OLR News Term 1 Week 7 2024
Prayer
A Lenten Prayer
Lord
You call us to repent and to believe your Kingdom is at hand. You teach us to do your will and follow Jesus on the way to the cross. Renew us in the grace of our Baptism. Transform our thoughts, words and actions so that we may live out the Good News of Jesus.
Amen
Principal's Update
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you have had a great weekend. We have to keep enjoying this beautiful weather while it lasts.
NAPLAN
Our Year 3 and 5 students sat their NAPLAN assessments this week. They approached these assessments with maturity and mostly with ease. Who in reality ever likes to sit a ‘test’. The assessments covered during NAPLAN are a range of areas of literacy and numeracy. These assessments cover area such as language conventions, reading comprehension, writing and Mathematics. We look forward to seeing the results of these assessments.
Pink Day
Some of you may have noticed our teachers were all wearing various shades of Pink on Wednesday It had the students intrigued. I was pleased to note the Year 6 students picked up on the colour during the morning assembly. They asked if it was International Pink Day or something else. In fact it was what our teachers are calling Wacky Wednesday.
As we have split recess and lunch due to the reduced oval space this year, our teachers can go for long periods without seeing each other. We are trying to bring a little fun back into being together. We will be involving the children into some of these days throughout the year.
Next week we will have two colour days, the first is on Monday for St Patrick’s Day and the children are invited to wear Green. For this one we ask the children to bring in a Gold Coin donation with the funds going towards Catholic Mission. The second is on Thursday for Harmony Day. This is an accessory only colour day and the children are invited to wear an orange accessory.
Have a great week.
Yvette Owens
St Patrick's Day and Harmony Day!
St Patrick's Day Green Mufti - Monday 18th March.
Tomorrow Monday the 18th March all students are invited to celebrate St Patricks Day by wearing Green! We ask that students please bring a gold coin donation to raise money for Project Compassion.
Harmony Day Orange Accessories - Thursday 21st March.
Thursday 21st March is Harmony Day. All students are invited to wear orange accessories. Hats, socks, Hair accessories etc. No donation is required on this day.
Palm Sunday and Holy Week Liturgies
Families are warmly invited to join us as we celebrate the events of Holy Week. On Monday March 25th, Kindergarten will lead us in a celebration of Palm Sunday.
On Thursday March 28th, we will recall the events of Holy Thursday and Good Friday.
Both of these Liturgies will take place at 9am on the oval.
Easter Raffle
OLR Easter Raffle Monday 25th March - Tickets available both by Cash or Qkr!
Please note: This year the eggs will be purchased by the school instead of asking families to donate the eggs like previous years.
Cash Tickets will be sold before and after school in week 7.
(18th March -22nd March) All cash tickets $1 each.
Qkr! Tickets will be available for purchase from Monday 11th March until Thursday 21st March. Ticket options on Qkr! $1 each or 7 tickets for $5.
Easter Hat Parade
Monday 25th March 10am!
The children will be making the hats at school the week prior, in week 7.
Could you please ensure that your child brings a hat and the items necessary to decorate it by Monday 18th March.
A few suggestions are:
Coloured paper, ribbons, small plastic Easter eggs, stickers, small toy chickens, bunny ears, cellophane, crepe paper, feathers.
Please don’t send any chocolate decorations as they tend to melt all over the hat.
In The Loop - School and Office News
Emergency Contacts & Change of Routine information
Please note that the Emergency Contact we have for your child is for the school to use in an emergency if we can't contact the parents/guardian. Emergency Contacts do not have permission to collect your child during school hours.
If your child is being collected early by someone other than parent/guardian, or has a change of routine after school, please contact the school office to notify us of this. Do not send a message to the teacher via Seesaw re these changes as they may be away or not see it as they are teaching. The Office staff will not allow collection of a child until we have confirmed this with a parent/guardian.
Medication at School - A reminder that Request to Administer Medication forms need to be completed each year. If your child had the completed form in 2023, you are covered for a short time, but please have the doctor complete this asap.
If your child has never had medication at school but now needs to do so, please have the attached form completed, signed and stamped by the doctor and bring the medication to the school office in the original container. This includes prescription medication as well as over the counter meds (pharmacists can complete this form for puffers and over the counter meds. Without this completed form, we are unable to have the medication on site (please do not put medications in your child's bag for them to take).
Mrs Mylan's Travelling Library
Library Lessons
Library lessons are in classrooms this year. We will continue to read and respond to quality literature in the classrooms. Each class has a selection of Picture Books and novels in their rooms so that students can read and borrow each week. These books will be swapped throughout the term. Students should bring their Library Bags on their Library Day.
Mo Willems
K-3 children have been enjoying reading books by the award-winning author and illustrator Mo Willems. They are having fun reading about the adventures of the humorous characters Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie.
WeirDo
Year 3 have been enjoying the entertaining book WeirDo by Anh Do. This is the first book in the best-selling series by author and comedian Anh Do.
They had fun creating their own weird animal hybrids.
David Walliams
Years 4 and 5 have been reading the hilarious book The Blunders by David Walliams. They have been designing silly inventions and researching about ostriches, meteorites, airships and board games. We are finding out lots of interesting facts such as the name of the oldest known board game. We will share some of our research in weeks to come.
Nevermoor
Year 6 are exploring the novel Nevermoor by Australian author Jessica Townsend. It is the first book in an exciting fantasy series filled with magic, friendship and adventure.
Year 6 have designed some artwork around the novel’s theme Step Boldly!
Book Club
Thank you to all the families who purchase Book Club books.
All payments need to be made online and books are delivered to school. Issue 2 closes on the 29th of March.
Kind Regards
Mrs Mylan
PBL RULE ~
Sport News!
It's been a busy couple of weeks in Sport.
Over the last two weeks we have had several students attend Broken Bay Trials for various codes. These students represented our school with pride and we are so proud of them for their efforts.
Congratulations to the all the students who attended.
We still have Rugby League trials coming up in the near future! Goodluck to the students attending.
Netball Boys
Netball Girls
AFL
Basketball
Soccer
Broken Bay Swimming Carnival
On Tuesday we had 7 students attend the Broken Bay Swimming Carnival. A big congratulations to Lenny, Jack, Lukas, Will, Evie, Oliver and Hunter.
A special mention to Evie and Lukas who has made it through to Polding Swimming Carnival for the 50m freestyle.
Well done to all.
Cross Country Run Club
Our first session of Cross Country Training was a huge success.
The session will continue for the next 3 Wednesdays in the lead up to the carnival which is on Friday 5th April.
Students can be dropped to the gate near the office at 8am!
First Holy Communion Enrolment
Sacramental Programme – First Holy Communion Enrolment
Attention Parents/Guardians of students in Year 4 and above, please note that the Information and Enrolment evening for First Holy Communion is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9th at 7pm. The event will take place at the Parish Hall, and we encourage all parents/guardians to attend this evening as it is the last week of the school term, and the first preparation sessions will commence on Tuesday, 30 April, and Thursday, May 2nd. We kindly request parents/guardians to enrol their child/ren for the First Holy Communion preparation by attending this event, as enrolments will need to be finalised by April 26th. If you are unable to make it to the Information and Enrolment evening, please contact the parish office at 4332 2216 to make an appointment with a member of the pastoral team.
Please direct all inquiries regarding the Parish Sacramental Programme to the Parish Office by phoning 4332 2216 or emailing colleen.smith@bbcatholic.org.au or you can speak to me (Colleen Smith), I will be only too happy to help you to discuss and explain ways for your child to complete their sacraments.
A reminder to parents of children in Year 3 that if your child is not Baptised Catholic, they will be unable to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation later this year. If you would like more information about Baptism for your child either contact the Parish Office or speak with me (Colleen Smith). If you have any date clashes with the advertised dates for Confirmation please speak to me by the end of term 2 so that I can best advise you on how your child can still receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Parent Engagement Update
Cuppa Catch up
I will be hosting a cuppa and chat at the parish in the Brennan room for parents/carers on Thursday 11 April. If you would like to join me and other parents from the school we will also be unpacking and sorting Mother’s Day gifts into classes for our Mother’s Day stall in May. You are welcome to come and help or just come to have a cuppa and chat. You can RSVP to me at Colleen.smith1@dbb.catholic.org.au or just turn up.
Council of Catholic School Parents - Upcoming Webinars
The Council of Catholic School Parents have a great selection of webinars available to parents. Most of these webinars go for around 30 minutes and provide helpful information to parents on a variety of topics. Click on the link to enrol in the latest webinar or to view the upcoming topics to attend.
Understanding parental controls to safeguard your child
Tuesday 26 March 2024
7.30pm - 8pm
This 30-minute webinar provides an overview of different types of parental controls and how to set them on smart devices and computers, in apps and on gaming platforms for your child’s safety. It's suitable for parents and carers of children and young people in primary school.
PCN Water Fun Day!
Thursday 11th April - Afternoon
The PCN will once again run an afternoon of fun on the last day of Term 1!
The water fun day will be in the afternoon on Thursday the 11th April.
Tickets are $2 per child and are to be purchased via Qkr! Students are invited to wear comfortable mufti that can get wet. A rashie or t-shirts must be worn for the event.
Canteen News
Dear Parents and Carer's
The Android Phone issue has now been resolved, parents/users can now download the App from the Google Play Store and order as normal.
Thank you!
Amber Trench
Canteen Coordinator
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