Our Lady of The Visitation
Catholic School
Preschool – Year 7
433 Victoria Road
Taperoo SA 5017
Telephone: (08) 8248 2480
Fax: (08) 8341 9456
Email: [email protected]
Welcome Back
I would like to use this opportunity to welcome you to the new school year. I trust that you had a
restful holiday and I know that you probably breathed a huge sigh of relief when the start of school
came around. It was great to see so many smiling faces in the yard on Monday morning, where great
excitement, laughter, some anxiety and a few tears filled the air (from parents not students!).
I hope that the new families and new staff feel settled here at OLV. I have been appointed as
continuing Principal here at Our Lady of the Visitation and I am honoured to take on this role and I do
so knowing that we are entrusted with a great responsibility in moulding young lives into successful
adults.
My goal is two-fold: assist children develop socially/emotionally and to pursue academic excellence.
The staff and I are committed to providing all that is necessary to achieve these goals. One of the
most important components of a good school is the partnership between the school and parents
who work together for the best interest of students. A close partnership between home and school
is one that will afford our students the best possible model for success. Commitment to achieve the
best for our students is the key to our success with the students we teach. It is the hope of the staff
that all parents will help us fulfil this commitment to excellence on behalf of ALL students at Our Lady
of the Visitation School. School and home must work together to build skills and knowledge,
reinforce values, and develop a strong sense of self-worth.
I look forward to a blessed and exciting 2017.
Parent Information Sessions
Tuesday 7 February
R/1 & Yr 6/7 at 6.30 – 7.30
&
Wednesday 8 February
Yr 2/3 & Yr 4/5 at 6.30 – 7.30
All parents are expected to attend this evening.
Next week on Tuesday & Wednesday, all classes will have “Parent Information Sessions” to outline
the class structures and routines. Attendance of these sessions is essential for all families to listen to
information on how the class will operate for 2017.
New Students
We welcome our new students and families to the Our Lady of the Visitation School community and
we trust that their time with us is full of rich and rewarding experiences. Our new students are:
Nyalueth Akuei, Alysia Baldacchino, Chloe Barrow, Lucas Bonney, Tyler Boyd, Alexis Braddock, Eli
Clarke, Caitlyn Feuerherdt, McKinley Gallagher, Savannah Gourlay, Kain Huart, Alexandra Jackson,
Ajok Kuir, Mercedes Lane, Amelia Lewis, Jayson Mallett, Brooke Mansell, Drew Matthews, Sienna
McCormick, Jonathan McGlade, Bailee Millard, Natalija Novikov, Jack Page, Kobe Piercy, Adriano
Santoro, Josipa Svilicic, Zamara Turley, Aaron Van Der Ploeg, Blake Wadrop, Tristan Wardrop, Libby
Zanoni, Leonardo Ziernicki
Welcome to new staff
I welcome Bianca Bruno (APRIM) to our school. Bianca will be replacing Louise Sortino who retired at
the end of 2016. Bianca is an experienced educator and comes to us from St Teresa’s Brighton.
Bianca has a passion for learning and a contemporary knowledge of church and its role in our lives.
Bianca will work on Monday and Tuesdays.
We welcome back to OLV Cristian Morgado. Cristian will be teaching LOTE (Italian) in 2017. Cristian
has been working at several other Catholic schools in the CNWC in recent years. Cristian will be
teaching Italian on Wednesdays (Semester 1 Year 4 – 7 & Semester 2 Rec – 3).
Both Bianca and Cristian have all settled in to our school well and I wish them a successful and
rewarding time with us.
Beginning Year Mass
Our Beginning of Year Mass for 2017 will be held on Tuesday 14 February at 9.30. This is a great way
to formally start our school year. Parents are invited to attend.
Well Being Day / Picnic – Friday 10 February
All classes are currently doing a unit of work titled, Belonging, Connecting and Relating. As we begin
the new school year, with students having a new teacher and in new classes it is important for them
to connect as a class, establish new routines and procedures feel part of the class group. The topics
for this unit have been taken from several curriculum areas which have similar themes.
To conclude this unit of work we will have a Well Being Day (Friday 10 February) – this will involve a
series if activities in groups from Reception to Year 7 which will be fun and enjoyable for students.
We will also have a picnic lunch on the oval with Buddy classes.
2017 School Calendar of Events
Being sent home today is a 2017 School Calendar of Events. This is so parents can make plans to
attend events which involve their children. There may be times when changes to this calendar may
be made. These changes will be communicated well in advance. Please place this calendar in a
prominent place.
Please note that in 2017, the start of each term will be on the Monday after the holidays and the two
pupil free days will be the Friday prior to the Adelaide Cup and Queen’s Birthday long weekends.
2017 Assembly Roster
Assemblies are on Friday at 9.15 and this year there has been a slight change in that they will be held
in the even weeks of term. Parents are always welcome to attend our assembly’s.
Term 1
Week 2
Senior Unit (Mrs Ida & Mr Long)
Week 4
Year 2/3 G (Ms McCormack / Mrs Madden)
Week 6
NO ASSEMBLY (Pupil Free Day)
Week 8
Year 2/3 R Mrs Nunez
Week 10
Senior Unit (Mrs Ida & Mr Long)
Fire Drill
Tomorrow we will hold an Evacuation Procedure prior to recess. On Monday all students (School &
Preschool) were spoken to about the different bells and their sounds. The Fire Evacuation Bell is a
“whoop whoop” sound and the Lock down bell are continuous blasts. If you are on the school
premises and hear the Fire Alarm, please follow the Evacuation plan or follow staff directions. Our
Evacuation point is to the oval, so make your way safely out onto the oval.
It is important to practice this evacuation in the event of an incident.
Regards
Mr Frank DeTullio
Principal