Dear Parents & Carers,

Welcome Back to Term 4!

As we begin the final school term for 2023, we look forward to working in partnership with you to provide the best possible learning experiences for the children in our care so that they can grow as individuals and reach their God-given potential.

Returning to school this week after long service leave, I was struck by how beautiful and well-cared-for the grounds look. This is thanks to the attention to detail given by our ground’s person, Mr Neville Hogan.

Over the holidays, several improvements and maintenance issues were attended to:

· Speed humps and parking bump stops were installed in the top carpark to further ensure the safety of our children and families.

· Parking and pickup area was line marked.

· South side of Year 3 and 4 classrooms pressure cleaned.

· Kindy shade sail repaired and installed.

· New external security lights installed around the library.

· Air conditioning systems serviced.

· Pathway to Performing Arts coated with an anti-slip.

· Art and Music room external walls and windows pressure cleaned.

· All grass areas aerated and fertilised.

The Telethon, Speech & Hearing outpost has been an integral part of St Luke’s since the school began in 1987. Students and staff are all encouraged to wear their loudest, brightest crazy socks tomorrow to raise awareness for those in our community with hearing loss and make a donation to support the cause.

Please keep our Year 3 students and their families in your thoughts and prayers as they prepare to receive the Sacrament of Penance later in the term.

Term 4 is packed with lots of events for all in our community. We look forward to seeing you in and around the school over the coming weeks, whether it be at the Talent Show, St Luke’s Feast Day, Sacramental workshops, sporting events, Graduation, ACM or the Christmas Concert.

God bless,

Kerry Hewitson

Principal

Children in Years 3 and 5 completed the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) in Term 1, 2023. NAPLAN provides nationally comparable evidence about student achievement. At a school level, the data is used to see whether students are reaching important educational goals and to inform future curriculum planning.

This year, NAPLAN was an adaptive test that automatically adapted student test performance to ask questions that match the student’s achievement level. As this was the first year that NAPLAN was adaptive, we cannot accurately compare data with previous years. We can compare our school's mean scaled scores to CEWA, State and National results.

Please see the table below:

Our results this year are positive, with Year 3 performing above CEWA, State and National results in all areas assessed in NAPLAN.

Year 5 also performed well this year. We were above the CEWA, State and National results in Reading, Writing and Spelling. The only areas we fell slightly short on were in Grammar and Numeracy.

As a school we have analysed the data to drive future planning here at St Luke's.

All Souls' Day is a holy day within the Church, set aside for honouring those who have passed away into eternal life. This year at St Luke's, we invite families to attend a liturgy to commemorate those who have passed away. Father Stan will guide the liturgy on Thursday 2nd November at 10:00am. You will also have the opportunity to dedicate a butterfly to place on our memorial wall. The liturgy will be followed by morning tea.

If you would like to attend the liturgy and morning tea, please send an email to kristy.graffin@cewa.edu.au with the following details:

1. Name/s of people attending liturgy

2. Name/s of children attending liturgy (if you would like them to attend)

3. Name of your loved one that you would like to dedicate a butterfly to

Please reply by Friday 20th October; we look forward to a special morning together.

You may be interested in the free Action for Happiness app for iOS and Android, for more info click this link: https://actionforhappiness.org/all-calendars

Please click here for this week's Kids' Bulletin and activities.

Have a wonderful end to your week.... and an even better weekend!

Sarah Williams & Kristy Graffin

Assistant Principals

We look forward to a wonderful St Luke’s Feast Day on Wednesday, 18th October.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

9:00-10:00am: St Luke’s Feast Day Mass (all are welcome)

11:30am-12:30pm: Stalls. Students are encouraged to bring a small amount of money (approx $5, coins are preferable) to participate in the games and market stalls. All money raised will go to the Mercy Sisters who were the founders of our school.

1:50-2:55pm: St Luke’s Got Talent Show

Thank you to the parent volunteers who will be assisting with the stalls. The day couldn’t run smoothly without you!

Families are also invited to join in the weekend celebrations at the parish, with mass and a morning tea being held on Sunday, 22nd October.

Sport Reminders:

• Friday 20th October- Interschool Athletics Carnival
• Every Wednesday morning at 8:10am (weather pending) – HIIT Club
• Every Thursday morning at 7:45am (weather pending) – Running Club

Thank you to Alana Met for organising our Family camp. Bookings are now closed. Thank you to all the families who have booked. Further details will be emailed in the next week, so please keep an eye on your inbox.

Locavora Lunch orders are back on Thursdays for Term 4. If you can spare some time on a Thursday to help pack and distribute the orders, please use the link below to sign up. There are still lots of spots to be filled.

https://signup.com/mobileweb/2.0/vspot.html?fc=true&activitykey=15312926601#choose_event_page

Our last P&F Meeting for 2023 is on Tuesday 17th October, at 7:30pm. All are welcome to come along in the school library or via Zoom.

Meeting ID: 868 3932 7493

Passcode: 017369

Playgroup is back on Mondays in 2023. You can find us in the Dance Hall from 8.45am until approximately 10.30am.

Come along and meet some other St Luke’s families, and let the children play with our fun toys, books and equipment.

Please bring your child’s water bottle, snacks (no nuts) and a keep cup if you’d like to make yourself a coffee.

Join our facebook group for more information and to keep up-to-date at https://www.facebook.com/groups/stlukesplaygroup

I hope to see you there.

Melinda

Playgroup Coordinator

If you have any good news stories about our students that you would like to share with the community, please send any photos and a short blurb to natalie.vennitti@cewa.edu.au

We are thrilled to announce the return of the Young Engineers STEM Club starting from Week 2 of Term 4. This term, students will have the exciting opportunity to construct and program washing machines, power plants, mimosa plants, skateboards, cranes, and a host of other captivating projects.

Find the attached link to enrol:

1. Beginners Engineering and robotics: https://www.trybooking.com/CLNVX
2. Advanced Engineering and robotics: https://www.trybooking.com/CLNVP

We look forward to welcoming parents for the following sessions in the school Dance Hall on Wednesday, 1st November:

Pre Kindy 2024- 5:00pm

Kindy 2024- 6:00pm

If you have not received the information by the end of next week or have any questions, please contact admin@stlukeswoodvale.cewa.edu.au

Welcome to Mass everyone and a big welcome to all new parishioners and visitors to our

Parish of St Luke, Woodvale.

If you are new to our parish, we invite you to complete the Visitors' Book in the foyer.

Fr Stan would also love to meet you, so please introduce yourself at school or after Mass. You are welcome to visit the pastoral office on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.30am—2.30pm.

For more information about our wonderful St Luke's Parish and to read the current

Bulletin please click here.

YOUTH GROUP REPORT

Last week at 24:7 Woodvale youth group we had an awesome night as we had our combined event with 24:7 Whitfords youth group. The night was themed asking everyone to dress as their favourite movie character. All the youth got involved in the fun with their costumes! We started the night with some games and then had a catwalk for everyone to show off their costume. One of the students who was dressed up as Snow White won best dressed. We then had fellowship time to close up the night. Overall, it was an amazing night!

Dear Year 4 2023 Parents and Guardians,

Sacred Heart College would like to remind you that Expressions of Interest for their Year 7 2025 cohort are due by end of month December 2023. Expressions of Interest can be submitted through their College website and incurs a non-refundable $85 expression of interest fee on completion. Expression of Interest families will be emailed mid-January 2024 communicating the commencement of the application process and next steps.

For more information, please feel free to contact the Sacred Heart College Registrar on 08 9246 8283 or registrar@sacredheart.wa.edu.au before December 14.