St Denis School Newsletter

• Swimming Carnival
• Kindy Enrolments
• Caritas Fundraiser
• Footy Tipping
• Friendology URSTRONG

A Prayer for International Women’s Day – 08/03/2022

God of all, God of Hope.

We pray for women and girls today.

That they will be all they can be.

Give us courage to speak and work for equality and justice.

Until the world is filled with righteousness and love.

Amen

• Monday 4 March: Labour Day Public Holiday

• Tuesday 5 March: Pupil Free Day (Staff Professional Development Day)

• Thursday 7 March: Year 3 Parent/Child Reconciliation Workshop (5.30pm)
• Friday 8 March: St Denis Swimming Carnival (Year 4 – 6)
• Wednesday 13 – Friday 22 March: NAPLAN (Year 3 & 5)
• Wednesday 20 March: Parent Online Workshop – UrStrong (6.00 – 7.15pm)
• Friday 22 March: Year 4 Assembly
• Friday 22 March: Caritas Fundraiser – Crazy Sock Day – Gold Coin Donation

Dear Parents and Members of our School Community

The employment process for replacing Hazel as Administration Officer (Part time - Monday to Wednesday) has now concluded. I am pleased to announce that Mrs Kerry Martin has been appointed. Kerry has extensive experience in both primary and high school administration (Newman College, Mercedes College, Presbyterian Ladies College and recently Servite College). Kerry will commence at St Denis on Tuesday 4 March where she will work with Hazel for a comprehensive handover. Hazel's last day with us will be Wednesday 27 March. I know you will join me in welcoming Kerry to St Denis.

A huge thanks to Nat Scali and her committee of volunteers for the fantastic Sundowner Picnic we all enjoyed on Saturday 17 February. What a wonderful night was had by all. The ice cream van, popcorn, fairy floss, soccer and silent disco were a hit with the kids. The balmy summer night was beautiful and allowed the parents some quality catch up time. Thank you to all who attended and donated so generously to our raffles. What a wonderful community we have!

Congratulations to our Year 6 class who completed a successful camp last week. Their behaviour, manners and participation were first rate. A BIG thank you to Mrs Bakunowicz, Mrs Romani, Mrs Lucchese and Mrs Griffiths for attending and supporting the students and to Mr Franchina for his efforts, attention to detail and patience in organising a fantastic few days away.

St Denis Swimming Carnival will be held on Friday 8 March for all students in Years 4 - 6. Information regarding this event has been sent to all families.

I would like to thank Mrs McNamara for organising the carnival. Best of luck to each of the three factions.

Enrolment interviews for Kindergarten 2025 have commenced. Parents/Carers of students currently attending St Denis School are reminded that they are required to submit an Enrolment Application Form if they intend to enrol a younger sibling into the Kindergarten Program for 2025 or beyond. Parents with students in Pre Kindy are also required to submit an application form for Kindy. Due to high demand at St Denis, please encourage family/friends to submit applications as soon as possible.

Have you moved to a new house, changed email addresses, mobile, home or work telephone numbers over the break? Please ensure you notify the office at your earliest convenience. Are there any changes to the people you have as your emergency contact details? If so, we will need these updated. Many thanks.

The 2024 NAPLAN testing will take place in Term One in 2024 and run from 13 March through to 22 March. All students in Years 3 and 5 are required to undertake NAPLAN unless parents choose to withdraw their child. Parents wishing to withdraw their child must contact either myself or Belinda Quartermaine to obtain a Withdrawal Form. The form must be submitted by Friday 1 March.

Every day, thousands of individuals around the world need to cover many kilometres to fetch water, obtain food, get to school or market, or simply to survive. To raise money for vulnerable communities the Ministry Committee have organised a fun WALKATHON for PP-Year 6 on Friday 22 March following the Year 4 assembly. Students should come to school in sports uniform but wearing crazy/colourful socks and a small donation (gold coins) to put in their collection box. Students are invited to do as many laps of the course as they can with their classmates. No need for sponsorship just a one-off gold coin donation.

Tuesday 5 March is a Pupil Free Day. The St Denis staff will be undertaking Professional Learning focusing on student well-being. Monday 4 March is the Labour Day Public Holiday.

Please note that the parking lot at the end of Orchid street (behind the chemist) is a private car park. Parents are requested to please refrain from using this car park.

St Denis Footy Tipping is back for 2024!

The St Denis Footy Tipping Competition is on again this year using the ESPN Footy Tips app. This is a fantastic fundraiser for the school with some great prizes. With only 8 days until the start of the AFL season it is now time to sign.

This competition is open to anyone. Please pass the information on to any family or friends that may be interested.

Cost: $50 (+ booking fee)

Prizes: First $1000

Second $500

Third $250

There will also be 3 rounds whereby the winner of the round can win up to $50.

First round starts on Thursday 07 March

Registrations need to be received by 5pm on Monday 04 March.

Book your place via the below Try Booking link:

https://www.trybooking.com/CPEMM

If you would like to be a sponsor, are having difficulty signing up or have any other questions, please contact the organiser, Vicky Tarratt, directly on vicoletarratt@gmail.com.

Once you have paid, a confirmation email will provide you with the link to the ESPN footy tipping site and the St Denis Footy Tipping comp password.

If you haven't used ESPN footy tipping in the past, you will need to set up an account before you can sign in to the competition. For each ticket, you will require a separate ESPN footy tipping account, but you can use the same password and link for the St Denis Footy Tipping 2024 competition.

Good luck all tipsters!

With regards and best wishes

Justin Tuohy

Principal

PP: Sia, Rupert, Matthew & Hannah

Year 1: Flynn, Claire, Zachary & Taylor

Year 2: Athena, Sofija, Arlo & Logan

Year 3: Allegra, Yuvan, Archie, Alexis, Zach & April

Year 4: Adele, Blake, Sonam & William

Year 5: Alexis, Matteo, Sara & Ashton

Year 6: Entire Year 6 Class (for behaviour on camp), Zavier & Millie

URSTRONG’s whole-school friendship strategy has improved the social climate in schools around the world, connecting over a million kids, parents, and teachers with a common language of friendship. We are proud to be a URSTRONG School and are committed to empowering your children with friendship skills.

You are invited to take advantage of a FREE Parent Membership to access hundreds of resources – including an 8 session video series. This will allow you to learn the same language & strategies being taught in the classroom through the Friendology 101 curriculum. We hope that, as a URSTRONG Family, you will reinforce the important messages of empowerment, self-compassion, & kindness at home.

As a next step, we would recommend:

• Click here to view an overview of URSTRONG.
• Activate your FREE Parent Membership and explore all the resources available to your family.
• Explore the hundreds of resources available to you!

We believe that empowering our students with these skills will create a culture of kindness at our school and we hope that, together, we can support your children to have healthy, feel-good friendships.

“Grab your entertainment membership today!

St Denis receives 20% of every membership sold and goes directly to our fundraiser”

The St Denis Parish is working toward a publication on the story of St Denis Parish for the feast of St Denis in November 2024.

St Denis Primary School has played an important role in the life of the parish and its families. We invite members of the school community (past and present) to contact the committee organising the publication with memories, photographs or documents related to significant events or people who have attended the school.

Please contact the parish archivist Odhran O’Brien at archivist@perthcatholic.org.au

2 Orchid Street, Joondanna

Perth, Western Australia, 6060

08 9242 3422

admin@stdenis.wa.edu.au