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NEWSLETTER Tuesday August 15, 2017
St Oliver Plunkett Primary School
Landells Rd, Pascoe Vale, 3044 93545411
www.sopascoevale.catholic.edu.au
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
AUGUST 15 Feast of The Assumption 16 School Board 25 Middles Hooptime 27 First Eucharist MH & MB @ 10.30am SEPTEMBER 1 Father’s day stall 2 Bunnings BBQ 4 School Closure Day 10 First Eucharist MD & MR @ 10.30am 13 Whole school Eucharist celebration @ 11.45 in church 22 Term ends @ 1.30pm Wednesday assembly
Click HERE to view the roster for term 3. Click HERE to view the Class Mass roster for term 3. Masses are on THURSDAY at 10.00am.
From the Principal…
Dear Parents,
Prep P News It is with great excitement that we wish Ria good luck as she leaves us this Friday to begin her Maternity leave. We will miss her smiling face and baby bump around the school. We look forward to the news of the arrival of her new bundle of joy. I would like to announce that Mollie Russell has been employed to replace Ria.
The School Board is seeking your input about the St Oliver's School Canteen The St Oliver’s School Board is currently undertaking a review of our school canteen and we'd love to hear from you about how you and/or your family use the canteen. This will help us to ensure that the school canteen is meeting the needs of our school community.
The St Oliver’s school canteen aims to provide a financially viable, nutritious food service for our families. Our school canteen also aims to reflect the educational goals of the school and support and complement student learning. Please click on the link below to complete a quick survey telling us about your experiences of and ideas about our school canteen.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RBB653G This survey should only take five minutes to complete and your responses are completely anonymous. You can only complete the survey once but you can edit your responses until the survey is closed on August 30. If you have any questions about the survey, please email the Board at [email protected] We really appreciate your input!
The St Oliver's School Board
Building Update Please click HERE for updates to questions asked regarding the asbestos removal. Please continue to ask questions and we are happy to get these answers for you.
Regards Libby
WELLBEING
Healthy Habits At St Oliver’s over past weeks we have noted a higher percentage of absences caused by the cold and wet conditions and many viral infections. All of our classes are being reminded of basic hygiene practices including the importance of all children washing their hands when using the toilets. If your child is unwell the best place for him/her is at home until he/she is better. We are all looking forward to the warmer weather that spring promises in the next few weeks. In the meantime stay warm and keep well.
Have a good week Libby Sheedy
LEARNING AND TEACHING
Learning the Multiplication Facts (times tables) Year 3 – 6 Parent Information Session
Dear Parents, By now you have probably seen the enthusiasm your children are displaying for learning their Multiplication facts. Since we have introduced the program at our school we have had a huge number of children learning their multiplication facts and they are now using the strategies taught, to assist them in all aspects of their maths work. We would like to continue to encourage this excitement for learning maths by inviting you to attend a parent information session on Tuesday 22nd August at 3.35 in the Upstairs Computer Lab. It will be a hands on session for parents, showing you the strategies used to learn Multiplication Facts and providing you with valuable information on how you can continue to support your child’s learning at home. In order for us to allocate you a computer at the session we will need you to let us know if you are able to attend. Please email me at [email protected] if you would like to attend this session. Really looking forward to seeing you there. Jaki O’Halloran
BOOK WEEK
Wednesday 23rd August
A reminder that we will be Celebrating Children’s Book Week next Wednesday. The Theme of this Year’s Book Week
is ESCAPE TO EVERYWHERE. The books we read allow us to escape into another world, fiction or non- fiction.
Children are asked to dress up as one of their favourite Book Character or something related to this year’s theme.
We will begin the day at 9:00 am with our Book
Parade. All Parents are welcome to join the fun of the
Book Parade. The children will begin rotational activities
for the remainder of the morning.
Liz Finlayson
Learning and Teaching/ Student Services
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
CLASS MASS There will be no class Mass this week as the children attended Mass for the ‘Feast of the Assumption’ on Tuesday.
FIRST COMMUNION REMINDER Could the family activity for display for First Communion be returned to the class teacher by 17 August. Trish Segrave Religious Education Leader
ITALIAN
Each Senior class has had the opportunity to create a delicious dish with the bok choy from our garden. The students have worked cooperatively in Italian class and shared their meal at lunch time. It has been a great success. In the next few weeks, the Middles with have the same opportunity. I will be contacting those parents who put their names down to assist with cooking in the next week or so. Congratulations to the grade 6 finalists who went to Penola College a few weeks ago to recite their poem for the Regional Italian poetry competition. Well done Sarah Lazzaro, Ruby Prattico, Cristina Viggiano, Sienna Romeo and Lara Cutajar on all your hard work. I am very proud of you all. Thank you to Amanda Prattico for driving the students on the day. An even bigger congratulations goes to Sarah Lazzaro who came 2nd overall in the Regional competition. What a result!! Trish Franzoni will be presenting the awards at a Wednesday assembly shortly. Date yet to be finalised. Thank you to all the families who have donated seeds or seedlings for our garden. Thank you those who donated vouchers and other great things for our garden. It is greatly appreciated! Also a very big thank you to KMART Broadmeadows and to Target Airport West who kindly donated $50 and $25 gifts cards. These will go towards setting up our kitchen with all the utensils and cooking equipment we need to make delicious food from our garden. If you know of any other business who would like to assist us, please contact me via email on: [email protected] Alternatively you can come and see me after school on a Monday or Tuesday. Many thanks Mrs Mazzarella
GENERAL NEWS
FAMILY DETAILS UPDATES It is important that we have accurate student & family information, particularly home, work and mobile numbers of both parents and emergency contacts. Please inform the office if there are any changes to any of these details.
SUNSMART All children are encouraged to wear their SCHOOL HAT during recess and lunch times, as well as during physical education/sport lessons. STUDENT AWARDS Sofia O’Sullivan, Deon Failla, Francesco Cuda, Mila Munafo, Edward Lovrek, Stacey Baltas, Gabriel Russo, Molly Francis-Jones, Thomas Kittelty, Alfie Zuccarelli, Eden Courtis, Carlos Sada, Aydan Atie, Michael Boato, Massimo Privitelli, Georgia Featherstone, James Hatzievangelou, Sophia Pagotto, Patrick Carlton, Ava Jakimov, Xavier Calli, Jesse Cappello, Sara Tona, Phillip Pannunzio, Ariann Abdallah, Miles Hunt, Luca Vecchiarelli, Christina De Filippis. CANTEEN
Friday 18 August Lisa Blaney Sandra Cutajar Alex Fletcher-Hoerner
Please click HERE for an updated copy of the Canteen Menu. Please direct enquiries to Di Tabone [email protected] or 0423 596 221
Reminder our canteen is now closed on Mondays. Chicken Burgers will sell for $2.50 until sold out. (any extras charged accordingly) 50 cent and 20 cent bags of Tiny Teddies are available for purchase through lunch order bags. NO LONGER AVAILABLE…………
Hot chicken Rolls or Chicken and salad rolls
Hawaiian Pizzas
Large meat pies (party pies are still available) Di and Loretta
PARENT ASSOCIATION
BUNNINGS BBQ- 2ND SEPTEMBER
This year we have been lucky to secure the Saturday before Father’s Day for the annual Bunnings BBQ. As you can probably imagine, this day is going to be VERY busy and we are calling for many volunteers! Pop the date in your diary and keep an eye out for the note being sent home to advise of details. If you are unable to attend in person, you may be able to help out by donating items like tomato sauce, cans of drinks, serviettes etc. Please contact Michael Said for more details on 0418 994 711
SECOND HAND UNIFORM STALL- AFTERNOON STALL
The next second hand uniform stall will be held on Wednesday 20th September from 3 PM in the planning room behind the staff room
This is a great opportunity to get your summer uniform items before the start of term 4.
NEW MEMBERS
With new ideas and a fete on the horizon, we are calling for new members to join us in the Parent Association. It is a chance to meet new
people, contribute ideas and help to keep the school fees low.
SCHOOL FETE – NEW DATE – 3RD MARCH 2018
We have a new date for the SCHOOL FETE – Saturday 3rd March 2018 from 3pm to 8pm!
We are currently seeking sponsors for our Spectacular Fete. We have various packages available that are designed to give your business fabulous advertising opportunities. With over 3,000 people attending our last fete, this is a great way to promote your business to our school and wider community. For further information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Michael Said on 0418 994 711.
SCHOOL BANKING- New app
Have you started using the NEW Commbank Youth App? Please remember that your rewards are new ordered through the app which can be downloaded onto your home device. Please remember that only ONE app per device & per student can be downloaded. You will also require a Client Number which is obtained from the bank only. You will need to show your child’s birth certificate for this.
If you have any queries regarding this app you can contact Diana Capuana
on 0419331966 or visit commbank.com.au/youthapp.
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!!!
Did you know the St Oliver Plunkett’s Parent Association has a Facebook page! Like us today to keep up to date!
Our weekly recap As you may know, the things we do at OSHC are a mixture of staff-initiated activities and student-initiated activities. One of the craft activities initiated by a staff member was beautiful 3D flowers and cardboard houses. We also turn our plain blue tack into different colors by using textures. One of the spontaneous crafts that emerged from the children was a cardboard ‘Time Machine’ created by girls! Also children build lots of beautiful things with lego such as rob lox, a ship, animals and shields. Physical play included ‘Line/Memory Tag’, ‘Home 44’, adventure playground favourite ‘Shark Tiggy’, and of course footy. In BSC children made a project on healthy eating. They drew healthy and unhealthy food and made a poster to encourage children to eat healthy food. It was great to see them working as a team. For new families- For new parents please remember to register an account online at Camp Australia. For any more information about bookings Please contact Customer Service about your bookings on 1300 105 343 or visit at www.campaustralia.com.au
For any queries please feel free to call us on our OSHC
number-0431 722 459