MATTHEW GIBNEY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

30 Munday Road, High Wycombe WA 6057 Phone: 6216 8400 Email: admin@gibney.wa.edu.au Website: www.gibney.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER No. 13 10th May2018

Dear Parents, Friends and Students

Thank you to Mrs Keddie and the Year 5 students who

led us in our ANZAC Day Liturgy last Friday. It will

always be important for all of us to reflect upon the

ultimate sacrifices many men and women have made

over time in order to keep our country safe. The Liturgy

was a very solemn ceremony with the students having the

opportunity to think about how lucky we are to live in this

country.

On Monday morning, the Legion of Mary from the Parish

brought to our school the statue of Our Lady of the

Rosary. The statue processed from the front of the

school to its special place in the Sacred Space where it

will remain for the week. The students then prayed a

decade of the Rosary as a school community. Each of

the classes will visit the statue during the week and will

recite the Rosary and pray for peace. The statue will then

return to the Church for our Mass for Mothers on Friday.

Mother’s Day takes place on Sunday 13th May. As a

school community we will celebrate a Mass for Mothers

on Friday 11th May. It will start at 9:30am and it will be

held at St Francis of Assisi Church in Maida Vale. All

parents and members of our community, particularly

mothers and grandmothers, are invited to join with us and

then stay for the morning tea that will follow. I would like

to thank the P&F who are coordinating the morning tea

and who did a fantastic job coordinating the Mother’s Day

gifts.

Our Faction Cross Country took place this morning.

Congratulations to all the students who participated in

LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. (Isaiah 26:12)

what is a very tough event. Special congratulations to the

students who received medals for their achievements. I

would like to thank Miss Andersen for all her work with

organising the event and preparing the students. I would

also like to thank the staff for their support and thank the

parents who came along to help out or support the

students. Our interschool team will be announced shortly

and this carnival will take place on Friday 25th May.

Next week the students from Years 3 and 5 will

participate in the National Assessment Programme for

Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). We wish them well in

these assessments. Parents will receive their child’s

results as soon as they become available.

A reminder to all our families that the next P&F meeting

will take place on Wednesday 16th May. It will begin at

7:30pm and it will be held in the library. All are welcome.

I would also like to inform families that, due to particular

circumstances, the Year 6 and Pre-Primary assembly

dates have been swapped with each other. The Year 6

assembly will now take place on the 29th June and the

Pre-Primary assembly will take place on the 15th June.

We apologise if this causes any inconvenience.

Have a great week.

Mark Powell PRINCIPAL

Georgia Jacinta Ellie Romeo

GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS

Year Three have been busy mapping cities, regional centres and natural features on their maps of Australia!

Connor Chad

Friday Giving

Don’t forget our Friday Giving Appeal to

help the needy.

Please bring your donations of canned

foods or non-perishables, etc. to school

for collection each Friday.

Thank you for your generosity!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Fri 11th May… Mass for Mothers 9.30am @ St

Francis of Assisi Church followed

by P&F morning tea

Fri 11th May... Sacred Saints (Yr 5 & 6)

Sun 13th May… Mother’s Day

Mon 14th May… PUPIL FREE DAY

Tues 15th May to Fri 18th May … Naplan

Wed 16th May… First Eucharist Retreat Day

Wed 16th May… P&F Meeting 7.30pm

Sun 20th May… Pentecost Sunday

Wed 23rd May… First Eucharist Practice 4-5 pm

Fri 25th May… Interschool Cross Country

Sat 26th May… First Eucharist Mass 6.30pm

Sun 27th May… First Eucharist Mass 9.30am

Mon 28th May… Constable Care Puppet Show K-6

Wed 30th May… Year 3 Liturgy

Wed 30th May… West Coast Eagles Clinics

Fri 1st June… PUPIL FREE DAY

Mon 4th Jun… PUBLIC HOLIDAY (WA Day)

Wed 6th Jun… Year 4 Mass

Wed 6th Jun… Life Link Launch 10am (Newman

College)

Fri 8th Jun… Lightning Carnival Winter sport

competition Years 5 & 6

Wed 13th Jun… Year 5 Mass

Fri 15th Jun… PP Assembly

Mon 18th Jun… Life Link Day - Crazy Hat Day

Parade (gold coin donation)

Wed 20th Jun… Year 2 Liturgy

Wed 20th Jun… P&F Meeting 7.30pm

Fri 22nd Jun… Year 1 Assembly

Mon 25th Jun… NAIDOC Liturgy @ 9am

Wed 27th Jun… Andrew Chinn School Incursion K-6

Fri 29th Jun… Year 6 Assembly

Fri 29th Jun… LAST DAY OF TERM 2 FOR

STUDENTS

Mon 16th Jul… STUDENTS RETURN TERM 3 2018

SENT HOME WEDNESDAY 9th MAY

★ Term 2 Canteen Menu

Assistant Principal’s

Religious Education News

“Mass for Mothers” Friday 11th May

All our wonderful mums and grandmothers are invited to

attend our Parish School Mass on Friday 11th May at

9.30am at St Francis of Assisi Church, Maida Vale, then

enjoy morning tea together after Mass.

Karen Keddie

Assistant Principal RE

To all our wonderful Mothers,

Grandmothers, and Aunties

have a wonderful Mothers’ Day

Mothers hold their children’s hands for a

short while, but their hearts forever.

Anonymous

ANZAC Day Liturgy!

HELP

The Canteen is in need of

volunteers. Our Canteen roster

has many gaps.

Please contact Alison if you can

help.

LOST

Joshua H (Year 2) has lost his school

jumper last week. The jumper has

Joshua’s name on it.

CANTEEN ROSTER

Fri 11th May Debra K & Marilyn B

Tues 15th May Vashti

Fri 18th May Saroya P & Sylvie S

YEAR 2 NEWS

Last week we welcomed Joshua Carpenter to our class

and the children are doing a great job of helping Joshua

settle into our class and school. There have definitely

been lots of examples of the children making Jesus Real!

On Monday we took part in welcoming the Mary statue to

Matthew Gibney. We spent time in the Sacred Space on

Wednesday praying to Mary. This week we have also

talked lots about our very special MUMS and all the

wonderful things about them. We made mini mums and

thought of five adjectives that best describe our mums.

The children have also been very busy making a special

gift which they can’t wait to give to you!

Wishing you a very special weekend!!

Gina Nickels

PRE-PRIMARY NEWS The children have returned from their holidays refreshed

and keen to get back into their school routine! The term

started off with discussions about ANZAC Day and the

meanings of some Anzac symbols. The children were

very well-behaved and respectful when we attended our

school’s Anzac Day ceremony.

This term, we will be exploring the themes – People Who

Work in Our Community, Dinosaurs and Book Studies.

This week, we have also been preparing for ‘Mother’s

Day’. During our prayer circle, we have been sharing

ideas on the importance of mums and all that they do for

us. The children are looking forward to going to Mass at

the church on Friday and share the Mother’s Day Mass

with the rest of the school.

This week, we started group rotations for literacy and

numeracy activities. The children have adapted to the

new routines very well and our parent helpers have been

awesome. As a reminder, please check your child’s ‘take-

home folder’ on a daily basis for important letters and

completed work samples.

Have a great week!

Debbie Hawley & Jen Moore

P & F Meetings Term 2 2018

Wednesday 16th May @ 7.30pm Wednesday 20th June @ 7.30pm

YEAR 6 NEWS

Wow! What a busy term we have… On Friday, we are

going to participate in our first winter sports games at

Maida Vale and we are busying preparing to be able to

do our very best. In Art, we are preparing beautiful

presents for our mums which we can’t wait to give to

them on Sunday. We really do hope that all our beautiful

mums have an amazing day! Not only have we been

busy in the classroom and outside the classroom, we

were lucky enough to welcome Mia Carpenter into our

class last Wednesday and we have loved getting to know

her over the past week! We really hope you enjoy being

part of our classroom and enjoy ending your primary

school journey with us, Mia.

We can’t wait to see what else is in store for us this term.

Melissa Hibben Statue of Mary procession!

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