Dear Families
P & F Pasta Day & Family Breakfast
Thank you to our wonderful P & F for the successful Pasta Day today, there were over 350 orders from the students. We are extremely blessed to have such a hard-working P & F team. A special thank you to the Harvey Italian Club and Frank Panuccio (Nonno of Gabriella & Leo), who provided the equipment to cook the pasta and the sauce.
The P & F are now planning for the Family Breakfast that will be held on Friday 2nd September from 7.30am. Details and the order form for the day are below.
Feast of Mary MacKillop
Our students will celebrate MacKillop Day on Monday. could all Year 1 to 6 MacKillop students please wear their house shirt on Monday. We will celebrate the Feast of Mary MacKillop on Wednesday by leading the 9am Mass at church, all are welcome to attend.
Year 3 & Year 5 BRLA
Well done to our Year 3 and 5 students who sat the Bishops' Literacy Assessment this week. The purpose of the BRLA is to measure student learning of the content in the RE curriculum.
The BRLA provides a ‘point in time’ snapshot of student performance in RE. Students’ knowledge and understanding of the content of the RE curriculum are assessed using a combination of multiple choice, short and extended test items. Students’ faith is not assessed. The use of the BRLA complements the school-based assessment programs in RE. The results of the BRLA will come home later this year.
Paul Litherland
Thank you to the over 60 parents and staff that came to the Paul Litherland presentation on Wednesday night. The turnout was amazing and a reflection of the interest and care the community has for the online safety of our students.
We just wanted to say thank you for putting on the surf online safe seminar last night for parents of the school! Paul was very knowledgeable, informative and interesting to listen to. We found the session really helpful. Also, good to hear he spoke to the older students. Such a great initiative by the school leadership team!!
Drive Through
No adult should be exiting their vehicle during drive through. If your child needs help in or out of the car, please park and help them out.
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, all children should be picked up by that time. Thank you for your cooperation.
Confirmation Parent/Child Workshops and Masses
Confirmation workshops will be held on Wednesday the 10th August at 4pm and 5.30pm, and on Thursday 11th August at 4pm. A note was sent to Year 6 families early this week, detailing how to book a workshop and a Confirmation Mass in September.
Christian Dance
Congratulations to our Christian Dance students who performed on Tuesday at Mercy College, in the Chapel of St Brigid, Koondoola. Well done to all the students who performed and thank you to Miss Kelsey Fallo who prepared the students for the performance and Mrs Maria Harvey for helping on the day.
Generosity of St Emilie's
We received two letters this week thanking the community at St Emilie's for their generosity in supporting LifeLink through our Crazy hat/Hair day and St Patrick's Community Support Centre through our Mazenod House Day. These letters are below for you to read, thank you again for supporting these days.
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, 'What to do when life feels overwhelming'. Written by the inspirational Turia Pitt, she is saying it is okay if you feel tired, overwhelmed, sad or angry. Be kind to yourself and take a moment to appreciate all that you are and all that you do.
Regards
Stuart Munro
Principal
