St Luke's Catholic Primary

Dear Parents and Carers,

As we move through a busy and rewarding term, I would like to take a moment to celebrate the many achievements, opportunities and special events taking place across our school community.

Our Year 4 students recently celebrated the Sacrament of First Holy Communion. The Masses were beautiful celebrations of faith, reverence and community, and it was wonderful to see so many families gathered to support the children on this important step in their faith journey.

My sincere thanks go to our Year 4 teachers and our Sacramental Coordinator for their dedication and care in preparing the students so thoughtfully for this special occasion. The commitment shown by staff, families and parish members helped make these celebrations truly memorable.

Thank you in advance to the P&F who are organising the Father’s Day Breakfast this Friday. We look forward to seeing, fathers, father figures and grandfathers at this special event.

Our students have been busy preparing for the Speak Up Awards. This public speaking opportunity helps build confidence while learning to share their ideas with clarity and conviction. Speak Up awards will take place at school in the Dance Hall on Thursday 17th September. On 12th September, our TSH (Teach, Speak, Hear) students will deliver their speeches at the Power of Speech event in Wembley.

We also have a group of students preparing for the Tournament of Minds (TOMS) competition. Tournament of Minds is an international problem-solving competition that challenges students to work collaboratively in teams to solve demanding, open-ended challenges. Students are required to think creatively, apply critical thinking skills, and present their solutions to a panel of judges. Our Tournament of Minds teams will compete at ECU Joondalup on Saturday 5th September. We wish all participating students the very best and thank you to all who have supported them in their preparation.

A reminder to all families about the importance of regular school attendance. Every day at school provides valuable learning opportunities, social connections and experiences that cannot be replicated when students are absent.

Students attending school only 70% of the time will miss the equivalent of approximately three years of schooling over 10 years of their primary/ secondary education. This can have a significant impact on both academic progress and wellbeing.

Just as important is arriving at school on time. A positive start to the day helps students settle quickly and be ready for learning when the bell goes. Thank you to families for your ongoing support in ensuring children attend regularly and punctually.

The recent sports carnivals were a tremendous success. The beautiful weather provided perfect conditions, and it was wonderful to see students enthusiastically participating, encouraging one another and demonstrating excellent sportsmanship.

A special thank you to Miss R and all staff involved in the organisation of these events. Their hard work behind the scenes ensured the carnivals ran smoothly and provided enjoyable experiences for all students.

I will commence System Leaders Renewal Leave (SLRL) from 3rd September for two and a half weeks, returning to school in Week 10. This is a wonderful opportunity provided to school leaders to pause, reflect and renew both personally and professionally, for which I am very grateful.

During this time, I have chosen to undertake a self-guided pilgrimage following in the footsteps of Australia's first saint, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop. I am looking forward to this time of prayer, reflection and renewal and am grateful for the opportunity to deepen my understanding of her legacy and contribution to Catholic education in Australia.

During this time, Kristy Graffin will be the Short-Term Principal.

As part of our planning for the 2027 school year, families are invited to complete the Class Placement Information Form if you believe there is significant information about your child that the school may not already be aware of and which may assist us in the class placement process.

Our teachers and leadership team take great care in creating balanced classes that support the academic, social, emotional and wellbeing needs of all students. We ask families to trust this process and the professional judgement of staff.

Please note that requests for specific teachers is not part of this process.

2027 Class Placement Information Form

Thank you for your partnership and trust as we work to create the best possible learning environment for every child.

When the holidays arrive in a couple of weeks we trust you find time to relax and enjoy value time with friends and family.

Warm regards,

Kerry Hewitson

Principal

All Souls' Day is a holy day within the Church, set aside for honouring those who have passed away into eternal life. We invite families to attend a liturgy on Friday 30th October to commemorate those who have passed away. Father Stan will guide the liturgy, commencing at 10:00am in the Prayer Garden. You will also have the opportunity to dedicate a butterfly and place it on our memorial wall, if you have not done so already. The liturgy will be followed by morning tea.

Students are welcome to attend the liturgy. They will need to be collected by a parent or guardian from their classroom before the service and walked back to their classroom at the conclusion.

If you would like to attend the liturgy and morning tea, please RSVP via All Souls' Liturgy Friday 30th October

Please reply by Monday 21st September. We look forward to a special morning together.

It was wonderful to see so many students embracing active travel, chatting with friends as they made their way to school or around the oval and starting the day with energy and enthusiasm. This strong beginning sets a positive tone for our Your Move journey, and we look forward to building on this momentum!

If your child will not be returning to St Luke's Catholic Primary in 2027, please advise the Administration Office as soon as possible via email - admin@stlukeswoodvale.wa.edu.au

As positions at St Luke's are highly sought after and many year levels have waitlists, early notification assists us with planning and allows us to offer places to other families.

Thank you for your assistance and support.

Kristy Graffin & Ben Saulsman

Assistant Principals

At St Luke's, we are committed to promoting safe online practice for everyone in our community. Keep an eye out in each newsletter for helpful tips, links and infographics you may like to use to support keeping your children cyber safe.

Parenting Connection WA is offering a free online session on Monday, 14th September from 1:00-2:30pm on Raising Children in a Digital World. You can register your interest in this course here.

As calendar dates can be subject to change, please always confirm events by checking our online calendar - https://www.stlukeswoodvale.wa.edu.au/community-calendar

Week 7

Friday 4th September

• Father's Day Breakfast 7:30am
• Year 1 Assembly 8:40am

Sunday 6th September

• Youth Mass- Father's Day

Week 8

Thursday 10th September

• R U OK Day

Saturday 12th September

• TSH Power of Speech Event

Week 9

Monday 14th September

• Year 1&2 Water Corporation Incursion

Thursday 17th September

• Pre Primary Water Corporation Incursion
• Speak Up Awards Finals 11:30am

Friday 18th September

• Merit Award Assembly 8:40am
• School Disco

Week 10

Monday 21st September

• Year 3&4 AusEd Earth Incursion

Tuesday 22nd September

• Reconciliation Parent & Child Workshop (3W 4:00-5:00pm, 3B 5:15-6:15pm)

Wednesday 23rd September

• Loud Shirt Day

Thursday 24th September

• P&F Extraordinary Meeting 5:00pm

Friday 25th September

• Term 3 Concludes

Term 4

Week 1

Monday 12th October

• Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 13th October

• Term 4 Commences

Friday 16th October

• St Luke's Feast Day
• Whole School Mass 9:00am

Sunday 18th October

• Family Mass- Feast of St Luke

Week 2

Thursday 22nd October

• Interschool Athletics Carnival
• Year 3-6 students attending Mass

Friday 23rd October

• Merit Award Assembly 8:40am

Congratulations to our recent Merit Award recipients.

It has been an incredibly busy and exciting term in the Performing Arts at St Luke’s!

Over the past month, we have had a massive 17 items performed at the Spirit of the Arts Performing Arts Festival!

This year, we were incredibly proud to have our St Luke’s Choir perform, as well as 2 dance items, 4 piano solos, 2 guitar solos, 3 drum solos and 5 vocal soloists.

Piano

• Audrey (Year 5)
• Lena (Year 5)
• David (Year 4)
• Ciara (Year 4)

Guitar

• Niklaus (Year 6)
• James (Year 5)

Drums

• Jett (Year 6)
• Xavier (Year 5)
• Ollie (Year 4)

Vocal

• Audrey (Year 6)
• Alexandra (Year 6)
• Zante (Year 6)
• Adalita (Year 5)
• Summer (Year 4)

I would like to congratulate every student who took to the stage and represented St Luke’s so brilliantly. Performances like these don’t happen overnight, they require hours of preparation, practice, dedication and rehearsal. It is a wonderful accomplishment for our students to have the courage and commitment to perform in front of an audience.

We are so incredibly proud of each and every one of you and the hard work you have put in. Congratulations to the following on their achievements:

Outstanding Award

• Year 5 Dance
• James (Year 5)
• Audrey (Year 5)
• Lena (Year 5)
• Ollie (Year 4)

Excellence Award

• Year 3 Dance
• Niklaus (Year 6)
• Xavier (Year 5)
• Jett (Year 6)

Merit Award

• David (Year 4)
• St Luke's Choir

A massive thank you to everyone that was involved in preparing our students for their performances!

Olivia Robertson

Performing Arts Coordinator

Our school is proud to participate in TSH Loud Shirt Day, supporting Teach, Speak, Hear and the incredible work they do with children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

On Wednesday 23 September, students are invited to come to school wearing their brightest, loudest shirt paired with school sport shorts. This fun and colourful day is a simple way for our community to stand together and raise awareness for an important cause. We look forward to seeing our students get LOUD in support of TSH.

We have two fantastic Father’s Day prize packs up for grabs this year! Each prize is packed with goodies for Dad, including a Jumbuck charcoal spit roaster, a loaded tool bucket and plenty of extra treats. Every student will receive one raffle ticket at the Father’s Day Stall on Friday 4th September, giving every child the chance to win. Two prizes. Two lucky winners! A huge thank you to all the wonderful families and businesses who generously donated items to help create these fantastic prizes. We truly appreciate your support.

Good luck to everyone!

Our Father’s Day Stall is happening this Friday! Students will have the opportunity to choose a special gift for Dad, Grandad, Pop or another special person in their life. Gifts are $5 each. Please send $5 with your child on Friday, preferably the correct amount, to help the stall run smoothly. Thank you to everyone who has helped organise, purchase and prepare the gifts. We hope the children enjoy choosing something special for their loved ones.

Happy Father’s Day to all our wonderful St Luke’s dads and special people!

Get ready to dance at our Pop Rock-themed School Disco on Friday 18th September! Tickets MUST be purchased through the Flexischools app by Friday 11th September. Pre-Primary students are asked to bring a gold coin donation, while Years 1–6 are $5 entry. Students should bring a water bottle and remember — no mobile phones are allowed. If your child requires extra support - please reach out to the Year 3 event organisers, Laura Daniels & Eimear Shanley. Now it’s time to start planning those Pop Rock outfits!

A WHOPPING $11,070 was spent at our Book Fair! That means our school will receive an incredible $2,214 in commission from Scholastic, which will go straight back into resources for our library (woohooo!) $861.60 was also raised through the raffle, congratulations again to all our lucky winners! A HUGE thank you to all the families who supported our Book Fair - It was so exciting seeing the buzz around the library. And an extra special THANK YOU to our Year Two parents who took control and helped make the event such a huge success — especially our amazing parent reps, Juliana & Crystal. Last… but certainly not least – our lovely librarian, Leone Simmonds! Leone, thank you so much for all your support throughout the event. We truly couldn’t have done it without you!

We have the SWEETEST news!! The 2026 Pre-Primary Cake stall always brings so much excitement to the parents and friends and kids at the athletics carnival! This year we raised $1206! Thank you to the fabulous Pre Primary parents for supplying and baking goodies for this event. Especially to the parent reps - Melanie & Shelley for running the event so successfully. A reminder that these events ARE NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS who dedicate their time to our school!

WHO remembers ripping pages out of the Entertainment Book?! DID YOU KNOW IT STILL EXISTS?! And it’s had a serious upgrade! It’s now an APP — so no more carrying that big book around! Everything is right there on your phone, making it super easy to find and use your deals wherever you are. 1,500+ deals across WA alone! Even better… when you purchase through our St Luke’s link, our school receives a portion of your membership fee — which, you guessed it, goes straight back into our school!

SPECIAL OFFER!

For just $75, purchase an Entertainment Membership by 5pm Monday 7 September and receive a SECOND MEMBERSHIP FREE! Perfect for sharing with a friend, family member… or keeping all the bargains to yourself! A BIG shoutout to all our current Entertainment Members! Thank you for your ongoing support of St Luke’s P&F — we really appreciate it! And remember — you don’t have to be a St Luke’s parent to support us! Family, friends, grandparents, workmates … everyone is welcome to join through our link! Grab yours through our St Luke’s link: https://subscribe.entertainment.com.au/fundraiser/8597q0 Save money, discover great local deals AND support our school — win, win!

Lunch orders are for lunch only - Students must still bring their own Crunch & Sip and morning tea. All orders must be placed through the Lunchbox Hub app (Orders close at 8:30am every Thursday). Please ensure your child's year group and class are up to date in the app. If your child's lunch order is incorrect or missing, they must go to the school office and speak with the volunteers before leaving!

We’d love your help! Just 30 minutes each Thursday (12:30–1:00pm). Younger siblings are welcome - You might even sneak a peek of your child in class! Please sign up for any dates that suit you via the link below:

Click here to sign up to helping out with weekly lunch orders

If you have any good news stories about our students that you would like to share with the community, please send any photos and a short blurb to natalie.vennitti@cewa.edu.au

Congratulations to Carter (Year 5) who recently competed in the Junior National U12 basketball team at the 2026 Fil-Am Showcase in Manila, Philippines. Despite being bottom agers, and playing against older, bigger teams from around the world, including USA, Philippines and New Zealand, Carter’s team came away with a Silver medal! Amazing work, Carter!

Knitting and Crocheting has recommenced in the Library on Tuesdays at lunch.

Chess and Checkers Club is on Wednesday at lunch. Mrs Cragg is teaching for beginners, more experienced people are more than welcome too.

Catholic couples in their first ten years of marriage are invited to contribute their valuable insights to a professional survey being funded by the Australian Catholic Bishops. All responses are anonymous and confidential. The information gathered will assist in the development of pastoral responses and resources to support married couples during the early years of marriage. The survey can be completed at: National Survey Newly Married Couples.

• St Luke's Facebook
• St Luke's P&F
• P&F Fathering Group
• St Luke's Instagram- @stlukeswoodvale
• Lulu the St Luke's Dog Instagram- @luluthestlukesdog

Each year level also has a Facebook group for families to join which are managed by our class representatives. These groups are a great way to keep in contact with other families in your child's year level and can be found here.

A big welcome to all new parishioners and visitors to our

Parish of St Luke, Woodvale.

If you are new to our parish, we invite you to complete the Visitors' Book in the foyer.

Fr Stan would also love to meet you, so please introduce yourself at school or after Mass. You are welcome to visit the pastoral office on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.30am—2.30pm.

For more information about our wonderful St Luke's Parish and to read the current

Bulletin please click here.

Children's Liturgy is held each Sunday. All children are welcome to attend as part of the 9:30am Mass.

The Liturgy is conducted in the Church hall for the first 20-30 minutes of Mass. After the sermon, children will rejoin their families.

Father Stan would love to see you there!

All are welcome at this Sunday's Youth Mass, celebrating Father's Day. The celebration will commence at 9:30am.