Dear Families
QCESR
The review concluded last term on the 15th of June and was highly successful. Staff, P & F, School Council and students were interviewed, we have received the report back this week and would like to share the below paragraph.
St Emilie’s Catholic Primary School has proven itself to be a nurturing, welcoming environment and exemplifies the ideal Catholic school. Its members are respected, cared for, challenged and provided with opportunities to celebrate their growth. The school is a gift to its community and an excellent example of a Catholic school in the broader CEWA system.
This is a great credit to the staff, students, P & F, School Council, community and particularly Tania Thuijs who has led the school so well for almost 11 years. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing some more information from the review.
Family Breakfast & VIP Experience at House Athletics Carnival
The family breakfast will be held on Friday 2nd September at school. Please see the note below for more details. For the first time ever, there will be a raffle offering a VIP experience at the House Athletics Carnival on the school oval on Friday 16th of September. Our P & F are an amazing team so please support the breakfast and the VIP experience.
Year 2 Assembly
Thank you to our Year Two students and staff for their assembly this morning. The Assembly was creative and innovative. The students presented their learning about animals and Information Reports as 'breaking news'. There was even a live cross to the zoo itself. Congratulations to the Year 2 Team and the students on a fun and informative Assembly.
OSH Bake Sale
The team from our OSH Club are organising a bake sale fundraiser for the Red Nose Appeal. Next Friday the 19th of August they will be set up outside the admin building in the morning before school and in the OSH area after school, we encourage as many families as possible to support this Community Project.
Confirmation Workshops
Thank you to our Year 6 families who attended the Confirmation parent/child workshops this week. Cordelia Nicholas, the presenter from the Catechist Team at CEWA was impressed with the attitude and willingness to participate fully in the workshop from all families who attended.
I just wanted to say thank you for the very warm welcome that I have received over the last two days. I really appreciated the assistance received from the school leadership team, parish catechists and the classroom teachers.
Feast of the Assumption
On Monday 15th August the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this Feast, Catholics traditionally celebrate Mary going to heaven. The tradition is that 'God took Mary, body and soul, to heaven after her life on earth had come to an end'. There will be Mass at the church at 6pm on Monday the 15th August, all are welcome to attend.
Respecting Agreed Start and Finish Times
A gentle reminder that supervision starts at 8.20am, so no child should be dropped off before that time. This is also the case at the end of the school day, supervision concludes at 3.20pm, and all children should be picked up by that time. Thank you for your cooperation.
Positive COVID Cases
If your child tests positive to COVID, please ensure that you enter the result on the CEWA portal and also on the Health Department.
https://cewa-collections.powerappsportals.com/COVID-19-Self-Reporting-Form/
https://datalibrary-rc.health.wa.gov.au/surveys/?s=WDLLNTW4RDX8AWPH
Parenting Article
This week under the Parent Reading heading, we have included an Insights article titled, 'How to change your parenting for the teenage years'. There is also information on a free webinar as our school has a membership with Parenting Ideas. In this webinar, Michael Grose discusses the importance of changing parenting gears during the teenage years. He shares the critical shifts parents need to make when raising teenagers
Regards
Stuart Munro
Principal
