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Good Shepherd Catholic School
Phone: 6278 9500 Email: [email protected] Website: web.gsl.wa.edu.au
26 June 2020 Vision Statement: Good Shepherd Catholic School is an inclusive community growing together in faith by living our Catholic values and beliefs. We are guided by catholic Gospel teachings of Jesus Christ, in partnership with parents, caregivers, parish and the wider community. Our school is dedicated to fostering life-long learning through educational excellence encapsulating the spiritual, cognitive, emotional, social and physical development of the child.
Principal’s Message
Dear Parents and Caregivers of Good Shepherd Catholic School It is hard to believe that we are only a week away from the end of semester one. I am sure I am telling you nothing that you already don’t know when I say that this first semester has been one like no other. COVID-19 has changed the way that we do things with the potential for this to continue. On Monday of this week the Premier announced that as of Saturday 27th June, we will enter Phase 4 of the road map to recovery. We are still waiting for confirmation of what this means at a school level and I was hoping that Catholic Education WA will have provided that information however, this has not been the case. Therefore, until I can inform families of what changes will be made, we will continue with our current restrictions until further notice. I would like to thank all our families for their patience, understanding and cooperation during this time. On Monday of next week (29th July) you will have access to your child’s report (students from Pre-primary to Year 6). This report will be a little different to what is usually distributed at this time due to COVID-19 and the time that many of our students spent away from school. No child will receive an A-E grade in their report. They will receive an effort grade. Teachers will make comment on their achievements during this period. Parents who wish to discuss their child’s progress will be given an opportunity to do so in Week One of Term 3. Please contact your child’s classroom teacher to organise a mutually agreeable time. It is important that parents and caregivers make regular contact with their child’s teacher to ensure that they are fully aware of their progress. Thank you to the many parents and caregivers who follow our car park rules. Thank you to those who are courteous of other drivers and are aware of the rules of drive through and drive around the block, sometimes 3 times, without complaining. The staff that are on duty really appreciate this. There are still a minority of families who insist on not following rules which ultimately puts student lives in danger. We have a designated pedestrian crossing that is clearly signposted and is managed by a staff member both in the morning and afternoon. Despite this, we still have people crossing the drive through in unauthorised areas. Earlier this week we had a very close encounter whereby a child only just missed being hit by a car. This could have been a very nasty accident and those who witnessed it were very distressed. Please do not cross the driveway other than by the designated crossing because that is where drivers are expecting people to cross. Please do not park at the priest’s house because it is dangerous to cross the road there. Although some of these things can be inconvenient ultimately, they keep our children safe from harm. I would also remind you that if you need to get out of your car in the drop off/pickup zone, please park in a designated carpark bay. Thank you to all our families for your assistance and cooperation. Mark Powell Principal
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Person of The Week
This week’s Person of the Week winner is:
Chau Diep 6B
Chau, since your arrival at Good Shepherd, you have made every opportunity count, made wonderful friends and have worked diligently in all class learning areas. You always strive to do your best. You go out of your way to ensure your friends are happy and included. It’s the little things you do that makes everyone happy, Chau: your little drawings or origami pieces that you give to your classmates, or even to staff members which shows your compassionate side. You are encouraging, positive and courteous. Congratulations Chau, on achieving this week’s Spirit of Jesus award. You thoroughly deserve it. Congratulations!
Merit Awards This week’s Merit Certificate winners are:
School Values
Our Catholic Values underpin all of our 6 school values. This year our School is focusing on our school value…
Community We encourage strong partnerships with families to help foster children's development
Star Class
A big congratulations to Good Shepherd’s Star Class for this week which has been awarded and well earned by 4W. Congratulations to all the students for their efforts and well done to Miss Barbaro.
PPB Isabella Baptiste
PPW Lucy Airs & Nicholas Nguyen
1B Connor Chapman & Sehajpreet Kaur
1W Olivia Davies & Aurelia Fisher
2B Michael Nguyen
2W Charlotte Scobbie
3B Eamonn Catling
3W Keturah Rebero & Akira Phan
4B Annaliesse Mirchef & Harrison Thomas
4W Lincoln Charlesworth
5B Kelsey McFadden & Dominic Lewis
5W Amelia Murphy-Marsh & Rafael Villar
6B Katie Le
6W Daniel Le
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Birthday’s
The following celebrated a birthday over the holidays or this week
We wish them a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Mia Phan PPB Emily Woolcott PPB Wilson Nguyen KB Jayden Frane 1B Elijah McGrath 4W Harper-Roy Abrahams 4B Mrs Mellican
Faction Points
Maali House: 767 Foley House: 660 Francis House: 817 Noonan House: 732
Dates to Remember
Tuesday 30th June – Kindy Blue Special Cheeseburger Day
Term Dates 2020
Term 2 28 April – 3 July Term 3 20 July – 23 September
Term 4 13 October – 11 December
Science News
Towards the end of last year our school applied for funding for our new Science room. The project was to help furbish the old DOTT room to make it more suitable for a specialty Science area. The funding for the project was recommended to the Government by the Cowan LSCF advisory committee, chaired by Dr Anne Aly MP. The committee worked very hard in assessing and selecting the most competitive applications to recommend for funding – the amount of funding sought in Cowan was over three times the amount available, and accordingly the evaluation process was a very rigorous one. We are delighted to announce that the funding for our project has been approved! Our Science room now has brand new equipment for all areas of Science and STEM as well as much needed storage. We look forward to Dr Anne Aly MP visiting our school later this year to see how our funding has been used.
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Reporting – SEQTA Engage
Semester 1 Reports for Pre-Primary to Year 6 will be administered online through SEQTA Engage. To log into your account go to https://gsl.coneqtp.cathednet.wa.edu.au/enter your username and password. Our Good Shepherd home page
will appear and any existing reports for your child can be found in the ‘Reports’ Tab. Semester 1, 2020 Reports will be released on Monday of Week 10. Parents will receive notification when the Reports are released and can be viewed through SEQTA Engage. We strongly encourage parents to save a copy of their child’s reports or print them for future reference. Teachers will be available for Parent Interviews in Term 3 to discuss reports if required.
New SEQTA Accounts – Pre-Primary and New Families
Good Shepherd Reports for Pre-Primary to Year 6 are administered online through SEQTA Engage. In order to be able to access your child’s reports you must create an account with SEQTA Engage. All email addresses listed with the school will be sent a welcome email – as long as there is one account per family that is all that is required. For any new parents to the school you will need to follow the instructions below to create an account.
New SEQTA Accounts A welcome email has been sent to all the email address that are listed with each family on our schools data base. Please be sure to check junk mail folders in case it is delivered there and notify the school if you do not receive it. The welcome email was sent on Monday the 22nd of June.
Your welcome email includes a link to a website that looks like the following where you will be instructed to create an account. This will link directly with your child/ren. Please ensure you keep these details as you will need to sign in with them to access reports.
Sustainability – Eco Warriors Worm Whizz
For a gold coin donation, help yourself to a bottle of worm whizz.
The bottles are in the metal cupboard between the library and
school hall. Money raised goes towards the Year 6 selected charity
of choice for the term.
Facebook Page
Good Shepherd Lockridge has its own Facebook Page. Please
like our page and follow us as we begin to use this social
forum to update you on information and current events
happening within our wonderful school.
Search @GoodShepherdLockridge
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Parish News
www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/96u0333
Uniform Shop
Only online orders are available until further notice. Please download the Uniform order form from our website, fill in the items you require along with the sizes. (please see link below)
There are a few options available for processing payments: ▪ The updated Uniform Order Form has the option for you to fill in your credit
card details for orders to be processed by Mrs Aden. Simply fill in this form and send it to the office (via your child or email)
▪ Send the order form along with the correct money in an envelope marked UNIFORM SHOP to the office
▪ Email the order form and make payment over the phone. Please call the school office number during uniform shop hours and your call can be transferred to the Uniform Shop
All orders that have been received will be processed, packaged, and sent home at the earliest convenience with your child via their class teacher.
http://web.gsl.wa.edu.au/stewardship/school-uniform/
Uniform Shop Trading Hours Tuesday 8:15am – 9:15am
Friday 2:15pm – 3:15pm
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Canteen Recess orders will be accepted from all students in Kindy to Year 6 until further notice. We ask parents to write their order on an envelope and place the correct money to avoid handling change. The Canteen Menu for Terms 2 & 3 is available on our Website.
http://web.gsl.wa.edu.au/assets/Uploads/Canteen-Menu-2020-Winter-term-2-4.pdf
The P&F Page!
I LOVE MUM STALL
It was all big smiles this week when our children were selecting that special gift for their beloved Mum at the I Love Mum Stall.
With so much to choose from, it was an exciting day for our wonderful children and for this we thank Rebecca D’Andrea and Jessica Heketa who worked tirelessly in purchasing such a great variety of gifts.
To the volunteers who helped wrap all the gifts – Thank you! A special mention to Claudine Panaiia who donated her time in making all the colourful bows which adorned all the gifts, thank you very much.
Our special Mums, you are loved, admired, and very much appreciated for all you do, and we hope that you LOVE your gift!
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Camp Australia
So we can care for all students at your school, we do recommend families register an account with us and always book in advance. Why register? To attend our care, parents/guardians must register their child with us by completing an online
enrolment form via our parent portal. It’s very important that parents/guardians fill out all compulsory enrolment documentation for their child and notify us of any medical conditions, illnesses and other, to ensure the health and safety of all children in our care. Families can register for free at https://pp.campaustralia.com.au/account/register-contacts
Chisholm Learn to Swim Learn to Swim School is back up and running following the Covid-19 shut down. In the near future a number of programs will recommence operating out of the Indoor Heated Chisholm College pool:
• July Holiday Program - 2 week block Monday to Friday (10 sessions in the mornings). Commencing Monday July 6th ending Friday 17th of July (No sessions on the weekends)
• Term 3 Program - 9 weeks, attend once per week. Days planned Monday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon, Saturday morning. Commencing Saturday 25th July ending Wednesday 23rd September.
• Ongoing Swim Squads – Afternoon sessions on Tuesday/Thursday plus Saturday Mornings. Reasonable level of swimming ability required. Squads appropriate for 10 – 18 year olds.
More information is available here: https://www.chisholm.wa.edu.au/chisholm-swim-academy/ Phone: 9471 2257. Email: [email protected] Nic Italiano Director of Sport Chisholm Catholic College
La Salle Enrolments for Year 7, 2022
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Trinity College Open Day Trinity College warmly invites you to attend an Open Day for prospective students on Wednesday, 1 July 2020. Families are welcome to attend the 9:15am or 4:15pm session. Each session will include a welcome by the Principal, followed by student led tours of the College, concluding with light refreshments and a chance to chat with some of our teaching staff and admissions team. Bookings can be made at: https://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/enrolments/college-open-day/.
Aranmore Catholic College Open Day
Aranmore Catholic College is pleased to announce that interviews for Year 7, 2021 & 2022 have recommenced. Due to demand for places, we have added an extra class and as such, have spaces available for
next year. To apply for enrolment or to tour the College, please visit www.aranmore.wa.edu.au.
Community News Interested in playing Hockey! Eastern Blades Hockey Club is seeking junior players for the 2020 season. We are situated at Altone Park in Beechboro and train on Tuesdays 5:30 – 6:30 with games being held on Saturday mornings. Contact Nick Seddon Jnr Co-Ordinator (M) 0407989177 email [email protected]
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