Messages from the Assistant Principal

Welcome to Week 6!

Magic CtK Moments:

As we enter the second half of Term 3, our students continue to shine with their exceptional talents and achievements. We’ve seen so many “Magic CtK Moments” that highlight their engagement and enthusiasm, including:

– Catholic Arts – Spirits of the Arts Festival
– Religious Education Assessments (REA)
– Cyber Safety workshops for students and parents
– Interschool Speak Up Challenge
– Excursions and incursions
– Principal for a Day
– P&F Planned Events
– Assemblies
– Masses and Prayer Liturgies
– One Big Voice Event
– Book Week celebrations – including the Book Fair in our school library
– Upcoming Father’s Day Celebrations
– Dance classes such as Edu-dance and Boogie Woogie
– Extra co-curricular classes

We are incredibly grateful for our families’ support, which helps our students make the most of these wonderful opportunities. A big ‘thank you’ to our dedicated staff for their continuous encouragement and dedication to helping every student excel.

Book Week:

Since 1945, the Children’s Book Council Australia has celebrated Book Week, bringing children and books together across the country. This year’s theme is “Reading is Magic.” We’ve enjoyed celebrating books and Australian children’s authors and illustrators through various class activities and our fantastic Book Week Parade. Thank you to all the parents who supported the parade and the Book Fair in the library this week.

Speak Up Challenge:

On Tuesday, Violette (Year 6), Antoinette (Year 5) and Teagan (Year 4), travelled to Doubleview to compete in the interschool Speak Up Challenge. They competed against 11 other students for positions in the semifinal – this was one heat out of many. All three should be congratulated on delivering their speeches with confidence and style. Special congratulations go to Violette and Teagan who were selected to go through to the semifinal. Good luck girls! Huge thanks to Mrs Doecke for all her support!!

Catholic Performing Arts:

On behalf of our school community, we extend a huge congratulations to Violette and Nellie from Year 6 for their fabulous results for their solo performances at the Catholic Performing Arts Festival in the Year 6 division. Nellie was awarded ‘Merit’ and Violette was awarded ‘Outstanding’. The student body was fortunate to hear the girls sing their songs at our last Liturgy singing gathering. Congratulations girls! We are so PROUD of you!!

Communication with our staff:

We encourage you to contact your child’s teachers with any concerns or questions. Please keep in mind that they are busy and will respond within 48 hours. Additionally, we ask for your understanding in respecting their family time and making contact during school hours whenever possible.

CtK Athletics Carnival:

Ms McLinden and our students are gearing up for the Athletics Carnival on Friday 13 September (Week 9). The Jumps and Throws day for Years 3 – 6 will be held on Tuesday 10 September (Week 9). Please mark these dates on your calendar. More information will be sent home soon. A big thank you to our fantastic parent volunteers for their continued support.

Unwell Students:

Please continue to keep your sick children at home to help protect the health of all students and staff. Maintaining a safe and healthy learning environment is crucial. Let’s also reinforce good hygiene practices to minimise the spread of illnesses. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Locavora Online Lunches:

When placing your child’s lunch order on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday, please ensure you receive a confirmation email to confirm that the order has been successfully placed. Recently, many students have gone without lunch because parents did not receive a confirmation email and the order was not placed. To avoid this issue, we ask you to please take a moment to verify the confirmation before your child starts their school day.

https://schools.locavora.com.au.

Staff Profile:

Our fabulous Year 6 leaders, Dominque and Christian, will be interviewing our staff throughout the year so that we all can get to know each other well. This week they interviewed Mrs Kuhn, our wonderful Kindy teacher! Find out more about Mrs Kuhn below:

What’s your favourite colour?
Green

What’s your favourite food?
I like Japanese type of foods

What’s your favourite animal?
Dog

What do you value most?
I value kindness

Where do you like to go to get away from things?
My bedroom

If you had a million dollars what would you buy?
An infrared sauna

Student Spotlight:

We’re aware that many of our students at Christ the King have remarkable talents and achieve incredible things beyond their time at school. We’d love to highlight these achievements in our ‘Student Spotlight’ section of the Newsletter. To share your story, please provide as many details as possible and email Mrs Reardon at sabrina.reardon@cewa.edu.au

We look forward to hearing and celebrating your achievements!

Wishing all our One Big Voice participants all the best of luck as they participate in this special event at RAC Arena! We thank Mrs Carroll for all her hard work and support! We can’t wait to see you all SHINE!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

Mrs Sabrina Reardon
Assistant Principal

Sustainability News

Waste Sorted 2024

Christ the King is an accredited Waste Sorted school in 2024 and we pride ourselves on continually aiming to become more sustainable. We are currently introducing some new sustainability initiatives throughout our school to help reduce our impact on the environment.

As part of this commitment, we are encouraging our students to bring ‘waste-free’ lunches to school (no rubbish if possible). If your child does have packaging in their lunchboxes, they will be encouraged to take it home with them. All food scraps (apart from bread) will be fed to our two new worm farms, the worms even eat our brown lunch order bags! This slight difference will have a massive impact on rubbish around the school.

As well as the worm farms, every year level has taken on a different Waste Wise initiative. The table below outlines the initiatives that are being implemented in 2024 as part of our ongoing Waste Sorted accreditation and commitment to sustainability.

WASTE WISE INITIATIVE	YEAR LEVEL RESPONSIBLE	Recycling Plan
Plastic bottle tops	Kindy/PP	Used in early childhood areas and art projects
Coffee Pods	Year 1	Taken to Fremantle Recycling Centre for recycling
Batteries	Year 2	Taken to Officeworks and Bunnings to be recycled
Bread Tags	Year 3	Taken to Fremantle Recycling Centre for recycling
Worm Farm	Year 4	Fed food scraps from the school, Worm Wizz and worm castings sold to the school community
Paper/cardboard recycling	Year 5	To be weighed weekly and sent to recycling
Aluminium Ring Pulls	Year 6	To be sent off, melted and made into wheelchairs for children

We would like to invite you, our school community, to become part of our commitment to reducing, reusing and recycling. By the end of Week 7, we will have a new recycling station set up inside the Library for community members to utilise. Please bring in any of the above items and place them in the correct recycling bin to help CtK become even more sustainable!

Lisa Tilzey
Year 4 and Sustainability Teacher

Messages from our School Nurse:

Understanding and Easing Growing Pains in Children

As our children grow, it’s common for them to experience what we often refer to as “growing pains.” These are common, usually harmless, but can be quite uncomfortable for kids. We wanted to share some information with you about growing pains and how you can help ease your child’s discomfort.

What Are Growing Pains?

Growing pains typically occur in the late afternoon, evening, or during the night, affecting the muscles rather than the joints. They usually manifest as aches or throbbing sensations in the legs, particularly in the calves, thighs, or behind the knees. While they’re called “growing pains,” there’s no direct link to growth spurts; the exact cause is still unclear, though it may be related to physical activity that children engage in during the day.

How Can You Help Your Child?

Here are some ways you can help your child manage growing pains:

Gentle Massage: Massaging the affected area can provide relief and comfort to your child. The gentle pressure helps to relax the muscles and ease the pain.
Warm Compress: Applying a warm towel or heating pad to the sore area can soothe the muscles and reduce discomfort.
Stretching Exercises: Encourage your child to do gentle stretching exercises before bed to help reduce the chances of experiencing growing pains during the night.
Comfort and Reassurance: Sometimes, just being there to comfort your child can make a big difference. Reassuring them that growing pains are a normal part of growing up can help them feel less anxious.
Pain Relief: If the pain is persistent or particularly uncomfortable, you can consider giving your child an age-appropriate dose of over-the-counter pain relief medication, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen. Always follow the dosage instructions and consult with your child’s doctor if you have any concerns.

When to See a Doctor

While growing pains are usually harmless, it’s important to consult your child’s doctor if the pain is severe, persists during the day, is associated with swelling, redness, or tenderness, or if your child has a fever or is limping.

We hope this information helps you better understand and manage growing pains if they arise. As always, our priority is the well-being of our students, and we are here to support you in anyway we can.

Ms Andrea Mangan
School Nurse

Messages from the P&F

Only 15 tickets left for the P&F Paint & Sip so don’t miss out! Head straight to the hub to purchase your ticket for Friday 6th September before they are all gone. Your ticket will include all materials, a drink of your choice and a shared grazing board. We have some incredible prizes up for grabs in our raffle that will be drawn on the night. You can pre-purchase raffle tickets on the hub before hand and we will have them ready for you on the night. A cash and EFTPOS bar will be stocked with lots of yummy drinks from the Debortoli range, so come and relax with a glass of your favourite vino while you paint the night away. Ticket sales will close next Friday 30th August.

The P&F Fathers Day Stall will be held next Wednesday 28th August for Kindy – Yr6 and Friday 30th August for Pre-K. All gifts will be $5 each and each child will be able to purchase 1-2 gifts. We kindly ask for your child to bring their money in on the stall day in a sealed envelope/bag clearly labelled with your child’s name and year level on it. The gifts will be wrapped and sent home with your child that day.

On Friday 30th August from 3-5:30pm we will be celebrating all of the amazing blokes in our CTK community at the P&F BBQ & Beats afternoon. We will have a Make your own Burger/Hot dog bar, Art & Craft activities, lots of fun games/sports to play and of course some cranking beats! If you have any new/used arts and crafts items that you would like to donate for the Fathers Day activities, please leave them in the P&F box outside the office. The RSVP for the BBQ & Beats will close next Tuesday 27th August as we need to know for catering purposes.