Week 7 Term 3 2019
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Week 7 Term 3, 6 September 2019
ABSENTEE LINE 9250 2210
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL - LUKE SHAW
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SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
We congratulate our Year Six students who will be celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday 8 September. This is an important step in their faith journey and I know that all students have been working hard covering their unit of work leading up to Confirmation to ensure that they are well prepared. This week all Year Six students took part in a Confirmation Retreat, facilitated by Mr Karl Brown. I joined the Year Sixes for a portion of this day and it was pleasing to observe their positive interactions. Yesterday Fr Benny visited to provide all Confirmation candidates with the opportunity for Reconciliation, prior to their Confirmation. Fr Benny will be leading the mass on Sunday, with assistance from Fr Liam. I thank Miss Althea Footman for all of the work that she has done in the lead up to Confirmation. Miss Footman’s leadership and organisation has been commendable. I also thank Mrs Melissa Nibali and Mrs Gabrielle D’Agnone-Doyle for their assistance with Confirmation preparation, while they have been teaching in 6A this term. I invite all members of our community to join us at St Brigid’s Church on Sunday at 11am to support our Confirmation Candidates.
YEAR ONE LITURGY
Our Year One students led a liturgy on Tuesday and I thank the teachers, Mrs Jocelyn Willis and Miss Sarah Riddoch, for their planning of this important event. I also thank Fr Benny for leading this liturgy. Unfortunately we only had a few parents attend this liturgy. I encourage our parents and caregivers to attend class liturgies in the future as they provide a beautiful opportunity to nurture our faith development in the classroom setting.
OPTIMINDS
Our Opti-MINDS teams presented their long term challenge last weekend as well as their short term challenges. Under the guidance of Mrs Alison Yeo, our students have been busily preparing their long term challenges over the last few months. Participants receive the short term challenge on performance day and then need to work collaboratively to prepare and present a response. I congratulate our representatives and thank Mrs Yeo for leading this valuable initiative.
JUNIOR SPORTS CARNIVAL
Our Kindy-Year Two students look forward to participating in our junior sports carnival on Thursday 12th of September. Mr Sam Harris has sent home information regarding this event and we look forward to seeing many parents on the day cheering for our participants. Our Year Three-Six students will have their opportunity to shine the following week at the Faction Field Events on Thursday 19th September. More information will be circulated about this event soon.
Triple P Seminar – Power of Positive Parenting
Triple P is a parenting program that helps make raising kids easier. It gives parents tips and ideas to help raise happy and confident kids, see more of the behaviours you like and less of the ones you don’t, and have better relationships with your family.
As mentioned in The Link last week, we are delighted that as a school we are able to provide a seminar for our parents that is all about finding out why our kids do what they do and what we can do about it. The session will run on Friday 13th September from 11.30am until 1.30pm. There will be a crèche facilities available from the Kindy B room. The session will take place in the Pre-Kindy classroom. There is no charge for this discussion and we are hoping to hold more sessions this year. We would like to gauge a response from our parents on what they would like to know about and the issues that they face everyone is welcome. If you are planning to attend this session, please RSVP via this link: https://tinyurl.com/y3nkmzmp
SWIMMING LESSONS (PRE-PRIMARY - YEAR TWO)
I remind all Pre-Primary - Year Two parents that swimming lessons will be taking place over the last two weeks of this term. At this point, all swimming enrolment forms should have been returned to class teachers. If you have not yet returned this form, please do so by Monday 9 September. During swimming lesson weeks, students are to wear their sport uniform to school with their bathers underneath. Students are required to bring their thongs to wear to and from the pool – students will not be allowed to wear their thongs for the entire day.
LEARNING JOURNEY – SAVE THE DATE!
Our annual Learning Journey will be taking place on Wednesday 25th of September beginning at 3:30pm and concluding at 6:00pm. This is an opportunity to celebrate the learning that has taken place in your child’s classroom over the course of the term. I encourage all parents and caregivers to attend this important event. Please note that our Learning Journey is an opportunity for you and your child to engage in conversations about their presented work samples. This event is not an appropriate time for conversations with your child’s teacher about your child’s academic progress. If you require a conversation of this nature, please make an appointment with your child’s teacher for a different time.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Last week I wrote about the Code of Conduct and its implementation at St Brigid’s School. The Code of Conduct clearly states the behaviours and expectations required by all staff, students, parents and volunteers and anyone who spends significant time at St Brigid’s. The Code of Conduct can be found on our webstie at https://stbrigidsms.wa.edu.au/images/pdf/Code_of_Conduct.pdf Throughout the rest of the school year, I will briefly outline what eacsh Conduct Statement is and highligha few examples of what this might look like from a parent’s perspective.
Conduct Statement 1: You act safely and competently.
The following examples are ways parents can adhere to Conduct Statement 1:- Drop off and pick up your child in accordance with school guidelines. This includes proper procedures for late drop offs and early pickups and entry onto school grounds during the school day.
- Ensure your child is at school on time, dressed appropriately and has the necessary school supplies, including appropriate food.
- Information and photos of students is not to be taken and/or circulated without the express permission of the individual student’s parents. This includes discussion of students, families and staff on the internet and amongst community members.
- Be mindful and vigilant of your child/ren's internet activity.
- Seek advice and assistance from experts and/or the school principal/staff as necessary.
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SCHOOL NEWS
Opti-MINDs 2019
On Saturday 31st August, 14 students participated in the Opti-MINDs challenge competition. This competition was held at Curtin University and consisted of primary and high school students from different schools around Western Australia. This term, our two teams received a challenge on which they had to answer, make props/costumes, rehearse and perform in a 10-minute dramatic presentation. I want to congratulate both teams on their participation, dedication and out of the box thinking for this challenge. Well done Xeline Dequina, Chase Kirby, Jorja Langshaw, Luke Firns, Johan Jomon, Prudence Dhiya, Lillian Harris, Gian Malabanan, Grace Xu, Layla Turner, Taylah Lambly, Lana Sarich, Madeleine Shaw and Alisa Ditty on an outstanding effort.
Mrs Alison Yeo
Music Specialist
CANTEEN ROSTER
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Monday 9 Sept S. SOEMYA
Tuesday 10 Sept H. VRANJES
Wednesday 11 Sept K. TURNER
Thursday 12 Sept S. WILLIAMS
Friday 13 Sept K. KIRBY
SEQTA ENGAGE FOR STUDENT REPORTS: PRE-PRIMARY TO YEAR 6
To access your child's report, you need to go to the following site: https://stbrigidsms.coneqt-p.cathednet.wa.edu.au and use your current username and password.
If you have remembered your username but have forgotten your password, please click on the ‘Forgot your Password?’ link and an immediate email will be sent to you. THIS EMAIL WILL EXPIRE WITHIN ONE HOUR, so please action this immediately. Please note that for security reasons, the school does not have access to parent passwords.
If you have any issues, please contact the school by sending an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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ST BRIGID'S RUNNING CLUB
WHEN: EVERY TUESDAY 3.15PM - 3.45PM
WHERE: ST BRIGID'S PRIMARY SCHOOL
YEAR GROUPS: PRE - PRIMARY - YEAR 6
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.
P & F NEWS
St Brigid’s Parents and Friends Association
Hello St Brigid's families,
Happy Father's Day! We hope all the Dad's, Grandfather's, Uncle's, Brother's and important males in our community all had a wonderful Father's Day last weekend. We hope you all enjoyed some time with your families and hopefully you got spoilt with some wonderful gifts from the Father's Day Stall. Thank you so much to all the children that came along and lovingly brought something special. It's so nice to see the children choose that special item for their dad's and family members. Thanks also to all the additional support from the families who also purchased items from the stall.
Father's Day Raffle - Another amazing collection of prizes were on offer this year for the Father's Day raffle. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets, and most importantly - Congratulations to all the lucky prize winners. We hope you all enjoyed your great win.
We had so many wonderful local businesses that offered donations for the raffle, please remember how much it means to support local businesses, so keep them in mind when you are looking to purchase something specific or are wanting to enjoy some time out.
SAVE THE DATE!!!
Kindy - Yr 2 Faction Carnival. Thursday the 12th September will be the Junior years Faction carnival. The P&F will be offering the opportunity to purchase some light refreshments - Tea, coffee, cakes, so please come along and grab yourself a snack while you cheer on your little ones.
Lastly - Don't forget that Friday the 13th September is our next Disco. Letters have been sent home with information and pre ordering of tickets, and tickets will also be available to buy outside the office both before and after school through till next Friday. Super excited!! Additional snacks will be available on the night between $1 and $3 as well as LED/Glow products between $2 and $6.
Bunnings Sausage Sizzle fundraiser – 19th October – We will be looking for volunteers to help out at this annual event which will be at Bunnings in Midland. Further information to follow closer to the date.
PONYTAILS AND FAIRYTALES
Orders can still be placed for Hair accessories through Ponytails and Fairytales anytime
Simply go to www.SchoolPonytails.com.au -> Select Shop by School -> then click on St Brigids Primary School Logo (We are under Schools North of the River). Once you have picked your accessories, in your cart, you will be asked "Is this order a fundraising order for your school? Pick YES, and complete your child's name, class and the School name. Another Pre-order will be sent out shortly for anyone looking to grab some gorgeous Faction coloured accessories as well (for boys and girls!)
Upcoming Events
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Next Parents and Friends meeting will be held at 9am on the 10th September. All welcome.
Have a wonderful weekend, and thank you all for your ongoing support.
St Brigid's P&F
Karryn - 0409 293 198
Jo - 0418 954 821
Email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.SCHOOL BANKING
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 School Office.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
St Vinnies are very soon having their Annual Street appeal in Midland.
The date is Friday the 13th September
Our collection points will be Gilberts, Centrepoint, Bunnings or Supa IGA
We normally start from 8am through to 5.30pm and we operate in pairs so you won't be on your own.
If you are interested in donating a little time, please ring Nancy 0417 955 956 or call into the School Uniform Shop and see Jo-Anne Vellis.
CARITAS AUSTRALIA
Caritas Australia would like to thank you all for your generous support of Project Compassion 2019. the total donation by the school was $1,462.30. Your generoisity has made it possible for Caritas Australia to empower individuals and communities through education and training, and transform their future.
What is asthma?
Asthma is a long-term lung condition. People with asthma have sensitive airways in their lungs which react to triggers, causing a ‘flare-up’. In a flare-up, the muscles around the airway squeeze tight, the airways swell and become narrow and there is more mucus. These things make it harder to breathe.
An asthma flare-up can come on slowly (over hours, days or even weeks) or very quickly (over minutes). A sudden or severe asthma flare-up is sometimes called an asthma attack.
One in nine people in Australia has asthma. It affects people of all ages. Some people get asthma when they are young; others when they are older.
Asthma cannot be cured, but for most people it can be well controlled by following a daily management plan.
What are the symptoms of asthma?
A person’s asthma symptoms can vary over time - sometimes they will have no symptoms, especially when their asthma is well-controlled. Symptoms often vary from person to person, but they are most commonly:
- breathlessness
- wheezing
- tight feeling in the chest
- continuing cough
Symptoms often occur at night, early in the morning or during/just after activity. They are caused by the narrowing of the airways.
If your asthma is well controlled, you should only have occasional asthma symptoms.
If you have symptoms regularly, you should see your doctor, and visit the Controlling Asthma section.
If you’re not sure if you have asthma you should see your doctor. There is more information on diagnosis in Could it be asthma?
Causes
The causes of asthma are not fully understood, although people with asthma often have a family history of asthma, eczema and hayfever.
Research has shown that exposure to tobacco smoke (especially as a baby or young child), obesity and some workplace chemicals can increase the risk of developing asthma.
Researchers continue to try to find out more about what causes asthma and how we might prevent it.
For further information please contact: Sam Hounsham - 0420 696 929 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
LITTLE ATHLETICS
The count down is on everyone!!! Registration day for Eastern Hills Little Athletics is nearing.
Saturday 7th September 10-12pm at the Mundaring Recreation grounds pavilion.
To become an athletic member athletes must be between 5-16 years old on the 31st December 2019.
If your little one is new to Little Athletics you will need to bring their birth certificate.
Correct uniform is a must for Little Athletics, which will be available for purchase on registration day.
We can't wait to see all your smiley faces.
For further information please call 9388 2339 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PILATES
Monday mornings in the MacKillop Hall
9am - 10pm
All are welcome (Men & Women)
For further enquiries please contact Elaine Pollock - 0433 900 703 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
