Volume 26 1 September

NOTREDAMENEWSFOUNDATIONSFORLIFE-LONGLEARNING

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Notre Dame Catholic

Primary School 360 Daly St, Cloverdale Perth WA

6105 Ph: 08 6272 7100Fax: 08 9277 2234

Core Value INNOVATION

With Christ as our guide, our community encourages creativity in others and pursues alternative

solutions. We aspire to be enterprising and open-minded in the human endeavour of life-long

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` MyFatherdidn’ttellmehowtolive;HeLIVEDandletmewatchhimdoit.

ClarenceB.KellandDearParents

ThisSundaywecelebrateFathers’Day.Foravarietyofreasonsthecontactthat

wehaveatschoolismoreoHenwiththechildren’smumssowewelcomethe

opportunity tomorrow morning to provide breakfast for the dads and their

childrenfrom7.30–8.30am.ParenQngisonejobthatwearerarelytrainedto

dobutmostofusseemtomanage,certainlygeTngitwrongatQmesbut,as

longaswemaintainastrongrelaQonshipwithourchildren, itgenerallyworks

out in theend. IwishalldadsagreatdayonSundayandhope theirchildren

makethemfeelveryspecial.

URSULAFRAYNEPILGRIMAGEYesterdayJianChilton,RyllieMackandAlbinManoj,allfromYear5,alongwith

Mrs Nicolle Achmad, represented our school in retracing the steps of Ursula

Frayne,thefirstMercySistertoarriveinAustraliain1846.MrsAchmadandthe

students joinedwith staffand students from13otherprimary schoolswitha

MercyCharism,alongwith6SistersofMercyandDrDebraSayce,Directorof

Religious EducaQon, Catholic EducaQonWA and 3members of her staff. The

enthusiasmofthedaywasn’tdampenedbythewetweatherand,aHerashort

drivefromPerththePilgrimsarrivedatSantaMariaCollegeinA^adalewhere

they were greeted by “Ursula Frayne” and received a pilgrim shell, Year of

Mercymedal and a scroll explaining their significance. Theywatched a video

presentaQonwhich set the scene about theQmewhenUrsula first arrived in

Fremantlebeforeheadingdowntotheportwheretheyboardedaboatwhich

followed the same route up the SwanRiver thatUrsulawould have travelled

170yearsago.Ourboatwasmuchlargerandmorecomfortablethantheone

that Ursula used but listening to audio presentaQons along the way put

everythingintocontext.ThegrouparrivedatBarrackStJe^yataroundmidday

and proceeded to visit places of significance to Ursula’s arrival in Perth. The

Bishopof thedayhadpromisedtheSistersaccommodaQonupontheirarrival

buttherewasnoneavailableandhehadalsoassuredthemthattherewouldbe

4000 students for them to teach. When they opened school on the site of

today’sMercedesCollegetheyhadonlyonestudentarriveinthemorningand

by the end of the first day they had an enrolment of six; a far cry from the

promised 4000! From this very small beginning the Sisters grew to currently

have 43Mercy schools inWestern Australia andmanymore throughout the

country. Our day concluded with a visit to the Mercy Heritage Centre at

Mercedes College. Along the way the children collected their Pilgrimage

wristbands,aquillandinkthatissimilartowhatUrsulawouldhaveusedto

WEEKLY EVENTS

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER

MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

FATHER’sDAYBREAKFAST7.30am

ASSEMBLYYR5P

EDU-DANCE

LAPATHON1.30pm-2.30pm

Darryl WinsorPrincipal

FirstAidYrs5/6

EDU-DANCE

BIRTHDAY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

MERCY DAY Whole School Mass 8.30am

Led by Yr 3 Mercy Day Celebrations

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

Yr 6 Confirmation 6.00pm

SCHOOLSPELLINGBEE

EDU-DANCE

writetoherMotherSuperiorinIreland,copiesofsomeofthele^ersthatshe

sentandabookaboutthehistoryoftheMercySisters.

It was a wonderful experience for these very fortunate children and I look

forwardtotheirpresentaQonaboutthedayonFriday9Septemberduringour

MercyDaycelebraQons.

MERCYDAYFriday 9 September has been set aside for us to learn about our founding

Sisters, Catherine McAuley, Ursula Frayne and Nano Nagle. Our day will

commence withMass at 8.30am so I ask parents to ensure children are at

schoolonQmetoaccommodatethisearlystart.Thechildrenwill thenspend

QmeinclasslearningaboutourfoundersbeforeparQcipaQnginaMiniMission

Fete between recess and lunch Qme. In the aHernoon all children will

parQcipateinfunsporQngacQviQeswiththeirbuddyclasses.

Weaskthatchildrenbringinamaximumof$5.00tospendatthefete.

HON.SUEELLERYTheShadowMinisterforEducaQon,Hon.SueEllerywillbevisiQngourschool

nextFriday,9Septemberat12.30pmtolookattheschoolfaciliQesandmeet

withstaff.MsEllerywillbeaccompaniedbyCassieRowe,theLaborCandidate

forBelmont.

LAPATHONDon’t forget to send along the children’s yellow sponsorship forms for

tomorrow’s lapathon which will be held at Miles Park between 1.30 and

2.30pm.I’llneedtodustoffmyjoggerstonightsoIcandoafewlapswiththe

children.

SURFONLINESAFEAreminderthatthePRChasorganizedthispresentaQonfornextWednesday,7

Septemberat6.30pm.PaulLitherland,aformerPoliceOfficerwillspeaktous

about our Online Footprint and Digital CiQzenship. This is a must see

presentaQonthatwillassistusinkeepingourchildrencybersafe.

SCHOOLOVALI’msuremany,ifnotall,ofyousharethesamefrustraQonsthatIdoaboutthe

condiQonofourschooloval.AtTuesdayevening’sPRCmeeQngIadvisedthat

wehadtriedanextensiverangeof“fix-ups”toaddresstheever-deterioraQng

state of the oval. A decision wasmade to explore the opQon of having the

enQre top layerof theoval removedandreplanted,usinganewtop layerof

soil, over the Christmas school holidays. There is never a full guarantee that

thiswillworkbut,having triedall suggesQons fromtheexperts, thisappears

our next opQon. I thank the members of the PRC for supporQng us in

a^empQngtoimprovetheplaygroundcondiQonsforthechildren.

SCHOOLBOARDDue to thework commitmentsof somemembersof theSchoolBoard ithas

become necessary to second some newmembers for the remainder of this

year.IampleasedtoadvisethatMrWarrenMack,MrsSherrieJonesandMr

LiamSouthhaveagreedtojointheBoardinthiscapacity.

WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER

Surf Online Safe Paul Litherland 6.30pm

MERCYDAY–Friday9September

PopeFrancisdeclaredthisyeartobeanExtraordinaryYearofMercy.Forschoolssuchasours,witha

MercyCharism,thisisaparQcularlysignificantyearbecauseitalsocoincideswiththe170thAnniversary

ofSr.UrsulaFrayne’sarrivalinWesternAustralia.

To celebrate this significant occasion, a Mercy Day of CelebraQon has been organized for Friday 9September.Allchildrenareinvitedtowearfreedress.

Weareaskingallchildrentoarriveby8.20amsothatwecanbeginourcelebraQonwithMassinthechurchat8.30am.

From9.30amto10.30amtherewillbeclassroomacPviPesfocusedonPresentaQonandMercyvalues

thatCatherineMcCauley,UrsulaFrayneandNanoNaglepromoted.

AHer recess, students will be involved in a mini-fete whereby, teachers with the children haveorganisedstallswithacQviQesforthechildrentoparQcipatein.

Studentswillbeprovidedwithafreesausagesizzlelunch.

AHerlunch,studentswillparQcipateinsportacQviQeswiththeirbuddyclass.

NicolleAchmad

AcQngAssistantPrincipal(ReligiousEducaQon)

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS

CLASS NEWS

YEAR5The Year Fives have been excepQonally busy this semester already with 5M welcoming Mrs Crabbe

replacingMissCutri,whilstsheisonlongserviceleavefortheremainderoftheterm!5Mstartedtheterm

off with their amazing assembly about the ancient Olympics and 5P have been preparing for their

assemblywhichisthisFriday2ndSeptember.Duringourintegratedunitthisterm,thestudentshavebeen

learningaboutmanydifferentaspectsabouttheOlympicgamesincluding;thehistoryabouttheOlympic

games,themedaldesignsandthehostcity;Brazil.ThestudentshavebeenworkingexcepQonallyhardin

thesegroupsandfindingoutamazingfactsthattheydidn’tknowbefore:

‘ThehostcitygetstoparQcipateinallthesports.’-Tahlia

‘InthefirstOlympics,onlymenwereallowedtoparQcipate.’–Lauren

‘ThefirstmodernOlympicgameswasinGreecein1896.’–Jerry

‘ThefirstOlympicsonlyhadonesportanditwasthesprints.’–Gion

‘Theyusespecialnewtechnologytoseewhocrossesthelinefirst.’–Ben

WehavebeenabletolearnabouttheOlympicsandinotherareasaswell.Thestudentshavebeenable

to research about the conQnents and their countries in our creaQon unit in Religion and in art the

studentshavebeenverycreaQveincreaQngOlympicsilhoue^es.

ITALIAN

L’ITALIANOStudentsinYears4,5and6havecomputeraccesstoLanguagePerfectforSemestertwo.Itisafunapproachto

pracQsingItalianatschool,athomeoratanyQme.

JennyNicolao

ItalianTeacher

The students have also been learning a lot about themselves this term whilst wriQng their own

autobiographies.Thestudentslovedlearningmoreaboutthemselvesfromtheirchildhoodandlooking

attheirphotos.ItwasinteresQngtoreadaboutallthedifferentplaceswehavecomefromandhowwe

areallheretogetheratNotreDame.Thestudentshavenowstartedresearchinganotableperson’slife

towriteabiography.ThestudentswillpresenttheirinformaQonat‘TheNightoftheNotables’infront

oftheirparentsandfamily,tobeheldonWednesday14thSeptember.

YearFiveTeachers

MrsBradshaw,MrsCrabbeandMrSafe

2016NOTREDAMESPELLINGBEEOnThursday8SeptembertwelvechildrenfromYears3-6will

parQcipateinourschoolfinalcompeQQon.Thewinner,runner

upandreserveplaceparQcipantwillthencompeteatthe

InterschoolcompeQQoninTerm4.

Date: Thursday8September

Venue: MulQPurposeHallatNotreDameCatholicPrimarySchool

Times: Year3 4.30pm-5.00pm

Year4 5.15pm-5.45pm

Year5 6.00pm-6.30pm

Year6 6.45pm-7.30pm

Allparentsareinvitedtoa^endthenightandsupportourstudents.Specialfriendsandvisitorsarealso

mostwelcome.IfforanyreasonyouneedtoleaveduringthecompeQQon,youwillonlybepermi^ed

todosoaHerasetrunhasbeencompleted.Thiswillallowforallchildrentoconcentrateandfocus.

WewishallthestudentsparQcipaQnggoodluck.

AmandaSagrera

KeyTeacher

SPELLING WRITINGCREDIT DISTINCTION MERIT CREDIT

Matthew Donovan Yr 4P Kimi Lazarte Yr 4M Kane Taylor Yr 4M Vedika Chouhan Yr 4M

Dion Peter Yr 5P Alice Law Yr 6M Joel Jose Yr 5P Brooklyn Godinho Yr 4M

Riley Redfearn Yr 5M Sunwoo Nam Yr 6P Albin Manoj Yr 5P Dion Peter Yr 5P

Yash Singh Yr 5P Brittany Rodrigues Yr 6M Charlie McCrostie Yr 5M Sunwoo Nam Yr 6P

Omar Junaid Yr 6P Lauren Medd Yr 5P

Amelie Momus Yr 6P Riley Redfern Yr 5M DISTINCTION

Alice Law Yr 6M

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS

2016 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS (ICAS) An optional assessment for students in Years 4 - 6 The results of the spelling and writing assessments have arrived. Congratulations to all students who attempted these challenging assessment. Special recognition goes to the following students who demonstrated significant personal achievement.

2016JUMPS&THROWSCARNIVALSCHOOL(13SEPTEMBER)Studentsfromyears4-6willparQcipateinajumpsandthrowscarnivalpriortotheannualwholeschool

carnival.StudentshavebeentakingpartintesQngforturbojavelin,longjumpandshotputeventsin

theirP.Eclasses.Thetop12boys&girlsfromeachyearlevelwillparQcipateineacheventontheday.

Noteshavebeensenthomeandonlyneedtobereturnedifparentsareabletoassistwiththeday.The

compeQtorsforeacheventaresQllbeingfinalisedandshouldbeavailablenextFriday.Thiswillbesent

homewithselectedstudentsaswellasplacedontheMPHwindow.Pleasecomeandseeme ifyou

haveanyqueriesabouttheday.

2016WHOLESCHOOLATHLETICSCARNIVAL-LANGFORDSPORTINGCOMPLEX(THURSDAY15SEPTEMBER)StudentsfromPP-Year6willbeparQcipaQngintheannualwholeschoolathleQcscarnival,whichwill

beheldatLangfordSporQngComplex.Noteshavebeensenthomeanditwouldbeappreciatedifthese

couldbesentbacktoschoolassoonaspossible.

Anyparentswhoareabletoassistwiththecarnivalwouldbegreatlyappreciated,aswellasanyone

who is able to assistwith transporQng of tents and equipment to and from the venue. PP - Year 2

studentswillbeleavingforschoolat12.00withyear3-6returningforthe3.00pmbell.Pleasecome

andseemeifyouhaveanyqueriesabouttheday.

Bre^Webb

PhysicalEducaQon&Year4Teacher

SPORTS

PERFORMING ARTS - DANCE

TheNotreDameDanceGroupperformedat thePerthConvenQonCentre last Friday26August. They

dancedamazinglyanddidtheirgroupandtheschoolproud.Theadjudicatorswereimpressedwiththeir

execuQonofmoves,teamworkandtheirenergyandexpression.

TheywereawardedwithanhonourablemenQonfromthePerformingArtsFesQvalCommi^ee.Wealso

receivedposiQvefeedbackfrommanypeopleoutsidetheschoolcommunitywhowerepresentonthe

night,astohowimpressedtheywerewiththeirperformance.

AspecialthankyougoestoMrsPuthikarun,MrsGonzalezandhersister,MrsSellier,MrsAddyandMrs

Davies forhelpingwith the costumes. ToMrsMack forhelpingus throughout thedayandnight,Mrs

GuiloT,MrsBoyle,MrsWyder,MissGollnerandMissLyonsforhelpingwithmakeupandhair.Thank

youto

MrWinsorfora^endingtohelpwithsupervisionandsupportofthegroup.

Alsoafinalthankyoutothoseparentsintheschoolcommunitywhohelpedinotherwaysleadingupto

theperformanceandtothosewhocameandwatchedonthenight.

MrsTiffanyDonovan-Flintoff

CANTEEN NEWS

JustareminderthecanteenwillbeclosedonFriday9SeptemberbothforrecessandlunchduetoMercy

Day.

Monday5September: AngelaCarbery

Wednesday7September: KaronRussell

Friday9September: CLOSED

Hopetoseeyouatthecanteensoon.

KayleenMcLean

FATHER’S DAY BREAKFAST

FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 7.30am-8.30am

CANTEEN CLOSEDFOR RECESS AND lunch

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

PRC NEWS

SURF ONLINE SAFE Paul Litherland 2016 | SURF ONLINE SAFE | W : www.surfonlinesafe.com.au | FB www.facebook.com/SurfOnlineSafe | E : paul.litherland@surfonlinesafe.com.au

Notre Dame Catholic Primary School Parent Representative Council have the pleasure of hosting an important and valuable seminar for all parents presented by Mr Paul Litherland -Surf OnLine Safe.

Date and Time: Wednesday 7th September 2016 commencing at 6.30pm

Location: Notre Dame Catholic Primary School Library/hall

Cost: Free for Notre Dame Catholic Primary School parents and carers

Please advise if you will be able to attend by completing the return form to class teachers today. Or alternatively complete Trybooking to secure a place. Please follow these direct links: https://www.trybooking.com/MINP OR https://www.trybooking.com/216673.

Surf Online Safe presentation is not simply about "Don't do this or don't do that". Paul offers audiences a real world understanding of where our kids are going online and introduces ways of helping them understand and embrace that environment. Rather than scaring them off the internet, he will help build an understanding of how to grow with your kids online to build a culture within the home and at school toward appropriate internet use. A culture that gives their kids the freedom to explore and interact with their peers online, whilst still understanding the concerns their parents have in regard to their Online Footprint and Digital Citizenship.

He has very positive feedback from parents and to view Paul's credentials: visit au.linkedin.com/in/surfonlinesafe or www.surfonlinesafe.com.au/about.html

_________________________________________________________________

I would like to attend the seminar Surf OnLine Safe

Parent’s Surname: _________________ Class: _______

Number of parents/carers attending:_______________

Signature:____________________

Or alternatively to book through TRYBOOKING please follow these direct links:

https://www.trybooking.com/MINP OR https://www.trybooking.com/216673

NOTREDAMELAPATHON-FRIDAY2SEPTEMBERThePre-PrimarytoYear6willparQcipateinafunandhealthyPRCeventtoraisefundsfortheNotre

DameSacredSpace.TheeventwilltakeplaceatMilesParkfrom1.30pmto2.30pm.

2016FOOTYTIPPINGThankyoutotheNotreDameCommunityforanothergreatyear.ThePRCraised$800.00.Thewinners

thisyearwere:

Joint1stPrize AmandaMillingtonandDanielleLawrie

3rdPrize MichaelAndrews

Onceagain,thankyouandwehopetoseeeveryonebackin2017.GOEAGLES!!

DanielleLawrie

COMMUNITY NEWS

PROTECTIVEBEHAVIOURS

Friendlyreminder,RSVPssQllavailablefortheupcomingSafe4KidseventonMonday5September,2016.

ProtecQveBehavioursWorkshops,hostedbytheCityOfBelmont.

‘ProtecQveBehaviours’isforparents/caregiversandisapersonalsafetyprogramteaching

empowerment,communicaQon,self-esteem,resilience,socialskillsandotherlifeskillstochildrenfrom

birthto12years.

TwoopQonsavailable,botharefreetothepublic.Pleaserefertothea^achedflyer.

·10:00am–12:00pmVenue: ForsterParkCommunityCentre

·7:00pm-9:00pmVenue: CityofBelmontCivicCentreFuncQonRoom

PleasesendyourRSVP’stoCoordinatorCommunityProjects,JoelWarner

(joel.warner@belmont.wa.gov.au)

Thankyou

SCHOOLHOLIDAYATHLETICSCLINIC

SchoolHolidayAthleQcsClinicwillbeheldontheWednesday5thandThursday6thOctober2016atthe

WAAthleQcsStadium.

TheeventisopentoallathletesintheU/9toU/17agegroups.

WAAthleQcsStadium.8.50am-3.00pm.$85.00perdayor$150.00forbothdays(includesashoebagor

cap).

Prizesandgiveaways.

MoreInfo:h^p://sprinQngfast.com/

forfurtherinformaQonpleasevisitourwebsiteat:

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