ST LUKE’S NEWSLETTER for our children and that tomorrow is being built today. Issue No 2. Assistant Principal’s 7th February 2018 Table of Contents Principal’s Message Message

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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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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