Orana Catholic Primary School

Loving God,

We thank you for the gift of family, and especially the gift of our fathers and grandfathers. We ask you to bless all fathers and grandfathers as they strive to serve you and to love, support, and care for their families. Be with our fathers and grandfathers as they work to be true examples of discipleship to our families.

Amen

Dear Parents and Carers,

Catholic Identity Pillar

Catholic Performing Arts Festival

The Catholic Performing Arts Festival is coming to an end. Last week, the choir performed to an outstanding standard. Congratulations to the 30 students who were invited to the Shield Playoffs today. It is quite an achievement to have this number of primary school students get to this level. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Ms Draper, the parents, and the staff who have supported the student's participation in the numerous and varied sections throughout the festival.

Senior Community Mass

Thank-you to the students who attended and sang in the choir at the Community Mass last Saturday evening. This Mass was dedicated to fathers and grandfathers and was also the Commitment Mass for our Year 3 students who have started their journey in preparing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Father Greg Donovan led an interesting parent faith formation session last week. His focus on God’s love, mercy and forgiveness rather than sin was an important takeaway for parents who are about to support their children in their preparation for receiving this sacrament.

Sacrament of Confirmation

Please pray for our Year 6 students as they approach the final preparations before receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.

LifeLink Fundraiser

Thank-you to the Social Justice Team for organising the Pyjama Day on Wednesday to raise money for LifeLink. $365.05 was raised to pass on to Lifelink. "Each year, many thousands of Western Australian families and individuals, people struggling right here at home in WA, will reach out to a LifeLink agency for help. They extend their hands to us, the homeless, the unemployed, families experiencing desperate financial hardship, women and children escaping domestic violence, people with disability battling addiction, or dealing with mental health issues." Thank-you for your generous donations.

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Fathers' Day Breakfast

This morning, we had the pleasure of hosting fathers, father figures and families for the P and F Fathers’ Day Breakfast. Congratulations to the team of P and F volunteers that made this wonderful event possible. We would like to wish all fathers, grandfathers and father figures a happy Fathers’ Day for this Sunday.

Kindergarten Fathers’ Day Evening

On Thursday evening, I also had the pleasure of attending the Kindergarten Fathers’ Day Evening. The Kindy students joyfully worked with their dads and father figures to create some amazing box cars. The final products were fabulous and most importantly some treasured memories were made.

Homeless Food Service

Thank-you to the families and staff who cooked and provided wholesome food for the homeless this week. The money raised by the Social Justice Team was used to supply hand warmers and bottles of water. These were very popular items. Thank you to the staff members who served the food to the homeless in the city.

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Staffing News

Shania West is expecting her first baby. We congratulate Shania and her husband, Joseph. Shania will take parental leave next year. We wish Shania and her family all the very best for this exciting chapter of life.

Tammy Jenner has informed me that she will resign at the end of the year. Tammy is our Quest Teacher; over the last two years, she has led this program to provide varied, engaging, and challenging opportunities for our gifted students. We wish her all the very best in her future endeavours.

New Orana Uniform

The new sports uniform is now available. There was much excitement at the pop-up shop yesterday. Students can wear the new items as soon as they have them. The uniform shop will be on site for sales next term. In the interim, online orders can be placed; these will be delivered to the office once a week for you to collect. Click here to order - One World Uniforms

Up to Date Contact Details

Please ensure you provide the office and OSHC (if you use this service) with your up-to-date contact details. It is vital that we have the correct phone numbers for parents and emergency contacts.

God bless and take care.

Kind regards,

Dee Johnston

LifeLink - Thank you!

After our gold coin donations for wearing pyjamas this week, Orana has now raised just over $900 for LifeLink - the Archbishop's Catholic Caring Agencies. Thank you so much!

Sacrament of Reconciliation Preparation - Year Three

• Parent and Child Workshop - 12th September at the Parish Hall - 4.30-5.30pm OR 5.45-6.45pm

Sacrament of Confirmation Preparation - Year Six

Please make note of the following important dates:

• Sacrament of Confirmation – 7th September 5.30pm OR 8th September 10.30am
• Thanksgiving Mass with Cake and Certificates - 14th September 5.30pm OR 15th September 10.30am

Orana Catholic Primary School has again been selected as an Apple Distinguished School for 2024-2027. Our school has held this recognition for continuous innovation using Apple technology to inspire, imagine and impact teaching and learning since 2011! Thank you to our dedicated team of teaching staff that are led by Hallie Purio and Ana Johnson in Digital Technologies.

A big thank you to all involved in helping make the Orana Cares food drive in Term 3 a huge success.

Over 150 people were served the delicious hot meals kindly donated by our Orana parents, staff & families. Thank you to Orana staff who spent their Tuesday evening serving the donated meals. All the meals were greatly appreciated and enjoyed by the homeless. A beautiful community team effort-well done everyone! We look forward to preparing and serving hot sandwiches in Term 4. Thanks again! #togiveistoreceive

New Orana Uniform

The new sports uniform is now available. There was much excitement at the pop-up shop yesterday. Students can wear the new items as soon as they have them. The uniform shop will be on site for sales next term. In the interim, online orders can be placed; these will be delivered to the office once a week for you to collect. Click here to order - One World Uniforms

Uniform and Dress Guidelines

The new Uniform and Dress Guidelines have been finalised. Please take this opportunity to read through this. These guidelines will apply from Term 4, for all students, regardless of which uniform they are wearing during the transition.

Please note: The colours on the photo board differ slightly from the actual uniforms.

Father's Day Breakfast

The P and F Father's Day Breakfast was held this morning. It was very well received, despite the glorious winter weather 😊 It was lovely to see all the dads, granddads and children enjoying their breakfast together.

A huge thank you to Father CJ for attending and blessing our Orana Dad's, Granddads and Guardians.

We would like to thank the following volunteers for their time this morning. Without them this event would not have been possible.

Shannon Foster , Lana Hawkes, Stephanie Chu, Pam Cooper, Nicola Hallsworth-Smith, Tracey Nilus, Deanne Maughan, Nishma D'Agostino, Laura Prindiville, Conta Lobo, Aimee Myers, Jus Alwan

We would also like to thank Tuan for coming in early and helping with our setup.

UPCOMING EVENTS

School Disco

The school disco is to be held on 25 October 2024.

This event will not go ahead without sufficient volunteers. If you are able to assist to co-ordinate this event of assist on the day, please email oranapandf@gmail.com with the following details:

Full Name:

Phone number:

Email Address:

Child's Year Group:

P and F Meeting

The next P and F Meeting (the final one for 2024) will be held on Monday 4th November at 6pm.

We can’t stress enough how valuable parent involvement is to make those special little extra events at school happen.

We would love to see more parents attend the P and F Meeting and have a say in how best the

P and F can serve the school community.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Best regards

The Orana P and F Executive Team

Rosary Banquet

The 2024 Rosary Bouquet commences Thursday 5th September at 6 pm and concludes Saturday 7th September at 6pm. All are invited to take part in this Birthday Rosary Bouquet, praying the Rosary anywhere, any time during the 48 hrs. Please record your name in the timeslot of your choice in which you will be praying the Rosary . Parish and individual names will be placed with the scroll which will be presented to Bishop Justin Bianchini Emeritus, Bishop of Geraldton during Mass at St. Joachim's, Shepperton Rd, Victoria Park, on Saturday 7th September 2024 at 11am. Boards for recording your names in the timeslots have been placed in the church foyer!

Term 3 - Tuesday 16th July - Friday 20th September

Term 4 - Monday 7th October - Friday 6th December

Pupil Free Day - 7 October

2024 - Term 3 - Week 8 and 9

• Monday 2nd September - Young Engineers Club - 3.30pm
• Wednesday 4th September - Athletics Carnival - Field Day - Yr 3 - Yr 6
• Thursday 5th September - Yr 3 and Yr 6 - Dental Screening - 11.15am
• Friday 6th September - Year 6 Reconciliation - 9.30am
• Friday 6th September - Pre Primary - Mini Beast Incursion
• Friday 6th September - Senior Assembly - 2.30pm
• Saturday 7th September - Sacrament of Confirmation 5.30pm
• Sunday 8th September - Sacrament of Confirmation 10.30am
• Monday 9th September - CPAF - Festival Concert - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Newman College
• Monday 9th September - Young Engineers Club - 3.30pm
• Tuesday 10th September - AMEB Voice Exams - @ Orana - 8.45am - 1.00pm
• Tuesday 10th September - Open Night - 5-7pm
• Tuesday 10th September - Book Fair
• Wednesday 11th September - Athletics Carnival - Whole School
• Thursday 12th September - Reconciliation/ Penance - Parent/ Child Workshop 4.30pm - 5.30pm or 5.45pm - 6.45pm - Parish Hall
• Friday 13th September - Yr 4 class Mass - 9.30am
• Friday 13th September - Year 5 Life Education 9.10am - 12.40pm
• Friday 13th September - Junior Assembly - 2.30pm
• Saturday 14th September - Thanksgiving Mass - Confirmation Cake and Certificate - 5.30pm
• Sunday 15th September - Thanksgiving Mass - Confirmation Cake and Certificate - 10.30pm

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Kind regards

Kath Warburton

Social Worker