June 28, 2021 by suzannewiles

Term 2 – Notices – Week 11

Dear Parents,

Well, that was an unexpected way to start the week. 😊 We thank you for your support and understanding as we navigate the restrictions and try to keep school life as normal as possible. While some events have certainly been impacted, there are still a number that we are able to continue with. Here are a few dates and items to remember:

Tuesday
- ELC have a special canteen meal deal to mark end of term.
Wednesday
- Years 1 and 2 Constable Care Incursion.
Friday
- KG to Y6 – Crazy Sock Day for Uniting Care West! See more details below.
- Worship for Years 1 and 2
- Term Ends and Reports are LIVE for viewing

Monday 26 July
- Primary Reporting Day
Tuesday 27 July
- Students return

We hope you all have a happy holiday, and we are praying that any travel plans can still go ahead – for students and staff!

Kind regards,

Hannah and Jarrod

As a school, we are working to improve our environmental footprint and as you may be aware, plastic is a big issue throughout the world.

One way that your family can make a real difference is by reducing the amount of food you purchase in plastic packaging.

To get you started on this journey, I encourage you to participate in this year’s Plastic Free July. You can pledge to go plastic free for just a day, a week, all of July, or forever! Here’s the link to the website: https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/

FRIDAY 2 JULY

WEAR A PAIR OF CRAZY SOCKS AND YOUR NORMAL UNIFORM and BRING IN A PAIR OF SOCKS TO DONATE TO THOSE IN NEED.

FROM MONDAY 28 JUNE TO FRI 2 JULY, PLACE YOUR DONATIONS IN THE BOX IN THE ELC AND PRIMARY RECEPTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

RUN CLUB – EVERY THURSDAY

8.00 – 8.25am on the Primary Oval

Our Thursday Run Club continues every week throughout the year (weather permitting)!

All students (and their families) are very welcome to join us and clock up house points as well as kilometres – at any pace you like.

Any queries, please contact Sharon.baird@ststephens.wa.edu.au 😊

Primary Interhouse Music festival

The festival will take place on Wednesday 11 August. Students are encouraged to perform as soloists and in small groups for an adjudicator. Points are awarded to contribute to the winning house for 2021.

Entry forms are due in by 3:30pm Wednesday 4 August in the Primary Office.

Nomination Form 2021

Rebecca Thorne

Teacher – Music

Dear Parents,

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: TERM 3, 2021

We are excited to continue the extra-curricular activities at the beginning of Term 3. Once again, parents will utilise the online booking system, Bookwhen.

We commence the activities for Term 3 in Week 3, on Monday 9 August 2021. These will run for 6 weeks, finishing in Week 8, ending Friday 17 September 2021.

Your child/children from PP to Year 6, are welcome to participate in an extra curriculum activity at their respective ELC or 3 – 6 campus (see list below of activities). It is important that children understand that they must commit to the activity for the whole 6 weeks. For the activities running after school, there is a short afternoon tea break, so please pack something healthy for them to enjoy. At the conclusion of their session, please be prompt when collecting your children in the afternoon. Please click on the following link https://bookwhen.com/ststephensschool_duncraig (or head to the Parent Portal and click on Plan the Day>Primary School Clubs and click on the Enrol button). Places are limited for each activity so please only enrol in one activity and allocation is on a ‘first in’ basis. Please continue to register your name on the wait list for an activity if it is full.

Parents are required to register using an email address and password then each student can be registered in preparation for enrolment. Please ensure that all areas are completed.

Activities will be open on Bookwhen for student enrolments on Wednesday 30 June.

When enrolments open on 30 June, registration is required before you can enrol your child in an activity.

We look forward to a term full of activity and fun.

If you require any further information, please contact the ELC or Primary Office.

Kind regards.

Hannah Lockwood-Jones & Jarrod Heglund

EXTRA CURRICULR ACTIVITIES

Term 3

Monday 9 August – Thursday 16 September

Dear Parents

PRIMARY REPORTING TAKING PLACE ON MONDAY 26 JULY 2021

Reports for PP – Yr 6 will be available online through Seqta Engage, on Friday 2 July.

Reporting day is optional for parents of PP – Yr 6 students, however, if you wish to have an interview, they will be conducted on Monday 26 July. Interviews will take place in the ELC Forum or Primary Village. If parents wish they can utilise Teams for an online interview. If you wish to avail yourself of this, once you have selected your timeslot, email your child’s teacher advising that timeslot. The online interview will be conducted utilising your child’s Teams account.

8.30am – 10am

11am – 12.30pm

2.30pm – 4pm

4.30pm – 6pm

Online Reporting Day bookings will be open from 4pm on

Tuesday 15 June and will close at 4pm on Tuesday 20 July.

Please note that interviews are timed for 10 minutes only and your child’s attendance is optional. We will be setting goals with the children during class time in Week 2 of Term 3. If there are larger issues that you need to discuss with the teacher, please contact the teacher to arrange a separate appointment.

The Parent Portal can be accessed using the following URL: https://portal.ststephens.wa.edu.au/

Under Plan the Term > click on Interview Bookings > then Login to EdInfo to book an interview. Once in EdInfo, click on the Interviews tab and select your preferred time with the teacher.

Parents, log into the Parent portal using your parent username

(e.g. 12345@parent.ststephens.wa.edu.au) and parent password.

Please go to https://password.ststephens.wa.edu.au if you need to reset/modify your password. If you require further assistance, please contact the ICT Parent helpdesk at https://help.ststephens.wa.edu.au/ or on 9243 2160.

If you wish to meet with a Specialist teacher, please email them directly to book a time.

Online bookings will be open from 4pm Tuesday 15 June and will close at 4.00pm Tuesday 20 July.

Kind regards

Primary Leadership Team

Non Uniform Day 3 – 6

Just a reminder there is still time to bring in your donation tomorrow.

June 21, 2021 by suzannewiles

Term 2 – Notices – Week 10

Dear Parents,

Names, names and names please. As the temperature goes down, the number of lost jumpers goes up. As you can imagine, it’s very easy to return lost items to the correct children when the name is the item. Can we please ask for your assistance with this and make sure your child’s clothing items are all named – especially jumpers and jackets. Actually, it might even be worth putting a pause on reading this blog, and do some labelling right now. I’ll wait for you to come back…

Thanks for taking a moment to do that. 😊

Even though there are only two weeks to go until the holidays, we are still in full swing with a bunch of great events happening. Here are a few to keep in mind:

Tuesday

Year 5 documentary screening

Thursday

Pre-Primary ‘Around the World’ dress-up day

Friday

Worship assembly for Kindy and Pre-Primary
Year 3-6 Interschool Cross Country

As the holidays approach, we wanted to let you know that the Outside School Hours (OSH) Care is still available during the holidays, as well as pupil-free days. If you wanted to consider this as an option, please visit their website for more – www.oshclub.com.au.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs Lockwood-Jones and Mr Jarrod Heglund

LOST PROPERTY ELC

We have an accumulation of lost property at the ELC. Please come and see us at ELC Admin if you think any of these items may belong to you.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES – TERM 3
WEEK STARTING MONDAY 9 AUGUST
6 WEEKS DURATION
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER DETAILS

LOST PROPERTY IS GROWING………… THE BELOW ARE ALL UNNAMED ITEMS………

WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO RETURN ALL LOST ITEMS, PLEASE ASSIST US BY LABELLING EVERYTHING THAT IS WORN OR BROUGHT TO SCHOOL.

THANK YOU😊

FIRETECH WINTER HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS

It’s time to start planning some winter school holiday activities for the kids! Firetech will host a series of workshops at St Stephen’s School’s Carramar and Duncraig campuses these school holidays.

Workshops include learning the basics of digital photography, graphic and game design.

Digital Photography will see beginners and those with a bit of experience behind the camera learn how to set up, shoot and edit great images in a variety of situations. Click this link to book Digital Photography.

Creative Digital Design is for students with an interest in graphic design. They will learn how to use the Adobe Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip, Premiere Pro and Audition. Click this link to book Creative Digital Design.

Making Games with Roblox is based on the popular platform and introduces budding young designers and developers to the principles of practical game design and development. Click this link to book Making Games with Roblox.

Rising Stars AFL Football Academy

June 14, 2021 by suzannewiles

Term 2 – Notices – Week 9

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I hope you had a wonderful weekend and spent some quality time together with your children. We are getting close to the end of term and I know the excitement is building amongst the students, as many of them are already sharing their plans for some wonderful holidays. Before we get there though, there are still some great events happening here at school. Here are some that are coming up this week:

Wednesday 16^th

Middle School Music Concert, where a few of our very talented Primary students are joining in with some Secondary students to put on a concert.

Thursday 17^th

Primary Music Concert, which involves many, many of our gorgeous ELC and 3-6 students in various bands, ensembles and choirs.

Friday 18

ELC assembly run by PPM.

Have a wonderful week!

Hannah and Jarrod

3 – 6 Student Collection

In recent weeks, we have been navigating the changes that the construction process has brought along in regards to the collection of students at the end of the day. After recent feedback and assessment of the current arrangements, we have made a small change that should still allow for student safety while also keeping traffic moving as quickly as possible on the verge near the Primary oval.

We have now placed a teacher on duty on that edge of the oval, and will be allowing the students to wait behind the timber bollards that are there to keep them safe. Please know that this area is strictly for waiting patiently to be picked up, and no games or playing will be allowed, as this can easily spill over into the parking area.

With that, we will still be asking students to not be waiting at the crosswalk near the Music room, as groups of students here have been negatively impacting the flow of traffic out of the Kiss and Drive.

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we look to find the most workable solution that also still keeps our students safe.

Dear Parents

PRIMARY REPORTING TAKING PLACE ON MONDAY 26 JULY 2021

Reports for PP – Yr 6 will be available online through Seqta Engage, on

Friday 2 July.

8.30am – 10am

11am – 12.30pm

2.30pm – 4pm

4.30pm – 6pm

Online Reporting Day bookings will be open from 4pm on

Tuesday 15 June and will close at 4pm on Tuesday 20 July.

The Parent Portal can be accessed using the following URL: https://portal.ststephens.wa.edu.au/

Under Plan the Term > click on Interview Bookings > then Login to EdInfo to book an interview. Once in EdInfo, click on the Interviews tab and select your preferred time with the teacher.

Parents, log into the Parent portal using your parent username

(e.g. 12345@parent.ststephens.wa.edu.au) and parent password.

If you wish to meet with a Specialist teacher, please email them directly to book a time.

Online bookings will be open from 4pm Tuesday 15 June and will close at 4.00pm Tuesday 20 July.

Kind regards

Primary Leadership Team

Communication 3 – 6

As you might imagine, and I’m sure many of you are in the same situation, we often receive a large volume of emails on a typical day and are always aware of balancing time spent on emails with time spent on working with your children. We are all conscious of not overloading with digital communication, and we certainly acknowledge that we don’t get it right all the time either. Can we ask for your assistance in working with us on this as we look to find that sweet spot of open, fruitful communication between the extremes of too much and too little?

Just for your information, on a practical note, it is worth noting that we do aim to avoid checking our emails outside of work hours, so you might not get an answer to your email for a day or so. On a similar note, if your email pertains to events during the day (eg. early pick up, appointments, etc.), it would be best to send these ones to the office, adminduncraigprimary@ststephens.wa.edu.au, as we are usually not able to check our emails whilst we are teaching.

Thank you for your understanding with this. We love your children and truly value you being an integral part of their journey here at school.

ELC (Kindy to year 2)

End of TERM MEAL

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Pizza Roll

(Ham+Cheese or Cheese)

$7.50

4 pack sushi – gluten free
(Teriyaki chicken or tuna or vegetable)

$8.50

All meals come with:

LittleTed biscuit pack

Chillj – Blackcurrant Juice

(please contact Canteen Manager if you require any information on ingredients etc 9243 2434)

ORDER ONLINE THROUGH QUICKCLIQ

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY THURSDAY, 24 JUNE AT 1PM

ELC Meal

Kindy to Year 2

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Order must be placed through Quickcliq, if you haven’t already registered, please do so at www.quickcliq.com.au. If you need help registering, please contact Quickcliq on 1300 116 637.

Follow the instructions below to order:

Click blue ‘MEAL ORDER’ button

Step 1 – select your child (PLEASE ENSURE ALL DETAILS ARE UP TO DATE)

Step 2 – select date 29 June 2021 and then click on the pop-up dialogue box SPECIAL EVENT MENU.

Step 3 – add to cart: click on the cross next to MEAL DEALS then tick the meal deal of your choice and then click blue ADD TO CART.

Step 4 – should be completed if your child has any health warnings/food allergies/ intolerances

Do not forget to click ‘PAY AND PLACE ORDER’ before leaving the page. You will receive a confirmation email, or you can click the Active orders tab on the homepage to check your order is pending.

Payment by direct deposit is a free option and it allows you to pay the exact amount. The other payment methods are credit card or PayPal, which require a minimum account credit of $20 and have a small fee attached. Please ensure you allow enough time for payments to reach your online account.

Orders must be placed by the cut-off date of Thursday, 24 June at 1pm – sorry no exceptions. NO OTHER FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM THE CANTEEN ON 29June.

Any queries regarding food please contact the school canteen on 9243 2434.

For any queries regarding ordering online please contact Quickcliq by phoning 1300 484 888 or email info@quickcliq.com.au

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES – TERM 2

CONCLUDING

WEEK ENDING FRIDAY 18 JUNE

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR TERM 3 ACTIVITIES!!!!

PRIMARY (YR3 TO YR6)

End of TERM MEAL

Thursday, 24 June 2021

Pizza Roll

(Ham+Cheese or Cheese)

$7.50

4 pack sushi – gluten free
(Teriyaki chicken or tuna or vegetable)

$8.50

All meals come with:

Little Ted biscuit pack

Chillj Blackcurrant juice

(please contact Canteen Manager if you require any information on ingredients etc 9243 2434)

ORDER ONLINE THROUGH QUICKCLIQ

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY THURSDAY, 17 JUNE AT 1PM

Primary Music Concert

Thursday 17 June 6:45pm

School Theatre

Primary Chorale, Chamber Choir, The Minstrels, Primary School Orchestra, Middle School Orchestra, Primary Guitar Ensemble, Brass Quintet and Middle School Ensemble are all performing at this Concert. To secure your ticket for this fabulous night of music please click on the link below. Tickets are $10.

https://events.humanitix.com/psmc12021

June 8, 2021 by suzannewiles

Term 2 – Notices – Week 8

Dear Community,

We hope you had a lovely long weekend and enjoyed some time together. It was certainly nice to have a break in the middle of this long term.

This week at the ELC the Year 2 students have a Sciencefest Day planned. More information about the exciting activities will be on their class blog. On Friday 11 June, at the ELC there will be a Worship assembly with Mr Steven for our Year 1 & 2 students. At 3-6, we are very excited to see and hear our wonderful Music Choir perform at the assembly on Friday afternoon. Please come and join us for these special gatherings.

We wish you a wonderful week ahead.