Cross Country Training will be held on Monday and Friday mornings fro the remainder of the term.
These sessions will commence at 8am and run for approximately 20 minutes.
Any students in Years 3-6 are welcome to attend.
Students can wear running shoes for training, but will need to change into their school shoes once training is completed.
Thanks
Paul Davis
Thank you to Joshua, Noel, Heather and Loren who represented St Emilie’s Catholic Primary School at Newman College for the LifeLink launch last Wednesday 6 June. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, Bishop Don Spoxton and Acting Executive Director of CEWA, Debra Sayce spoke of the importance of LifeLink and the difference it makes to so many people throughout WA.
Each school received a special commemorative shield as recognition for their participation in the LifeLink appeal. The LifeLink organisation was established by the Archdiocese of Perth in 1994 to provide for the ongoing financial and promotional support of agencies established or assisted by the Church.
LifeLink’s agencies deliver professional services & caring support to thousands of people in need throughout Western Australia each year.
Last year, LifeLink funded agencies reached out to help over 34,000 Western Australian families and individuals in need, delivering more than $54 million in caring services and professional programmes throughout WA
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Welcome to Freo is conducted over four sessions in terms two to three for our year 5 students.
SESSION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE GAME
Teachers will be provided with a lesson plan and an educational skills video conducted by players.
SESSION TWO: PLAYER CLINIC
Fremantle Dockers players will visit St.Emilie’s and conduct a Freo Footy Skills session on the oval
SESSION THREE: IN-CLASS SESSION
St.Emilie’s had 4 Fremantle Dockers players conduct an interactive in-class session on social responsibility.
SESSION FOUR: WELCOME TO FREO GALA DAY
Our year 5 classes will be invited to the Fremantle Dockers Football Club for a fun clinic with the players and tour of the new facilities.
On Tuesday the year 6 girls had a Robogals incursion. Robogals is a student run organisation that aims to inspire and empower young women to consider studying engineering and related fields. Robogals offer engineering and technology workshops free-of-charge in their local communities, focusing on encouraging girls from primary to secondary school to explore an interest, as well as cultivate self-confidence, in these areas.
Our presenter was Aaron. Aaron commenced the workshop with a presentation about STEM careers.
Aaron then showed the students how to program the Lego Mindstorms robots.
The students were placed into their cooperative teams and given time to experiment with he robots.
Our first challenge was to program the robot so that it travelled in a ‘square’.
Aaron was available to help the students if they encountered any difficulties.
Here are some photos of the students enjoying the incursion.
Mrs Cogger would like to thank Aaron and Dil from Robogals for providing this wonderful opportunity of learning, fun and collaboration.
A former St Emilie’s student, Chloe Reilly, has been selected in the State Schoolgirls Under 15 AFL squad and is off to Adelaide in July!
Congratulations to Chloe – we remember her fondly playing lots of footy and soccer on the school oval at recess and lunch over many years here at St Emilie’s!
In March this year Oliver from Year 3 competed in the BMX Australian National Championships that were held at the Bunbury BMX raceway. and he finished 10th in Australia.
There were 60 boys in his age group, which represented the top few riders of approximately100 racing clubs around Australia.
He has now earned himself the opportunity and qualified to represent Australia in the UCI BMX World Championships that will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan in June.
What a wonderful achievement for a boy who has only been competing for 2 years! While he won’t be making the trip this year, if he continues to do well then a trip to next years Championships in Zolder, Belgium may be an option!
Congratulations Oliver on some impressive riding and all the best in your future competitions!
During the school holidays, our school was represented by two girls (Allira and Lila) from year 4 at the state equestrian centre in Brigadoon.
The competition consisted of 3 major events.
The first event was a Jumping competition. The aim was to complete the course at the optimum time, whilst negotiating 10 jumps of 60cm. Allira and Lila were outstanding and placed equal 1st.
The second event was Dressage. The aim in this test is to complete a series of movement that include a canter, a trot and a walk. Lila was placed 2nd for this test and Allira finished in 4th position.
The final test was Combined Training. This is test is a combination of Show Jumping and Dressage. Allira finished the combined test in 2nd place, with Lila finishing in 3rd.
This is an awesome effort from these two girls and we will be following their future equestrian performances with much excitement!
Paul Davis
Health & PE Teacher
Welcome to Freo is designed for upper primary school students to utilise the Fremantle Dockers resources and player expertise to assist students in making informed decisions for a responsible, healthy and active lifestyle. It is a four session program that helps students develop an understanding of bullying, goal setting, healthy lifestyle, leadership and social responsibility within the WA Curriculum Framework Outcomes.