MATTHEW GIBNEY CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

30 Munday Road, High Wycombe WA 6057 Phone: 6216 8400 Email: admin@gibney.wa.edu.au Website: www.gibney.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER No. 33 25th October 2018

Dear Parents, Friends and Students

On Friday we celebrate Matthew Gibney Day, the patron

of our school. Matthew Gibney was the third Bishop of

Perth and was influential in setting up Catholic Education

in WA. One of his biggest contributions was purchasing

land in order to build schools. Many of our ‘older’ Catholic

schools are built on sites that were purchased by Bishop

Gibney. Bishop Gibney was also a man of action. He

was not one to sit around and wait for things to happen.

He had courage in his convictions and was prepared to

make the difficult decisions if he thought it was in the best

interest of the Catholic community. Our day will begin

with a Mass at 9:00am in the undercover area. Father

Francis will lead us in this celebration and Deacon Trevor

will assist him. Following the Mass, we will have the

traditional cutting of Bishop Gibney’s birthday cake. After

recess the students will participate in a tabloid sport

rotation with the Year 6 students taking leadership in this.

It is during this time that the school will hold its ‘Open

Day’, with tours taking place at regular intervals. The

tours will be led by some of our Year 6 students. The day

will conclude with our Grandparents Afternoon Tea and

concert. The students have been working very hard on

their items and it should be a very entertaining afternoon.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible

some time throughout the day.

Earlier this week our Year 1 and 3 students went on an

excursion to the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Thank

you to Ms Martinz and Miss Zurzolo for organising this

excursion.

And may your hearts be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and

obey his commands, as at this time.”

(1 Kings 8:61)

Edudance lessons are now in full swing in preparation for

our end of year concert. A reminder to parents that our

concert will take place on Friday 30th November. All are

invited to come along and enjoy this very entertaining

evening. Specific details will be sent home closer to the

date.

I would like to remind families that our Annual General

Community meeting will take place on Wednesday 21st

November. It will begin at 7:00pm and it will be held in

the school library. All parents and members of our

community are invited to attend. The community meeting

is divided into two parts. The first involves reports from

the School Board Chairperson, the School Board

Treasurer and the School Principal. Following that the

Parents and Friends Association will hold their meeting.

After hearing reports from the President and the

Treasurer, an election of office bearers will take place. It

is important that as many families as possible are

represented at this meeting as it will not only give a

summary of the year that has passed but also an

indication of what the school’s direction will be in 2019.

Following the meeting, a light supper will be held.

On Thursday November 1, the students will join with the

Parish to celebrate the Feast of All Saints. The Mass will

be held in the Church and it will begin at 9:30am. All

parents and members of our community are invited to join

with us.

Continued

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The Kindy children have been very busy making beautiful artwork inspired by Eric Carle stories!

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Fri 26th Oct MATTHEW GIBNEY DAY

Mon 29th Oct Kindy excursion to Woolworths &

Woodbridge Park

Wed 31st Oct LaSalle Music Program visit Year 6

Thurs 1st Nov All Saints Day Mass @ St Francis of

Assisi Parish @ 9.30am

Fri 2nd Nov Year 2 Assembly

Mon 5th Nov PUPIL FREE DAY

Tues 6th Nov Melbourne Cup Day

Wed 7th Nov Year 3 Liturgy

Fri 9th Nov Year 4 Assembly

Fri 9th Nov Remembrance Day Ceremony @

10.30am

Sun 11th Nov Remembrance Day

Mon 12th Nov Yr 4 TIMSS Assessment

Wed 14th Nov Year 5 Mass

Wed 14th Nov P&F Meeting @ 7.30pm

Fri 16th Nov PP Assembly

Wed 21st Nov Annual Community Meeting @ 7pm

Thurs 22nd Nov PP & Yr 2 Excursion to Kings Park

Fri 23rd Nov Year 1 Assembly

Mon 26th Nov Yr 5 Cathedral visit 9.30am - 2.30pm

Wed 28th Nov Year 2 Liturgy

Fri 30th Nov Year 6 Assembly

Fri 30th Nov End of Year Concert K-6 @ 6pm

Wed 5th Dec Semester Two Reports available to

parents

Thurs 6th Dec Thanksgiving Graduation Mass @

9.00am undercover area

Fri 7th Dec Year 6 Excursion

Fri 7th Dec END OF TERM 4 FOR STUDENTS

SENT HOME FRIDAY 19th October

★ Leavers shirt 2019 order form (Year 5)

PUPIL FREE DAY

MONDAY

5th NOVEMBER

Assistant Principal’s

Religious Education News

MATTHEW GIBNEY DAY MASS AND EVENTS

Our school family are all invited to celebrate our patron,

Matthew Gibney, this Friday 26th October. We will begin

our day with a whole school Mass at 9am, followed by

Tabloid Sports and then our Grandparent’s Afternoon.

ALL SAINTS MASS

On Thursday 1st November we will be taking part in this

Parish Mass at St Francis of Assisi Church Maida Vale

starting at 9.30am. This is a whole school Mass and all

family and friends are very welcome to attend and

celebrate the Saints of our Church.

Karen Keddie

Assistant Principal RE

P & F Meetings Term 4 2018

Wednesday 14th November @ 7.30pm

ANNUAL COMMUNITY MEETING 2018

Wednesday 21st November @ 7.00pm

On Friday November 2nd, the Year 2 class will be

holding their assembly. The Assembly will start at

9:00am and it will be held in the undercover area.

Again, all parents and members of our community are

invited to join with us.

Have a great week!

Mark Powell PRINCIPAL

Bishop Matthew Gibney

YEAR 2 NEWS

The children are looking forward to entertaining you

tomorrow during the Matthew Gibney Day concert. We

have also been busy practising for our assembly on

Friday 2/11/18.

We have been looking at toys from the past. If you have

any toys or objects from the past, we would love to see

them! We have also been reading a very interesting book

about Australian children and learning about life in the

past.

We have also been very fortunate to have had Marcus, a

Year 12 student, complete, a work placement with us.

The children have enjoyed working with Marcus. We wish

Marcus all the best for his future studies.

Just a reminder that the Toy activity that was set for

homework last week is due tomorrow. The children will

present their findings during their news next week. A new

excursion note for Kings Park was sent home on Monday.

If you did not receive a new note, please let me know.

Gina Nickels

CANTEEN ROSTER

Fri 26th Oct NO CANTEEN

MATTHEW GIBNEY DAY

Tues 30th Oct CAN YOU HELP

Fri 2nd Nov Charline M

CANTEEN SPECIAL FRIDAY 2ND NOVEMBER

Mexican Fiesta Mince, lettuce, diced tomato, corn, grated

cheese & corn chips.

$5.00

YEAR 3 NEWS

Year Three had a great time on their excursion to the city with the Year One class. We learnt about Ned Kelly through

the Sidney Nolan exhibition at the Art Gallery and then we studied images, articles and artefacts in the State Library that

revealed how much King’s Park, our beaches, the Swan River, the Perth Zoo and the Royal Show have changed over

time in our wonderful city. We also had enough time to have a wander along the streets in the city and admire the

amazing artwork on our city walls and analyse interesting sculptures. Students were finally set the task to create their

own artwork piece that they would like to see in our city one day.

Christina Zurzolo

BATTERY RECYCLING We are very pleased to “do our bit” for

the environment by offering recycling

collection for household batteries. You

can drop your batteries off in the metal

collection bin in the hallway opposite the

Year 3 class room.

WAAPA Summer School 2018/2019

This Summer WAAPA at ECU, Mt Lawley is offering an exciting performing arts program for students from Years 1 to 12. The Summer School includes classes in RAP, Acting, Dance, Drama, Screen

Performance, Music Theatre and of course, how to perform Shakespeare. For information about the fantastic courses on offer please visit WAAPA Summer School or contact Gabrielle Metcalf at

g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au