Padbury Catholic PRIMARY School
13 November 2014
Number 18
NEWSLETTER
RESPECT
Excellence
SACREDNESS
TOGETHERNESS
2014
Our Holy Father
NOVEMBER
14th Merit Assembly
2.30pm
18th Yr 2 Liturgy
21st Christ the King—
Prayer
Assembly Yr 3 2.30pm
St Vincent de Paul Christmas
Hamper items due today
25th Year 3 Liturgy
Volunteers Morning Tea 9am
26th AGM Community Meeting
7pm
27th Thanksgiving Mass 9am
Whole School
28th Year 6 Final Assembly
2.30pm
P & F Christmas Cocktail
Party
DECEMBER
1st PP Excursion—Fremantle
2nd Year 3 Liturgy
4W Class Play 9am & 2.20pm
2nd Rite Reconciliation OLM
3rd Yr 5 Bike Ed Excursion
Yr 6 Graduation Mass OLM
6pm
ABSENTEE
TELEPHONE LINE
9404 4080
As we remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom we enjoy every day, we
think of how those men and women have followed in Your footsteps of your Son, Jesus. Please
continue to hold our serviceman and women in Your strong arms and continue to cover them with your
sheltering Grace.
Amen
Dear Parents, friends and students,
Learning intentions are student friendly statements about learning, based on a
specific curriculum focus. They assist teachers in thinking deeply about learning
and how to transfer this thinking into language which can be communicated to
students. Learning intentions must provide clear and specific goals in order for
students to understand and value them.
They eliminate the notion of secret business. The teacher is not the holder of all
the curriculum knowledge with students left guessing what they are learning or
the purpose for learning. Learning Intentions enable both teacher and student
to be clear about what learning will occur from the beginning and are used
across all curriculum areas. This process of communication begins in Kindy and
carries on through all year levels.
Before a learning intention can be developed and communicated with students,
teachers are very clear with the content to be covered. When planning,
teachers are having discussions about the content descriptions provided
through the Australian Curriculum. This ensures that teachers understand and
can articulate learning prior to sharing learning intentions with students. Learning intentions focus on knowledge, skills or understanding (Curriculum
Corporation).
At Padbury Catholic Primary School every classroom has been given a
magnetic strip that states “At the end of the lesson I will be able to…..” and
the learning intentions are included underneath. This is just another simple way
we opening up the learning process for our students.
O’Leary Road, Padbury WA 6025
Telephone (08) 9404 4000 Facsimile (08) 9307 7533
Email:[email protected] Website: www.padcath.wa.edu.au
CLASS ALLOCATIONS 2015
Padbury Catholic has a stringent process for allocating students to classes. Considerations are taken to
ensure an appropriate balance based on several criteria. This criteria may include, but is not limited to;
•
academic needs
•
special needs
•
gender balance
•
pastoral care and welfare needs
•
social and emotional concerns and relationships
Professional judgements about class splits are made with the students’ needs and best interests in mind. This
is at the forefront of all decisions. These class splits are then reviewed by the school Principal before final
approval. Please note, that students are never allocated to a "teacher" but always to a class. All our teaching
staff are highly trained and take part in ongoing professional development to ensure we deliver high quality
teaching and learning programs across the school. Teacher allocations are finalised towards the end of the
year and announced at our AGM. I ask parents not to approach staff to discuss 2015 placements for their
children. We hope that you will continue to support the Padbury Catholic staff in the work that they do.
AGM
We look forward to coming together as a community at the Board and P&F AGM on the 26th of November.
This forum allows us to look back and accurately evaluate the year we have had and celebrate the strengths
of our community, the dedication of staff and the joy of our students. Denise Davis, Maura Killalea, Helen
Hughes, Tracy Arnold and Tammy Hunter have all worked extremely hard to bring this all together and I am
incredibly grateful. As part of the Board AGM there will be a ballot for the two vacant positions. The list of
applicants is very strong and we are blessed to have parents with gifts and talents willing to support our
school.
Kindergarten Orientations
This is a wonderful way to welcome many new families and new students to Padbury Catholic. Last week,
staff members, Maura Killalea, Liz Scagliarini and Natasa Bebich together with Lisa Maxwell, our wonderful
P&F President, met with parents of students enrolled in our 2015 Kindergarten class. They outlined what it
means to be a Kindy student and the many opportunities their children will have at our wonderful school. This
week, the Kindy teaching team have taken the new Kindy students for a test ride for an hour in the Kindy
Room, while the parents were able to introduce themselves and develop the friendships that truly do make
Padbury Catholic Primary School a joyous place. It was wonderful to see the parents forming new
relationships.
Parking past the bollards on Gibson Avenue
It has been brought to my attention by a number of concerned parents that some parents are still parking on
or near the footpath past the bollards on Gibson Avenue. I hope to be meeting with the council tomorrow to
discuss the signage and completion of the works. I again remind everyone that parking is not permitted in this
area, as it is dangerous for our students.
Year 7 Orientation Days
Some of our Year 6 students have been on their High School orientation days at their respective high schools.
This is such an exciting time for the leaders of our school as they get to see what it will be like next year as
they enter their secondary schooling. It is a time of nerves and anticipation and I know that the Year 6
students leaving will flourish in their new schools as they are well and truly prepared for the challenges ahead.
As we move into the second half of term we can focus on our graduating class and celebrate their time in
primary school
Parent Forum
Thank you to those that attended our Parent Forum last week. These forums are designed to give the parent
body a voice in the operation of the school and the focus for this meeting was the schools strategic plan.
Thank you to Tony Dolan for preparing this document and to the parents for their insight, knowledge and great
ideas. These will all be collated and added to the final copy.
Remembrance Day
This year, the 11th November marked the 96th anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War
(1914–18). Each year on this day Australians observe one minute’s silence at 11 am, in memory of those who
died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts. The Year 6 students led a service that reverently
commemorated this important date and highlighted how lucky we are.
Mitch Bristow
Acting Principal
Planning on leaving……
Our school has a wonderful reputation and as such we have many families looking to enrol their children at
Padbury Catholic Primary School.
If you are planning on leaving our school community please let us know in advance by emailing us on
[email protected].
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NOTICES
CHRIST THE KING FEAST DAY – NOVEMBER 23
The feast of Christ the King is celebrated in the Church on this last
Sunday of the liturgical year. On this feast we recognize and honour
Christ as ruler of all.
Christ is ruler of all in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God exists
wherever love is present in the world. Therefore the kingdom of God is
already among us. However, when we see and experience the suffering
and evil that exists in the world we realize that the kingdom of God is not yet here completely. The
saving action of Christ continues throughout the world until the reign of God is here in full.
All people are welcome in the kingdom of God. Every person is included. No one is excluded, except those
who exclude themselves. In the kingdom of God where Christ rules, people of every colour and race are
valued. The kingdom especially belongs to those who are poor and lowly.
Booklists 2015—order before 17th November!
All orders received prior to next Monday, 17th November will be delivered FREE to your home. Campion
will begin dispatching orders during the week of 19th December, so your order will be delivered to your
home address prior to Christmas.
Please note that if you are posting your order to Campion, they must receive it two days prior to the cut
off date, 17th November, to ensure your order is delivered FREE.
Our Padbury Catholic Primary School has always been very generous when asked to support families less
fortunate than us. As such once again we will be supporting the St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal. Each
class has been asked to help by donating food items for hampers.
To ensure that the hampers have a variety of food items to provide a meal on Christmas Day, we are asking
each year level to bring in different items.
Year Level
Suggested Food Item to Donate
Kindy
Bags of Lollies, packets of jelly, popcorn
PP
Packets of biscuits, sweet or savoury, or bags of chips
1
Tinned Fruit, fruit salad, peaches, apricots, pears, etc
Tinned Vegetables – beetroot, corn, peas, carrots etc
2
Christmas cakes or puddings
3
Tinned meats – ham, tuna, corned beef etc
4
Gravy powder, custard powder, long life milk, Instant coffee, tea
5
Drinks- cordial, Fruit juice, soft drink
6
Fruit mince pies, Christmas crackers
Please place food items in the basket in your child’s classroom by Friday 21st November, Week 6. This will
enable time for the St Vincent De Paul volunteers to put the hampers together before Christmas. Thankyou for
your support and hopefully we can make many extra families smile this Christmas.
BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT
This policy focuses on the mandatory procedures for schools to ensure that students develop positive
pro-social behaviours and to deal effectively with inappropriate student behaviour.
Bullying is defined when an individual or group misuses power to target another individual or group to
intentionally threaten or harm them on more than one occasion. This may involve verbal, physical, relational
and psychological forms of bullying. Teasing or fighting between peers is not necessarily bullying.
A bystander also involves children who may not be directly involved in the bullying nor are they directly bullied,
who are referred to as “bystanders”. A bystander is someone who sees the bullying or knows that it is
happening to someone else.
Please refer to our behaviour management policy which is available online on our school website. Teachers are
asked to follow the procedures set out by our policy when dealing with issues arising in the playground or
classroom. Please revisit the website and familiarise yourselves with the policy. You may refer to the policy
when discussing an issue with the classroom teacher. We thank you for your support as we endeavour to work
together as a community instilling respect and encouraging our children to live by our motto of “Love One
Another”.
ON THE RADAR AT PADBURY
SCHOOL FEE REMINDER
Outstanding school fee accounts have been sent home this week. Please ensure all your 2014 school fees
have been paid by 30th November 2014, unless you already have a payment plan in place.
Should you have any queries or are not in a position to have your account cleared by the due date please
email [email protected] as soon as possible.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Marie-Carmen Fox and Riley Smith, both
from 3M, who were individual winners of the recent Newspaper
in Education's Animal Art Challenge. There were only 4 overall
winners from the whole of Western Australia and we are very
proud that Padbury Catholic had 2 of the winners. Our students
were the also the youngest winners. Their art work and other
very talented 3M creations are currently on display in our school
library.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS AT CHANNEL NINE
Mrs Killalea and myself, took 53 very excited children from Years 1 to 6 to the Channel 9 studio to record a
Christmas carol that will be shown on television as a lead up to Christmas. It was an amazing experience and
they met Libby the news reader in the news room. They sang like the stars they have become!
Congratulations singing super stars!
Sylvia Cusack.
VOLUNTEER NEEDED
We have some wooden shelving in our staff workroom that we require
disassembling and removing over the next few weeks. If you a in a position
to assist us in removing this shelving, please contact Mrs Maura Killalea
[email protected] or on 9404 4000.
CONGRATULATIONS
Padbury would like to congratulate the graduating EMU
students of 2014. We celebrate their success and thank
their parents for the continued support of the program.
Working together has ensured the amazing progress these
children have achieved.
The children have worked beautifully together, supporting
each other on their journey and should be very proud of the
levels that they have achieved.
Jorja Abbott, Max Connell, Kasia Cooper, Lily-May Jonhs
Troy Schneider, Holly Cannon
4W CLASS PLAY SPECIAL PERFORMANCES.
4W will perform their play The G B Man on Tuesday the 2nd December in the hall at 9am and 2:20pm. All
members of the Padbury community are welcome to come and watch our budding stars. Please see Miss
Wilson if you have any enquiries.
KNITTING NANNIES/CHESS CLUB MEMBERS
These clubs will now run each Thursday at lunch time.
EDU DANCE CONCERT DATES
This year’s Edu Dance Concerts will commence at 2pm in the Hall. Members of our community are encouraged
to come along and support their children by attending the concerts. Please mark these dates in your diaries:
CONCERT ONE -
Thursday, 4th December
PPH
1PR
1W
2SR
3M
4W
5D 6BW
CONCERT TWO-
Friday, 5th December
PPW
1B
2F
3S
3KE
4B
5B 6RH
WHOOPING COUGH/HEAD LICE
We have had another diagnosis of both whooping cough and head lice have been reported to the school office
this week. Please be very vigilant if your child is unwell with a persistent cough or is scratching their head
continually and follow recommendations by your family doctor. Both these require students to remain at home
until the condition is under control. Thank you for your understanding in this area. Further information can be
found at http://www.health.wa.gov.au/home .
GIBSON AVENUE CROSSWALK ATTENDANT
Rusty, our daily crosswalk attendant, has had his hours of operation changed. Rusty will supervise this very
busy crosswalk from 7.50am until 8.50am each morning assisting our students to cross Gibson Avenue safely.
He encourages students riding their bikes to use his service as a safe alternative to crossing the road.
Please remember Padbury Catholic staff provide a duty of care from 8.30am each day and students should not
be arriving at school prior to this time.
SCHOOL BANKING
School banking will continue until the last week of this term. Students graduating from Padbury Catholic
Primary School are able to continue with the school banking facility as long as they have a sibling still at our
school. See Helen or Tracy in the school office if your child would like to participate in school banking.
SUSTAINABILITY IN YEAR 4W
4W continue to provide a facility to recycle batteries. Please
deliver any old /used batteries to the Year 4W classroom and
place them in the bin provided. Lets all do our part to save our
environment!
LIBRARY NEWS
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Two of our students Kian and Caiden Cartnell (PPW) are performing in this production at the Old Mill Theatre
during November and December. If you are interested in seeing their talent on show, http://
oldmilltheatre.com.au/plays-2014/time-for-pantomime-with-the-wizard-of-oz/ . Congratulaon boys we all wish
you well.
FUN ON THE DAIRY FARM
Buckingham House, nestled in the backstreets of Wanneroo, has long been a site of interest due to its rich
heritage as a former graziers house in 1890.
Paying homage to its original owners, John and Amelia Buckingham, and their seven children, who kept their
cattle well watered from Lake Joondalup, a Day at the Dairy provides a great opportunity to take the kids along
to this open house and find out a bit more about it's past occupants and about all things cow related.
On Sunday 16th November, head on over to Buckingham House between 1pm and 4pm for a fun filled day with
the family. Enjoy playing games from yesteryear, make the Australian favourite damper bread in addition to
some great crafts in the form of making your own Christmas card or a cow themed puppet.
There will be farm animals to visit and you can also have a look around the old school house. There will be
members of the Wanneroo Historical society on hand for knowledge and assistance, in addition to folk from the
Wanneroo Men's Shed.
This is a fun day and entry is only by gold coin donation.
Where: Buckingham House, 10 Neville Drive, Wanneroo
When: Sunday November 16th 1pm - 4pm
Cost: Free - but gold coin donation encouraged
The Year Two class are
looking at older toys.
They are perfecting their
marble skills in this activity!
Now is the time to check your irrigation system to ensure
sprinklers are functioning property. Blocked or broken
sprinklers can send thousand of litres of water onto roads and
pathways.
Continuing to check your irrigation system each four weeks,
over the summer period, all helps save water!
HONOUR BOARD
14 November 2014
PPH
PPW
1B
1PR
1W
2F
2SR
3KE
3M
Thomas West
Luka Babich
Thomas Sanders
Ben O’Herlihy
Ariana Tonev
Thomas McManis
Jason Jardim
Ayla Radici
Archie Steven
Daniel Curtin
Jude Fagan
Joshua Malyniak
Megan Kelly
Oisin Allen
Ariana Naumoski
Victoria Sutrisna
Seumas Smart
Declan Barr
Hunter Smith
Shawn McEntyre
Lily Barbetti
Sophie Buckley
Shanae Tucker
Andrew Holliday
Stefan Trofimczyk
Caelan Thomson
Emily Bender
Charlie Baker
Dion Cassiani
Haylee Nowrojee
Alicia Ryan
Thomas Horne
Joel Persak
Troy Schneider
Jordan Watson
Lachlan McGuinness
Ruby Stockden
Emma Bristow-Stagg
Holly Azzaro
Sean Lougheed
Annika Piwowarek
Brayden Wilkinson
Xavier Gerard
Lilly-May Johns
Brodie McGuirk
Jade McEntyre
Zane Songerwala
Bridie McGuane
Ava Eastcott
Marie-Carmen Fox
Matthew Herrera
Lily Stray
Tyler Kunzli
Holly Sotirov
Nicole Trofimcyzk
3S
4B
4W
5B
5D
6BW
6RH
William Brennan
Scout Croyston
Benjamin Holliday
Dylan Moses
Alexandra O’Brien
Amahlee Thomas
Julia Buswell
Dominik Piwowarek
James McGee
Thomas Lynch
Sarah Currell
Montana Meek
Amity Smith
Kirby Watson
Julian Pelle
Annabella Spratt
Sofia Wheildon
Carrig Plane
Keegan Watson
David Cook
Dakota Michailidis
Seth Roebuck
Emily Woodall
Jeremy Leeming
Aiden Nguyen
Chloe Thomas
Eden Tansey
Alex Banducci
Luke McIntosh
Luke Di Stefano
Archer Durell
Harry Gilson
Anna Lewis
Lily Hearn
Faith Ward
Sinead Coulter
Chelsea Bayntun
Curtis Brown
Stefan Pelle
Imogen Durell
Baylee Howard
Adam O’Neill
Kristen Parrotte
Rian Oldham
Hayley Thompson
Keeva Sixsmith
Joshua Moses
Kyle Sorensen
Merit award recipients will receive their certificate at the Merit Assembly this Friday at 2.30pm.. .
OUR LADY OF THE MISSION PARISH
WEEKEND MASS TIMES
Saturday
Sunday
8am
9.30am
6.30pm
11am
5.45pm
St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Hampers: We are again hoping to offer festive hampers to struggling
local families just prior to Christmas, and request your support with donated goods to make up the
hampers. Generous individuals, extended family or friends may sponsor those less well off. Lists of
various size families will be available from Saturday November 15th at the rear of the church, along
with suggested hamper items. Please sign up, provide your contact details and take an info sheet.
Missions Fundraising: We are supporting the Christmas Appeal for Dampier Peninsula Parish, in
the Kimberley. Dampier Peninsula Parish serves the Aboriginal Communities of Beagle Bay,
Lombadina / Djarindjin and One Arm Point 2-3 hours north of Broome. We are asking for your
generosity and support in an effort to raise funds for their Christmas celebrations this year. The money
will go towards things like Christmas trees, decorations, a nativity scene, advent wreaths, and gifts for
the families of their communities. Christmas is, of course, a very important time of the year for their
largely Catholic communities on the Peninsula, but they do find that a lack of finances does affect how
much they are able to offer their people during the Christmas celebrations. If you are able to help in
any way, I would be ever so grateful. Fr Christopher Knapman said he will send photos and updates to
inform us on how our gifts were spent. Contact Jo: 0409 112 501. Please note that the closing date
for donations is Sunday 16 November.
Altar Servers: You have a new roster to collect from the Sacristy. This now includes all of the children
who attended the recent training courses. Please collect promptly so that you do not
miss out on your turn.
Helping Hands: for students in Years 5 and 6 on Fridays from 5-6pm in the Parish Hall.
Contact Lisa on 0481 190 869 for more information or just come along!
[email protected].
PARENTS AND FRIENDS NEWS
Dear Parents.
Unfortunately we won’t be running a vacation care this year. We will try to run it in the
New Year.
Connolly, St. Andrews, Joondalup and West Greenwood will be running a vacation care.
Please note that Padbury OSHCLUB will be closed from the 22nd of December till the 5th
of January.
Could all parents please book their children in on-line to avoid us turning anybody away.
This enables us to have enough notice to organise extra staff members should our
Student/staff ratio need changing each day.
The parents have 24 hours to book your children in and 24 hours to cancel the booking.
If you cancel your child’s booking before 24 hours you will not be charged.
Thankyou for all your understanding and support.
OSHCLUB Team
Programs contact number. 0478 182 388
PADBURY CARERS
Containers are regularly returned to the school office for collection. If you have
provided a meal in a container that needs returning please call into the school
office and see Helen or Tracy and collect.
There is currently a white ceramic dish with a lid waiting for collection.
PADBURY CATHOLIC UNIFORM SHOP
Opening Hours:
Wednesday 2.30pm—3.00pm
Friday 8.30am—9.00am
On-Line orders:
www.flexischools.com.au
Co ordinator: Lisa Heredia
COMMUNITY NOTICES
SACRED HEART COLLEGE AGM
7.30 pm in the College Staﬀ Room
The Annual General Meengs of the College Board and P&F will be held at the College on Wednesday 19 November, 2014 commencing at 7.30 pm in the Staﬀ Room.
In accordance with the Board Constuon, ﬁve (5) posions will become vacant on the Board as a result of the
term of the exisng members expiring. Being eligible, four (4) members again oﬀer themself for renominaon.
Those wishing to nominate are asked to submit a brief biography of no more than 400 words with their Nominaon.
The College is a large and diverse enty and scope exists for a variety of persons possessing diﬀering skill sets to
contribute to the ongoing growth and success of the College. Skills in the areas of Compliance & Legal, Academic
experience, Accountancy, Building, Risk, Markeng, Human Resources and Informaon Technology would be
held in high regard. However, those who possess a general will and desire to contribute in any way they can are
also most welcome. The College’s Strategic Plan for the period 2014 – 2016 would provide a good basis for understanding where the College is heading; a copy can be accessed at h=p://www.sacredheart.wa.edu.au/aboutshc/strategic-plan.
Enquiries can be made with the College Business Manager, Mr Stephen Marn, by phone on 9246 8268 or by
email to [email protected]. The Board operates under a Constuon which can be found on the
College website at: h=p://www.sacredheart.wa.edu.au/images/pdf/catholic_school_board_constuon.pdf
Community members wishing to place an item on the Agenda of the Board meeng can also contact the Business
Manager.
The closing date for nominaons and agenda items is 3.00pm Monday 10 November 2014. Late applicaons and
submissions cannot be accepted.
College community members are invited to a=end as reports will be provided by the Principal, Board Chairman,
Board Treasurer and P&F Chairperson.
Stephen Marn
For and on behalf of the Board
24 October 2014
COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS!
Event:
Venue:
Date:
Time:
Carols By Candlelight
Sacred Heart College, Hocking Parade, Sorrento
5 December 2014
6.30pm for a 7pm start