Queen of Apostles School
Term 4 Week 6 - Thursday 16 November, 2023
Term 2, Week 6- Thursday 23 May 2024
PRAYER
Loving God,
You place deep in our hearts the love of Mary, Help of Christians.
Through her prayers grant wisdom to our leaders and integrity to our citizens.
Under her protection may Australia be granted harmony, justice and peace.
We ask this in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Dates to Remember
Year 1 Assembly
Tomorrow at 8.50am in the hall the Year 1 class will be showcasing their talents and letting the community know what they have been working on at their assembly. I am looking forward to seeing what they come up with. It promises to be a lot of fun!
URStrong
As part of our wellbeing strategy we currently implementing the URStrong programme with our students. URStrong helps our students in fostering healthy, feel good friendships and gives them a common language to use. If you would like to know more about URStrong there is an online parent/child workshop tonight at 6pm. Please see the flyer later in newsletter for details on how to register. If you would like some more information about URStrong please see Mr B or your classroom teacher.
Staffing
We have concluded the process to find a new Education Assistant to work across our Year 1 and 2 classes and I am pleased to say that Melanie Reid was the successful applicant. Melanie is an experienced EA who has worked in a variety of schools (including QOA) and is excited about the role. I'm sure you'll join me in welcoming Melanie to our community.
Grandparents Mass - 28th May
We are really looking forward to our Grandparents Mass and morning tea on Tuesday 28th May. Grandparents are a very important in the lives of our students and I know they are really looking forward to having them in our school. I thank the P&F for organising the cupcakes and helping to serve. Please see the flyer later in the newsletter to register for catering purposes.
Pupil Free Day - 4th June
Please remember that Tuesday 4th June is a Pupil Free Day. This is the day after the WA Day holiday. I hope our families enjoy the extra long weekend and the children come back to school ready to get stuck into the last few weeks of Term 2!
P&F Meeting - New Date 7th June
The next P&F meeting will be held on Friday 7th June at 9am in the staffroom. This is the first day meeting of the year so if you can make it we would love to have you there.
Premier's Reading Challenge
The Premier's Reading Challenge is on again this year and runs from Monday 6th May to Friday 6th September. To register simply go to premiersreadingchallenge.wa.edu.au
I encourage you to nominate and read as many books as you can during the time period.
Good Luck!
Best Wishes
Mark Ryan
Principal
Dates for 2024
Library News
NSS
Wednesday 22nd June was National Simultaneous Storytime, an initiative to celebrate the joys of reading. This year’s book was Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker. The kindy class visited the library and we read the book together along with other classes and many schools across the country.
Lunchtimes
It has been lovely to see so many children enjoying our library on Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes. Children can read a book, colour and play board or card games with friends. Another popular lunchtime activity is crochet. We have plenty of wool and hooks for anyone that wants to join in.
Library Closed
The library will be closed Week 7 and 8 reopening on Wednesday 12th June.
Dates for your Diary
Book week parade Wednesday 28th August
Book Fair Wednesday 11th September
Congratulations
Congratulations to Jamie (Year 6) for auditioning and winning the role of Mike Teavee in the upcoming production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This is a fantastic achievement and one you should be very proud of. For those of you who would like to attend, check out the details below.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - presented by Art In Motion Theatre Company
Don Russell Performing Arts Centre
Running from 10 - 13 July
Link to tickets: https://tinyurl.com/DRPACcharlie2024
URSTRONG
Dear Parents,
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, empowering your children with friendship skills through their award-winning Friendology curriculum.
You are invited to attend an ONLINE Language of Friendship parent-child workshop for URSTRONG Schools on Thursday 23 May at 6:00pm. Dana Kerford (Founder of URSTRONG) will teach you and your children skills + language to foster healthy, feel-good friendships.
Registration Required: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
*You will receive an email within 48 hours of the event with the zoom details.
We believe that empowering our students with these skills will create a culture of kindness at our school and we hope you can attend.
Thank you
Mr B
CHOIR NEWS - Save the Date
Dear Parents,
We have some EXCITING CHOIR NEWS and some very excited choir members.
This year, we have registered with One Big Voice and will be performing at the evening concert at RAC Arena on the 22nd of August.
Further details with regards to the concert will be sent out closer to the date, outlining the specifics and how to purchase tickets.
This event will be attended by Year 3 to 6 choir members so please SAVE THE DATE!
Thank you
Sheryl Perry
ICAS Assessment
Dear Parents and Guardians
In 2024, we will again be giving our students in Years 3-6 the opportunity to participate in the ICAS Assessments.
What is ICAS?
ICAS is an online academic competition that gives students the opportunity to challenge their higher order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, and Spelling Bee.
Every student who participates is celebrated and recognised with a printed certificate in each subject area, and an online results report to track development each year. Top performers are eligible for one of the highly coveted ICAS medals.
To learn more about this year’s exciting ICAS competition, visit: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)
How to participate in ICAS
If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please:
1. Read about ICAS subjects and prices here: (icasassessments.com/products-icas/)
2. Read the Privacy Collection Statement below.
3. Read the terms and conditions here: (icasassessments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-ICAS-Assessments-Schools-TsCs_S2023.V6-1.pdf)
4. Go to the Parent Portal to sign up to chosen subject areas here: (shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps
5. Enter our school’s access code – OYU794
6. Enter your child’s details, select the subject areas your child would like to participate in, then proceed to payment.
After payment is made via the Parent Payment System, you will receive an order confirmation email, please keep this for your records.
ICAS results and certificates
All assessments will be conducted online, at school. We will notify you of the date(s) that we will run ICAS assessments, and when your child’s ICAS results are ready. Your child’s ICAS certificates will be delivered to school. Once we have received them, we will present them to your child to bring home. The back of the certificate will show your child’s ICAS results and the login details, “TAP ID and Pin”. - Use these to enter the Results Portal orti.icasassessments.com/ortiStudent.
Privacy collection statement
The following information is a privacy notification about how your child’s data is kept private and secure.
ICAS Assessment is owned by Janison Solutions Pty Ltd (We, Us, Our).
To deliver assessment products, Janison will require your child’s School to obtain your consent to provide Janison with certain personal information of students. Janison will collect, store, use, disclose and otherwise deal with such personal information in accordance with its privacy policy (below). We are aware of our responsibility to protect personal information related to children and students from being disclosed when we deliver an ICAS Assessments product. Unless you, as the child’s legal guardian consents, we will not:
- collect any personal information or data of children other than the information we need for the successful completion of an assessment, test, or exam.
- transfer any personal information we obtain from a child in the delivery of assessments and tests to any jurisdiction outside of Australia.
- share any personal information relating to children with any third parties (except for those third parties necessary for us to carry out our Services or provide our Products e.g., medal engraving).
- use any personal information or data relating to children for marketing purposes.
You can view our full privacy policy at https://www.janison.com/privacy-policy/.
We may retain personal information and data relevant to a child for their future purposes or for research purposes by Janison for the duration of the school life cycle of the child. However, if you or your child at any time wish to have their personal information or data removed from our systems, they or you may opt out by simply contacting our Privacy Officer at privacy@janison.com or by contacting icasassessments@janison.com.
We are excited to be offering ICAS to our students this year and look forward to celebrating their achievements. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions.
Welcome to our latest P&F Update
Grandparents Morning Tea
The Grandparents Mass and Morning Tea is on Tuesday 28th May and we are asking parents to donate some baking, shop bought or handmade treats for our grandparents to enjoy after the Mass. If you could please drop off your goodies to the library by 9am, before Mass begins.
Queenies P&F Footy Tipping Competition
Congratulations to Kathy Duncanson for your excellent tipping in round 10, please see the front office to collect your Rustico voucher and certificate.
Also in first place on the overall leaderboard is Jessica Page.
Catholic School Parents WA AGM Notice
Dear Parents,
The Catholic School Parents WA Inc (CSPWA) Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday the 8th June, as part of our 70th Anniversary conference.
We are currently in the process of setting the agenda and so we are calling for agenda items or motions to be included. Please forward any items to admin@csp.wa.edu.au by Friday 24th May.
We also invite members from schools who are financially affiliated with CSPWA to consider nominating to Council at the AGM. In addition to contributing to the work of council at state and local level, Council members have the opportunity to represent CSPWA on national, state and Catholic education sector committees and working parties according to their experience.
If this is something you might be interested in or if you would like to find out more, please contact Siobhan Allen, Executive Director CSPWA on 0409 025 683.
Please find below the link to the 2024/25 Council nomination form.