St Brigid’s School acknowledges the Bibbulmun people as the traditional custodians of the land upon which our school is situated.

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Community Members,

Western Australia (WA) Day is held on the first Monday in June each

year and is a State holiday only. It commemorates the foundation of the

Swan River Colony near Perth by European settlers in 1829, although

sightings and landings occurred as far back as 1616. Originally, Albany

on the south coast, was to be the capital of WA, but better resources for

shipping and farming were found on the Swan River and Perth became

the capital.

WA Day was previously known as Foundation Day, but to recognise Aboriginal people as

the original custodians of the land, the name was changed in April 2012.

WA was settled as a free colony, unlike some other parts of Australia like New South

Wales and Port Arthur. It was the only British colony in Australia established with land

grants to settlers. The settlers were given land in proportion to the quantity of people and

goods they brought to the colony and were only given the full title to their land when it

had been improved enough to be considered established and sustaining.

A reminder that this Monday, 5th June is a Public Holiday, Tuesday, 6th

and Wednesday, 7th June are student free days. Pentecost Sunday, which marks the end of the Easter season in the Christian calendar, celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. Pentecost 2017 falls 50 days after Easter 2017,

which, is this Sunday, 4 June. Thank you to the many families who came along to our Pentecost School v Parish Soccer match last Sunday afternoon. I am happy to report, the school won the match 1-0. It was a lovely evening to be together, watching parents and children playing soccer.

Well done to all the Pre Primary to Year Two children and their teachers for yesterday’s beautiful Liturgy in the Church. Thank you also Fr Roshan, parishioners and parents for joining us.

Andrew Kelly Principal

1 June 2017 Term 2 Week 6

'When the day of Pentecost came,

they were all together in one place.

Suddenly a sound like the blowing

of a violent wind came from heaven

and filled the whole house where

they were sitting. They saw what

seemed to be tongues of fire that

separated and came to rest on each

of them. All of them were filled with

the Holy Spirit and

began to speak in

other tongues as the

Spirit enabled them.'

St Brigid’s Parish Sunday Mass times

4 June 5.00pm 11 June 9.00am

First Holy Communion

Saturday 17 June 5.00pm 25 June 9.00am

9 June—Fri

Erin Maddams

12 June—Mon

Jodie West

9 June - Fri

Shanon Fraser Butler

Karrie Pearce

The uniform shop

is open on Tuesday

mornings from

8.45am till 9.15am.

Orders outside of

these hours can be

placed at the

school office.

Thank you

Hi Everyone, This week we commenced our training for the up-coming Lightning Carnival being hosted by St Mary’s, Boyup Brook on Friday 23rd June. The sports we will be participating in this year are NETTA (Yrs 3/4), Netball (Yrs 5/6) and Soccer (Yrs 3, 4, 5 and 6). We have already started our soccer training and the netballers will get under way this Friday at lunch time. I would like to thank Mrs Alysha Sculley for volunteering to come down during her lunch break to train our athletes. Further details regarding this carnival will be sent home shortly. I have had a number of students turning up to Phys Ed saying they are carrying an injury, only to see them running around during recess and lunch times. Therefore, if your child is unable to participate in their Phys Ed lesson, could this please be indicated by a signed note from parents? As always if there is anything you would like to discuss sport-wise, please pop in to see me. Mr T

Meal Bank - a BIG thanks to everyone who collected meat from Fran; she has more so please if you

haven’t already, drop in and grab some to keep the community meal bank topped up. Cadbury Fundraiser

- chocolate boxes are still available, please collect a couple of boxes of chocolates to sell in your workplace

or to family and friends. A fun and easy way to raise funds! Finally; The Vintage Fair is coming again to

Bridgetown and we have been asked to provide catering for 17 & 18 June. I am calling for volunteers to

cook soups and sweet treats, and we would welcome pickles, jams, flavoured butters and preserves to

sell. I will send out a roster for the two days with your time preference; Saturday 9-12 noon and 12

noon to 3pm and Sunday 9-11am and 11am - 1pm. Please message me (0417902096) if you have a

preference of times. First in-best dressed. It would be great to have 3 volunteers for each session. I

look forward to hearing from lots of you! Sharon

THE JUBILEE SINGERS

25TH ANNIVERARY CONCERT

FRIDAY 9 JUNE @ 7.30PM SATURDAY 10 JUNE @ 2.00PM

St Brigid’s Church, Bridgetown Tickets $15 (available at Sew Gentle Era

Refreshments—supper on Friday—afternoon tea on Saturday

Evening and afternoon concerts celebrating the evergreen enjoyment of song from Bridgetown’s very own community choir. Joining us are local artists:

The 4 Tunes The Blackwood Belles And Friends

Funds raised will be donated to Henri Nouwen House Notices Accompanying

this Newsletter

Article Distribution

Immunisation Info

Cybersafety Article

First Holy Communion Parent Note

KG & PP families

All families

Year Four Class A reminder to start planning your

recipes for the Paul West Cooking

Competition! A note with all the

details went home with last week’s

newsletter.

Week Date Time Event

6 2 June 8.30am Yr6 Transition Day to Kearnan College

7 5 June WA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

6 June PUPIL FREE DAY

7 June PUPIL FREE DAY

8 14 June 2.10pm Yr3 Class Assembly

16 June Yr6 Transition Day to Bridgetown High School

8 17 June 5.00pm First Holy Communion Mass

Rani Holdsworth Sterling Evans

Gemma Roberts Tess Walton

WAAPA Winter School 2017

These July school holidays WAAPA is offering exciting programs for students in years 4 to 12. The Winter School includes classes in acting, drama, dance, screen acting and music theatre. For information about the many courses on offer please visit WAAPA Winter School Holiday Programs or contact Gabrielle Metcalf at g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au or 9370 6775.

Thank you Mr John Lucey for visiting

our school on Monday morning to talk

to us about the Cows Create Careers

program. The children learnt about the

many different industries and products

that come from milk.

In Kindy we have been talking about where our waste goes once we throw it in the bin. We

thought about what we could do with our paper waste rather than putting it in the recycling

bin and decided to try making paper. We used warm water and made paper pulp, then made

sure all the pieces were very small by using egg beaters. We used a round dip screen and

pressed the water out using towels. The last step was to flip it over like a pancake and let it

dry in the sun.

Now we have our very own paper to make something special with! Mrs Dodson