St Kieran Newsletter Term 3, Week 5- 18 August 2022

Prayer for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Almighty and everlasting God, 
You have taken up body and soul 
into the heavenly glory the Immaculate Virgin Mary, 
Mother of Your Son: Grant, we beseech You, 
that, ever intent upon heavenly things, 
we may be worthy to be partakers of her glory. 
Through Jesus Christ Your Son, our Lord, 
who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, 
One God, forever and ever. 
Amen. 

Playground - Before and After School Hours

We please ask that before you drop off or after you have collected your child at the end of the day to leave the school grounds promptly. All playground equipment is out of bounds and we encourage you to take your children to Grenville Oval if you would like to catch up with other parents for a chat while your children have a play.

RAT Collection

If all parents could please come through the office to collect their child's allocation of RATs. This supply of RATs are the Nasal Tests and we would ask parents to collect these asap to ensure that children are catered for. As you can imagine there is a very large supply of these which are difficult to manage, hence we would like these collected as soon as possible. 

https://engage.cspa.catholic.edu.au/2022/07/22/cspa-2022-parent-survey-on-student-wellbeing-and-learning-now-live/?fbclid=IwAR1WBEFzh3IYFIP_4_yrGUQqfMWoCm3XB3fLqS0Y3w2dQiJ_5NLfp7q7xPE 

St Kieran Athletics Carnival Preparation

This year Kieran Connect has organised sports carnival accessories available for all students. 
Headbands, hair ties, ankle bands and face paint are on offer. 
Each child will receive an order form and a Ziplock bag. All pieces are 50c each or $2 for the lot. This will go out this Friday, 19th August 2022. 
Please select your options and return to the office with the exact money by 2nd September. 
Accessories will be sent home Wednesday 7th September, ready for the carnival on Friday 9th of September.
If you have any queries, please contact:   
Pia Gil de Matos - Kieran Connect Treasurer 
misspia@yahoo.com.au 

Kieran Connect Sundowner

Kieran Connect will be hosting a parents only Sundowner on Friday 26th August at the Osborne Park Hotel from 6.00pm-9.30pm. There will be live music, cocktail food and door prizes on entry. There is a limit of 100 tickets, so rally your friends and get in quick!! 
Tickets are selling fast!   

Purchase tickets via the link Click here to buy your tickets 

If there are any families in our community who own a business or have prizes they could offer for this event, please contact the front office and arrange delivery by Tuesday 23rd August.

Save the Date - Father's Day 2022

PLEASE NOTE : A link to buy tickets for Father's Day breakfast will go out via SEQTA and Seesaw soon. 

Confirmation

This weekend we look forward to seeing students in 6 Blue celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation. Students will be attending Mass either on Saturday 20th August at 5pm or on Sunday 21st August at 10.30am. We wish them all the best for this special occasion.  

Number Talks - Issue 2

Matific at St Kieran Catholic Primary School

Book Week

Hi Parents,
Just a reminder that next week is Book Week. We will be having a dress up day on Friday 26 August 2022, if your child would like to participate they are more than welcome to come dressed as a character from a book.
The Scholastic Book Fair will be running from Tuesday morning to Thursday afternoon. The fair will be running at the following times:
Morning: 8 – 8:20am
Recess: 10:40 – 11am
Afternoon: 3 – 3:30pm  
Have a great week!

Jeremiah Jackson

National Science Week

Happy Science Week everyone!
The St Kieran students were so lucky to have a number of visitors this week who shared their work in the field of Science and experienced some exciting activities to explore and enjoy.
Kindy had a lot of fun playing with Mrs Stanford’s special aeroplanes and enjoyed blowing some ‘super dooper’ bubbles.
Pre-Primary and Year 1 students visited Servite College for some Science experiment fun.  These were so exciting and our favourite was definitely the elephant toothpaste!  Many thanks to Servite College and especially Mrs Carla Brew – Head of Science.
Year 2 and 3 students were treated to a very interesting talk from Mr Andrew Young, one of our parents, who talked about his work as an Optometrist.  Eyes are so fascinating and we know that we will all benefit from the work of Optometrists at various stages in our lives!
Year 4 students had an amazing incursion with a researcher from the Telethon Kids Institute.  Saraya is a PhD student who is studying Translational Genetics.  She talked to us about DNA.  We completed a great activity which showed us just how important our DNA instructions are!
Year 5 and 6 students had a visit from Mr Phil May, also one of our parents who works for one of the biggest IT companies in the world.  He is a ‘Solutions Architect’ and manages IT servers in Australia and his work is so vital in communications.  It was amazing to hear how the systems all work together to provide us with this incredible service.

It has been a very busy week and one which has shown us the marvellous and diverse world of Science. 

Remember:  Science is EVERYWHERE!

Fulvia Stanford

Week 7 Field Events

In Week 7 students from Year 3-6 will have their field events day with the times of these listed below. The day will be held at Adventure (grassed area opposite the school gate).
Students will have 1 attempt at shotput, javelin, and long jump on the day, with the other two attempts being recorded during class time.
*Note: In the event students were away during class time they will have extra attempts on the day to ensure they have had 3 attempts in total.
Parents are more than welcome to attend and support their child on the day but are asked to stay in the areas provided.  Students will need to wear their faction sports uniform on the day of their events.
Times:
Year 3s Thursday (1^st of September)

• 1:10 – 3:00

Year 4s Thursday (1^st of September)

• 8:40 – 10:40

Year 5s Thursday (1^st of September)

• 11:00 – 1:00

Year 6s Tuesday (30^th of August)

• 12:00 – 3:00 (break for lunch)

St Kieran Withdrawal

Dear St Kieran Parents
To assist with our 2023 enrolments, can you please notify the school immediately or by the end of term if your child has been accepted to another school. 
St Kieran's fee processes and procedures requires parents/guardians to give the school a term's notice if not returning to St Kieran. Please see our  website for our fees processes and procedures:
https://stkierancps.schoolzineplus.com/_file/media/1268/school_fee_processes_and_procedures.pdf
Please email admin@stkieran.wa.edu.au

MSP School Photos

Thursday 8 September 5.30-8.30pm - Post Plenary Perceptions

The Council for Catholic Women Perth warmly invites you to hear Perth's women members share their experience of the second assembly of the Plenary Council.
There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion. All welcome.
Venue : James Nestor Hall ,Catholic Education Office 50 Ruislip St West Leederville
When: Thursday 8 September, 5.30pm - 8.30pm (Light refreshments served 5.30pm - 6pm)
RSVP by Tuesday 6 September to kerrymacfarlane2@gmail.com or mob 0400 886 835