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OUR LADY’S SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
23 March 2017 www.olsunshine.catholic.edu.au
Parish Priest: Fr. Peter-Damien McKinley Principal: Ms. Patrizia Bertani Parish Mass Times: Saturday 6:00pm Sunday 9:00am, 10:30am & 5:30pm School Phone: 9312 2230 School website: [email protected]
DATES FOR THE DIARY Mon 20-Fri 24 March Wellbeing Week at Our Lady’s Fri 24 March AOM Assembly 2.30pm Tues 28 March Second Hand Uniform Sale 3.00pm outside Canteen Fri 31 March Holy Week Paraliturgy 2.30pm End of Term 1 at 3.15pm Tues 18 April Professional Learning for Staff (Reporting 2017) No school for the children Wednesday 19 April Term 2 begins Fri 21 April Easter Resurrection Assembly 2.30pm Mon 24 April ANZAC Day Assembly 2.30pm Tues 25 April ANZAC Day Public Holiday Wed 26 April P&F Meeting Fri 28 April AOM Assembly 2.30pm Mon 1 May Foundation 2018 Enrolments for Siblings start Thurs 4-Fri 5 May Grade 5 Camp Tues 6 June Professional Learning for Staff (Victorian Curriculum and Reporting 2017) No school for the children
SACRAMENTS 2017 Eucharist Sun 11 June 4G Sun 18 June 4H Reconciliation Thursday 14 September Confirmation Friday 17 November
Annunciation Prayer We celebrate the Annunciation of the Lord on March 25. Saint Mary was faithful
to God’s call. Faithful God, you gave us Mary as an example of faith and trust in you. Help us to be like her in all things and follow you with all our hearts. May we say yes to your
call in our lives as Mary did in hers. We join our prayers to her prayers that we may give glory to your name. Amen
Who do you say I am?‘ Matthew 16:15 Dear Parents, This week at Our Lady’s has been buzzing with much learning focused activity. We cele-brated WELLBEING WEEK, a week in which the children from Foundation through to Year Six participated in a range of activities, focused on improving their physical and mental wellbeing. The children participated in Yoga classes, Resilience building and drama ses-sions. They thoroughly enjoyed these learning experiences. You can read more about these and view some of the activities in this newsletter. Parent Advisory Board Update The Parent Advisory Board exists to represent and be representative of ALL parents and families, they are committed to being inclusive and bringing the voice of all parents to the meetings. Last week the Parent Advisory Board held their Annual General Meeting. I thank all the parents who attended and elected the new board for 2017. Thank you to all those who served on the board last year in particular Kylie Crosbie who served as Chairperson and Merryn Woolcock who served as Deputy Chairperson . I congratulate all the newly elected Parent Advisory Board members and look forward to working together to improve Our Lady’s school.
Chairperson– Brendan Acreman Deputy Chairperson– Jeremy McCartin Secretary– Anne Hubbard
Last Friday our Year Six school leaders attended Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral with over 3,000 other students from Catholic schools all around Melbourne. They went to represent Our Lady’s school and to celebrate Catholic Education Week. This year we in fact we are celebrating 150 years of Catholic education and service. The leaders thoroughly enjoyed the experience and especially enjoyed the concert in the Fitzroy Gardens. Thank you to Mrs Christine Carabott and Mrs Carmel Menzies who accompanied the students and who were so proud of the way the students behaved throughout the whole excursion. The theme for this year’s Catholic Education week is:
‘Moved by the Spirit of Christ’
OUR BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL COMMUNITY
FUN AT THE OUR LADY’S
FOUNDATION BARBEQUE
OUR LADY’S SCHOOL
COMMUNITY COMING
TOGETHER
CELEBRATING OUR
FOUNDATION STU-
DENTS and THEIR
PARENTS.
Local Council has reminded us that NO PARKING is available on the reserve or alongside the
kerb in Victoria or Robinson Streets (circled above).
Cautions have been given to vehicles parked there earlier this week, but from today fines
will be issued to any cars parking on the reserve or by the kerb in Victoria or Robinson
Streets.
REMINDER: Both roads are two way streets, so parking is NOT PERMITTED AT
ANY TIME around the reserve (circled above).
Many commuters are choosing to drive to Sunshine Station and therefore park in our sur-
rounding streets. Please be aware that there has been an increase in car traffic in Sunshine,
so you may need to allow extra time at drop off and pick up times, as well as anticipating
that you may not be able to find a car park close to School.
Yours sincerely,
Patrizia Bertani Ms Patrizia Bertani Principal [email protected]
School Uniform I am asking you to help the school to maintain a high standard in regards to the school uniform. It is im-portant that the children wear the correct school uniform at all times and lately I have noticed that we are getting many different variations to the school uniform. Blue Cargo shorts/pants are NOT a part of our Uni-form. Our uniform is a part of our school identity and helps us to create a sense of belonging to the Our Lady’s School community which we are all very proud to be a part of. We need to demonstrate pride in our school in many ways and wearing the correct school uniform is an important part of this. Therefore, all children need to adhere to the official uniform standards. As part of the official school uniform we require students to wear the correct school shoes every day except for the day they are participating in the sports program which is the only day they can wear their runners. Black leather runners ARE NOT school shoes and can only be worn on Sports Day. Please help us to make our school the very best it can be.
Message from Fr Peter…..
EASTER - OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP AT MASSES AND SERVICES
Dear Students and Parents,
During the Holidays we will celebrate Easter. We hope you will join us in the church for some of the Holy Week Ceremonies.
We would like to invite any students who are Baptised Catholics from the Middle and Senior levels (Gr 3, 4, 5or 6) who are interested to be involved in the religious ceremonies and celebrations.
The dates are:
Holy Thursday 13th April 6.30pm;
Good Friday 14th April 2.45pm;
Holy Saturday 15th April 5.45pm
Easter Sunday 16th April 9.00am or 10.30am
With the exception of Sunday Masses, each ceremony will be approximately 90 minutes or longer. No de-tailed training needed in advance because each ceremony during the Easter Holy Week is rather unique, so basic instructions will be given just before and during. Parents are both needed, and must be available, to assist children dress up in the Altar Servers robes 15 minutes before the ceremony.
PLEASE email the parish [email protected] or ring the school office before the end of term.
Thankyou.
Father Peter & Father Vinh
WONDERFUL FEEDBACK FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ‘INCURSIONS ARE US’
Thanks again for the wonderful experience your teachers and students gave
both Anjali and I on Monday. Your students showed only Expected Behav-
iour at all times, were curious, respectful and wonderful to work with. I was
particularly blown away by the Year Sixes and have thought about them
since. What mature and wonderful young adults. I say young adults as they
were absolutely charming, mature and so interested in LEARNING. We could
feel that a super positive culture exists in your school which we enjoyed so
much. Christine Sully
ART NEWS
The Art Committee ran a colouring in competition yesterday (Wednesday) The art room was packed with students! The art committee were so well organised and they raised about $20 for the art room for new art supplies!
Last Friday, we had The National Day of Action against Violence and Bully-ing. Many children in 5C worked in groups to write their own motto and ‘put themselves in the picture’. A couple have been included in this week’s newsletter. Community Wellbeing Week has been a great success for the students and teach-ers. Monday’s sessions involved all classes participating in a Drama session focus-ing on building resilience facilitated by Incursion R Us. The main focus of the ses-sions was going through ‘Social Smarts’ expected and unexpected behaviour. They also went through a ‘Five Finger Rule’ which strongly connects to our whole school approach and what is taught in the Social and Emotional Learning sessions across the school. The Five Finger Rule assists children to remember strategies they can do when an issue with others may arise. Incursions R Us provided two posters which are also included in this week’s news-letter which may enable you to use some of the same language with your child at home. Today and tomorrow the students are participating in Yoga sessions with the aim of further introducing stu-dents to a way to look after ourselves. Regards Christine Carabott Deputy Principal & Student Wellbeing Leader
YMCA CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS OSHC PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE
A variety of seasonal fruit and vegetables are always offered to children for afternoon snack! A variety of arts, crafts, board games, construction, recreational activities, sensory and imaginary play opportunities are available every day for children to choose. Homework & Home Readers Time – Our YMCA staff are there to encourage home readers and homework and most days we set aside a time to encourage this! If you or someone else is picking up your child (children) early from school and they are not attending the after school care, please let OSHC Team know. Please remember children need to bring their school hat (Broadbrim or Legionaries Hat) from 1 st September to 1st May and sunscreen will need to be applied when playing outside. Bookings and Cancellations: It is important to book your child’s place so we can plan and expect their arrival at Before and After School Care. To ensure the safety of your child please notify us of any absences or additional days of care via the My Family Lounge Portal http://www.childrensservices.ymca.org.au/enrol/my-family-lounge-sign-in.html As a reminder please note that the cancellation period of 7 days notice applies for all Before and After School Care bookings. For additional information on our program please visit http://www.childrensservices.ymca.org.au/school-care/our- locations/our-ladys- ps.html There may be certain circumstances where children receive gifts or prizes throughout the year as part of our advertised programs. These occasions would be advertised on our program planners to provide parents/guardians with prior notification. Occasions where children may receive gifts/prizes as advertised are as follows: last day of school terms, end of year celebrations, designated holiday program days, cultural and festive celebration days and during organised program competitions. Thank You, Brad and Our Lady’s OSHC Team
For all Bookings and Cancellations please call us directly on 0401 700 401 Email us: [email protected]
For any Account Information please call our office on: 8371 0500 www.childrensprograms.ymca.org.au
Week 9 Beginning March 20
DAY After School Care Activities Afternoon Tea
Monday Staff: Hang, Chelsea
Inside: Easter Bunny Masks/Sheets Outside: Soccer Seasonal Fruit & Veggies Cheese and Crackers
Tuesday Staff: Hang, Lucette, Chelsea
Inside: Easter Baskets/Activity Sheets Outside: Free Play Homework & Readers.
Seasonal Fruit & Veggies Dip, carrots, celery
Wednesday Staff: Hang, Chelsea, Tonia
Inside: Easter Cards/Activity Sheets Outside: Group Games
Seasonal Fruit & Veggies Sandwiches
Thursday Staff: Brad, Michelle, Chelsea
Inside: Learn to Draw Outside: Cricket Homework + Readers
Seasonal Fruit & Veggies Variety of Biscuits
Friday Staff: Brad, Mar-lene, Michelle
Children’s Choice: Games, Activities Inside & Out. Seasonal Fruit & Veggies Party Food with Easter Treat
Foundation enrolments
for 2018 are now open! If you have a child who will be starting at Our Lady’s in Foundation next year (2018),
please come to the Office for an Enrolment folder.
When you have filled it out, please come back to the Office
with the Enrolment Form and all documentation and an
appointment time will be made for you.
Each year we have a waiting list and we do not want a
sibling of an existing student to miss out.
Second-Hand Uniform Sale – Tuesday 28 March
The Parents and Friends Committee is looking for donations of clean uniforms
in good condition for the Term 1 second-hand uniform sale. If you have any-
thing to donate, please speak to Sue Brown, or email
[email protected] to arrange drop off.
The sale will be held straight after school on Tuesday 28 March (last week of
term). If you can help at the stall please join us in front of the canteen at 3.00pm.
Thanks, Our Lady’s P&F Committee
JEONGSIN TAEKWONDO
Kirsty Busuttil has been at Our Lady’s in pre-
vious years teaching our students
Taekwondo and is a fantastic instructor.
If your child has an interest, please give
Jeongsin Taekwondo a go!
Our Lady’s Primary OSHC
32 Station Place, Sunshine VIC 3020
M: 0401 700 401
www.childrensprograms.ymca.org.au
Tuesday 18th April 2017
School Closure Day
Outside School Hours Care – 8.30am to 6.00pm
Our Lady’s OSHC would like to offer families the opportunity to enrol children into a full day of
care on Tuesday 18th April 2017.
For existing families, if you would like your child to attend, please enrol your child by seeing
our OSHC Team in the OSHC Room and complete your details on the sign-up sheet or go
online by Thursday 30th March 2017.
For families who haven’t enrolled their children into Our Lady’s OSHC, please visit our online
website http://www.childrensservices.ymca.org.au/enrol/my-family-lounge-sign-in.html to
complete the enrolment form, then email [email protected] to express your inter-
est, by Thursday 30th March 2017.
The cost for the full day of care will be $59.00 per child minus CCB/CCR benefits.
If we have 15 children booked in on the sign-up sheet, we will be able to go ahead with
School Closure Day.
However, if there are not enough children booked in, all parents/guardians, who placed their
details on the sign-up sheet, will be notified by email on Friday 31st March, 2017 (last day of
term 1).
There will be arrange of activities during the day including but not limited to:
Outside Play weather permitting Free Play Blocks, board and card games Art and Craft Sporting Games
If you have any questions please contact me in person or ring 0401 700 401 or email ourlady-
Kind regards,
Brad Lenahan, OSHC Coordinator
Our intensive program consists of 30 minute swimming lessons
Designed to provide the most effective and enjoyable form of swimming tuition, intensive pro-
grams are the quickest way to improve your child's swimming ability
Constant reinforcement on a daily basis increases your child's confidence and the ability to re-
member the skills they are being taught
All instructors are Austswim or Swim Lessons Australia qualified
Lessons are held between 8am to 12pm each week day
The program is open to children 3 years or older, with levels from beginners to advanced
Lessons for adults, children under 3 years old and private lessons may be accommodated based
on suitable interest (payment made on confirmation of lessons only)
Students are welcome to have a swim before or after their lesson, however if under 5 years old,
they must be accompanied in the water and actively supervised by a person aged 16 years or
over
