OLR News Term 2 Week 2 2024
Principal's Update
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you all had an enjoyable first week back. Easing into the rhythm of a new school term brings a blend of familiar routines and fresh opportunities for growth and learning.
In our commitment to create a safe and nurturing learning environment, I want to highlight the importance of online safety for our children. The digital world offers a wealth of learning and communication opportunities, but it also presents certain risks. We are actively teaching our students about the importance of protecting their personal information, recognising trustworthy sources, and treating others with respect online. I encourage all parents and carers to engage in open and ongoing conversations with their children about their online activities. Together, we can ensure that our students navigate the digital world wisely and responsibly.
To further assist you in this endeavour, I recommend utilising resources such as the ESafety website, in particular https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/skills-advice/are-they-old-enough and The ESafety Guide on Apps your child may be using https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-topics/esafety-guide. We will be sharing some advice from the esafety training resources over the coming weeks to support all families in ensuring their children to use social media and online gaming safely.
Looking ahead, we have several exciting events and initiatives planned for this term. We are very much looking forward to welcoming all the Mums in our school community on Friday morning for our Mother’s Day celebration.
Your continued support and collaboration are invaluable to us, and we are always here to address any questions or concerns you may have.
Warmest regards,
Yvette Owens
Office News
School Drop Off
A reminder that school starts at 8.55am. If your child arrives after this time, you must come into the office with them to sign them in.
Please do not drop them off and leave them to walk in.
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).
Mother's Day Breakfast and Liturgy
We invite all the wonderful mothers in our school community to join us for our Mother's Day Celebration in Term 2 Week 2 Friday 10th May.
The morning will begin with breakfast from 8am followed by a liturgy and open classrooms. If you would like a photo of you and your child included in the class liturgy please send through to your class teacher by Monday the 6th May.
Mother's Day Stall -Thursday 9th May
Dear Parents and Carers,
The Mother’s Day gift stall will take place next Thursday 9th May. Gifts are now available to purchase on Qkr! and are $6 each. There is a limit of one gift per child on Qkr! And for families with more than one child at the school, you will need to select each child’s profile when purchasing gifts.
There may be an opportunity to purchase an extra gift on the day of the stall and these will be cash sales only. A second gift per child is not guaranteed.
We are seeking parent helpers to assist with the stall. If you are available to help could you please complete this form and Colleen our Parent Engagement Coordinator will be in touch.
Volunteer Form
RE News - The Angelus
Pope Francis has declared this year the Year of Prayer and has asked us all “to pray more fervently to prepare ourselves to live properly, this grace-filled event and to experience the power of hope in God.”
As a way of acknowledging this year of prayer, all schools in the Broken Bay Diocese are uniting in prayer each day at 12pm to pray The Angelus. All schools in the Broken Bay Diocese have begun the practice of The Angelus this week.
The Angelus, which is a longstanding traditional prayer, pays homage to Mary for her part in the great mystery of the Incarnation which is the belief that Jesus became fully God and fully human at the same time. Throughout the 2 minutes that the Angelus is prayed, we meditate on the words of Mary who offered herself in service to God’s will.
Parent Engagement Update
Family Mass - Saturday 18 May, 5pm - Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, The Entrance.
Father Brian would like to extend a warm invitation to all families to attend the Parish's Family Mass on Saturday, May 18th at 5 PM. Children who are preparing for the Sacrament of First Communion are encouraged to attend as they will be presented to the Parish and given a special blessing during the Mass. Following the Mass, there will be light refreshments in our parish hall, and we would like to welcome all families to join us. If you would like to lend a hand with refreshments or participate in the liturgy please note in your RSVP.
Canteen Term 2 Roster
Dear Parents and Carers,
I will be away from 7th-17th May, if you have any canteen concerns, please call the office and they will let Kate know, as she will be running the canteen.
The canteen will be closed on Friday 10th May, due to the Mother's Day BBQ, there will be no orders or sales available.
Amber Trench
Canteen Coordinator
Sports News
Cross Country Medal Presentation Monday 6th May
We will be presenting our School Cross Country Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place at our assembly on Monday morning next week, 6th May.
Central Coast Cross Country
Congratulations to all our students who will be representing our school at the CC Cross Country Zone Carnival to be held at Tuggerah next Friday the 10th of May. We wish them the best of luck and some dry weather for the day.
Polding Trials
At the end of this week we had many of our senior students attend Polding trials for various sports. We look forward to sharing the recap and results with you all soon. We are so proud of each and every student who represented our school over the last couple of months in sport and would like to congratulate them all on this impessive acheivement.
Darcie, Harper, Charlotte and Ally at the Netball Polding Trials
Xavier and Charlie at the Rugby League Polding Trials
Key Dates
Term 2, Week 2
Monday 6th May ~ Cross Country Medal Presentation at morning assembly
~Awards Assembly in the hall at 2.20pm Grades K-2
Tuesday 7th May ~ First Eucharist Preparation Session, 5.30pm at the Parish
Thursday 9th May ~ Mother's Day Stall
~ First Eucharistic Preparation Session, 4pm at the Parish
Friday 10th May ~ Mothers Day Breakfast and Liturgy from 8am
~ CCC Cross Country
Term 2, Week 3
Monday 13th May ~ Our Lady of Fatima Feast Day
~ Awards Assembly in the hall 2.20pm Year 3-6
Tuesday 14th May ~ Year 1 Hunter Wetlands Excursion
~ First Eucharist Preparation Session, 5.30pm at the Parish
Thursday 16th May ~First Eucharistic Preparation Session, 4pm at the Parish
Saturday 18th May ~ OLR Family Mass at OLR The Entrance Church at 5pm