PRINCIPAL - PAULA MACKENZIE

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Each year in our Parish we celebrate special feast days, on Sunday 26th May we celebrate Mary Help of Christians. Mary is our heavenly Mother she watches over us and protects us and intercedes on our behalf. Each year we invite our students and families to join us at the 9.30am Mass at St Brigid’s parish on Morrison Road. If the weather permits we will be part of the procession that walks around our Church and then processes into the Church. We invite two students to carry our banner and place it on the altar. We will also be inviting a number of our students to read the prayers of the faithful during Mass. Please come and join us if you are available.

NAPLAN

This week our Year Three and Year Five students having been sitting the NAPLAN online. They have been working very well and we are proud of their efforts. NAPLAN will finish next week.

 

BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast club runs every morning from 8.10am – 8.30am for the past six years this service has been provided by staff who volunteer their time. Each morning we have three staff members who work as a team to provide breakfast for the children in our school. The staff are very happy to volunteer their time but it does take from their time to prepare for the school day. At this time I am interested to see if there are any parents who would like to volunteer to help run breakfast club. It would mean coming into school by 7.45am and preparing the breakfast menu and then serving the children then the final clean up that finishes at 8.30am. This time commitment would be the same each day.

Ideally we would see 15 awesome parents give their time and choose a day of the week. To run this program efficiently we would like to see the same three parents on a given day for the whole term. I appreciate this is large ask but it would really be appreciated by us all.

There is no need to purchase anything for breakfast club just your time is required.

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Next week on Thursday and Friday 23rd & 24th May we are having our school photos. We ask that all children be in their full winter uniform for the photos not sports uniform. Thursday is the main day for photos but there is a catch up day on Friday.

Family photos will run on Thursday morning in the hall from 8.00am until 9.00am

KEEPING YOUR CHILD SAFE ONLINE

Using the internet, mobile phones and games consoles are now an every-day part of young people's lives. However, there are risks for children and parents need to know how to protect their children effectively.

Increasingly there are more opportunities for children to get online – at home, at school and through their mobile phones and games consoles.

The internet can be of great benefit to your child. It can help them with their homework and it can help them to make new friends.

The internet can also pose risks to your child. It is important to be aware of the dangers and to know how to keep your child safe online. It is important to understand the internet.

You may feel your child knows more about the internet than you do and find the idea of using it yourself a bit daunting. To keep your child safe it's important that you have an understanding of the internet, how your child uses it and the terminology used online.

Your child may be able to show you what they do and how it works or your local library, college or community centre may run classes on computers and the internet.

There are risks for children accessing the internet and using mobile phones it can put children at risk of:

• seeing disturbing information or images
• being the victim of online bullying (also known as cyberbullying)
• being contacted and manipulated by an adult for sexual purposes (also known as grooming)
• sharing personal and identifying information with strangers
• sending or receiving sexually explicit films, images or messages of themselves or others (this is known as sexting when sent by mobile phone).

Keeping your child safe is paramount therefore there are a few guidelines to help you keep your child safe online:

You need to talk to your child about the dangers posed by the internet

• tell them what they should do if they become worried or concerned
• explain that anything shared online or by mobile phone could end up being seen by anyone
• understand what your child does online and know which websites they visit
• put the computer where the whole family can see it, not out of sight in a bedroom
• By making sure children do not go to bed with their phones or other devices which can link to the internet as they could be online when they should be sleeping.
• use filtering software to block inappropriate sites
• encourage your child to use websites such as where they can find advice and guidance on safe (but fun) use of the internet.

God Bless

                                               

Paula MacKenzie
PRINCIPAL

 

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - MIKE SIBBALD

YEAR TWO LITURGY

Congratulations to the Year Two Classes for hosting their class Liturgy, ‘God’s Creation’ this week. Deacon Liam was very impressed with your preparation and participation, and especially your creative prayer focus! It was lovely to see so many parents join their celebration too!

FIRST EUCHARIST PREPARATION

A few key dates to keep in mind for those families preparing for First Eucharist.

• Parent Meeting 4 June (St Brigid’s Church 7.00pm)
• Year Four Retreat Day 12 June (at School with Karl Brown)
• First Eucharist Mass 23 June 11.00am

Fr Benny has asked that you attend the required number of masses before making your sacrament on June 23.

 

SACRAMENTAL DATES 2019

Year 4 FIRST EUCHARIST – Sunday 23 June 2019 (11.00am)

Year 6 CONFIRMATION – Sunday 8 September 2019 (11.00am)

 

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - LUKE SHAW

 

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School photos will be taking place on Thursday 23 May. Students are to wear their full winter uniform on this day, including their school jumper. Family photos will take place in the school hall between 8.00-9.00am.

READING AT HOME

Over the next few weeks, I will be including some tips that may support you with home reading. Nightly reading forms an important part of homework here at St Brigid’s and research strongly supports fostering a love of reading at home. It is important that children are listened to when reading and also read to by an adult or more capable reader.

Talk to your child

Ask your child to talk about his day at school. Encourage him/her to explain something they did, or a game he played during recess.

Say silly tongue twisters

Sing songs, read rhyming books, and say silly tongue twisters. These help kids become sensitive to the sounds in words.

Read it and experience it

Connect what your child reads with what happens in life. If reading a book about animals, relate it to your last trip to the zoo.

Use your child's name

Point out the link between letters and sounds. Say, "John, the word jump begins with the same sound as your name. John, jump. And they both begin with the same letter, J."

Play with puppets

Play language games with puppets. Have the puppet say, "My name is Mark. I like words that rhyme with my name. Does park rhyme with Mark? Does ball rhyme with Mark?"

Trace and say letters

Have your child use a finger to trace a letter while saying the letter's sound. Do this on paper, in sand, or on a plate of sugar.

Write it down

Have paper and pencils available for your child to use for writing. Working together, write a sentence or two about something special. Encourage her to use the letters and sounds she's learning about in school.

Play sound games

Practice blending sounds into words. Ask "Can you guess what this word is? m - o - p." Hold each sound longer than normal.

Read it again and again

Go ahead and read your child's favorite book for the 100th time! As you read, pause and ask your child about what is going on in the book.

Talk about letters and sounds

Help your child learn the names of the letters and the sounds the letters make. Turn it into a game! "I'm thinking of a letter and it makes the sound mmmmmm."

SCHOOL NEWS

 

 

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ITALO – AUSTRALIAN WELFARE & CULTURAL CENTRE INC. – ITALIAN FESTIVAL 2019

Ciao a tutti!

As mentioned in our newsletter last term, our students in Year 3 to Year 6 studying Italian took part in the Italo – Australian Welfare & Cultural Centre Inc. – Italian Festival 2019 Competition. All primary schools were permitted to enter only three students from each year group, and we are very proud to announce the following students were chosen as our entrants;

Year 3

Jeril Austin-Jeeso (3A)

Mia Edwards (3A)

Sahajpreet Gill (3A)

Year 4

Klara Malabanan (4A)

Chisento Pallian (4B)

Jieann Gregorio (4B)

Year 5

Hannah Kuol (5A)

Westianni Despi (5B)

Angel Otanes (5B)

Year 6

Latisha DeMario Machardo (6A)

Kasey Touchell (6A)

Thomas Lupica (6B)

I am very proud of the efforts the above students put into their Italian Festival item and they should be congratulated and praised for being chosen to represent St. Brigid’s Catholic Primary School at this festival.

On Tuesday afternoon we received some exciting news that Klara Malabanan’s (4A) Italian Festival piece was chosen as the overall Year 4 winner. We are so proud of her efforts and we look forward to her receiving her prize in the next few weeks at the formal presentation.

Congratulations once again to all of our 2019 entrants and well done Klara on your amazing piece of work showing Leonardo Da Vinci’s daily routine, which you can view below.

I migliori auguri a tutti!

Mrs. Melissa Nibali

Italian Teacher
 

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DONATIONS FOR PP

Pre Primary are seeking recycled goods for their tinkering trays. Items needed include margarine containers with lids, ice cream containers , bottle tops from milk bottles and orange juice bottles, lids from any type of jars, old computer keyboards, small cuts of plastic pipe , cuts of a hose, off cuts of material, the rolls found inside glad wrap/alfoil and sticky tape, unwanted CDs, 600ml and 300ml bottles. Your trash is our treasure. Thank you.  

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PLAYGROUP

Just a reminder Playgroup has started and it is every Friday 9am – 11:30am. Breakfast is offered in the morning. We are operating in the Early Childhood Room (next to Kindy). We have had a lot of kiddies join us in the past two weeks and that is lovely to see. So if you are a parent, grandparent, aunty or uncle of a child aged 0-4 yrs please come and join us.

Remember to bring a water bottle, a piece of fruit and a hat!

 

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CANTEEN ROSTER

Monday 20th May          S THOMAS

Tuesday 21st May          H VRANJES

Wednesday 22nd May  K PURCHASE

Thursday 23rd May      L TALENTI

Friday 24th May             S SOEMYA

 

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR CANTEEN MENU                                                

 

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ST BRIGID'S SWIM SQUAD Come along and join the St Brigid's Swim Squad.  Training takes place every Thursday morning at Swan Active, Morrison Road, Midvale, commencing at 7am.  Entry is $3.30 (no spectator fee for parents).   Swim Squad is for students in Yrs 2 to Yr 6 whom are at swimming level 5 or above.  Students can then take advantage of Breakfast Club at school which commences at 8.15am in the MacKillop Hall.  If you have any queries, please contact Deanna (DJ) on 0419 943 901.  

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FOR SALE

Extra Large Trampoline.

Vuly 14ft Classic. Good Condition.

Can be delivered and assembled locally for a family of the school.

Only $250-  over $1000- New.

Please call Mr Peter Constable 0412 980 004.

 

 

SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST RECONCILIATION

 

 

 

YEAR 2 LITURGY

 

 

                                  

 

 

 MOTHER'S DAY RAFFLE WINNERS

 

 

P & F NEWS

St Brigid’s Parents and Friends Association

 

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Disco: Friday 24 May 2019

• Cross Country Coffee & Cake Stall: 26 June 2019

• Bunnings Sausage Sizzle: 19 October 2019

  

P & F CONTACT INFORMATION

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Karryn - 0409 293 198

Joanne - 0418 954 821

 

SCHOOL COMMUNITY NEWS

HELPING HANDS

 BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL CARE 

 

 

UNABLE TO MAKE IT IN TIME TO PICK UP YOUR CHILDREN? 

BOSS ASKED YOU TO STAY LATE OR COME IN EARLY? 

NEED TO HAVE SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF? 

Parents, we are here to support you and your children in before and after school hours! We offer a secure, safe and exciting environment for your children to thrive and be a part of a socialized group while you are busy. 

Please note an enrolment form and 1 days' notice is to be given to make your casual bookings for your children. 

We are here to help! Enrolment forms are available from the Education Support Room.  During out of school hours and weekdays. 

Vacancies Available Now!

P: 0484302073

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COMMUNITY NEWS

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP?

Dear Parents/Carers,

We have a student in the Stratton area requiring a lift to school in the morning.  If you can help please contact the school office.

 

 

 

 

Mercedes College is proud to present its 2019 Production of Wicked. Featuring a cast of over 70, this musical is coming to the Regal Theatre in Subiaco for 4 performances only, from Friday 2 August. Tickets are available at http://www.ticketek.com.au. If you would like to know about Mercedes College, follow us on Facebook.