Newsletter

Dear Families and Friends of Our Lady’s Community,

This week we celebrate the gift of our mothers'. On behalf of all staff members, a happy Mother’s day to all of our school mums and special friends! We thank you for your ongoing support of our children and our school.  May you be completely spoilt by your children on Sunday, and on every day that follows.

I also take this opportunity  to extend a big thank you to AiMe, (Liam 3/4C) for coordinating the Mothers Day Stall once again this year. So much thought, time and care has gone into making this morning such a special time for children. Their little faces were filled with delight as they carefully chose a gift for their mum. AiMe, your generosity of spirit is much appreciated by all of us.

A special thank you to all the mums that helped AiMe this morning.

Foundation Enrolment Forms  - Sibling Enrolments for Foundation 2020

We request that all parents with Foundation enrolments for the 2020 school year submit enrolment forms prior to the end of the term.  This will greatly assist with our planning for student numbers and for our allocation of placements for new families to the school.  If you are aware of friends or family members wishing to enrol at Our Lady's, please advise them that enrolment forms need to be submitted in the near future.  Enrolment forms can be found on the school website. 

NAPLAN 

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual national assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9. All students in these year levels are expected to participate in tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.

NAPLAN testing will take place next week.

NAPLAN Information for Parents

Social Media

A  reminder to return the Permission Forms to use students images on our social media platforms. Please see attachment below for the form. 

Uniform

All students should now be in their Winter Uniforms. The Parish Education Board, last year reviewed our School Uniform Policy. The major change to the policy include the fact that all students are able to wear long/short pants.

A gentle reminder that socks that display a logo are NOT part of of the school uniform. If for any reason students are not in correct uniform, a note is required from parents/guardians. 

Working Bee

Thank you to Nick and Richard for the coordination of the Working Bee on Saturday.

We were really pleased with the numbers and despite weather, managed to complete a lot of jobs that were on the list. Thank you to Melissa and her catering team for providing the food and to Fi for coordinating the communication for the day.

What we accomplished:

Re- organization of the storage room off the MPC

Re- organization of storage sheds/sport equipment and costumes

Back of the school cleaned

Drink taps cleaned

Chairs in the junior classes cleaned

Planting at the front of the school

Cutting back of bushes and shrubs around the tennis courts

We had intended on painting the playground equipment but due to the weather we were unable to. 

SEESAW

The classrooms were abuzz with excitement last week, as the students were preparing their first SEESAW posts. They delighted in taking photos, recording and reflecting upon their work. SEESAW is a wonderful avenue for us to connect home and school. Thank you to Miss Ludescher for all the hard work that went into preparing this for our school. We look forward to sharing our work with you. 

Grandparents Mass

Please note the change of date for the Grandparents and Special Friends Mass. This year

Mass will be held on September 5th @ 9.30am 

Fun Run

Finally, a big thank you to all our families for supporting our School Fun Run recently. Although not all the money raised has made it to school yet, we can confirm that we have raised in excess of $3400 for Grace Orphanage and Caritas. 

Thank you for your continued support of our school community. 

Annie Engellenner

Principal

We pray for all mothers in our community.

May they continue to love and nurture their children and treasure their precious gift of mothering.

In the lead up to the election it's important for parents in our school community to be fully informed of the pre-election promises from each of the major parties and the Greens to be able to make an informed decision on who to vote for.

NCEC (National Catholic Education Commission) and Catholic School Parents Australia have provided some easy to read information sheets for parents about funding of Catholic schools along with an outline of what the Coalition, Labor and Greens parties have pledged relating to three key issues for Catholic education:

• School Funding • Religious Freedom • Early Childhood Education

Please find below links to important information on each of these areas below.

Year 7, 2020 Placement Forms

All Year 6 Students have received an application form, for enrollment to attend a secondary government school in 2020. All completed forms must be returned to Our Lady's school office by Friday 17th May. 

Please note that if they will be attending a private or catholic secondary school, it is not necessary for this form to be completed.

School Fees

Fee statements will be sent out this coming week.

Surrey Hills Wattle Park Parish provides sacramental preparation, catechist classes for children within the parish who do not attend the parish schools. 

EUCHARIST classes, for children who have been Baptised and received First Eucharist (First Communion) will begin Thursday, 13 June. 

For Reconciliation and Confirmation class enrolment details (Eucharist enrolment in Term 2) please contact:

Nanette Giovannini,

Parish Sacramental Coordinator. nanette.giovannini@cam.org.au Tuesdays & Wednesdays, Parish Office, (excluding school holidays) 9890 2510.

Foundation

Zander - for always applying his personal best in set tasks - and with a happy smile.

1/2AL

Conor- For displaying the school expectations Respect for self, respect for other and respect for the environment. You are setting an amazing example for your peers.

1/2JL

Lenny C - for being a motivator student who strives to do his best at all times. You make a huge effort with your work and show interest in all areas.

Mya - for your wonderful letter writing. Your letter to your classmates was beautifully written.

3/4C

Angus - Contributing actively and enthusiastically to class and group discussions. Well done Angus we love hearing your ideas & opinions. Isabella - for her positive attitude

3/4U

5/6L

Olive - for the care she shows for our environment and for always helping others in the classroom.

Sports Awards

Florence 1/2JL - for very fast running, listening skills and being a wonderful team player.

Cooper 5/6L - for being a fair player, inclusive of other team members and playing a top game of footy.

Rohan 5/6H - for being a fair player, inclusive of other team members and playing a top game of footy.

We'd like to thank Bunnings Box Hill for the support they've given and continue to give to our school. We're grateful for the donations of plants, the last selection being used for the Working Bee. Also for Sue-Ean, our Bunnings Liaison person, who has come several times to plant with the students and to offer us advice on our plant beds. Sue-Ean will be with us on Friday, 10th May, bringing more plants to beautify our school.

Tuckshop will operate on the following dates for Term 2:

May 17th, May 24th, June 7th, June 14th and June 21st .

Many thanks,

Luisa

Details are as follows:

Save the date 2019 PFA Dinner, Box Hill Town Hall, 20th July. More details to come. Please save the date.

Major Raffle

This is a very straightforward stall involving: 

• Distributing raffle tickets to school families (i.e. pop a book in an envelope for each family and hand to the school office for distribution) 
• Sell remaining tickets - we have found after mass at OLPS (both English and Chinese) and OHR has worked really well - in the few weeks leading up to Fete
• Collect/keep all ticket stubs and cash from school and community sales
• Sell remaining tickets at the Information Stand on Fete Day
• There is NO requirement to source raffle prizes, get the tickets printed etc. It's all done for you!

Please contact the Fete Coordination Team if you'd like to put your hand up for any of the above olwpfete@gmail.com 

David McCann, Joanna Kelly and Damian Glass

Fete Co-ordinatorsOur

Lady's Primary School Surrey Hills