Newsletter 3 - 3 March 2022

Principal's Page

Dear Parents and Guardians, 

The Season of Lent  
Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It's a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve  by  giving alms and we practice self-control through  fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ's will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ's death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ. 

Practicums and Workplace Students 
Presently we have a number of students completing their practicums and workplace in various parts of the school: 

• Congratulations to Miss Mila Hendren-Krippner who completed her 4 week teacher block in 1B last week. She will be back in Term 3 to complete the next lot. 
• Nagle Workplace students Max C, Travis K and Tahlia S are at school each Monday in either Health and PE or in Year 1. 
• Lani Edwards and Kate Snow are completing their EA practicum placements on Wednesday and Thursday in PPB and PPT. 

St Lawrence's is very happy to able assist in the development of future EA's and teachers. Thank you to those teachers who have taken these students under their wing in order to help the development of these students. 

Staff Professional Learning 
Tomorrow the St Lawrence's staff will participate in a day of professional learning. Trish Chivilo, our speech pathologist, will run a session with staff on Developmental Language Disorder. Staff will also have the opportunity to upskill their knowledge by participating in online Seesaw tutorials and working with Sharon MacDonald, our office manager, on new features in our SEQTA suite. I would like to thank the St Lawrence's staff for the continuation of self-improvement for the benefit of all children at our school. 

Service Station Proposal 
The school has received notification of a proposal to rebuild the service station at 381 Chapman Road Bluff Point. 

• The site has previously been used as a service station 
• Proposal is to utilise a portion of the existing service station footprint 
• Proposal includes a drive through coffee lane and window. Opening hours for the drive through coffee service will be 5.30am to 5.30pm. 

More details about the proposal are available at council officers or visit their website. www.cgg.wa.gov.au/consultations 

Thank you to parents, students and staff for working with us over these last couple of weeks as we navigate our way through the day to day changes that Covid brings. Thank you to those adults who now have masks on when they enter the school and to those children who are giving masks ago. 

In the mornings, please do not drop children off at school until after 8.15am when supervision commences. Children are to sit on the benches outside their classroom until the 8.30am bell goes. 

We have noticed the kiss and drop areas are getting busier so we have made and sent home family name signs for cars to display as they approach the kiss and drop areas. 

Due to regulations introduced state wide, the following school events have  either been postponed or cancelled for Term 1: 

• Parents attending school assemblies - cancelled until further notice (we will record and share each assembly) 
• Year 5 Family Mass - cancelled 
• School Open Night and Welcome BBQ - cancelled 
• Year 6 Camp and Parent Info Meeting- postponed to Term 4 
• Year 6 Mass of Oils - cancelled 

Please keep an eye on the school calendar. We will continue to keep you informed of any other changes.  

Enjoy your extra long weekend and we will see you back at school on Tuesday.

Happy Days

David Tunchon 
Principal

Religious Education

Reconciliation
Year 4-6 students will receive Reconciliation during Lent with Father Gerard. As students receive Reconciliation individually, this will still be able to occur. 

Year Three Sacrament of Reconciliation - Saturday March 26th
Our baptised catholic Year Three students will make their First Reconciliation with Father Gerard in the church on Saturday March 26th.  Parents will select a time to take their child to make their First Reconciliation – classroom teachers will send out a timetable for you to nominate a time. This will be  between 3:00 – 5:30pm.

Missions Term One
Project Compassion is our major focus for Term One. Families received a project compassion box today, at the beginning of Lent. When your box is full please return it to the school office. For more information on Project Compassion please use the link below:

https://www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion/ 

Cancellations
Unfortunately the Year Five Family Mass scheduled for Sat March 19th has been cancelled due to COVID restrictions, as has the Mass of Oils that was to be held in the Cathedral on March 30th. 

Monthly Activities at St. Lawrence’s Parish 
2nd Sunday of each month - Holy Hour of Adoration 7.45am - 8.45am 
2nd Sunday of each month - Latin Mass at 5pm  
4th Sunday of each month - Children's Mass 9am 
4th Sunday of each month - Parish Morning Tea after 9am Mass 
4th Sunday of each month - Divine Mercy Holy Hour 3pm 

HPE News

Administration News

2022 School Fees Reminder
School fee accounts for 2022 have now been emailed out for all students. If you have not recieved yours, please contact our office. Please return your Payment Plan form to the school as soon as possible. If the payment plan provided doesn't suit your needs, please contact our office for an alternative arrangement. 

3 Yr old Enrolments
We are now accepting enrolments for our 3 Yr Old Kindergarten program for 2023. Please get your enrolments in as soon as possible as places are filling up fast. 

Before School 
A reminder that Before School Supervision begins at 8:15am.   
Year 1 & 2 students remain in the Undercover Area  
Year 3 & 4 students are asked to move to outside the Year 3 Rooms  
Year 5 & 6 are asked to move to outside Year 5/6 Rooms  

NAPLAN 2022 
Testing for NAPLAN 2022 for Years 3 & 5 has been set for the following dates:  
24th March: Practice Test (Load testing the system)  
10th-20th May: ONLINE TESTING (Years 3 & 5)  
10th May: PAPER TESTING (Year 3 Writing only)  
Further information will be made available in future newsletters and other communication mediums.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following students who will be celebrating their Birthday soon:

Kyle G,  Jake D,  Joby H,  Lahni E,  Mostyn W,  Kasyn M,  Diezel B,  Odin B,  Malayah B,  Saige T,  Darcy L,  Lacey N,  Mario Z,  Blake G,  Evelyn S,  Coralie H,  Kai S,  Logan K,  Dusty M,  Joshua P,  Eden S,  Leo J,  Charli I,  Kye C and Noah W.

Community Notices

COVID Information from the WA Department of Health
Please click the below links to view the fact sheets: