Please check the community calendar for upcoming and future dates as the calendar is regularly updated.

https://www.padcath.wa.edu.au/community-calendar

Dear Parents

For centuries, the Catholic Church has set aside the entire month of May to honour Mary, Mother of God. Our class teachers are spending some time in class this month teaching the children to pray the Hail Mary and The Rosary. Thank you to Year One children for leading us all in our Mother’s Day Assembly this morning, in honour of all mothers within the PCPS community.

It was wonderful to see so many mums and grandmothers join us today for the Mothers Day Breakfast. A special thank you to Erin Otten for coordinating this event and to her helpers Severine Gibson, Laura Kirkwood, Brooke Walsh, Casey Gallagher and Erin Lynch. It was extremely well attended, COVID style!

A reminder the Parent-Student workshop for PCPS families will be held next week on Wednesday 12 May. This is on the Community Calendar and information has been emailed out.

Tuesday - Writing

Wednesday - Reading

Thursday - Conventions of Language & Spelling

Friday - Numeracy

Mrs Wood

Knitting Club Co ordinator

Before school supervision commences at 8.15am in the Undercover Area. Children must not be on the school site prior to 8.15am. If children from Year 1-6 are on school site from 8.15am, they must wait in the Undercover Area with the teacher on supervision.

We ask that even if Yr 1-6 parents are waiting with their children before school, please wait with your child in the amphitheatre where there is a teacher on duty each morning from 8:15am. If parents wait with their children outside classrooms, we often see that other children start to congregate there and this becomes a duty of care issue as they are not supervised by staff. We appreciate everyone's understanding to ensure all students' safety.

If you need to drop your child off earlier than 8.15am then please contact OSH Club (Before School Care).

An important message from Mark, the Traffic Warden on Gibson Avenue:

I have been on the crossing since the start of 2020 (and a couple of reliefs prior to that), and I consider myself very fortunate to be positioned here. The students are very polite and respectful and the acknowledgement, positive comments and waves/thumbs up from parents and staff and drivers in general, makes this crossing a pleasure to work at.

Please take note of the following to ensure the safest possible environment for our community:

• Please do not cross Gibson Avenue near Ruddall Way. Not only is this dangerous and impedes traffic flow, it defeats the purpose of having a manned crossing. It also does not set a good example by these parents to their children and others, of obeying road rules, and simple common sense.
• Please be aware of cars stopping on the crossing, which makes it very difficult to get children and parents across. Please try and leave the crossing clear at all times.
• Please remember the 40km/hour speed limit

Thanks everyone.

Mark The Traffic Warden

🎶 Choir for Boys and Girls in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Tuesdays 8:15 in the hall.

🎶 Stick Rehearsal- Interested Year 6 Boys and Girls Wednesdays 8:15 in the hall.

Mrs Sylvia Grigoroff-Cusack

Music Teacher

Entries need to be submitted to me by 9th May.

Solo instrumental and vocal entries....$18 or $9 for video submission.

Speech and Drama....$20 or $10 for video submission.

Duologues are $32 or $16 for video submission.

For further information contact me in person or by email. sylvia.cusack@cewa.edu.au

Mrs Sylvia Grigoroff-Cusack

Music Teacher

Watching your child or young person manage their nervous moments can be challenging for parents, but it comes with the territory. How you react to an anxiety-inducing moment can influence the way kids approach uncomfortable situations in the future.

Sadly, avoidance is a well-entrenched pattern of behaviour that holds many kids back from experiencing life as they would like. The comfort zone that many crave to stay in can be like maximum security prison where there’s no escape. It’s incumbent upon parents to make sure participation rather than avoidance becomes the most likely response even when kids feel nervous and tense.

There’s a natural tendency for kids to avoid doing activities where they may fail, struggle or even risk being laughed at. At such times, parents who can see the bigger picture need to make decisions for their child to prevent the development of negative patterns of behaviour that are so difficult to break. It takes significant parental sensitivity and courage to avoid taking anxiety-inducing activities temporarily away from a child or teenager. But it’s the right thing to do if developing confidence, rather than helplessness is your goal.

You should never underestimate the value of a little parenting push, particularly if anxiety tends to be your child’s constant companion.

These words couldn’t have been truer as I watched my son walk into a clubroom of complete strangers to join a footy team last night. He was nervous. I was beyond nervous and thinking about how I would fare in a similar situation. But…it had to be done and so it was. Without a doubt, next week will be easier…on both of us.

Mrs Ali Fisher

Social Worker

It was wonderful to see so many parents and staff at the Paul Litherland Cyber Safety Presenation on Wednesday Night. I hope you found it useful for you in tackling the online world with your children.

For further resources you can see Paul's resources:

YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3LDx57qeE2QJObSaMFwdmw

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SurfOnlineSafe/

Website - https://www.surfonlinesafe.com.au/

Website news - https://www.surfonlinesafe.com.au/news.html

Blog - https://www.surfonlinesafe.com.au/blog_page_1.html

Mr vB

Assistant Principal

We warmly invite all families to celebrate a special family mass at Our Lady of the Mission on Sunday, May 16 at 11.00am. At this mass the families from PCPS will be participating in all parts of the Mass along with the parish community. We would love expressions of interest from any children or parents to attend, sing, play a musical instrument, read, do the offertory procession, etc. Please click HERE register your interest

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19x5Z1kbBJ1A0TINYk2c-0ms_9Imud7483f4oLjnnAAs/edit?usp=sharing)

We will be in touch soon regarding your role and a practise before the Mass. Please note there will be 2 practises on May 7 and May 14 at 3pm in the school Prayer Room. If you or your child would like to play guitar at the Mass, please email npbullen@gmail.com ASAP to register your interest. Parents and children welcome.

There will be a sausage sizzle after Mass in the parish hall, with sausages and icy poles provided for all families. We would love some volunteers to help with this as well, so please add your name if you are able.

Please mark Sunday, May 16, 11am on your calendar, and we hope to see as many PCPS families as possible celebrating this special Mass.

Emma Marpole, Nat Bullen, Liz de Haas and Kate Allen

PCPS Parish Family Mass Co-ordinators

Mass Times

All Masses are held in the Church

Saturday - 8:30am; 6:30pm

Sunday - 8:00am; 9:30am; 11:00am; 5:45pm

Monday to Friday - 7:00am; 9:00am

24:7 Youth Group

For all youth in Years 6 to 12

1st and 3rd Friday @ Parish Hall, 7pm

Call Luke 0401822932 for more information.

Rev Fr Cyprian M Shikokoti - PP

Our Lady of the Mission, Parish Website : www.olm.myparish.net.au

Gina McEntee, Raf Rogers, Janine O’ Shea, Beck Kish, Kate Allen, Julie Bertolucci, Liggia Alvarado, Clare Ogden, Marina Deans and Vilma Hall

Walk For Women's Cancer Team