Our Year 7 students participated in a Retreat Day on Friday 26 February. The day focused on relationships and sought to assist with Year 7鈥檚 transition to 秀秀直播. Thank you to the 24/7 Youth Ministry team, who facilitated the day and took our students on a journey of self discovery, showing them the importance of building relationships with each other as they prepare to travel together until their Gradutaion in 2026.
Week 4 saw our Year 12 students participate in their annual retreat at Serpentine Camping Center. Students were encouraged to reflect on who they are, their family story, their relationship with God and build positive relationships.
It was a wonderful experience where students made many happy memories. A big thank you to Mrs Bramanto, Leader of Wellbeing Year 12, the staff who gave up their time to support the students on this experience and the students for being open to what the retreat experience offers.
This is the beginning of an exciting journey for our young people as they transition into young men and women.
Today鈥檚 Faction Swimming Carnival was a great success enjoyed by all. Students took part in their races with great enthusiasm, and it was great to see so many excellent displays of not only sports ability, but more importantly, sportsmanship too. While all students did a great job on the day taking part and listening to their teachers, we would especially like to highlight the efforts of our student leaders and the Year 6 cohort for the positive way they led their factions throughout the day. We are also very grateful to those families who were able to attend and follow the COVID guidelines in place to keep our event as safe as possible.
A big congratulations goes to Knox faction who were our Shield winners on the day. They proved themselves the dominant force in the pool, while Brigid faction were great in taking out the Spirit Award.
Thank you to Mrs. Tasha Richards, Physical Education Teacher for all of her efforts in the lead up to the carnival. There were many late nights and early mornings spent putting this day together for us all and we are so grateful to have her as part of our staff.
Our record breakers, Age Champions and Runner-ups will be presented with their awards at next Friday鈥檚 Assembly and published in the next edition of the newsletter.
It has been so lovely to see the positive way that our students have re-engaged with their learning this year. Teachers across the campus have been undertaking assessments in the areas of literacy and numeracy, which will enable them to ensure that their teaching and learning programs are targeted and specific to each student’s needs.
Last week听we gathered听as听a campus to celebrate听Ash Wednesday. The Liturgy was prepared and听led by our Year 2 students. This听was a lovely start to听Lent,听and听I thank our Year 2 Teachers and the students for their work in preparing for this celebration.听Thank you to all families who听donated听a gold coin towards our听Shrove Tuesday听(Pancake Tuesday)听fundraiser, which launched off our听school鈥檚听Caritas Project Compassion appeal.
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Thank you to Year 1 Green for the engaging assembly that they performed this morning. The joy and excitement on the students’ faces was evident and was a lovely first assembly for 2021.
Congratulations to all our听鈥淐elebrate鈥澨齅erit Award winners for their听excellent听achievements.
Thank you to the families who attended our Parent Information Evening. If you were unable to attend, all听the听information听that was听delivered on the night is now available to access via听the听Seesaw听platform.
We extend an invitation to all families to join us on Friday mornings for our Family Fun Friday activities. Children can participate in a range of activities, whilst parents enjoy a cup of coffee from the coffee van.
秀秀直播 is looking forward to welcoming Australia鈥檚 leading provider of cyber safety education, ySafe to 秀秀直播 Parents this term. This practical, strategy-rich session will cover the most important points that all families need to know regarding online safety, covering key information about social media and gaming, screen time recommendations and step-by-step instructions on how to set up a cyber safe home for kids of all ages.
When: Monday 22 March 2021, 7.00pm
Where: 秀秀直播, Marist Auditorium
To register for this free session please click here.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Welcome to another busy week听at听秀秀直播.听The听Primary Swimming Carnival, Year 12 Retreat,听Parent听Information听Evenings,听Year 7听Retreat,听and the start of NAS听inter-school听sporting听competitions听were just some of the activities that depict the thriving and flourishing nature of the 秀秀直播 Community.
Thank you to our 秀秀直播 families and staff members for your support and participation in the Parent and Student Information Evenings for 2021. The Kindergarten to Year 7 presentation evenings occurred face to face in our classrooms and Marist Auditorium, and included the option of a student-led tour of our fabulous new St John Henry 秀秀直播 Learning Hub. The presentations were well attended. In 2021, our Years 8鈥�9 and 11鈥�12 Parent Information Evenings were conducted online and can be reviewed anytime at your convenience.
On Thursday 11 March, from 3.30pm 鈥� 8.00pm,听families with children in Years 7, 11 and 12 will be invited to meet with teachers to discuss the learning journey of their children.听听Years 8, 9 and 10 will have their Parent Teacher听Student听interviews on Thursday 29 April, also from 3.30pm 鈥� 8.00pm.
These听evenings present听a great opportunity for partnership and collaboration听between families and teachers.听听Appointments听can听be made through Parent Teacher Online听(PTO),听which will be opening shortly. Further听details听will be听shared听via听an听email from the College.
罢丑别鈥�OLNA鈥痠s an online literacy and numeracy assessment听linked to secondary school graduation. It is designed to enable students to successfully meet the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) requirement of demonstrating the minimum standard of literacy and numeracy.听Various听students in听Years 10,听11 and 12 will be undertaking the听OLNA听on听Tuesday 2 March.听Information will be sent听home听to those individuals who are impacted.
Homework Club runs every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,听and Thursday afternoon between 3.15pm and 5.00pm in the St John Henry 秀秀直播 Learning Hub.听The听Homework听Club is an afterschool resource available to all students听on the Marcellin Campus. Supervising teachers are available to assist students with听tutoring needs. There will also be a provision of weekly,听targeted听tutorials,听tailored to specific learning areas.听听Once finalised, a听roster听of these tutorials听will be shared with both students and parents.
Research shows that听small,听additional听periods听of purposeful study and deliberate practice have听a large impact on learning听over time.听If our students听understand the听concept听and听power of听enacting study and practice听rituals,听the motivation to听learn will be听heightened,听and听the听mastery听of听any听skill听(academic, physical, creative, relational social or emotional)听will听appear more achievable.
Ms Jordan Day-Perkins is our Homework Club听Supervisor. For any questions, concerns or suggestions please contact her听via听email at听jordan.dayperkins@newman.wa.edu.au
On Tuesday 2 March, 20听creative and inspired听staff听members听will commence听their听2021听journey听on听the听IDEAs working party. 秀秀直播 has partnered with听academics from听the University of Southern Queensland to听form听this IDEAs group.听The participants will听undergo a process that enables ideas to听be听discovered, shaped, prioritised and acted upon,听which听in turn听shapes听our听College听culture听and moves us forward as an organisation. This year,听the group will focus on the power of technology as an accelerator and will also examine听how we connect our pedagogy, resources,听and school-wide practice with our new and evolving听learning听spaces.
The College extends complimentary membership to Dr Justin Coulson鈥檚 Happy Families online resource to our entire school community.
Dr Coulson is one of Australia鈥檚 most respected and popular Positive Psychology & relationships speaker, facilitator, author, and researcher particularly in family life).
Happy Families membership has an extensive library听of resources to offer calm assurance, vision, direction and parenting solutions.
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Parents and carers are reminded that听all communication between the child and home needs to come through Administration once the child has arrived at the College.听Administration staff can facilitate a phone call or relay any messages and information. Students should not be contacting parents during the day, especially if they are unwell or wanting to leave the College.听 Primary parents must not use messaging functions via the iPad to communicate with their children. This disrupts their learning and does not reflect responsible management of student devices during school time. Thank you for supporting the College in this manner.
A reminder to all families that the Code of Conduct can be accessed via the College website. The Code is mandated by Catholic Education Western Australia and the application of the code extends to all staff, students, parents, guardians, caregivers and volunteers.
The Code seeks to value the dignity of every person, foster positive relationships, ensure听confidentiality and accountability and supports professional boundaries. Events held during school hours, and听those听College associated听events outside of school hours are also supported by the Code of Conduct. Additionally, postings on social media platforms that identify听the College听or College events are bound by the Code of Conduct.
Any perceived breaches of the Code can be discussed with a member of the Senior Leadership Team. We thank you in advance for your understanding and look forward to a positive partnership that supports our students, your children.
