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OOSH VACATION CARE
We are getting close to the holidays and many parents are looking for Vacation Care. Unfortunately, St Nicholas OOSH us not providing any care from our service here at Shortland. The only service available at present through St Nicholas is at the Mayfield service and if you wish to take advantage of it you will need to book in ASAP.https://stnicks.org.au/oosh/vacation-care/enquire-now/
Whilst this is not the best scenario for our families it is the only one. And if we want to have a Vacation Care service at Shortland we need to jump up and down and make our voices heard at head office. The phone contact details are tel:0249791110.
CLASSES 2025
At this time of the year, parents begin to wonder who will be teaching their children next year. Whilst there are still a couple of roles being finalised; I am able to pass on this arrangement for 2025.
Kinder – Mrs Patricia Dunn & Mrs Matheson (3 days a fortnight)
Year 1 – Ms Rhiannon O’Bree
Year 2 – TBC & from Term 2, TBC with Ms Slattery (1day per Week)
Year 3 – Miss Kailee Jones
Year 4 – Miss Teagan Payton
Year 5 – Mr Blake Watmore
Year 6 – Mrs Amber Deagan & Mrs Leonie Brown (5 days per fortnight)
KINDER ORIENTATIONS
We have hosted our 2025 Kinder orientation three times this term to familiarise themselves with OLV. The Year 5’s are doing a great job being their big buddies. We look forward to their last Orientation next week.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Preparations are going well for the concert on Tuesday 10 December. The concert will start at 6:30pm and should go for about an hour. The children are asked to dress in Christmas attire – something festive.
The fun evening begins with some great activities from 4:30pm which include face painting, hair braiding, tattoo, jumping castle and much more. A sausage sizzle supper is also available, and orders can be made on QKR.
The children will be called to assemble in the primary classrooms at about 6:15pm to start the concert at 6:30pm. The HAMPER RAFFLES will be draw at thew conclusion of the concert.
There is a whisper from the elves we might be treated to a visit from the Jolly Fellow in red after the concert.
SCHOOL CAPTAINS 2025
On Thursday this week, the children in Year 5 presented themselves to the school community putting forward their arguments as to why they would make good School and Sports Captains. They did a wonderful job outlining their skills and leadership credentials.
The students and staff will cast their votes on Monday next week. The announcement of the 2025 captains will be made at the final assembly on Wednesday 18 December.
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION
In order to Volunteer at OLV you are required to complete the Volunteer Induction and be cleared by the Catholic Schools Office to Volunteer.
Please follow this link
https://www.mn.catholic.org.au/people/volunteer/
and complete the steps.
EXTERNAL PROVIDERS
If your child will be seeing a provider (e.g. speech therapist or occupational therapist) this year at school, please complete the attached application form and return to school. If you require further information, please don't hesitate to contact the office.
COMPASS
OLV uses the "Compass" App. Log in details for parents/carers have been emailed to all new parents. If you are still unable to login, or your account has been made inactive, please contact Leanne in the office to arrange a reset of your password.
- For all new families please familiarise yourself with the information booklet you received in your information pack or enrolment pack, "Parent Portal Compass User Guide" This is also attached
- Only Parents/Carers have access to Compass Parent Portal. Parents must have separate email addresses in order to both have access to compass
- New Users when logging into Compass are given the opportunity to update their details. It has been noted that some parents have updated their mobile phone number by taking out the gaps within the phone number. This is not required. The system requires phones numbers to be in this format
- REMINDER: PLEASE ONLY EXPLAIN WHOLE DAY ABSENCES - PLEASE DO NOT REPORT PARTIAL ABSENCES through the Compass App. Reporting partial absences will cause inconsistences with your child's attendance
- SMS's are sent to parents of students who are absent from 9.35am each weekday morning. You will receive a text message if your child was not present during the marking the roll process. Please logon onto compass and explain your child's absence. Do not reply to the text as compass does not accept reply texts
- Please notify the office beforehand if your child is going to arrive late; you will however still receive an SMS. The arrival time of the student will be logged as an explained absence when they present to school on their arrival
- On occasion you may be sent a text message even though your child is in attendance at school, this may be because they have arrived late and not come to the Office for sign in. If your child is late, please come into the Office with your child and sign them in via the compass kiosk.
QKR APP
Part of “progress” is moving towards a cashless society. To assist with the banking, ordering and handling of money, we are moving more of our payments to the Qkr system.
You will find attached instructions for the QKR App. This easy to use phone app gives you the flexibility to place orders for Canteen and fundraisers from your phone. It also reduces the need for your child to bring cash to school. Please remember to amend your child's year group on the QKR App to aid the timely collection of their order. We will be moving to a wider usage of this app as the year progresses.
- Make sure your child matches the class they are in now. You may need to go to your account settings and change their class. This will have to be completed at the beginning of every school year
- Please do not send in a paper bag as well as ordering online; this will stop any double up of ordering
- If your child is away or sick and you have ordered their lunch, you have until 8.00 am to cancel your order on QKR and receive a credit for next time
- All ordering is now closing at 8.15 am Monday morning. This allows enough time to print out the relevant reports for our volunteer ladies
- As of Term 2 all lunch orders will only be able to be ordered through QKR. Cash on the day will only be for ice blocks, lollies and chips.
We will be looking at providing this service for other quick financial transactions such as sausage sizzles, raffles, pie drives etc,
Thaks to everyone for taking up this service.
Health Care Card
Most families have already completed the attached Health Care Card Forms and returned to the school with a copy of their Health Care Card. If you have a Health Care Card and have not handed it in please contact the Office. Health Care Cards gives up to 50% off your tuition fees.
We would like to wish the following children a Happy Birthday.
| Kindergarten | |
| Year 1 | Aleki V |
| Year 2 | |
| Year 3 | |
| Year 4 | |
| Year 5 | Daniel Z |
| Year 6 | Maxwell W |
Congratulations and we hope you had a happy day
SWIMMING CARNIVAL
One week to go and we jump into the pool at Mayfield on Friday to test out our new swimming skills. So that we can finalise the program, please ensure that your child’s nominations are in by Monday next week.
Presentation of champions will be made on THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER (WEEK 9) at our awards assembly at the earlier time of 1:50pm.
| Kinder |
Deborah K –being able to orally blend words when teacher stretches them out. Hudson H – knowing combinations of 10. Cairo A – being able to count to 20 with ease. Joy I – being able to match ten frames with numbers up to 10. Chloe N- being able to identify most sounds and names of letters taught. |
| Year 1 |
Elliot R – for showing fantastic active listening during class. Hamish T –for always trying your best in Initialit and tying to use what you've learnt in your writing. |
| Year 2 |
Gianna D - for a fantastic start to term 2. William H - for showing active listening skills. Nicholas O - for great contributions to our Science lesson. Archer R - for great contributions to our Science lesson. Elizabeth K - for a fantastic start to term 2. |
| Year 3 |
Theodore B - For his growing confidence in taking initiative. Josie B - For her insightful contributions to classroom discussions. Alexis G - For being a quiet achiever. |
| Year 4 |
Matilda B – trying her hardest and giving her best in all areas of her work. Kaidence G – her outstanding improvement in mathematics. Keep up the great work! Maksim S – sharing his outstanding general knowledge with our class. |
| Year 5 |
Ella A - for a great first week at OLV! We’re so happy to have you in Year 5. Annabelle H - for her laser focus during mathematics lessons this week. Levi A - for writing well-informed passage summaries during writing lessons. |
| Year 6 |
Gabi. K – For Pleasing work with line and rotational symmetry. Kasey. S – Combining sentences effectively. Isabella. T – Contributions to class discussions when analysing poetry. |
| V & M Awards |
Kindergarten: Cathalia Z for being respectful to her teachers and peers. Year 1: Archie R – for being a kind and helpful friend to our new student. Year 2: Jesa S. for being an empathetic classmate. Year 3: Year 4: Lucy C for actively listening and showing respect to everyone. Year 5: Evan S for showing kindness and empathy towards his peers. Year 6: Max. B for your kind and generous actions, both on the playground and in the classroom |
We will not be able to operate the Canteen next year if we do not have someone in this role.
COLOUR RUN HELPERS
One of the exciting events we would like to repeat is our COLOUR RUN. We are setting an early date of 21 February next year. But we need a commitment from some helpers to start the organisation of the event. If you think you might like to help out please contact the school or contact directly to Lyndell Martinelli.
RAFFLES
Thanks to everyone who brought in the very tasty goodies last week for the HAMPER RAFFLE. The hampers were made up today and are looking very special, Thank you Nas. Make sure you get your tickets back ASAP and grab some more from the office if you need them. A ticket will go into the hamper raffle for all those that donated.
Thanks to to our organisers and helpers in this activity.
Also Don't forget to get online and buy raffle tickets or just push the links to all your friends, for our major raffle.
We are well over the $1200 mark with our major raffle. WOW.
ST NICHOLAS OOSH Services
How to enrol for our OOSH Services:
You will be able to access the school newsletter here, special dates notifications and other messages from time to time.
Go to this link to download the Schoolzine App: