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WELCOME BACK
Always coming back from holidays is energising. The children, parents and staff are always full of excitement about being back and bring a feeling of optimism and joy. Our school is a wonderful place to be and it is comforting the children feel this the most. Welcome back, everyone. One term to go before the end of the year. It will be a busy one and a fun one. Let’s make sure we all knuckle down at first and relax a bit at the end. UPCOMING EVENTS
As mentioned earlier, there will be lots happening this term. The highlights include a DISCO, swimming lessons and carnival, Infants League Tag Gala, excursions, Year 6 graduation and Kinder ’25 Orientation to name a few. It’s important to keep an eye on the event posters sent home via COMPASS and the FACEBOOK page
SCHOOL DISCO
Everyone is invited to dance the night away on Friday evening, 1 November. We are holding our annual Disco with the theme of your favourite celebrity. The night begins at 6:30pm and finishes at 8:30pm. There will be a sausage sizzle available for supper and lots of treats to enjoy. Our discos are always a lot of fun for everyone.Tickets are available through QKR.PRINCIPAL’S PILGRIMAGE
Spending two weeks in Ireland on a Pilgrimage following the Way of Mercy was a real privilege. It provided opportunities and experiences to learn about and explore the origins of our Catholic heritage here in Australia. The growth of Christianity in Ireland links closely with the Catholic education in our region. It’s easy to focus on the story of St Patrick but the story of St Brigid and Catherine McAuley is far more relevant to our story in the Hunter.
If you are interested in reading about some of the experiences you can find the first day’s experience at this site:
You can use the “Recent Posts” menu to navigate to different days. Week two should be ready for our next newsletter.
Welcome back everyone. I hope you had time throughout the holidays to stop and have some quality family time.This term is another busy term full of lots of activities and learning opportunities.
Term Liturgies
The following is a list of our Liturgies.
Week 1- Friday 17th October Year 6 – Socktober Liturgy @ 1:30pm followed by stalls.
Week 2- Monday 21st October Year 1- God is Love Liturgy
Week 3 – Monday 28th October Year 2- All Saints’ Liturgy
Week 4- Monday 4th November Year 3- Peace Liturgy
Week 5- Monday 11th November Year 5- Remembrance Day Liturgy
Week 6-Monday 18th November Year 1- Happiness Liturgy
Week 7- Monday 25th November Year 2- Serving Liturgy
Week 8- Monday 2nd December Kindergarten- First Week of Advent Liturgy
Week 9-Monday 9th December Year 4- Second Week of Advent Liturgy
Week 10- Monday 16th December Year 5- Third Week of Advent Liturgy
- Wednesday 18th December Year 6- Thank you Liturgy Year 6
Friday Mass opportunities
Please join your children for mass on Friday’s. Mass starts at 9am so all students going to mass will need to be at school by 8:50am.
Week 2- Friday 25th October- Kindergarten, Year 4 & Year 3
Week 3- Friday 1st November- Year 6 & Year 1
Week 4- Friday 8th November- Year 5 & Year 2
Week 6- Friday 22nd November- Year 6 & Year 1
Week 7- Friday 29th November- Year 5
End of Year Mass
Our end of year mass will be Friday 13th December Week 9 at 9m. During this mass we celebrate the year and sadly farewell our Year 6 students. After mass Year 6 students and parents will be invited to enjoy their graduation lunch in our school hall.
Year 5 Retreat
On Friday 1st November Year 5 will participate in a Leadership Retreat led by Mrs Dunn and Mr Watmore. There will be more information closer to the event.
Year 6 Retreat
On Friday 22nd November Year 6 will participate in their Year 6 Retreat day reflecting on there primary school years and looking forward to their high school years. This will be lead by Mrs Dunn and Mrs Deegan. There will be more information closer to the event.
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.
Kindergarten
Term Overview for Term 4
Term Overview for Term 4
Year 2
Term Overview for Term 4
Year 3
Term Overview for Term 4
Term Overview for Term 4
Term Overview for Term 4
Term Overview for Term 4
| Kinder |
Cali S - for working steadily at her desk and taking care with bookwork. Bruce C - for very settled work habits at his desk and terrific listening during floor time. Oskar B - for trying hard with his work and making better choices. Remi W - for fantastic listening during floor time and participating in discussions. |
| Year 1 |
Archer R - for working well in groups during our zoo making activity. Henry B - for working well in groups during our zoo making activity. Emmet M - for working well in groups during our zoo making activity. Ivy S - for always trying her best and not giving up when things are hard. Florence C - for always trying her best and not giving up when things are hard. |
| Year 2 |
Harry W- for always participating in class and giving detailed explanations of how you solve maths problems! Josie B- for a detailed Explanation text on the life cycle of a butterfly! Israel L- for improved focus on the floor and remaining on task to complete activities! |
| Year 3 |
Maksim S - for his magnificent persuasive text writing Kaidence G - for writing excellent PEEL paragraphs about the Great Barrier Reef Christopher H - for his enthusiastic approach to all learning activities |
| Year 4 |
Thea W - for consistently being a role model of respect, responsibility and resilience. Sophia T - for consistently applying feedback to improve her work. Ariana C - for showing great self-discipline in being focused and on task. |
| Year 5 |
Hope H - for excellent use of new vocabulary during writing lessons. Gabi K - for her outstanding attitude towards her learning. Luka S - for showing great skill when practicing short division this week. |
| Year 6 |
Dylan S - for working very well as a team during the OLV Fun Fair. Beautiful to see! Leisha K - for always taking pride in her work. Virginia V - for valued participation in class discussions. |
| V & M Awards |
Kindergarten: James T for always helping his peers. Year 1: Hannah H for being a kind and caring member of year 1! Year 2: Sam C- being inclusive and playing fairly with others! Year 3: Josie B. for always being kind, caring and considerate of others Year 4: Afia O for showing fairness and respect to all. Year 5: Toma V for helping out the teachers and doing additional jobs without being asked. Year 6: Ashton F for being a kind and great role model towards students during the OLV Fun Fair. |
| Lexia Awards |
Caleb S - Level 4 Nikita P - Level 6 Ivy L - Level 1 Oriana H - Level 8 Evette C - Level 6 Luca S - Level 4 |
INFANTS LEAGUE TAG GALA
Many of our Stage One children will be participating in the League Tag Gala being run by the NRL. It will be a great day of fun and exercise for the children. The parent FACE group are subsidising a bus to transport the children to and from the event. The cost for each child will be $10 and this can be paid through COMPASS.
We would like to wish the following children a Happy Birthday.
| Kindergarten | |
| Year 1 | Jesa S, Evie C, Hayden M |
| Year 2 | Theo B |
| Year 3 | Matilda B |
| Year 4 | Amerti S |
| Year 5 | Kasey S |
| Year 6 | Ashton F, Heath F |
Congratulations and we hope you had a happy day
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