Category: Year 6
Edu-Dance Is Underway
We are off to a good start in Year Six Blue, preparing for our end of term Edu-Dance concert. Every Thursday afternoon 6 Blue have been focused on learning our dance steps. While it can be challenging to learn these new moves the students are focused and trying their best and it is already shaping up to be highly entertaining not to mention a great memory and fitness workout! Well done 6B!
Inter-School Basketball
Last Friday, St.Emilie’s entered two boys teams and a girls team into the Lakeside Basketball Slam Series.
The competition was divided into 4 pools. Each team played in Three qualifying games, with the top placed side in each pool to advance to the semi-finals and then the grand final.
Our Girls team began with a draw, followed by 2 convincing wins- taking them directly to the semi-finals. Once again, the girls put in a dominant performance to advance to the grand final.
After a low scoring and tough first half, the girls eventually ran away with a grand final victory after defeating Willetton Primary School.
Our two boys teams were placed in separate pools.
Our A team went through the qualifying rounds unbeaten, with some terrific basketball and some big wins!
They then won their semi final in convincing fashion to make the grand final.
The final was a very physical contest and our boys went into half time with scores level. After digging deep in the second half, our boys eventually pulled away to claim victory, winning by 6 points.
Our B team had a mixed day. They had an excellent win, but also suffered a number of close losses. Unfortunately they missed out on the semi-finals.
Overall it was a hugely successful day for St.Emilie’s, winning both the boys and the girls competition. These teams have now qualified for the State Championships to be held at Bendat Stadium on November 21.
A huge thank you to Mr. Mckie, Mr Carroll, Mr Cottrell and all the parents who turned up to cheer and provide support.
Paul Davis
PE Teacher
A huge Walkathon THANK YOU
Dear Families,
A huge thank you for all your support in making our only P&F fundraiser for the year such a great success!
Despite the weather, your fantastic children managed to complete the event with a smile on their dial and a spring in their step!
We are currently waiting on a few families to send in their SPONSOR MONEY and then on Monday Week 4 – the 4th November the Raffle Prize of a Bike Voucher will be presented to the lucky winner at our mini assembly.
Over their time here, every St Emilie’s child has, (or will ) benefit from the many projects, capital works, resources, programs and opportunities that the P&F money helps us to achieve.
On the school holidays we have a brand new play space being constructed in the PP area – replacing the original equipment which has now reached the end of its life. We also have two very large shade sails going up over the Year 3-6 playground equipment. These represent a significant amount of money and the P&F Levy and Walkathon money will go some way to offsetting this cost.
These exciting projects will be available for you all to see when you return in 2020 next year!
Wishing you all a great term ahead,
Kindest regards
Tania and Stuart (Leadership Team) and Rachel Davies(P&F President)
Science Term 4 Newsletter
Welcome Back to Term 4 2019!
Welcome back to Term 4 everyone!
We hope you and your family managed to spend some quality time together over the holidays and that your children return to us well rested, happy, healthy and keen to embark on the next nine weeks of learning and fun with peers, staff and families!
The next nine weeks will go very quickly, so our message to children is to make the most of the time we have left together and to keep on aiming high socially and academically.
Professional Learning
All staff have had a very interesting and rewarding two days here at school attending valuable professional learning opportunities.
On Monday we looked at the impact of trauma on children with our guest presenter, Sonja Vanderaa, a Senior Training Consultant at Australian Childhood Foundation. Sonja flew all the way from Tasmania to be with us and she was an excellent facilitator. We learnt how trauma typically affects a child’s development, behaviour, emotions and wellbeing, and we explored how staff and schools can and do play a key role in supporting children who may be dealing with experiences of trauma and adversity.
On Tuesday teachers headed out to a number of other schools to view exemplary practice focusing on areas of teacher interest and on whole school focus. They returned highly energised and excited with new ideas, affirmation for their own practice and keen to try out some new initiatives in their own classrooms. Education Assistants spent their time exploring valuable resources and professional training offered by their Australia wide EA association.
Website
As you may be aware, we had hoped that our new website and school app would have been launched last term by the hard working husband and wife team of a local Perth company. Unfortunately however, one of them has suffered a severe stroke. We have decided to simply delay the launch until we have had an opportunity to meet and ensure that everything is ready to go live. We certainly aim to have these both ready for families asap and in the worst case scenario by the new year. In the meantime we will continue to use our existing website to communicate key information and we ask you to keep this family in your prayers.
Walkathon
A friendly reminder that as a school we are relying on money raised from the Walkathon (Week 2, Wednesday 25th October) our one fundraiser for the year, to raise $25.00 per family.
Correct sponsor money is due back to the CLASS TEACHER by the Walkathon in a well sealed, clearly labelled envelope. Please clearly label the envelope – WALKATHON – STUDENT NAME – YEAR LEVEL / GOLD OR BLUE.
A sincere thank you to families for your support – every cent raised is used to help offset the cost of a variety of quality projects across our school. As you would be aware big projects cost big money. To install two large shade sails over our Year 3-6 playground equipment will be close to $40 000.
Please see this week’s Weekly Reminders email and web post for more details!
Congratulations
Our Year Two teacher Miss Candice Agustsson is now Mrs McClenaghan after her holiday marriage! We wish her and her husband James all the very best for a bright and happy future together!
We pray for each and every family in our community, that you will continue to nurture your children with wisdom and love and make a positive contribution to St Emilie’s, through a friendly smile, a kind word, a listening ear, a helpful hand.
Thank you!
