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First Eucharist Code of Conduct
Talking to Kids
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ASSISTANT
PRINCIPALS’ CORNER
School Photos
iShow, iExplain, iLearnt
Lexile Reading
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CLASS NEWS
Pre Primary Sport
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Colour Run
Mother’s Day
Upcoming Events
Almighty God, we ask Your blessing on each mother today. Fill their hearts with laughter and joy. Surround them with love from family and friends. Grant them health, peace, and fulfilment as they pursue their calling. Let them know their value and worth in Your eyes and ours.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome to our Week Four newsleMer.
A big thank you to our P&F and their helpers for running the Mothers Day stall yesterday. We hope all of our mums or the special person enjoy the giS that was chosen for them. Thank you to all of our mums, grandparents and special people who joined us for Muffins with Mum and Mass this morning. It was lovely to see such a great turn out.
This week, all students from Pre-Kindy to Year Six have (or will be) parYcipaYng in a wellbeing week incursion. Strength Heroes is an art and play based program which gives students tools and strategies to adopt a growth mindset. The messages from this incursion Ye in beauYfully with our URStrong program.
CongratulaYons to our Interschool Swimming Team who took out the B Division shield last Friday. Well done to all students for their excellent behaviour and great team work. On the 21 May, students will be parYcipaYng in the Cross Country. Year 3 students will not be able to order their lunch on this day as the lunches will not be ready in Yme. Year 4 students will receive their lunch orders a bit later than usual - it is advisable that they do not have a hot lunch on this day.
We are currently conducYng our Four Year Old Kindy interviews for 2025. Next term we will begin our Three Year Old Kindy interviews and parents who have a child turning 3 next year are welcome to fill in an applicaYon form.
Please keep our Year Six students in your prayers over the next few weeks as they prepare to receive the Sacrament of ConfirmaYon on the 8 June. On Monday we aMended the Parent informaYon evening and on the 20 May, the Parish is running the Parent and Child workshop.
On Wednesday 22 May, we will be parYcipaYng in the NaYonal Simultaneous Story Time. This year the book is Bowerbird Blues. To help celebrate, students are welcome to wear blue items to school.
Please join us for our Year 3 Assembly on Thursday 23 May in the hall.
We hope that all of our mums have a fantasYc Mother’s Day on Sunday.
Mel Allen PrincipalA reminder to all parents that all students are required to be in winter uniform. All uniform items are in stock and can be ordered online.
Hair
• Children should avoid excess use of hair gel or hair products.
•Dreadlocks or coloured beads are not permiMed.
•Excessively short hair is not permiMed. A cut shorter than a number two is unacceptable.
•Hair must be clean, brushed and kept off the face.
•Children should not wear valuable jewellery to school. Apart from the fact that it can be lost or broken it is a distracYon 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.
hOps://www.infantjesus.wa.edu.au/pdf/ 2022%20School%20Uniform.pdf
On Wednesday 22 May children from Kindergarten to Year Six will join the NaYonal Simultaneous Story Yme live event. Every year a picture book, wriMen 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 ‘Bowerbird Blues’ will be read. What a fabulous way to show children and share with them the love of reading.
CongratulaYons to the following students who will receive a merit award on Thursday 23 May 2024 as an acknowledgement and celebraYon of all their hard work.
Pre-Primary Peyton Visser
Liam Cullen
Vincenzo Grandin
Airi Nguyen
Year One Taj Frampton
Olivia Ormston
Florin Holt
Thea Ravi
Year Two
Enzo AlberYni
Stephanie Capone
Alira Graham
Preston Krajancich
Year Three Lana Brown
Ciara Dias
Everly Fruvall
Harvey Nicholas
Megan Rojas Benavides
Michaela Wiles
Year Four
John Dib
Ellie Chatzopoulos,
Antonio Robert
Mia Zacharko
Year Five Harper Henry
Jaylen Easley
Blake Keel
Jack Versaci
Year Six
Miles Brisbane
Jack Cruikshank
Hayden Payne
Zavier Richardson
Mia Waters
Solana Terskikh
Katana Klimczak
Vinny Caputo
James Saw
Elsie Hannah
Imogen Cherubino
Liam Roy
Harper Walls
Alysia Foster
Sam Lupo
Vienna Verdiglione
Leo Rossi
Ricardo Gillespie
Charlee Freeman
Luca De Rizzo
Aurora Saunders
Olive Gonzalez
Shayla Hough
Holly Coady
Ithiel Lemos
Talia Catalano
William Dimasi
Taylor Jovanovic
Oscar Rogers
Chrissa Benny
MaMeo Favaro
Angel Le
Chloe Ilic-Rumac
Primary school aged children across Australia will make those important steps towards a healthier future by parYcipaYng in NaYonal Walk Safely to School Day on Friday 10 May 2024. Now in its 23rd year, this annual event has joined forces with NaXonal Road Safety Week to further draw the spotlight on road safety and support the importance of regular walking, not just on 10 May, but every day.
NaYonal Walk Safely to School Day is a community iniYaYve that aims to raise awareness of the health, road safety, transport and environmental benefits that regular walking (especially to and from school) can provide for the long term well-being of our children. Apart from the physical benefits, regular walking also has a favourable impact on children's cogniYve and academic performance.
Week 4 -
• We oSen use ay for at the end of words (e.g. say, play, spray, today, holiday). (Helpful Hint)
• We do not use ai for at the end of words (e.g. aim, rain, tail, paint, brain). (Helpful Hint)
• The grapheme ea is an unusual way to represent (e.g. great, steak).
• The graphemes e, e_e, et and ee can represent (e.g. cafe, fete, ballet, entree). Words containing e, e_e, et, or ee for usually originate from French.
• is also the name of the leMer a. When discussing with students, always clarify you are talking about the phoneme, not the leMer name. For example, say ‘Which words have the sound ?’ instead of ‘Which words have ?’
Week 5 -
• is most frequently represented by the grapheme l (e.g. leg, release, pencil).
• We usually use ll aSer short vowel sounds at the end of single-syllable words (e.g. spill, smell). (Helpful Hint)
• It can be hard to hear in words ending in le (e.g. table, people), which is why they can be segmented two ways. If you hear for le, write le in one box. If you hear for le, write le across two boxes.
• The grapheme ee for is usually used in the middle or at the end of words (e.g. see, green). Very few words begin with ee for .
• We oSen use y for at the end of words (e.g. any, jelly, baby, puppy, twenty). We do not usually use y for at the start or in the middle of words. (Helpful Hint)
• The grapheme ey for 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 .
• is also the name of the leMer e. When discussing with students, always clarify you are talking about the phoneme, not the leMer name. For example, say ‘Which words have the sound ?’ instead of ‘Which words have ?’
Laudato Si' Week first began as a way to celebrate the first anniversary of Pope Francis' world-changing papal encyclical leMer, “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 Office for JusYce, Ecology and Peace have created a range of acYviYes and reflecYons- hMps://laudatosiweek.org/resources/
Use a reusable water container
· Recycle or up-cycle paper
Turn off the lights
Unplug chargers to save electricity
· Turn of taps to save water
· Donate toys and clothes
· Help recycle cans and plasYc boMles
Learn to cook fun, plant based meals
Pentecost celebrates 50 days aSer Easter Sunday. This year, Pentecost falls on Sunday 19 May.
Pentecost is oSen 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 filled 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 sYll 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 different communiYes, thousands of those who heard them also became ChrisYans.
Like the Apostles at Pentecost, Catholics today receive the Holy Spirit. We do so through the Sacrament of ConfirmaYon that are Year Six students will receive later in this term.
Sunday 19 May is Pentecost - please join the Parish to celebrate the birth day of the Church.
In MathemaYcs, we have been learning all about sorYng objects in a variety of different ways. We have learnt to sort our objects according to colour, shape and size. We have also come up with some other interesYng ways of grouping objects. We have had so much fun learning together.
A huge congratulaYons to the 2024 Infant Jesus Interschool Swimming Team, for winning the B Division CPSSA Interschool Swimming Carnival!! Infant Jesus beat seven other schools to get our hands on the shield. Well done to the Team for your swimming effort, sportsmanship and encouragement of all swimmers.
This year, the CPSSA used recording technology that enabled individual champions to be rewarded for their amazing swimming ability. Infant Jesus School had three students who received this accolade for being one of the best swimmers for their year group and gender. CongratulaYons to Siena Wiles, Tate Green and Adam Han who all received bronze medals.
Year 6- Siena Wiles, Miroli Fernando, Nabhas Samakkasewee, Sienna Hine, Rachael Fernandez, Ellie WhiYng, Tate Green, Adam Han, Cruz Tartaglia, Hayden Payne, Xander Chatzopoulos and William Creasy. Year 5- Harper de Mello, Amber Brown, Monique Creasy, Bree Cardenia, Makayla De Silva, Isabella Condello, Ava Ferrara, Lucas Monaco, Roman Kovacevic, William Dimasi, Kaiden Nguyen, Nick Scaleu, Zak Ferrara, SebasYan De Silva, Oliver Viljoen and Xander Novatsis.
Year 4- Ellie Chatzopoulos, Lila Page, Shayla Hough, Holly Coady, Chiara Sheridan, Mia Zacharko, Jayden Han, Jared Harrison, Arius Kovacevic, Brooklyn Teniseli, Samuel Gomez Ruiz, Leighton Holden, Maddox Ross and John Dib.
You conduct yourself in accordance with laws, agreements, policies and standards relevant to your relaXonship with the school community.
1. Your relaYonship with other members of the school community is defined by whatever wriMen or verbal agreement has given rise to that relaYonship. If you are a member of staff, it is your employment agreement. If you are a parent or acYng in a parental capacity, it is the student’s enrolment agreement. If you are a member of the school board, it is your school board consYtuYon. If you are a visitor, it is in accordance with the permission of the Principal to be on school grounds on condiYon that you act safely and competently.
2. If you witness the unlawful or unsafe conduct of any other member of the school community, or breaches of policy or this Code, whether in teaching, administraYon, school support services, or while engaging with students in person or via digital or other media, you have both a responsibility and an obligaYon to noYfy such conduct to the Principal or an appropriate authority and take other acYon as necessary to protect students.
3. Where you noYfy the Principal or a delegate of unsafe conduct, including breaches of this Code, and that noYficaYon fails to produce an appropriate response in the circumstances, you may take the maMer to an appropriate external authority.
4. You respect both the person and property of students and their families, and of other members of the school community, and the property and finances of the school.
5. You use school property and resources responsibly and for the purposes of the school.
Staff Example of Specific Behaviours but not limited to:
· Staff to follow all procedures and protocols as stated in the Staff Handbook and Policies.
· Returning school property to correct locaYon in good condiYon and noYfying the appropriate person of any issues.
Parents Example of Specific Behaviours but not limited to:
· Returning school property to correct locaYon in good condiYon and noYfying the appropriate person of any issues.
Students Example of Specific Behaviours but not limited to:
· Adhere to Bullying policy.
· Students adhere to classroom and school rules.
· Respect all school property.
· Returning school property to correct locaYon in good condiYon and noYfying the appropriate person of any issues.
Volunteers Example of Specific Behaviours but not limited to:
· Returning school property to correct locaYon in good condiYon and noYfying the appropriate person of any issues.
Visitors Example of Specific Behaviours but not limited to:
· Returning school property to correct locaYon in good condiYon and noYfying the appropriate person of any issues.
On behalf of the P&F we would like to thank all the volunteers who helped out for the colour run! It turned out to be a very successful event and your support was greatly appreciated. As a result we raised $6700. With your ongoing support we can conYnue to raise funds to help reach Wishlist goals for our school community.
The Mother’s Day Stall was a new opportunity for our students to purchase something more personal from them for their mum or special person. Thank you to the volunteers that wrapped the giSs and helped with the sale of them. This is something we would like to conYnue each year.
Infant Jesus brick purchases will close this Friday 10th May, we hope to get as many families as possible, who were part or are part of the Infant Jesus School community to purchase one.
Upcoming Events:
· P&F MeeXng 14th May at 7pm in the library – please come and find out how the P&F are trying to support the school with upcoming fundraisers to Yck off items on the School’s Wish list.
· Father’s Day Stall
· Disco
• Keyboard, guitar, voice, woodwind and drum lessons starting from$25.30 for individual lessons.
• Held during and after school.
