For the safety of all, adults picking up or dropping off are asked to stay in their cars. Children will either be supervised to cross over at the church and escorted to you at your car in the afternoon. Family names on the dashboard assists those staff on duty and makes for a smoother pick up. If you have misplaced your laminated family label, please contact the office.

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After School:

This year the playgroup will run on a Monday morning in the Dance Hall. Please see more information below from our P&F.

This morning we gathered as a school to celebrate the Eucharist and welcome new members to our school community. Fr Ruben commissioned those new staff members in attendance: Jodie Barton, Alice O’Hanlon, Fran Da Rui, Emily Orr, Mark Di Blasi, Zac Baker, Olivia Robertson and Natalie Vennitti. In addition, Emma Cochrane, Vitoria Walker and Christine Collie were welcomed.

We warmly welcome Angela Coon as the parish based Sacramental Coordinator for 2023. Angela is working closely with the school to ensure the program runs very smoothly. Enrolment Commitment Masses for all children receiving a Sacrament this year are Saturday 18th February @ 6pm or Sunday 19th February @ 9:30 am. Children need only attend one Mass. There will be a morning tea after the 9.30am mass where all families are welcome. Please bring a plate. If you have any questions regarding your child's sacrament this year, please contact Angela via email: acoon@bigpond.net.au

Don’t forget the EOTG from 5-8pm on Friday 17th February. We look forward to seeing many families here for this community event and particularly welcome those who are new to St Luke’s Catholic Primary. A huge thank you to our Year 1 parents who are doing an amazing job organising many activities for this night.

Lots of beautiful new life present around our school today!

I look forward to journeying with you all this year.

Kerry Hewitson

Principal

St Luke's Catholic Primary is in a bushfire risk area. As part of our commitment to safety, the school has a clearly defined bushfire plan. This includes lockdown and evacuation procedures. The school also follows a maintenance plan where guttering and downpipes are cleared regularly, and arborists monitor trees on site on an annual basis.

Thank you to our P&F who have offered to sponsor a cyber safety workshop for parents and all students in Years 3 to 6 on the 7th of March. Dr Kayelene Kerr (who presented to our community in 2021) will return to work with the students during the day and will then a host a parent only information session from 5.30 - 7.30pm in our Hall.

This will be a wonderful opportunity for parents and children to discuss important issues as a family and be on the same page after Dr Kayelene's workshops. Parents please register your attendance at this FREE workshop by clicking here. Thank you again to our P&F for covering the costs of this very worthwhile initiative.

If you would like more information please check out: www.esafekids.com.au

It was wonderful to officially introduce our new school uniform this year. The students all look amazing! Just to clarify, girls may choose to wear shorts or a short with the sport uniform.

As previously mentioned, we will have a 2 year transition period where the old uniform will be accepted. Please be mindful if you are purchasing the new uniform, to not mix pieces of old and new. If you are in the new uniform, please wear the new shorts with the new shirt. Thank you for your assistance with this.

We will have full implementation of the new uniform in 2025. This means that all our current students in Year 5 and 6 will not need to change their uniform over if they do not wish to. We hope this will give our families enough time to transition to the new uniform without a great expense to each family.

For contact details and ordering online please head to: https://tudorschooluniforms.com.au/

Laura Hodgen has kindly been researching options for old uniforms to be recycled and repurposed. So if you are not passing them onto other families, please hold onto any items you no longer need. We imagine a lot of families will be buying new uniforms over the holidays and we don’t want all the old ones to be thrown in the bin! If anyone would like to assist in this initiative or has any suggestions / contacts please contact Laura at laurahodgen@outlook.com

Congratulations to our 2023 Student Council and Sport Captains who were presented with their badges at assembly in Week 1.

As calendar dates can be subject to change, please always confirm events by checking our online calendar - https://www.stlukeswoodvale.wa.edu.au/community-calendar

Week 2

Friday 10th February

• Fathering Group Welcome Night 6:00pm

Week 3

Friday 17th February

• Merit Award Assembly 8:45am
• Evening on the Green 5:00pm

Saturday 18th February

• Enrolment Commitment Mass 6:00pm

Sunday 19th February

• Enrolment Commitment Mass 9:30am (followed by morning tea- please bring a plate to share)

Week 4

Tuesday 21st February

• School Advisory Council Meeting 6:00pm
• P&F Meeting 7.30pm (Library)

Wednesday 22nd February

• Ash Wednesday Mass 10am (Years 1-6)

Friday 24th February

• Merit Award Assembly 8:45am

Week 5

Tuesday 28th February

• Faction Swimming Carnival Years 4-6

Friday 3rd March

• Pupil Free Day/Staff Professional Development

Week 6

Monday 6th March

• Public Holiday-Labour Day

Tuesday 7th March

• Cyber Safety Student Workshops
• Cyber Safety Parent Workshop 5:30pm

Thursday 9th March

• Year 5 Class Mass 9am

Friday 10th March

• Merit Award Assembly 8:45am

Enrolment Commitment Masses – 18th Feb 6pm or 19th Feb 9.30am (followed by morning tea)

Parent Sacramental Information Session – 14th March 6-7pm (in the Church)

CONFIRMATION

Parent and Child Workshop– 11th May

School Retreat – 17th May

Confirmation Masses – 27th May 6pm & 28th May 9.30am

EUCHARIST

Parent and Child Workshop – 16th August

School Retreat – 28th August

Eucharist Masses – 9th September 6pm & 10th September 9.30am

RECONCILIATION

Parent and Child Workshop – 26th October

School Retreat – 1st November

Reconciliation Night – 8th November

Getting absorbed in a new activity is a great way to boost your wellbeing. And when facing challenges, it can really help to take a new perspective or find a new way forward.

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 week, show up and SHINE!

Sarah Williams & Kristy Graffin

Assistant Principals

Our Beginning Engineers and Advanced Engineers are both taking place after school every Monday. The Beginning Engineers Program is sold out and the Advanced Engineers group has 1 spot left. If you are interested, please see the information below.

The first P&F Fathering Group event of the year is here! Register your attendance here: https://forms.office.com/r/Kv0NJUNDXK

We are recommencing playgroup starting Monday 20th February. 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

Registrations are now open for the 2023 netball season.

St Luke's play at Wanneroo Districts Netball Association at Kingsway Sporting Complex. Games run from late April through to late August.

If you have a child in Years 2 - 6 who is interested in playing this season, please register them via forms.gle

More details can be found in the link above, but please contact us at stlukesnetball.woodvale@yahoo.com.au if you have any questions.

The P&F St Luke’s wine fundraiser, is online and delivered straight to your door. $3 per bottle comes straight back to school. Feel free to share with all of your friends and thank you for supporting our fabulous school.

https://wacellars.com.au/fundraising/st-lukes-catholic-primary-school-pf/

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 Stephen would also love to meet you, so please introduce yourself after Mass. You are welcome to visit us at the 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.

A special morning tea will be held on Sunday, February 19th after 9.30am mass to celebrate all the children in the parish who are making a Sacrament this year. Please bring something delicious to share as we take this opportunity to support and celebrate the children of our parish, and school communities. Any queries please contact Megan Proud: 0423988067

Our parish are looking for a choir leader or organist that can assist with the music at Mass. If you are able to assist in anyway, please reach out to Sandra in the parish office: woodvale@perthcatholic.org.au