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Dear Parents and Carers,

On Friday we celebrated St Columba's Day with a wonderful Mass by Year 5, followed by the Mission Games fundraiser for the Bishop’s LifeLink Appeal. Our school raised $864.60, which will go towards supporting the agencies that work alongside LifeLink, to improve the outcomes for those in need within our local community. Thank you to everyone for your efforts and contributions to this great appeal.

As part of our commitment to 'Student Voice' within the school, our Student Representative Council discussions and feedback were shared with me this week via our Head Boy and Head Girl. We continue to listen to our students, adapt our programs to meet their evolving needs, and build on the successes of this term.

Our Interschool Cross Country runners have been training hard before school in preparation for the carnival next week at Manning Park - we wish them the well and hope the day is fun and rewarding.

God bless and keep safe.

Allen McMahon

Principal

Friday 14 June

• Assembly - 5G
• School Photos - Pre-Kindy (Friday class)

Tuesday 18 June

• CAPSS Cross Country Carnival - Manning Park
• Year 2 Liturgy - 9am

Wednesday 19 June

• Dental Screening

Thursday 20 June

• Regional Academic Day

Friday 21 June

• Assembly - 3G

Year 1G - Mila, Jasper, Harry

Year 1W - Will, Evelyn, Dominica

Year 2G - Addison, Christina, Leo

Year 2W - Eliana, Scarlett, Freddie

Year 3G - Youssef, Vudhip, Sasha

Year 3W - Saige, Nicholas, Freddie, Mauricio

Year 4G - Indigo, Ryan, Emma

Year 4W - Betty, Asha, Hugo H

Year 5G - Zara. O, Dohyun, Giverny

Year 5W - Caleb, Olivia, Dongha

Year 6G - Bughaw, Emily S

Year 6W - Alexander, Francesca

Year 1G - Luna. A, Jacob, Max

Year 1W - Saskia, Charlie, Samuel

Year 2G - Clodagh, George, Allegra

Year 2W - Georgie, Matthew. H, Owen. F

Year 3G - George, Zoe, Arlo

Year 3W - James. M, Madison

Year 4G - Jeremy, Matilda

Year 4W - Alexis, Eva, Genevieve

Year 5G - Xavi, Arianna, Amber

Year 5W - Eliora, April, Thomas

Year 6G - Toby

Year 6W - Harry. St, Sienna

NAIDOC Week will be celebrated by the St Columba’s school community in Week 11. This will involve activities and tasks completed in class that build student understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s culture and customs.

The Week will conclude with a NAIDOC Liturgy on the last day of school, Friday 28 June. We look forward to students deepening their understanding of the First Peoples of Australia as we celebrate the 2024 theme, “Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud.” Students are encouraged to come to school in NAIDOC free dress colours on Friday, 28 June. No donation is required.

School Photos conclude tomorrow, with the final Pre-Kindy class. Parents will be notified when orders have been delivered to the school for distribution. Should parents have any questions about their photo orders please contact MSP Photography - admin.perth@msp.com.au or 08 9240 8000. The office can provide parents with their child’s SHOOTKEY if misplaced.

The below tables share with parents the topics covered in the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Program across the years for each cluster.

Please contact your child’s classroom teacher for further information on any of the above.

Semester 1 Reports for Pre-Primary to Year 6 students will be made available on Wednesday, 26 June at 3:30 pm.

Reports will be provisioned online this semester through the SEQTA Engage portal.

All parents who have received their child’s report online previously have been provisioned with a SEQTA Engage account.

The SEQTA Engage web address is https://stcolumbassp.coneqt-p.cathednet.wa.edu.au/

Please note there is also a ‘Reports – SEQTA Engage’ tab on the FAMILIES page of the school website that links directly to the above link.

Please ensure you can log into your account so that you can receive your child's Semester 1 report.

If you are unable to locate your login information, please follow these steps:

• Click on the Forgot your password? link
• Enter your email address into the relevant box and click on Reset my password
• Go to your email box and reset your password according to the instructions in the email.
• The password reset email will expire after 1 hour of being generated.

Parents who are new to St Columba’s this year or who have not previously been provisioned with a SEQTA Engage account will receive an email shortly inviting them to create one.

Please contact the front office if you have any issues logging into your SEQTA Engage account.

For supervision and safety, find our procedures, guidelines and forms on the Families' page of the website.

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all having a wonderful week.

Just an update regarding the last sessions for extra curricular this term.

Netball: Netball has now finished for the term. The students would have received a lovely certificate from the coaches.

Basketball:

Monday Group: Finished

Tuesday Group: Tuesday 18th June is the last session (this is the makeup session from the one cancelled back in April).

Soccer:

Wednesday Group: Wednesday 19th June is the final class

Friday Group: Friday 28th June is the final class (to accommodate the pupil free days).

Please reach out if you have any queries.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Hayley Mitchell

P&F President

Hello all,

Round 13 weekend footy had huge upsets, thrashings, season-firsts and controversial calls. For the WA teams, Dockers enjoyed a well-deserved bye , while eagles became the first team to lose to the Kangaroos in 2024.

Round 13 of footy brought to light some remarkable forecasting abilities within our group. Among the standout performers were Ange, Mathew, and Santhosh, who all managed to correctly predict the outcomes of five matches. Following closely behind by 5 people with 4 correct tips each led by Dan M.

Let's give a big round of applause to our standout performers from Round 13!

• Ange Cooper: Scored 5 out of 7 tips, with a margin of 3
• Mathew S: A close contender with 5 correct picks, cruising with a margin of 23
• Santhosh P: Held the line with 5 accurate predictions, holding steady with a margin of 33
• Dan M not far behind, hitting the mark with 4 correct picks, edging ahead with a margin of 3

In the overall leaderboard, Santhosh has opened up a 4 game lead with 70 points with Ange Cooper, Dan M tied on 66 points. Craig P and Mathew S are hot on their heels, tied with 65 tips each, distinguished solely by their margins.

Here's the current leaderboard:

Santhosh P: Breathing easy on the top with 70 tips, with a margin of 329

Ange & Cooper: Close behind with 66 correct calls, flaunting a margin of 287

Dan M: Holding their own in the mix with 66 correct tips each, boasting a margin of 311.

Craig P: In the running with 65 correct tips, with a margin of 380

Mathew S: Tied on 65 correct tips, showcasing a margin of 439

Good news! With no Thursday night footy this week, you've got an extra day to finalise your tips.

Round 14 kicks off tomorrow with an exciting match between the Lions and the Saints at Gabba, starting at 5:40 PM.

Keep those predictions rolling in! Let's maintain the high AFL excitement levels!

Term 2: Tuesday 16 April - Friday 28 June

Term 3: Tuesday 16 July - Friday 20 September

Term 4: Monday 7 October - Friday 6 December

Term 2: Monday 15 April, Friday 10 May, Friday 31 May

Term 3: Monday 15 July

Term 4: Monday 21 October

Reconciliation: Saturday, 9 November at 10am

Email: admin@stcolumbassp.wa.edu.au
Website: https://www.stcolumbassp.wa.edu.au/
Location: 30 York Street, South Perth WA 6151, Australia
Phone: (08) 6436 9500
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