Dear Parents and Caregivers,

WELCOME TO TERM 4 WEEK 5!

As we get to the end of Week 5, it is hard to believe that there are only FOUR weeks of school left for our students in 2022. This has come around so quickly! Teachers are busy collating all they need for the Semester 2 reports and preparations are under foot for all our Liwara end of year events. Our Pre-Primary students will be entertaining the St John of God residents once again with their wonderful version of the Nativity Story, a performance that the staff and residents look forward to each year with eager anticipation!

CELEBRATING OUR GRANDPARENTS

This much anticipated special gathering is back this year on Thursday 17th November. More details about this wonderful event in our Assistant Principal section of this newsletter.

HELLO HIGH SCHOOL

Our Year 6 students and parents joined together with the St Luke’s Primary School community at Liwara on Wednesday 9th November, at two separate presentations. The presenter was Claire Eaton, WA speaker, youth coach and author of “ROC and Rise” and “Hello High School” who guided the students through the BIG 5 – five practical strategies which boost high school (roc) resilience, optimism and confidence from the inside out. During the day the St Luke’s Year 6 classes came to Liwara and we also hosted the parent session later in the evening. The Hello High School presentation focused on the transition to high school with the ‘must-haves’; THE BIG 5 teaches tweens how to:

1. Manage their mindset + emotions
2. Think in helpful ways and use perspective wisely
3. Handle change, challenges, setbacks and success too
4. Get sorted, feel organised and learn ways to be more productive
5. Find their fit, build healthy friendships and stay true to themselves

Thank you to our Year 6 teachers who had the foresight to coordinate these events.

YEAR 5 CHRISTMAS EVENT WITH PARISH

An exciting new initiative this year will see our Year 5 students working alongside members of the All Saints Parish. For more information see our Assistant Principal section further down this newsletter.

PRE-KINDY & KINDY PARENTS

We welcome all our Pre Kindy and Kindy 2023 parents to the school on Wednesday 16th November and Wednesday 23rd November respectively. The duration of the sessions should be about an hour and all families have been sent personal invitations. We look forward to welcoming families, old and new, as they begin their Liwara journey with their child.

ANNUAL COMMUNITY MEETING

As we currently have the building improvement works happening around us, our Liwara School Hall is housing our Year 6 classes. So with discussions at our last couple of School Advisory Council meetings we have decided to move the ACM to early in 2023. More information will be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks. It is going to be such a great start to 2023 with all our students back in their classrooms after the refurbishments.  A huge thank you to all our students and staff for not skipping a beat and keeping engaged and focused during the building works.

PARENTS & FRIENDS

Our extremely hard working P&F have once again excelled in organising the end of year events for our students and school community. The students will be dancing the evening away in just over a week at the School Disco and of course the event that rivals all others, our amazing Liwara Fair. There have been over the year, an enormous number of fair  meetings, often going late into the night, with members of the Fair Committee planning and organising for the many things that need to be done in readiness for the gala event this evening! I look forward to seeing you all there, with extended family members, friends and neighbours to enjoy the fruits of their labour.