Queen of Apostles School

This week our Year Three and Five classes completed the practice test for the Religious Education Assessment (REA). Next Wednesday (Yr 5) and Thursday (Yr 3) they will complete the actual assessment. This assessment provides a point in time snapshot of student performance in Religious Education. Students’ knowledge and understanding of the content of the RE curriculum is assessed using a combination of multiple choice, and short and extended answer response items. The REA will be done online and will give us information to measure student learning of content in the Religious Education curriculum. The results of these assessments will also inform teaching and be made available to parents once released.

Tomorrow (26th July) we are encouraging all of our students and staff to dress up in the colours of their favourite team. This day coincides with the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with the Fremantle v West Coast Derby being held on Saturday. So, no matter what team you follow we are asking everyone to wear the colours of their favourite team or athlete. We ask that each student brings a gold coin donation which will go to our hard-working P&F to raise funds for upcoming projects. I look forward to seeing everyone dressed in their favourite team colours!

Next Friday the Year 6 class will present their assembly item at 8.50am in the hall. I know they have been working hard on their script and it promises to a lot of fun. I look forward to seeing them in action next Friday morning.

Keeping Safe Online Talk - Paul Litherland - Save the Date

On Tuesday 13th August at 6.00pm in the library we have been lucky enough to secure the services of Paul Litherland to do a Keeping Safe Online presentation for all parents and guardians in our community.

Paul is an ex police officer and will give you tips and insights into how to keep your family safe when accessing the internet and using social networking sites. He is highly regarded and presents to around 280 schools each year.

The Catholic Education Code of Conduct establishes minimum standards of conduct in all behaviour and decision-making to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all members within the CEWA community. The Code of Conduct also shows us how, as a community our behaviours are a collective work that each day builds social justice into the life of our schools. Pope Francis insists that “true social justice is impossible if the human person is not the centre of concern”.

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The following 12 statements outline the expectations of all staff, parents and community members:

1. You act safely and competently.

2. You give priority to students’ safety and well-being in all your behaviour and decision making.

3. You act in accordance with the values of the Gospel as defined in the Code of Ethical Conduct.

4. You conduct yourself in accordance with laws, agreements, policies and standards relevant to your relationship with the school community.

5. You respect the dignity, culture, values and beliefs of each member of the school community.

6. You treat personal information about members of the school community as private and confidential.

7. You give impartial, honest and accurate information about the education, safety and well-being of students.

8. You support all members of the school community in making informed decisions about students.

9. You promote and preserve the trust and privilege inherent in your relationship with all members of the school community.

10. You maintain and build on the community’s trust and confidence in Catholic schools and the Church.

11. You act reflectively and ethically.

12. You allow students to have a voice in their education, safety and well-being.

Best Wishes

Mark Ryan

Principal

Online Booking for school photos.

Please see below the access key you will need to order your photos.

Cut off for family photo orders are September 3 by 4.30pm.

🔺Extra charges will incur if they are ordered after that day.

Congratulations to the following students, whose artwork has been selected and submitted for entry into the Angelico Art Exhibition.

Pre-Primary – Adityan Thileepan

Year 1 – Harrison Pang

Year 2 – Ave Quadizar

Year 3 – Nethuli Rupasinghe

Year 4 – Elise Chan

Year 5 - Olivia Kurniaga

Year 6 – Shanvi Kumar

Year 6 Group Submission

- Anna Boby

- Bonnie Cunningham

- Felicia Goh

- Kyra Hiew

- Shanvi Kumar

- Jamie Indrisie

- Sofia Martin

- Riyoni Wedamulla

- Mary-Jane Yip Chok Mui

The exhibition and artworks will be displayed at the Forest Chase Centre, Perth. Students and families are invited to attend an exhibition viewing session on Saturday 17 August at the Forrest Centre, 221 St Georges Terrace, Perth from 1.30 - 3pm. We hope you can make this worthwhile exhibition displaying talented artist from various Catholic schools.

Regards

Sheryl Perry

Catholic Performing Arts Festival

The Catholic Performing Arts Festival commences this term, and I would like to wish our entries all the best as they participate in this wonderful festival.

I have included a schedule below outlining dates for students who have entered. Please remember, it is the parent’s responsibility to transport their child to their Instrumental or Vocal Performance.

Please also be aware that all parents and friends attending a performance must book a ticket through Try Booking. Tickets can be accessed through the website https://www.spiritofthearts.com.au/. Try Booking links are available under each section.

Kind regards

Sheryl Perry

One Big Voice is just around the corner, and we are very excited to be a part of this amazing experience. Choir members have been encouraged to spend time rehearsing the songs at home and know how to login to the website. Could you please reinforce practice time at home.

Tickets to attend our evening session on 22nd August went on sale on the 16th of July at 2pm. Please refer to the below notes to access information on how to purchase tickets. A detailed step by step guide was also sent to parents via Seesaw.

Please note. When purchasing tickets, we are in the Beethoven Section and will be participating in the EVENING show. There is a floor plan and further information on the One Big Voice website showing where we are standing and an RAC Arena Seating Map. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketek using the below link.

https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx...

Thank you.

Looking forward to this exciting event.

Regards

Sheryl Perry

The Olympics are here!

Exciting specials on at the canteen for the next 3 weeks.

All food prepared in the canteen.

-Sausage Roll $ 4.50

-Chicken Burrito Cups $5.50

(Layered meal with Corn, cucumber,

capsicum,tomato,lettuce,rice,Mexican chicken & beans)

-Energy Bars (with dried fruit) $2

The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) is taking place this August, from Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 and registrations are now open!

The AMC is Australia's most well-known and longest-running mathematics competition for students of all ages, offering a unique opportunity for participants to showcase their mathematical skills and problem-solving abilities.

Spanning topics from basic arithmetic to advanced algebra, geometry, statistics, and probability, the competition is crafted each year by leading educators and academics. With a range of 30 questions, including 25 multiple-choice and 5 integer-based questions, the AMC is an engaging way for students to test their problem-solving skills.

All students receive an award according to the criteria below.

Participation
Awarded to a student who has participated in the competition and received no higher award.

Proficiency
Awarded to a student who has received a pre-set score and received no higher award.

Students who achieve proficiency have demonstrated competency at mathematical problem solving to Australian standards.

Credit
Awarded to a student who is in the top 55% of their year and region (60% for Senior division) and has received no higher award.

Distinction
Awarded to a student who is in the top 20% of their year and region (25% for Senior division) and has received no higher award.

High Distinction
Awarded to a student who is in the top 3% of their year and region (top 5% for Senior division) and has received no higher award.

Prize
Generally awarded to no more than 1 student for every 300 students within a region and year group. Prize winners are given a lapel pin and a voucher for our online shop. The value of the voucher may vary year by year.

The cost of sitting the competition is $8.50 per student. The competition is open to students in Years 3-6.

If you would like your child to sit the AMC, please send details and payment through to the office. We just require the child’s name, Year level and we will arrange their entry into the competition. If you have any questions, please email jennifer.anderson@cewa.edu.au

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.

Second-Hand Uniform Sale

Term 3, Second hand uniform sale will be held tomorrow, Friday 26th July, at 8.15am in front of the school library. All items are $5 each and payment is by EFTPOS only.

If you would like to donate any second-hand uniforms, can you please drop them off to Kathy at the front office.

Sports Colours Day

Come dressed in your favourite sports colours and help support the P&F in raising funds for Edu Markings around the school playground.

If you are still deciding on an outfit, take some inspiration from the Olympic Games which starts tomorrow or the Fremantle Dockers vs West Coast Eagles derby held this weekend. You can come dressed in your favourite sport or sporting personality; the choices are endless.

We hope everyone has a fun day tomorrow and please don’t forget your gold coin donation.

Queenies P&F Footy Tipping Competition

Congratulations to Mark Ryan for your excellent tipping in round 19, please see the front office to collect your Rustico voucher and certificate.

First place on the overall leaderboard is Steven Heffernan

Enrolment update for Seton Catholic College
Please note Year 7 placements for 2025 and 2026 are at capacity, and we have already begun processing Year 4 applications. If Seton is your school of choice, and you have not yet completed an enrolment application, please do so as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Please note Year 4 is the ideal year to submit an application, and our selection process is informed by the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia’s Enrolment Priorities.

To register your attendance at the tour please visit our website: seton.wa.edu.au/college-tours

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Classes are held after school and are a great way for children of all ages to learn self-defense in a fun and safe environment.

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