Christ the King School

BEACONSFIELD

87 York Street,
Beaconsfield WA 6162
PO Box 213
South Fremantle WA 6162
P: (08) 9487 9900
E: admin@ctk.wa.edu.au

 

Dear Parents, Caregivers and Community Members,

 

This week we celebrated ‘Education Assistant Appreciation Week’. As we know, a lot of the hard work that Education Assistants do goes above and beyond their roles and responsibilities. Whether that’s making sure children get to class on time, monitoring children and keeping them on task, going shopping, or helping in the classroom; teachers know this work is often the difference between a good lesson and a great one.

Our Education Assistants are the heartbeat in this outfit and at CtK, we are very fortunate to have absolute winners.

We should never underestimate their value to us as teachers, to our parents and most of all to any of our students who need help at different times.

Of course, this isn’t to forget the impact that Education Assistants can have on individual children. For young learners with special educational needs, having an extra helping hand can be the difference between success and failure.

So, from the CtK team of teachers, families and students, we say thanks to our Education Assistants for their hard work and dedication to our school community.

National Child Protection Week (September 1-7) 2024. This message captures the essence of National Child Protection Week which aims to promote a safe and supported life for every child, now and into the future. In 2024, the message that ‘Every child in every community needs a fair go’ will be complemented with the theme ‘Every conversation matters’.

 Congratulations to Violet Russo in Year 6 for winning the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions Award at the Catholic Performing Arts this term. Violet was recognised for her outstanding performance as a Soloist singing the song, ‘Journey to the Past’. Violet will be receiving her award at the Perth Concert Hall this Monday evening. This is a HUGE accomplishment, well done, Violet!

DE VIALAR HOUSE

Be inflamed by the fire of love.

Red for courage shown by St Emilie De Vialar, the foundress of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition.  Sisters from the order established Christ the King School in 1903. 

  • Fleur-de-lis
  • Fire
  • Passion

 

De Vialar House was named after Sister Emilie De Vialar. She was the foundress of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition.  The congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph was established in 1832 in France and from here 42 houses of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Apparition were establish throughout the world including Australia.   Four French Sisters of the Congregation of St Joseph of the Apparition arrived in Fremantle in 1855. (The Swan River settlement was then just twenty years old). 

With the turn of the century, the congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph was well established and as further expansion took place the sisters began teaching at Beaconsfield in 1903, walking there and back each day from the central house in Fremantle. However, as it was time-consuming and tiring it was later decided that they should stay at Beaconsfield during the week (in rather primitive accommodation) and return to Fremantle at weekends. These sisters were the founders of Christ the King School.

Red was chosen for De Vialar House for the courage shown by Sister Emilie De Vialar as she followed God’s calling and established the congregation despite many difficulties and setbacks. The fleur-de-lis signifies her heritage which is French. The triangle in the background represents the spirit of unity, obedience and simplicity to which Emilie De Vialar always perpetuated.  

The motto of De Vialar House is: Be inflamed by the fire of love.

Thank you for celebrating our House Liturgy last Wednesday afternoon.

Speak Up Awards

This Monday, 9 September, our students from Years 3-6 who have made the Grand Final will be competing in our inaugural Speak Up Awards from 9am in the hall. We hope to see many parents attending to listen to the public speaking. Our two judges are a School Support Consultant from the Teaching and Learning Team and my boss at the Catholic Education Office WA.

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, refers to the feast day celebrating the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus, which is next Sunday, September 8. Please see if you can add this into an RE lesson this week.

Did you Know?

  • Leather skin does not have any smell. The leather smell that you sense is actually derived from the materials used in the tanning processes.
  • Bill Gates designed a traffic control system for Seattle when he was only 15.
  • Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones

 

There are ‘great things’ happening in our school due to the efforts of so many people; seek to be one of those people in the coming week!

 

Keep smiling and let’s do great things together!

Andrew Kelly
Principal

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