ST MICHAEL’S SCHOOL bASSEndEAn

V E R I T A S

NEWSLETTER 22

4th August , 2017

St Joseph’s Parish,

20 Hamilton Street, Bassendean 6054

Parish Office: 9379 2691

Fr Son Nguyen : 9279 1549

Email: bassendean@perthcatholic.org.au

MERCY

St Michael’s School is a school community founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1914. We aspire to provide a secure, caring learning environment where commitment to

Faith, Truth, Service and Compassion are encouraged as a way of life.

St Michael’s School

4 James Street, Bassendean 6054

PO Box 428, Bassendean 6934

Phone: 6278 9888 Absentees: 6278 9802

www.stmichaelsbass .w a.edu.au

Merit awards this week PP……Ben H., Lincoln E.;

Yr 1 …Harrison B., and Anna J.;

Yr 2…..Giaan V., Oliver F.;

Yr 3…..Katie H., & Aaliyah W.;

Yr 4.. .. Tiarnach W., Imogen B.;

Yr 5…...Siena S., Aidyn V.;

Yr 6…...Angus B., Emily W.

Dear Parents This week I have been at the annual Catholic Primary Principals’ Association conference held at Joondalup Resort. The theme of our conference was “Getting Better at Being Better’. We had four main keynote speakers and I have listed below the main focus of their talks. Archbishop Tim Costelloe - Our Archbishop talked about his vision for Catholic Education and what it means to be a faith filled leader in our communities. He also spoke about the fallout from the Royal Commission and the impact it will have on our communities and the ways we can improve into the future in this area and other areas. Tim Costello (World Vision) - The other Tim Costello spoke about equipping our students to be global citizens in an increasingly globalised world—and our world needs engaged and well educated Australians with a global ethic. We need to look beyond short term solutions to bring real innovation and equity to our communities. Professor Yong Zhao - To meet the challenges of the new age when technology increasingly displaces human beings in traditional lines of jobs, we cannot work on simply improving the old paradigm of education. Instead, we need to invent a new one. We need to focus on cultivating globally competent entrepreneurial innovators. Instead of imposing the same set of skills and knowledge, we must engage all students in authentic value creation and expand learning opportunities through global connections. Dr Simon Breakspear - Changing times call for great leaders who can create progress despite complexity, ambiguity and resistance. Around the world, schools are under pressure to deliver on new and broader outcomes, utilise evidence based practices and create innovative learning designs. This can be achieved through agile leadership which leads to quick adaptation and continuous learning which can deliver effective solutions.

Laurie Bechelli PRINCIPAL

Dates for your Diary

Fri 11 Aug Assembly, Year 2 Fri 11 Aug Athletics Field Day carnival Fri 11 Aug Fathering Project Quiz Night Mon 14 Aug Book Week incursion 1:45pm Tue 15 Aug Feast of the Assumption Tue 15 Aug Mass, Year 5 9:00am Fri 18 Aug Assembly, Year 5 Sat 19 Aug 80’s Bingo Disco Mon 21 Aug Board & P&F meetings Tue 22 Aug Choir at Performing Arts Festival Wed 23 Aug SCHOOL PHOTO DAY Fri 25 Aug Assembly, Year 3 Mon 28 Aug Year 5 & 6 camp commences Thur 31 Aug Year 5 & 6 camp concludes Fri 01 Sep Fathers’ Day celebration

Spending time with children Is more important that

Spending money on children.

- Anthony Douglas Williams -

C O N T A C T D E T A I L S If your phone numbers, address, or email address change, please don’t forget to tell the Office, as it is vital that we have accurate contact details for both parents. Please also give us an update if your child’s emergency contact person’s details change. Thank you for your cooperation.

SCHOOL FEES

Our ANZ Bank Account details are as follows, for anyone wishing to pay directly into it. .

BSB: 016-255 ACC: 4247 69155

Your name must be included in any payments made

through the bank account.

Alternatively, direct debit forms are available from the school office if you wish to set up a regular payment.

If you wish to apply for HCC discount on the tuition fee portion of the account, please come to the office to fill in a HCC form and present a copy of your concession card.

ABSENTEE LINE: 6278 9802 Please phone the number above if your child is absent from school. We ask that you do not email individual class teachers regarding absence, but use the dedicated phone line instead. You will also need to give a signed note of explanation to the class teacher on your child’s return to school.

TRASH FREE TUESDAY We ask that on every Tuesday you are mindful of the way you package your children’s lunchbox to minimize waste at our school. Ideally we would love to see no wrappers, and all food packaged into containers.

NO PARKING IN KISS AND RIDE! Please don’t park in the Kiss & Ride and leave your vehicle. It badly impedes the flow of traffic and holds up other families who are trying to drop children off. If you need to help your child out of the car or escort them to the classroom, please park your car elsewhere.

OUR SCHOOL IS A NUT FREE ZONE St Michael’s School is an Allergy Friendly School. We have students who can experience a life threatening reaction to tasting, touching or smelling nuts.

Students should not bring ANY items of food where the key ingredient is nuts. This means pastes such as Nutella and Peanut Butter; raw nuts such as almonds, pistachios, cashews and peanuts; or foods with nuts as a main ingredient, such as muesli bars or

chocolate bars containing nuts. We ask that these

products not be brought to school .

REMINDER - LATE ARRIVALS Parents, if your child gets to school LATER THAN 8:40am a parent/guardian MUST SIGN THEM IN at the Office so the Roll can be adjusted. Thank you for your cooperation.

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS TUESDAY mornings 8:30—9:00am THURSDAY afternoons 2:30—3:00pm

St Michael’s Parents & Students

City to Surf Team!

Parents, you are invited to walk/run the 4km City to Surf with the St Michael’s parents and students team on Sunday 27

th August. Full details of the event can be

found in the link: http://perthcitytosurf.com/ To register, use the link below and enter the following school discount code: ­­­­­­­­­SCHLP0493 https://secure.tiktok.biz/register/default.aspx?

EventID=perthcitytosurf&Edition=2017&Team=StMichaelsBassendean

ABSENCE CALLS / NOTES / EMAILS Please note, teachers do not get to sit down and check their emails first thing in the morning, so if you have emailed the teacher regarding your child’s absence, they may not receive the information until later in the day. Therefore, please do not be upset if you receive an SMS or phone call from the Office to clarify the absence. For this reason, a phone call to the ABSENTEE LINE is a more efficient way of communicating an absence than an email. Please note also, a SIGNED NOTE also needs to be provided to the teacher on your child’s return to school. The Department of Education Services has confirmed that whilst an SMS or phone message is NOT a substitute for a signed note when reporting absences, an email meeting the following criteria can be accepted: · the full name of the student · the class / roll group of the student · the reason for the absence · the full name of the parent/guardian at the end of the

message (the ‘from’ email address is not sufficient).

PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL

Performances for next week - at Zenith

Music, Stirling Highway, Claremont.

Tuesday 8th August

Primary Instrumental Solo/ Duet

Christi Pham - ‘Humoresque” -Duet

Tuesday 22nd August— Primary Choral Singing.

St Michael’s School Choir - “You Got Jazz” and

“Like an Eagle -

SAVE THE DATES!

80’s Bingo disco Saturday, 19 August

Student Disco Friday, 15 September

Walkathon Rescheduled to Friday, 10 November

St Joseph’s 24:7 Bassendean Youth Group Our next meetings are on the 4th & 18th August

6.30-8.30pm in the Parish Hall For all youth in Years 6-12

For more info call Amanda 0421 144 992 or Samuel 0474 310 944

ANGELICO PRIMARY ART EXHIBITION

For many years the Angelico Exhibition has been open to all

Secondary students in Catholic Schools and continues to

exhibit a diverse range of outstanding artistic talent by our

students. This also reflects the diverse range of educational

opportunities offered by their teachers.

One of the categories in the exhibition is The Fra Angelico

Award – the most prestigious award for the exhibition –and is

named after the 15th century Dominican Friar known as the

Patron before God of Artists. This award reflects artwork

which embraces and upholds Catholic beliefs and values.

This year St Michael’s Primary School is delighted to be

involved in the inaugural PRIMARY ANGELICO

EXHIBITION to be held at Forrest Centre, 221 St George’s

Terrace, Perth from July 24th until 11 August 2017.

I’d like to congratulate the following students whose work had

been submitted for display-

Year 1 – Ivy Stenner “Patches of Me”

Year 2 – Audrey Jarvis – “Mindfulness Mandala”

Year 5 – Amity Sheridan “Dancing Dragon”

Year 5 – Lauren Hughes – “Jesus the Provider”

Year 6 – Lara Tucker “Nichos Shrine”

Year 6 Group Submission “The Terracotta Army” (Jayden

Heys, Mia Swale, Ella Faraone, Clare Forsey, Renata Palermo,

Emily Walshe)

It is an honour for these children to have their work selected

and displayed publicly, and I’d like to congratulate them for

the high standards they display in Art at St Michael’s and wish

them all the very best of luck in the Exhibition.

I encourage you all to take the opportunity to view the display

and vote for The People’s Choice Award!

Helen Shanahan

Art Specialist Teacher

On Tuesday night, the Year 6 Band performed for their

very first time at the Catholic Performing Arts Festival

held at Corpus Christi College. The band comprised of

Lara Tucker (vocals), Clare Forsey (vocals), Sophia

Antoni-Rourke (vocals), Gary Sammut (drums), Reilly

Hazeldean (bass), Angus Baptist (guitar), Renata

Palermo (keyboard) and Emily Walshe (violin), all

performed brilliantly and judging from the cheers, the

crowd thoroughly enjoyed the show.

Well done to the students as they

await contracts from Sony music and

ACDC.

PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL

School Banking—Give your child a head start in money matters!

The deposit wallet is to be placed in each classroom inside

the CBA grey satchels each Wednesday for collection and

return. Please check your child’s school bag to make sure that

the deposit wallet has been processed and returned. In the

event that the deposit wallet has not been returned the same

day each Wednesday, please check with your respective class

teacher. In the event that your child arrives late at school, and

the CBA grey satchels have been collected, please come and

see us at the work room at the back of the school library (only

up to 9.55am) to drop off your banking wallets or with money

to be banked accordingly as per your instructions if you have

forgotten your wallets , but still wish to make a deposit.

In 2017 all students who open a new CBA Youth Saver

Account and commence banking at St Michael’s in 2017

for the first time, will receive a once off amount of $5.00

to be deposited into the same account and to be processed

at the end of each term from the St Michael’s P&F.

REWARDS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE:

Term 3 2017: Smiley Emoji Keyring and Volt Handball.

TO MAKE ONE DEPOSIT PER MONTH - In order to

ensure that your child’s Youthsaver account earns bonus

interest on top of the standard interest you must make at least

one deposit per month.

Calling for School Banking Volunteers!

Please confirm your interest in volunteering for this great

program by contacting me on details provided.

Thank you to all Parents and Students that support and

participate in School Banking. Just a shor t note to say

thank you to all Parents and Students that support and

participate in School Banking. For the period covering 1 April

2017 to 30 June 2017, our wonderful P&F earned $234.46

with the Year to date total of $533.80 in commissions from

School Banking to contribute towards events and facilities for

our school community.

Jordana, School Banking Coordinator 0405829869 or

r@jrgroup.com.au

P&F News Hello St Michael’s Families,

Here are a few updates from our recent P&F meeting, held on Monday July 24

th:

Fundraising Committee Update Walkathon: This event was rescheduled due to

inclement weather. The NEW DATE is now November 10

th. Keep a look out for

updates closer to the date. 80’s Bingo Night (T3): Confirmed for the 19

th of

August. Get into your best 80’s gear and book a table for a fun night. Tickets selling fast so DON’T MISS OUT. All forms to go into the RED LETTERBOX please.

The Fathering Project – Dads and Kids Quiz Night Our first event for 2017 is scheduled for Friday August 11

th. Information has gone home through your eldest

child. Enquiries and bookings to Darren Todd darren@h4s.co

Robotics Program The P&F recently secured $10 000 from the WA Government to be used to enhance the educational experience of our students. We have agreed to contribute those funds towards a robotics program for K-6. Lisa Liebregts will be leading the implementation of this program. Watch this space for more details. Book Fair Book Fair is scheduled to coincide with our Open Night on September 13

th. We need a team of helpers to

work with Ali Faraone to pull this together. Watch your emails for a call to assist.

Vegetable Garden Are you a green thumb or keen gardener? We need your help. We are looking for a parent, or grand parent or group of volunteers who would be prepared to give up approximately 2hrs per week to establish and maintain

the vegetable garden outside of pre-primary. Ideally this time would be during lunch or recess to include the students in the running of the project. For more information, please contact Lisa Liebregts on Lisa.Liebregts@cewa.edu.au Join the P&F It is hard to believe but we are over half way through the year and there are only 3 more P&F meetings for 2017. Bree Jennings (president) and Melissa Kroon (secretary) will not be nominating for these positions in 2018. We need people to take up these roles, in order for our P&F to continue to do the great work it does at St Michael’s. If you are interested, please speak to Bree about what’s involved, breemcgee@hotmail.com

As always, we thank you for your continued support and welcome everyone at our monthly P&F meetings. Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 21

st at

7:30pm in the staffroom. Thanks, St Michael’s P&F