Welcome to Week 8!
Building Our Village
As I walk around our school each morning, I feel incredibly grateful to be part of such a warm and welcoming community. It is heartening to hear students laughing and playing, and to see parents and staff working together in partnership for the benefit of every child in our care. In each interaction we have with one another, we are strengthening our sense of belonging and connection.
I am often reminded of the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” At Christ the King, our school truly is that village.
Over the past few weeks, a Kindy parent has been generously giving up time each morning to help clean and tidy the Early Childhood playground. This quiet act of service reflects our school motto, Care for and Respect Everyone, in such a meaningful and practical way.
To this dedicated parent, we see you and sincerely thank you. Your kindness and commitment make a genuine difference to our school community and sets a wonderful example for our students.
P&F Thank You Day!
This week, our students were thoughtfully engaged in creating thank you cards for our wonderful P&F leaders. P&F Thank You Day provides a special opportunity for our students and wider school community to recognise and celebrate the incredible contribution of our parent volunteers.
We are deeply grateful to our dedicated P&F team, who generously give their time and energy to plan, organise and support a wide range of events and initiatives. Their commitment not only helps to raise valuable funds for our school but also creates meaningful experiences and lasting memories for our students.
On behalf of the entire school community, we extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to our P&F leaders and all parent volunteers for their ongoing support and dedication.
Reconciliation Week
This week CtK recognised National Reconciliation Week. As part of the important week, classes participated in our Deadly Doors Competition. Students worked together to create vibrant and meaningful door displays that reflected what they had learned about Reconciliation Week. Through art, symbols and messages each class showcased their creativity while exploring the importance of respect, understanding, and working together towards reconciliation. The displays were so impressive! Here are some of the wonderful Deadly Doors created.
Unwell students
As we move into the colder months, we kindly ask that unwell students are kept at home. If a child becomes unwell during the school day or presents symptoms of illness, our staff and school nurse will contact parents to arrange for them to go home. Sending sick children to school can affect the health and wellbeing of other students, staff, and their families. We greatly appreciate your understanding and support in helping us maintain a healthy school environment. For further guidance on how long children should stay home when sick, please refer to the recommendations on the WA Health website: https://www.health.wa.gov.au
5 Ways to Help Your Child Develop Positive Relationships
During our Health Programs at CTK, your child is learning how to build and maintain positive friendships. Friendships are an important part of the school experience, contributing to children’s sense of belonging, confidence, and social and emotional wellbeing. They also help children participate more positively at school and develop skills to navigate everyday social situations.
We aim to give children the chance to explore qualities and behaviours that help build positive relationships. Children will learn about and practise different social skills, like how to join a group, how to recognise, manage and respond to their emotions when things don’t go their way, and how to show real interest in someone else instead of just waiting for your turn to talk. Developing and maintaining friendships is a lifelong skill that many of us are still trying to master as adults. Here’s how you can help your child.
- Talk about positive friendships
Ask your child who they enjoy spending time with and why. Talk about your friendships too. What makes a good friend? How do you become friends with someone you like? How do you learn to trust a friend? When has a friend let you down? How do you know when a relationship isn’t working well? Also talk about what kind of friend you would both like to be.
By sharing your own experiences and insights, these conversations can help your child understand that friendships are important, but not always perfect. It’s normal to have conflict sometimes, and that can be a chance to learn how to repair relationships.
- Provide your child with social opportunities
Research shows that when parents help create opportunities for social interaction, children develop social skills more quickly.
This doesn’t mean over-structuring friendships, but offering simple chances to connect with different peers outside usual friendship groups. These experiences help children build confidence and practise social skills in every day settings.
Participating in Health lessons at CTK encourages children to build positive connections with a range of peers, helping them practise different social skills and feel connected across their school community.
- Model what good friendship looks like
Your child learns a lot about relationships by watching how the adults around them interact with others. Everyday moments, like listening respectfully, showing kindness, supporting friends through challenges and working through disagreements calmly, can help children understand what positive relationships look like.
These everyday behaviours reinforce the messages children are learning in Health, especially around inclusion, communication and respect.
- Coach, don’t rescue
When your child comes home upset because something happened with a friend at school, it’s natural to want to step in and solve the problem straight away. But moments like these can also be opportunities to help children build important social and emotional skills.
Start by listening calmly and helping your child talk through what happened. You might say, “That sounds really tough. What do you think was going on?” or “What could you try next time?”
This approach supports children to problem-solve and build confidence in managing friendships. Following up later and sharing your own experiences can also help them feel supported.
Research shows that when adults coach children through social challenges, rather than immediately rescuing or dismissing their feelings, children are more likely to develop stronger emotional regulation skills and healthier, more positive friendships over time.
- Reframe rejection as information, not catastrophe
Children will sometimes experience moments of feeling left out like not being invited to something, noticing groups change, or feeling unsure about where they fit. While these experiences are a normal part of growing up, they can feel significant for children in the moment.
What matters is the story a child builds around these experiences. For example, “I don’t belong” can feel very different from “that didn’t work out today, I can try something different next time.”
At CTK, we support children to navigate these situations by building confidence in moving between groups, trying again, and maintaining positive connections with others.
At home, you can support this learning by acknowledging your child’s feelings and helping them reflect on different perspectives. Sharing simple, age-appropriate examples from your own experiences can also help normalise that friendships naturally have ups and downs.
Important Dates to Note:
Week 9 Term 2:
🗓 Monday 15 June – School Tour
🗓 Tuesday 16 June – Running Club
🗓 Wednesday 17 June – Year 2 Assembly at 2.15pm in the hall
🗓 Thursday 18 June – Running Club
🗓 Friday 19 June – P&F Disco
Week 10 Term 2:
🗓 Tuesday 23 June – Running Club
🗓 Wednesday 24 June – Speak Up Finals 1.30pm
🗓 Thursday 25 June – Running Club
Week 11 Term 2:
🗓 Tuesday 30 June – Running Club
🗓 Wednesday 1 July – Telethon Fundraiser
🗓 Thursday 2 July – Running Club, Reports released to parents at 3.30pm
🗓 Friday 3 July – Term 2 concludes
Week 1 Term 3:
🗓 Monday 20 July – PUPIL FREE DAY
🗓 Tuesday 21 July – Term 3 begins, Running Club
🗓 Thursday 23 July – Running Club
Mrs. Lisa Luelf
Acting Assistant Principal
A Message from Our Year 6 Head Girl and Head Boy – Charlotte & Caelan
Our fabulous Year 6 leaders, Charlotte and Caelan, will be interviewing our staff throughout the year so that we all can get to know each other well. This week they interviewed Miss Coates, our wonderful ECE Learning Centre Teacher! Find out more about Miss Coates below:
How long have you been teaching for?
14 years
Have you had any other jobs before teaching?
Nursing assistance
What are some of your strengths?
Multitask
What’s your passion?
Helping people become more confident
What’s your favourite food?
Margarita Pizza
What’s your favourite school value?
Respect
What’s your favourite sport?
Netball
Do you have a pet?
Sadie the dog
A Message from our School Nurse – Ms Andrea Mangan
Message from our P&F Chair – Michelle Van Der Stroom
Excitement is building for our upcoming Winter Wonderland School Disco! The disco is always one of the highlights of the school calendar, bringing students and families together for an evening of fun, music and community spirit.
Events like the disco don’t happen without the support of our wonderful parent community. From planning and decorating to serving food, supervising activities and packing up at the end of the night, there are many opportunities for volunteers to get involved. Whether you can spare an hour or help for the entire event, your contribution makes a real difference. We are looking for at least 10 more volunteers for the disco. Rally up some friends! It’s a really fun way to get involved and give back to our school community!
To volunteer for the disco, please visit the P&F Hub:
https://ctkbeaconsfield.square.site/
Our Tommy Sugo fundraiser is also currently running for a few more weeks. There are some amazing products on offer making lunch and dinner options super easy for families. Orders can be placed by visiting the below link:
Christ the King Primary 2026 Tommy Sugo Fundraiser
We are also running our soft toy drive where families can donate soft toys for children in need. Please see the below link for more information:
https://ctkbeaconsfield.square.site/
Lastly, there is a telethon fundraise running on the 1st of July, complete with Lolly jar guessing game and 2nd hand book stall. All children are invited to wear free dress on the day for a gold coin donation. We will send through reminders in the groups as the date nears.
As always, we encourage families to get involved, make connections and help us continue building the vibrant and welcoming community that makes Christ the King so special. We look forward to seeing many familiar and new faces at our upcoming events!
Michelle.
Community News
Make-A-Wish
Emmi Bergen (Year 3) recently had a dream come true after being granted a wish through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Using her eye gaze device, Emmi chose her very own special wish — to visit the theme parks on the Gold Coast!
As a true thrill seeker with a love of rollercoasters, Emmi and her family flew to the Gold Coast for an unforgettable 5-day adventure. During the trip, they visited both Warner Bros. Movie World and Dreamworld, where Emmi enjoyed all the excitement and fun of the rides and attractions.
To make the experience even more magical, Emmi was also lucky enough to meet The Wiggles characters!
The trip created incredible memories for Emmi and her family and was a truly special experience they will never forget.
