First Holy Communion Parent / Child Workshop And Mass Of Election
A reminder for all parents in Year 4 whose child is receiving First Holy Communion at Saint Simon Peter church in September – the first of the workshops and Masses of Election occur this weekend. Please check your sheet to verify which workshop and Mass you will be attending. The sessions this weekend are as follows:

• Saturday July 27 – workshop begins at 4.30pm. Mass follows immediately after at 6.00pm
• Sunday July 28 – Mass begins at 10.00am. Workshop follows immediately after at 11.00am
• Sunday July 28 – workshop begins at 3.30pm. Mass follows immediately after at 5.00pm

The following weekend sees the continuation of workshops and Masses. The details are as follows:

• Saturday August 3 – workshop begins at 4.30pm. Mass follows immediately after at 6.00pm
• Sunday August 4 – Mass begins at 10.00am. Workshop follows immediately after at 11.00am

Feast of Saint Mary Of The Cross Mackillop
Parents, please accept this invitation to attend the liturgy to celebrate the feast day of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Australia’s first saint. The liturgy will take place in the school hall on Thursday August 8, commencing at 11.00am.

Xavier Day Liturgy
Parents, a warm welcome for all parents to attend the Xavier Day liturgy being celebrated in the School Hall on Friday August 9 commencing at 8.30am. This liturgy recognises the patron of the Xavier Rays, Saint Francis Xavier.

Parish Corner

AN INVITATION TO LEARN ABOUT THE CATHOLIC FAITH RCIA PROGRAM – 2019

Each year, St Simon Peter Parish conducts a special program for people who are not Catholics, but would like to know about the Catholic Faith, called the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). It is a relaxed and friendly program in which people learn about God and His Church in weekly meetings in an adult group. They get accurate information about what the Catholic Church really teaches, and there is ample time for discussion. There are no obligations and no pressure. The program concludes at Easter when people make their own choice to enter the Church and receive the Sacraments. It will begin with an introductory session in the Parish Centre on Wednesday evening 31st July at 7.30pm and continue on a weekly basis until Easter when those who want to, can enter the Church. Catholics who were baptised but did not subsequently receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation, Eucharist or Confirmation are also welcome. Every year people come along to listen, and every year they find themselves responding to the truth. Enquiries to the Parish office on 9300 4885  

Timetable
You may have noticed that the specialist timetable for this semester has changed.  Therefore, the days your child goes to sport, music, technology and Indonesian have changed.  The reason for this change is to allow most classes to have uninterrupted teaching blocks in the morning and after recess.  These teaching blocks will be used for our structured literacy and numeracy times. 

Our 90-120 minute literacy block will consist of the explicit teaching of a synthetic spelling program, reading comprehension skills and writing (whereby many classes use the Talk 4 Writing program).  The 60-90 minute numeracy block will incorporate the teaching of mental maths, explicit teaching of the concept, activities that develop understanding, fluency, problem solving and reasoning, and finally a plenary or reflection time.  These lessons will be differentiated to cater for the range of academic levels within the classroom. 

I will continue to provide information about the literacy and numeracy blocks in future newsletters.

Gloria Ward
Assistant Principal

Scholastic Book Club
Scholastic Book Club Issue 5 was distributed to all students on Monday 22/7/2019.  All orders are to be completed online (LOOP) and paid by credit card, the school does not accept cash payments.  All orders are to be placed by Friday 9/8/2019.

Roslyn de Mamiel
Library Officer

Toy Donations

Do you have any of the following lying around your house? If so the Pre-Kindy at FJCS would love to take it off your hands. 

• little people figurines or sets
• barbies, clothes, accessories
• action figures or toys 

If you do have any donations you would like to bring in please drop it into the a Pre-Kindy classroom on Tuesday or Thursday before, during or after school.

Thank you in advance

Ella Redding
Pre-Kindy Teacher

On behalf of the P&F, welcome back to term three.

We have managed to reschedule our previously postponed Cyber Safety Seminar.  The planned date for that is now Tuesday, 6 August.

Tickets are here: https://www.trybooking.com/BBRYW

Our next major event is the Quiz Night. We are doing things a little bit differently this time around.  This year it will be held at the Joondalup Sports Association, which is across Marmion Avenue from the school.

The planned date is Friday, 1 November 2019 so get your tables together, book your babysitters and start studying!

If you have a business that would like to throw some sponsorship our way and donate some Quiz Night prizes, please get in touch.  We will be offering you ongoing advertising on our Facebook page, in our newsletter and will also be displaying your company name and logo on the night.

Our next P&F meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 7 August 2019 at 7.15pm in the Library.  We hope to see you there.

If you have any queries regarding getting involved in the P&F please do not hesitate to contact me. We will welcome any assistance and involvement with open arms.

Shannon Britten

P&F President

0417 183 345

britten.shannon@fjcs.wa.edu.au

Francis Jordan Catholic School Concert

Dear Parents

The following are the dates that your child’s class group will be performing for this year’s School Concert.

Parents are reminded that the School Concert is a compulsory event and that students are required to attend on the night that they have been allocated.

Venue: Redmond Theatre, Prendiville Catholic College, Prendiville Ave, Ocean Reef.

Tuesday 10 September – YEAR 2, YEAR 4 and YEAR 6

Wednesday 11 September – YEAR 1, YEAR 3 AND YEAR 5

Some Performing Arts groups will perform on both nights. Parents of children involved in these groups will be notified early next term.

Please mark these dates into your calendar.

Parents you will be notified about details regarding buying tickets, rehearsal, general information, etc. next term.

Kind Regards

S.  Giannasi
Music Coordinator

Week 10 – Welcome back!

FJNC welcomes all our fantastic players and supporters back to netball after the winter holiday – hopefully you’re feeling refreshed and ready to hit the courts again this weekend!  Good luck to all our teams playing this weekend:

Only 6 more games this season!

NetSetGO Clinic
Registrations are rolling on for the NetSetGO! Net Skills clinic (5 and 6 year olds) right here on the school netball courts on Friday afternoons during 3rd term!  
The clinic will run for 8 weeks starting August 2nd, from 3-4pm.  Costs for the full 8 week program will be $115 ($75.70 for players who have already done a NetSetGO clinic this year). New registrations will receive a NetSetGO! pack, including a t-shirt and netball.
With a highly experienced coach, this is a great opportunity for new girls and boys to come along and have a go at netball.  No experience necessary!

Please register using this link (using your email address as the login):

https://netball.resultsvault.com/common/pages/reg/welcome.aspx?id=83511&type=6&save=0&entityid=77368

 Cadbury Fundraiser

A reminder to any families who are yet to return the money from the Cadbury Fundraiser – please could you transfer the money to the FJNC bank account as soon as possible!

BSB: 036 231

Acc. 169262

Important Dates for your FJNC Calendar

Let’s keep hitting those courts with the brilliant Green and Black Spirit that we have! Go FJNC!

Centre for Faith Enrichment
Adult Faith Formation Term 3 courses and events

Trinity College are now accepting enrolments for students entering Year 7 in 2020 and 2021. To find out more and to access the enrolment form, please visit the Trinity College website: trinity.wa.edu.au. If you would like to book a personalised tour and learn more about the College, contact our Registrar via registrar@trinity.wa.edu.au or (08) 9223 8121.