Newsletter 7, Term 1, 2021
Friday 12th March The Fast Life Dear Lord, Help us to,
Fast from judging others; Feast on Christ dwelling in them.
Fast from fear of illness; Feast on the healing power of God.
Fast from words that pollute; Feast on speech that purifies.
Fast from discontent; Feast on gratitude.
Fast from anger; Feast on patience.
Fast from pessimism; Feast on hope.
Fast from negatives; Feast on encouragement.
Fast from bitterness; Feast on forgiveness.
Fast from self-concern; Feast on compassion.
Fast from suspicion; Feast on truth.
Fast from gossip; Feast on purposeful silence.
Fast from problems that overwhelm; Feast on prayer that sustains.
Fast from anxiety; Feast on faith.
Amen
Dear Parents/Carers,
Next week is Student Wellbeing Week at OLHC, this is a new initiative. All students will have the opportunity to take part in focussed lessons relating to personal wellbeing. All Reading, Writing,
Religion, Inquiry and Specialist lessons will integrate the day’s wellbeing themes, as seen below:
Mon 15th - Self Awareness and Appreciation Day Tues 16th - OLHC RU OK Day
Wed 17th - Joyful Acts of Kindness Day Thurs 18th - Gratitude Thursday
Fri 19th - Mindfulness FriYAY! National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence
(Wear a touch of ORANGE with your school uniform).
Now more than ever adults and children are needing some support in ways to handle
themselves, their relationships and their learning.
When everyone develops their skills in anyone of these areas, this can lead to more positive learning and life experiences for all.
Student Wellbeing Week is aimed to begin some healthy wellbeing practices focussing on both adults and children taking ownership of their own mental health and wellbeing.
Things to know:
Friday 19th March is the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence (NDA). Students will be taking part in a lesson relating to this and will wear some ORANGE as a symbol to highlight the initiative Bullying No Way. Please allow your child to wear a touch of orange with their school uniform to support this cause.
If you need some further support in managing your child’s wellbeing, please contact
[email protected] OR you may find the following links useful. Please be mindful your child is supervised by an adult if using these resources as well:
● Smiling Minds
● Kids Help Line
● 10 books to help children with their emotions
● Cosmic Kids Yoga Thankyou,
Ms Bridget
Reminder Confirmation Family Night
Reminder our Confirmation Family Night will be held at the Centenary Centre on Thursday the 18th of March. Please attend the session you have booked.
Session 1 6.00pm - 6.50pm Session 2 7.00pm - 7.50pm.
Reminder OLHC Easter Raffle
Please ensure your donations are handed into the office. Tickets are to be returned no later than Tuesday the 30th of March. Extra tickets can be obtained from the front office, and the raffle will be drawn at 12.30pm on Thursday, 1st April, 2021.
Please see the flyer below for more details.
Families are welcome to attend this event.
Reminder Second Hand Uniform Shop
Second hand uniforms will be sold on Thursday 18/3/21 from 2.30pm-3.30pm outside the Library.
Our friendly parents will be happy to support you with your purchase. All items require a gold coin donation.
The school is currently not accepting any more uniform donations until further notice, as we have an abundance of pre-loved uniforms.
Parent Association
2021 Class Parent Representatives
One class still requires a Class Parent Rep. If you are interested in being the Parent Rep for 5L please email the Parent Association at [email protected].
Thank you,
Michelle Piccolotto (President)
Reminder Special Lunch Day
We will be holding a Sushi Lunch Day on Thursday the 31st of March, all orders must be placed by Thursday the 25th of March via My School
Connect. Please see the attached flyer for details.
Prep 2022 Enrolments
This is a call out to all our current families who may have a 4 or 5 year old child due to start school next year. Please contact Cathy, our Registrar, by email:
[email protected] or visit the office to register a Prep place and to obtain an application form.
Parent/Child/Principal Interviews will be held from week commencing 26th April (Week 2, Term 2) prior to posting out our Letters of Offer mid-May.
Similarly, if you know of any family, friends or neighbours who would like to enrol at our school, please spread the word. Our next school tour is Thursday, 25th March at 11.30am. All welcome.
Parade Secondary College
Parade College Family Tours have been really well attended recently, so they have announced some further dates for Term 2, see below.
Although we have 2 at Preston (Fri 12/3 & Mon 22/3) and 1 at Bundoora (Wed 24/3) remaining for this term, the available spots are filling fast.
Parade College Open Day Sunday 21 March.
Parade College - Term 2 Family Tour Dates
Week 2 – Tues 27 April – Preston, Wed 28 April – Bundoora Week 4 – Tues 11 May – Preston,
Wed 12 May – Bundoora Week 5 – Tue 18 May – Preston, Fri 21 May – Bundoora Week 7 – Tue 1 June – Preston, Fri 4 June – Bundoora Week 8 – Mon 7 June – Preston,
Tues 8 June – Bundoora Week 10 – Tues 22 June – Preston, Wed 23 June – Bundoora
School Captains Hopes for 2021
As we look forward to creating more opportunities for student voice we would like to share with you the voices of our Captains as they express their views on how we can improve the learning experiences for all at Our Lady Help of Christians. We look forward to working with our Captains, their contribution to the school over the course of the year will be beneficial to all.
Isla V (School Captain)
I have many hopes for the future at Our Lady’s for 2021. I have numerous ideas which would make our school a better learning environment for us all. Some of my hopes and ideas for the future include having more murals on display and having our clubs reopen!
My first proposal/idea is for us to have more murals painted around the school. This would mean we would have a very welcoming environment, where everyone feels involved/included in our school community. The murals may consist of vivid colours and may convey a specific moral. We could have our students contribute to painting these murals, so we have our school communities input as well. We do have quite a few artworks already presented around the school as well as a mural in the Northern Playground and I believe having more of these murals around the school wouldn’t just provide a welcoming feeling but also have students elevated and thrilled about contributing to these murals which will be on display around the school.
My second proposal/idea is for us to have our clubs open up again, with more to offer and having them run efficiently. This would provide more to do during recess and lunch breaks and entertainment for those who might not have found a friend or just want something relaxing to do! This would provide us with a cheerful school atmosphere and delight the students. We have had our clubs run before and they were quite successful so I hope we can reinforce these clubs and make them even more enjoyable for all our students.
Domenic H (School Captain)
As a School Captain, I already have countless hopes to make this school even more welcoming and make people feel more delighted about learning at this school. I hope that people here can enjoy learning here as much as I had enjoyed it during my time here. I feel strongly that we could make students feel more excited to learn by encouraging teachers and students to decorate their classroom and make all students feel more comfortable in their learning environment. The Year 6 leaders and teachers could set up more clubs at recess and lunchtime that could include things that would make children more social with their classmates and have more fun during their time here.
We could grow some crops in Parusolo’s Patch and all work together to help make the plants grow.
During the current Coronavirus pandemic, it is quite
hard for students to stay healthy at school. Due to that, we should put more hand sanitiser stations around the school for students before they have their lunch or have been playing outside. As a school, it would be a very good idea if we were all to help out in our community more. We could help out by doing a park cleanup once a month. When the pandemic settles, we should have more excursions to local places, such as the Merri Creek and learn about the bacteria and what lives around those areas. We could have some incursions during the year to keep things exciting and help kids have more fun. We could all contribute to helping this school and helping each other on the way.
Fred B (Vice Captain)
As the active Vice Captain of OLHC I have many hopes for our school that would make it an even better place . As we all know everything can become better than it already is and as Vice Captain I have a few hopes that would make our school better in the classroom and outside in the yard . My first hope for OLHC is to reintroduce clubs and other group activities . If this was incorporated into our school structure it may give children who do not want to play as active games at recess and lunch a chance to relax but still socialise with others. One of my other hopes for OLHC is to see the increase of inclusive play in the playground . Another hope for our school is to see the restoration of excursions and outside of school projects. This would mean Interschool sports, where OLHC could restart the reign of undefeated champions of 2019.
An additional hope for this school would be making it more inviting. Things that would fall under that category would be putting up colourful murals and attractive pictures that would make students feel happy and give them a good attitude towards the day. I have many more hopes for our school and these are just a few of them. Hopefully these ideas will contribute in making our school even better than it is.
Christen M (School Vice Captain)
As a Vice Captain I believe that our school should strive to be the best it could possibly be. Nothing is perfect as we all know but as the Captains work together we believe we can listen to people and make sure we can get the school to be the best it can. I feel that the students in the classroom should work together in an assembly of people. This is so
we can interact with other students, build up our social skills and learn to work in a group with people we aren’t familiar with. If we do some of the following things we can learn to work with other people who have different learning styles.
I believe that going on more excursions would help the children of this school to find themselves in the world and discover new things that they have never experienced before. By going on excursions we are able to touch, feel and listen. This helps students to learn visually rather than from a screen. From this learning it brings a better understanding of the topic and helps classroom discussions.
Murals also help to create a welcoming and inviting environment for new students and families. This is due to the fact that they can help new students feel comfortable while entering into a new environment.
By using our welcoming attitudes and our colourful murals this can help boost the mood of all.
I hope that these ideas promote a greater learning experience for all at OLHC.
School Fees
2021 1st Instalment now past due 1/03/21 1 CHILD $ 950
2 CHILDREN $1,370 3 CHILDREN $1,790
For those students new to 2021, that have made a prepayment back in 2020, the first instalment reduces down by $420.
THERE WILL BE NO ACCOUNTS ISSUED TO FAMILIES. Should you wish to receive a copy of your account please email your request to [email protected] and I would be happy to send you out an account.
Thank you to those families that have paid in a timely manner.
Should you wish to pay directly into the School's bank account the details are
Account Name OLHC BSB 083 347
ACCOUNT NUMBER 649 369 574
Please remember to include your child's surname in the description of the deposit so that I can identify the correct family.
Debbie Ceravolo (Bursar)
Student Awards
A huge congratulations to the following children on receiving Student of the Week Awards. We thank all of you for making OLHC such a thriving learning community.
Name Class Awarded for...
Vivienne W
PA For being such a kind and welcoming friend by including people in your games. Thank you for being a great example to others by listening and always trying your best in all activities. Keep it up!
Jasmine S PR Being such an enthusiastic learner and always trying your best in every activity.
I’m so proud of all the learning you have been doing. Well done superstar!
Lily L 1S For always displaying excellent manners. You are always listening, following instructions and go out of your way to help others.
Your welcoming personality is a wonderful addition to our class.
Stevie T 1V For being such a gentle and caring student in 1V. You are constantly making others happy. Thank you for the kindness you show to everyone everyday. Our class is much brighter with you in it. Well done Stevie!
Dagi T 2B For approaching every day with enthusiasm,
cheerfulness and a
willingness to do her best.
Keep up the amazing effort Dagi!
Erica M 2H For making an extra big effort with her handwriting and for finding new ways to
challenge herself. You can be a hardworking and determined learner, Erica!
Well done.
Vivienne K 3J For her beautiful manners and the way she takes pride in her work.
James K 3K For working extra hard on his handwriting task this week. You were focused and tried your best. Well done. Keep it up!
Abdul A 3S Always giving learning tasks his best effort! As well as showing great acts of kindness and
encouragement towards others.
Keenan K 4M Being a responsible learner and always being a kind friend in our Year 4M class.
Alessia L 4S Being a great friend and student to her peers and teacher in 4S. You show determination in your learning and that is a wonderful trait to have!
Gisele M 5A For your fantastic leadership abilities. You are
a wonderful influence on those around you and are constantly displaying integrity and strong communication skills in all your experiences.
Samuel H 5L Has worked so well in class this week and presented an engaging task on
Citizenship on the interactive whiteboard.
Aurora D 6A For pushing herself with her persuasive writing task and displaying a growth mindset.
Keep it up!
Isla T 6H For always trying her best as shown by her
enthusiastic participation in all class activities and her continuous persistence and effort.
Term 1 Dates 2021
Monday 15/3/21 PA Meeting 7.00pm
Wednesday 17/3/21 1S Assembly at 2.45pm.
Thursday 18/3/21 Schoolhand Uniform Shop, 2.30pm-3.30pm outside the Library.
Thursday 18/3/21 Confirmation Family Night.
Session 1 - 6.00pm-6.50pm Session 2 - 7.00pm-7.50pm
Sunday 21/3/21 Sacrament of Confirmation, OLHC Church at 3.30pm.
Wednesday 24/3/21 1V Assembly at 2.45pm.
Thursday 25/3/21 Year 6 Graduation Committee Meeting 9.05am.
Friday 26/3/21 - School Closure Day (Staff developing Vision) - No students to attend.
Tuesday 30/3/21 Sacrament of Reconciliation OLHC Church at 6.00pm and 7.15pm.
Wednesday 31/3/21 PA Special Lunch Day.
Wednesday 31/3/21 2B Assembly at 2.45pm.
Thursday 1/4/21 Holy Thursday Easter Liturgy at 9.15 am, Easter Raffle at 12.30pm in the middle yard. Term 1 concludes at 1.00pm.
Kind regards, Ms Maree McIntosh
PRINCIPAL
2021 Easter Raffle
The OLHC Easter Raffle is on again!
A reminder, extra tickets can be obtained from the front office, and the raffle will be drawn at 12.30pm on Thursday, 1st April, 2021.
We would also once again appreciate each family’s support in the way of an easter egg donation of any shape or size (No Nuts please) for the prize draw! Please hand your egg/s into the school office by Friday 26th March. We thank you for your anticipated support in helping us organise a successful raffle!
Please return all raffle tickets and money to school no later than Tuesday, 30th March in an envelope clearly marked with your family name and total $ enclosed.
Thank you,
OLHC Parents and Friends Association
This is a paid advertisement in the school newsletter. It is not a school endorsement.
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