Dear Families

Thank you
Thank you so much to all in our wonderful community for the smooth start to the 2023 school year. It was great to see so many smiling faces on the first day of school on Wednesday. Thank you to all the parents that also attended the parent information sessions in the evening.

Welcome Mass

On Wednesday 8th February at 9am, we will join together for a Community Mass to celebrate the start of the new school year. If any parents would like to join us in this celebration, please feel free.

School Fee Statements

School Fee Statements will be emailed to families next week. If you have a new Health Care Card this needs to be sighted and a new form completed as soon as possible.

Annual Community Meeting

The Annual Community Meeting will be held at 5pm on Wednesday 22nd February in the Learning Hub. There will be more details in the Weekly Reminders next week.

Fr Jean-Noel

On Tuesday this week, Fr Jean-Noel presented to the whole staff a session on the life of St Emilie de Vialar. The vibrance and passion of the way Father spoke about St Emilie and her charism made us all feel like we were walking beside her in her life.

Welcoming & Commissioning Mass

On Tuesday Mrs Tonkin, Mrs Harvey and myself attended the annual Welcoming and Commissioning Mass at St Mary's Cathedral. Close to 1200 staff from Catholic schools from the Archdiocese of Perth were in attendance. It was a beautiful mass, and wonderful to begin our year in prayer and celebrating the Eucharist, with our Catholic Education Colleagues.

Sacramental Commitment Masses

Enrolment forms for children receiving a Sacrament will be available from the Church foyer from this weekend, the 4th and 5th of February. The completed forms are to be brought to the Sacramental Commitment Masses on the weekends of the 11th/12th of February and the 18th/19th of February.

Swimming Training

Students in Years 4-6 are invited to attend swimming training at Riverton Leisureplex.

Dates: Tuesday 7th and 14th February

Time: 7:15am - 8:00am

Entry Fee: Free for students (covered by St. Emilie's) spectator fees may apply.

Transport: Students will need to make their own way to and from the venue

Training is not compulsory and attendance will have no influence on Inter-School team selection. It is very important the children expressing interest are proficient swimmers (ie can swim at least 50m nonstop), as we will not be teaching swimming, but we will be building on their fitness and technique.If your child is interested in attending, please contact Mr Davis: paul.davis@cewa.edu.au

Family Picnic

Please mark in your calendars the Family Picnic on Friday 17th February from 5pm to 7.30pm.

Details about the evening, will be in next week's reminders.

Carpark Procedures--Reminder

An important reminder that student safety is of the utmost importance here at St Emilie’s. It is important that you familiarise yourself with the carpark and drive-through procedures. Additionally, we highly recommend that you share this information with grandparents/relatives/friends that may collect your child/ren.

St Emilie’s has established a drive-through system to facilitate a safe and efficient means of delivering and collecting children by car without the need to park. A one-way system around the school block has been designed for both morning drop-off and afternoon pickup, to ensure traffic movement is predictable, safe and efficient. All cars must enter via the Amherst Road roundabout entrance.

Please click here to view the procedure and map. With the change in finishing times for our Pre-Primary students, we anticipate we may need to review this procedure in the weeks to come. Please ensure anyone who is picking up your child/ren at drive-through has a name tag displayed. Contact the office if you need additional name tags. There is also some information below from the City of Gosnells about safer school parking. Please read this information as well.

We thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation.

Regards

Stuart Munro

Principal

Week 2

Wednesday 8th February - 9am Welcome Mass

Saturday 11th February - 6pm Sacramental Commitment Mass

Sunday 12th February - 7.30am, 9.30am & 5pm Sacramental Commitment Masses

Week 3

Wednesday 15th February - 8.45am P & F Meeting

Friday 17th February - 5pm to 7.30pm Family Picnic

Saturday 18th February - 6pm Sacramental Commitment Mass

Sunday 19th February - 7.30am, 9.30am & 5pm Sacramental Commitment Masses

Week 4

Wednesday 22nd February - 9am Ash Wednesday Mass

Wednesday 22nd February - 5pm Annual Community Meeting

Friday 24th February - Year 6 Leadership Day

Week 5

Monday 27th February - Yr 4 to 6 Swimming Trials

Tuesday 28th February - School Photo Day 1

Wednesday 1st March - School Photo Day 2

Friday 3rd March - 8.45am Year 4 Assembly

Week 6

Monday 6th March - Labour Day Public Holiday

Tuesday 7th March to Friday 10th March - Yay Week

Week 7

Monday 13th March - Two Way Parent Teacher Interviews begin

Wednesday 15th March - 8.45am P & F Meeting

Wednesday 15th March - 2023 NAPLAN begins--Yr 3 & 5

Friday 17th March - Gannon House Day

Week 8

Tuesday 21st March - Harmony Day

Wednesday 22nd March to Friday 24th March - Year 6 Camp

Friday 24th March - Two Way Parent Teacher Interviews end

Week 9

Wednesday 29th March - 4pm to 6pm Open Night

Wednesday 29th March - 6pm School Advisory Council Meeting

Thursday 30th March - Interschool Swimming Carnival

Thursday 30th March - Open Day Tours

Friday 31st March - 8.45am Year 3 Assembly

Week 10

Thursday 6th April - 8.45am Holy Week Tableau - Year 5

Thursday 6th April - 3pm Term 1 concludes

Friday 7th April - Good Friday