National Reconciliation Week—27 May to 3 June—is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a challenge to all Australians— individuals, families, communities, organisations and government—to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians.
FAITH TRUST RESPECT MERCY
Our Leadership Team
From the Principal's Desk
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
As I write this newsletter, I am eternally grateful for the amazing group of staff and students we have at Liwara, who are keeping things ticking along regardless! Our school is being impacted in a large way with both staff and students being infected with COVID-19 and therefore needing to stay away from school. Please be patient as we navigate through this challenging time and do your part by keeping your child home if they have symptoms. At this stage we have been able to weather the storm and cover all classes with relief staff, much to the credit of our hardworking Assistant Principals and the group of staff who have managed to keep COVID free.
MOTHER’S DAY BOHO PICNIC I would like to congratulate our amazing P&F for the enormous commitment of their time, talents and energy by celebrating our mothers of the Liwara CPS community with the beautiful afternoon spent on the school oval in the gorgeous sunshine. It was testament to the organisers for their initiative and creativity in trying something different this year! I was absolutely amazed by the photos that were shared on the P&F Facebook page showing a spectacular backdrop, an unbelievable grazing table and the stunning picnic setting… such a spectacular feast for the eyes as well! A huge congratulations to Rebecca Marlow and her team - Rosa Pavlovich for her generous donations of prizes and Prosecco; Justine Germano and Leo Condelli for the mouth-watering grazing table; Sarah Rogers for her support and donation of items; Maree Mercer for her donations and organising of the prizes; Ali Moala for her generous donation of the stunning backdrop; the many volunteers who assisted with the set up and set down and to Elise Richardson for these stunning photos for us all to enjoy! It all looked absolutely amazing and I know there were many extremely happy and contented mums on the oval on Saturday. Well done P&F!
YEAR THREE ASSEMBLY Next Friday, 3 June, we welcome our Year 3 families to our first class performance assembly for Term 2 and we were really excited to have our wonderful families back in the audience. Remember we are holding all our whole school events in the church till further notice.
STAFFING - A Fond Farewell I wish to inform the community that Mrs Gaye Margetic will be leaving the Liwara staff team at the end of this term. After almost seven years of service to Liwara she has made the decision to retire and spend more time with her family, especially her beloved grandchildren. Mrs M, as she is affectionally referred to by our students, began at Liwara in 2015 as our OSHC Manager and then moved into the library as our Library Education Officer and website and social media coordinator, in 2018. Gaye has generously shared her love and appreciation of literature with our students and I thank her for her enthusiasm, energy and for her selfless giving of her time and talents. On behalf of the Liwara school community I wish her the best of health, happiness and many more special times with her family. She will be sadly missed and Liwara will be losing a very important individual who has a long history with the school as her children and her grandchildren have attended Liwara.
WA GOVERNMENT FREE RATS Thank you to all our families who have collected their student allocation of free RATs. We still have quite a few left to be issued so please come along to the office during school hours to collect your boxes. Unfortunately, we are not able to issue them to children. Thank you for your cooperation.
PLAYGROUND – Adventure + the company who are constructing the new playground have assured me that the structure will be completed by Wednesday of next week and Adam will be coordinating the delivery and installation of the whitewashed sand to be placed under and around the structure by Friday. How exciting for our children to have the new playground in and ready by the end of next week so they have a fun filled playground with lots of sand to get creative with their imaginary play!
KINDY 2023/2024 AND PRE KINDY 2023 If you have a child who is due to start Kindy in 2023, I urge you to contact our enrolment officer, Karen Rosser, to discuss the enrolment process as the places are filling steadily. I am currently meeting with future and current parents for our Kindy 2023/2024 & Pre Kindy 2023 interviews.
Wishing you God’s blessings and a wonderful weekend!
Mrs Andrea Millar
From The Assistant Principals' Desk
Class Visits
Fr Elver will be meeting with Pre-Primary Red in Week 6 and Pre-Primary Green in Week 7.
Parish Mass
Year 3 will be attending All Saints Parish Mass on Wednesday 1st June. Year 2 will be attending Mass on Friday 10th June.
Performance Assembly
Year 3 will be hosting our first Performance Assembly for the term on Friday 3rd June starting at 2:30pm in the All Saints Church.
Cross Country
What a fantastic day we were blessed with for our Liwara Cross Country Carnival! The sun was shining and all the students competed showing great enthusiasm, resilience and respect. Thank you to everyone who helped with the organisation and running of the event, Mr Dols, the Yr 6 Sports Ministry and to the staff who all came together to make things run smoothly. A massive thank you to our families who came along to encourage and urge on the children and for their continued support of everything at Liwara CPS.
Cross Country Results
1st Boree 534
2nd Teangi 409
3rd Aroona 384
4th Rawlinna 358
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS
Are you an adult thinking about becoming a Catholic? Do you know someone else who is?
Not sure where to begin? Like to find out more without obligation or pressure? An information / inquiry session will be held in the Church meeting room commencing at 7.30pm on Thursday 2nd June. If you are interested, come along and discover what the Church has to offer. For further information, please contact Fr Elver (0466 604754) or Juliet Southgate (0450 578679).
The St. Vincent de Paul Society
Important Dates
2022
Please note - all events will be conducted under the appropriate COVID procedures and protocols in accordance with Catholic Education WA directives.
May
May 30 - School Prayer - Year 2
June
June 1 - Parish Mass - Year 3
June 2 - Winter Carnival
June 3 - Performance Assembly - Year 3
June 6 - Western Australia Day Public Holiday
June 7 - P&F Meeting
June 10 - Parish Mass - Year 2, & Certificate Assembly
June 11 - First Communion Mass
June 12 - First Communion Masses
June 13 - Communion Retreat
June 15 - Parish Mass - Year 1
June 17 - Music Performance Assembly
June 18 - First Communion Mass
June 19 - First Communion Masses
June 24 - Performance Assembly - Year 2
June 25 - First Communion Certificate Mass
June 26 - First Communion Certificate Masses
June 29 - Last Day Term 2 - & End of Term Mass
June 30 - Staff Retreat - Pupil Free Day
July
July 1 - Staff Retreat - Pupil Free Day
July 4-15 School Holidays
July 18 - Pupil Free Day
July 19 - First Day Term 3
Our Classroom News
From Kindy Green & Red
In Kindy we are talking about how God created the oceans and the rivers. We are exploring the wonders of rain that fill our oceans and rivers. God created many wonderful creatures that live in the water and using our art skills and processes we have made some sea animals.
Michelle and Karen
MUSIC
It’s an exciting time in Music in Term 2. We have commenced Rock band for our Year 6’s, Choir for Year 3 to 6 and Hymn Singing for Pre-Primary to Year 6. Our one-on-one musical instrument tuition has continued, delivered by our exceptional instrumental program, with focus on preparation for performances at the Catholic Performing Arts Festival later in the year and a Music Performance Assembly on Friday June 17th.
Congratulations to our 2022-year 6 Rock band members:
Stephanie, Ava-lee, Max, Connor, Niamh, Thomas, Amber, Kobe, Ava and White.
Our first two Rock band rehearsals went very smoothly with the aim of performing at upcoming school events. The first two choir meetings were a great opportunity to sing through hymns and songs for the whole school assembly and hymn singing with a great turnout of 30+ students from Years 3-6. Choir runs every Friday morning from 8am sharp and all students from Year 3 – 6 are encouraged and welcome to participate.
This term, Kindy and Pre Primary are focusing on responding and creating ideas from music, Year 1 and Year 2 are composing and performing on percussion instruments, Year 3 will be starting recorder, Year 4 will continue with ukulele and Year 5 and Year 6 will continue with guitar.
Marco Cilli
Library
National Simultaneous Storytime was held on Wednesday May 25.
The aim of NSS is to:
- promote the value of reading and literacy,
- promote the value and fun of books,
- promote an Australian writer and publisher,
- promote storytime activities in libraries and communities around the country.
In keeping with these aims a 'Liwara Staff Family Tree' has been created in the library. The children, staff and many parents have enjoyed looking at the display and are keen to match staff members to their baby photos. There are MANY surprises so feel free to pop in and have some fun trying to match us up!
Year 6 Special Events Ministry - Pirate Day
Ahoy, Liwara Pirates! We would like to thank you for participating in our Pirate Day event held in Week 3. It was AAARGH-MAZING to see all the pirate accessories around the school. A total of $423 was raised to help fund research into brain cancer for kids. Thank you to the community for coming together for this important cause! – The Year 6 Special Events Ministry
Uniform Shop
UNIFORM SHOP
The Uniform Shop should be opening up to the public very soon. However, you can still place your orders online. Should you need to exchange an item, please place a note with the item and return to the office for exchange. JFE contact details are:-
Phone - 9204 1701
Email - sales@jfe.net.au
Ordering Details
Uniform order forms can be found on the school website https://www.liwara.wa.edu.au/school-uniform/. Full payment is required when you place the order and items will be delivered to your child's class on arrival. If you have any questions about uniforms please send them via email to sales@jfe.net.au or call 9204 1701
Parents & Friends News
COMMUNITY INFORMATION
The Heart Project - Parent and Child Workshop
Join us for an afternoon of growth, connection and fun where you and your young person aged 7-12 years will together learn a little more about each other to grow your relationship and help build a stronger connection in a supported and relaxed space!
Small group workshop, places are limited! Click below to visit our website and to book!
BOOK HERE - The Heart Project
All of our students are covered for 24 Hour Accident Insurance through Catholic Church Insurance Ltd. Students are covered even if the injury occurs out of school hours. Claims can be made online using the link - https://ccinsurance.org.au/Client-Centre/Claims/Pages/SchoolCare-Claim-Form.aspx OR download and complete the PDF and return it to the School Office. CCI School Care
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER:
ATTENTION MARRIED COUPLES. Enrich your love for one another away from everyday distractions. What better way to celebrate the gift of your unique love than to make time to focus on each other and your marriage. We invite you to join us on our next Worldwide Marriage Encounter on 29-31 July 2022 (Live in Atrium Hotel Mandurah). For more information or booking contact: Valerie & Brendon on 0424 220 625 – Email: WAbookings@wwme.org.au Website – www.wwme.org.au
All Saints' Parish News
All Saints' Catholic Church
PARISH PRIEST: FR ELVER DELICANO
ADDRESS: 7 Liwara Place, GREENWOOD WA 6024
TELEPHONE: 0466604754
EMAIL: greenwood@perthcatholic.org.au
PARISH OFFICE OPENING TIMES: Monday, Wednesday & Friday - 10.00am to 3.00pm
MASSES: Monday – Friday 6.00am & 9.00am
Saturday – Vigil -6.00pm
Sunday – 7.30am, 9.30am, 10.30am & 5.30pm
(Anointing every 2nd Saturday of the month)
Reconciliation: Saturday 9.30am – 10.00am & 5.00pm – 5.30pm or by request
Church Cleaning
All Saints Catholic Church is looking for volunteers to join their cleaning crew! As a volunteer, you will be given a cleaning task that will take you 30-60 mins and you will be on roster once every 7 weeks. You can clean at a time that suits you best.
If you can help, contact Adam Davini, 0416 549 905 or adamdavini@iinet.net.au
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS
Are you an adult thinking about becoming a Catholic?
Not sure where to begin? Like to find out more without obligation or pressure? If you are interested, in discovering what the Church has to offer or for further information, please contact Fr Elver (0466 604 754) or Juliet Southgate (6113 2799)
24:7 Greenwood Youth Group
For all youth in Years 6-12
This Sunday 6:30pm-8:00pm at the Church meeting room
Click on the links to download the latest newsletters.
Call Anthony on 0455 108 885 or Georgia on 0458 197 685 for more information
God bless,
Anthony and Georgia
24:7 Greenwood Youth Ministers
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