NEWSLETTER
Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Last week we had 22 parents attend our first Play is the Way Parent Night.
Lara, one of our mums, wrote the following:
Wilson McCaskill’s dynamic Play is the Way session last night was a real eye
opener. I was already aware of the posters and their messages through my kids (Yrs 1 & 2), but I
found it useful to view them in the broader context of changes happening in education theory and
curriculum development. My most valuable ‘takeaway’ point was that school is
not just about learning to make a living, it’s about learning to make a life. This
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means that early education needs to help develop many of the social and
November 7,
behavioural skills that underpin the ability to operate successfully in the world,
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beyond the nuts and bolts of reading, writing and arithmetic. The interactive
Coleridge will be
visiting the Parish
nature of this workshop also gave parents a taste of what it feels like to be a
and School. This is
child negotiating the challenges of new information, unpredictable friends, and
the weekend of
having to ‘be brave’ and do things they’re deeply uncomfortable doing – all
the Jubilee. We
day, every day! No wonder they get cranky sometimes! I would certainly
are hoping as
attend a follow up session down the track if the school is able to provide one.
many as possible
Thanks again,
will join us for
Lara
mass on Sunday
th
You can catch some of Wilson’s information on Youtube. Type in “Wilson
McCaskill Play is the Way.”
We will certainly be inviting Wilson back to work with parents again in 2015.
Be well,
JP
John Parkinson| Principal
[email protected]
I don’t come to school to be better than others.
I come to school to better myself by being able to work with others.
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9 and the
Carnival
afterwards.
Dear Parents,
On Sunday we heard a beautiful Gospel from Matthew 22:34-40. The message is as clear for us
today as it was for the Pharisees at the time.
The Greatest Commandment
When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and
one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in
the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first
commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ On these
two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
This Friday is Bandanna Day we will have a whole school liturgy at 9am. Each year we remember
OLW student Dane Lewis a former student who had leukaemia, and who passed away in 2002 when
he was in Year 7. The Dane Lewis Memorial Award for Excellence in Communication is presented to
a student on Bandanna Day. Bandannas are for sale in the office for $4.00, all students are invited
to wear a bandanna on Friday.
October is Mission Month a time to focus on the work of Catholic Mission in our World. We are
running out of October days, so our Mission free dress day is this Friday 31st October. Please ensure
children come in sun safe clothing (including broad brimmed hat for playtime) and closed in
footwear for safety. A gold coin donation will go to Catholic Mission.
Enjoy the week ahead.
Kind Regards,
Jo
BANDANNA DAY – Friday, 31 October
The office has Bandannas ($4) and pens ($3) for sale. This yearly fundraising is to help support
young people living with cancer.
If any families will be leaving the school at the end of the year please see the office
for an exit form to complete and return as soon as possible.
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Coming Events
Date
Event
Friday, 31 October
Friday, 31 October
Sunday, 9 November
Bandanna Day
Free Dress Day (Gold Coin Donation)
Parish and School Jubilee Mass 9am, Mini Carnival 10.30am
PLEASE REMEMBER WE ARE AN ALLERGY AWARE SCHOOL.
Please ensure NO NUT products are included in your child’s lunch box, ie: Peanut Butter, Nutella or Muesli
bars that may contain nuts.
What are we learning about?
Prep C
Prep F
Prep L
1F
Year 1F have been learning about the sound ‘kn’ in English, fractions in Maths, throwing and
bouncing a ball in PE and how to write cat and dog in Italian.
1L
This week 1L have been learning spelling words with ‘nk’. They have been learning to share and
to find words in the dictionary. The learning intention is to try and spell all the words right, be
able to read as a group and to share correctly.
2F
In 2F they have been learning how to add and subtract different numbers in Maths. In Science
they are learning to mix different chemicals together. In English they are learning about different
poems and in History they are learning about different countries and how they celebrate
Christmas. Olivia and Kiera
2L
2L have been learning division and multiplication in Maths. Year 2L have also been learning
about Christmas in the Philippines with the success criteria is to do a power point, symbol, title
and greeting. Keely and Bianca
2C
This week 2C has learnt about poetry, Christmas in Australia and Division in Maths. The success
criteria was to think about people celebrating Christmas in different ways and to learn how to
divide the amount of blocks to understand division. Taylah
3F
3L
45F
45L
In Science 4/5L has been doing as assessment on a planet of their choice. In English they have
been learning how to write poems and types of poems. They have been doing a Maths booklet
and completed five pages on Thursday.
45C
67C
67L
67F
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Commendations are decided by the class community. They are awarded to community members who
demonstrate high levels of contribution to the physical and emotional safety of the class and school
community.
Commendations were awarded to:
PrepC
PrepF
PrepL
1F
1L
2C
2F
2L
3F
3L
4/5C
4/5F
4/5L
6/7C
6/7F
6/7L
Simone, Henry
Jamie, Amalia, Bryce
Isaiah, Amber, Alice, Violet, Ariel, Riley, Daniel
Sophia, Caitlyn
Leo, Jonathan
Ryan, Laura
Jada, Molly, James
Cadence, Aida
Jack, Daniel, Rebecca
Harrison
SWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS – 24 October 2014
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Wilson (Red)
Dalaipi (Gold)
Murrumba (Blue)
Delaney (Green)
Thank you to Mrs Oates and everyone involved in organising the event and helping make the day a
success.
SCHOOL BANKING - Each Tuesday
The School Banking competition for Term 4 is up and running. Each time you make a deposit through School
Banking before 30th November, you will receive one entry into the competition draw. There are 40 Go Pro
HERO3 White Edition Cameras and 150 Slip n Slide Double Wave Riders to be won.
In addition to this, the Commonwealth Bank is currently running a “Search for Australia’s Smart School
Savers” competition. Parents can visit www.commbank.com.au/smartschoolsavers before 31st October
2014 to have their child describe in 50 words or less what they are saving for and how they plan to achieve
it. This competition is open to all children aged between 5 and 12 years of age (not just School Bankers).
Prizes include one national prize of $1000 to help a lucky student kick-start their savings, and iPads for six
regional winners and their schools
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TUCKSHOP
Thank you to all the families who have signed up to online ordering. It is the easiest way to place your
tuckshop order and keep up to date with new items added to the
menu. www.tuckshop.schoolshoponline.net.au/ourladyoftheway/index.aspx
FROM THE OFFICE
SCHOOL FEES – Term 4 school fees were mailed home on Friday.
If you have not received your account
please contact Helen. Term 3 school fees are now overdue. Please pay as a matter of urgency. Please
contact Helen Low if you have any queries regarding fees.
It is important that your contact details are kept up to date, especially phone numbers. If any of this
information has changed please contact the office.
ACCESS FROM REID STREET
Please note there will be no access from Reid Street between the hours of 8.30am and 2.30pm. For the
safety of our children this gate will be locked.
SKOOLBAG
Just a reminder that Our Lady of the Way now has our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to
help us communicate more effectively with our parent community. We are asking parents to install
our Skoolbag School App. To install it, just search for our school name “Our Lady of the Way Petrie”
in either the Apple App Store, or Google Play Store.
UNIFORM SHOP
Uniform Shop will be offering a layby plan from now to the end of Term 4 for anyone interested in
purchasing new uniforms for next year. A minimum of $20 will be required if payments are made by Eftpos
or credit card and all accounts must be finalised and collected by the close of trade in December 2014. If you
are interested, please call into the uniform shop to discuss further.
Regards
Maria McAllister (uniform shop manager)
Please ensure all items of your children’s school uniform (hats, jumpers etc) are clearly marked with their
name. We have a large amount of clothing in lost property that is not named and therefore unable to be
returned to the correct students. Also please name lunch boxes and drink bottles.
Also the sick bay is running short of old uniforms to lend out when students have had accidents or are sick.
If anyone has any old sports shorts in any size they can donate, please leave at the school office.
Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School|38 Armstrong Street, Petrie QLD 4502
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P&F FUNDRAISING NEWS
NEXT P&F MEETING – 18th November 2014 7pm
Mini Jubilee Carnival
Notes are regularly going home with requests for donations. Don’t worry if you missed the earlier notes, we
are happy to receive more donated items.
Date
TERM 3
Week 7
Stall
Donations
Raffle Consolation Prizes
Weeks 8
Pick a stick
Cake / Sweets / Jams & Chutneys
Grocery Wheel
Preloved Toys
Raffle prizes / vouchers
Bags of wrapped sweets / lollies
Novelties / stationery
Return of note regarding baking
Grocery items – non perishable
Preloved toys
Art Works
Books CDs DVDs
Teddy Bear Cottage
Chocolate Toss
Raffle
Student Art
Preloved Books CDs DVDs
Dressed up bears
Chocolate bars
Finalise the tickets
Weeks 9
Week 10
TERM 4
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Carnival raffle tickets were sent home in the last week of Term 3. If you have not received your raffle tickets
please let us know ASAP. Also all raffle tickets need to be returned sold or unsold to the office by Friday 31st
October (this FRIDAY).
Plastic shopping bags we are on the hunt for plastic shopping bags. Please send them to school on
Thursdays and Fridays leading up to the carnival.
Volunteer’s notes were sent home last week asking for volunteers for the sausage sizzle and selling tickets
for the jumping castle, slide and dunking machine and also for the baking stall and Teddy Bear Cottage. If
you are not a baker and are willing to donate baking ingredients (eg flour and sugar), please send a note into
office labelled bake stall.
Donations we need more donations for the grocery wheel eg: pancake mix, cake mix, lollies and packets of
chips. No more cans of food are needed. We have been asking for volunteers and donations for several
items (please see list above). If you have missed any requests and would still like to donate please do so. All
donations are welcome. Also we will be asking for some OLW Dads for help out with the school sausage
sizzle on the day.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Jodie Culver at [email protected].
P & F Committee would like to thank you all for the ongoing support.
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INFORMATION FROM THE OFFICE
Absenteeism
In the event of a child’s absence, please telephone our absentee line on 3285 2977 option 1 and leave a
message. A telephone call is necessary from parents explaining the reason. On the return to school we ask
for a written note for teachers’ records.
Signing In and Out Procedures
If students arrive after 8.40am we ask the adult along with the child to go directly to the school office. The
adult will be asked to sign the Late Student Sign-In Register.
When students leave early the adult is asked to go to the school office to sign the student out in the Student
Leaving Early Register prior to collection. The office will contact the classroom and the child will be collected
from the office. If another adult is collecting a child we ask for the school office to be contacted.
Visitors and Parent Helpers
Volunteers, Visitors and Parent helpers who are working or visiting our school are asked to sign in and out of
the Visitor’s Register located at our school office.
All Volunteers are asked to read and complete the School Volunteer Requirement Pack and hold a current
Volunteer Blue Card.
School Hours
8.15 am
School Office Opens
8.10 am
Before School Supervision Begins
8.30 am
Bell to move to classroom
8.30am
10.30am
11.10am
1.10pm
1.40pm
2.50pm
First Session of Learning
First Lunch Break
Middle Session of Learning
Second Lunch Break
Afternoon Session of Learning
School Day Concludes
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3.20pm
Student supervision concludes
3.30pm
School Office Closes
School Assemblies
Regularly held every Monday commencing at 2.30pm. Parents and caregivers are most welcome to attend.
School Uniform Shop
Monday mornings 8am – 9.30am
Thursday afternoons 2.30pm – 3.30pm
You may have accidently taken home someone else’s school gear. Please check your gear/hats at
home and return any ‘lost property’ to the school office. Thank You! Parents are welcome to
check through our green ‘lost property’ bin at any time. It is located outside the school office.
Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School|38 Armstrong Street, Petrie QLD 4502
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Every Friday morning in the after school care building,
for children younger than school age
Fun activities
Play dough
Story time
Sing-a-long
Make and do
Craft
Painting
Join us for a fun morning together from 8.30 10.30am. BYO morning tea and please sign in at the
school office. Looking forward to
seeing you there!1
Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School|38 Armstrong Street, Petrie QLD 4502
P: (07) 3285 2977|F: (07) 3285 5333| E: [email protected] | W: www.ourladyoftheway.qld.edu.au