Last Friday delighted us with an assembly dedicated to dogs and all we can learn from them. We were reminded that dogs embody many of our Marist characteristics. My apologies to those whose child came home with a long list of reasons as to why they should get a dog. Ironically, last Friday was also International Cats Day, so a special mention to all of the cats in our community.
Catholic Performing Arts 鈥揇ance Troupes
On Wednesday night, I had the great pleasure of attending the Catholic Performing Arts 鈥� Dance Creative at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre to watch our magnificent Primary dance troupes Genesis (Years 1 and 2) and Ascend (Years 5 and 6). Congratulations for a wonderful performance. A special thank you to our very talented teachers, Ms Kathy La Brooy and Mrs Samantha Wynne for their tireless work in preparing the girls for the stage.
Lavalla Carpark
We have been working hard to ensure the smooth flow of traffic at school pick up. I wish to thank you all for embracing our Marist characteristics, allowing everyone to exit the carpark in a timely manner. To support this, I request:
PK and Kindy parents promptly collect their child at 2.45pm and vacate the carpark promptly prior to the rush.
Year 3-6 families arrive at Kiss n Ride at 3.10pm, allowing our junior primary students to pick up first. I understand that this is not always possible if you have children across different year groups.
You ensure your surname is easily visible on your dashboard or car visor, allowing duty staff to prepare your child for pick up.
If the Kiss n Ride lane is full, please loop around where you will be given priority to re-enter the queue. Please DO NOT block cars wanting to enter the carpark in waiting to enter the Kiss n Ride lane. There have been times where cars have been backed up to Empire Ave due to this.
PP to Year 6 Disco
Get your dancing shoes ready! Our School Disco will be held on Friday 19th September.
Pre-Primary to Year 2: 4:00pm 鈥� 5:00pm
Year 3 to Year 6: 5:15pm 鈥� 6:30pm
To purchase your tickets just .
Book Week Parade
Our book week dress up and parade will be held on Tuesday 19th August in the undercover basketball courts.
8:50am: PP, Y2, Y4, Y6.
9:50am: Kindy, Y1, Y3, Y5.
Athletics Carnival
The PP-6 Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 12th September. More information is coming soon.
Student Illness
As we travel through the middle of the winter months, it is important to remind families of the importance of keeping children home if they display symptoms of being unwell. Illness spreads quickly amongst primary students, so we ask that if your child is sick that you do not send them to school. Please keep them home until symptoms clear, to avoid passing on sicknesses to other students and staff. This is particularly important for vulnerable members of our community. Students that present to school with symptoms of being unwell will be sent home. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Our Guild Athletics Carnival took place on Thursday 7 August. The weather was perfect and the students displayed great enthusiasm, healthy competition, and strong participation throughout the day. Our Year 12 students set the tone for the day as they opened the carnival with a costume parade, the traditional Year 12 200m race and led the inaugural Guild Battle. MacKillop Guild took out both the Guild Spirit and Guild Battle awards.
Congratulations to Marcellin Guild who won the overall Athletics Carnival! Marcellin Guild have won all three major carnivals in 2025!
Thank you to the PE Team, the Guild Coordinators and staff for making the day a success. We look forward to acknowledging individual achievements at an assembly in Week 7.
High Achievers Assembly:
On Monday 4 August we celebrated the Year 7 鈥� 12 Semester One High Achievers Assembly. We are proud to acknowledge our high-achieving students whose dedication, perseverance, and passion for learning have led to outstanding results. Their achievements throughout Semester One are a credit to their hard work, the support of their families, and the encouragement of our College community. Families of the High Achievers were invited to share in a morning tea with their children and staff. Congratulations to all students who were acknowledged.
Mrs Carla Pastorelli
DEPUTY PRINCIPAL SECONDARY
Pathways and Careers Information:听Year 10听
Subject selection for Year 11, 2026
Thank you to all the students and families who have now completed their subject requests for Year 11, 2026. The College is now in the process of constructing the timetable for next year, and after this process students and families will be advised of their allocated subjects for Year 11.
Apprenticeship Opportunities 2025
The March 2025 edition of the Apprenticeship Intake Guide has been published recently. This has details of dozens of apprenticeship opportunities with many major employers. You can access it here:
Pathways and Careers Information:听Year 11听
Re-selecting subjects for Year 12, 2026
Thank you to all the students and families who have now completed their subject requests for Year 12, 2026. The College is now in the process of constructing the timetable for next year, and after this process students and families will be advised of their allocated subjects for Year 12.
For students thinking of attending University
TISC has a series of videos explaining things like ATAR calculation, prerequisite subjects, scaling, and preferences. You can find them here: 听
Here is a parents guide to University: 听
And here is the 鈥淔irst in Family鈥� resource, for students who might be the first in their family to attend University: 听
Are you thinking of attending a University Open Day? Dates are below. This blog might help you: 听听
Apprenticeship Opportunities 2025
The March 2025 edition of the Apprenticeship Intake Guide has been published recently. This has details of dozens of apprenticeship opportunities with many major employers. You can access it here:
Pathways and Careers Information:听Year 12听
University Early Offer information
Please see below for the latest available Early Offer information.
Early Offers are now open, and all Year 12 students have been provided with information about how to access the TISC system and enter preferences.
Students and families can find this information here:
Curtin University
Early Offers are available for ATAR and non-ATAR students. Must achieve WACE and meet any prerequisites. Submit your application via TISC, putting your Curtin Early Offer course as your first preference. Full information and list of eligible courses at:
Edith Cowan University
Full information and list of eligible courses at: Open to ATAR, Certificate IV, and UniReady students. Submit your Early Offer application by placing an eligible ECU course as your first TISC preference. First offers released to students on 2 September 2025.
Murdoch University
Must achieve WACE and meet any prerequisites. Early Offers for Certificate IV and UniReady/UniPath students will be conditional on passing. Submit your application via TISC, putting your desired Murdoch Early Offer course as your first preference.
Notre Dame University
Full information and list of eligible courses at: Opens 1 May 2025. First offers released to students on 1 September 2025. Apply via the Notre Dame online portal or via TISC. Open to ATAR Pathway students only. All offers are conditional offers.
University of WA
Submit your application via TISC, putting your desired UWA Early Offer course as your first preference. Open to ATAR Pathway students only. Students can apply for an Early Offer for all degrees excluding Assured Pathways to Medicine, Dental Medicine, Podiatric Medicine or the Bachelor of Biomedicine (specialised). Students must satisfy UWA鈥檚 English requirements and any subject prerequisite requirements. Further information at:
University information
TISC has a series of videos explaining things like ATAR calculation, prerequisite subjects, scaling, and preferences. You can find them here: 听
Are you the first person in your family to attend University? This might assist: 听
Here are some useful tools to prepare students for the transition to University: 听听
Here is a parents guide to University: 听
This resource is a place where you can ask current University students questions about their University courses:听 听听
University scholarships
Curtin University
Edith Cowan University (ECU)
Murdoch University
Notre Dame University
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Christian Leaders Scholarship
Gap year information
Students interested in taking a gap year in 2026 might find the following interesting:
Defence Force Gap Year: 听
Other gap year ideas: 听
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Also this Marist volunteering opportunity: 听
Apprenticeship Opportunities 2025
The March 2025 edition of the Apprenticeship Intake Guide has been published recently. This has details of dozens of apprenticeship opportunities with many major employers. You can access it here:
UPCOMING CAREERS EVENTS
EVENT
DATE
LINK
Defence Force Careers Information Session
21 August
Army Reserve Information Session
26 August
Nursing Information Evening (Murdoch)
27 August
Defence Force Engineering Careers Information Session
28 August
Science and Maths Information Evening (ECU)
28 August
Health and Education Information Evening (Murdoch)
2 September
Computing and Cybersecurity Information Evening (ECU)
2 September
Science, IT, Engineering Information Evening (Murdoch)
3 September
Defence Force: Combat and Security Information Session
3 September
Business and Law Information Evening (Murdoch)
4 September
Curtin Degree Expo
4 September
Engineering Information Evening (ECU)
5 September
Nursing and Midwifery Information Evening (ECU)
5 September
Teacher Education Information Evening (ECU)
9 September
Defence Force Careers Information Session
9 September
Business and Law Information Evening (ECU)
10 September
Army Careers Information Session
11 September
Defence Force: Special Forces Information Session
16 September
Medical and Health Information Evening (ECU)
17 September
Future Student Information Evening (ECU)
19 November
Army Reserve Information Session
23 September
Defence Force: Officer and Management Information Session
25 September
Entry pathways to Medicine (Notre Dame)
30 September
If you are thinking of attending a University Open Day, this blog might help you get the most out of it:
Welcome back to Term 3! A great occasion as our PK to Year 2 students, staff and parents moved over to the Lavalla campus on the first day of this term. Thank you to all staff for the work they achieved over the break to have everything ready and running for our students. I also thank parents for their support of the move. So many families commented on the facilities and the warmth of the welcome. New students and families started their 秀秀直播 journey this term and I hope they are feeling settled and a part of the Family Spirit.
Emil and The Detectives plus Catholic Performing Arts Festival
Congratulations to the Arts team, Marist Auditorium team and the talented students who performed Emil and the Detectives on Thursday. Their last performance is tonight, Friday. The opening performance was fantastic and showcased the further development of the Arts at 秀秀直播.
We are in the season of the Catholic Performing Arts Festival and Over 400 students are performing from our College over the next 6 weeks. Best of luck to our orchestras, ensembles, soloists, artists, dancers and actors. Following the Catholic Performing Arts season, we will host fellow Marist School, Sacred Heart College, Adelaide, for the Marist Music Exchange. What a great term to celebrate everything to do with our Arts and then lead into Term 4 events with Arts Week and the Dance Showcase, Art Exhibition and the final Music Night.
Celebrating Academic Success
On the Marcellin Campus (Secondary), we will be holding our first Celebration Assembly for Term 3. This assembly focuses on Semester 1 academic high achievement and sits with the beginning of Year Academic Assembly and end of Year Awards Night, as the most prestigious of academic celebrations in the College. We are really looking forward to recognising this achievement alongside the students鈥� parents who have been invited to the event.
Planting for the Future
Today, a group of Year 6 and Year 12 Student Leaders planted over 200 native plants and trees on the Tuscany Way embankment. This is the next stage of the planting program that began in 2023, and we thank the City of Stirling for the donation of such important plants and trees to support corridors of green for native animal habitats. In a few weeks, staff will also be planting another 300 plants as a part of their service program.
100 Days of School
What a great delight to visit Pre-Primary on Thursday to celebrate the fun of 100 days at school. We all enjoyed dressing up like Centenarians to celebrate their 100th day. Pre-Primary students kindly reminded me that I was closer to 100 than them, as I paraded my 鈥榓ged鈥� attire. A great laugh with the students and staff!
秀秀直播 Hearts Winter Edition
The second edition of 秀秀直播 Hearts has been distributed electronically to families and the community. This publication is growing and doing a great job of providing more stories and photos of the great engagement of 秀秀直播 students and alumni. I hope you enjoy the read.
Your Support
We have significant College events coming up in the weeks ahead. Assumption Day Mass and Fete, Marcellin (Secondary) Guild Athletics Carnival and Lavalla (Primary) Athletics Carnival. While I do not really need to remind primary students that they need to attend these events, I do have to remind secondary students that these are compulsory days to attend (excluding those Year 11-12 students who are required at TAFE for these days). With a few weeks to go before the events, I ask you to discuss at home the compulsory nature of such days. Thank you in advance.
Wishing all 秀秀直播 Families a great fortnight ahead.
Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of joining Ms La Brooy, Leader of Learning 鈥� The Arts, and a group of students at the Opening Mass for the 2025 Performing Arts Festival, held at St Mary鈥檚 Cathedral. This Mass marks the beginning of a vibrant celebration of the arts within Catholic education.
Now in its 36th year, the Performing Arts Festival brings together more than 20,000 students from 162 Catholic schools across Western Australia. The Festival runs from 25 July to 5 September, with a wide variety of live and recorded performances taking place across multiple venues. We are excited to be hosting the Final Concert on Tuesday 16 September in our Marist Auditorium.
The Performing Arts Festival is a significant event in our College calendar, showcasing the creativity, talent and dedication of our students and staff. We look forward to seeing many of our students participate again this year.
Assumption Day Mass and Fete
Friday 15 August marks the Feast Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This is also the patronal feast of the Institute of the Marist Brothers.
Our College community will celebrate Assumption Day with Mass, followed by Fete Day activities. Attendance on this day is compulsory for all students.
The Assumption Day Fete will raise funds for Australian Marist Solidarity (AMS). AMS is the international agency for aid and development work of the Marist Province of Australia throughout Asia and the Pacific Islands. All funds raised go towards supporting the projects of AMS, including the organisations our Year 11 Philippines Immersion students will visit later this year. Families can learn more about the work of Australian Marist Solidarity online:
Further information regarding the day will be provided to families in due course.
We look forward to our students joining with the Marist Brothers Community and Marists in celebration this special Feast Day.
Lavalla Carpark
As many of you know, we have been working to ensure a safe, smooth and efficient drop-off and pick-up experience for families. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and patience as we continue to refine this process.
We are still assessing whether the current left-turn only exit from the Lavalla carpark is effectively improving traffic flow, especially in the afternoons. To assist with this, we will trial allowing right turns from the carpark next week. During this period, we will closely monitor the impact on both safety and traffic movement.
Based on our observations, we will make a more permanent decision about exit directions by the end of the week.
Child Safeguarding
All children and young people who come to 秀秀直播 have the right to feel and be safe. We are committed to providing a child-safe and child-friendly environment, one where they are protected, feel secure, and are empowered to actively participate in decisions that affect their lives.
The College places the highest importance on its child safeguarding responsibilities and is committed to providing the resources needed to uphold a child-safe culture and comply with all relevant child protection laws and regulations.
We have recently displayed posters in both the Marcellin and Primary reception areas to reaffirm our commitment to Child Safeguarding. These posters also include links to the College鈥檚 Child Safeguarding resources. All our information and policies concerning Child Safeguarding can be found here.
We鈥檝e had a fantastic start to our first two weeks as a united Pre-Kindy to Year 6 Primary Campus. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all staff for their tireless efforts over the school holidays in preparing the classrooms to warmly welcome our youngest students.
It has been a joy to see students proudly showing their parents around their new learning spaces. The excitement and energy across the campus have been palpable, with students thoroughly enjoying their new classrooms and playgrounds.
4 GreenAssembly
Today, 4 Green took us on a Star Wars inspired journey through the galaxy, reminding us of the power of choosing the path of good and showing how setbacks can strengthen us and sometimes turn out even better than we imagined.
A big thank you to the students and teachers of 4 Green for their creativity, energy, and meaningful message.
6 GreenAssembly
Last week, 6 Green led our first assembly of the term with the theme centred on recognising the unique gifts and talents that God has given each of us. They reminded us that God calls us to use these gifts in positive ways to support and uplift others, helping us grow as good Christians and good citizens. Well done to 6 Green for starting the term with such a thoughtful and inspiring message.
Lavalla Carpark
We have been working hard to ensure the smooth flow of traffic at school pick up. I wish to thank you all for embracing our Marist characteristics, allowing everyone to exit the carpark in a timely manner. To support this, I request:
PK and Kindy parents promptly collect their child at 2.45pm and vacate the carpark promptly prior to the rush.
Year 3-6 families arrive at Kiss n Ride at 3.10pm, allowing our junior primary students to pick up first. I understand that this is not always possible if you have children across different year groups.
You ensure your surname is easily visible on your dashboard or car visor, allowing duty staff to prepare your child for pick up.
As per my correspondence last week, we will be trialling right hand turns onto Empire Ave from week 3. I will update you on how this goes. Thank you again for your patience and cooperation over the past two weeks.
Child Safety
We have had some instances of older siblings dropping off Pre-Primary students to class. A friendly reminder to please ensure that an adult drops off Pre-Primary students. We have also had some instances of students waiting in the auditorium for sport practice after school for up to 90 minutes without any supervision. We are blessed at 秀秀直播 to have OSH Club before and after school, fees may be eligible for government rebates .
Homework Club
Homework Club for years 3-6 is up and running for Term Two, taking place every Tuesday from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm in the 3鈥�6 Building (Ground Floor).
To ensure the safety and accountability of all students:
Teachers will sign in students upon their arrival.
Parents or guardians are required to present themselves to sign their child out at the conclusion of the session.
If you wish for your child to be dismissed without parent collection, please inform us by emailing primary.admin@newman.wa.edu.au no later than the Friday prior to the Homework Club session.
We kindly ask that all students are collected promptly at 4:30 pm to ensure staff can conclude the session on time.
Primary students are NOT permitted to attend secondary Homework Club in the JHN Learning Hub.
We appreciate your cooperation in maintaining a secure and supportive environment for our students.
PP to Year 6 Disco- Save the Date
Get your dancing shoes ready! Our School Disco will be held on Friday 19th September.
Pre-Primary to Year 2: 4:00pm 鈥� 5:00pm
Year 3 to Year 6: 5:15pm 鈥� 6:30pm
Stay tuned for more details and the booking link coming soon!
Book Week Parade
Our book week dress up and parade will be held on Tuesday 19th August in the undercover basketball courts.
