Dear Parents and Carers,

We are looking forward to celebrating the Feast of Saint Columba tomorrow, with the launch of the Bishop’s Lifelink Appeal and our Mission Games.

All students may wear free dress tomorrow (Friday 9 June). The Year 1 to 6 classes will begin the day with a St Columba’s Feast Day Mass in the Church.

Students from Pre-Primary to Year 6 are encouraged to bring in spare change to play the Mission Game stalls organised by our Year 6 students during lunchtime. All proceeds raised from the event will go towards the Bishop’s Lifelink charities.

St Columba is the patron Saint of our parish and school. Along with St Patrick and St Brigid, he is one of Ireland’s three famous Saints. He was known for his kindness especially to children and animals and was instrumental in the establishment of many monasteries throughout Ireland and then later Scotland, where he became known as the Apostle of Scotland.

God bless and keep safe.

Allen McMahon

Principal

Year 4-6 Parents,

This form is an expression of interest to see if we have enough student interest to start a dance club before school on Tuesdays from 8:00-8:30am in Kalyara (Undercover Space) for Term 3.

The goal for holding this dance group is to encourage fitness, strength, coordination, and confidence through dance movements.

Please fill in the form below only if this is something your child would be interested in.

Details are as follows:
Instructor: Miss Alice Komorowski
Time: 8:00-8:30am
Day: Tuesday mornings in Term 3 (commencing Week 2 and concluding Week 9)

All students are welcome and all abilities are catered for. The only prerequisite is a love of dance!

Please complete the below expression of interest by Friday, 16 June to allow us enough time to assess student interest and plan accordingly.

Please note this is not a registration but only an expression of interest at this stage.

The Department for Education Child protection in schools, early childhood education and care services policy states that ‘all children and young people in the department’s preschools and schools will access the approved child protection curriculum’.

Keeping Safe is the Child Protection Program that all CEWA schools follow.

The KS:CPC teaches children and young people to recognise abuse, tell a trusted adult, understand what is appropriate and inappropriate touching and ways of keeping themselves safe.

Themes

The curriculum is based on two main themes which are presented through topics and activities.

· Theme 1: We all have the right to be safe

· Theme 2: We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we trust.

Focus Areas

The two themes are explored through four Focus Areas, which are examined in growing complexity in accordance with the age of the learners.

1. The right to be safe

2. Relationships

3. Recognising and reporting abuse

4. Protective strategies.

More information can be found on the KS:CPC website: http://tiny.cc/KSCPC-ParentCarerInfo.

Semester 1 Reports for Pre-Primary to Year 6 students will be made available on Wednesday, 28 June at 3:30 pm.

Reports will be provisioned online this semester through the SEQTA Engage portal.

All parents who have received their child’s report online previously have been provisioned with a SEQTA Engage account.

The SEQTA Engage web address is https://stcolumbassp.coneqt-p.cathednet.wa.edu.au/

Please note there is also a ‘Reports – SEQTA Engage’ tab on the FAMILIES page of the school website that links directly to the above link.

Please ensure you can log into your account so that you can receive your child's Semester 1 report.

If you are unable to locate your login information, please follow these steps:

• Click on the Forgot your password? link
• Enter your email address into the relevant box and click on Reset my password
• Go to your email box and reset your password according to the instructions in the email.
• The password reset email will expire after 1 hour of being generated.

Parents who are new to St Columba’s this year or who have not previously been provisioned with a SEQTA Engage account will receive an email shortly inviting them to create one.

Please contact the front office if you have any issues logging into your SEQTA Engage account.

Book Club Issue 4

Thank you to the parents that have placed their order on this Issue of Book Club! There is still time to order if you haven't already.

Orders due by Wednesday, 14 June

Did you know that every purchase you make on Book Club earns our school 15% of the order value in Scholastic Rewards? We use these to purchase more books and educational resources for the school. It all helps!

Cash payments are no longer accepted. Payments can be made by credit card - Visit scholastic.com.au/LOOP or download the LOOP app. Your order will be electronically linked to the rest of your school's order. You do not need to complete the order form.

Term 2: Wednesday, 26 April to Friday, 30 June 2023

Term 3: Monday, 17 July to Friday, 21 September 2023

Term 4: Monday, 9 October to Friday, 8 December 2023

Term 3: Friday 22 September

Term 4: None

Reconciliation: Saturday, 11 November at 10am