Dear Community of St Columba’s School,
Last week, Edmond and Maggie, our Head Boy and Head Girl, had the honour of joining me at a special Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Archbishop’s Lifelink Appeal. It occurred on the Feast Day of Australia’s very first Saint, Mary McKillop.
The occasion was marked with a spectacular light show, projecting art work from students across all Catholic Schools, onto the outside walls of St Mary’s Cathedral.
I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Edmond and Maggie for representing our school at this significant event. Additionally, a big thank you to all our families for your generous contributions to the Archbishop’s Lifelink Appeal.
Your support plays a crucial role in making a difference
School Office
Mrs Kylie Harbrow will be enjoying a well deserved break over the next three weeks. Mrs Lisa Merendino will be stepping into the office to assist on the Front Desk.
The Sacrament of Confirmation
Last weekend our Year 6 Students were invited to enrol in the Sacrament of Confirmation.
The Sacrament of Confirmation is one of the seven sacraments in the Catholic Church, and it represents a significant step in a Catholic’s spiritual journey. It is traditionally seen as the completion of the initiation into the Catholic Faith.
To all students, we extend our warmest support and encouragement to each of you. We are truly proud of the dedication and commitment you have shown to deepen your relationship with God and embrace your role within our faith community. It’s a moment to reflect on the values and beliefs that guide you, and to reaffirm your commitment to living a life of faith and service.
Thank you
Parents of students in Pre-Kindy, Kindy and Pre Primary may have noticed their children are coming home with beautiful white sand in their socks again. A special thank you to Darcy and his family for generously donating the soft, white sand that brought lots of fun and happiness to all students in the Early Childhood Area last weekend. We truly appreciate your support.
Uniform Shop
Please find attached to this newsletter an updated price list as at 1 August 2024.
Upcoming Events
- Friday 16 August: 800m Trials for School Athletics Carnival.
- Monday 19 August: School Catholic Day – the School and OSHC is closed for both Staff and Students. This is a day given to staff of a Catholic School in recognition of the work they do to support the Church.
- Tuesday 20 August: Our Choir is Performing at the Performing Arts Ceremony.
- Wednesday 21 August: Book Week Parade at 9.00 am.
In gratitude,
Gina Burns
Principal
P & F News
NEWS
SHARE/RECYCLE YOUR BOOKWEEK COSTUMES!
Bookweek is fast approaching (Wed 21st August) and with that the extra pressure of adding another item to the forever evolving to do list… The P&F would like to initiate a “share/recycle album” to help the community and keep things simple and stress free! Chances are there are a few costumes worn only once gathering dust at the bottom of our kids drawers! Please use this album to share pictures of costumes you may be looking to re-home and/or lend to another. Please get involved if you wish.
TERM 3 FUNDRAISING FOCUS
Father’s Day Breakfast Fundraiser – The Father’s Day Breakfast event is now open for your kids to invite all the awesome dads, grandads and father-figures in our community to. This year, we have a special guest performing (Parent — Stacey-Ann Duff) who we are so grateful to have volunteering her talents and time. Get involved on the day and take part in our family paper plane competition with the chance for Dad to win a $100 Bunnings Voucher — hurry, get to brekky early to start folding! Your digital invitation is attached this newsletter. Breakfast pre-orders can be placed through the invite or by clicking on the link below:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/StColumbasPrimarySchool/PFFathersDayBreakfast2024
Our Pastoral Care team are running their Father’s Day raffle again with prizes being drawn at brekky – Please see the flyer attached to this newsletter.
We STILL need some more Volunteers to roll out the brekky — volunteer with us to help us celebrate the wonderful Dads of the St Columba’s School community at the Father’s Day Breakfast on Friday 30th August.
Please visit the link to sign up now: https://volunteersignup.org/W4L74
Our Pastoral Care team are running their Father’s Day raffle again with prizes being drawn at brekky – SEE the flyer attached to this newsletter.
School Athletics Carnival Bake Stall- A reminder that due to a change in location there will be no sausage sizzle on the day
The carnival is just around the corner (Tuesday 10th September) and we would love your donated baked goods for our annual bake stall. Everyone can contribute to make this a successful bake stall OR a volunteer sheet will be available soon to assist with sales on the day. Thank you for your support.
To help things run smoothly, please:
- no meat or fresh dairy (cream etc)
- ensure all items are nut free
- provide a full list of ingredients
- label your container clearly
- deliver to the office by 8am ON THE DAY
Car Space Auction – The annual car spot auction is back up for grabs! Your family will go into the running to win 1 x car space at School for Term 4 and the Edu-Dance Concert evening. Tickets are $5.00 each and will be available soon to purchase, with the prize being drawn on the last day of Term 3. Goodluck everyone!
gingerberry Offer
Rob and Jayne Jagger have been a part of the St Columba’s community since 2015 and want to give back. Rob designs baby & children’s feeding products and has been in the industry for 20+ years. His brand gingerberry, affectionately named after his girls Sophie and Lilah with their ginger & strawberry hair, focuses on ergonomics and provides young families with all they need when introducing a sippy cup, starting solids for the first time & teaching their little ones how to hold cutlery correctly. Rob is offering 20% off with part proceeds going to the School. Simply head to the website www.gingerberry.com.au and enter these two discount codes at the checkout (STCOLS20 + FREE) – all orders can either be collected from their home in Bayswater or the school and this offer will be on for the remainder of 2024. We understand you may be past this point or there may be another little bundle on the way, however they make great gifts and this offer can be passed onto friends. See flyer attached to this newsletter.
Entertainment Book Offer
20% of every Membership purchased is donated to supporting our fundraising efforts. Join today and help us make a difference.
Order yours today: https://subscribe.entertainment.com.au/fundraiser/83589g
Containers for Change deposits
Love to contribute to our schools fundraising efforts? Consider the St Columba’s P&F at your next Containers for Change deposit. Simply scan the QR code, download the app and add the member number to your profile. The P&F fund would be so grateful for your contribution to further aid in the students resources and equipment.
EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY
- 30 August – Father’s Day Breakfast 7.15am -8.00am
- 10 Setpember – Faction Athletics Carnival Bakesale
- 20 September – Whole School Subway Order Lunch Day
- 20 September – Annual Car Space Auction Draw
- 18 October – School Disco
NEXT P&F MEETING – Call for Agenda Items
The next P&F meeting will be held on Tuesday 3 September at 7pm in the Sr Irena Library. If you have any agenda items, please send these through to your Class Rep by
Tuesday, 20 August. We hope to see as many new faces as possible at the next meeting.
Library News
It’s not too late to join your child for the Premier’s Reading Challenge 2024. Challenge closes 6 September. Let’s see if we can be the top school and win a school performance for St Columba’s.
Unlock the magic of reading. There are prizes to be won, fun to be had, and stories to uncover.
Details at:
https://www.premiersreadingchallenge.wa.edu.au/parents-and-families
Make sure you join: ST COLUMBA’S SCHOOL
KEEP UP THE GREAT READING, AND LOG THOSE BOOKS!
USED BOOKS
Used Books (from the Library) for students and families. These books are now FREE!
On display outside the library – Before school, recess, lunchtime and after school.
The library is open every morning before school:
All students are welcome from 8:15am
Pre-Kindy and Kindy students must be accompanied by Parent/Carer until 8.45am
The library is a calming and quiet place, making it the perfect spot for students to have a smooth and calming transition in the morning.
Students may also like to return and borrow books before school.
Looking forward to seeing you the library.
2024 CBCA Book Week – Reading is MAGIC
17 – 23 August, 2024
Dress Up Day (Kindy-Year 6) – Wednesday 21 August 2024
Parade at 8.45am in the Greg Martin Pavilion
Please refer to flyer attached to this newsletter with further details
Rita Cuthbert – Library Officer – Library - the original search engine
Pastoral Care
Happy Birthday to:
The following students who will celebrate birthday’s in the coming week:
Sophia Ward PKG
Hadley Winrow KW
Amelia Congdon PPG
Florence Stazzonelli PPW
Frankie Wilson 1G
Isla Elliott 1G
Luke Poletti 1G
Bodhi Chipperfield 1W
Kanishka Setty 1W
Harriet Stazzonelli 2G
Parker Connell 3G
Arthur Oliveira 3W
Huw Humphreys 4W
Richie De Mello 5W
Lucinda Tran 5W
Emme Moretta 6W
Hannah Gai 6W
PASTORAL CARE WEEKLY RAFFLE
Tickets are 3 for $1 (maximum of 3 tickets per child).
We are always looking for Volunteers to join the Pastoral Care Team. If you can spare a little time on a Wednesday morning after drop off, you can find us in the Church meeting room just as you enter from the basketball court.
WEEKLY RAFFLE ROSTER
TERM 3
Week 6 – 21 August – NO RAFFLE
Week 7 – 28 August
Week 8 – 4 September – NO RAFFLE
Week 9 – 11 September
| Kindy Green | Week 7 – Harrison White Week 9 – Isaabelle Glare |
| Kindy White | Week 7 – Finn Patten Week 9 – Greta Williams |
| PP Green | Week 7 – Ezra Smart Week 9 – Ned Moore |
| PP White | Week 7 – Florence Stazzonelli Week 9 – Lily Sinfield |
| Year 1 Green | Week 7 – Elise Villamar Week 9 – Eliza McGlue |
| Year 1 White | Week 7 – Ffion Humphreys Week 9 – Francis Masek |
| Year 2 Green | Week 7 – Heaven White Week 9 – Harriet Stazzonelli |
| Year 2 White | Week 7 – Caiden Thompson Mewburn Week 9 – Ella Phillips |
| Year 3 Green | Week 7 – Hugo Zachar Week 9 – Reuben Williams |
| Year 3 White | Week 7 – Lachlan Stewart Week 9 – Lily Vernon |
| Year 4 Green | Week 7 – Emma North Week 9 – Henry Webb |
| Year 4 White | Week 7 – Huw Humphreys Week 9 – Abigail Vernon |
| Year 5 Green | Week 7 – Theo Smart Week 9 – Harriet Webb |
| Year 5 White | Week 7 – Alessia Marrapodi Week 9 – Estelle Pirone |
| Year 6 Green | Week 7 – Maya Thompson Mewburn Week 9 – Giorgia Trevenen |
| Year 6 White | Week 7 – Sam Villamar Week 9 – Tony Masek |
Award Winners
MERIT AWARDS – Term 3, Week 4
PP Green – Ava Sanders, Laila Vu
PP White – Evelyn Halls, Jayden Win
1 Green – Nicholas Hofmann, Elise Villamar
1 White – Annabel Paulus, Kanishka Setty
2 Green – Hudson Fernandez, Noah Palmer
2 White – Oscar Harris, Alessia Scagnetti
3 Green – Monica Jaramillo Restrepo, Maria Wai, Hugo Zachar
3 White – Arden Bezich
4 Green – Oscar Hamilton, Emma North
4 White – Connor Campbell, Gianna Krishnan
5 Green – Indi Whitbread, Agnes Zoou
5 White – Miranda Ahn, Lachlan Eaton
6 Green – Neve Gerick, Archer Laffrey
6 White – William Armstrong, Scarlett Fernandez
Religious Education and Curriculum News
From our Pre-Primary Classes :
In Religion, we are learning how people can become friends with others by smiling, saying hello, being kind, asking to play, looking happy, caring for others, and participating in games and activities. We have been exploring the ways people can work on being a good friend and have designed our own special friend using box construction.
From our Kindergarten classes :
This week in Kindy we were very excited to find our sandpit had been filled up with new sand over the weekend. Thank you to Darcy Eden and his family for donating the soft, white sand that brought lots of fun and happiness to us all!
Community Notices
SCHOOL PHOTO DAY IS COMING!
Monday 26 August, Tuesday 27 August and Thursday 29 August
School photo day is coming! Every student will have received a personalised flyer that was sent home yesterday from Kapture Photography containing your child’s unique codes for ordering school photos online.
KEEP YOUR FLYER SECURE!
The unique codes contained on the flyer will be issued only once.
Order EARLY for sibling photography
Sibling photos can ONLY be ordered online. Once you receive the personalised flyers for your children, it is imperative that you order your sibling photo early to avoid missing out! There is a physical limit in the school schedule to how many sibling photos can be taken. Once the maximum capacity of sibling orders has been reached, no more sibling orders can be placed.
If maximum capacity is not reached, sibling orders close 12pm midday sharp, one business day prior to the first photo day.
The school or the photographers cannot accept late orders for sibling photography. Please do not ask as your request simply cannot be accommodated.
Order EARLY for discount photo day prices
Order your photos up to 10 calendar days after photo day to receive discount photo day prices. Late orders are handled separately to the school delivery and incur a $30 custom service charge.
Other information
Kapture offer a money back guarantee for any parent who is not fully satisfied with their photo package. Should you have any queries before or after photo day, please check the FAQ’s on the Kapture website.
We request that students who are displaying signs of respiratory and / or gastrointestinal illnesses do not attend school specifically to be included in their class photo. Having students with communicable illnesses attend the photography venues puts other students, school staff and Kapture staff at risk – especially those that are already immunocompromised. Students who are unable to attend school photo day can book a studio appointment at our Malaga office to be photographed during school holidays. We appreciate your understanding in this matter.
Your school will notify you in a few weeks when team and special group photos are available to view and purchase on the Kapture website. Please note; class, individual and sibling portraits are not available to view online prior to purchase.
All students will be photographed individually on photo day for school administration records AS WELL as included in their class group presentation available for purchase to all families. Should there be any reason why your child should NOT be included in the photo shoot –please contact the school office.
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East Perth Football Club is inviting all Royals District School families to attend next Saturday’s WAFL match between East Perth FC and East Fremantle FC on Saturday, 17th August.
East Perth FC is offeringFREE ADULT and CHILDREN TICKETSto from Royals District Schools in the Bayswater area to take up the below offer and cheer on the Mighty Royals! Tickets are usually $18pp.
The match is poised to define the home & away season, with something for every member of the family.
Get EXCITED for:
- Great Games, Great Entertainment, Great Fun
- Kids Fun Zone & Activities
- Little League, Kick 2 Kick on the Oval, 3 Quarter-Time Mascot Race
- Club Merch Stores
How to claim FREE TICKETS
- Please head to: https://www.intix.com.au/event/east-perth-v-east-fremantle-round-20-2024
- Create an account (go to the top tab on your screen and select ‘have a East Perth Football Club Account? Login/Create’ and click ‘create). Fill in the details and click submit
- Buy Tickets (back at the home page – select ‘click here’ to buy tickets and then click ‘General Admission – EPFC District Schools – Adult‘ or ‘General Admission – EPFC District Schools – Child‘
- Enter billing details (enter your billing details as follows and then select ‘next’)
- Review Ticket Summary (you will be taken to your ticket summary where you can enter the individuals name on the ticket – after which select ‘continue’)
- Click ‘Add Promo Code’ and enter the code school24 to continue
- Please Note – there is no need to put in your credit card details astickets are free with the promo code
We hope to see you all at the WAFL!
