Issue No. 13, 13 May 2015
NAPLAN
Yrs 3 & 5
13th, 14th May
Gala Sport Yr 3-6
Commences Fri 15th May
(6 weeks)
Zone Cross Country
Wed 20th May
Yr 4 Rural Discovery Day
Thurs 21st May
Yr 1 Assembly
Fri 22nd May
Yr 3 Excursion GOMA
Tues 26th May
OLA Community Fes-val
7th June 2015
Link to:
Enoggera Parish
Newsle1er
(Control Click to access)
Dear Parents,
Cross Country
Our annual Cross Country was a great day.
All children cheered hard, ran hard and
showed terrific sportsmanship and team
spirit. Congratula+ons
to Kenny (Gold) and all
the age champions.
Thank you to all the
parents and teachers
who helped prepare
the cross country
track.
Age Champions for Cross Country
Congratula+on to the following age
champions:
Harry Cootes Prep Boys
Lilla Ribot-De-Bresac Prep Girls
Hayden Ossington Yr 1 Boys
Georgia Campion Yr 1 Girls
Archie Lumer 7yr Boys
Ma#lda Cur#s 7yr Girls
Samson Kirisome 8yr Boys
Nyauong Nhial 8yr Girls
Cooper Guise 9yr Boys
Ciara Hill 9yr Girls
Gerard Sheehan 10yr Boys
Dana Gronbach 10yr Girls
Theodore Hoffman yr 11 Boys
Tayla Bamforth 11yr Girls
Lochlin Begbie Yr 12 Boys
Laura Galloway Yr 12 Girls
Trophies will be presented at assembly on
the 22nd May 2015.
School Assembly
Due to Gala Sport Friday assembly will be
held in the a5ernoon commencing at
2.20pm.
Gala sport is for all children in years 3 to 6.
Teams play against other Catholic schools in
our Zone and learn the rudiments of team
sports. Yr 3 will par+cipate in AFL at Mo9
Street, Yr 4 Soccer - venue tba, Yr 5 Netball
at Downey Park, Yr 6 Touch Football at West
Mitchelton Ruby League Grounds. The
children play team sports for the next 6
weeks on Friday mornings.
Choir News
Yesterday some children from our choirs
sang the Na+onal Anthem at the opening
ceremony of the new Everton Park
Woolworths. The choir sang beau+fully and
were a real credit to themselves and our
school.
All choir notes are now available on the
Parent Portal. This means that if a child
misses out on a
note or loses
one, the
informa+on is
always readily
available.
Yr 6 Snippets
This week in year 6 we’ve been doing a few
tests and working on our skills in Japanese.
We’ve been looking at safety power points.
This week and the rest of the year you’ll see
the year 6’s in senior shirts as we received
them this week.
Parents are reminded that the Parent Portal
has a facility where you can update your
personal informa+on. The informa+on is
then forwarded to the school to make the
necessary changes.
New parents received their login and passwords at the
beginning of school year. When the parent portal was
launched in 2014 parents received an email with their
login in password. Unfortunately only 20% of parents are
using the parent portal. We encourage parents to login
and familiarise themselves with the portal and this
technology will gradually provide parents with more
informa+on which they can access 24/7. Teachers
endeavour to upload homework and notes to the portal
to ensure parents have access to these as we appreciate
notes etc do not always make their way home.
School Photos
These will be sent home with your child today. If you
have any ques+ons please contact Advanced Life
Photography directly on 1300 728 972.
Defence New
As a school community we would like to send care
packages to our Defence Parents serving overseas. In
order to do this we need dona+ons and we are asking for
your assistance. Items that can be sent: toiletries,
sunscreen,chap s+ck, lo+ons, kleenex, magazines, word/
math puzzle books, hard candy, gatorade powder, instant
oatmeal in single serve packets, trail mix, dried fruit,
coffees, teas, microwave popcorn, jelly, chewing gum,
salsa, nuts peanut bu9er, beef jerky, milo, iced tea mix,
small ba9ery operated desk fan, tennis balls, hacky sacks,
card games, book light, newspapers, co9on socks, nerf
balls, frisbees, vegemite, comic books and cough drops.
Please do not send in aerosol items. All food must be in
sealed packets. I hope these sugges+ons help. Families
are welcome to write a le9er of support and
encouragement to our soldiers. I will include these in the
packages. Please leave these at the office in a plas+c bag
labelled 'Defence'. Friendship, Walking and Games Club
are in full swing. It’s nice to see so many of your
beau+ful children par+cipa+ng. Un+l next, week take
care. Janet Dyer DSTA
Worm Farm by Ava Cooper
Year 4 sells worm juice at Assembly each week. The cost
for 2 litres is $1. We donate the money collected to
Caritas. Worm juice is very good for your garden.
We feed the worms twice a week and they are fed
blended fruit and veggies. Some foods they don’t like are
citrus, onions and garlic. We have a roster to
feed, flush and pour the juice. The worm
farm is kept under the Year 6 staircase.
Mothers’ Day Stall 2015
What a great result for the Mothers’ Day Stall. It was
lovely to see the looks on the children’s faces as they
chose a gi5 for mum – some knew exactly what they
wanted, others were more discerning and others were
just excited to be choosing something on their very
own. We made a profit of $2,300 which I’m sure the P&F
will put to good use. Thank you to all those who so
generously gave dona+ons, there was a wonderful
selec+on for the children. Thank you to the ladies who
helped on the day – they made it run seamlessly and to
Gretchen Doolan who did such a wonderful job with the
newsle9er ads. Also thank you to the staff and teachers
for their assistance. Congratula+ons to the following
winners of the raffle which was drawn on Thursday
a5ernoon (the year 3s took it out!):
1. Jackson Regal 3H
2. Ma+lda White 3F
3. Chloe Bingley 3M
Thank you once again and I hope you enjoyed your
Mother’s Day.
Mara Fachin
Chocolate Dona-ons Needed
The Year 6 Chocolate Toss stall needs your support again this year.
Bring your chocolate block dona+ons to school
and give them to the year 6 students at the undercover each morning.
JUNIOR GIRLS:
Ma+lda Cur+s
Nyauong Nhial
Aoife Piipari
Lillian Co9er
Yve Campbell
Poppi Fraser
Reserves:
Zaylee Spohn
Sophie Griffin
Dallas Hill
Rinnistee Mahaffey
JUNIOR BOYS:
Samson Kirisome
Harry White
Ma9hew Toto
Max Page
Michael Collins
Hugh Roebig
Reserves:
Philip Pizimolas
Archie Lumer
Alex Lewandowski
Riley Larkings
INTERMEDIATE GIRLS:
Dana Gronbach
Ciarra Hill
Erin Roberts
Nicola Rzepka
Alyissa Spohn
Sofia Bardini
Reserves:
Indya Cobden
Chanel Willson
Keira Andretzke
Chole Tree
INTERMEDIATE BOYS:
Ged Sheehan
Mathish Jayalath Lokuge
Cooper Guise
Cohen Ossington
Darcey Olsen
Lochlan Ross
Reserves:
Kane McCarthy
Cole Miklashek
Kyle Bedford
Thomas Lumer
SENIOR GIRLS:
Tayla Bamforth
Anna Bardini
Bella Addison-Pamment
Tabatha Fachin
Caitlin Andretzke
Eli Thomas
Reserves:
Jacinda Kahn
Grace White
Cate Biddulph
Malaz Kodi
SENIOR BOYS:
Lochlin Begbie
Theo Hoffman
Vijeet Sharma
Nicholas Griffin
Rhys Syre9
Ryan Doolan
Reserves:
Ma9hew Kunst
Peter McCahon
Lachlan Holmes
Patrick Collins
A CAREER WORKSHOP FOR OLA MUMS – FREE INFO SESSION
As an ini+a+ve to support our families Our Lady of the
Assump+on Primary School is partnering with a local career coach
to offer CareerSmart Mums, a workshop which has proven
successful in suppor+ng mums considering returning to work
a5er a break. A one hour informa+on session will be held in June
for you to learn about the workshop, ask ques+ons, etc. It is
an+cipated that the workshop will be offered early in term 3.
Could CareerSmart Mums be what you need?
• Are you a mum thinking about going back to work but
wondering what you have to offer now?
• Do you need support iden+fying your skills, knowing how to
get a job or working out what direc+on to take?
• Does it feel like you’re the only one in this situa+on?
What to expect …
The workshop runs for two hours weekly over five weeks. During
the program you will undertake a range of ac+vi+es to enhance
self-awareness and confidence and build your knowledge of the
employment market. You will be introduced to a range of
resources to assist your career planning and you will develop
some prac+cal job search skills to maximise your ability to
successfully engage with work. You will iden+fy your transferable
skills and achievements which will look great on your new
resume.
By the end of the program your confidence and ability to plan a
career will have increased significantly and you will have ongoing
access to career support through the CareerSmart Mums
community including the private Facebook group hangout.
The cost of the five week workshop is $150 and a propor+on of
the fee will be disbursed to OLA as fundraising.
You can learn more on the a9ached flyer, by visi+ng the
CareerSmart Mums Facebook page h9ps://www.facebook.com/
CareerSmartMums and/or by viewing a past par+cipant video
tes+monial h9ps://vimeo.com/93248375 or h9ps://
vimeo.com/92721709
Following are the details for the informa+on session:
Dates: 9am-10am - Monday 15 June 2015
Venue: Good Sam Ac+vity Centre,
Our Lady of the Assump+on
RSVP: Donna Thistlethwaite 0419 120 601 or
donna@[email protected]
Zone Cross Country
Wednesday 20th May
Good Luck to the OLA Cross Country Team
P&FNews
On behalf of the P&F, a big thank you to Mara Fachin and her team for the Mother’s Day stall, held at OLA. The money raised
will be put to good use, not only for the early-year’s readers, but the longer term projects we have on the go.
At our last P&F meeting, conversations were held around the following topics:
• Thenewringroadandsafetyconcerns.
• Festival-fundsspendingattheschool.
• StrangerDanger-OLAisnowonthewaitlisttohavetheDanielMorcombeFoundationcomeandspeakwithour
children.
• TheOLAParentPortal,andaccesstoschoolinformationonline,includinghomework,classnews,etc.
• We’veinvitedKateJones,MPtoourAugustP&Fmeeting,subjecttohercalendarcommitments.Allwelcome,asusual.
We hope this gives you an insight to the topics covered. If you would like to join in the conversation, and have your say,
please join us. The OLA P&F provides an opportunity for parents to play an active part in their children’s education and the
school community. We meet the )irst Monday of the month in the staff room, at 7.30pm.
The new 2015 | 2016 Entertainment Books have
arrived!
An Entertainment book has been sent home with each family for you to check out. You can choose from the traditional Entertainment™ Book or the NEW Entertainment™ Digital Membership, which puts the value of the Book into your iPhone or Android smartphone! If you do not wish to purchase the
book please return it to the office by Friday, 1 May 2015.
Each membership has hundreds of 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for restau-
rants, cafés, attractions, hotels, shopping, groceries and travel and contain
over 2,000 offers that you can use whenever you like until 1st June 2016.
PLUS OLA retains 20% of the price of every Membership sold which
goes towards our fundraising!
Order now: http://www.entbook.com.au/2215c20
Mother’s Day Classic
A huge congratula+ons to all the members of the ‘OLA MUMS’ team that par+cipated in the Mother’s Day Classic event at South-
bank on Sunday. We had a team of 17 in the end, including not only Mums, but families too. Everyone completed their events and
it was a great day had by all. A special thanks to all those that helped fundraise for the team including family, friends and fellow
members of the school community. We loved the messages of support on our fundraising page. A massive ‘well done!’ as we have
so far managed to raise a whopping $655 (more than twice our target!) to go towards breast cancer research. The fundraising con-
+nues un+l May 15 so there’s a smidge more +me if you s+ll wish to make a dona+on. Just go to the link for the team:
h9ps://mdc.mothersdayclassic.com.au/
fundraising-team.php?id=58269
Many thanks again! Peta Keith
OLA FESTIVAL TRAILER RAFFLE
Parents are reminded that all sold and unsold +ck-
ets must be returned to the office by the 23nd
May.
Volunteers are desperately needed and the
spreadsheet for you to volunteer will be a9ached
to the email version of the Newsle9er. Please if
you can spare any +me nominate a +me and re-
turn the spreadsheet to the office.
As a busy parent it’s easy to give your voice a work out when you don’t get the coopera+on you want from your chil-
dren.
You know how it goes.
You want your son or daughter to give you some help and they don’t respond.
Perhaps, you want a child to stop annoying his or her sibling.
Or you simply want your kids to QUIETEN DOWN inside.
When your request for coopera+on is ignored.
So you do what over 90% of parents do. That is, you repeat yourself. Then if that’s s+ll ignored you RAISE the volume.
‘I’ll yell at them. That should work!’
Hmm, I’m not so sure.
Usually yelling only succeeds in producing parent-deaf kids.
If yelling, shou+ng or raising your voice is a habit you’ve developed to get coopera+on then here’s a great strategy to
use instead.
Next +me your kids ignore a reasonable request move close to them and quietly repeat your request once.
No aggression, just expecta+on.
It means you may need to stop what you are doing. So be it.
Proximity is a powerful influencer. Great teachers know this. That’s why they move around in class so much: to teach
and also to manage.
So save your voice for conversa+on, encouragement and affec+on.
Use your body effec-vely to manage kids.
The key, of course, is to do it.
My challenge for you is to bite your tongue when you want to yell. Take a deep breath (as the Mood Meter teaches
you) and move into your child’s proximity. Don’t stare him down. Just be close to him or her.
Keep doing it and the coopera+on levels you get from your kids will increase astronomically over +me.
But you’ve got to do it.
In future don’t yell, move closer.
Don’t yell, move closer By Michael Grose
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Interested in counselling for your child? BCE has a
free service.
The Caroline Chisholm School, Student and Family Support
Centre (CCC) represent a unique partnership between the Bris-
bane Catholic Education and the Queensland University of
Technology and was established to provide support and psy-
chological services to BCE school students and their families.
Intervention and assessments are provided by provisionally
registered psychologists (under supervision) who are enrolled
in the Master of Psychology (Educational and Developmental)
degree. The services provided include assessing developmen-
tal, learning, behavioural, social and emotional difficulties and
strengths, and individual counselling and group programs e.g.
social skills, friendship, anxiety.
The CCC is located at QUT Psychology and Counselling Ser-
vices at the Kelvin Grove campus, and at times sessions or
programs can be arranged to be conducted at the student’s
school. If you would like to refer your child to the CCC please
contact our school Guidance Counsellor, Miss Carley Hearne,
on [email protected] or via 3355 2388 on Mon-
days and Tuesdays.
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