Veritas Term 2, Week 4

VERITAS

TERM 2 WEEK 4 #ExpectGreatThings@ Infant Jesus School

18 May 2023

Important Dates 20-21 May

Yr 6 Con rma on Commitment Masses

24 May

Na onal Simultaneous Story Time

25 May

Yr 5 Assembly

30 May

P & F Mee ng

10 June

Yr 6 Con rma on

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 Parent & Caregiver Survey Important Events

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ CORNER Na onal Simultaneous Story Time Absent Students Merit Awards

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CLASS NEWS

SAFE SCHOOL FRAMEWORK

Pre-Primary Year Three Sport Health Walk Safely To School

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Conduct Statement 5

8 WE ARE CALLED Laudato Si’ Week Pentecost

16 COMMUNITY NEWS P & F Mee ng Entertainment Memberships MAD Camp

From the Principal Creator of the Universe, You made us in your image and likeness and have asked us to ll and keep the earth.

Guide our choices and help us to walk into the future

by Caring for Our Common Home.

We make this prayer in your name.

Amen.

Welcome to the Week 4 newsle er.

Today is Na onal Walk Safely to School Day and it was wonderful to see so many students join us with their families as we made our way from the Infant Jesus Church to School.

We look forward to a number of important events next week. Wednesday 24 May is Na onal Simultaneous Story- me, on Thursday 25 May we have our Year 5 Assembly and on Friday 26 May we will have our Fac on Cross Country.

Please join us at 7pm on Tuesday 30 May for our P&F Mee ng in the Library. It is a good opportunity to connect with other parents and to be a part of the wonderful things that are happening in our school. All parents are welcome.

Next week we will be collec ng informa on to help us make informed decisions about how we can improve our school. The aim of this process is to build and maintain a posi ve school climate in which your child/children will ourish. To help us in our e orts, we are invi ng you to respond to the Parent and Caregiver Survey. A link will be sent out on Monday. Your response will provide us with the informa on and founda onal focus points that we will use in planning our school improvement e orts.

Please keep the following sta members in your prayers. Mrs Anne Foley on the loss of her son Trenton, Mr Alex Ellio on the loss of his grandmother and to Mrs Jennifer Le Coultre on the sudden loss of her father. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this di cult me.

Enjoy the rest of the week.

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Mel Allen Principal

Ms Allen’s Students of the Week Asha Wiles For her awesome sentence wri ng. Asha was able to put her target words into interes ng sentences and was very proud to come to the o ce to read them.

Super work Asha!

Benjamin Zacharko and Massimo Mar no For being super observant by spo ng a leak and repor ng it to a teacher. Thank you very much for keeping other students safe and looking a er our school.

Amber Brown, Nyysa Jadav, Victoria Breeze

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For their super e ort in keeping our school looking beau ful. The girls took the me to pick up rubbish around the school and they made a presenta on to show just how much they had collected.

Awesome work girls!

Assistant Principal’s Corner Volunteers at Infant Jesus School

This week during Na onal Volunteer Week (15 – 21 May) Australia recognises and celebrates those who generously give of their me to volunteer and help others. Volunteers assist in further developing school and community spirit.

The Infant Jesus School community is very thankful and grateful for the many volunteers who generously give of their me to assist in our classes, in our events and through their involvement in our School Advisory Council and P&F. Just in the next few weeks our generous volunteers will be suppor ng and assis ng with the Fac on Cross Country event and the Winter Carnival. Volunteering can commence at any me a er comple ng the Infant Jesus School Volunteer Workshop.

Na onal Simultaneous Story Time

On Wednesday 24 May children from Kindergarten to Year Six will join the Na onal Simultaneous Story me live event. Every year a picture book, wri en and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. Now in its twenty third successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book. This year ‘The Speedy Sloth’ will be read. What a fabulous way to show children and share with them the love of reading.

Absent Students Please make sure that these details are included in your email as this is a legal document.

Parents must provide the teacher with a wri en explana on as to the cause of a child’s absence or a doctor’s cer cate. A note is also to be given to the class teacher and the school o ce if the child is absent for an extended period e.g. illness, holidays.

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To ensure the safety of all children, parents are asked to no fy the school by 9.00am if a child will be absent on a par cular day. The Department of Educa on has con rmed that whilst a phone message is not a subs tute for a signed note when repor ng absences, an email mee ng with the following criteria is acceptable; the 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 su cient as it does not necessarily have the full name of the person sending it).

Sound Waves

Merit Awards

This year we are 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 6 is -

Week 5 – L, ll is most frequently represented by the grapheme l (e.g. leg, release, pencil).

We usually use ll a er short vowel sounds at the end of single-syllable words (e.g. spill, smell). (Helpful Hint) It can be hard to hear er, ar, or, a, e, i, o, u in words ending in le (e.g. table, people), which is why they can be segmented two ways. If you hear l, ll for le, write le in one box. If you hear for le, write le across two boxes.

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Week 6 – The grapheme ee for ee, e, ea, y, ey is usually used in the middle or at the end of words (e.g. see, green).

We o en use y for ee, e, ea, y, ey at the end of words (e.g. any, jelly, baby, puppy, twenty).

We do not usually use y for ee, e, ea, y, ey at the start or in the middle of words. (Helpful Hint) The grapheme ey for ee, e, ea, y, ey is usually used at the end of words (e.g. honey, valley).

The grapheme eo in the word people is an unusual way to represent ee, e, ea, y, ey . ee, e, ea, y, ey is also the name of the le er e.

When discussing ee, e, ea, y, ey with students, always clarify you are talking about the phoneme, not the le er name. For example, say ‘Which words have the sound ee, e, ea, y, ey?’ instead of ‘Which words have ee, e, ea, y, ey ?’

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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.

Congratula ons to the following students who will receive a merit award on Thursday 25 May 2023 as an acknowledgement and celebra on of all their hard work.

Pre-Primary Harper Walls Thea Ravi Ezekiel Le Mila Almonte

Theo Gonzalez Zoe Chin Penelope Trutwein Lauren Collins

Year One

Harley Bailey Dario Giorgi Paige Holden Vienna Verdiglione

Adele Barzasi Abigail Carbone Lucia Lupo Malakai Teniselli

Year Two

Charlee Freeman Antonio D’Andrilli Marco Mennell Genesis Okere

Sophie Casey Chris an Davis Aus m Matos Everly Fruvall

Year Three

Liz Ross Alungal John Dib Alessia Catalano

Fletcher Speciale Sienna Nocciolino Shayla Hough

Year Four

Imogen Krajancich Addison Le Lucas Gucciardi Sebas an De Silva Xander Novatsis

Harper de Mello Ryan How Yaw Harvey Elvish

Year Five

Anderson Xiong Gianluca Papalia Reya Del Borrello

Miles Brisbane, Tyler Flamini Angel Le Bao Luong

Year Six

Alden Bao Laken Kaiwai Kahlan Jovanovic

Caitlin Au Addison McCulloch Nicolas Lucano Joshua Waters

We are Called Laudato Si’ Week

Laudato Si' Week rst began as a way to celebrate the rst anniversary of Pope Francis' world-changing papal encyclical le er, “Laudato Si': On Care For Our Common Home.”

Pope Francis’ encyclical has helped the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics understand that “everything is connected” and put previous Catholic teachings in the context of today’s ecological crisis and climate emergency.

At school, our children are passionate about caring for the environment. If you would like to acknowledge this special week at home, the Catholic O ce for Jus ce, Ecology and Peace have created a range of ac vi es and re ec ons- h ps://laudatosiweek.org/ resources/

Ways Kids Can Help Save The Environment · Use a reusable water container

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Recycle or up-cycle paper Turn o the lights Unplug chargers to save electricity Turn o taps to save water Donate toys and clothes Help recycle cans and plas c bo les Learn to cook fun, plant based meals

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Pentecost

Pentecost is celebrated 50 days a er Easter Sunday. This year, Pentecost falls on Sunday 28th May. Pentecost is o en referred to as the birthday of the Church because on this day the apostles went out among the people and began sharing Jesus’ message and the mission of the Church.

On the day of Pentecost, the Apostles were all gathered together in one place and God sent the Holy Spirit to give them the power to teach others about Jesus. When the Apostles were lled with the Holy Spirit, they had the ability to speak in languages that they didn't even know, so that they could tell everyone about Jesus.

The Holy Spirit is s ll with people today as they draw on the strength and guidance of the Holy Spirit in their lives.

Before the Holy Spirit came to the Apostles, they were afraid to teach others about Jesus. Pentecost changed them completely, so that they had the courage to teach openly and freely about Jesus. As the Apostles taught about Jesus in di erent communi es, thousands of those who heard them also became Chris ans.

Like the Apostles at Pentecost, Catholics today receive the Holy Spirit. We do so through the Sacrament of Con rma on that our Year Six students will receive later in this term.

Please join the Parish on Sunday 28th May to celebrate the birth day of the Church.

Class News Pre-Primary We have had a wonderful start to Term Two. The children have a ended their rst whole school Mass at Infant Jesus Church where we celebrated our mum’s and par cipated prayerfully.

This term, we will focus on the theme of fairytales. The children will also be taking home a special Pre-Primary friend.

His name is Monty Bear.

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We look forward to hearing the children share their experiences with their Pre-Primary class.

Year Three

The Lost Coin Year Three students have been engaging in learning about, listening to and ac ng out a variety of parables Jesus told to teach others about forgiveness, how precious we are to God, not to give up and God will always light a path for us. Parables we have enjoyed learning about include The Lost Coin, The Lost Sheep and The Lost Son (Prodigal Son).

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Our crea ve ar sts have started crea ng a variety of plas cine models for the key items and characters of the parable The Lost Coin, as we prepare to retell this parable and its message. This week we have started produc on of our Stop Mo on anima ons that retell the story and the message we learn from Jesus; “We are all precious to God and loved by him, he will light our path to guide us back to him when we are lost.”

Class News Sport INTERSCHOOL SWIMMING CARNIVAL On Friday, 5 May our Swimming Squad made up of a selec on of Year Four - Year Six children represented our school at the CPSSA Interschool Swimming Carnival. Due to winning the carnival two years ago we were compe ng in A Division! The compe on was extremely tough, but that didn’t stop our swimmers from giving their all!. Their dedica on and sportsmanship was simply amazing and they all had smiles on their faces throughout the en re day.

Each child tried their best in their events with some children taking home place ribbons and achieving personal bests.

I would like to thank Mr Colangelo and Mrs Mabbs for their amazing e ort in marshalling and looking a er our children. I also want to make special men on to the parents who helped on the day: Mrs Green (who did an amazing job as the starter), Mrs Wiles, Mrs Fernando and Mr Ferrara who was happy to jump in when needed.

Overall, It was a great team e ort, well done Infant Jesus!

DESIGN AN AFL JUMPER COMPETITION (Year 4-6 students) Infant Jesus has registered for the Western Australian Football Commission ‘Design an AFL Jumper’ Compe on. The compe on is open to all keen students in Year 4-6. The aim of the compe on is to get students to demonstrate a sense of school pride/iden ty and enable them to be involved in football in a cross curricular manner. The WAFC ask that students pay a en on to local landmarks, their school ethos and loca on as well as popula on and demographics when construc ng their design. Entries must be accompanied by a short re ec on on the reasons for the design.

The jumper template will be distributed to classes and placed on Seesaw this week. Further informa on will be uploaded to Seesaw and handed to class teachers. Infant Jesus School will submit two overall winners to the WAFC. The overall winner will receive a set of jumpers in the winning design! Small prizes will be awarded to the winners of each Year level.

Happy designing!

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Mrs Lauren Jenkins

Class News Sport FACTION CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL YEAR

DISTANCE

APPROXIMATE RACE TIME

YEAR 6 Girls

2000m

9:00am

YEAR 6 Boys

2000m

9:20am

YEAR 4 Girls

1500m

9:50am

YEAR 4 Boys

1500m

10:10am

YEAR 2 Girls

800m

10:40am

YEAR 2 Boys

800m

11:00am

YEAR 1 Girls

600m

11:30am

YEAR 1 Boys

600m

11:50am

YEAR 3 Girls

1000m

12:20pm

YEAR 3 Boys

1000m

12:40pm

YEAR 5 Girls

2000m

1:10pm

YEAR 5 Boys

2000m

1:30pm

The Fac on Cross Country Carnival is fast approaching.

Details are as follows: Date: Friday, 26 May 2023 Venue: Lightning Park- 30 Della Road, Noranda.

Departure me: On the day a bus will shu le each year level to and from Lightning Park. Each Year level will have approximately one hour at the venue. *Students will need to bring a hat and water bo le. * Students are to wear their sport uniform with their coloured sports top. *This is a winter event so the carnival will go ahead if there is rain. *Presenta ons will occur back at school at 2:30pm in the school hall to present medals to the top three boys and girls in each year level and overall winning fac on.

The students have been working extremely hard in their PE lessons to improve their me and running skills. Bring on the carnival!

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Mrs Lauren Jenkins

Health Year 1 We have some exci ng updates from our primary school students! The Year One class is focussing on emo onal intelligence and kindness towards others.

They recently put on a crea ve play based on the movie Shrek, where Dragon introduced himself to Donkey and gave Donkey a compliment instead of breathing re and chasing him. It’s wonderful to see the students learning about managing their feelings and being posi ve friends.

Year 2 Meanwhile, the Year Two students just nished a unit on being sun smart, where they explored the slip, slop, slap, slide and seek sun safety measures.

They even came up with two extra measures, sip and see! Before you go into the sun, don’t forget to ask your child what sip and see mean!

Year 3

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Finally, the Year Three class has just begun a unit on physical ac vity in the natural and built environments of our local community. They will learn about the bene ts of exercise, the recommenda ons around exercise and the di erent places that encourages physical ac vity. We are so proud of our students and their eagerness to learn and grow.

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

Sta Example of Speci c Behaviours but not limited to: • Sta are respec ul and accep ng of all members of the community, ie. beliefs, culture and values.

Parents Example of Speci c Behaviours but not limited to: • Parents are respec ul and accep ng of all members of the community, ie. beliefs, culture and values.

Students Example of Speci c Behaviours but not limited to: • Students are respec ul and accep ng of all members of the community, ie. beliefs, culture and values.

Volunteers Example of Speci c Behaviours but not limited to: • Volunteers are respec ul and accep ng of all members of the community, ie. beliefs, culture and values.

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Visitors Example of Speci c Behaviours but not limited to: • Visitors are respec ul and accep ng of all members of the community, ie. beliefs, culture and values.

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Safe School Framework

1. You respect both the person and capacity of each member of the school community, treat them with dignity, show respect for their culture, values, and beliefs.

2. You interact with members of your school community in an honest and respec ul manner.

3. You perform your du es and conduct your rela ons with students and members of the school community with fairness and jus ce. This includes taking appropriate ac on to ensure the safety and quality of the educa on and care of students are not compromised because of harmful or prejudicial a tudes about culture, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, religion, disability, spirituality, poli cal, social or health status.

4. In planning and providing educa on and school support services, you uphold the standards of culturally safe and competent care. This includes according due respect and considera on to the cultural knowledge, values, beliefs, personal wishes and decisions of each member of the school community. You acknowledge the changing nature of families and recognise that families can be cons tuted in a variety of ways.

5. You do not express racist, sexist, homophobic, ageist and other prejudicial and discriminatory a tudes and behaviours toward any member of the school community. You take appropriate ac on when observing any such prejudicial and discriminatory a tudes and behaviours.

6. In making professional judgements in rela on to the interests and rights of a member of the school community, you do not contravene the law or breach the human rights of any person.

P&F and Community News

P&F News NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS WEEK This week-long event recognises the vital support that the millions of volunteers in our country provide to their community and encourages people to consider volunteering. Na onal Volunteer Week is a celebra on of our power to drive change and ensure volunteering is inclusive of all members of the Australian community.

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered in some way to assist the Infant Jesus School Community. If you would like to hear how you could be more involved in our school community feel free to contact Vanessa at president.pafc@gmail.com GOLDEN RAVIOLI Thank you to everyone who placed an order. It was another yummy and successful fundraising event for our school. We hope you have enjoyed your pasta! Thank you to our two lovely parent volunteers Kate Gomes and Lisa Tiniakos for their help on the day.

P & F MEETING The next P&F mee ng is on Tuesday 30th May at 7pm in the library. Everyone is welcome. Please send through any agenda items to secretary.ijpaf@gmail.com before Friday 26th May. SAVE THE DATE Friday 15th September- MUSICAL BINGO NIGHT- More informa on to follow soon.

ENTERTAINMENT MEMBERSHIP Get great o ers and save money on dining and entertainment and more all whilst suppor ng our school community. Join Entertainment using our unique link below:

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h ps://www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/8423y3 If you buy a membership before May 24th, you will receive a WISH or Priceline gi card up to $40.

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