Veritas Term 1, Week 6

VERITAS

TERM 1 WEEK 6 Stars of the Week Parent Teacher Online - Book an Interview Harmony Day 2023

09 March 2023

Important Dates 20 - 24 Mar Parent/Teacher Interviews 23 March

Assembly - Presenta on of Choir Badges

23 March

Pupil Free Day

30 March

Fac on Swimming Carnival

6 April

End of Term 1

We acknowledge the tradi onal Owners of the lands on which we live, learn and work.

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We acknowledge the con nued deep spiritual connec on and rela onship of Aboriginal peoples to this country and commit to the ongoing journey of Reconcilia on.

Contents

4 FROM THE PRINCIPAL Kindergarten 2024 Family Mass Stars of the Week

Harmony Day Parent Teacher Mee ngs Merit Awards

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CLASS NEWS

SAFE SCHOOL FRAMEWORK

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ CORNER

9 Kindergarten Year 3 Yr 6 Ministry Chinese

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Statement One: You Act Safely & Competently

8 WE ARE CALLED St Patrick’s Day Project Compassion

16 COMMUNITY NEWS Easter Ra e Car Bay Ra e Colour Run Golden Ravioli

From the Principal We pray for all people who are a source of hope in the world, who help to trans gure darkness into light.

May our support of Project Compassion help to keep alive our vision of Christ as the one we should most listen to, the light of the world.

Amen.

Dear Parents, Welcome to our Week 6 newsle er.

Our P & F held their rst mee ng of the year last night and it was wonderful to have such a great turn out. The team has some wonderful community building and fundraising events planned and I look forward to working together with them over the year. A big thank you to our parent reps who have put up their hands to support our P&F. Parking With limited spaces for parking and drive through areas, I wanted to thank everyone for their pa ence as we se le back into another school year and work through a few issues. A reminder that we need to follow the ‘No Standing’ street signs at all mes to avoid being issued with nes. Further details on before and a er school drop o /pick up zones are on our school website.

Kindergarten 2024 We are now taking applica ons for our 2024 Kindergarten Class. If your child’s date of birth is between 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, you can enrol your child/ren into our Kindergarten class for next year. Please contact the o ce for an enrolment pack as spaces are lling up fast. Current 3 Year Old Kindergarten students will also need to ll in a Kindergarten enrolment form. Kindergarten interviews will be commencing shortly.

NAPLAN The NAPLAN tes ng begins for our Year 3 and 5 students on Wednesday 15 March. Please keep these students in your prayers, especially those students who will be par cipa ng for the rst me. All students in these classes will need to have headphones as the tests are online. Please see your child’s class teacher if you have any queries.

Family Mass I would like to invite all our families to join us for our Family Mass on Saturday 18 March at 6pm. Our school choir will be leading the music for the Mass. Everyone is welcome.

Pupil Free Day A reminder that 27 March is a Pupil Free day. Sta will be undertaking professional development facilitated by CEWA in the Numeracy area. This is part of our whole school focus on numeracy from our School Improvement Plan.

Stars of the Week I love to celebrate the fantas c work that our students do and I encourage them to visit me to showcase their work.

Some of these students have been chosen as ‘Stars of the Week’ so that their outstanding work can be shared with our community. Enjoy the new addi on to our newsle er.

Enjoy the rest of the week and I look forward to an exci ng last four weeks of Term 1.

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Mel Allen Principal

Ms Allen’s Stars of the Week Abigail Tu A huge congratula ons goes to Abigail Tu as she was recently selected to par cipate in the School Sport Australia 12 years and under Cricket team to compete in Darwin.

Only thirteen girls were selected into the team so to receive this honour requires a huge amount of talent and dedica on. We wish Abigail all the best with her upcoming compe on!

Roman Kovacevic Congratula ons Roman for designing a self portrait, with a focus on line and colour.

Roman created intricate pa erns with amazing bright popping colours. I loved seeing his a en on to detail.

Luca Della Primavera Congratula ons also Luca for designing a self portrait, with a focus on line and colour.

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He had amazing detailed sketching and shadowing for depth. His work was absolutely brilliant and I can’t wait to see his next masterpiece.

Assistant Principal’s Corner Harmony Day 2023

In Australia, Harmony Day is celebrated on 21 March 2023 during Harmony Week. To celebrate this special our school, Australia and the world children are invited to wear something orange on this day.

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Tradi onally, orange signi es social communica on and meaningful conversa ons. It is also related to the freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual respect. Harmony Week is a me to celebrate Australian mul culturalism, and the successful integra on of migrants into our community. Australia is one of the most successful mul cultural countries in the world and we should celebrate this and work to maintain it. The message of Harmony Week is Everyone Belongs. It is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguis c background, united by a set of core Australian values.

Conversa ons at home are crucial for understanding and suppor ng inclusivity. By having honest and open family discussions about racism, diversity and inclusivity builds trust with your children. It encourages them to come to you with ques ons and worries. If they see you as a trusted source of advice, they are likely to engage with you on this topic more.

Teach your child that it is wrong to ridicule di erences like race, religion, appearance, special needs, gender or economic status. Try to ins l a sense of empathy for those who are di erent. Consider ge ng involved together in a community group where your child can interact with kids who are di erent. Make sure your kids understand that you will not tolerate bullying at home or anywhere else. Set rules about bullying and s ck to them. If you take away privileges, be sure it's meaningful. For example, if your child bullies other kids via email, text messages, or a social networking site, stop phone or computer privileges for a period of me. If your child acts aggressively at home, with siblings or others, put a stop to it. Teach more appropriate (and kinder) ways to react, like walking away.

Did you know? · Nearly half (49 per cent) of Australians were born overseas or have at least one parent who was. · Since 1945, more than 7.5 million people have migrated to Australia. · 85 per cent of Australians agree mul culturalism has been good for Australia. · Apart from English, the most common languages spoken in Australia are Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Italian, Greek, Tagalog/Filipino, Hindi, Spanish and Punjabi. · More than 70 Indigenous languages are spoken in Australia.

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These facts are taken from ABS 2016 Census Data. Check out the Australian Bureau of Sta s cs website.

Parent Teacher Mee ngs

Merit Awards

This year we will con nue to use Parent Teacher Online (PTO), a web-based and app based online booking system for Parent Teacher mee ngs. We know that it will save parents me and is quite easy to use. Using this system, you will be able to book the interview mes that suit you best from any internetconnected computer.

Pre-Primary

P TO b e c a m e a c ve fo r p a re n t s t o b o o k appointments from Tuesday 7 March at 2:00pm. h ps://www.infantjesus.wa.edu.au/pto/

During Week 8 of this term, parents will have the opportunity to meet with their child/ren’s teachers to discuss their progress so far this year.

Congratula ons to the following students who will receive a merit award on Thursday 23 March 2023 as an acknowledgement and celebra on of all their hard work.

Elsie Hannah Leia Wiles Estelle Da lo Jack Kilcoyne

Elise Elikewela Olivia Ormston Zachary Cockburn Sebas ano Cusmano

Year One

Elena Rologas Dylan Nocciolino Violet Legge Grace Chen

Adrian Dias Sasha Keel Angelina Le Hugo Nicholas

Year Two

Ethan O’Byrne Briella Seiku Piper Ga

Layla Middleton, Judd Vahid Haghighi and Braxton Nguyen

Year Three

Brooklyn Teniseli Charlo e McDonald Ithiel Lemos Jared Harrison

Kal-El Berne Elena Heneghan Hunter McQuillan Mya Ruocco

Year Four

Zak Ferrara Giannis Tiniakos Liliana Pelle Zoey Barker

Monique Creasy Blake Keel Allegra Tollis

Year Five

Grace Colaco Briella Soekinto Cruz Tartaglia

Ma eo Favaro Jackson Muten Mayra Lee Danny Ousephachan

Year Six

Olivia Catalano Seth Vu Aimy Jobin

Mia Condello Stella Prokscha Aaron Da lo

Soundwaves

Throughout this year we will be working in partnership to assist children in further developing their spelling skills and knowledge using the Soundwaves Spelling resource across the school. The focus for Year 1 to Year 6 for next week and Week 8 are:

Week 7 – ‘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)

Week 8 – ‘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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Remember – All students from Year 1 to Year 6 are able to log into Soundwaves with their class code.

Class codes are available from classroom teachers.

Family Mass

On Saturday 18 March 2023 all families are invited to Mass at Infant Jesus Church at 6.00pm.

This is the rst me since 2020 that we have been able to gather for a Eucharis c Celebra on as a community in Semester One. 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.

St Patrick’s Day

St Patrick was born in England but was captured as a teenager by Irish pirates. He was taken to Ireland as a slave. A er six years, Patrick escaped and returned to England where his family were s ll living. Saint Patrick then became a priest and travelled back to Ireland as a missionary so that he could teach the people about God. One day, Saint Patrick compared the Trinity to a shamrock. He said that the shamrock has three leaves, but it is only one plant. In the same way, God is three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -but one God.

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Project Compassion

Priscilla lives in the Hwange district in Zimbabwe with her husband, Charles, and their two grandsons. Climate change con nues to bring unprecedented challenges for people living in Zimbabwe. With the support of Caritas Hwange, Priscilla learnt conserva on farming skills to grow droughtresistant crops to support her family during the current food crisis. Priscilla was able to produce a bumper harvest in her rst year of prac sing conserva on farming. Priscilla used the funds from her harvest to start poultry farming, which enabled her to sell eggs to pay for her grandchildren’s school fees, books and sta onery. The poultry farming provides a safety net for Priscilla and her family during mes of hardship and drought.

While the situa on in Zimbabwe and across eastern Africa remains dire, the work of Caritas means that Priscilla can learn the skills she needs to build resilience and support her family during this current food crisis.

Pleease donate to Project Compassion 2023. Together, we can help vulnerable communi es face their challenges today and build a be er tomorrow For All Future Genera ons.

You can donate through Project Compassion dona on boxes/envelopes available from your parish, by visi ng caritas.org.au/project-compassion, or by calling 1800 024 413.

The Trinity Prayer is very familiar to all ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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We are Called

Numbers to Ten In Kindy we have been learning to count and recognise numbers to ten.

We have sung lots of songs like Ten Li le Dinosaurs, Five Green and Speckled Frogs and Five Cheeky Monkeys.

The children have par cipated in many ac vi es to help them count and recognise numbers to ten such as the edicol paint and nd, tracing the chalk numbers and playing hopscotch during our outdoor play me.

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The children have really enjoyed all of these ac vi es and especially loved singing the songs with their friends.

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Kindy

Year 3

Quali es of a Good Friend In Religious Educa on the Year Three children have been learning about friendships. They have named many quali es that make a good friend and have iden ed ways to build good friendships with others.

They then ed this in with the second Great Commandment of loving your neighbour as yourself.

To show their understanding, the Year Threes used iMovie to role play situa ons where they showed a variety of ways they could be a good friend.

“Be kind and make sure your friends feel supported.”

- Isabella

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“Listen to people.” - Nathaniel

Public Rela ons Ministry Hello parents and guardians, we are the new Public Rela ons Ministry of Year 6 Leaders of Infant Jesus School. Our role is to speak and lead you at assemblies which we hope to see you at. We also represent our school at various school events and will we be pu ng up the ags at school every morning. We are so excited and passionate about this ministry so we hope to see you at assemblies.

The Public Rela ons Team: Kahlan, Laila, Harrison, Seth, Sam, Jasmine, Arianna.

Owen, Benne , Brody, Savio and Eva.

Hello parents and guardians! We are the 2023 Year Six Chris an Service Ministry. Firstly, we would like to say how passionate we are about this ministry and how excited we are to serve in this ministry at Infant Jesus School. As part of this ministry, we are called to connect with God. We will try to serve to the best of our ability and cooperate together to help every student feel safe and happy. We will encourage our school to donate and fundraise to help others and provide our community with everything they need to be healthy and happy.

We are also eager to help organise the upcoming liturgies here at Infant Jesus School.

The 2023 Chris an Service Ministry: Jessiah, Audrey, Claudia Spiccia, Laken, Mia, Aimy, Addison, Chiara, Claudia Scriva, Adrian, Max and Elijah.

Wellness Ministry We are the Wellness Ministry for Semester One. We can’t wait to inspire and mo vate the students of Infant Jesus School to be healthy and ac ve.

We are excited to help out at carnivals and events and encourage our peers to #ExceedExpecta ons.

The 2023 Wellness Ministry:

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Jonathan, Oliver, Xander, Dru, Aaron, Arielle. Tiana, Olivia, Kayla Poppy and Abigail

Student Ministry News

Chris an Service Ministry

Media Ministry We are the Media Ministry for Semester One. We can’t wait to highlight and showcase the amazing things that we do at Infant Jesus School.

To kick start our Ministry role, we created a video about Interna onal Women’s Day and the women that inspire us in our lives. You can de nitely #ExpectGreatThings from us.

Sustainability Ministry Hello to all of the Infant Jesus School Community.

We are the members of the 2023 Sustainability Ministry. Our role is to run ini a ves within the school to ensure we are taking care of the environment.

We can’t wait to share some of our ideas and go into ac on to take care of our beau ful school and God’s crea on.

Make sure to keep an eye on the Newsle er and social media to see what we are up to in our ministry.

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The Sustainability Team: Amelia, Gilbert, Julia, Bethany, Dimitri Voitot, Kimberly, Joshua, Thy, Yvonne, Nicolas, Maria & Sahana

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Student Ministry News

Our names are; Daniel, Stella, Ariel, Arabella, Cooper, Leo, Aiden and Alden

Chinese Year Two What are your body parts called?

In Chinese, the Year Two students have been learning how to say their body parts in Chinese. For example, the word for head is tou, shoulders are called jian bang, knees are xi gai and the word for toes are jiao.

We have put these words together to sing tou, jianban, xigai and jiao (head, shoulder, knees and toes). Students have also played some online games to learn these pronuncia ons and the Chinese characters.

The characters for eyes (yan jing) is 眼睛.

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The children will use the Chinese vocabulary to form simple sentences explaining how they look.

Conduct Statement 1: You Act Safely and Competently.

Guidelines

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Safe School Framework - Code of Conduct

1. You are expected to put the safety of students ahead of every other relevant but secondary considera on.

2. In doing so, you are expected to act within the scope of your exper se and role within the school community.

3. If the safety and well-being of a student requires skills and experience outside your core competency, you must refer the student to the appropriate expert.

4. You are personally responsible within the context of your posi on in the school community for the provision of safe and competent student educa on. It is your responsibility to maintain the competence necessary to ful l your role. Maintenance of competence includes par cipa on in ongoing professional development to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and a tudes relevant to your role in your school.

5. You recognise that the Principal, sta , parents and students assess your ability to act safety and competently based on your behaviour and decision making, and you do likewise in your assessment of them. You are responsible for conduc ng yourself in all things such that there is no specula on, doubt or ambiguity that you do so in the best interests of students. You must take reasonable steps to avoid situa ons where your decisions or behaviour could be interpreted as pu ng students at risk. You must also no fy the Principal as soon as possible if you found yourself in such a posi on of ambiguity so that you can explain the circumstances.

6. You recognise each student’s and their parents’ right to receive accurate informa on; be protected against foreseeable risk of harm; and be involved in and informed about decisions in rela on to their educa on.

7. You perform your role in the school within your professional or industry competency and according to school policies and any standards or codes applicable to your profession or industry.

8. You no fy an appropriate person or the Principal of any informa on relevant to maintaining student safety and well-being, or any observa on of ques onable, unethical or unlawful behaviour, including breaches of this Code, and intervene to safeguard the student if the circumstances require it.

9. You ensure that any informa on you receive relevant to the safety and well-being of students is either acted upon by you in the best interests of the student if you are the relevant decision maker, or passed to the relevant decision maker for them to act.

10.You perform your work in a safe and competent manner that is not compromised by personal health limita ons, including the use of alcohol or other substances that may alter your capacity to act safely. If your health threatens your ability to work safely and competently, you have a responsibility to seek assistance to address your health needs.

This may include making a con den al report to an appropriate authority.

11.You perform du es in partnership with parents and school sta and in accordance with the standards of your profession or industry (e.g. Teachers Registra on Board).

12.You perform du es in accordance with wider standards rela ng to safety and quality in educa on and student care and responsibility for a safe school, such as those rela ng to occupa onal health and safety, mandatory and cri cal incident repor ng, and par cipa on in incident analysis and formal open disclosure procedures.

13.You make decisions about students based on their age, ability, and in the best interests of the student’s sense of security, and physical, social, emo onal and mental safety.

14.You seek advice, assistance and second opinions from experts and Principal as necessary.

Parents Example of Speci c Behaviours, but not limited to: • Parents to be reminded about what is deemed appropriate behaviour on school grounds with students, teachers and other parents.

• Parents to sign in and out whilst on school grounds for the dura on of the day/long periods of me.

• Parents to use toilets with disabled access only.

• All parent helpers to have completed our Infant Jesus School Volunteer Workshop.

• When assis ng in the classroom parents to work with groups of students, rather than one on one.

• Parents to sign children out at the o ce and secretary to call class for children to come to o ce to be collected.

Students Example of Speci c Behaviours, but not limited to: • Students to be educated in Protec ve Behaviours.

• Students to be informed that the school expecta ons are in place to keep them safe rather than for disciplinary reasons; however, there will be consequences for expecta ons not followed.

• Students need to be made aware of what appropriate interac ons with adults look and sound like.

Volunteers Example of Speci c Behaviours but not limited to: • Volunteers to always be in the line of sight of the teacher at all mes.

• WWC required in all cases with the excep on of Secondary School Volunteer/Community Service students.

• Secondary School Volunteer/Community Service students are to be supervised at all mes.

• All visitors must wear a clearly visible s cker/badge indica ng that they are a visitor to the school, whilst on the school grounds.

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Visitors Example of Speci c Behaviours but not limited to: • All visitors must sign in and out at the O ce and be accompanied by a sta member at all mes, with the excep on of CEWA sta , School Nurse, Therapists, etc.

• All visitors must wear a clearly visible badge indica ng that they are a visitor to the school, whilst on the school grounds.

• Student Teachers to be made aware of what is appropriate/ inappropriate interac on with students.

Code of Conduct at Infant Jesus School

Sta Example of Speci c Behaviours, but not limited to: • Sta to always have visitors sign in and be in their line of sight at all mes, eg. Incursion presenters, speakers, past parents, sta family members etc.

• Sta to obtain permission from Leadership Team for visitors to be on the school site • Sta members to always be the last person o the duty area.

• Ensure that access to the school grounds is limited – perimeter gates/doors locked as per school schedule.

• When working with individual children sta must have doors and blinds open to enable visibility by others.

• Sta to take responsibility for ensuring their individual WWC and TRBWA requirements are up to date and current.

• Sta to be fully aware of where the children in their care are at all mes ie. going to toilet, going for messages, etc.

• Sta not to drive students without parental permission, always have students in the back seats (if two students) and when transpor ng individual students have them sit behind the driver.

• Sta not to engage with students/parents through any social media.

• Excursions – school procedures to be followed.

P&F and Community News Thank you to all the parents who made it to the P+F Mee ng on Tuesday evening. It was wonderful to see so many new and familiar faces.

EASTER RAFFLE

Ticket sales are now open through Quickcliq and will close on Friday 31st March. The ckets are $1 each. We are looking for Easter dona ons to create the prizes. Please bring in dona ons (Easter chocolate, Easter novel es) by 31st March and give it to your classroom teacher. Ra e drawn on Wednesday 5th April.

CAR BAY RAFFLE

Go in the draw to win a priority parking spot for Term 2 right outside the o ce, buy your ckets through Quickcliq from Monday 13th March. Ticket sales close on Monday 3rd April. The prize will also include a Golden Ravioli voucher which will be given out at the start of Term 2. Tickets are $1 each.

COLOUR RUN

Save the date - Term 2 Week 1 Friday 28th April (a er lunch). Sponsor forms will be sent home soon with a prize given out to the child with the highest sponsorship amount. Parent volunteers needed for the a ernoon. If you can assist, please email president.pafc@gmail.com.

GOLDEN RAVIOLI

The popular pasta fundraiser will be open for orders before the school holidays. Orders will need to be placed by Term 2 Week 2 Monday 1st May for a delivery on Friday 12th May (just in me for Mother's Day!). More details on how to order will be given out soon.

Tour La Salle College Meet our talented students, highly professional staff – and see our wonderful facilities and modern learning environments.

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Book a Tour today, visit www.lasalle.wa.edu.au.

Infant Jesus School P&F

Tickets $1 each via Raffle To assist with the raffle we are closes 31st March asking for donations of Easter eggs, Easter crafts, baskets & cellophane.

Any donations can be given to your classroom teachers by Friday 31st March

Thank you

The raffle will be drawn in Week 10

Contact Us

17 Smith Street, Morley Western Australia 6062 18 9276 1769

info@infantjesus.wa.edu.au

www.infantjesus.wa.edu.au