Holy Spirit Newsletter
Newsletter Week 10 - Tuesday, 5th April, 2022
School Motto
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School is committed to the pursuit of Christian Truth & Excellence.
All members of the school community are encouraged to develop their potential and special qualities in an environment centred on Christ.
From the Principal's Desk
Dear Parents
As we work through our final week of term I’m thankful for the great work from our teachers and the wonderful support from our CEWA personnel in assisting us to navigate through this Covid-19 period.
We complete the term this Friday that leads us into Holy Week beginning with Palm Sunday leading into Holy Thursday and Good Friday on 15th April. Easter Sunday falls right in the middle of the holiday break. For our families not going away for Easter, I have included the Holy Spirit Parish Easter Roster which lists all the scheduled Holy Week celebrations that you are most welcome to attend.
The Palm Sunday mass this Sunday traditionally begins down on the oval and processes up to the church. For many years our children have come in biblical costume and we would encourage our parish and school children to come along and be part of this very special opening to Holy Week. We gather at 9.00am on the oval and process up to the church for mass. Hope to see you there!
School resumes for term 2 on WEDNESDAY 27th April following the Anzac Day public holiday on Monday 25th and our day set aside for parent/ teacher interviews on Tuesday 26th April.
Natalie has sent all the information and booking details for the interviews through to you on SEQTA so please check this carefully and book a suitable time through the link provided.
Hopefully with a refreshing break and an easing of Covid restrictions for term two, we can look forward to a more ‘normal’ school term here at Holy Spirit. I have attached the latest Covid update that lists the easing of public health measures for term 2.
Thanks to all our office and admin staff for all their hard work and to all our teaching staff for their continued dedication and care. This week we bid farewell to one of our education assistant’s, Jane Parker. Jane has been a tremendous support for our teachers over many years. We thank her for all her hard work and wish Jane all the best in retirement.
The program that replaces Edu-Dance is known as “Footsteps” and begins on the Thursday of week one for our students in PP-Yr 6. Students can wear their sports uniforms on that day as well. (Guild or sports shirt)
Finally, a big vote of thanks to our students and parents who have been terrific here at school in what has been a challenging term. On behalf of all our staff I wish you all a very Happy Easter and an enjoyable term break. Looking forward to catching up again when school resumes for the students on Wednesday 27th April.
Kind Regards,
Steve Versteegen - Principal
Kiss n Drive
In the MORNINGS, the FIRST THREE BAYS of the BENT STREET KISS & DRIVE line are for DROP OFF ONLY.
NO PARKING IS ALLOWED IN THESE BAYS during morning drop off. You CAN NOT leave your vehicle to nip into the office or up to the classroom.
If you need to do this, please park elsewhere.
Dates for your diary
- Parent Interviews
WEDNESDAY 27TH APRIL 2022
- First Day for Students - WINTER UNIFORM
WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY 2022
- P&F Meeting - 7pm - School Library
FRIDAY, 1ST JULY 2022
- Last day Term 2
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
SPIRIT NETBALL CLUB
All our Spirit Netball Club teams are now training and looking forward to the season ahead!
Games begin: Friday 6th or Saturday 7th May 2022
If your child is keen to play Netball this year please register via link below before Wednesday 6th April.
The links are for each year group as follows. PlayHQ is a new player and games management system for netball. If you have not previously registered with PlayHQ for another sport, you will need to create an account (you will be prompted to do this to register).
Year 6
https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/0508d6
Year 5
https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/8a947f
Year 4
https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/00a29a
Year 2 and Year 3
https://www.playhq.com/netball-australia/register/d9dc68
Our school is Holy Spirit School, City Beach.
All coaches and managers can use the above links to register themselves. There is no charge for them.
MISSING NETBALL TOPS
We are missing quite a few tops and need to have these back to ensure we have adequate tops for the Winter 2022 season.
Please check you drawers and return any tops to Mary in the office.
Many thanks
EASTER RAFFLE
We will use these as prizes for our P&F Easter Raffle prizes. Each child will get their name put into a hat and later this week the Easter Bunny (Mr V) will make a visit to the classroom to draw out two lucky prize winners names!
'EASTER' FAIRY GARDEN
ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT
Thank you to Year 5 parent - Vince Deluca for supplying us with the boat
COMING SOON....
More details about the 2022 P&F Holy Spirit TUITION Raffle coming in Term 2
HOLY SPIRIT SUPPORTERS CAP - NOW AVAILABLE
Please note that the cap is not for children to wear to school.
NEW SCHOOL UNIFORMS
Jenny Franklin Enterprises (JFE) the suppliers of NEW UNIFORMS for Holy Spirit are currently not attending the school to sell uniforms.
Should you wish to purchase anything from JFE, you may email them your order or call past the office with your order and your payment by COB Tuesdays each week, JFE will deliver to the school on Wednesday the following day.
Order forms are available on our website: www.holyspirit.wa.edu.au
Or
Jenny Franklin Enterprises 1/85 Guthrie St, Osborne Park J.parsons@jfe.net.au
Or
The link to the online ordering system is as follows:
https://www.jfe.net.au/orders-4251html
From here, parents can see the uniforms list (including pricing) and place their orders online. This same page also provides details on order cut-off times and order delivery timing and location.
Also, as an alternative, parents can also go to the JFE website:
From here, they can see all the contact details for JFE
They can also place orders from this website. They can click on the “Order Now” button or the “Orders” heading and use the School Code: 4251
School Lunches - Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays
Set up your account today so your child can enjoy some yummy fresh lunches.
AFTER SCHOOL CARE AT HOLY SPIRIT
NEW OWNER AND MANAGEMENT, STAY TUNED FOR UPDATED CARE DAYS.
Holy Spirit is delighted to be offering Holy Spirit After School Child Care in 2021
When: Monday, Wednesday and Fridays
Times: 2.30pm to 6.00pm
Years: Kindy to Year 6
For students in Kindy and Pre-Primary, OSHC staff will pick up at the Pre Primary classrooms as per our school policy.
If your children also would like to do any of the before and after school extracurricular activities as well as attend the Holy Spirit OSHC, that is fine and arrangements will be put in place.
Parents who wish to enrol their child in either program are encouraged to enrol their child now via our online enrolment form: https://holyspiritoshc.hubworks.com.au/
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL: ADMIN@HOLYSPIRITOSHCARE.COM.AU
OR CONTACT NATASHA ON 0468 324 499
Food, Food, Glorious Food
Jungle Fun
Sliding the slides
Balancing the bridge
Role Play
Home corner
Board games
Building and many many more activities
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About Us
Email: admin@holyspirit.wa.edu.au
Website: www.holyspirit.wa.edu.au
Location: Corner of Bent Street and Brompton Road City Beach WA 6015
Phone: +61 8 9341 2551
Facebook: facebook.com/holyspiritprimaryschoolcitybeach/