Queen of Apostles School

Loving God,

We thank you for the gift of life.

We also thank you for the gift of all the wonderful people who accompany, inspire, stretch, challenge, love and encourage us on our journey. Bless them with good health, peace and joy.

We ask this through Christ our Lord,

Amen

2022 Professional Development Days

The following dates are the remaining pupil free days for 2022. Please ensure you have them in your diaries.

Friday 23rd September - Catholic Day Holiday

Monday 7th November - Staff Professional Development Day

We have had a rise in the number of positive COVID cases this week in the school. Can I ask all families to please be vigilant, monitor for any symptoms and get tested if you are at all worried.

We have also had an increase in the number students wearing masks as a precautionary measure. This is encouraged particularly in indoor situations where distancing is not possible.

Please keep doing all you can to keep everyone in our community safe.

This week is Wellness Week and it has been a big hit with our students. They have really enjoyed wearing their sports uniform all week and the activities that have taken place.

I hope for families at home it has also been a good opportunity to slow down with no homework to supervise or meetings at school.

We will continue to grow Wellness Week as it is more important than ever to focus on both our physical and mental health.

Tomorrow morning from 7.30am there will be a coffee van available near the hall for our families to utilise when dropping off in the morning.

I thank our Wellness Committee for organising a wonderful week!

Well done to Miss Barton and the Year 5 class for their assembly item last week.

Although I wasn’t there on the day I did have a sneak preview last Thursday. I was certainly very impressed by the students and how confident they were. Some of the music and outfits reminded me of my childhood.

A great job by all!

The Paul Litherland online safety session last Wednesday night was extremely well attended and very informative. Paul is such an engaging speaker who is passionate about keeping families safe when using the internet.

We will continue our relationship with Paul by booking him in to speak to our Year 5 and 6 classes next year.

I would like to thank the P&F for funding this opportunity for our families.

There have been some changes to dates and times of some upcoming events. See list below.

2nd September @ 8.50am = Year 2 Assembly

9th September @ 8.50am = Music Assembly

9th September @ 10.00am = Kindy and Pre Primary Athletics Morning at QOA

9th September @ 5.30pm = P&F Parents/Carers Sundowner

16th September @ 8.50am = Pre Primary Assembly

16th September @ 10.00am = Year 3 to 6 Jumps & Throws at QOA

14th October (Term 4) = kids for kids Market Stall Day

Please make sure you have them in your diary!

It is still vitally important that parents and caregivers inform the school if their child tests positive for COVID-19.

Parents and caregivers can inform the school of their child’s positive or negative COVID result via this LINK - https://cewa-collections.powerappsportals.com/COVID-19-Self-Reporting-Form/

The information will go directly to me.

If a positive result is recorded via a RAT test it must also be registered on the WA Health RAT register website -

https://datalibrary-rc.health.wa.gov.au/surveys/index.php?s=WDLLNTW4RDX8AWPH

Please do not underestimate the importance of informing us of a positive COVID case. Your actions will ensure the risk to others is minimised and that we do our very best to limit the spread of the virus across our community.

Best Wishes

Mark Ryan

Over the past few weeks the Year 6 class have been busy doing dot painting for Naidoc week. As part of our studies, we drew a native Australian animal and created Australian Aboriginal dot paintings.

The Year 6 class have also been writing cinquain poem about the beauty of the earth.

In Maths the Year 6's have been learning about chance and probability and figuring out what theoretical and experimental probability is.

In sport we have been training for the SNAFL carnival. We did quite well – at least we won a few games.

We interviewed some students in Year 6 and found out some of their interests. Neve and Charlie’s favourite subject is sport. Neve’s favourite holiday place is Karijini and she loves snorkelling with tortoises.

A reminder to parents of students in Years 3 and 4 who are receiving the Sacraments of Penance (Year 3) and Eucharist (Year 4), that the Parish is conducting Parent/Student workshops in the Parish Hall on:

PENANCE: Wednesday 31 August at 6.00pm

EUCHARIST: Wednesday 7 Sept at 6.00pm

Parents who have children receiving the Sacrament of Eucharist will also need to attend the Rehearsal on Saturday 17th September. Please ring the Parish Office for further information.

This Term during week 7 we will be celebrating The Children’s Book Council of Australia – Book Week. The theme for this year is “Dreaming with eyes open…”. On Tuesday, 30 August we will be conducting our annual book week dress up day. It would be fabulous to see as many students as possible dressed as a book character. The character can align with the 2022 theme or any children’s book. A parade for the students will be held at 9am in the hall.

On the same day we will have Author/Illustrator Kylie Howarth in the library conducting workshops with students from Pre Primary through to Year 6. We are very excited that she is available to come to our school and we look forward to hearing about her experiences writing and illustrating children’s books.

BOOK WEEK CONTEST - DOODLE AND WIN

We would love to see students write the title of their favourite book, author and one line on what they love about the book then add some doodles!

Grab a sheet with a number from the canteen for your entry!

All entries will be displayed outside the canteen and names will be entered into a draw to win one of two prizes.

Last day of entry will be 1st September 9am.

Sharon Fernandes E Soares

The P&F Family Sundowner will be held on Friday 9 September, 5.30pm to 7.30pm. It will be an amazing night for our new and existing families. More details to come.

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