St Elizabeth's News

NEWSLETTER | TERM 1 | WEEK 6 | 13 MARCH 2025

Dear parents and caregivers,

As we reach the halfway point of Term One, things are certainly not slowing down! Swimming lessons are nearly complete for some of our students, and our Year Three and Five students have successfully participated in the NAPLAN assessments. A big thank you to everyone involved in making these events run smoothly.

This week, Mr Mastan and I attended the CEWA Leaders’ Forum at the Perth Convention Centre, where we joined over 500 leaders to explore CEWA’s Strategic Initiatives. I was honoured to present a session showcasing the growth and journey of St Elizabeth’s over the past three years. On Tuesday, I attended the Catholic Primary Principals’ Association conference, where I gained insights into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential in education. While this emerging field is exciting, it also reinforced the importance of teaching cybersafety to our students.

Next week, we will celebrate Harmony Week, culminating in our Harmony Day Assembly on Thursday. With such a wonderfully diverse school community, I look forward to seeing the many cultures represented and celebrated. A reminder that students are welcome to wear traditional clothing or something orange on Thursday to mark the occasion.

Good luck to all our Year Four to Six students who are competing in the Interhouse Swimming Carnival next Friday!

Finally, please continue to keep the Payton family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

God bless

Rebecca Clarke

Principal

Week 7

HARMONY WEEK!! 🧡

Wednesday 19 March

2.20pm - Year 5 & 6 Liturgy - Families Welcome!

Thursday 20 March

Harmony Day - Wear something orange or cultural dress 🧡
8.45am - Harmony Day Assembly - All welcome, Coffee van on site!

Friday 21 March

Interhouse Swimming Carnival - YR4 - 6 only, select students.

Week 8

Wednesday 26 March

2.20pm - Kindy & Pre Primary Liturgy - Families Welcome!

Term 1 Parent Planner

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Week 7

Dear parents and caregivers

It’s hard to believe we are heading into Week 7 already! The term has been packed with learning, fun, and lots of activity. A huge thank you to everyone for your efforts during swimming lessons—our students had an absolute blast, and their enthusiasm was fantastic to see. As swimming has now finished, a reminder that we are back to formal school uniforms from next week.

Icy Poles for Project Compassion

To continue our support for Project Compassion, we will be selling icy poles every Friday until the end of the term. If you’d like more details, please check your Seesaw messages. This is a great way for students to contribute to a worthy cause while enjoying a cool treat!

House Captains – Congratulations!

We are thrilled to announce our House Captains for 2024! These students have demonstrated leadership, teamwork, and a strong commitment to our school community. They will be formally presented to the school next term, but please join us in congratulating:

🔵Servite – Maddison D & Mikayla

🟢Mackillop – Oscar & Ella

🟡Vincent – Mason A & Emmana

🟠Assisi – Jacques & McKinlie

We know they will do a fantastic job leading their Houses this year!

Swimming Carnival – Friday 21st March

Next Friday, we look forward to our Years 4–6 Swimming Carnival at Aquamotion! The event will start at approximately 9:00 AM and run until around 12:00 PM. We can’t wait to see our students give their best effort, cheer on their peers, and most importantly, have fun!

We will post the carnival program on Seesaw next week, so please keep an eye out for the details.

Father’s Group – Get Involved!

We are keen to get more dads and father figures involved in some of our out-of-school events and build a strong Father’s Group in our community. If you have the time and would like to be part of this, please send me an email at kadir.mastan@cewa.edu.au—we’d love to have you on board!

Let’s continue to work hard, support one another, and make the most of this exciting term! God Bless! 🙏

Kadir Mastan

Assistant Principal
St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School

St Anthony of Padua Parish

Dear Parents/Guardians

Scholastic Book Club 2025 Issue 2 has been sent home with your child.

Could all online orders for Issue 2, be finalised by Monday 24th March for pickup from St Elizabeth’s Catholic Primary School.

Just a reminder what you order helps the school with reward points for us to purchase more books for our school library.

Thank you for your ongoing support.💗

Kind Regards

Mrs Alli Burgess

School Librarian

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PLEASE RETURN YOUR PAYMENT OPTION FORM

Dear Parents

A big thank you to all the families who have already returned their 2025 Payment Options Forms.

As the return deadline (24 February) has now passed, I kindly ask those who have not yet returned the completed form to do so as soon as possible.

Any questions regarding the fees please contact me at melissa.dimond@cewa.edu.au

If you have a current Health Care Card or Pension Card in the billers name, not the student, you may be eligable for a discount, please come to the office to sign the relevant forms.

Also if you have a child attending Mater Dei and St Elizabeths concurrently please also let me know as you may be eligible for a sibling discount.

Thank you
Melissa Dimond
Finance Manager

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Meet your P&F Executives

President : Lynda Clark

Hi everyone I'm Lynda. I have two boys in years 5 and 2. This is my 3rd year on the P&F as I'm very passionate about our community and helping our school grow. This is going to be our best year and I can't wait to see what we achieve.

Vice President : Dawie Van Der Walt

Hi I'm Dawie and I love coffee. If you ever want to chat I'm a great listener especially over coffee. I have a daughter in year 4 and my other daughter graduated last year. If I can be of any help please let me know. My focus this year is getting the Dad's event happening.

Secretary : Amber Evans

Hi I'm Amber. My favourite animal is an otter. I have a daughter in year 2 and a son who graduated a few years ago. I'm excited to be helping raise funds for more fun play equipment for the school. Please approach me if you'd like to help or you have any ideas!

Treasurer : Lisa O'Reilly

Hi I'm Lisa. I have two girls in Yr 2 and Pre Primary. This is my second year on the P+F and I'm looking forward to seeing the kids faces at the disco.

Community Sponsor Liason : Melissa Wilson

Hello, I’m Melissa

My children are Sebastian (y5) and Isabelle (y3) and our fur baby Leo the Bichon.

I’m passionate about people, their well being, community and connection

Feel free to come along to our next P+F meeting on Friday 28th March at 8.45am