MATTHEW GIBNEY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

30 Munday Road, High Wycombe WA 6057 Phone: 6216 8400 Email: admin@gibney.wa.edu.au Website: www.gibney.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER No. 26 24th August 2017

Dear Parents, Friends and Students

The quote from scripture that can be found at the top of

this week’s newsletter fits in perfectly with the Sacrament

of Confirmation that was received by many of our Year 6

students last Sunday. In his homily, Father Peter Whitley

gave the confirmation candidates many examples of how

the Sacrament of Confirmation can make a difference in

the way they live their lives along with making a difference

to the lives of those around them. The Mass was a very

beautiful celebration. I would like to congratulate each of

the students in Year 6 for the mature way they

participated in the programme. I would like to thank Mrs

Keddie and Miss Hibben for their work in preparing the

Mass, preparing the students and making certain that all

went right on the day.

The Book Fair has been a huge hit over the last few days.

Thank you to the ladies who have organised and run the

fair each morning and afternoon. It is great to see so

many of our students wanting to buy a book.

This week the school has focused on Book Week. Each

of the classes has participated in an activity related to the

books that have been nominated for awards. Today was

Book Week dress up day and the staff and students came

to school dressed as a character from a book that they

have read. The parade that was held this morning was

full of colour and artistry. Thank you to the P&F for their

work in organising the parade and the prizes that went

with it. Thank you to Mrs Hosking for organising the

activities around Book Week.

Congratulations to our Year 1 students for their assembly

last week. They have been very busy this term and were

confidently able to share with us their learning.

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

(James 2:17)

GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS

Phil Kasey Jacob Phoenix Dakota

Congratulations to each of the merit award winners who

were recognised by their teachers for doing great work

over the last couple of weeks. Our next assembly will

take place on Friday 8th September. It will be hosted by

our Pre-primary class.

Friday 25th August is a Pupil Free Day and, as such,

students will not be required at school on this day. The

staff will be continuing to work on the personal

professional growth mechanism that should be completed

by the end of the year.

A reminder that our Faction Athletics Carnival is not that

far away. The jumps and throws will take place on

Thursday August 31st and our Athletics Carnival will take

place on Friday September 1st. This also coincides with

the ‘Fathers’ Day Breakfast’ which is being organised by

the P&F. We look forward to seeing as many Dads as we

can for the breakfast and lots of parents cheering on our

students at the athletics carnival.

The school is participating in the ‘Earn and Learn’

programme run by Woolworths. The box for the

completed sticker sheets can be found in the

administration. In previous years we have been able to

access some excellent resources for the students use so

please participate in the programme.

Mark Powell PRINCIPAL

The Year 6s have been doing great work in Maths and Art!

PUPIL FREE DAY

FRIDAY

25th AUGUST

SPORTS REMINDER

Students will need to wear full sports

uniform with representative polo on:

Monday 28th August.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Fri 25th Aug….. PUPIL FREE DAY

Thurs 31st Aug.. Jumps & Throws Yr 3-6

Fri 1st Sept……. Father’s Day Breakfast

Fri 1st Sept……. Faction Athletics Carnival

Sun 3rd Sept….. Father’s Day

Mon 4th Sept….. G & T Testing for Year 4

Wed 6th Sept….. Year 2 Liturgy @ 9.00am

Wed 6th Sept….. Reconciliation Student & Parent

Workshop 4.00 - 5.30pm & 5.45 - 7.15pm

Fri 8th Sept……. Pre-Primary Assembly

Fri 15th Sept….. Interschool Athletics Carnival

Mon 18th Sept… PP & Yr 2 Excursion to Kings Park

Wed 20th Sept… PP Parish Priest visit @ 9.00am

Wed 20th Sept… P&F Meeting @ 7.30pm

Thurs 21st Sept.. Team Colours Day Missions

Fundraiser

Thurs 21st Sept. LAST DAY OF TERM 3

Mon 9th Oct…… TERM 4 STUDENTS RETURN

YEAR 2 NEWS What a fun week we have had!

The Dress up Parade was a great way to start our day

and we loved looking at all the different costumes. Well

done to everyone for getting into the spirit of Book Week.

During library Mrs Hosking read a funny story called ‘The

Cat who wanted Custard’. The children then drew

amazing pictures of Kevin the Cat. Thanks to Mrs

Hosking for organizing such a fun activity!

We have begun to get ready for the Faction Carnival. The

children are very excited and have been working hard

during sport to be in top form. The Year 6s also taught us

some new chants to encourage their factions.

Gina Nickels

SENT HOME MONDAY 21st AUGUST

★ Faction Carnival pre-order lunch form

Assistant Principal’s

Religious Education News

Congratulations

The Staff of Matthew Gibney would like to congratulate Mr Powell on reaching the milestone of 30 years of dedicated service to Catholic Education WA. Well done!

Reconciliation 2017

The Year 3 students have already begun their preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation and will have their Parent/Child workshop on Wednesday 6

th

September. There are two sessions – one at 4pm and the other at 5.45pm. A note will be sent home for parents to indicate which workshop they will attend.

Karen Keddie

Assistant Principal RE

3YOP Enrolments 2018 The Pre-kindy enrolments for 2018 are now closed.

It is with regret that I need to inform you that Matthew

Gibney Catholic Primary School will not be running a

Pre-kindy programme in 2018. Unfortunately, we did not

receive enough enrolments to make the programme

financially viable.

Interviews for enrolment into our Kindergarten

programme (2019) will take place in Term 2 2018 (30th

April to 29th June). I would ask that you ensure that you

have submitted an application for enrolment.

Congratulations Mr Powell on 30

years of service to Catholic

Education WA!

YEAR 6 NEWS Year Sixes have had a busy few weeks in preparation to

receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. The Mass was on

Sunday Morning. The children looked very smart and

received the Sacrament of Confirmation with reverence.

Well done Year Sixes. I was very proud of you all. A

special thanks to Matthew Lattimer who sang in the Choir

and Montanna Thumwood who attended the Mass to

support her peers. I would also like to give a big thanks to

Mrs Keddie for her support for the Year Sixes as they got

ready to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Now the students are busily getting ready for the factions

athletics carnival with running a meeting Tuesday

afternoon with their factions to learn some cheers and

chants that can be cheered loudly on the day.

Melissa Hibben

CANTEEN ROSTER

Fri 25th August PUPIL FREE DAY

Tues 29th

August CAN YOU HELP

Fri 1st Sept

ATHLETICS DAY

Rachael G, Fiona A

& Stephanie Argyle

PRE-PRIMARY NEWS The children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in our school ‘Book Week Parade’ today and they all looked fantastic in

their costumes. Thank you to all parents and guardians who made such a great effort t with their costumes! Yesterday

we had a special visitor. Mrs Haji Ali, Aliyah’s mum (Year 6), read us the book which she wrote with her husband called

‘On the Way to Nana’s’. The Year 6 students joined us for this very special occasion and everyone enjoyed listening to

the story and learning about the country-side where the book’s setting took place, namely the Kimberley area. Thank

you to Mrs Haji Ali for giving up her time to come to our school.

The children are very excited about the school carnival and they have been practising very hard. This will take place

next Friday 1 September on our school oval. This year the Pre Primary children will be participating in the carnival from

the start of the day and sitting in their faction tents.

The children will march out to the oval with their faction and remain in their faction tent throughout the day. Parents may

come in to the school grounds and have recess/lunch with their children. However, the children will not be allowed to go

to their parents on the oval. If parents are unable to attend the carnival, their children will come back to the classroom

for recess and lunch. At the end of the carnival, the children will return to the classroom where they can be signed out by

me. If parents wish to take their child before the end of the carnival, they will be required to sign out using the normal

procedure i.e through the school office. Each child will be given a programme showing the races that he/she will be

taking part in. We look forward to a very exciting and fun-filled day!

Debbie Hawley & Linda Hetherington

CAPTAINS VICE CAPTAINS CARSON

Xanthe Aaliyah

Lucas Mitchel

TURNER

Tayah Eleanor

Jack Dylan

RUSSELL

Eleni Montanna

Patrick Daniel

DURKIN

Tioni Jenna

Harrison Joshua

FACTION ATHLETICS CARNIVAL 1st SEPTEMBER

PRE-ORDERS ONLY Students, spectators, parents and/or younger siblings

wishing to pre-order their lunch for the MG sports day

are asked to complete a form (sent home Monday 21st

August) and hand it into the Canteen or office with the

correct money enclosed in a lunch order bag by 3.00 pm

Monday 28th August. Spare forms available from the

office.

SORRY LATE ORDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Please Note: No other lunches will be available on

the day, however recess for students will remain as

normal.

SCHOOL FEES Reminder accounts were sent home on Wednesday with your eldest child; the balance is payable by Friday 22nd September. Accounts must be paid in full by the due date (unless direct debiting).

If you have any difficulties in meeting this commitment by the due date, you need to make an appointment to discuss this matter with the Principal, Mark Powell, as soon as possible.

BATTERY RECYCLING We are very pleased to “do our bit” for

the environment by offering recycling

collection for household batteries. You

can drop your batteries off in the metal

collection bin in the hallway opposite the

Year 3 class room.

Friday Giving

Don’t forget our Friday Giving Appeal to

help the needy.

Please bring your donations of canned

foods or non-perishables, etc. to school

for collection each Friday.

Thank you for your generosity!

P & F Meetings Term 3 2017

Wednesday 20th September @ 7.30pm

Earn & Learn provides an easy way for children, Parents, Relatives, Staff and Friends to help our

school receive educational resources through the program, simply by doing their shopping at

Woolworths!

Each year, Woolworths runs their Earn & Learn program, which offers shoppers the chance to

collect stickers, which they put on to an Earn & Learn sticker sheet. Sticker sheets can be collected

from the Admin Office. One sticker is given for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift

cards). Completed sticker sheets can then be dropped into the collection box outside the Admin

Office. Completed sticker sheets are then used to obtain educational resources for the school!

The Woolworths Earn & Learn program runs from Wednesday, 26 July until Tuesday, 19

September, 2017.

OLD SCHOOL UNIFORM DONATIONS

Do you have any old school uniforms you would like to

donate?

Please place your donations in the box provided in the

admin office.

LAST DAY FOR COLLECTION IS

FRIDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER.

Father Francis will be sending the donated uniforms to an

orphanage overseas.

Thank you in anticipation.

Congratulations Georgia on competing

in the state championships of Irish

dancing recently and placing 3rd!

Faction Athletics Carnival Matthew Gibney will be having their Faction Athletics Carnival in Week 7 of Term 3. Jumps and Throws (Years 3 - 6) will be taking place on Thursday 31st of August and Track Events and Team Games (Kindy, PP and Year 1-6) will take place on Friday 1st of September. Both carnivals will be held on Matthew Gibney’s school oval.

With so many events/stations being run on these days, parent assistance at these stations is needed and will be much appreciated. If you are available to assist on either of these days could you, please fill in the slip below and hand it into the office.

Thank you.

Shannon Andersen

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PARENT HELP FOR ATHLETICS CARNIVA

Thursday

31st August

9.30 a.m.

START

Jumps and Throws Parent’s Name:

Child’s Name:

Child’s Class:

Contact Number:

Friday

1st September

9.45 a.m. START

Track Events and

Team Games

□ Setting Up

7.30 a.m.

□ Morning

□ Afternoon

□ All Day

Parent’s Name:

Child’s Name:

Child’s Class:

Contact Number: