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Email : office@olof.wa.edu.au

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Wednesday 22nd July

Week 1 Term 3

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the school routines for the start of Term 3. A special welcome to 3 new

students – Pitiluca and Jetagon Matassa and Eryn Law. The Matassa family have a strong

connection with our community and will be with us just for the duration of Term 3. Piti will be in

Year 3 for that period of time and Jet will be in Pre-Kindy. We also welcome Eryn into our Year

5 class. Mrs Cath Pratley will be with us for Term 3 as well, as the replacement for Vanessa

Byrne who is completing her final teaching practicum before becoming a qualified Primary

School Teacher. Pip Nimmo is also with us “fulltime” this week covering for Oz Celenza who is

on Long Service Leave.

Last term finished with a real highlight on the afternoon of the last day with the culmination of

the Public Speaking programme. Congratulations to the 11 children who were chosen to present

their speeches in front of the whole school: Joshua Farinola (Year 1), Samantha Johnston (Year

2), Will Maddeford and Hugh Farquhar (Year 3), Ethan Walters and Luke Farinola (Year 4),

Anastasia Smith and Jude Foss (Year 5) and Jenna Byrne, Evie McCormack and Jana Dixon

(Year 6). It is no easy task to speak publicly in front of hundreds of people, particularly when

you are a primary school child. All the children completed this challenging task particularly well.

This programme is designed to develop these public speaking skills and confidence for the

children to speak in front of an audience and it was fantastic to see these skills develop through-

out the school, a great way to finish Term 2!

Another highlight to end the second term was the wonderful response from our school families to

the appeal for the homeless people in our community. We collected over 130 boxes of toiletries

etc for the less fortunate people in our society. A very generous response by everyone in our

community, so a huge thank you to all families involved.

The start of Term 3, as mentioned early this year will also see our focus change from teaching

Japanese to the children on Thursdays to teaching “Mindfulness”. This is a new programme

where our intention is to explicitly teach children a range of relaxation techniques which we feel,

within the busyness of the lives of our children, will be very beneficial skills to develop. The

“Mindfulness” programme will be following the same timetable as the “Japanese” programme

and we are very fortunate to have Michelle Renton on staff who is able to teach both areas. We

will be trialling this programme this semester, asking for feedback towards the end of the year

before making a decision for the future of these 2 areas in 2016 and beyond.

After a few months of planning, we have also decided to implement a “Protective Behaviours”

programme at Our Lady of Fatima. We will be using a 10 lesson programme for all classes from

Kindy to Year 6, which will be taught between now and the middle of next term. The essence of

the programme is based on the premise that all children have a right to feel safe physically and

psychologically. The programme is simply called, Protective Behaviours WA and information

about it can be found on the PBWA website at www.protectivebehaviourswa.org.au. The

programme is designed to explicitly teach the children about safe behaviours for themselves and

others. A letter informing parents about this programme will be sent out by group email today, so

please look out for that.

There has been a significant amount of publicity regarding the Royal Commission recently and

our Archbishop has been very proactive in establishing a programme throughout all the parishes

in Western Australia. A DVD was shown to all parishioners in every parish throughout the state

on the first weekend of the school holidays outlining the “Safeguarding Project” programme

where a person in each parish will be provided with specific training to be able to be the first

point of contact for children, vulnerable adults and other members of the parish regarding

suspicions of abuse and other safeguarding concerns within the parish. This is a wonderful

proactive initiative from the Archbishop on behalf of the Catholic Church to provide the safest

possible environment for our children. The coordinator of this programme is a lady called

Andrea Musulin who is a WA Police officer and mother of 6 children. She is also a key person in

the development of the Protective Behaviours WA programme.

From the Principal

From the Principal (continued) Our plan is to send out a survey tomorrow to look at the potential of a Before and After School Care programme to po-

tentially start at our school from the beginning of 2016. The decision about whether or not the programme is initiated,

will depend on the number of families who commit to the programme, on the survey. We are hoping to send out a group

email tomorrow with the survey attached. The survey will be “live” for 2 weeks and we will be providing some feedback

regarding the potential for the programme to start at our school by the end of the term.

Our Ukulele ensemble will be performing at the Performing Arts festival next Thursday. It is a great opportunity for

them to share their skills and perform in front of a large audience. My thanks to Pip Nimmo for providing this opportunity

for the children and encourage parents to attend the performance if they are able to. Speaking of Performing Arts, I will

be taking our student leaders to a Mass to officially open the Performing Arts Festival on Friday morning which will

also be a good chance for them to develop an understanding of the large system our community is part of within Catholic

Education.

Finally, we celebrate the start of a new school term together as a community with a whole school Mass tomorrow

morning. Please come and join us in the Church for a 9am start if you are able to.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Thursday 23rd July – Opening Mass at 9am

Monday 27th July – Kindy Farm Incursion

Tuesday 28th July – Parent/Child First Communion Meeting at 6:30pm

Thursday 30th July – Atomic Ukes at the Performing Arts Festival

Friday 31st July – Winter Sports Fixture for Years 5/6’s v’s St Benedicts

Friday 7th August – Mary MacKillop Feast Day Liturgy (coordinated by Year 2’s)

Friday 7th August – Winter Sports Fixture for Year 5/6’s v’s St Patrick’s

Best wishes for the coming fortnight.

Paul Hansen

PRINCIPAL

THANK YOU!!!

A huge thank you to George James for building an amazing natural cubby house for our lucky Kindy kids. He has

spent many hours researching/sourcing materials and giving three days of his break, building a beautiful play space for

our lucky children. He has followed the original design I gave him way beyond my expectations. The children have the

added luxury of synthetic grass and some logs to sit on. Thank you too, to George's friend who helped on day 2 with

cementing in posts and to John Berry who helped on day three. George has also very generously donated all materials.

We are so grateful to George for his generosity and are sure his daughters and Kindy kids will enjoy this for years to

come. Look out for your names Alby and Ivy!

Best wishes

Lisa McCarthy

PS Are there anymore Kindy Parents who would like to help build us a log walk?!

JULY 24th Phoenix Papotto 26th Jenna Byrne 29th Renee Tromp 31st Hayden Forzatti

AUGUST 1st Amelia O’Keefe 3rd Hope Shepherd 3rd Matthew Hart 4th Lily Taylor

2015 FOOTY TIPPING COMPETITION

Round 14

The tragic death of Phil Walsh overshadowed this round of football. It was heart-warming to see each team pay

their respect during each of the games. A total of 11 tipsters scored 8 from 9, with Rugbyplayerofsomesignifi-

cance managing to tip the Thursday night score, ousting Loopy Hamster by 1 solitary point.

Round 15

This round saw all games being played. 5 tipsters managed to get 8 from 9, with Turnball is Smarter than Dr

Karl winning by his Friday night margin.

Round 16

Finally some Whoppers were given away with some very accurate tipping by Little Nic Nat and Michelle

C. Little Nic Nat won the round though with his Friday night margin.

Overall, The Clarks and Coach Buckley are sharing the lead on 100 points, with Ballerina85 on 98 points and

Ethton and Patchwork Girl both on 97 points.

The WA teams continue to dominate the top of the ladder….can it last?! Don’t forget to put your tips in and

best of luck!

It's simple to participate.

Starting this week, when anyone from our school community - staff, parents, friends shop at Woolworths, they

can collect stickers to place on sticker sheets. You'll get one sticker for every $10 you spend. Once you

complete the sticker sheets you can place them in a collection box at the school. The school will be able to

redeem these points to buy valuable resources for the children. Please join in as we collect as many Earn and

Learn stickers as we can.

Music & General Knowledge

QUIZ NIGHT

Friday 28th August

Mark your diary for our spectacular parent Quiz Night and fundraiser…

Where: Quiz Central (OLOF Hall)

When: Friday 28th August 7pm

Tickets: $20 (available in Week 3)

Drinks on sale. BYO snacks. Fantastic prizes, silent auction, entertainment, games, music and a wonderful atmosphere!

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THANK YOU Thanks to all the parents who collected, helped cut out and completed coupons for The West’s Wishlist competition. We sent off 1,021 entries and we’ll hear by the end of the week if we’ve won!

Quick Bits ...

OLOF has registered for the Woolworths Earn and Learn Sticker

promotion in order to redemeem valuable education

resources for our school. We need your help to

collect stickers and sticker sheets. The promotion

runs until 8th Sept. Blank sticker sheets can be left with

Tracy and completed sticker sheets can be placed in the

collection box also in the office. Thanks for your

support!

We are looking for prizes for our upcoming

parent QUIZ Night. If you or your business can

assist with a prize donation please contact Alison Kelly

0405 415 405 or Natasha Shepherd 04074 54 834. All

donations, large or small, would be gratefully received

and your generosity recognised on the night.

The P&F is looking for someone to help complete grant

applications on our behalf. There are various grants available to

community organisations and we need someone to follow up these

opportunities. If you can help please contact Deirdre Westerhout

(world126@hotmail.com). You would be supported by the P&F and all

efforts would be greatly appreciated.

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22 July 2015

2015 Awards of Excellence in

Building Positive School Communities

Nominations for these awards are open until Thursday 30th July. Nomination

forms can be found on our website at http://pff.wa.edu.au/building-positive-school

-communities-awards/.

This is a fantastic opportunity to recognise and celebrate the amazing work being

done in our schools to build positive school communities, so

if you have an amazing Principal, awesome P&F,

outstanding Parent or wonderful Parish, please nominate

for these awards. Anyone in the school community can

nominate their Principal, P&F, Parent or Parish. Applications

are welcome from all Catholic schools however, only affiliated

schools are eligible to win a prize.

The Awards presentation cocktail evening is set for

Wednesday 5th August to be held at The Classroom, 1/356

Charles St, North Perth from 6pm to 8.30pm. This is a free event for

everyone in our schools and drinks and snacks will be provided.

Registration is FREE! For more information and to register please go to

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2015-awards-of-excellence-night-tickets-17406432107

‘Save the Date’ for these upcoming P&F Events...

Parent QUIZ NIGHT Friday 28th August

Father’s Day Brekky Friday 4th September

Cake Stall at Sports Carnival 9th Sept.

DOUGH RAISER PROGRAM

The school has signed up for the Dough Raiser Program at Bakers Delight. The shop location

is at the Melville Plaza. Families just need to say that they are at Our Lady of Fatima and 5%

of sales come back to the school. There is no card, required, you just need to prompt the sales

assistant to enter it during the transaction. The program is called the Dough -Raiser Program

and is an ongoing program with proceeds paid out twice a year.

http://m.bakersdelight.com.au/our-community/dough-raiser-program

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS We have an email address on which families are able to contact us regarding uniforms orders etc uniforms@olof.wa.edu.au Thank you Clare, Jody and Sue

PARENTS… Be sure to check out the BLOGS from different classes…the

links can be found on the Fatima Portal Parent Page

SCHOOL BANKING NEWS

Grasshopper Soccer

Starting up for Term 3 on Thursday 6th August at 3.10pm. Forms available in

the office.

Keyed Up Music

Keyed Up Music will be running piano and guitar lessons again in Term 3 during school. We run shared/individual lessons starting

from $20 plus GST per lesson. To enrol, to go www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolments.html

TUCKSHOP ROSTER TERM 3, 2015

THURSDAY 23/7/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

C.Gauci C.Gauci / M.Reeves D.Woods

MONDAY 27/7/15

P.Di Prinzio / D.Westerhout M.Shepherd / D.Westerhout P.Di Prinzio

THURSDAY 30/7/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

P.Bryan / P.Glamuzina K.Brady / P.Glamuzina P.Bryan

MONDAY 3/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

J.Hogan J.Kenny / L.Backhouse J.Hogan

THURSDAY 6/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

V.Dawson M.Johnston / L.Buswell D.Lucas

MONDAY 10/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

J.Bacich / C.Dawkins J.Bacich / C.Dawkins C.Davison

THURSDAY 13/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

K.Hayes / S.Secker K.Hayes / M.Ghiasi S.Secker

MONDAY 17/8/15

PD DAY

THURSDAY 20/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

J.Barkla J.Barkla / P.Glamuzina M.Shepherd

MONDAY 24/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

D.Perera / J.McCartney D.Perera / J.McCartney E.O’Keefe

THURSDAY 27/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

M.Casotti / F.Houston / F.Houston M.Casotti

MONDAY 31/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

R.Jeffery / V.Bradshaw R.Jeffery / A.Marchese M.Babich

THURSDAY 3/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

S.Secker K.Brady / C.Mann S.Secker

MONDAY 7/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

K.Oliver / D.Westerhout K.Parish / D.Westerhout C.King

THURSDAY 10/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

K.Hayes K.Hayes / J.Haigh C.Ivancich

MONDAY 14/9/15

E.Spackman E.Spackman / M.Ghiasi C.Davison

THURSDAY 17/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

C.Gauci C.Gauci / L.Buswell D.Lucas

MONDAY 21/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

K.Oliver / J.McCartney M.Johnston / J.McCartney D.Woods

THURSDAY 24/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads

V.Dawson / J.Barkla L.Backhouse / J.Barkla K.Brady

MONDAY Helpers Cakes Salads

THURSDAY Helpers Cakes Salads

PARISH NEWS PARISH WEEKEND MASS TIMES

Saturday Vigil - 6.30 pm Sunday - 7.30 am, 9.45 am, 6.30 pm

TERM 3 - 2015

Our Lady of Fatima, Palmyra

WEEK MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT /SUN

July

Week 1

20

PD Day for

Staff

21

Students Start

Back

22 23

Opening Mass

for Term 3

24 25/26

Week 2

27

Kindy Incur-

sion Farmyard

on Wheels

28

Child-Parent

Meeting for

Communion

6.30pm

29

Screening of

Kindy Hall

Booked for

Nurse

30

Atomic Ukes

Performing

Arts Festival

School Board

Meeting

31

Winter Carnival

OLOF v’s St B’s

OLMC v’s St

Pat’s

1/2 August

August

Week 3

3 4 5 6 Holy Commun-

ion Retreat

P & F Meeting

7

Mary McKillop

Feast Day Liturgy

Yr 2

Winter Carnival

St B’s v’s OLMC

St Pat’s v’s OLOF

8/9

Week 4 10

PP & Year 1

Kelmscott

Farm

11 12

PP/Kindy Par-

ent OLOF Li-

brary Session

13 14 Feast of the

Assumption (PP)

15 Feast of

the Assump-

tion

16

Week 5

17

PD Day –

Maths Day

18

PD Day –

School Climate

Day with Ha-

mish

19 20 21

Winter Carnival

St B v’s St Pat’s

OLMC v’s OLOF

22/23

First Com-

munion

11.30am

(23rd)

Week 6

24

BOOKWEEK

25

Book Fair be-

gins

Yr 2 & 3 Wire-

less Hill Excur-

sion

26

Dental Check

for PP, Year 3

& 6 at 1.30pm

27 Yr 3 & 4 to

attend Mass

Football/

Netball Carni-

val

Yrs 5 & 6

School Board

Meeting

28 Book Week

Dress-Up Day Assembly Yr 2 &

Hero Award

P & F Quiz Night

Parent Social

Function

29/30

August/

September

Week 7

31 1 2 3

P & F Meeting

4 Father’s Day

Liturgy (Yr 3)

P & F Father’s

Day Breakfast

5/6 Septem-

ber

Week 8

7 8 9

OLOF House

Athletics Car-

nival@ Aqui-

nas 9.00-2.00

10

Y6 to Attend

Mass

Carnivale Yr 1

& Ukulele

11 12/13

Week 9

14 15

Parent Meeting

for Reconcilia-

tion at 6.30pm

16 17

Schoenstatt

Shrine

Year 3

18 Yr 4 Assembly

19/20

Week 10

21 22 23 24

End of Term

Mass (Yr 5)

25

World Teachers

Day (P & F)

ST JEROME’S, MUNSTER SPECIAL OPEN DAY Commemorating 80 Years

Sunday 9 August 10am – 2pm Mass commences 10am at St Jerome’s Parish, Followed by a fun-filled program including:

Musical Entertainment ,Games, Maths Challenges, Story Time in the Library for the kids, Art Exhibition, Guided Tours, a look back in time at St Jerome’s, Sausage Sizzle, Face Painting and a Coffee Van!