PRINCIPAL  - VELMA ERSKINE

SACRAMENT OF FIRST EUCHARIST
This Sunday is a very important one in the lives of many of our year four students and their families. For the very first time, the boys and girls will receive the Sacrament of First Eucharist.

This is a very important step in the faith journey of these children. Together with their families and teachers, they have been preparing for this special ‘meal’ which will nourish them spiritually each time they receive the Eucharist.

Jesus gave us this Sacrament for the first time at the Last Supper. He called us to remember Him always by continuing to celebrate and share the Eucharistic meal. Through the Eucharist we give thanks to God. He invites us to share in this special meal of God’s love for us. We are strengthened and called to share God’s love with others.

Please keep the candidates and their families in your prayers. We especially remember the following students and their families

Alvarez, Javier   Anderson, Matilda Campbell, Josephine Curuk-Kidd, Wesley Delfin, Jaime Demario Machardo, Latisha Dequina, Xeline Drummond-Hay, Mia Edwards, Lachlan Firns, Luke Griffiths, Gabriella Kellie, Cooper Kirby, Chase Lambly, Ella Lovelock, Natasha

Lupica, Thomas Magmuise, Joshua Payet, Preston Reed, Bethany Ryan, Tia Sharne, David Sharne, Hamish Sharne, Jack Skinner, Bronwyn Taylor, Brooke Touchell, Kasey Wales, Gabriella Wales, Mali Garing, Princess

Special thanks to all who helped prepare for this special day, especially the parents and the children’s teachers: Miss Mitchell,  Mr Harris and Mr Sibbald for assisting in coordinating the Sacramental Program. First Holy Communion Mass will be celebrated this Sunday at 11am at St Brigid’s Church. We wish all of our First Holy Communicants and their families all the very best for Sunday.

Our prayer for them is that this will be the start of a lifelong relationship with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist.

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Please keep Mr Robin Dalziell in your prayers and thoughts. Robin will be undergoing surgery in the coming week. We pray that surgery goes well and wish him a speedy recovery.

HONOURABLE MENTION
Congratulations to the following students who received an Honourable Mention for their performance in the Catholic Performing Arts Festival. Well Done!

Kian Cash (Award Of Excellence)

Lillian Harris (Merit Award)

Jace Masaninga (Merit Award)

SAVE THE DATE….. SAVE THE DATE…….
GRANDPARENTS’ LITURGY AND MORNING TEA (WEEK 3 TERM FOUR)

On Tuesday 24 October, we will be hosting a Grandparents’ Liturgy and Morning Tea. This will no doubt be a very special morning for all grandparents to have the opportunity to share part of the school day with their grandchild/ren and to observe the learning that takes place in the classrooms. Invitations will be sent home next week and I ask you to please forward them on to grandparents. I will be calling upon parent helpers to set up tables and chairs on the day and help get things ready for the morning tea.

The role grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren may differ significantly but they all share a unique opportunity to help shape the future through their involvement in the lives of their grandchildren.

LOST UNIFORM ITEMS
Several uniform items have gone missing and parents have not been able to find these, despite the fact that they are clearly labelled. I ask that parents and students check their uniform items carefully - just in case you have picked up another person’s item. Thank you for your assistance.

REMINDER!!
Principals Coffee Morning with a touch of STEM will be held in the staffroom on Tuesday 19 September commencing at 9am. If you are keen to find out more about STEM… come along to the coffee morning for what will be a very fun, ‘hands on’ inquiry session. Parents with younger siblings are very welcome to attend and please bring your children along.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

God Bless,

Velma

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - MIKE SIBBALD

Mr Sibbald is currently on Long Service Leave.  He will be returning next term!      

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - ANNE BROWN

NETBALL
Spring/Summer netball will commence in Term 4 if your child wishes to play please write their name down on the list provided in the front office. This must be done by Tuesday 18 September please

BATTERY RECYCLING
Please continue to bring in your used batteries for our school battery recycling competition that will be running throughout this term. This is the final week of collection for this term please ensure you have sent your batteries in by Wednesday when the final weigh in will take place the winners will be announced on Friday at assembly.

PMP (Pre-primary and Kindy)
This program runs from Monday to Friday in Pre-Primary and Tuesday to Thursday in Kindy. For this program to run smoothly we need parental assistance to run the various stations. There is on the job training for the different stations. We would welcome any parent who could offer their time and assistance to ensure the smooth running of this program.

EARN AND LEARN STICKERS
A reminder to all families if you are doing your shopping at Woolworths please collect the Earn and Learn stickers and drop them into the front office in the box provided.

SUMMER UNIFORM

An early reminder for all parents that at the commencement of Term 4 all children are expected to wear the full correct summer uniform.

Listed below are the uniform requirements for Summer.

Girls—Blue prestalene dress, brown sandals with no socks, or black shoes (small flat heeled,laced and polished) with white school socks. Socks must be visible above the ankle.

Boys—Grey school style pants or shorts (no oversized or cargo styles), Victoria blue shirt, brown sandals with no socks or black shoes (small flat heel, polished) with short grey with blue stripe socks. Socks must be visible above the ankle. A tie is NOT required to be worn.

SCHOOL SHOES
All black school shoes, from Year One to Six, must be of the lace up type. Buckles or velcro straps are unsuitable for school shoes.

SANDALS
Sandals must be brown in colour, with buckles.

P & F NEWS

St Brigid’s Parents and Friends Association

We are pleased to announce that from our recent activities, we have raised the following:

$2513.75 Bunnings Sausage Sizzle
$822.90 Father's Day Stall

The money raised from these activities will go towards the purchase of new glass-front notice boards for the walls outside the Kindy and Pre-Primary Classrooms, Art Drying Racks for Year 3 and an iPod for the Music Room.

BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE - Thank you
Thank you to the 16 parents and 4 staff who volunteered their time and energy to run the sausage sizzle at Bunnings in Midland last Sunday. We sold over 1000 sausage sizzle and raised $2500 after costs. An amazing effort that we can all be proud of!

TISSUES FUNDRAISER FOR PMH
Thank you to the 20% of families who have returned their fundraising tissue money. We would appreciate the return of funds as soon as possible so that we can make the donation to Princess Margaret Hospital early in Term 4. Apologies for the incorrect date being written on the envelopes. It should have been 15 September.
Softis Tissue travel packs were sent home with children last week and we are asking families to help us to sell tissues to family, friends and work colleagues.
Instructions:
1. Families are asked to sell each pack of tissues for $2.50.
2. Return the funds raised ($25 if all 10 packets are sold) in the envelope provided to the Green P&F box in the School Office. Please write your family name on the envelope.
3. Please return the money raised by the end of term 3.
If necessary, unsold packs may be returned to School where we will attempt to sell them all. If you would like extra packets please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Funds support PMH and St Brigid’s and we appreciate your support.

ST BRIGID’S PRIMARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY COOKBOOK

We are happy to advise that you can now submit your favourite recipes online to include in our School Cookbook! Letters have been sent home today with your eldest child with instructions for submission. If you would like an extra copy please email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We are looking for traditional recipes celebrating the many different cultures within our community, clever lunchbox and snack ideas, delicious deserts (of course!) and Christmas treats. You have until 11 October, but the sooner you submit, the more chance we have of reaching our target of 200 recipes.
Book title competition – win a copy of the recipe book when it comes out in December! Get creative and submit your suggestions for the title of our School’s community recipe book. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 11 October with your suggestion.
Publish your artwork! We will be including a selection of artworks created within our school community. We welcome class, sibling or friendship groups and individual submissions of artworks using the following themes for inspiration:
1. Cooking                    2. Saint Brigid                         3. Family & Community
All artwork that is not included in the final book will be displayed at School. Please submit your artwork into the marked box in the office next to the green P&F box. Remember to include your name(s) and class. Artwork submissions are due by 11 October. Do you have a family business? Or know someone who would like to promote their business to local families? Why not advertise in our cookbook? Your advertisement would reach local families and be seen for years to come. Contact Emma at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for advertising rates and information.

UPCOMING DATES
Coffee at the Kindy & Pre-primary athlects carnival - Wednesday 20 September
Next P&F Meeting - Tuesday 17 October, 9am
Athletics carnival coffee & cake stall - Thursday 19 October
Colour fun run - Wednesday 25 October (after lunch)
Christmas Gift Stall
Cookbook launch

Thank you for your on-going support!
Kind regards, Karryn & Emma
St Brigid’s P&F

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SCHOOL NEWS

CANTEEN ROSTER

Monday 18th Sept           S THOMAS

Tuesday 19th Sept          H VRANJES

Wednesday  20th Sept    C TURNER    

Thursday 21st Sept        K PURCHASE 

Friday 22nd Sept         N MOXHAM

DID YOU KNOW?

When you volunteer in the Canteen you receive bottomless cups of tea/coffee and lunch is included as a thank you for your help?  Why not give it a go?  Your children will love you for it!!!!! 

 

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Donations Please

The Pre-Primary Classes would appreciate donations of old cooking aprons and magazines.  If you can help, please bring your donations directly to the Pre-Primary Classrooms.

With thanks, Ms Clatworthy & Ms Collodel
 

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Speech Pathology Presentation
Final year Speech Pathology Students from Curtin University welcome Kindy parents to a presentationon the development of speech and language in 4-5 year olds. Information will also be provided on development in children with English as a second language (ESL).

19th September @ 3pm
St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School
Kindy Class

 

 

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KINDY & PRE-PRIMARY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
The Kindy and Pre-Primary Athletics Carnival will be taking place next Wednesday 20th September on the Central Green. The Pre-Primary events are scheduled to take place from 9:00 – 9:45 and the Kindy events are scheduled to take place from             9:45- 10:30. All parents and carers are invited to come and support their children as they display the game skills they have been learning throughout Term Three. Parents/Carers, please ensure that your child is wearing their coloured faction shirt on this day to help celebrate their respective faction house.

 

HELPING HANDS

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE

 THIS WEEK AT HELPING HANDS

FOSSIL MAKING AND GATHERING
Last week our children had been enjoying lots of digging in the garden and the sandpit hunting for “treasures”. This week we are creating our very own fossils with hidden baby dinosaurs and sparkling jewels. We are using terracotta clay and air dry white clay to mould the fossils with our hands into all different shapes for a real feel and lookalike rock. We will have a talk about fossils in a mini meeting with the younger children, whilst the older children hide the fossils and jewels around the yard for the big treasure expedition hunt on Thursday after school. Some children suggested putting indigenous tracking marks on their clay while it was still wet as they explained back in the day someone must have come across these fossil in caves. We loved listening to the children’s ideas and explanations of dinosaurs and why there might be jewels collecting in the ground. We will watch a short 10 minute clip on dinosaur fossil collection and with parental permission we would like to show half an hour of the G rated movie "The Land Before Time" on Friday afternoon. Please see Melanie to sign the permission form if your child is attending on Friday the 15th Sept to watch the movie.

VACATION CARE
As the School holiday’s approach we are focussing on assisting families with finding a Helping Hand’s Vacation Care location near you. Our vacation care services at St. Brigid’s unfortunately haven’t been well utilized and is again on hold for term 3 holidays.
Our closest locations for Helping Hand Vacation Care are:
Dawson Park Primary School in Forrestfield.
Hillcrest Primary School in Bayswater.
Raelene Brown will be located at Dawson Park Primary for the 2 week holidays, while Melanie will be located at Arbor Grove Primary.
We do apologise for the inconvenience this decision may cause for anyone.
If you require any additional information please do not hesitate to contact our central office on 1300 612 462 or our regional operations manager Jacinta Lydiate on 0432 335 324

QUALITY AREA
Standard 3.2 The environment is inclusive, promotes competence, independent exploration and learning through play.
Element 3.2.1 Outdoor and indoor spaces are designed and organised to engage every child in quality experiences in both built and natural environments.
Element 3.2.2 Resources, materials and equipment are sufficient in number, organised in ways that ensure appropriate and effective implementation of the program and allow for multiple uses.

Vacancies available now!
P: 0484302073
E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

COMMUNITY NEWS

RELATIONSHIPS AUSTRALIA

“Mums Raising Teen Girls”
This workshop will discuss:
• The importance of the mother-daughter relationship:
• How mums can be positive role models for their daughters:
• How to better understand the challenges of their daughter’s teenage years:
• How mums can enhance their daughter’s self-esteem
Date: Monday 9th October 2017
Time: 6.30pm to 9.00pm
Where: 22 Southport St, West Leederville
Bookings are essential – please phone 6164 0200 to enrol

“Dads Raising Teen Girls”
This workshop will discuss:
• Building a positive relationship with your teenage daughter:
• Issues teenage girls face today:
• How to cope with the changes in your teenage daughter:
• What do teenage daughters need from their dads;
• Practical ways you can help her make better choices.
Date: Monday 9th October 2017
Time: 6.30pm to 9.00pm
Where: 22 Southport St, West Leederville
Bookings are essential – please phone 6164 0200 to enrol

MIDDLE SWAN DENTAL THERAPY

SCHOOL HOLIDAY CLOSURES

The Middle Swan Dental Therapy Centre will be closed for part of the September/October school holidays.
This clinic will be OPEN: Wed 27th Sept, Thurs 28th, Friday 29Th Sept and October 6th, during 8-1pm.

Please see below for emergency contact details:
Tuesday 26th- CLOSED Contact Lockridge DTC on 92792440
Mon 2nd-Thurs 5th- CLOSED
Contact Lockridge DTC on 92792440 (Monday and Tuesday) and Contact Swan View DTC on 9294 1072 (Wednesday and Thursday)

Have a safe and happy holidays.

Middle Swan Dental Therapy Staff