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40 Ovens Rd, THORNLIE 6108 Phone: 9251 3000 Fax: 9251 3090 Email: admin@shthorn.wa.edu.au Website: www.shthorn.wa.edu.au

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7 March 2018

PROJECT COMPASSION

Fourth Week of Lent

Evangeline is strengthening Aboriginal culture while making a living and creating opportunities for her community. Featured in Project Compassion during 2016, Evangeline went from seeking employment to being a Senior Artsworker and an inspirational leader for youth. Her work at the non-profit Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation has supported the organisation’s growth and it is now a major employer for young people in the remote Northern Territory community.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2018 and help provide employment and training for First Australians, allowing them to remain on country and keep their culture alive; essential for a just future.

A Just Future starts with your support! You can donate through Project Compassion box-

es/envelopes, visit www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion or phone 1800 024 413.

Year 6 Leaders Day and Leadership Camp

This Friday, our Year 6 student leaders of the school will attend the Halogen National Young Leader’s Day at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre along with young leaders from oth-er schools in WA. Last year over 23,000 students attended this day. These children have been chosen by the school community as they have displayed leadership qualities over the past few years and will have the opportunity to develop further skills on this day. On Monday to Wednesday of next week, the Year 6 classes will leave for their Leadership Camp at Woodman Point where they will spend quality time together and with their teachers. Throughout the camp, the students will be given plenty of opportunities to step outside their comfort zone and take safe and considered risks, developing their resilience and having lots of fun while they are at it! The students will be involved in activities such as raft building, flying fox, archery and a vertical challenge.

Why is developing leadership qualities so important?

In the future, our children will be working in a very different environment. They will be em-ployed in jobs not yet created and it will be their people skills and creativity that will get them through life successfully. In order for this to take place, opportunities to practice being leaders in different situations are valuable. The following list of qualities can be encouraged both at home and at school. Leaders know how to stay authentic to themselves in difficult situations. When faced

with a challenge, they stay true to their values and are unwavering to fads and peer pres-sure.

Leaders are good communicators and open to listening to opinions taking into considera-

tion all parties involved. They foster creativity and are able to work in a collaborative en-vironment. They can work in a team to solve challenges and changing situations.

A successful leader knows when to step up and take charge and when to support from within the group. They know how to delegate as well as to work within the group and are willing to go above and beyond when appropriate.

Leaders learn from mistakes and take these lessons to improve future situations. Leaders are prepared for the worst to happen, they take responsibility for the outcome and stay optimistic.

Leaders are lifelong learners. They search for ways to continue developing their leadership and commu-nication skills.

Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum At the end of last year and the beginning of this school year, all staff were trained in the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum. As a school, it is our staff’s responsibility to educate our students about abuse and ways to protect themselves in their environment. The curriculum begins from Kindy and continues till children are in Year 12. The curriculum teaches young people about respectful relationships All children and young people have a right to: be treated with respect and to be protected from harm be asked for their opinions about things that affect their lives and to be listened to feel and be safe in their interactions with adults and other children and young people understand as early as possible what is meant by 'feeling and being safe'. The curriculum follows two main themes: We all have the right to be safe We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we trust. The two themes are explored through four focus areas: the right to be safe relationships recognising and reporting abuse protective strategies. So, how can you, as a parent, support the Child Protection Curriculum? The following suggestions are from the focus area RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE.

Talk about different emotions and feelings, when you experience them and how to express them appropri-ately

Identify with your child safe and unsafe situations – use stories, movies and real situations to highlight your point

Mention when you get Early Warning Signs in different situations – butterflies in your stomach, sweaty palms, dry mouth, heart racing fast, shivering, etc. This could occur in a range of situations and are usually different for different people

Talk about what you do when you experience Early Warning Signs. Sometimes taking deep breathes, re-moving yourself from a situation and/or talking with someone helps.

Identify different kinds of emergencies – what they look like and sound like, and then what to do if one oc-curs.

Assistant Principal

CAN YOU HELP OUR KINDERGARTEN???

If you have any MATCHBOX or mini cars that you no longer need, Kindy would be very happy to receive them. Thank you .

We are now accepting enrolments for

Kindergarten 2019

If your child was born between

1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015

they will start Kindergarten at the beginning of 2019. Enrolment forms can be obtained from the school office and must be lodged with us as soon as possible. Interviews will commence early in Term Two 2018.

THE CARITAS PROJECT COMPASSION WALK 2018

This annual Sacred Heart event is taking place this year on

Friday 23 March at 9.20am. Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be

walking the usual 5km.

The walk is an effective way of raising vital and significant

funds for Project Compassion and for Sister Margie in East Ti-

mor.

Last year the Sacred Heart School community managed to

raise over $7,000. This was due to:

Our families finding sponsors,

Our students completing the walk

And finally, families and students collecting all funds before Term One ended!

Sponsor cards go home this week. On the back of the card you will find useful information about the walk.

PARENT HELP: We need volunteer parents to guard our school entrances and road ways (Vital job!) as well

as to sign sponsor cards every time the students complete a 1km lap. It’s an enjoyable morning so, if you’re

free, we would love to have you ‘on board’.

Please notify your child’s teacher if you can help. ‘First to volunteer’ basis will apply. Many thanks.

Mr Milne (On behalf of the Teachers of Years 3 to 6)

PLEASE NOTE NEW HOURS FOR THE UNIFORM SHOP

Uniform Shop opening hours will be:

Tuesday 8.00-9.00am

Thursday 8.00-9.00am

Friday 2.30-4.00pm

LENTEN MESSAGE

We all make grand plans for a complete mind, body and spiritual reboot

for Lent but often things don’t go to plan!! If there was one things to

pick as a Lent ‘must-do’ it’s this:

Take yourself to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Even if your don’t keep your meat-free Fridays, or successfully give up

chocolate, or your family or personal prayer commitments epically fail.

Fifteen minutes in the Sacrament of Reconciliation is more than enough to make a difference to your spiritual

well-being during Lent.

Preparing for Reconciliation is a must. A simple five minutes to slow down and reflect is all you need to make

this sacrament meaningful and significant. One of the most useful tools to help you prepare is an Examination

of Conscience. Catholics are encouraged to examine their conscience everyday and offer a prayer of sorrow.

Having an examination on hand is useful not only for your personal prayer, but the Sacrament of Reconcilia-

tion, whether you go twice a year or twice a week!

2nd Rite of Reconciliation in our Church tonight at 7.00pm with 10 Visiting priests.

SPORT NEWS

2018 House Swimming Carnival Results

Last Thursday was the House Swimming Carnival at Aqualife Aquatic Centre. God blessed us with a beautiful day filled with sunshine. Well done to all the students who challenged themselves whether that be to swim 25m, 50m or just enter into the novelty events. It was great to hear all the cheering in the bays especially in Wright which was wonderfully lead by their captain Amy Therkelsen.

It was great to see so many parents come to support on the day. A massive thank you to the parents who vol-unteered their time whether it be timing, judging or helping to pack away and set up the tents it was greatly appreciated. Especially for those judging as it was rather hot in the sun all day. Your efforts were outstanding.

The Interschool squad information is on the board outside the Library and the squad has already started train-ing. The results of the day are as outlined:

Murphy 706

Maguire 646

Wright 631

Welch 629

Year Level Name

4 Champion Boy Chad Giles

Runner up Toby Tryhorn

4 Champion Girl Elizabeth Brosztl

Runner up Isobelle French

5 Champion Boy Chase Guest

Runner up Vicario Gracias

5 Champion Girl Emily Smith

Runner up Jessica Aim

6 Champion Boy Rory Welch

Runner up Oscar Seroney

6 Champion Girl Angelina Smith

Runner up Ashlee Balazs

Butterfly Champ - Boy Rory Welch

Runner up Dylan Rosewell

Butterfly Champ - Girl Angelina Smith

Runner up Maygen Brosztl

100m Boy Rory Welch

Runner up Dylan Rosewell

100m Girl Angelina Smith

Runner up Maygen Brosztl

NEXT P & F MEETING

Monday 26 March at 6.30pm

Everyone is welcome and we would love to see some new members.

Coles Sports for Schools Program Thank you so much for collecting the vouchers and placing them in the school’s box at COLES FOREST LAKES or in the school office. If we could make one simple request—it would be that any vouchers being dropped off in the box in the school office be individually cut up. That would be a great fun task for the children to do (with supervision) and would help a great deal in collating them each week. Thank you very much for your co-operation and support with this program.

Hot Cross Bun Fundraiser & Whole School

Easter Egg Raffle

This year we will be running a Hot Cross Bun Fund-

raiser with our local Baker’s Delight Store. Get your

family and friends together to purchase delicious Hot

Cross Buns with all varieties available to be ordered.

The order forms will be going home with the Eldest

Child today. Please return all order forms and

monies by Friday 16th March to the P&F Box in

the School Office.

For your Child/Children to gain an entry in the

Whole School Raffle, simply return the Order form

with at least one pack of Hot Cross Buns ordered

and complete their details on the Raffle Tickets

provided on the order form.

Please note, it is 1 ticket per child in each

family.

Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four

31 JANUARY

13 APRIL

1 MAY

27 JUNE

18 JULY

21 SEPTEMBER

8 OCTOBER

TBC DECEMBER

School Hours: Mon - Fri 8.30am to 2.45pm

Office Hours: Mon - Fri 8.00am to 4.00pm

APPOINTMENTS

Parents are reminded to contact the office in order

to set up an appointment with staff members.

Principal: By appointment only.

Loreto Child Care Centre: 9251 3014

Outside School Hours Care: 9251 3015

0417 091 296

PARISH TIMETABLE WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil 6.00pm Sunday 8.00am and 10.00am WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 8.45am Wednesday 8.45am Parish or School Mass Saturday—8.45am RECONCILIATION Sat 5.00-5.30pm before Mass or anytime by Appointment. PH: 9459 4459 Website: www.thornlie.perthcatholic.org.au

Monday S. WEALE

Tuesday CLOSED CLOSED

Wednesday A . POWE

Thursday N. MORABITO A. LADYMAN

Friday F. WALKER

TERM DATES 2018—STUDENTS

CANTEEN ROSTER

12-16 MARCH 2018

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

TERM TIME ONLY

If you are unable to come at these times please complete a uni-form order form availa-ble from the Office, pay for it and your orders will be filled and deliv-ered to your child’s class.

COMMBANK SCHOOL BANKING

EVERY WEDNESDAY

RECYCLE YOUR USED BATTERIES INTO THE

BATTERY RECYCLING BIN OUTSIDE

THE OFFICE MONDAY—FRIDAY

ABSENTEES/SICKNESS In order for the school to reconcile attend-ance it is a requirement that a message is left on the Absentee Line

9251 3005 as emails to teachers are often not opened at the start of the day. Your co-operation in this regard is appreciated

Monday CLOSED

Tuesday 8.00am to

9.00am

Wednesday CLOSED

Thursday 8.00—9.00 am

Friday 2.30– 4.00pm

MAGUIRE 38

MURPHY 46

WELCH 25

WRIGHT 31

YR 1 JORDANO SORGIOVANNI-LUCAS KIRIN-ZOE FRAN-CIS-RYANTANGEY

YR2 TYLER CHANCE-JAYCE CORPUS-FLYNN GEDDES-

ADDISON FOX

YR3 SIENNA DRAYTON-WITTY-RISHI GUNJALLI-LAUREN

DAVIS-COOPER VENABLES

YR4 BLAIK BRISSETT-KAI GRIGGS-SEREEN RAFIDI-

ISOBELLE FRENCH

YR5 DAKOTA DE WIND– LOCHLAN DUFFY-EVA

MCAULIFFE

YR6 MICA BALDUCCI-WOOJIN SONG-CHEYENNE

CALUGAY-JONATHAN JUDE

GOING HOME THIS WEEK

7 March 2018

TUESDAY POP-UP LUNCH

ORDER FORM

CLOSES FRIDAY 11AM

K-6

FOOTBALL NOTES K-6

will be processed within thnext 2

weeks. If you have a relevant Health Care Card in

parent/child’s name, or Pensioner Concession Card

please make sure that a copy is given in at the of-

fice and a form completed ASAP to get discounted

If unsure whether you have already done this,