St Kieran Newsletter Term 4, Week 1- 13 October 2022
Welcome Back
Welcome back to Term 4.
I hope you all enjoyed the beautiful weather during the holidays and were able to re-energize for our final term for 2022.
Historically Term 4 is a busy one for teachers, students and families.
It can be a time where our busyness can over take our lives and we become easily stressed and feel like our world is spiralling out of control.
It is in these times that we need to focus on using our strengths to get us through.
The power of 'grit' is a powerful strength, that is sometimes underestimated but can prove to be very beneficial in developing our growth mindset.
Let us remember to use a positive mindset by continually modelling to our children that we don't give up when times get tough. Let us teach our children about the importance of perseverance, especially in this busy term.
“The ability to persevere in pursuing a future goal over a long period of time and not giving up… it's having stamina. It's sticking with your future, day in and day out, not just for a week, not just for a month but for years, and working really heard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like a marathon not a sprint.” - Angela Duckworth, PhD. Professor of psychology, The University of Pennsylvania
Together let us remind our students that although they may see the Christmas decorations in the shops, it's not Christmas yet and we have a lot of work to do before the end of the year. Yes, it will be busy and we will make mistakes but let us not loose our focus of being the best version of ourselves. Let us take Jesus as an example and teach our kids to be grittier.
Sally Hart
Assistant Principal
sally.hart@cewa.edu.au
Grit: the power of passion and perseverance | Angela Lee Duckworth
Important Dates for Term 4
October
- 19th Year 1 Incursion
- 20th-21st Year 5 Overnight Camp
- 24th Kieran Connect meeting 6pm
- 25th Reconciliation Parent Workshop #1. 4pm or 5.30pm
- 26th School Advisory Council 6pm
- 27th Reconciliation Parent Workshop #2. 4pm
- 28th Year 4 Assembly
November
- 2nd Interschool Athletics Carnival
- 2nd Whole School Open Night 4 - 6 pm
- 3rd Year 3 Reconciliation Retreat
- 4th Pupil Free Day
- 4th Year 6 2023 Servite College Orientation
- 10th 2023 Kindy Parent Information Night 6pm
- 11th Year 5 Summer Carnival
- 11th Year 3B Reconciliation Sacrament
- 14th 2023 Kindy Students Orientation 9.00-11.30am
- 16th Dance Showcase - Blue Classes
- 17th Dance Showcase - White Classes
- 18th Year 3W Reconciliation Sacrament
- 21st Nov -2nd Dec - Swimming Lessons
- 23rd AGM 6pm ULA
December
- 1st Christmas Concert
- 8th Year 6 Graduation 1pm
- 9th Passing of the Light 9am
Staff Professional Development Day MOVED
As our staff development day on Thursday 22nd September had to be cancelled due to the Queen's Memorial Public Holiday, we will move this day to FRIDAY 4th NOVEMBER. This will become a Pupil Free Day for all St Kieran Students. Those year 6 students attending Servite College in 2023, will still have their orientation at Servite on this day.
St Kieran School Uniform
We at St Kieran Catholic Primary School expect a high standard of dress to be maintained by all children. Our uniform is a sign of our School Community, and all are expected to support the Uniform Guidelines. Wearing the correct uniform encourages a sense of pride in self and school, and provides consistency and equality for all students. Parents are asked to vigilantly ensure that uniform and grooming requirements are adhered to.
All children are expected to wear the correct school and sport uniform on the appropriate days. There should be no mixing of the academic uniform and sports uniform. On excursions and attendance at out-of-school functions, staff will inform parents and students which uniform is to be worn. Parents and children are asked to adhere to school uniform expectations when purchasing items.
St Kieran Catholic Primary School is engaging with a new supplier and making several changes to the uniform. New uniform items are available to order via the JFE (Jenny Franklin Enterprise) website. We will allow families some time to migrate from the old to the new uniform. However, we hope all new items will be implemented across the school by the 1st January 2024.
Please refer to the Uniform Guidelines 2024 and the Online Uniform Ordering below.
JFE will deliver all online orders to the school - they will be available for collection every Wednesday afternoon from St Kieran Catholic Primary School - Administration.
The Online Ordering Code for St Kieran Catholic Primary School is 1005. The cut-off time for online orders to make the above delivery date is 5pm Monday to allow for collection on Wednesday.
The JFE showroom is open:
- Monday 8-4pm
- Tuesday 8-4pm
- Wednesday 8-4pm
- Thursday 8-4pm
- Friday 8-1.30pm
JFE
Unit 1/85 Guthrie Street
Osborne Park.
There is signed parking at the front.
School Uniform Guidelines 2024
Annual Community Meeting
The meeting date for our Annual Community Meeting has had to be altered - this will now be held on Wednesday 23rd November at 6pm in the Upper Learning Area. This will be a combination of the School Advisory and Kieran Connect Meeting's.
The School Advisory Committee now operates under the Terms of Reference, and these are listed on our school website. As a School Advisory Council, we continue to look to support our school values and those of CEWA, this may also mean that we second members to the council to assist us throughout the year.
If you ever have any questions regarding the School Advisory Council please contact Mr Burnett.
St Kieran Open Night
Kieran Connect
Stay in the Know…. Join the Kieran Connect Facebook group!
Scholastic Book Club
Hi everyone,
My name is Wendy Tatam and I am the new Library Officer for Term 4. I have just delivered the Scholastic Book Club magazine to the classrooms. Can you please have all orders in by Wednesday the 19th October.
Thank you.