Term 1, Week 5 Notices

3-Way Conference & Goal Setting

Tuesday 13 March – Thursday 15 March

This is an opportunity for students, parents and teachers to meet and discuss how 2018 has commenced. It is also an opportunity to discuss the students’ learning goals for 2018.

Appointments are in 10 minute intervals.

https://portal.ststephens.wa.edu.au is where all parents can access school systems.

Interview Bookings can be found under the Plan the Term tab options.

Parents, log into the portal using your ID@parent.ststephens.wa.edu.au and you will then be prompted for a login and password for Edinfo once they click on the Interview Bookings selection.

The login will be your ID and same password.

Then select your preferred time with the teacher.

If you require further assistance, please contact the ICT Parent helpdesk at

help.ststephens.wa.edu.au or on 9243 2160.

Duty of Care Reminder

Dear Parents

Just a reminder that there are no staff on duty in the playgrounds before 8.10am. Students who arrive between 8am and 8.10am may sit quietly in the Library.

If at all possible, we would appreciate students arriving at school after 8.10am as we are unable to offer duty of care until then.

In the afternoon, staff are on duty from 3.10pm – 3.30pm. Whilst we encourage families to stay after school and enjoy being in community, we are unable to provide duty of care after 3.30pm. To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our children, we ask that parents are present after 3.30pm to provide supervision.

OSH Club is available for all Primary students at the ELC, for before school and after school care. Their website is www.oshclub.com.au

Thank you for your kind consideration in this regard.

Fete Meeting – this Tuesday evening

Coles Sports Voucher Collection Boxes at ELC & Primary Reception Desks

Community Freezer

We are excited to continue with our initiative of the school community freezer, which is located in the Primary Get Well Room. These meals support our community K-12. We are asking for contributions as we begin the new year, and wanted to let staff know so that if you wish to contribute you can and if you have a family in need you can let them know to come and take a meal to help them.

We are looking for simple, nutritious meals that are both family and freezer friendly. These include meat and vegetable based casseroles, lasagnes, hearty soups and mild curries. Please do not use any nut or nut products. Please include all components of the meal e.g. “Casserole with rice” to make it as easy as possible for the families receiving the meals.

Please follow the steps below:

Read the food safety link:

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/handwashing-why-its-important

1) Choose your own recipe or look for one at:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/collections/freezer-friendly

2) Buy the ingredients.

3) Ensure your hands are adequately washed.

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/food-safety-when-cooking

4) Cook the meal.

5) Cool the meal and pack in a reusable or recyclable container (either donate a container or collect a foil container from next to the freezer at school).

6) Label the meal (stickers are available next to the freezer at school).

Term 1, Week 4 Notices

Feb19

Dear Parents,

It’s hard to imagine that today we have begun Week 4 of Term 1! As this is our first Deputies Newsletter for 2018, we want to officially wish you a happy new year and hope that your term at St Stephen’s School has begun with real joy and excitement. It has been so encouraging to watch the way that our students have started back on a real high – they are building new friendships, they are engaged in learning and they are known and celebrated. At St Stephen’s School, we see each individual for who they are; their strengths, their challenges and their aspirations.

At our Worship Gathering this term we have been looking at the wonderful truth that God has made us special and unique; we are dearly loved and so incredibly valued by Him. This idea links in beautifully to our Understanding Me key and classes have been exploring what this means throughout their devotions and biblical studies sessions. One of the flow on effects of understanding God’s love for you is that you are better positioned to get busy loving others. We see this each day in our school as our staff, students and families engage in thoughtful, encouraging and uplifting words and deeds – what a special community we have.

Later this term, we have our 3 Way Goal setting meetings. This is a valuable opportunity for students, parents & teachers to get together to discuss each child’s individual learning goals for this semester. The students will be doing some work in the coming weeks so that they are able to constructively contribute to the discussion and have some ownership of their own learning. As a school we see the home-school partnership as paramount to the success of learning in class. We encourage you to chat to your child about their goal and support them in achieving them.

As always, this term is full of many exciting opportunities and events; Year 5 & 6 surf lessons, Musica Viva incursions, Grandparents Day, Wet Carnivals, project exhibitions, incursions, 3 Way Goal setting meetings and to finish off the term, our whole School Thanksgiving Service. We look forward to welcoming you into our School community whenever you are able; remember that we always have plenty of coffee available straight after worship gatherings and assemblies on both sides of the street.

“You made my whole being; you formed me in the mother’s body. I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful, I know this very well.” Psalm 139:13-14

God bless

Vernita and Richard

Calendar Link

Please check the school calendar for upcoming events.

http://calendar.ststephens.wa.edu.au/term.php

3 – Way Conference and Goal Setting

STUDENT/PARENT/TEACHER

Tuesday 13 March – Thursday 15 March

This is an opportunity for students, parents and teachers to meet and discuss how 2018 has commenced. It is also an opportunity to discuss the students’ learning goals for 2018. Appointments are in 10 minute intervals.

https://portal.ststephens.wa.edu.au is where all parents can access school systems. Interview Bookings can be found under the Plan the Term tab options.

Parents, log into the portal using your ID@parent.ststephens.wa.edu.au and you will then be prompted for a login and password for Edinfo once they click on the Interview Bookings selection. The login will be your ID and same password. Then select your preferred time with the teacher.

If you require further assistance, please contact the ICT Parent Help desk at help.ststephens.wa.edu.au or on 9243 2160.

Fete 2018

For more info, contact Julie on cullyn5@bigpond.com

Term 1, Week 3 Notices

Feb12

2018 St Stephen’s Fete

Coles Sports for Schools : Collection boxes at the ELC and Primary 3-6

Book Club : Orders close this Friday 16 February

Order here: www.scholastic.com.au/loop

Shoes and Boots for South Africa

ELC Bethany Fundraising

Primary 3-6 Friday Ice-creams : Support World Vision Children

ELC Date Night : Registrations close today

Please RSVP to Cherie Prior on cherie.prior@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Doves Netball : On-line Registrations close on 16 February

Email Jemma for more information : dovesnetball@hotmail.comGreenwood Girls Brigade

Email Sarah for more information on: wagreenwood@girlsbrigadeaustralia.org.au

Tennis Lessons

Term 1, Week 2 Notices

Feb5

K- 6 School Photos taken tomorrowSchool Parking Guidelines and Community Safety Letter

Community Freezer

We are really excited to continue with our initiative of the school community freezer. It is located in the Get Well Room in the Primary School Office. The purpose of this freezer is to support families from Pre-Kindy to Year 12 at SSS Duncraig with a home cooked meal when they are going through a very difficult family situation.

If you would like to contribute to this freezer by cooking a meal we would greatly appreciate it. We are looking for simple, nutritious meals that are both family and freezer friendly. These include meat and vegetable based casseroles, lasagnes, hearty soups and mild curries. Please do not use any nut or nut products. Please include all components of the meal e.g. “Casserole with rice” to make it as easy as possible for the families receiving the meals.

Please follow the steps below:

Read the food safety link:

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/handwashing-why-its-important

Choose your own recipe or look for one at:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/collections/freezer-friendly

Buy the ingredients.
Ensure your hands are adequately washed.

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/food-safety-when-cooking

Cook the meal.
Cool the meal and pack in a reusable or recyclable container (either donate a container or collect a foil container from next to the freezer at school).

Label the meal (stickers are available next to the freezer at school).

Freeze the meal.
Bring the frozen meal to school and place in the freezer for another family to enjoy!

ELC Date night fundraiser

Please register with Mrs Cherie Prior at the ELC by 12 February to secure your children’s places – cherie.prior@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Messy Church starts on Sunday 11 February, 4pm

For more information contact Susan : sueking773@gmail.com

By buying ice-creams on Friday, you support our World Vision Children

Scholastic Book Club

Place your online orders here, by Friday 16 February. www.scholastic.com.au/loop

Doves Netball Information Night

For more information, email Jemma: dovesnetball@hotmail.com

Duncraig Junior Chess Club

Website: www.totalchess.com.au

Any questions: info@totalchess.com.au

2018, Term 1, Week 1

Jan29

Welcome!

‘Getting to know you’ Picnic

Parent Evenings

ELC Photo Day – 6th of February

Primary 3-6 Photo Day – 6th of February

Primary 3-6 photo shoot schedule

9.00am 6LM

9.20am 6D

9.40am 4L

10.00am 4M

10.20am 5BR

Recess 10:40 – 11:00am

11.05am 3T

11.25am 3W

11:45am 5T

12:05pm 5BA

12:25pm 6LK

Parent Information 2018

Office staff

ELC: Cherie Prior works Monday to Friday.

The Office is open between 8 am – 4 pm. The ELC Office contact number is 9243 2480.

Primary: Nicole Carrigg works on a Monday & Tuesday.

Louisa van der Merwe works on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday.

The Office is open between 8 am – 4 pm. The Primary Office contact number is 9243 2102.

Absentee Information

When your child is going to be absent, please send an email to absenteedunpri@ststephens.wa.edu.au and to your child’s teacher as well.

If you’d prefer to phone, please call the ELC office on 9243 2480 or Primary Office on 9243 2102. Please provide this information as soon as you possibly can. The class role is called at 8.50 am.

If a student arrives after the 8.35am bell, a parent must sign them in on the green form at the Primary office. If a student has a music lesson and arrives after 8.35am, they must come to the office and advise staff of their arrival.

Contact details

Please advise the ELC and Primary office of any contact details that have changed, including health updates. For all general inquiries for years K – 6, please use the Admin email address adminduncraigprimary@ststephens.wa.edu.au

Worship

ELC: Every second Friday 9 am – 9.45 am. Enjoy a cuppa after Worship.

Primary Worship Gathering Years 3 – 6: Every Monday morning 8.35 am – 9.10 am.

Join us for a chat and a cuppa after Worship or take part in your child’s morning fitness class.

Assembly

A list of which classes are performing can be found on the school calendar.

ELC: Assembly is held every second Friday from 9 am – 9.45 am.

Primary: Assembly is held every second Friday from 2.20 pm – 3.10 pm.

Canteen Online Only

All information can be viewed on their website www.quickcliq.com.au

ELC (Tuesday only) orders only available online.

Primary orders only available online.

Coffee

Parents are welcome to enjoy a cuppa anytime in the Connect Café at either the ELC or the Village Green at 3 – 6.

Lost Property

Please label all items of school uniform, lunch boxes, drink bottles and pencil cases.

ELC : a basket is located at Reception.

Primary: a basket is located in the Get Well Room.

School Calendar

All events/information throughout the year may be viewed on the School website www.ststephens.wa.edu.au Parents are encouraged to view the School Calendar on the website. Also, when accessing the Parents Portal on the website, parents can view Seqta Engage, Dovetales, book parent/teacher interview, SSS blogs, etc.

All Primary class blogs are updated on Tuesday and Friday and can be accessed on https://blogs.ststephens.wa.edu.au/sssduncraigprimary/ password: sssdp

The Primary blog is updated on a Monday. Parents are sent an email advising this.

Have a fantastic year with St Stephen’s School.

Parent Portal Information

https://portal.ststephens.wa.edu.au

How to Order Canteen Online

ELC Canteen Menu – Tuesdays only

Canteen 3 – 6

Twilight Tours

Term 4, Week 9 End of Year Notices

Dec4

Happy Holidays

2018 Term Dates

Uniform Shop Opening Hours

Term 4, Week 8 Notices

Nov27

Dinkum Dads – Tonight

ELC Nativity Concert – Important Information and Requests

Presentation Evening – This Friday Evening

Please book your seating requirements here : www.trybooking.com/STEW

Carols in the Community – This Saturday Evening

Make a Manger

Please book your family’s interest through this link: www.trybooking.com/SREV

Christmas Service

Final School Banking 2017 Wonder : The Movie

Givit Gift Generosity

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed towards such an outstanding total of gifts, to be given to children less fortunate than our own. Mr Fitch was thrilled to see the tables of gifts and spoke to us this morning about how much these gifts will mean to the children who receive them, knowing that someone else cares for them. The gifts were then collected by ‘Father Christmas’ and an Elf on motorbikes, who will deliver the gifts to the children closer to Christmas. Well done St Stephen’s Students!

Uniting Care West – Hamper Hallelujah

Please return your Library Books

Fete 2018: Save the date

Parent Prayer and Bible Study Groups

Happy Holidays

Term 4, Week 7 Notices

Nov20

Presentation Evening

We are all very exited and can’t wait to see you at this year’s Presentation Evening. Please book your seating requirements here: https://www.trybooking.com/STEW

Important Dates

For important dates, please visit the school calendar here: calendar.ststephens.wa.edu.au/term.php

Connecting in Conversation – Duncraig Tomorrow Evening

Wonder Movie Screening

Please let your class teacher know how many tickets you would like by Thursday 23rd of November so that we can reserve the whole theatre if we have enough people interested.

Dinkum Dads – Next Monday EveningGivit gifts – last day next Monday

Thank you Mr Steven for keeping us up to date with our gift collecting progress so far. Across the whole of the Primary School we have brought it over 240 gifts and over halfway to reaching our target of 430 gifts by this Friday the 24th of November. The gifts will be collected next Monday the 27th of November at our worship gathering. Don’t worry if you haven’t got a tag, please just bring a gift and the Givit team will work it out.

Carols in the Community

Build a Cradle – Family Project

Please book through this link – https://www.trybooking.com/SREV

ELC and Primary Library

Wanted: Chook sitters for the holidays

Calling All Animal Lovers!

We are looking for some helpers in our community to help look after our Primary School Chickens over the Christmas Holidays. You may look after a few of them or all, depending on how much space you have. We have portable coops to lend out, including food containers, water containers and feed. Support will be given to anyone who can take the lovely chickens home.

Fresh eggs over the summer will be delightful!

Please email Shannon.warrener@ststephens.wa.edu.au if you would like to help.

Fete 2018 – Save the Date

Term 4, Week 6 Notices

Nov13

Presentation Evening

Please RSVP your seating requirements here: https://www.trybooking.com/STEW

South Africa Service Tour Thank you

Mon Parker @ the Primary 3-6

Thank you to all who brought in their gold coin donations for our last Free Dress Day. We heard Mon speak this morning at worship and were amazed that the money we raised would buy 2 months supply of milk powder for a set of twins (only a couple of months old) whose mother did not survive childbirth.

ELC Christmas Hampers ***Closes on Wednesday this week!

Primary 3-6 Christmas Hampers ***Closes on Wednesday this week!

Givit Gifts

We are starting to collect a pile of gifts, so keep them coming in!

Chicken Sitting over the Christmas Holidays

Calling All Animal Lovers!

Fresh eggs over the summer will be delightful!

Please email Shannon.warrener@ststephens.wa.edu.au if you would like to help.

Connecting in Conversation – Duncraig, next Tuesday evening, November 21

Term 4, Week 5 Notices

Nov6

Resource Lists 2018 (Kindy – Year 6) ***Final week to order without penalty

Students are supplied with a list of essential items and texts which have to be purchased for

school. Campion Education Online will handle our Resource lists for 2018.

Resource lists will be available online through the Campion website:

www.campion.com.au

Click on “Place your Resource list Orders”

Type in the Duncraig campus code JQC8

***Very important, please note:

Dates for parents to order online without a late penalty:

23 October 2017 – 10 November 2017 (2018 Kindergarten – Year 6)

Online orders lodged by the above date will be dispatched week ending 1 December.

Each Resource list is headed by a caveat that states that Resources may be accessed from

other sources if you wish, however if you choose to do this you need to ensure that students

have the materials in order to commence their school year. We encourage students to use

stationery supplies from previous years, if in suitable condition.

The online dates for our Primary School and Secondary School are different. Please note the

dates above are for Kindergarten – Year 6, 2018 (Duncraig campus).

Online ordering is preferred.

Campion is located in Malaga (Monday – Friday). Telephone 08 6240 2778

Presentation Evening

To ensure adequate seating is provided, please make a booking by logging onto this link: https://www.trybooking.com/STEW

Connecting in Conversation – Duncraig : Tuesday, November 21

ELC Sausage Sizzle tomorrow

‘Givit’ Christmas Appeal

ELC Christmas Hampers

The last day to bring in your donations for this worthy cause is next Wednesday 15th November .Primary 3 – 6 Christmas Hampers