A friendly reminder that we are planning to hold our annual Family Picnic on Friday the 17th February from 5.00pm to 7.00pm on our school oval.

This is a P&F community event aimed at providing an opportunity for families to simply be together and to catch up with one another in a relaxed, social setting.

Food

While you are very welcome to bring your own picnic dinner, a P&F Sausage Sizzle is also being offered as a cheap and easy alternative for any interested families.

Drinks

While it is acceptable for parents to bring drinks to the event, responsible alcohol consumption is of course expected. There will be a limited bar of wine, beer and soft drink.

Confirmation of your Attendance

We ask that you confirm whether your family is planning to attend and how many people are coming.

Things for the Kids to do

All supervision of children is a parent responsibility on the night. Staff will set up a few activities on the oval for any children and Mums and Dads who would like to get involved.

Activities will run from 5.15pm – 6.15pm. Before and after this time, children are to either be sitting with their family or playing on the oval with a parent overseeing their movements.

Please note that for both legal and safety reasons no children are permitted to play on the playground equipment at all during the picnic. Children are welcome to bring a ball, a book, drawing gear or game to also keep them entertained.

Home time

At 7.00pm we ask families to please pack up and to take your own rubbish home. Respecting this end time means that pack up can happen while it is still light and staff can get home to see their own families at a reasonable time :)

This week we celebrated the 20th anniversary of Safer Internet Day. Safer Internet Day is an opportunity for schools, communities and families to learn more about how to stay safe online. Safer Internet Day is observed globally and coordinated in Australia by the eSafety Commissioner.

Families can find out more about Safer Internet Day by visiting https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/whats-on/safer-internet-day-2023

This week our Year 2 - 6 students took part in activities where they discussed and learned about the different ways that we can be safe online, especially when communicating with people we do not know in games and social apps.

Year 2 - Watched Jimmy Ree’s read the book “Swoosh, Glide and Rule Number 5”, where they learned about having rules at home to manage device use and what to do when they see something online that makes them uncomfortable. They then discussed a range of personal statements they could follow to stay safe when on their devices and created a digital poster on Seesaw of their top 5 statements.

Year 3 + 4 - Watched four short videos on eSafety that covered responsibility, respect, investigation and trusting their feelings. After watching each video, the students discussed the key messages and answered questions on Seesaw about each of the key characters and how they reacted to the online situations.

Year 5 + 6 - Engaged with a presentation about online friends and strangers. The students connected with a real life situation of a young girl who accepted a friend request from a stranger on a social media site which became uncomfortable for her. The students identified warning signs when chatting to people online and discussed how we can keep ourselves safe and to use the report/block functions as well as alert trusted adults when uncomfortable situations happen online.

Public Holiday: Labour Day - Monday 6th March

Easter: Friday 7th April to Monday 10th April

Term 2: Wednesday 26th April to Friday 30th June

Public Holiday: Anzac Day - Tuesday 25th April

Public Holiday: Western Australia Day - Monday 5th June

Term 3: Monday 17th July to Friday 22nd September

Term 4: Monday 9th October to Friday 8th December

Pupil Free Days in 2023--to be confirmed

Monday 24th April

Friday 2nd June

Monday 17th July

Friday 22nd September

Monday 20th November

The P&F received an overwhelming response from families expressing their interest to help with school events. It certainly highlights the incredible community spirit we are blessed to have here at St. Emilie’s. A very heartfelt thank you. With any event, there are limited spaces for helpers. Please know though, that we appreciate your willingness and interest to help, the gift of your time, your support and contributions.

Volunteers are a valued part of the heart of our school community. Thank you once again for your expressions of interest.

What are we fundraising for?

This year we are busily saving for the new Year 3-6 playground equipment.

In addition, P&F funds this year will be used to offset some of the cost of:

• Mathletics
• Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress
• Literacy Pro
• Sport Equipment
• Digital Tech Resources
• Library books

All parents are to refer to the St Emilie's Google Calendar to stay informed of upcoming events.

This live calendar is located on the FRONT PAGE of our school website and has the most up to date information for families.

The Weekly Reminders Newsletter is emailed each Friday afternoon and is also posted on the School Website. Please get into the habit of reading through the Weekly Reminders as it keeps you up to date with what is going on in our school each week.

A kind person does nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility, value

others above themselves, not looking to their interests but to the interests of others.

Kindness

Week 3: ‘We’ not ‘Me”

Week 4: We All Rise By Lifting Others

Week 5: Empathy Is Understanding the Feelings of Others

2. Please ensure you are emailing the class teacher along with admin, if your child is going to be taken out of school early for an appointment.

Phone: 08 9456 2324

Fax: 08 9456 2325

Email: mailto:info@imageembroidery.com.au

Address: 26 Tulloch Way, Canning Vale WA 6155

Follow this link to:

St Emilie's Uniform Procedure

https://stemiliescps.wa.edu.au/?page_id=376

Trading Hours

Monday - Thursday:8:30am – 5pm

Friday:8:30am – 4.30pm

Saturday – Sunday:CLOSED

KEYED UP MUSIC LESSONS

Keyed Up Music will be teaching guitar, keyboard, voice, violin, and drum lessons after school. Lessons start from $19.80 for a small group, voice and drums start from $24.75 for 20min individual. If you are interested in your son / daughter learning an any of the above instrument or learning to sing, please call Savanna on 0479 171 424 or enrol at www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolment-form