Frayne Today

Welcome to Frayne Today. This edition includes a reminder of our approaching Annual Community Meeting next week. Details of the meeting are:

Date: Tuesday 26 November

Time: 6.30pm

Venue: Duncan Street (Joachim Campus) Staffroom

Meeting Agenda:

1. Acknowledgement of Country and Prayer

2. Principal's report

3. Advisory Council Reports

• Chair
• Finance

5. Friends of Frayne Reports

• President
• Treasurer
• Election of Office Bearers

6. Expressions of Appreciation

7. Meeting close

Expressions of Interest are called for parents who would like to volunteer their services to be part of the College Advisory Council. One vacancy is available due to one of our members relocating overseas. Please email Stephanie Yii at the College if you would like to nominate yourself for this vacant position (stephanie.yii@cewa.edu.au).

"We live in the shelter of each other."

There is an old African saying, that we live in the shelter of each other. Without community, there is no life.

On Saturday evening, Ursula Frayne Catholic College hosted its biggest birthday party ever! Fr. Nick celebrated his 60th birthday with a fundraising dinner event, where over 300 guests attended, to share a lovely meal, dance and engage in fundraising activities.

A highlight of the evening was a slow live painting by John Adams which was auctioned, attracting an amazing total of $8,000.00, which will go directly to Fr Nick's charity foundation, supporting the further development of a hospital in Nigeria.

I am very proud to share that Margaret Rath has been awarded a highly distinguished recognition through ACEL for her leadership in teaching.

This is wonderful recognition for Margaret who is so highly regarded for her English leadership and also her teaching of English. Ursula Frayne students have benefitted greatly from Margaret's leadership in teaching and her leadership of the English Learning Area.

Our students leave our College having had the best opportunities to grow in their English and Literature competencies. In addition to the excellence Margaret brings to the classroom she is also a generous, supportive and caring staff member who is pastorally strong. She values the relational aspect and connection a teacher has with their classes. We celebrate together this acknowledgement of Margaret.

With only a few weeks left of the academic year to go for many of our students, we look forward to celebrating achievements and milestones, before the joy of Christmas arrives.

For your children | Mark Antulov | Principal

Thursday 21 November: Xavier Campus Orientation Morning | Yr7 2025 Orientation Day

Friday 22 November: Kindy 2025 Orientation Day

Monday 25 November: Yr2 AQWA Excursion

Tuesday 26 November: Yr5 Fremantle Prison Excursion | Annual College Community Meetings

Wednesday 27 November- Friday 29 November: Yr9 Outdoor Education Camps

Friday 29 November: Yr10 Final Mass and Last Day | Xavier Campus Celebration Under the Stars

Saturday 30 November: Frayne Piano Festival

Congratulations to two of our Write A Book In A Day teams for their amazing results, which were announced last week.

Silly Little Goobers, our Year 7/8 team, received a Commendation and a Win, for their entry "In Her Shoes", in the category of Best Book Middle School WA and Middle School Best Illustrated Book WA respectively.

Well done, Silly Little Goobers: Adalin Yee-Moscufo | Aoife Florance | Charlotte Doyle | Chelsea Nguyen | Ella Galbraith | Jaimie Girgenti | Keira McDaid | Lily Burke | Sarah Chambers | Zoe Girgenti

While our Year 11/12 team, Waffle Stack, won in the categories of Best Book Upper School WA and Upper School Best Illustrated Book WA for their entry "The Watchmaker's Legacy".

Amazing efforts Waffle Stack: Angela Pang | BiBi Zhou | Caitlin Crawford | Grace Pearson | Hannah Ozaraga | Hannah Toh | Jeremy Rochester | Matilda Faulkner | Woojin Song | Wesley West

Not only did these two teams achieve highly but our eight teams who entered raised a total of over $10,420 in donations, to go towards vital childhood cancer research for The Kids' Cancer Project.

We thank Tenille Walsh for being the driving factor behind this event, Jonelle Irving and Margaret Rath for their support, and all of the students and staff involved for their hard work and commitment to such a wonderful cause.

Frayne Forever

On Saturday 9 November a collection of alumnus came together to attend a lovely reunion. Organised by James Belcher (Class of 2014) we had students from ten, twenty and even thirty years ago, come to the College to take a tour, have some refreshments and even complete a quiz! It was a lovely evening and we're so glad we could welcome them back. We look forward to holding many more reunions on campus in 2025.

As we plan our annual Neurodiversity Celebration Week Parent and Student Evening, we want to ensure it’s meaningful, inclusive, and supportive for all who attend.

We invite you to complete the form below to share your thoughts on topics, speakers, event format, and ways to enhance networking opportunities. Your input will play a vital role in shaping an experience that celebrates and strengthens our community.

Thank you for sharing your feedback and helping us make this event the best it can be!

The Vinnies’ Christmas appeal has begun and runs through until the final week of November.

This appeal allows our students and families to work with the local Vinnies Conference to help provide hampers for those in need in our community.

Items to be collected in classes include:

Milo | Coffee or tea | Tinned fruit | Baked beans or spaghetti | Tinned vegetables | Tinned tuna | Tinned soup | Pasta and Pasta sauce | Noodles | Cereals | Gravy mixes | Jelly crystals | Biscuits |

| Bonbons | Long life milk or custard | Pancake mix | Sugar | Cordial | Lollies (No Chocolate) | Condiments (tomato sauce, mayonnaise etc) | Rice | Spreads (jam, honey, Vegemite, Nutella etc).

Our local Vinnies Chapter will be packing Christmas Hampers at the Our Lady Help of Christians Church Hall on Friday 13 December 2024. If you would like to help, either packing hampers or delivering them to those in the community who need our support, please contact Sarah Quin and she will provide further details (sarah.quin@cewa.edu.au).

Thank you to all our families for your donations and kindness.

Our Year 9 CFC students will be hosting playgroups in Term 4 on our Joachim Campus.

Please bring your child (aged 2-5) along, stay and play and see how our Year 9's are learning in a "real world" environment.

It's a free playdate for you and an awesome education experience for our students.

At the conclusion of Term 4, all school photos will be removed from the Kapture website in order to make way for 2025 photos. If you did not place an order for your child's school photo and would like to do so, please head to their website ASAP.

After a rigorous audition process, we extend our congratulations to the following students:

Euan Macapagal | Troy Bolton

Kiara Gabb | Gabriella Montez

Alexandra Temby | Sharpay Evans

Hannah MacDonald | Ryan Evans

Ethan Geerlings | Chad Danforth

Olivia Chambers | Taylor McKessie

Mia Gonzalez | Coach Bolton

Paige Munro | Ms Darbus

Erin O'Callaghan | Kelsi Nelson

Isabelle Llapitan | Jack Scott

Daniel Kim | Zeke Baylor

Eric Pulickan | Jason Cross

Dani Cabatuano | Martha Cox

Alim Sesay | James

Kassandra Griasch | Susan

Holly Hotchkin | Cathy

Tahlia Reilly | Alan

Lily Burke | Cyndra

Dakota Redfearn | Kratnoff

Cayleigh Freeth | Ripper

Jasmin Legge | Mongo

Katelyn Hauptle | Karaoke MC

Alice Kosovich | Ms Tenny

Tia Hadarin | Moderator

Well done everyone, we can't wait to see you bring High School Musical to life on stage in 2025!

There are so many opportunities to be involved in music on the Duncan Campus.

From our wonderful College nights, like Highly Strung and Sung and the Heat Is On; or the opportunity to be involved in the Catholic Performing Arts Festival; or the many College masses, assemblies and events held throughout the year, there is quite literally something for everyone!

Become a part of our vibrant music community today! Click the button below and join Frayne Music.

It is time to showcase our amazing talented Frayne piano students! We have had another amazing year, with incredible growth in piano performance. This event is an opportunity for our 100+ piano students to showcase their talents.

This year, due to numbers, the event will be split into four sessions. Please nominate your preferred session time and every effort will be made to accommodate your request, however they will be honoured on a first in best dressed basis.

This event is supported by Sound Centre and Yamaha Music Australia. Each performer will receive a certificate and “surprise” gift from them.

As it is a performance event, all players are encouraged to ‘look’ the part, dress up to suit your song or wear smart casual attire. College uniform is not required for this performance event.

Date: Saturday 30 November

Times: 10.00am / 11.30am / 1.00pm / 2.30pm

Location: Canning Sea Scouts Hall, Centenary Avenue, Wilson.

Please contact Mr John Pound to register at john.pound@cewa.edu.au by Monday 25 November.

Each session is expected to go for an hour. Please come along with your family to show your support.

Congratulations to the following students who medalled in the recent WA All School Championships, held at the WA Athletics Stadium between 1-3 November.

GOLD | U15 girls 3000m Walk

GOLD | U16 boys 200m hurdles

SILVER | U16 boys 100m hurdles

GOLD | U16 girls 200m hurdles

GOLD | U16 girls 90m hurdles

3R: Merit – Jacko Flannelly | Tliyah Gordon

3W: Merit – Stella Healy | Sophia Hung Lien Fat | Ashton Sciortino | Alessia Screech

Year 3: Japanese – Gloria Chang | Italian – Ignatius Jones

4R: Merit – Gwendolyn Lai | Lila O’Kane | Luca Richards Critchley | Max Sharkey

4W: Merit – Kevin Duong | Milena Hapgood | Ethan Mathew | Brigitta (Annastasia) Santosa | Warnakulasuriya (Shenarya) Tissera

Year 4: Japanese – Frazer Ewert | Italian – Alayna Merredew

5R: Merit – Giulio Vaccarezza

5W: Merit – Kenzie Dale | Tora Middleton | Ava O’Hare

Year 5: Japanese – Harrison Llapitan | Italian – Aaish Rawal

6R: Merit – Olive Hegarty | Nakaia Holley | Sage Parnell

6W: Merit – Kyra Lee | Sophia Lee-Sarris | Dante Passalacqua | Edrick Tan

Year 6: Japanese – Matilda Hoang | Italian – Lucinda Freeth

Tuesday 26 November 6.30pm Duncan Campus

Nominations for positions on the Friends of Frayne Council will close on Monday 25 November.

If you're interested in nominating for a position on Friends of Frayne, including 2025 Class Coordinator roles (Balmoral Campus only), please fill out a nomination form and email to Friendsoffrayne@ufcc.wa.edu.au

For information about the various roles and to find the 2025 Nomination Form please look under "Documentation" via the following link - https://ufcc.wa.edu.au/friends-of-frayne/

Friends of Frayne provided some light hospitality in support of this important college event for 2025 Kindergarten parents. It was a lovely opportunity to meet some parents who will be joining our school next year and to support the college in providing information about our wonderful community.

Thank you to Christina Mandanici and Aimee Hamer for arranging the Friends of Frayne support.

A group of Year 1 families had a fabulous time away at Mandurah Caravan Park last month. It is so great to see the little and big siblings having a good time too.

Thank you very much to class coordinators Natalie McKaigue and Stacey Bruce for organising the weekend away.

What a memorable evening on the rooftop on Joachim Campus with Artist in Residence, John Adams.

Well done to everyone who came along and painted (or sipped) the evening away. We hope you had a wonderful night, and that your masterpiece has found its pride of place.

We would like to extend a big thank you to the talented John Adams for your time, expertise and support. You made the evening lots of fun for parents and staff.

We would also like to thank our Principal Mark Antulov and Vice Principal Jess Bouwman for attending and getting into the spirit of the evening. We’re sorry that you didn’t win the ‘whose painting is better’ competition Mark, but Jess was the deserving winner on this occasion.

Thank you to the Friends of Frayne Council members who helped to pull this special evening together - Nikki Middleton, Patricia Gabb, Jasmine Collier, Nicola Iannantuoni, Josie D’Aqui, Nat O’ Brien, Rebecca McAdam and Aimee Hamer.

Thank you to Year 5 Class Coordinators Deanna Monaldi and Caroline Sonego for arranging a fun and casual family catch up at Tomato Lake for Year 5 families to enjoy and a nice way to round off 2024.

Well that was fun! We hope your kids had big smiles on their faces after the colour run because all of us sure did!

We would like to thank all of the wonderful volunteers for giving up their time and helping to make the colour run a success! It is a huge day and we couldn’t possibly have done it without you.

Thank you Christina Mandanici, Jenna Kelly, Vidhu Abhish, Heidi Rodrigo, Clare Vivanco Thacker, Jesse Hamer, Tracy Gordon-Velle, Aletta Septania, Lori Abernathy, Christie Bell-Bray, Danica Wieman, Pete Sharkey, Kylie Greenlaw, Sue Mott, Carla Ramsland, Jess Toborek, Eden cupples, Alana Harper, Matt Bruce, Jared Reed, Andu, Hiwet, Nikki Craven, Samantha Amson, Beena Wood, Katie Luke, Coco Tian, Nicola Iannantuoni & Josie D’Aqui.

The day wouldn’t have been as much fun without the support of all of the wonderful teachers, teachers' aides and Andy Dalton. They made sure that the kids were comfortable and having fun which is the main aim of the day. Thank you staff for your support.

Last but not least, thank you to the real stars of the day, the groundsmen Lee Barker and Kostya Daylight for doing all the heavy lifting. We could not have pulled it together without you both.

See you next year everyone for an even bigger and better colour run!

Thank you to our wonderful Pre-Primary Class Coordinators for organising a fun opportunity for the Mums to catch up.

It looks like it was a lovely afternoon at Market Grounds.

This section contains items of interest for you or your family where you can Act, Belong or Commit.

Please see below upcoming events and programs for families and children:

As always, there are lots of different activities on offer in the Town of Victoria Park. See below for more information.

Help Shape Screen Use Guidelines

Researchers at Curtin University are seeking community members—grandparents, parents/caregivers of children aged 10 and above, and adults without children—to help identify essential information for screen use guidelines. Participants will complete a short online questionnaire (5-7 minutes) and take part in two focus group sessions (60-90 minutes), available online or face-to-face. To register your interest, please scan the QR code in the attached image or contact Danica at danica.hendry@curtin.edu.au.

MercyCare’s Family Wellbeing Support Service

MercyCare offers free early intervention mental health support for children and young people aged 0-18. Their new Infant Mental Health Case Workers focus on infants and children up to age 5, collaborating with caregivers to promote emotional regulation, connection, and wellbeing. Families can refer by calling 1800 800 046 or emailing yhreferrals@mercycare.com.au.

Become a Certified Seasons for Growth Companion

Join this two-day training to become a certified Seasons for Growth Companion in the Children and Young People's Program. Led by an authorised trainer, this course equips educators and professionals to facilitate the small group program in their communities. Participants will receive a manual and program journals while learning to support children and young people in coping with grief, developing communication skills, and enhancing relationships.

Camp Australia is offering care for students on campus at the end of the school year.

Dates: 9 and 10 December

Times: 6.45am - 6.00pm

Location: The Before and After School Care Room on Balmoral Campus

Cost: $79.00/day

This Summer School Holidays we are running Workshops with LEGO® and Coding with Robotics. Our holiday programs are designed for kids ages 5 -12. We have many themes to inspire creativity and fun.

Our Summer School Holiday Workshops are located at the following locations:

• BRICKS 4 KIDZ Manning
• BRICKS 4 KIDZ City West @ West Perth

Experience a summer you will never forget as WAAPA’s theatres and studios come alive to host an array of exciting courses for young creatives. WAAPA’s Summer School offers dynamic, fun-filled programs that providing intense, creative training for students in years 7 to 12. The courses are crafted to build confidence, teamwork and self-esteem while honing the skills necessary to becoming a successful actor, musician, dancer and performer on stage and screen.

Our Summer School features teachers who are seasoned educators and industry professionals. They deliver exceptional tuition, training and direction and cultivate an environment that fosters inclusivity and creativity. You will have plenty of fun as you make new friends and learn more about your craft.

Find the perfect course for you and make this summer extraordinary.

Catholic Youth Ministry Perth invites you to join us for the Christ the King Youth Festival at St Mary’s Cathedral. This special day not only commemorates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe but is also an annual diocesan celebration, instigated by Pope Francis for World Youth Day around the world.

This is a free event that will include Mass to celebrate youth in our Archdiocese with a special blessing, along with a range of festival activities held on the Cathedral grounds, including live music, expo stands, food trucks and various other activities.


Date: Sunday 24 November 2024
Time: 5pm to 9pm (Mass at 5pm, Youth Festival 6pm to 9pm)
Location: St Mary's Cathedral (Victoria Square, Perth)
Cost: FREE ENTRY
Web: https://christtheking.cym.com.au

On 30 November 2024, the Town of Victoria Park, in partnership with the West Coast Eagles and the Healthy Relationship Strategy Group, will host Fair Play Fair Day. This family-friendly event will bring our community together to celebrate healthy relationships and positive gender roles through a day of fun, learning, and connection.

As part of the 16 Days in WA campaign to end family and domestic violence (FDV), Fair Play Fair Day aims to empower attendees with educational activities that encourage everyone to "play their part" in creating safe and supportive environments. Members from the Healthy Relationship Strategy Group will be on hand with valuable resources and insights on FDV prevention, ensuring this event is as enlightening as it is enjoyable.

Date: 30 November

Time: 10.00am - 1.00pm

Location: Mineral Resources Park, West Coast Eagles Grounds

Tickets: Fair Play Fair Day

What to Expect:

· Games and activities with the West Coast Eagles

· Face painting, giant bubbles, food vans, coffee, and juice

· Giveaways and prizes

· Resources and conversations on family and domestic violence primary prevention

Partners: Town of Victoria Park, West Coast Eagles, United in Diversity, Aboriginal Family Legal Service, Starick, Foundations of Hope, Zonta House, Deserving Better WA, Centrecare Palmerston, and Sussex St Community Law.

Camp Australia has organised another wonderful free webinar for parents. This webinar is called “Tips for Transitioning to Big School” and will be best suited for kindy families with children transitioning to full-time schooling next year.

Date: Monday 9 December

Time: 4.30pm

Location: Online

Cost: FREE

Speaker: Dr Kaylene Henderson

KinderGym classes are an inclusive space where little ones can socialise and learn fundamental movement skills with friendly coaches.

Days: Tuesday and Friday

Times: Ages 2 & Under 9.30am - 10.30am

Ages 2 - 4 10.45am - 11.45am

Location: Gymnasium, Kensington PCYC, 51 Anketell St Kensington

Cost: Term Fee + PCYC Equipment Levy + Annual Gym WA fee

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY | We acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation, the traditional owners who have walked upon and cared for this land for thousands of years. We acknowledge the continued deep spiritual attachment and relationship of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples to this country and commit ourselves to the ongoing journey of reconciliation.