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So what is the good news? 0% fee increase for 2021

Dear Parents I am writing to provide you with an important update for the 2021 school year. Firstly, I would like to sincerely thank you again for the contribution you make to your child’s education and our school community, through the fees you pay each year.

Decisions around school fees always consider accessibility and affordability, to ensure that all families who seek a Catholic education for their child can access one. As is the case in other Catholic schools, any fee increases at St Emilie’s are made within the limits set by our governing body, the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia (CECWA), with affordability in mind.

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the current recession, CECWA has decided that Catholic schools will not increase fees for 2021. This is a significant decision by our system leaders and the right one. We are also currently working closely with our outside providers to keep non-tuition costs such as camp, extracurricular opportunities, booklists and music lessons unchanged for 2021.

Many families have been, and may continue to be affected financially by the events of this year and by the state of the economy. This decision seeks to provide some certainty and support during such a challenging time. Here at St Emilie’s, we continue to guarantee the enrolment of your child, irrespective of your current financial position. In addition to our long-standing affordability measures, including family discounts and the Health Care Card Discount Scheme, the school continues to support families who are experiencing financial hardship. Please contact Mrs Gillian Norris and/or myself on 92569696, if you need to discuss your particular situation. Any arrangements made between parents and the school remains strictly confidential.

Fees are of course, an essential part of our school’s income, which, along with government education funding and the support available to our school as part of the Catholic Education Western Australia system, ensure that our school can continue to provide outstanding educational opportunities, excellent pastoral care and faith formation for our students.

We are extremely proud of our wonderful school and the way that in times of difficulty, staff, children and families rally together to support and care for each other. I sincerely thank every family in our school for your ongoing support and we look forward to continuing to provide your children with an excellent education that nurtures, challenges and supports them for school and for life.Yours sincerelyTania Thuijs, Principal

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Mission Day Footy Colours Intentional Parenting is ImportantOne of the big challenges we have as parents, is to continue raising children of integrity, who will ideally grow up to use their time, gifts, personalities and imaginations, to shape a safer and more just world where kindness, goodness and compassion are the daily currency. How we raise kids matters and family life matters.

Parenting is essentially a relationship that requires daily thought, self-sacrifice, love, wisdom, kindness, compassion and intentionality. Being intentional in how we raise our children is all about reflecting on what really matters in this life and the values we want our children to live by. A child’s character is grown over time through multiple experiences and the values and modelling they are exposed to. And yes, this all happens amidst the calm and chaos of family life. If COVID has taught us anything, hopefully it has caused us to rethink how we use our time and the precious gift that family is.Time is a precious resource and the seemingly small day-to-day decisions we make, directly shape the course of our lives. To be an intentional parent means recognizing that time spent with our children is precious and limited, and that there is a long-lasting impact to how we decide to use the time we have with them.

One of the best ways to intentionally demonstrate love to our children is by simply paying attention and listening to them. It sounds simple, but of course it requires us to be deliberate in how we use our time. Parents need to be especially purposeful in quieting the distractions of entertainment, news and social media. Taking the time to mute the TV, put the phone down, put the tablet away and give your undivided attention to your child is a clear sign that they come first, not technology. Likewise be brave as a parent - limit your child’s screen time, set boundaries and keep kids off social media!

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Mission Day Footy Colours Social Media isn’t for primary or middle school kids!1. Social media was not designed for them. A tween's underdeveloped frontal cortex can’t

manage the distraction nor the temptations that come with social media use. While you start

teaching responsible use of tech now, know that you will not be able to teach the maturity that

social media requires. Like trying to make clothes fit that are way too big, they will use social

media inappropriately until they are older and it fits them better.

2. Social media is an entertainment technology. It does not make your child smarter or more

prepared for real life or a future job; nor is it necessary for healthy social development. It is pure

entertainment attached to a marketing platform extracting bits and pieces of personal

information and preferences from your child every time they use it, not to mention hours of their

time and attention.

3. A child’s “more is better” mentality is a dangerous match for social media. Do they really

have 1,456 friends? Do they really need to be on it so many hours a day? Social media allows

(and encourages) them to overdo their friend connections like they tend to overdo other things

in their lives.

4. Social media is an addictive form of screen entertainment. And, like video game addiction,

early use can set up future addiction patterns and habits.

5. Social media replaces learning the hard social "work" of dealing face-to-face with peers,

a skill that they will need to practice to be successful in real life.

6. Social media can cause children to lose connection with family and instead view “friends”

as their foundation. Since the cognitive brain is still being formed, the need for your teen to be

attached to your family is just as important now as when they were younger. Make sure that

attachment is strong. While they need attachments to their friends, they need healthy family

attachment more.

7. Social media use represents lost potential for young teens. While one can argue that there

are certain benefits of social media for teens, the costs are very high during the teen years

when their brain development is operating at peak performance for learning new things. It is

easy for teens to waste too much of their time and too much of their brain in a digital world. We

know from many studies that it is nearly impossible for them to balance it all well.

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Want to Know More about the Carnivals in Wk 9?Please go to: http://web.stemiliescps.wa.edu.au/

Food/Drink Arrangements - House Carnivals

Year 1 and 2 House Carnival - Tuesday 15th Sep

A Coffee Van will be available from 8.00am - 10.00am on the school oval - for parents dropping children to school and for parents attending the Year 1-2 carnival.

A Subway lunch can be ordered for children Kindy - Year 2.These need to be ordered before Monday 14th September at 10am. Click here to order

Years 3- 6 House Carnival - Thursday 17th Sep

Subway lunch can be ordered for children Years 3-6. These need to be ordered before Wednesday 16th September at 10am. Click here to order

A P&F Sausage Sizzle will be available for parents - byo $$$Volunteers needed to assist with the roster please!Contact Rachel Davies - pandf@stemiliescps.wa.edu.auDue to the carnival orders, please note that on Friday 18th September

Subway will not be available to order.

School Fees

Have you been keeping in touch with us regarding your school fee payments? As you will be aware, a fee statement was sent home at the start of the school year. If you have not paid your school fees yet and would like the statement to be re-issued, please contact Gillian Norris 92569696.

Communication is everything. Please make sure that Gillian is being kept well-informed of how you are planning to meet your school fee commitment this year. If you are experiencing financial hardship, now is the time to be discussing a plan rather than leaving it until the end of the year. Thank you to those families who have been maintaining regular communication - this is really appreciated and highly valued.

Important DatesSaturday 12th September

Birthday of St Emilie de Vialar6.30pm First Eucharist Mass

Sunday 13th September9.30am First Eucharist Mass

3pm First Eucharist Mass5pm First Eucharist Mass

Week 9 Monday 14th September

Kindy Parent/Teacher Interviews--Week 2

Tuesday 15th September8.45am to 10.30am House

Athletics Carnival @ St Emilie’s-- Years 1 to 2

Wednesday 16th September8.45am P & F Meeting

Thursday 17th SeptemberHouse Athletics Carnival @ Ern

Clark-- Years 3 to 6Saturday 19th September6.30pm First Eucharist Mass

Sunday 20th September9.30am First Eucharist Mass

3pm First Eucharist Mass5pm First Eucharist MassWeek 10 Monday 21st

SeptemberVirtual Open Classrooms this

weekWednesday 23rd September9am Missions Mass--Year 4 (to

be confirmed)Thursday 24th September

8.45am PP AssemblyFriday 25th September

Missions Day & Footy Colours Day

3pm Term 3 ConcludesWeek 1 Term 4 Monday 12th

October

PUPIL FREE DAY

Possible Question for Weekly Reminders

ESL Families can you read and understand the Weekly Reminders and the St Emilie’s Website.Contact the office for help?Mrs Aroozoo may be able to help our ESL families.

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COVID NEWS

Assemblies With social distancing restrictions in place, assemblies for the remainder of the term have the performing class and two other year levels watching, plus a parent from the performing class - up to 75 adults. Below are the remaining assemblies for the term:

Thursday 24th September PP AssemblyYears 1 and 2 to watch the assemblyOne parent of PP children to attend.

Virtual Open NightThis year we will be offering a Virtual Open Night in Week 10. This means that instead of families turning up onsite, you will be sent links to access a virtual tour of the classroom, along with Seesaw opportunities showcasing some of your child’s learning.

School Fees

Have you been keeping in touch with us regarding your school fee payments? As you will be aware, a fee statement was sent home at the start of the school year. If you have not paid your school fees yet and would like the statement to be re-issued, please contact Gillian Norris 92569696.

Communication is everything. Please make sure that Gillian is being kept well-informed of how you are planning to meet your school fee commitment this year. If you are experiencing financial hardship, now is the time to be discussing a plan rather than leaving it until the end of the year. Thank you to those families who have been maintaining regular communication - this is really appreciated and highly valued.

Nine Steps to More Effective Parenting

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Triple P gives parents simple tips to help you manage

the big and small problems of family

life and build stronger

relationships.

Follow this link:https://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/au-uken/find-help/triple-p-parenting-in-western-aus

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Year 6 Photos-Important ReminderWe are creating a special Yearbook for our Graduating Year Six Class this year and we need your help! Please email a scan of any photos you may have of our current Year 6 children throughout their years of schooling here at St Emilie’s, to the following email address:secps.yearsix2020@cewa.edu.auPlease label the year of each photo.If you need it scanned, pop into the Office or send it into the Office with clear return details. Thank you!

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Please click here to donate

CHANGE OF DATEDear Families,

Please be advised that due to unforeseen circumstances, the scheduled Pupil Free Day on Friday the 25th September

has had to be be cancelled and rescheduled to the first day of Term 4, Mon 12th October.

Sincere apologies for any inconvenience!Term 4 Pupil Free Days

Monday 12th OctoberMonday 16th November

Mission Mass - Wednesday 23rd Sep- 9.00am Mass- More details next week

Footy Colours Day - Friday 25th Sep- Dress up in your footy teams colours!- Send your child with a $2 gold coin donation

please - $1 for cancer / $1 for Missions

The next COMMUNITY MASSES

are to be held on:

Wed, Wk 4 Term 4 - 4th NovWed, Wk 8 Term 4 - 2nd Dec

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WEEKLY REMINDERS:- Emailed each Friday- Posted on the front page

of the website each Friday

SCHOOL WEBSITE:- Weekly Reminders- Messages- School News- Class News - Parent Resources- Principal letters

http://web.stemiliescps.wa.edu.au/

EMAILS:Office Administration: admin@stemiliescps.wa.edu.auStaff: firstname.surname@cewa.edu.au

Families Leaving at the End of 2020

If there are any families that are planning to leave St Emilie’s at the end of the school year, please notify the front office in writing (letter or email) as soon as possible. Thank you.

Follow this link to the latest

OSHClub newsletter.

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St Emilie’s

2020 ‘Dazzle Us’ Disco PhotosThe photos from the disco are on display on the noticeboard along the walkway facing the Kindy

area. Please review the photos and record the photo number and the quantity you would like to

order of the photo (*see example). These order forms are near the notice boards and in the office.

All orders are required to be returned (with correct money), via student homework folders, by no

later than Friday 16 October (end of Week 1 Term 4). The photos will no longer be available for

viewing after the Friday 16 October, and no late orders accepted.