St Elizabeth's News

Good afternoon parents and caregivers,

This week we welcomed the BIG RED ST ELIZABETH’S ADVENTURE BUS to the main playground. To say this caused a frenzy of excitement would be an understatement! Thank you to our very hard-working P&F Committee for providing our students with a fabulous piece of play equipment! Thank you to Anton Schippers for donating his time and expertise towards the project!

A reminder that students should be in class ready to learn by 8:30am. Each class are beginning the day with a ‘Morning Circle’ activity that allows students to settle and prepare themselves for the day. Additionally, some specialist teachers start their lessons from 8:30am and students arriving late are missing important parts of the lessons. If you are running late, please make sure students sign in at the office and head straight to class. Please do not enter the classrooms after 8:30am as this can be a disruption to the beginning of the day routines.

Congratulations to Mrs Clarkson, our Year Two students and our beautiful choir who participated in the CEWA Performing Arts Festival, ‘Spirit of the Arts’, on Tuesday at Mercy College. The students showcased their wonderful dancing skills in the Christian Dance section of the festival and received great feedback.

Saturday night is the P&F Quiz Night. I wish the team all the best for a successful and fabulous night of quizzing! Good luck to those that are attending!

Have a wonderful weekend.

God bless

Rebecca Clarke

Principal

WEEK 3

Saturday 3 August

• 6.30pm - P & F Quiz Night!

WEEK 4

Tuesday 6 Aug

• Science Incursion - Kindy, PP, Yr2, Yr4 & Yr6

Wednesday 7 Aug

• 5.00pm First Holy Communion Parent/Child Workshop

Thursday 8 Aug

• 8.45am McKillop Day Assembly, everyone welcome - Wear Green, donations of original St Elizabeth's uniform to classrooms please!

Updated Term 3 Parent Planner attached below

Congratulations to our Year Three and Year Five students for completing their online Religious Education Assessment this week! Well done and thank you to Mr Fitzgibbons, Mrs Golding and our Education Assistant's for supporting our students throughout the assessment process. The results will be available to the school in early Term 4.

We will be offering a URStrong 'Language Friendship' Parent/Child Online Workshop next term on Tuesday, 20 August 6:00pm - 7:15pm. More details and links to follow.

Holy Communion Parent Workshop - Wednesday, 7 August from

5:00pm - 6:00pm (St Anthony's Parish Hall)

Holy Communion Retreat Day - Friday, 16 August at St Anthony's.

All Day (St Anthony's Parish Hall)

In gratitude

Emma Fernandez

The Premier's Reading Challenge runs from the 6th of May to 6th of September. You need to try to read as many books as you can in this time.

It's a competition right across the state and there's some great prizes - including a Nintendo Switch.

So, everyone get on board with the Premier's Reading Challenge for 2024, Get to your books and read away!

Bookmark reading records will be coming home in library bags for children in PP to Year 6 to record all your books read through the challenge!

Use the QR code below or head to https://www.premiersreadingchallenge.wa.edu.au/ for more information.

Thank you, Mrs Burgess

For those that I haven't met yet, my name is Chloe and I am the Social Worker employed by St Elizabeth's to provide support to our beautiful school community. I am typically at school on Mondays and Tuesdays, and often accompanied by my long hairy sidekick - Freddie the Therapy Dog!

During my time at St Elizabeth's I have been challenged on how best to meet the needs of the whole school community. It's a big responsibility and one I take very seriously.

For the remainder of 2024, I would like to trial a new process that hopefully allows me to connect with more students, but also offer more preventative support to small groups of students with similar needs, and classrooms where themes impact the whole group.

Over the coming weeks, I will promote small groups where you may want to register your child's interest. These groups will be coordinated with relevant teaching staff to ensure minimal impact on learning. Groups would typically meet for 4-6 weeks, though this may be extended based on need.

For example:

Friendship Ninjas - kids who are struggling with friendship issues and would benefit from supportive peers and guided problem-solving.

Worry Warriors - kids who experience varying levels of anxiety that get in the way of them participating or enjoying different activities.

Freddie's Fan Club - kids who need additional support with emotional regulation strategies

Busy Brains - kids who are neurodivergent and would benefit from peer support and neuro affirming guidance.

I will continue to offer 1:1 support for children and families who are going through challenging times. As parents you can still refer your child directly to me by contacting me by email or phone on my usual school days. I welcome parents making appointments if they wish to see me for support. I also encourage you to talk with your child's teacher, as often this is likely to be impacting your child in the classroom as well. Children will typically receive a maximum of 4 sessions per referral, and if further intervention is required and out of my scope, I will assist by providing connection to supports outside of school.

Please be assured, that this does not mean I will not be responsive to crises as they occur for our students - the only limitation to this is my available working days at the school.

Thank you for embracing this and I look forward to your feedback as we give it a go!

Brand New starting term 3 for Kindergarten to Year 3 students! Places still available!!

Minecraft club will be continuing in term 3!

If you like to come and have a FREE trail - On Monday 22 July (week 2) please come along!

This year the Year 6 students are raising money through the Containers for Change initiative to donate to LifeLink. If you and your family have spare cans or bottles that you would like to contribute to our school collection, please scan this barcode when you are returning your containers, every container counts!

Term 1: Wednesday 31 January - Thursday 28 March

Term 2: Monday 15 April - Friday 28 June

Term 3: Monday, 15 July - Friday, 20 September

Term 4: Tuesday 8 October - Friday 6 December

Tuesday, 5 March

Tuesday, 4 June
Monday 15 July

Tuesday, 16 July (note date change)
Monday 26 August
Monday 7 October

Please note, these dates are subject to change. Parents will be notified well in advance.

Email: admin@stecps.wa.edu.au
Website: www.stelizabethhocking.wa.edu.au
Location: 30 Ranworth Road, Hocking WA 6065, Australia
Phone: (08) 9303 7600
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Twitter: @stecps