Dear Parents,
Well, here we are in the last week of Term 3. What a wonderful term it has been, with numerous camps, carnivals and concerts. We have been blessed with so many opportunities for our students to demonstrate the incredible abilities that they have.
I want to ask you to continue to encourage your children to ‘Stop, Think, Act’, as they find themselves in tough situations. Mr Steven gave a great demonstration of this recently, with a bottle of soft drink representing us in moments that cause us to get a bit shaken up. Of course, the hilarity of Mr Steven and the erupting liquid wasn’t lost on the students, but neither was the message of being able to stop and let ourselves settle before we blow our lids. See if your children can show you the simple actions of ‘Stop, Think, Act’.
As the term wraps up, here are a few events to keep in mind:
Tuesday
NIPSSA Inter School Athletics Carnival 3-6
Wednesday
NIPSSA Inter School Athletics Carnival 3-6
Year 6 Jam Poetry Evening
Thursday
Kaboom Percussion Performances
Friday
ELC Worship Kindy and Pre-Primary
Assembly 4B
End of term 3 – students return Tuesday 13 October
We hope and pray that you have a blessed break with your families and we look forward to seeing all of the students again in Term 4.
Kind regards,
Jarrod Heglund and Hannah Lockwood-Jones
Dear Parents
Just a reminder that if your details have changed, particularly email addresses, please can you visit the Parent Portal and update. This will ensure you are receiving all correspondence.
Log into the Parent Portal and access SEQTA through the SEQTA Engage icon (orange coloured icon). “Update Your Details”, under “Plan the Term“, provides parents with the ability to update medical/family details, book parent-teacher interviews and view/manage the family’s school finance details.
If you have any questions related to the account details above or experience any difficulties accessing your account please feel free to contact ICT and submit a ticket: https://help.ststephens.wa.edu.au/support/home
Thank you for your support in this matter.
A big thank you to all students who are purchasing ice creams each Friday. Funds raised from these sales support our 2 World Vision children. Below is a letter from Dinh Van Sung who lives in Vietnam. Thank you for your continued support in making a better life for him.
Music Notes
Kaboom Percussion Music Incursion
We are very excited to welcome Kaboom Percussion to our ELC and Primary School this week. These local percussionists perform on a huge variety of percussion instruments and are very creative and humorous in their interpretation of well-known music. They have over 85 million views on their youtube channel. Unfortunately due to Covid restrictions, we are unable to invite parents to these performances this year but you can check out some of their videos here:
https://www.kaboompercussion.com/videos
2020 Interhouse Music Festival
Congratulations to all performers who participated in the Interhouse Music Festival this year. The adjudicators, Hannah Herriman and Marc Osborne, were very impressed with the high standard and variety of performances. We were delighted to see so many brass and woodwind performers, excellent string, guitar and piano playing, some wonderful vocalists, beat boxing, the harmonium and percussionists. There were also some lovely family groups who went to a lot of effort to rehearse and perform together. It was a particular thrill to have several students compose and perform their own music.
The winning house for 2020 was Alethea.
LOST PROPERTY IS GROWING……………………….. THE ITEMS PICTURED BELOW ARE ALL UNNAMED …………………….
WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO RETURN ALL LOST ITEMS, PLEASE ASSIST US BY LABELLING EVERYTHING THAT IS BROUGHT TO SCHOOL.
THANK YOU😊
EXTRA CURRICULR ACTIVITIES
FOR PP – YR 6
FINISHED for 2020
Activities returning in 2021 – Term 2
Thanks to all involved!
Starting in Term 4…
St Stephen’s 3 – 6
Run Club
Every Thursday morning @8am
on the Primary Oval
Come and join us as we start the day
with a body / brain boost!
Every lap you run / walk
earns house points for your faction.
All students are encouraged to come and run.
No registration / sign up required – just turn up!
Family members are welcome to join us also.
(First session – Thursday October 15th)
Any questions – contact Mrs Baird Sharon.baird@ststephens.wa.edu.au
Thanks to those who brought their donation in …. For those who still need to, please bring in tomorrow. Thank you
3-6 Primary Non-uniform day – Funds raised go to The Falconers & Mon Parker
Please bring in a gold coin donation to assist with their mission work
The Falconer family currently live in rural Mozambique where they serve the local people with everything from fixing things, to health care. Originally with IT and occupational therapy backgrounds, Scott and Bek and their four children, Levi, Josiah, Katelyn and Eliana live amongst the locals and give their time and energy to serving and assisting them to find identity, purpose, hope and freedom in life through God. They are interested in justice and empowering others to be change agents in their community.
Mon Parker, is an Aussie midwife working with under privileged people in Myanmar (Burma). She specialises in the delivery and care of infants along with healthcare for their mums and the local community.
Her work is largely about seeking to improve medical services for the community and establishing reliable and accessible clinics with supportive, teaching, diagnosing and referring. It’s also about building relationships with these communities and having an enormous amount of fun sharing God’s love and Gospel with the people.
https://www.sustainmyanmar.org/
