast on patience We fast from apparent differences, But feast on unity of all life We fast from words that pollute, But feast on words that affirm We fast from complaining, But feast on appreciation We fast from bitterness and anger, But feast on forgiveness and mercy We fast from discouragement, But feast on hope, We fast from idle gossip But feast on purposeful silence We fast from problems that overwhelm But feast on prayer that strengthens. Amen
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Congratulations to all the children who attended today’s Ash Wednesday Mass. Thank you to
Father Francisco for celebrating Mass with us and teaching us that Lent is about Prayer,
Alms-giving and Fasting (giving something up we really enjoy e.g. chocolate or ice-cream) for
Lent.
School Routines Let me congratulate all the students for their efforts last week. It was pleasing to see the children return to
school procedures and formalities with such ease. The participation and reverence displayed by the students at
our Beginning of School Year Mass and today’s Ash Wednesday Mass has highlighted this transition and was
most commendable.
Evening on the Green
It was also wonderful to see quite a number of families in attendance last Friday. I wish to sincerely thank the
following people for helping make last Friday a wonderful community event:
Rebecca Mackie for coordinating the evening with pizzazz;
Shobukan Karate - Supplying us with their bouncy castle free of
charge;
Carrissa Merton and Lauren Renshaw – for organising the amazing
raffle prizes and selling them all night;
Perth Kids Party Hire - Supplying us with all of the kids toys and
games free of charge and,
Pizza Hut, Woodvale - Delivering Pizzas at a discounted price
This representation was tremendous as it is vital that our children see the importance that Mum and Dad place
on these school celebrations. There is no doubt the students appreciate having their parents in attendance
whenever possible.
Parent Information Evenings It was fantastic to see so many parents attend the Parent Information Evenings on Monday and Tuesday. The
opportunity for parents to come together to initially hear about the Vision and Focus for 2018, and then to be
informed by their child’s class teacher about some key aspects of the particular year level is most valuable.
In talking with parents over the course of the evening there was a real sense of positivity and excitement.
Many thanks to the teachers and staff for their efforts in conducting these evenings.
School Priorities 2018 A copy of the outline of the School Priorities 2018 is now on the school website. This information was shared at
the Parent Information Nights on Monday and Tuesday.
Valentine’s Day Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1
John 4:8
Each of us who has a special story to tell; the story that reflects our
life, our journey and the people that have shared the journey with us.
On Valentine’s Day, we remember to acknowledge those around us
by simple gestures that show those we love, our appreciation each
day.
Every 14 February, we celebrate Valentine’s Day by giving flowers, chocolates and cards to those we love. We
do this in honour of Saint Valentine. But who is St Valentine?
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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE ...continued
Valentine was a priest who served during third century Rome. There was an emperor at that time by the name of
Claudius II. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those who were married. With this
thought in mind, he outlawed marriage for young men in the hopes of building a stronger military base. Valentine
decided this decree just wasn’t fair and chose to marry young couples secretly.
Too often, St Valentine’s Day is a rush to buy gifts rather than a time to thank God for love in one’s own life.
The following prayer for St Valentine’s Day offers an opportunity to invite God into St Valentine’s Day:
God of love,
Thank you for those who I love.
Let Your compassion, generosity and power continue to shine
in my life long after the flowers and chocolates are gone,
that I and all who I love might remember
that You love us, now and always.
Amen.
Did You Know……?As part of Making Jesus Real in our school and community, I wish to acknowledge and
highlight the brilliance of three St Luke’s students, Xavier, Jayden and Oliver who have very different sets of
gifts and talents to celebrate:
Xavier Collins and some of his training/swim club buddies from St Hildas Swim
Club, competed in the Busselton Jetty Swim in the 4 person teams event. This was an
open ages race and their team of 11 year olds came in first, completing the race in
55mins. The only team to crack the 1 hour barrier. Beating all adult and teenager teams.
Xavier has swum competitively since he was 9 years old and currently swims for St
Hilda’s Swim Club, training 5 days a week.
Over the last 2 years Xavier has competed in both the short and long course state
championships winning medals in multiple events. Xavier has won Gold medals in:
• 50m and 100m Freestyle and in the process breaking a 9 year old state record for 50m
freestyle, becoming the only 10 year old boy in Western Australia to break the 30
second barrier.
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in
50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke
Xavier (right) with his brother Kai • 50m and 100m Butterfly
Last year in December, Xavier competed in the Pan Pacific School games in Adelaide representing Western Australia,
where he swam against competitors from all over Australia and the Pacific regions. Xavier swam in multiple events and
made the national final in 50m butterfly, 50m and 100m freestyle. Missing out on a medal in the 100m final by 0.2 of a
second.
He then went onto Victoria a week later to swim in the Victorian State Age Championships, making the finals once
again. Xavier is hoping to be selected to swim for WA again this year in July/August in Tasmania.
Jayden Tatasciore spent the last two weeks of the school holidays in America. He was
invited as an artist to perform at The NAMM Show, (National Association of Music
Merchants), which is the world’s largest trade event for the music industry. He enjoyed
playing at the many booths, sampling and exhibiting guitars and equipment.
Whilst in America, one if his Facebook videos achieved 5.6 million views.
From this, Jayden was contacted by Channel 7’s Today Tonight program for a story that
will air this Thursday night 6:30pm.
Jayden regularly makes a cameo appearance with a local ACDC tribute band. He also will
be performing on Saturday night for Bonfest Freo with Angry Anderson, Bob Spencer
(from the Angels) and Mark Evans (former ACDC bass player).
Jayden in action...
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Oliver Vrebac is travelling to Tasmania on the 22nd of February 2018 on behalf of
the P2P Academy to represent a WA select team against the select teams of all the
other states. Oliver is the only 2007 born player to be selected for this team as the rest
of the selection is 2006 born. So that makes him the youngest player in the tournament.
He is very proud of that and comes as a great reward for his efforts. He trains really
hard almost every day of the week and is in love with the sport. Oliver is currently
playing for Joondalup United. He was also selected to go play in Spain and Portugal
last year. A month prior to flying out to Spain he broke his arm at school and wasn't
able to participate which left him heart broken for a long time.
He has been playing soccer since he was 5 years old. In the last few years he has been
playing at a very high level; 2or 3 years above his age group. But this year he decided
to play only one age group above, as his injuries were quite serious in those years. He
lives to play soccer, that's all he ever wants to do and he has a ball with him everywhere
he goes. Oliver even sleeps with all his soccer ball under his bed.
Congratulations Xavier, Jayden and Oliver. Thank you for sharing your gifts and talents with us.
Andrew Kelly
Principal Thought for the Week You’re happiest while you’re making the greatest contribution.
Robert F Kennedy
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Shrove Tuesday Pancakes A sincere thanks to all the parents who volunteered their time and cooking skills to supply our children pancakes to
celebrate Shrove Tuesday yesterday. Many hands made light work and the pancakes were enjoyed by all the chil-
dren. It was great to see some new faces helping out this year. I'd like to particularly thank the following people:
Suzanne Ryan Nicole Reddie
Vanessa Robinson Nicole McDonough
Renny McCarthur Loretta Pudsey
Sarah Morrow Megan Proud
Tania Rego Natalie Deimel
Yvonne Dias Kelly Matthews
Karen Cadd
Of course also a thanks to Mr Plant who is always a big help! Thank you also to the many others who generously
offered their assistance. Stay tuned, there is a swimming carnival on the calendar coming up and we'd love more
volunteers!
Project Compassion - Caritas Ash Wednesday today marks the beginning of Lent, and also the beginning of Project Compassion. Caritas
Australia’s annual Lenten fundraising and awareness-raising appeal, Project Compassion brings thousands of
Australians together in solidarity with the world's poor to help end poverty, promote justice and uphold dignity.
As part of Lent, we are encouraged to pray, fast and give alms. Caritas Australia's Project Compassion provides an
avenue for us to give alms in the form of donations to assist those with less than us. Today, each child from Year
1-6 will bring home a money box to fill over the Lenten period. Children and families are encouraged to give as
much as they can afford to support this fantastic Catholic organisation. In class, children will be watching and
learning more about the stories from the Project Compassion website, to give them a better understanding of where
the money raised goes.
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Oliver in action..
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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE continued….
Toward the conclusion of Lent, families are encourage to take their money boxes down to Father
Francisco at the parish who will collect and pass on all funds raised to Caritas. To find out more, please
visit the following link and take the time to watch or share stories as a family. http://www.caritas.org.au/
projectcompassion
Thank you again for your continued support of the Catholic Church.
Year 4 1:1 BYOD iPad Parent Workshops - START NEXT WEEK! Thank you parents for your patience in waiting for these workshops to begin. The furniture for the
learning hub will finally arrive this week, therefore we will be running a 30min parent workshop, every
Wednesday beginning in Week 4, until the end of term. The same workshop will run each week for this
term. Parents in Year 4 are encouraged to attend.
Where: The Learning Hub (next to the library)
When: Wednesdays (Beginning Wednesday 21st February)
Time: 3:15pm - 3:45pm (sharp)
Topic: Term 1 - ZuluDesk: How to place restrictions on iPads whilst at home.
It will be the same content each week all term, therefore this term it will operate on a drop-in basis.
Meaning, you can come to the same workshop as many times as you like this term until you are
comfortable with the content.
Assistant Principals
Jason Baker & Jackie Hunt
KINDY ENROLMENTS FOR SIBLINGS 2020
Please ensure that your sibling child is enrolled for Kindy for 2020, we will be conducting interviews for
these students and will advise you soon of when these will be taking place.
NUT AWARE SCHOOL
St Luke’s continues to be a Nut Aware school.
There are students in the school with nut allergies and documented severe reactions.
Please assist their safety by excluding nuts and nut products from student lunch boxes at all times.
SWIMMING CARNIVAL NEWS
Please encourage your Year 4-6 children to practise swimming prior to our carnival on Fri 2nd March.
I know many of you are already doing this and we hope to see the best of everyone on the day!!
Thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to help on the day
Rob Noseda
Sports Coordinator
MERIT AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen by their teachers to
receive merit awards, to be presented at this Friday’s Assembly.
BLUE WHITE
1 Giselle Vivarelli Lily Dale
2 Eve Kallis Luke Richmond
3 Jai Canal Zofie Ness
4 Charli Armstrong Mia Fazari
5 Riley Proud LaraToomath Jack Hewitt
6 Laoise McAleer Xander Vinciguerra
PE Penny Miller Anne Devlin
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Congratulations to the following staff and students who are celebrating their birthdays during this week.
Anthony Vrebac(4W), Isabelle Drozdz(3B), Oliver Vrebac(6W), Nadja Stojkovski(3W), Logan Coutts
(KW), Armani Latouche(1B), Summer Henry(3W), Starr Vinciguerra(4B), Joshua Detata(5B), Cody
Simmonds(PPW), Thomas Harris(2B), Victoria Pudelek(3B), Ruby MAnov(5B), Sophia Santoro(4B),
Mrs McIntyre(PPW), Mrs Papiccio(Italian).
PARISH NEWS
Choir The choir will now meet each Wednesday afternoon, at 2.15pm, after hymn singing, in the music room
with Mrs Longbottom. All Year 3-6 students are welcome to attend.
Family Mass The first Family Mass, for 2018, is scheduled for Sunday, 25th February at 9.30am. If your child would
like to participate in this mass, please contact Raquel Leeks. [email protected]
Youth Group There will be a few changes to Youth Group this year. The first celebration, for 2018, has been
rescheduled for Friday, 16th March, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, in the Parish Hall. All Year 4 -6 children are
welcome to attend. There will now only be one youth group meeting per term. A separate youth group
will operate for students Year 7 and older. More information will be be disseminated at a later date. If you
are able to assist please contact Carmel [email protected]
Please contact Trish Main (Year 6 Teacher) if you have any queries regarding the Parish News.
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ST LUKE’S NETBALL CLUB - REGISTRATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY
Registrations for players for the WDNA winter season are closing this week. No late registrations can be
accepted after Friday 16th February. If you require any further information or a registration form, please
email the club at [email protected]
KEYED UP MUSIC
Keyed Up Music will be teaching Guitar Lessons On Wednesday and Thursday after school. Lessons
start from $17.50 for a group lesson. If you are interested please ring Therese on 1300 366 243 or enrol at
www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolment-form
The Big Splash WA
www.thebigsplashwa.com.au
The Big Splash WA is an event that will take place in the streets, parks
and public spaces of Perth and surrounds in 2018. A huge pod of
wildly colourful dolphin ...
20 January to 4 March 2018 An Interactive Dolphin Trail.
If you haven't already done this, there is still time........Take the family for a day out and see if you can find all the
colorful dolphins set in iconic locations around Perth. It's great family time and a fun opportunity for children to
learn more about mental health. Proceeds to Perth Children's Hospital Foundation.
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