Queen of Apostles School

God of Unending Joy,

Thank you for all your blessings you have poured out on us.

You have given each of us a different set of gifts.

Help us to support one another and enhance the gifts you have given us.

Amen

I would like to thank everyone who made our Christmas Concert last night a resounding success.

To our incredible students—your talent and dedication shone brightly! Your outstanding singing and acting brought the performance to life and filled the space with joy and inspiration. You should all be very proud of your hard work.

To our amazing staff—thank you for your efforts in organising every detail. Your commitment ensured all was in readiness and gave our students the platform to showcase their talents.

And to our supportive community—we are immensely grateful for your enthusiastic turnout. Your presence and encouragement made this event special. It is your support that contributes to such a vibrant and nurturing environment for our students.

We look forward to many more memorable Christmas Concerts here at Queenies.

In staffing news, I would like to inform you that Emma Ashworth will be concluding her employment here at Queen of Apostles at the end of the year. She has accepted a position at a school closer to home.

I would like to thank Emma for her service to the school and community over the past two years and wish her all the best for the next chapter of her career.

We are currently in the process of finding a replacement Pre-Primary Teacher and I will let you know once that is complete.

Next Wednesday afternoon starting at 1pm is the Year 6 Graduation Mass & Ceremony for 2024. This is a very special day in the lives of these students and their families. I would like to wish our Year 6 students all the best of luck as they start the next phase in their schooling journey. They are a fantastic class with many wonderful talents who contribute so much to the running of the school. We can’t wait to hear about the wonderful things they have been up to when they come back and visit.

Reports for Semester Two 2024 will be available via SEQTA on Wednesday 4th December. Can all parents/guardians please make sure your log in details work prior to this date. If you are having any issues, please contact the office. Once reports are made available, I encourage you to read over the information very thoroughly with your child. It is important they have an understanding of the areas they have done well in and any areas for improvement. I thank our teaching staff for all their hard work in preparing the reports.

The Thanksgiving Mass is on tomorrow at 9am in the Church. All community members are welcome to attend and celebrate another great year at Queenies.

Term 1: Wed 5 Feb – Thur 10 April
Term 2: Tue 29 April – Fri 4 July
Term 3: Mon 21 July – Fri 26 Sept
Term 4: Mon 13 Oct – Fri 12 Dec (Students) Fri 19 Dec (Staff)

28 Feb = Pupil Free Day

3 March = Labour Day

11 April = Pupil Free Day (Parent Interviews)

28 April = Pupil Free Day

2 June = WA Day

3 June = Pupil Free Day

22 Aug = Pupil Free Day

25 Aug = Pupil Free Day (Catholic Day)

Best Wishes

Mark Ryan

Our inter-school athletics team had a fantastic result last Friday, with so many exciting races and place ribbons coming home. Queen of Apostles finished 2nd out of six schools. Special mention goes to Hudson (yr 4 champion boy), Gabby (yr 5 champion girl), Georgia (yr 4 runner-up girl) and Spencer (yr 5 runner-up boy).

Thank you to our cheer squad for supporting the team and Mr Ryan and Mrs O'Brien in the tent. Thanks to Paul Martin for helping at the finish line too!

Special note - the PE teacher from Our Lady of Fatima said to me at the end of the day that our (Queenies) kids were just lovely. I asked what she meant. She said, "They were all just so happy and smiley and had lovely manners". That also made my day!

If you took any photos today that you don't mind sharing, you can post them to me on Seesaw, or email ross.bridgeman@cewa.edu.au.

Thanks

Mr B

The 2025 School fees schedule will be available on the school website from tomorrow, Friday 29th November 2024.

https://www.qoa.wa.edu.au/

The Uniform shop will be open for the last time this year on Wednesday 4th December from 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

The next opening will be just prior to school starting on the 29th January 9am to 1pm.

It will then operate as normal during term times, every Wednesday from 1.30pm to 3.30pm.

Our end of the year special is:

Gingerbread Man $2

As there is just 1 week left some items on the menu may be unavailable.

PREP enrolment Day will be on Saturday 8th Feb.2025 at 9.30am in the Parish House.

Commitment Mass for Confirmation will be on the weekend 15th & 16th Feb 2025

Commitment Mass for Reconciliation will be on the weekend 22nd & 23rd Feb 2025

Commitment Mass for Eucharist will be on the weekend 1st & 2nd March 2025.

Confirmation workshop will be on Wednesday 21st May at 5.30pm

Reconciliation workshop will be on Wednesday 20th August at 5.30pm

Eucharist workshop will be on Wednesday 27th August at 5.30pm

Sacrament of Confirmation will be on Sunday 14th June at 10.30am Mass

Sacrament of Reconciliation will be on Tuesday 16th September at 6.30pm

Sacrament of Eucharist will be on Sunday 21st September at 10.30am Mass.

Thank you.

Fr.Paul Manickathan SAC

Save the Date in your calendars now for the Welcome Back Sundowner and the Blue Tree Project Friday 21 February from 5pm to 7pm.

We are getting a Blue Tree at Queen of Apostles, to join in please come along to our Welcome Back Sundowner to help paint our tree. For further details about the Blue Tree Project please go to https://bluetreeproject.com.au/.

Last night at the Christmas Concert the P&F presented the Book Awards for 2024, the categories were the Citizenship Award and Endeavour Award for Kindy to Year 5.

Citizenship Award – for someone who always follows the school rules, always has a friendly and caring attitude and is a good role model to other students.

Endeavour Award – for someone who is organised, follows instructions and always tries their very best in all subjects, even if they find it difficult.

A big congratulations to all the P&F Book Award winners last night

Kindy – Citizenship Award winner Hugh Greene

Pre-Primary – Citizenship Award winner Rana Manohara

Year 1 – Endeavour Award winner Luna Chen

Year 2 – Citizenship Award winner Kaia Carnegie

Year 3 – Endeavour Award winner Evie Mullins

Year 4 – Citizenship Award winner Chrystabelle Rago

Year 5 – Citizenship Award winner Max Upfold

Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket(s) in the Christmas Raffle, we sold just over 900 tickets which was a fantastic effort by the Queenies community.

Thank you to our sponsors The Bell Tower, Zone Bowling, Aviation Heritage Museum and Entertainment Fundraisers, without your generosity our raffle wouldn’t have been as successful as it was.

Congratulations to our winners;

First Prize - Jesse from Year 4

Second Prize - Amelia from Year 1

Third Prize - Chloe from Year 5

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School Holiday Camps

December '' Christmas ''

holiday camp

Monday 16th - Friday 20th

7 - 12 years of age

[ 9.00am - 3.30pm daily ]

January 2025 summer

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First Week

Monday 20th - Friday 24th

9 years and under [ eg minimum 6 yrs ]

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Second Week

Tuesday 28th - Friday 31st

9 years and over

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Please visit www.willettonbasketball.com.au via the ‘’ Program ‘’ page where you will find Holiday Camps

Registration for 2025 is NOW OPEN!

MiniRoos (5-11 year olds) & Juniors (12-18 year olds)

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Stage Door School, now in its 26th year, is excited to let you know of their inclusive and inexpensive holiday programme, “SUMMER FUN” in the second and third week of the January holidays.

From 10.00 am to 12.30pm, each day it will be an opportunity for everyone from age 8 yrs to 16 yrs, to show their skills, singing, acting and dancing. Moanna, Sound of Music. Matilda, Annie and more.

Held at St Patrick’s Anglican Church Hall, 1st Avenue, Mt Lawley. www.stagedoorschool.com

Phone or text Robin on 0416 251 265 for more details and enrolment.

The WA Department of Health has supported Better Health Company to provide free healthy lifestyle programs for WA communities.

Better Health Program - for children aged 6-12yrs who are above a healthy weight and their family.

Active8 Program - for children aged 2-5yrs and their family.

Better Health Coaching Service - adults aged 18 and above seeking healthy lifestyle support.

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Family Programs are delivered ONLINE or in person at a local community venue. Registrations are now open for Term 1!

NOTE: Online programs are delivered on-demand meaning individuals and families can start as soon as they are referred or register.