Last week Pre-Primary Red entertained us with their assembly which focused on pirates! Pre-Primary Red reminded us firstly to ‘Let our Light Shine’ with a beautiful song for their prayer. They then entertained us with a story about pirates, highlighting the wonderful work they have been doing as part of our Talk 4 Writing Program, which runs across the Primary. The class then shared a fantastic pirate song and dance to finish the show!
This morning, 6 Green shared their learning with us, acting out their own class text-innovation utilising their class novel ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar as inspiration. It was a wonderful reminder of the importance of showing resilience and perseverance. Year 6 Green finished with a fantastic dance to the song ‘Keep Your Head Up’.
Thank you to Pre-Primary Red and 6 Green for sharing their wonderful assemblies.
Grandparents Day
We warmly invite all grandparents to attend our Grandparents Day celebrations on Thursday 24 October.
Marian Campus early childhood classes welcome grandparents to visit the Pre-Kindy to Year 2 classrooms after the Liturgy at 9:00am, held at St Cecilia’s Church. After the Liturgy concludes, please make your way to spend time with your grandchild in their classroom.
Please help yourself to morning tea with other grandparents, provided between 9:30am and 10:30am in the Hall. The event concludes at 10:30am.
Maps will be provided on the day to help you find classrooms around the Marian Campus.
We look forward to sharing the morning with you. Please RSVP for catering purposes using the QR code on the invite or this link – https://forms.office.com/r/ZuF4TnTVnu
Speak Up Awards
Congratulations to Vienna in Year 6 Red who made it all the way to the Speak Up finals, held last Friday evening. Vienna represented herself, and the College, proudly and she is to be congratulated for her outstanding achievement in reaching these finals. Congratulations Vienna!
Thanks to Mrs Hatchett for her coordination of this wonderful curriculum initiative.
Newman Norms / Medals of Marcellin
Our new Newman Norms are now on our website and I encourage you to have a look at these expectations for our Primary students – Newman Norms – Newman College. Each week our staff and students will focus on one norm, to discuss and unpack what that norm means for our students in their day-to-day school life.
Recently Natalia (Marian) and Zahra & Morgan (Lavalla) were drawn out of the raffle for demonstrating our Newman Norms. Congratulations to all students who received a raffle ticket in the past fortnight.
As it is the end of term, our winning faction (with the most ‘medals’) has been revealed at each campus! The results were very close amongst the factions. Our winning factions were:
Students in Knox faction received a prize of wearing free dress on the last day of Term 3. Congratulations to Knox faction at both campuses!
The jars will now be emptied, and we start afresh at the start of Term 4!
URSTRONG
We have completed the URSTRONG program in our classrooms and are in the process of completing reviews on the effectiveness of the program from the point of view of students and staff.
A reminder parents will continue to have access to a FREE URSTRONG parent membership. We hope that as a URSTRONG Family, you will reinforce the important messages of empowerment, self-compassion, & kindness at home.
2025 Class Allocations
At the start of Term 4, teachers will commence working on class groupings for the 2025 school year. Many factors are considered when selecting student class placements, including gender, pastoral needs, social and emotional needs, academic needs, special learning needs, and relationships. Every effort is made to give children the best opportunity to succeed. All Newman College teachers are outstanding professionals in their field, and students will receive a high-quality education no matter which class they are placed in.
Early in Term 4, students will be asked by their Classroom Teacher to nominate five friends, of which at least one will be placed in their 2025 class.
If you believe your child has special pastoral needs that may need consideration, you are asked to contact your child’s classroom teacher or contact me via email at ryan.vonbergheim@newman.wa.edu.au early in Term 4.
Any requests must be provided to the class teacher or myself by 3:00pm Tuesday, 22 October (Week 3).Requests made after this date cannot be considered.
Parents should understand that requests cannot be guaranteed as staff must consider a wide range of factors when creating class groupings within a triple-stream school. Parents should be aware that requesting a specific teacher is not a consideration in the class allocation process.
Once class lists have been finalised, they cannot be changed. Class lists will be published to families at the conclusion of our Move-up Day, details of which will be communicated next term.
Primary Faction Update
As part of our continued alignment across our PK-12 College, we are preparing to align the Factions and Guilds across the College. Currently, we have four Factions in Primary, and 8 Guilds in Secondary, and these do not align. As such, we are currently in the process of aligning the Primary and Secondary so that from the start of 2025, Primary students are placed into one of the 8 guilds. Students will remain in this guild throughout their entire journey at Newman College. Students with siblings in Secondary will be placed into the same Guild as their siblings. More information regarding this process, including updated uniforms and Guild allocations, will be provided to Primary families at the commencement of Term 4.
Primary Disco
Fathering Project
The next Fathering Project Event will be held in Term 4, on Friday 8 November from 4:30-6:00pm at Marian Campus. This event is for children and dads of students at Marian Campus. The event will be Paper Planes and Pizza. More information will be provided early in Term 4.
It has been a term full of learning, activities, carnivals, art events and so much more! Our students are to be congratulated for their efforts this term, and deserve a restful break (as do their teachers!). Wishing all Primary families a relaxing and fun holiday break spent together. We look forward to seeing students return on Tuesday 8 October for Term 4!
