TERM ONE 2022

Friday 1 April - Disco K-6 now postponed

Tuesday 5 April - Parent Interviews Kindy, Years 1,3 & 5

Thursday 7 April - Parent Interviews Pre-primary, Years 2, 4 & 6

Friday 8 April - Last day of Term One.

Interschool Swimming Carnival – postponed

Swimming training – postponed

TERM TWO 2022

Tuesday 26 April - First day of Term Kindergarten to Year 6

Wednesday 27 April - P & F Meeting

(Full 2022 term dates at the end of this newsletter)

Lord, the resurrection of Your Son

has given us new life and renewed hope.

Help us to live as new people in pursuit of the Christian ideal.

Grant us wisdom to know what we must do, the will to want to do it,

the courage to undertake it, the perseverance to continue to do it, and

the strength to complete it.

Amen

It is vitally important that parents and caregivers inform the school if your child tests positive for COVID-19. To help streamline this process a COVID-19 Self-reporting Form for Students and Staff members has been developed by Catholic Education WA (CEWA). Parents and caregivers can now inform the school of their child’s positive or negative COVID result via this LINK. The information will go directly to the Principal, prompting our COVID response.

Please do not underestimate the importance of informing our school of a positive COVID case. Your actions will ensure the risk to others is minimised and that we do our very best to limit the spread of the virus across our community.

CLUBS

We are excited to announce that as of next term, we will be reintroducing after school clubs to our extra-curricular program. Details of the three clubs on offer are below. For before and after school clubs, registration is important. Clubs that occur during the school day, do not need parent registration and students can attend if they wish.

CODING CLUB (Year 4-6) – Monday 3pm-4pm – Mr Nankivell – Register at: https://forms.office.com/r/6Jps0JXgNh

E-SPORTS CLUB (Years 4-6) – Wednesday 3pm-4pm – Mr Evans – Register at: https://forms.office.com/r/HKNNS0Kwrr

DRAMA CLUB (Yeas 4-6) – Thursday 3pm-4:30pm – Mrs Herbert – registrations for this club are now full

PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS – NEXT WEEK

A reminder that parent-teacher interviews will be held online during Tuesday 5 April (for Kindergarten, Years 1, 3, 5) and Thursday 7 April (Pre-primary, Years 2, 4, 6). These opportunities offer parents and teachers the opportunity to discuss student progress so far this year with a view to celebrate strengths and identify some future focus areas of growth for your child. Class teachers will now email the Interim Reports to parents by Monday 4 April. Previously, we have informed parents that teachers will send home a hard copy of the Interim Report. It is intended that the Interim Report will form the basis for conversations at the interview.

To access the interviews on the day, please click the link through the PTO website at https://bookings.parentteacheronline.com.au/?school=tkanz where your existing booking can be seen. Once you click on the link, select ‘Join as Guest’ and write your full name when prompted. You will then be directed to a ‘lobby’ or ‘virtual waiting area’ until the teacher invites you into the meeting.

If you haven’t booked already, please book through Parent-Teacher-Online website, information was provided in an email last week to all Kindergarten-Year Six parents. The booking website will close on the day prior to the scheduled interview day. If you have any issues with these bookings, please email heath.nankivell@cewa.edu.au for assistance.

Heath Nankivell

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

The following carnival’s have been postponed until Term 4:

· Year 5 & 6 Tennis and Cricket Carnival

· Interschool Swimming Carnival

Be a Sporting Hero Free Dress Day and Sports Equipment

Collection in support of FAIR GAME

On Friday 18th March, students were invited to come to school dressed as their favourite Sporting Hero in return for a gold coin donation to support Fair Game, a WA charity that recycles sports equipment and distributes it to children in remote, regional and underserviced communities across the State.

Thank you to everyone who donated equipment, dressed up and donated a gold coin to a wonderful charity.

We raised $236 and this money will go towards children who need equipment to stay healthy and active in the community.

Sharon Seaman

PHYSICAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST

SHANIELLA’S STORY – SOLOMON ISLANDS

Shaniella from the Solomon Islands was determined to forge a path out of poverty, moving away to a rural vocational school. With your support, she was able to overcome the challenges of natural disasters and gain the skills she needs to create a brighter future for herself.

Shaniella grew up in a remote village in the Solomon Islands in a province which has limited educational and job opportunities -and one of the country’s highest poverty rates. After leaving school, she decided to move closer to the capital city, Honiara, to study hospitality and tourism.

However, her vocational training school was hit by a landslide and cyclone in quick succession, destroying its water supply system and the vegetable garden that it relies on for food. The landslide destroyed the school’s main source of water, damaged school buildings and devastated the garden which the school relies on for food.

With your kind support, Caritas Australia Solomon Islands (CASI) was able to help the school to install eight water tanks. This restored students’ access to clean drinking water and the tanks also supply water to nearby schools, health centres and the wider

community.

CASI also supported the school by providing it with improved planting materials, 200 chickens, and training in agricultural skills and poultry management, to help it to boost its food security.

To ensure that the school is better prepared to respond to future disasters, CASI ran Disaster Risk Reduction training workshops, raising awareness about evacuation procedures and how to respond during an emergency. It provided additional support when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, by helping the school to improve hygiene practices to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Shaniella can now complete her job skills training and the school has enough food and water for its students. She is also better prepared when disaster strikes and can share her knowledge with her community back home.

Your generous support can help young people in the Solomon Islands to build bright futures for themselves -and for future generations.

Caritas Australia would like to THANK YOU for supporting Project Compassion 2022. If you still have your Project Compassion box, please bring them back next week. Boxes can be handed to the classroom teacher or the front office.