St Emilie’s farewell staff who are leaving us….

December 18, 2018
Kerrie Cogger
· Fruit of the Holy Spirit · News · RE News · Uncategorized

On Wednesday afternoon the staff gathered together to farewell our precious friends who will not be returning for 2019.

Here are a few photos of our farewell speeches.

Mrs Roberto entertained us with her version of ‘Hi my name is Jo’.

To finish off the afternoon the teachers enjoyed some Kris Kringle gift giving and fun.

On Thursday Father Tony Chiera shared his experiences with us about Faith, Spirituality and Wellbeing and encouraged our to further explore our own faith journey. It was a day filled with sharing our own faith experiences and engaging with God’s creation.

Happy Baby News ….

As you may have worked out from the 2019 Staff List

we will be losing both Kristy Bull in Term 1 and Ruby Chaves at the end of Term 1 next year because…

they will be having a …

🙂

While we are of course going to miss them both very much,

we are so happy for them and really look forward to meeting their special little additions to our St Emilie’s family!

We warmly welcome Mrs Tahni Green who returns from Maternity Leave

and Miss Veronica Williams, who has been working in Year 1 this year, onto our staff in 2019.

Mini Vinnies

This year, St Emilie’s Catholic Primary School formed their first Mini Vinnies group. The response was fantastic, and over 80 students from Years 4-6 participated in Social Justice activities throughout the year.

Every Thursday during lunch, the students volunteered their own time to meet and discuss ways in which they could help others in need. They chose social justice issues that are important to them and reflected their personal values, and they engaged in initiatives to help others. Participating in the Mini Vinnies program has allowed students to learn how their actions, no matter how big or small, can make a difference in the wider community.

A big thank you to all the families who generously donated to the Winter Appeal. The clothes you donated made a huge difference in people’s lives, as the winter months are always a difficult time for those less fortunate.

This term, children worked hard sorting the donated food into Christmas hampers that will go to families in need this Christmas time. During the Christmas season, we reflect on what it means to follow Jesus’ teachings and help those in need.

Our students and parents can be very proud of children’s efforts – it is wonderful seeing our school community come together for such an important cause.

All the best

Miss Simone Hilton

Georgia Curulli from Young Vinnies (High School Program) addresses our students

St Emilie’s Family of Owls

December 6, 2018
Kerrie Cogger
· Kindy · News · Pre-Primary · Science · Year 1 · Year 2 · Year 3 · Year 4 · Year 5 · Year 6

Many of you in the school community are aware that we have two Southern Boobook Owls living in the school bushland. In February Mrs Cogger took these photos of the owls.

In early November Mr Cogger found a baby owlet at the base of a tree.

He climbed a ladder to put it back in the hollow of the tree and then found two more babies.

Over the next 3-4 weeks we were all aware of the baby owlets in the tree hollow. An adult owl kept watch on a branch in front of the hollow day after day.

Mr Cogger was very interested to find out what went on in the hollow in the night so he set up the schools ‘night activation camera’. This is the same camera that we use to get coverage of the bandicoot when he/she visits.

Here are a few video clips of the owlets at night.

Adult visits hollow at 7:19pm

Owlet eating a lizard

Watch this owlet swivel its head.

There are two adults in the hollow feeding the owlets

Adult delivers a live mouse to the hollow

Adult delivers a live moth to the hollow

Owlet nearly choking on the moth

The baby owlets have grown up and this week we found that the hollow is now empty. We are happy that this family of owls found our school bushland to be a safe place to breed and hope that they’ll return to St Emilie’s next year.

If you are interested in reading more about Southern Boobook Owls follow this link

Southern Boobook Owls

Water Play Fun Day

December 6, 2018
Kerrie Cogger
· Health and PE News · News · Year 1 · Year 2 · Year 3 · Year 4 · Year 5 · Year 6

This afternoon the students and teachers celebrated the conclusion of the school year with the annual St Emilie’s Water Play Fun Day.

Here are a few photos of our students enjoying the water games.

Year 5 enjoying the Party Pools.

Year 3 enjoying the Slip and Slide

Year 4 playing the Over/Under Wet Sponge Game

Year 1 playing Dry, Dry Wet

Year 6 playing Octopus Tag

A big thank you to Mr Cogger who helped set up all the pools and the slip and slide games.

Basketball School Slam Series

October 30, 2018
Paul Davis
· Front Page · Health and PE News · News

On Monday, St.Emilie’s were competitors in the Basketball WA School Slam Series. St.Emilie’s also went into the day as the current champions from last year.

We were able to enter Three Teams into the tournament. (2 Boys and 1 Girls) Each team played 4 qualifying games with the aim of reaching the semi finals, then hopefully the grand final.

Our Boys A Team cruised through the qualifying rounds undefeated and booked a place in the semi finals. They then made light work of their semi final opponents and booked a meeting with East Fremantle in the grand final.

Things became a little tougher in the final, and although the game went right down to the wire, our boys never gave up; but couldn’t quite get over the line.

Our Boys B and Girls teams both went through their qualifying rounds without a win. However their effort and attitude during those games certainly didn’t reflect the results.

A big thank you to Mr Naden, Miss Corkhill, Mr Carroll and all the parents who turned up to support or help out in any way throughout the day.

Paul Davis

Health & PE Specialist

Thank you everyone!

October 20, 2018
Tania Thuijs
· Kindy · News · Pre-Primary · Year 1 · Year 2 · Year 3 · Year 4 · Year 5 · Year 6

Dear St Emilie’s families,

WAY TO GO ST EMILIE’S COMMUNITY

– our true colours were shining through and we have much to celebrate!

MacKillop House -Thank You!

August 21, 2018
Tanya De Gooijer
· News · Year 1 · Year 2 · Year 3 · Year 4 · Year 5 · Year 6

MacKillop House Day
Courage in all Things

MacKillop House celebrated the feast day of Mary MacKillop on 8^th August. A Prayer service was held to remember Australia’s first Saint…

Mary cared about the people who had no one to look after them such as boys and girls who just roamed the streets, children in the country who had no school to go to, people who were old and sick and people who had nowhere to live. Mary wanted more than anything to help these people.

Mary MacKillop kept her faith in God and bravely challenged those who did not support her vision for a more caring world. Mary is an important Australian who spent her life helping people, especially children. She is Australia’s first Saint.

A huge thank you to the MacKillop students for their generous donations! We were able to purchase 33 new sleeping bags, along with pre loved sleeping bags, for those less fortunate than ourselves. Our donation was delivered to St Patrick’s Community Support Centre in Fremantle where we hope they will bring some comfort on these cold winter nights.

Mary MacKillop’s belief ‘never see a need without doing something about it’ was brought to life through your generosity!
Thank you MacKillop families!

Herbs for sale!

On Friday a small group of students met with Mrs Cogger to work in St Emilie’s Community Vegie Garden. Our task was to pack and transport potted herbs to take up to the hall to sell to our gathering assembly guests. Thank you to all our guests and customers who support our vegie garden project.

PERTH SCORCHERS

August 13, 2018
Paul Davis
· Front Page · Health and PE News · News

Today, St.Emilie’s were paid a visit by the Perth Scorchers cricket development team. It was fantastic to have them come along and provide our Year 3 Students with a fun filled Cricket Clinic.

We were also very lucky to have Perth Scorchers star and Australian Opening batsman, Cameron Bancroft helping the kids out with their activities.

He also took the time to sign some autographs and have some great conversations with our students.

Our Year 3 Students completed a number of cricket based activities that included catching, throwing and fielding skills.

Some of our students were even lucky enough to receive prizes, which included a signed cricket bat!

Students who are interested in playing cricket can attend a ‘come and try’ session at Ranford Primary School this Saturday between 10am -2pm

Children aged 5-7 play the Junior Blasters Comp (60min games)

Children aged 7-10 play Master Blasters (90min games)

Children aged 9+ play Junior Cricket (2 Hours)

These formats are for both Boys and Girls.

Paul Davis

Health & PE Specialist