Newsletter Week 8 – Term 3, 2024
Prayer
Principal Message
R U OK?
R U OK? Day is on Thursday, 12 September 2024, with the theme “Ask R U OK? Any Day.” This annual campaign emphasises the importance of meaningful conversations and encourages Australians to check in with others regularly, not just on R U OK? Day. On this day, staff and students can wear yellow in support of this cause. Students can wear full yellow or even something as simple as a yellow ribbon in their hair.
To learn more, visit HERE
Draw Near
The school and Parish have engaged with the West Australian Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office (WACMRO). We worked together on a short pastoral action, the Draw Near Project. The focus was on faith formation and social education on Church teaching regarding people seeking asylum to facilitate an outreach activity designed to assist asylum seekers in our local area. We were overwhelmed with donations from both parents and parishioners. Our Year 6 students, along with parents and parishioners, spent an afternoon packing the donations into bags.
Father’s Day
I'm pleased to share that our recent Father's Day celebration was a resounding success, with an outstanding turnout from our community. The day was marked by warmth, gratitude, and reflection as we honoured the fathers and father figures who hold such vital places in our lives. The atmosphere was wonderful as everyone came together to celebrate this special day.
We extend our sincere thanks to the P&F who made this event such a success. Thank you to all who attended and contributed to making this event so memorable. Your presence and participation truly made the day special, and we look forward to more occasions that bring our community even closer together.
Nic Gaglia
Principal
Senior Leaders Message
Hello Families,
A big thank you to all of you for your generous donations towards the Asylum Seeker project. The Year Six students enjoyed creating and packing the hampers with parents, parish members and Deacon Greg. The Sports Carnival is taking place next week, and to prepare for this, the whole school went into their factions and practised their chants. We are looking forward to doing the running races and the fun team games. Today, the Year Two classes excitedly played the cardboard arcade games made by the Year Sixes.
From Romeo and Isabelle
Premiers Reading Challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge has ended for 2024 and the students should be so proud of their achievements in reading and logging in their books.
During this 4 month reading journey the registered students read over 12600 books in total, this is an incredible outcome and encourages our students to be lifelong readers.
It has been a wonderful reading initiative with over 94% of the school registered and as a consequence we won the special early awesome prize of the DEWEY experience which the students loved and really enjoyed.
Our school is very proud to have won the major prize in 2022 and 2023.
In Term 4 the Premier’s Reading Challenge will announce the 2024 major prize school winner and deliver the wonderful certificates for all the registered students.
Thank you for supporting the Premier’s Reading Challenge and it’s fantastic to hear that the students really enjoyed it.
Let’s do this again in 2025 and register all our students who are always excited when the challenge commences.
Thank you so much
Helen Tomazin
Library Technician
Raising Children in a Digital World Workshop
Click HERE to register your attendance.
Education Minister's Running Challenge
About the challenge
Get up, get moving – let’s get running!
Lace up for the chance to win weekly prizes in the 2024 Education Minister’s Running Challenge.
The challenge was established in 2023 to:
- encourage students to run regularly
- develop a love for physical exercise
- improve health and fitness levels.
Whether you’re a student or education staff member, the Education Minister wants you to get up, get moving, and get running from Monday 15 July to Friday 13 September.
The mission is for primary school students to run, walk or wheel for 20 minutes per week, while secondary students and education staff complete 30 minutes per week.
Any running, walking, or wheeling counts toward the challenge.
It’s a great excuse to get together, have fun with friends, and get active at the same time.
Each runner who logs their activity throughout the challenge, goes into the draw to win a weekly prize and up to 4,000 students receive free entry into the Perth Running Festival Burswood Park 4km Dash on Sunday 6 October, at Optus Stadium.
All runners who participate in the challenge will receive a special certificate signed by the Education Minister.
Click HERE to sign up or scan the QR Code
Dates to Remember
Term 3
6th September - P&F Disco
11th September - Jumps & Throws Carnival
11th September - Music Night
12th September - R U OK Day?
13th September - Athletics Carnival
16th September - P&F Wear your Jersey Day
18th September - Raising Children in a Digital World Parent Seminar
20th September - End of Term
Term 4
7th October - Pupil Free Day
8th October - Term 4 Commences
18th October - P&F Obstacle-a-thon @ 9.30am
1st November - All Saints Day
4th November - Pupil Free Day
5th November - Yr6 Confirmation Workshop 4.30pm & 6pm
11th November - Remembrance Day
15th November - Year 5 CPSSA Summer Carnival
21st November - Year 6 Confirmation retreat
27th November - Year 6 Dinner dance
28th November - Volunteer and Exiting Families Afternoon Tea
29th November - Christmas Concert
30th November - Year 6 Confirmation @ 2.00pm
2nd December - Year 6 Graduation Mass @ 1.30pm
6th December - End of Term
For more information click HERE to access the School Calendar located on our Website.
Merit Awards
Congratulations to our most recent Merit Certificate Winners:
PPB Janav & Nessa
PPW Jayson & Nia
1B James & David
1W Jamie & Hannah
2B Xavier, Natalie & Jeremy
2W Narayani, Zane & Jax
3B Pia, Sophie & Zara
3W Dennis & Gialinh
4B Vance & Mia
4W Lucy, Emily & Tejj
5B Chloe & Ifee
5W Aryan, Liam & Myra
6B Abbey, Aiden & Steven
6W Amber, Ashton & Enrico
Faction Points
Term 3
P & F
Disco is on tonight! Don't worry if you haven't RSVP,
you are still welcome to attend.
(Pizzas may not be available if you haven't pre-purchased already).
Session 1 - Kindy - Year 2 - 5pm - 6:30pm
Session 2 - Year 3 -Year 6 - 6:45pm - 8.15pm.
Get those dancing shoes ready!!! Raffles and snacks
available to purchase, we have EFTPOS!
Sausage Sizzle!
Come join us on Sunday 13 October at Bunnings Bayswater!
If you are available to assist on the day, please signup HERE
Let’s Celebrate Finals Time – Monday 16 September
Wear your favourite sports jersey to school. Students are asked to bring a gold coin donation to donate to ‘Fair Game’.
Did you know you can also donate any old sports equipment or boots to Fair Game. We will have a bin for collection out where you donate your goods. These are taken to some of the most remote communities in Australia for people to use. Donate HERE now https://trybooking.com/CSYEK.
Volunteers Needed
Please keep an eye out on our Facebook page for links to sign up for our future events. We could not run these events without the help of all our families.
P&F Committee
We are looking for parents to join us to help grow the P&F committee this term. Please join us, we always welcome new ideas for future events!
Contact Us
Holly Vecchio (Chair) 
0424 529 329
Melissa Bonatto (Vice Chair)
0416 292 961
Email: gsl.pnf@gmail.com
Facebook: Click the icon to join the P&F Facebook group!
Birthdays
The following have celebrated a birthday recently. We wish them a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Saathvik 1B
Chelsea 5B
Jared 6W
Ophelia 2B
Qeshaun 3W
Luka KB
Emme 6W
Ashrika 1W
Bridget 4B
Harper 2B
Amber 6W
Isaac 1B
Rain 5W
Ryker PPW
Abigail 1W
Austin 4B
Ivy 6W
Kate 6W
Mrs Bova
Canteen
The school canteen is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Students from Kindy – Year 6 are able to order from the canteen( Kindy and Pre Primary Can order lunch only). Please click on this link to view the CANTEEN MENU
The canteen runs with the help of volunteers. For information on assisting in the canteen please click HERE
CANTEEN ROSTER
Quick Cliq is our online canteen ordering system that enables caregivers to order and pay for their child's recess or lunch orders online.
Click on the Quick Cliq logo above to sign in to your account.
Click HERE to sign up for your new user account.
A couple of things to note:
- The cut-off time for ordering for the same day is 8:30 am, any orders received after this time online will be processed for the next canteen day
- You can order in advance (up to four weeks)
- The canteen will remain open in the morning for those who would like to order at the canteen counter before school
- The canteen will still be open for extra purchases for recess and lunch items (for example ice creams)
Autism in Cricket
Camp Australia
Chisholm Catholic College Arts Exhibition
La Salle Music Night
Swan Districts Football Club
Brockman Community House
Spots WA
Catholic School Parents Australia
Centre for Faith Enrichment
Facebook & Instragram
Good Shepherd Lockridge has its own Facebook and Instagram Page. Please like our page and follow us as we begin to use this social forum to update you on information and current events happening within our wonderful school.
Click on the icons to view our Instagram/ Facebook pages.
