Veritas Term 1 Week 4

1954-2024 -Celebrating 70

VERITAS

TERM 1 WEEK 4 P&F Welcome Back Picnic!

IJS celebrates Ash Wednesday! #ExpectGreatThings@ Infant Jesus School

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL

ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ CORNER

ONLINE Language of friendship 70th Anniversary Celebra on Ms Allen’s Students Of The Week Tilly Time

Uniforms Merit Awards Soundwaves Spelling

10 WE ARE CALLED Project Compassion

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SCHOOL NEWS

CHILD SAFE FRAMEWORK

COMMUNITY NEWS

Code Of Conduct

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Library

Class Representa ves Year Group Facebook IJS Secondhand Uniform Shop Netball News

From the Principal Loving God, Help us to work together to share what we have so that everyone has what they need.

Help us to build a be er world where each of us can become the best person we can be.

Amen

Dear Parents and Guardians, Welcome to Week 4.

A big thank you to everyone who a ended our Welcome Back Picnic last Friday. It is a lovely way to join together as a community and I would like to extend my thanks to the P&F Commi ee for organising the evening. We have our rst P&F mee ng for the year on Tuesday 27 February at 7pm in the library. We would love to see you there.

We are fortunate to be able to provide the opportunity for an ONLINE Language of Friendship parent-child workshop on Wednesday 20 March at 6:00pm. Dana Kerford, Founder of URSTRONG, will teach you and your children skills and language to foster healthy, feel-good friendships. Please refer to the informa on sent out on Monday for registra on details.

Next Thursday we have our rst assembly of the year. Our Year Six students have been busy working on their Leadership Charter and ministry le ers and we look forward to presen ng our 2024 leaders with their leadership badges at this assembly.

Please note that Friday 1 March is a professional development day for sta . Sta will be working with the CEWA Numeracy Team as part of our school numeracy focus.

Our rst Family Mass of the year is on Saturday 16 March at 6pm. All families are invited to join us for this special Mass.

We have started planning some events to celebrate our 70th Anniversary. We would love parent support to help form an organising commi ee so that we can plan some community events. Please contact the school o ce as soon as possible if you are able to help.

Enjoy the rest of the week.

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Mel Allen Principal

70 Years (1954-2024) Our school History

Infant Jesus School was established in 1954 by the Dominican Sisters to support the Catholic families in the Parish and to provide a quality Catholic Educa on for the community.

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The rst School was opened on a site in Walter Road and was called St Paul. The school opened with an enrolment of 22 children. The two teachers in charge of the school were Sr Joseph and Sr Dominic.

Ms Allen’s Students of the Week Laurence, Sebas ano, Theo, Georgia, Alessia (1B) Well done to some very clever Year Ones who showed me some awesome wri ng. A er reading The Kings Cake, students were asked to iden fy their favourite characters and explain what made them their favourite.

Harvey and Henry (5W) I was delighted to see the excellent Narra ve plans that Harvey and Henry completed about Pocket Friends. I loved the detail and thought that they put into their work.

Addison F and Addison L (5B)

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Well done to Addison F and Addison L for the care and a en on to detail that they put into crea ng their smart goals for the year. Super e ort!

Ms Allen’s Students of the Week Dario, Paige, Mikaela & Violet (2W) For their awesome e ort in spelling. They produced some excellent work on the ‘B’ sound and were very proud of their work. Well done.

Asha (4B) An excellent e ort by Asha to write an interes ng recount. I loved all the detail in her wri ng. Well done Asha.

Year 5 Students

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Well done to all the Year Five students who visited this week to show their artwork. They were asked to choose a landmark and superhero and add them to a painted gradient background.

Super e ort!

Tilly Time

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Tilly has been very busy over the last two weeks. She graduated puppy school and will now be going to obedience classes. In her down me, Tilly loved visi ng the beach and a cafe. Tilly also had her rst puppy groom.

At school, Tilly is s ll learning her new rou nes. She is star ng to lay quietly in the classrooms, receiving pats (while being calm) outside with the children and she has just started to listen to some children read.

Uniforms

Merit Awards

A reminder to all students and parents about the Infant Jesus School Uniform. The uniform at Infant Jesus School is a symbol of the school’s community and it assists children to develop a sense of unity and belonging. Wearing the uniform encourages a sense of personal pride in the school. Whenever the uniform is worn at school or in public places it must be worn in accordance with the school policy.

Children at Infant Jesus are expected to wear full school uniform at all mes. A Uniform Schedule is available on the school Web page or the school o ce.

The uniform is a major investment by parents, and it is important that ALL clothing should be clearly marked with the child’s name. If parents have a di culty with the school uniform, please make an appointment to see Ms Allen.

Expecta ons Children are expected to be well groomed and have a sense of pride in their appearance. Children are expected to look clean, neat and dy at all mes.

Hair For health reasons all shoulder length hair needs to be ed back securely. If hair is longer than the bo om of the collar, it must be completely ed back with an elas c band in school colours. The school colours of blue and white should be used when using ribbon. Also; · Children’s haircuts need to be conserva ve and appropriate to uniform expecta ons. · Hair must be a natural colour. Extremes in hair colour and styles are not acceptable. · Children should avoid excess use of hair gel or hair products. · Dreadlocks or coloured beads are not permi ed. · Excessively short hair is not permi ed. A cut shorter than a number two is unacceptable. · Hair must be clean, brushed and kept o the face.

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Jewellery/ Make-Up · Children should not wear valuable jewellery to school. Apart from the fact that it can be lost or broken it is a distrac on to themselves and others around them. · For safety reasons the only acceptable earrings are studs. Children who wear studs may wear only one in each ear. · Make up and nail polish is not to be worn while in school uniform.

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Assistant Principal’s Corner Congratula ons to the following students who will receive a merit award on Thursday 29 February 2024 as an acknowledgement and celebra on of all their hard work.

Pre-Primary

Luca Nguyen, Cris ano Robert, Halle Ludgwick, Harlow Espinos

Giuliana D’Opera Jacob Giardina Milah Pirga Adrian Magnaterra

Year One

Laurence Ruggiero, Sienna Smythe, Theo Gonzalez, Ava Casey

Lachlan Ellis Lauren Collins Anthony Bertoli Chloe Lipari

Year Two

Bianca Chiera Massimo Mar no Mikayla Rologas

Harper McQuillan, Sanna Gri ths, Dario Giorgi and Benjamin Zacharko

Year Three

Lukas Giorgi Jack Collins Georgia Ruggiero

Marco Mennell, Charlo e Whi ng, Bailey de Mello, Rhiannon Maiden

Year Four

Charlie Lam, JT Asswad, Dhanvi Sareddy, Valen na Petrolo

Nathaniel Elikewela Samuel Gomez Ruiz Sienna Nocciolino Ariana O'Brien

Year Five

Isabelle Modica, Xander Novatsis, Giannis Tiniakos

Henry Willox Oliver Viljoen Mila Wier

Year Six

Leon Alungal, Sienna Hine, Luigi Mammone, Jacob Ross.

Chris an Cinquina. Megan Pham Noah Speciale Myah Scriva

Soundwaves Spelling Program - Term 1 2024 This year we will con nue to be working in partnership to assist children in learning phonics/ sounds during 2024.

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The sound ‘b’ is most frequently represented by the grapheme /b/ (e.g ball, table, web) The grapheme /bb/ is seen in the middle of words, a er short vowel sounds (e.g. rabbit, cabbage) The grapheme /pb/ is an unusual way to represent (e.g. cupboard, raspberry)

Week 4 - Unit 2

The sound ‘a’ is used at the start and in the middle of words, but never at the end of words (e.g. apple, black) When the le er ‘a’ is before the sound m, n or ng it sounds slightly di erent than when it is before other consonant phonemes. You can say pan and pat to hear the di erence.

The sound ‘a’ is almost always represented by the grapheme ‘a’ with very few excep ons (e.g. salmon, plait, meringue

Week 5 -

We usually use ‘k’ for a er all other vowel sounds at the end of single-syllable words (e.g. soak, cheek, book, dark, fork) (Helpful hint) We o en use ‘k’ before ‘e’ or ‘i’ (e.g. keep, ke le, kiss, king, skip). Before other le ers, we o en use ‘c’ (e.g. cup, cost, clap, call, card) (Helpful hint) We usually use ‘c’ for before (e.g. clock, clean). We usually use ‘c’ for before (e.g. cry, crash) (Helpful hint) We usually use ‘c’ at the end of words with more than one syllable (e.g. public, music, garlic, tra c, electric) (Helpful hint) We usually use ‘q’ and ‘u’ for (e.g. quit, queen, quack, squid, squash) (Helpful hint) We usually use ‘ck’ for a er short vowel sounds at the end of single-syllable words (e.g. back, check, kick, sock, luck) We can use ‘x’ for the two sounds (e.g. six, box, wax, next, sixty) (Helpful hint). The grapheme ‘x’ can also represent only (e.g. excel, except)

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‘E’ is used at the start and in the middle of words, but never at the end of words (e.g. e ort, le uce) The grapheme ‘ea’ for is used in a small percentage of words (e.g. head, ready, weather) The grapheme ‘ai’ is an unusual way to represent (e.g. said, again)

The grapheme ‘ie’ in the word ‘friend’ is an unusual way to represent ‘E’.

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‘D’ is most frequently represented by the grapheme ‘d’ (e.g. dog, garden, head) The grapheme ‘dd’ for is seen in the middle of words, a er short vowel sound (e.g. paddle, ladder) The su x ed can represent (e.g. called, helped or wanted)

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‘I’ is used at the start and in the middle of words, but never at the end of words (e.g. it, quick) The grapheme ‘y’ can represent (e.g. syrup, myth).

Words containing ‘y’ and ‘I’ usually originate from Greek.

The grapheme ‘o’ in the word women is an unusual way to represent ‘I’ The grapheme ‘’ is an unusual way to represent ‘I’ (e.g. pre y, English)

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f, , ph is most frequently represented by f (eg. fun, a er, leaf).

We usually use a er short vowel sounds at the end of single-syllable words (eg. o , pu ). ph can represent f, , ph (eg. phone, graph). Words containing ph for f, , pf are usually originate from Greek. gh represents f, , ph in a small set of words, usually at the end of words (eg. laugh, enough).

A reminder – all students from Year 1 to Year 6 are able to log into Sound Waves with their class code. Class codes are available from classroom teachers.

We are Called Project Compassion 2024

This year, Project Compassion brings you the stories of three resilient women from three di erent corners of the world. They are facing vastly di erent challenges, but are all united by one dream: to create a be er tomorrow for all future genera ons.

Meet Ronita from the Philippines. Ronita is a mother of two young boys living in a slum in Quezon City. She went back to school to nish her educa on so that she could earn income to support her children.

Meet Leaia from Samoa. Not having access to a reliable source of clean water was very di cult for Leaia and her family. But, with the support of Caritas Australia, a water tank was installed at their home, improving their health and living condi ons.

Meet Memory from Malawi. Memory, the eldest daughter from a rural Malawian family, trained to become a carpenter and is now a trailblazer for future genera ons of women in her village.

Throughout Project Compassion, you will get to know the stories of Ronita, Leaia and Memory. Journey with them as they forge a path to a brighter future for all genera ons.

Please donate to Project Compassion.

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You can donate through Project Compassion dona on boxes and envelopes available from your parish, by visi ng

caritas.org.au/project-compassion or by calling 1800 024 413.

Photo: Richard Wainwright/Caritas Australia

Project Compassion Fundraising 2024 All of our classes are busily developing ways to support Project Compassion for 2024.

Our Year Six children will be selling Zopper Doopers this Friday.

Our Year Five children will be selling donuts next Wednesday on the 28 February.

Our Year Four children will be selling lolly bags on the 6 March.

Please be suppor ve of this very worthy Lenten Appeal.

Family Mass

On Saturday 16 March 2024 all families are invited to Mass at Infant Jesus Church at 6.00pm.

During the celebra on the choir will be leading the singing and parents are also invited to volunteer for the o ertory procession or reading. Parents are very welcome to contact the o ce if they wish to volunteer.

INFANT JESUS FUNDRAISING FOR CARITAS

ZOOPER DOOPER FRIDAY! y a 23RD FEB d i r F is this t a h T !

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PLEASE HELP THE SCHOOL RAISE FUNDS FOR CARITAS. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO COOL DOWN WITH A ZOOPER DOOPER, THIS FRIDAY, FORECAST TO BE 38 DEGREES. PLEASE BRING IN A $1 TO BUY YOUR ICY COLD ZOOPER DOOPER AT LUNCH. THANK YOU. ANNOUNCMENT BROUGHT TO BY YEAR SIX

FRIDAY 23RD FEBRUARY DONATE TO A GOOD CAUSE

Library Bookmarks

With Mrs Le Coultre Books U Love Display Last years, Year 4 children created sugges on cards with a blurb on their enjoyment of the books they had read.

Their sugges ons have been incorporated in the display below allowing other students to be introduced to popular authors and nd commonly enjoyed series. I hope that this encourages more students to read along with what their peers are reading and nding the enjoyment it brings.

The Bene ts of Reading

One of our key goals for 2024 is to develop a strong reading culture at the school. There is such a strong correla on between being a competent reader and academic success. To develop this strong reading culture, we need your support. Here are several ques ons for you to explore.

• Is your child reading every night as part of their homework expecta ons?

• Do you know what your child is reading/ • Is your child taking books out of the library?

• Have you read to your child?

• Have you modelled reading your own book while your child is reading?

• Do you ask your child ques ons about the book you/ they are reading?

Why is it important to read to your child?

Helps with language development.

Helps with your child’s cogni ve development.

Helps with improved imagina on and crea vity.

Helps with children’s concentra on and discipline.

Helps develop empathy and emo onal awareness.

Helps develop the bond between parents and children.

Helps children to develop a rou ne.

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I know that parents are faced with numerous challenges, but I encourage you to nd the me to sit with your child. It will be worth it in the end.

Code of Conduct at Infant Jesus School You acknowledge the inherent vulnerability of the students in your care. You recognise that the safety and well-being of students depends upon your vigilance and diligence and the vigilance and diligence of all adults. The Code does not give you detailed professional advice on speci c behaviour. Rather, it describes the minimum requirements expected of you. The Guidelines are illustra ve and not an exhaus ve list of the behaviours covered by the Code.

If your behaviour varies from the standards described in this Code and Guidelines, you should be prepared to explain and jus fy your decisions and ac ons.

In cases of con ict between parts of the Code, between the Code and other school policies, or in any decision-making choices, you give priority to the outcome that will be in the best interests of the safety and well-being of the child in the community.

Breaches Breaches of the Code must be no ed to the Principal, and it is a breach of the Code not to do so. A breach of the Code may cons tute a failure to follow a lawful direc on from the Principal and therefore the Principal will have the discre on as to what ac on to take. It may include counselling, professional development or sanc ons under any agreement between you and the Principal. If the person is a parent, volunteer or visitor, the Principal may take such ac on as is appropriate in the circumstances to maintain the safety and well-being of students.

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Conduct Statements 1. You act safely and competently.

2. You give priority to students’ safety and well-being in all your behaviour and decision making.

3. You act in accordance with the values of the Gospel as de ned in the Code of Ethical Conduct.

4. You conduct yourself in accordance with laws, agreements, policies, and standards relevant to your rela onship with the school community.

5. You respect the dignity, culture, values, and beliefs of each member of the school community.

6. You treat personal informa on about members of the school community as private and con den al.

7. You give impar al, honest, and accurate informa on about the educa on, safety and wellbeing of students.

8. You support all members of the school community in making informed decisions about students.

9. You promote and preserve the trust and privilege inherent in your rela onship with all members of the school community.

10. You maintain and build on the community’s trust and con dence in Catholic schools and the Church.

11. You act re ec vely and ethically.

12. You give students a voice in their educa on, safety, and well-being.

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Child Safe Framework

While mandatory language such as ‘must’, ‘shall’ and ‘will’ is not used throughout the Code, there is a presump on the conduct described is mandatory and therefore not discre onary.

The Principal expects you to conduct yourself personally and professionally in a way that maintains public trust and con dence in your school and the Church. You have a responsibility to students and their family, other members of the school community and the wider society to provide and support safe and competent educa on and care of students. You will do your best to support other members of the school community to comply with the Code.

P&F and Community News P & F News On behalf of the P&F we would like to thank everyone who came to the Welcome Back Picnic last Friday. It turned out to be a lovely evening to welcome back families to the Infant Jesus School Community. A special thanks to all the volunteers that helped at the P&F stall. It was great seeing the happy smiles of our school families, even the ones that were captured in the photo booth! As this is the 70th Year of Infant Jesus School, we would really like to promote and embrace our school community.

P&F Mee ng

All parents are welcome to come along and a end our P&F mee ngs and our rst one for the year will be held next Tuesday 27th February at 7pm, in the school library.

Class Representatives

We would like to thank all the parents who have volunteered to be a class representa ve for 2024! However, we are s ll in need of class representa ves for 5W, 6B and 6W. We would appreciate volunteers that can ‘put up their hand’ to represent their child’s class. If you think you could, please let the classroom teacher know as soon as possible.

Year Group Facebook Pages These pages are an opportunity for class representa ves to share important informa on, reminders, dates of upcoming events, teacher/school no ces and social events. For the new families this is also a great way to reach out to others for guidance, clari ca ons or if anyone has lost items etc. As always please be respec ul and support each other on these pages.

IJS Second hand Uniform Shop A friendly reminder that all uniforms that are posted on this page must be of a good quality standard. Please keep in mind that wearing the uniform is also a representa on of the school, therefore a clean, dy a re is s ll required when sourcing and selling second hand uniforms. For all those pos ng uniforms on this page, please ensure you do the following:

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Take a full clear picture of each en re item (do not place items on top of each other) All uniforms must not be damaged in any kind of way (for example: tears, stains etc) The old uniform is NOT to be sold on this page.

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Netball News

Rockets Netball Club Inc formerly Infant Jesus Netball Club is now taking expressions of interest. If your child is 7 years old + and interested in playing Winter Netball, please register your child’s interest by emailing rocketsnetballclubinc@gmail.com or call 0404 108 015.

Dear parents/carers, please ensure your contact details are up to date in order for us to provide the correct informa on to the Department of Educa on as per the informa on below:-

Collection Notice for parents/guardians 2024 Student Residential Address and Other Information The Australian Government Department of Education (the department) would like to notify you that we have requested for your child’s school to provide residential address and other information.

Under the Australian Education Regulations 2023, the school is required to provide the department with the following information about each student at the school:    

names and residential addresses of the student’s parent(s) and/or guardian(s) student residential address (excluding student names) whether the student is a primary or secondary student (education level) whether the student is boarding or a day student (boarding status).

The school collects the above information by generating a unique and unidentifiable student reference number (SRN) for each student record. The school only uses the SRN for this collection. The SRN cannot be used for any other purpose. The number only indicates to the department that each record provided is for one student.

Purpose of the collection The Student Residential Address and Other Information Collection (the collection) informs Australian Government school education policy and helps ensure funding for non-government schools is based on need.

The information collected is used to inform school funding calculations. It is combined with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data to calculate a non-government school community’s anticipated capacity to contribute to schooling costs.

In 2020, the department introduced a new measure of capacity to contribute: the Direct Measure of Income (DMI). The DMI is based on the median income of non-government school students’ parents or guardians using the collection data. For more information see Direct Measure of Income (DMI) Methodology.

Use and disclosure of personal information Your personal information is protected by law under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). Personal information is information or an opinion about an identifiable individual. Personal information includes an individual’s name and contact details.

Any use or disclosure of your personal information must occur in accordance with the Privacy Act, the Australian Education Act 2013 and Australian Education Regulations 2023.

Your personal information provided to the department through the collection may be:

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disclosed to the ABS for the purposes of capacity to contribute calculations and analysis as a part of the Multi-Agency Data Integration Project (MADIP). Find more information about MADIP on the ABS website MADIP page disclosed to a contracted auditor where the department may audit a school’s collection submission.

The contracted auditor compares the school’s submission with the student enrolment information.

The contracted auditor will not use the information for any other purpose

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Contact Us

17 Smith Street, Morley Western Australia 6062 17 9276 1769

info@infantjesus.wa.edu.au

www.infantjesus.wa.edu.au