Father in Heaven,

Grant this through Christ our Lord.

We are really looking forward to the Leadership Mass at 9am on Tuesday 5th March (this is a new date due to a delay in the badges being delivered to school ) in the church. At this Mass, the Year 6’s will be presented with their committee badges. Year Six parents and other community members are invited and welcome to attend this Mass.

Our Year 6 leaders have started really well and I am really looking forward to working with them over the course of the year, they play a huge role in the running of our school. I thank Ms Maloney for the work she has done to prepare the students.

I would like to inform the community that Mrs Peach has decided that the time is right to explore other opportunities and will finish her employment here at QOA at the end of the term. I thank Susan for all the work she has done in the library over the last 7 years and wish her all the best for the future.

We are currently working on finding someone to replace Susan in the library and I will inform you once that process has been finalised.

Next Friday at 8.50am in the hall the Year 2 class will be showcasing their talents and letting the community know what they have been working on at their assembly. I am looking forward to seeing what they come up with. It promises to be a lot of fun.

Good luck to all our swimmers competing in the Interschool Swimming carnival next Thursday 7th March at the Fremantle Leisure Centre. I know that you will give a great account of yourselves in the competition.

Go Queenies!

The Government of WA have amended the Working with Children Act and the changes are now in place. These changes were implemented to better protect children. Catholic Education WA has mandated a new process for all volunteers, including parent volunteers in schools. This includes parents who wish to volunteer at sports carnivals, in classrooms and at P&F events. Could we ask that all parents fill in the Volunteer Declaration (link) even if you have no plans at this stage to volunteer at school. Your information will be stored securely in accordance with CEWA’s Information Stewardship. We highly value parent volunteers' time and contribution to our school community and thank-you for taking the time to submit the form below.

Any grandparents that wish to volunteer in the classroom or assist in the canteen will need a Working With Children Check. Please note this does not include drop off, pick up or attendance at our Grandparents Mass and Morning Tea. Grandparents that would like to volunteer at school, please contact the school office and we can assist you in the process.

This year our Kindy to Year 6 staff will conduct their Parent/Teacher interviews on Wednesday 27th March. The teachers will be available for a face to face or online meeting on this day. Later in the term you will receive instructions about booking in these meetings. Please note this is a pupil free day as is Thursday 28th March. Please keep these dates in your diary.

The P&F are again running the footy tipping competition this year. There will be weekly winners and prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the end of the season. Please see the poster in the P&F section of the newsletter for sign up details.

Monday is the Labour Day Public Holiday. I hope everyone has a great break, recharges the batteries and comes back on Tuesday ready for the second part of Term 1. Enjoy your long weekend!

Best Wishes

Mark Ryan

Principal

Well done to all our participants who gave their all in an exciting and fun day last Friday at Beatty Park Aquatic Centre.

It was heartwarming to see so many students push themselves to do their best and display wonderful sportsmanship and support for each other.

Thank you to the many parents, grandparents and caregivers for coming along to create a supportive and enthusiastic atmosphere. Thanks also to the parent helpers, teachers and faction leaders for their help in many roles.

It was Luemmen (Blue) who triumphed The final scores were: Luemmen (Blue) 154, Magdlen (Red) 129, Canning (Green) 106, Flynn (Gold) 96.

Our individual medal winners were:

Yr 4 Champions: Jesse and Hannah

Yr 4 R/Up: Cornelius and Georgia

Yr 5 Champions: Jack and Eva

Yr 5 R/UP: James, Hudson (tied) and Olivia

Yr 6 Champions: Patrick and Martina

Yr 6 R/UP: Senul and Samantha

If you took photos at the carnival and are willing to share them (for the yearbook etc), please email a few to ross.bridgeman@cewa.edu.au.

Information regarding our inter-school swimming squad will follow asap.

Dear Parents and Guardians

In 2024, we will again be giving our students in Years 3-6 the opportunity to participate in the ICAS Assessments.

What is ICAS?

ICAS is an online academic competition that gives students the opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, and Spelling Bee.

Every student who participates is celebrated and recognised with a printed certificate in each subject area, and an online results report to track development each year. Top performers are eligible for one of the highly coveted ICAS medals.

To learn more about this year’s exciting ICAS competition, visit: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)

How to participate in ICAS

If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please:

1. Read about ICAS subjects and prices here: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)

2. Read the Privacy Collection Statement below.

3. Read the terms and conditions here: (icasassessments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-ICAS-Assessments-Schools-TsCs_S2023.V6-1.pdf)

4. Go to the Parent Portal to sign up to chosen subject areas here: (shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps

5. Enter our school’s access code – OYU794

6. Enter your child’s details, select the subject areas your child would like to participate in, then proceed to payment.

After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records.

ICAS results and certificates
All assessments will be conducted online, at school. We will notify you of the date(s) that we will run ICAS assessments, and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Your child’s ICAS certificates will be delivered to school. Once we have received them, we will present them to your child to bring home. The back of the certificate will show your child’s ICAS results and the login details, “TAP ID and Pin”. - Use these to enter the Results Portal orti.icasassessments.com/ortiStudent.

Privacy collection statement
The following information is a privacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.

ICAS Assessment is owned by Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (We, Us, Our).

To deliver assessment products, Janison will require your child’s School to obtain your consent to provide Janison with certain personal information of students. Janison will collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise deal with such personal information in accordance with its privacy policy (below). We are aware of our responsibility to protect personal information related to children and students from being disclosed when we deliver an ICAS Assessments product. Unless you, as the child’s legal guardian consents, we will not:

• collect any personal information or data of children other than the information we need for the successful completion of an assessment, test, or exam.
• transfer any personal information we obtain from a child in the delivery of assessments and tests to any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
• share any personal information relating to children with any third parties (except for those third parties necessary for us to carry out our Services or provide our Products e.g., medal engraving).
• use any personal information or data relating to children for marketing purposes.

You can view our full privacy policy at https://www.janison.com/privacy-policy/.

We may retain personal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes by Janison for the duration of the school life cycle of the child. However, if you or your child at any time wish to have their personal information or data removed from our systems, they or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.

We are excited to be offering ICAS to our students this year and look forward to celebrating their achievements. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.

With only 1 week until the footy season starts make sure you have joined the 2024 Queenies P&F Footy Tipping Competition. This is a great opportunity to show off your footy knowledge and win some prizes. Please see below for information on how to sign up.

First round starting 7th March and runs until 25th August. Good luck!

OPEN DAY

Friday 1 March 2024

St Norbert College warmly invites prospective students and their parents to tour our beautiful College, its contemporary facilities and extensive grounds. Tours will be conducted at 9.00am and 1.00pm.

Bookings can be made at https://www.trybooking.com/COTBT.

Enrolments for Year 7 in 2026

We have commenced our enrolments for 2026. Application forms may be obtained by phoning the Enrolment Officer, Mrs Hughes on 9350 5433.