CONDOLENCES

It was a very sad weekend for our staff and community. On Saturday, Mrs Deegan’s Grandmother passed away and on Sunday Mr Moran’s mother also passed away.

We ask you keep both our teachers and their families in your prayers and thoughts and grant them God’s strength and peace as they grieve through this difficult time.

Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May their souls and all the souls of the faithfully departed,

Rest in Peace.

THANK YOU

A big thank you to everyone that made my day last Friday. Mr V day was certainly very appreciated.

NEW PRINCIPAL VISIT

Our school’s new Principal, Mr David Treloar, will be visiting over the coming weeks to meet the students and staff. We plan to hold a morning Tea in the hall for anyone who would like to meet him before he commences in 2025 (please look out for a Compass notification regarding the date and time). David will also be online to say hello at the next FACE meeting on Monday 25 November.

PUPIL FREE DAY

A reminder that the school will be closed on Friday 15 November for a Pupil Free Day. Staff will be working with Craig Moore to develop our Behaviour Response Continuumn which is our next step in our PB4L Framework design. Look out for more details regarding this!

 

PUBLIC SPEAKING

A big shout out the Allison in Year 3 who competed in the Diocesan Finals of the Public Speaking competition. She did wonderfully well and wowed everyone with her speech!

Whilst not in the top three, we are immensely proud of Allison’s achievement to get to the final. 

REMEBRANCE DAY

We will be commemorating Remembrance Day on Monday at 8:50am. Year 5 will lead the liturgy in the Hall.

Our School Captains will be accompanying Mr V at the Shortland Memorial Grove for the 11am service.

All are invited to attend either ceremony.

KINDER ORIENTATION

We are certainly getting excited about welcoming our 2025 cohort for Kindergarten at our first Kinder Orientation on Thursday 7 November. Year 5 have done some prep work to welcome them to our community. The orientation begins at 9:30am in the hall.

Kinder will also be involved with a short performance to welcome our newbies as well. The 2025 Kinders will meet their buddies from year 5 who will spend the morning with them in the Kinder classroom. Parents will meet in the hall to have a basic induction followed by morning tea.

We are looking for a parent to welcome the new families and maybe give a short explanation of how you can be involved in school life at OLV.

CHRISTMAS PARTY & CONCERT

Preparations are ramping up for our Christmas Party and mini concert on Tuesday 10 December. Some basic information: activities start at 4:30pm with Face Painting, Jumping Castle, BBQ and much more. The Christmas Carol concert will begin at 6:30pm and if the jolly man in the red suit can arrange some spare time, he might visit around 7:30pm. It’ll be a fun evening and all are invited. More details as we get closer.

The organisers are looking for some more helpers and if you would like to help, you can contact Lyndall Martinelli.