Assistant Principals’ News

Parking Around School Grounds

This is a general reminder to all parents to be aware of the traffic situation at the school and the need to work together to ensure the safety of our children. We have a high proportion of children who are commuted to the school in vehicles and we have very restricted parking within the area.

Because of these and other difficulties and as the ongoing safety of our children is of primary importance, the following guidelines are provided for your information. Whilst compliance with these rules may at times prove to be a minor inconvenience, it is a little price to pay to ensure that our children arrive and leave school in the safest possible circumstances.

Parents are asked to:

Park safely in the Church car park.
Observe all parking signs in and around the school.
Note that in order for traffic to flow smoothly and safely during pick up and drop off, it would be appreciated that once the car in front of you has moved forward that you do also. This will hopefully enable a steady flow of traffic through our school drop off areas.
Ensure the vehicles are not left unattended for any reason, as this will hinder traffic flow.
Note that there is no double parking or standing at any time in the school entrances in Smith Street, Russell Street and Lovegrove Way.
Note that there is no parking or standing on the grassed street verges in Smith Street, Russell Street, Peters Place or Lovegrove Way.
Please do not park in private residential driveways.
Observe the ‘No Parking’ or ‘No Standing’ in the marked bus bay in Smith Street.
Remember the speed limit around schools is 40km/hour during school times.

Also, in the interests of the safety of all students, parents are requested NOT to pull into the Administration car park during pick up and drop off times. Before and after school are very busy times and children are continually accessing these areas on the way into or out of the school.

Thank you for your support and cooperation in ensuring the safety of our children.

Photo Information 2018

Our school photo days are Monday 30 July and Tuesday 31 July 2018.

Our photographers for this year are Masters School Portraits. This year, as in 2017, MSP photo orders are 100% online. Students have been issued with an online ordering instruction slip and unique student ordering code for parents to follow and place their orders online via the MSP website. To do this you have a “Shootkey” code on your information slip to use. No pre-paid envelopes will be issued.

All children need to be dressed in the full winter uniform for their photo days. Each student must have a school jumper to wear for the photos.

Forms for family portraits are available from the school office.

Music – Performing Arts

During the next five weeks students from Infant Jesus School will participate in the Catholic Schools Performing Arts Festival. Children will represent the school in the Choral (School Choir) and in the Liturgical sections of the festival. The festival includes students from Catholic schools around the state. It is a time of great excitement for our budding musicians as they share their hard work and talent, through voice or on instruments, with the wider community.

In the next few weeks the music students will be diligently polishing their performance pieces to ensure they are well prepared for their scheduled performances. Please be advised of the important dates to note in your diary.

The choral performances are as follows:

Sacred Choral
Date: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Session: 1:15pm – 2:15pm
Venue: St Benedict’s Church,
Cnr Canning Hwy & Ardross Street, Applecross

Choral Singing Primary
Date: Monday 13th August 2018
Session: 1:00pm – 2:15
Venue: Vasto Club, Balcatta

The Band performance date:

Infant Jesus Concert Band
Date: Friday 17th August 2018
Session: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Venue: Newman College
Empire Avenue

Please come and support the music students in their endeavours. To help pay for costs of the festival an entry fee is charged:

Adults $4:00
Children (not performing) $3:00