Queen of Apostles School

For the places they show us and the people we meet We say ‘Thank You God for books’.

For fascinating facts and interesting information. We say ‘Thank You God for books.’

For creepy tales and funny stories We say ‘Thank You God for books.’

For illustrations and cartoons. We say ‘Thank You God for books’.

For things to do on a rainy day. We say ‘Thank You God for books’.

For all the titles I’ve yet to read. We say ‘Thank You God for books’.

AMEN

2022 Professional Development Days

The following dates are the remaining pupil free days for 2022. Please ensure you have them in your diaries.

Friday 23rd September - Catholic Day Holiday

Monday 7th November - Staff Professional Development Day

Next week we are celebrating Book Week here at Queen of Apostles with many great activities planned for the students. Next Tuesday we are asking all our students (and staff) to dress up as their favourite book character or align with the theme of 'Dreaming with eyes open'. The students have a parade around the hall at 9.00am to show off their costumes to rest of the school. It should be loads of fun!

We are also lucky to have Author/Illustrator Kylie Howarth in the library conducting workshops with students from Pre Primary through to Year 6 on this day.

I thank Mrs Peach in the library for organising these fantastic experiences for our students.

Good luck to our students competing in the Tournament of Minds at ECU Joondalup on Saturday. Mrs Anderson has worked very hard to prepare the students and I thank her very much for this. I look forward to hearing how they went next Monday.

Next Friday (2nd September) at 8.50am in the hall the Year 2 class will present their assembly item to the community. I know they have been working really hard and I'm looking forward to seeing them in action. It will also be great to see our Year 2 families come and support the class.

It is still vitally important that parents and caregivers inform the school if their child tests positive for COVID-19.

Parents and caregivers can inform the school of their child’s positive or negative COVID result via this LINK - https://cewa-collections.powerappsportals.com/COVID-19-Self-Reporting-Form/

The information will go directly to me.

If a positive result is recorded via a RAT test it must also be registered on the WA Health RAT register website -

https://datalibrary-rc.health.wa.gov.au/surveys/index.php?s=WDLLNTW4RDX8AWPH

Please do not underestimate the importance of informing us of a positive COVID case. Your actions will ensure the risk to others is minimised and that we do our very best to limit the spread of the virus across our community.

There have been some changes to dates and times of some upcoming events. See list below.

2nd September @ 8.50am = Year 2 Assembly

9th September @ 8.50am = Music Assembly

9th September @ 10.00am = Kindy and Pre Primary Athletics Morning at QOA

9th September @ 5.30pm = P&F Parents/Carers Sundowner

16th September @ 8.50am = Pre Primary Assembly

16th September @ 10.00am = Year 3 to 6 Jumps & Throws at QOA

14th October (Term 4) = kids for kids Market Stall Day

Please make sure you have them in your diary!

Best Wishes

Mark Ryan

A reminder to parents of students in Years 3 and 4 who are receiving the Sacraments of Penance (Year 3) and Eucharist (Year 4), that the Parish is conducting Parent/Student workshops in the Parish Hall on:

PENANCE: Wednesday 31 August at 6.00pm

EUCHARIST: Wednesday 7 Sept at 6.00pm

Parent who have children receiving the Sacrament of Eucharist will also need to attend the Rehearsal on Saturday 17th September. Please ring the Parish Office for further information.

This Term during week 7 we will be celebrating The Children’s Book Council of Australia – Book Week. The theme for this year is “Dreaming with eyes open…”. On Tuesday, 30 August we will be conducting our annual book week dress up day. It would be fabulous to see as many students as possible dressed as a book character. The character can align with the 2022 theme or any children’s book. A parade for the students will be held at 9am in the hall.

On the same day we will have Author/Illustrator Kylie Howarth in the library conducting workshops with students from Pre Primary through to Year 6. We are very excited that she is available to come to our school and we look forward to hearing about her experiences writing and illustrating children’s books.

Dear Parents,

Please come and join us for our Music Assembly on 9th September (Week 8). Our Queenies musicians who entered the Performing Arts Festival will showcase their talents. We will also be entertained by the Year 5 Class Choir, the Junior Choir and the Senior Choir.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our musicians and singers who entered the Catholic Performing Arts Festival. Your efforts and participation are greatly appreciated. A big thank you to all the mums and dads for supporting your child and getting them to their performances.

A very BIG congratulations goes out to Emma Thomas & Isabelle Matthews. They received a Certificate of Merit for their performance in the Piano Duet section. Well done girls!

Looking forward to seeing you all at our Assembly.

Regards

Sheryl Perry

Thank you to everyone who took part in our first annual Footy Tipping competition. We had 31 participants take part in what was a thrilling season! We hope to make next year even bigger and better. Congratulations to the top three tippers who have won a prize:

1st prize $420: Danielle / Xavier McDonnell

2nd prize $120: Franz Teran

3rd prize $60: Ryan Italiano

Prize winners: please email Alicia Chee, P&F treasurer at qoatreasurer@gmail.com, providing your bank account details and she will transfer your winnings.