Our Lady of the Cape Catholic Primary School

PO Box 562, 245 Cape Naturaliste Rd, Dunsborough WA 6281 Tel: 08 9781 3200

Web: www.ladyofcape.wa.edu.au Email: admin@ladyofcape.wa.edu.au

Let the light of Christ shine through you to others.

Dear Parents, friends and students of the Our Lady of The Cape school

community,

Confirmation

Thank you to all involved in our Confirmation celebration in the Parish

Church on Saturday evening. Well done to all the parents, sponsors and

prayer buddies that attended to support the candidates on this important

step in their faith development. Thank you to Mr. Nick Jones and Mrs. Amie

Meyer on the excellent preparation of the students from our school.

2020 Composite Class:

Next year there is a strong chance that we will be having a year one/two

composite class. Some parents have no concerns, some parents have

huge concerns. In every class, in every school that I have taught in over

the years there is an academic and social and emotional range from

twelve months to seven years difference. Our teachers are trained to

cope with this huge range of abilities in every class. If you have any

concerns with the possibility of your child being in a composite class in

year One or Two in 2020, please come along to a meeting with Mr Lee in

the library next Wednesday 6 November at 2.30pm in the Library.

Grandparents Day:

I had never witnessed a Grandparent’s day

before Monday. I was certainly blown away by

the huge number of grandparents that attended

for the brief prayer session, morning tea and

casual walk through the classrooms. It was great

to see everyone here and the rich interaction

between the grandparents and students. Thank

you to Mrs. Amie Meyer for co-ordinating the

morning and Mrs. Sara Drmota for coordinating the morning tea.

Important Dates

Thu 31 Oct

Y3 Parents 2020 Laptop

1:1 Info Session 2.30pm

Fri 1 Nov

Soctober fundraiser

Little Seedlings 9.45am

Perf Assembly Y2M

2.10pm

Calendar Art Orders Due

Week 4:

Wed 6 Nov

Walkie, Wheelie, Waste

free Wednesday

2020 Composite Class

Mtg 2.30pm

Fri 8 Nov

Whole School Mass

OLOTSC

Healing Mass Mr Hogan

9.30am

Little Seedlings 9.45am

Songfest in hall 5.30pm

Sat 9 Nov

Playground Busy Bee

9am

Songfest in hall

Week 5:

Mon 11 Nov

Remembrance Day

Service 10.45am Hall

Wed 13 Nov

Walkie, Wheelie, Waste

free Wednesday

Fire Drill

School Board Mtg 7pm

Fri 15 Nov

Interschool Cricket

Y5/Y6

Little Seedlings 9.45am

Prayer Assembly Y3Mu

2.15pm

For more dates, go to https://www.ladyofcape.wa.edu.au/calendar.php

Note: dates are subject to change and the calendar should be checked regularly.

Week 1, February 5, 2014

Our Lady of the Cape Primary School is a community where each child is

valued as an individual and nurtured spiritually, by many hearts working

together as one voice to fulfil their overall potential.

Many Hearts, One Voice

31 October 2019

World teachers Day:

All staff appreciated the delicious morning tea provided for the staff on

World teacher’s day last Friday. Thank you to P&F for making the staff feel

valued.

Whale Visit:

We have a mosaic of a whale on display in our undercover area. The whale is constructed out of

waste collected from Meelup Beach during July. We have the display for two weeks to help reinforce

the negative impact that littering has on our community.

Dogs on School Grounds:

Unfortunately, a number of our students have allergies to dog hair. When we

have dogs on school grounds it triggers the allergies with some fairly severe

consequences in some cases. Please leave your pooches tied up on the

perimeter of the school grounds if you all walk to school as a family.

OLC Talent:

Mrs. Nimmo is co-ordinating the OLC Has Talent. The senior students are preparing for their auditions

over the next few weeks in the lead up to the performance Monday November 25.

Talented Students:

A number of our students have been performing to exceptional levels outside the area of the

classroom. Kade Martin in year 5 participated in the world Rip Curl Gromsearch World Competition

in Medewi Beach in Bali. Congratulations to Kade who achieved third place, competing against

students from all around the world. Congratulations to Isabella and Cooper Bidesi for both competing

in the State Athletics Championships in Perth on the weekend. Cooper won the bronze medal in year

4 javelin and Isabella the bronze in state 800m (After winning a silver medal in the state Surf Lifesaving

Championships earlier in the day!)

Socktober Fundraiser:

As part of mission month, we are holding our gold coin donation to wear silly

socks on Friday. All proceeds go to those a lot less fortunate than us.

Assembly:

This week’s assembly commences at 2:10pm. Year 2M will be performing. We also have the

Confirmation candidates to receive their certificates. The lions club will be presenting an award to

the winner of the Peace Poster competition along with our usual class awards.

A big thank you to Freedom Garvey-Warr for generously donating her time

and producing wonderful photos for school promotional publishing. We are

so fortunate to have this sort of expertise in our school community.

Watching junior students and toddlers gaining such joy whilst

jumping in puddles!

Watching our students welcome others into their games

GOD

MOMENTs

Did You Know

After a chat in RE about the many ways we can use our hands, Coco V said she knows how

to plunge a toilet!

We will be having Fire Drills at school on November 13 and 26. The one on the 26th will involve

exiting all the students from school after 2.30pm. More information will follow.

The shade sails were put up on the weekend.

Jay (2) said it is a great idea to have a capital H in help as people usually yell it out!

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain.

Darcy (PP), was having a lengthy drink after a rather hectic recess on Tuesday.

There will be a busy Bee for Kindy, PP and Year One parents on Saturday 9 November from 9-

11am.

Zara (5), likes to go surfing with her dad.

Finn R (6), was munching on a carrot at 11.34am on Tuesday morning. Finn is also excellent at

picking up lizards.

Zoe (1), is left-handed.

Jax (1) knows that there is one lot of ten in fifteen.

The PP class were learning to count by 2 and 5 on Tuesday.

There was slight confusion between Trick and Treating and Chicken Treating in PP.

Three very generous families have donated a ‘Hungry Bin’ worm farm, chook tractor and now

a Land Rover for the junior primary playground. Legends!

Principal

Dear Parents,

Unless you have a direct debit or other arrangement in place, please ensure

your fees for the year are paid as soon as possible.

Thank you for your support.

Wheelie, Walkie, Waste-Free Wednesdays

What an amazing response we have had so far! Thank you to all

parents for supporting our Wednesdays. We’ve had a huge turn out

of bikers and walkers, and the majority of students that have been

waste-free in their lunch boxes.

If you don’t know what Wednesdays are about, here is a little spiel:

“Students, staff and families from Our Lady of the Cape primary

school partnered with the City of Busselton to embrace “Walking

Wheeling Waste Free Wednesdays” during October and November. The initiative is designed to

encourage students and their families to walk and cycle part of, or all the way to school, embracing

physical activity as part of everyday behaviour. As an added bonus, traffic congestion around the

school zone is reduced, and participants are welcomed with a healthy fruit breakfast when they

arrive at school.”

The numbers for which class will win a paid excursion by City of Busselton are tight, so keep up the

great approach over the next two Wednesdays.

Wellbeing Focus at OLC

Along with analysing the student data we have from the student wellbeing surveys we conducted at

the end of last term, the OLC staff yesterday participated in a wellbeing professional learning session

conducted by Laura Allison, head of the psychology team at CEWA.

The session concluded at 6pm and included latest data, research and strategies in assisting our

students and ourselves as adults to rethink and understand more deeply about our approaches that

promote wellbeing.

The session was well received by the staff and Laura was an amazing presenter that will hopefully

form a partnership with the school as we continue with our strategic focus on the wellbeing of staff

and students over the next 3 years.

Little Seedlings Term 4 week 1

Intentional learning: An introduction to Aboriginal Culture

Wow, what an enriching morning we had at Little Seedlings in Week One,

learning about native Australian culture. I wanted to ensure that I brought

the richness of Indigenous culture into a contemporary setting with

sensitivity and respect. We explored traditional dot painting, leaf threading

using native bush foliage, we made spiky echidna friends and read an

Aboriginal tale about “How the birds got their colours.” We listened to

“Inanay Capuana” a beautiful lullaby sung in Aboriginal language and

used tapping sticks to create a soulful rhythm. During that time on the mat

when we all sat together, immersed in our singing, tapping, movements

and rhythms... There was a definite God moment! We moved beyond

education, we moved beyond language, we moved beyond barriers ... we

had moved beyond age and diversity and were simply connected by a

boundless sense of being.

Anne Coltrinari

Term Four has started beautifully with the children returning from holidays relaxed, refreshed and

ready for their term of learning ahead. They have many wonderful stories to share ranging from big

holidays to staying at home and enjoying some quality family time. In the very busy world that our

children live in, the later … staying at home and having quality family time... is becoming difficult to

achieve. So well done parents who can make this happen. Your children will remember exploring

the garden, cooking with mum, working in the shed with dad, making a car out of a cardboard box

and playing board games with a smile.

Every year the Early Childhood team reflect on their teaching practice in order to ensure that we, as

a team, guide your child’s learning in the best possible way. We developed our Early Childhood

Philosophy a few years ago and this too, will be reviewed. We recognise parents as the first educators

of their children and we would like you to take the time to read this philosophy. If you have any

thoughts then please write them down, place them in an envelope and address them to Julie Birch

before the end of Week 4. Your input will be considered when we review this document along with

current theory and advocated best practice.

Early Childhood Philosophy

Our Early Childhood Centre aims to foster children's learning through acknowledging and

encouraging each individual’s characteristics of belonging, being and becoming in a safe, happy,

inviting environment that balances a play-based learning programme with essential explicit teaching

in key learning areas allowing our students to be the children that God intended them to be.

We believe that strong collaborative relationships between a child's family, culture, educators,

professionals and the community will empower a child to co-construct and further develop his or her

own identity, voice and understanding of the world.

Learning and developmental outcomes will aim to foster children to:

Have a strong sense of identity

Be connected with and contribute to their world

Have a strong sense of wellbeing

Be confident and involved learners

Be effective communicators

We believe that play is an integral part of the Early Childhood setting. The children will engage in

both teacher directed play and free play to explore their world and make sense of new concepts

and ideas.

The curriculum is directed by the Australian Curriculum (SCSA) which directs ‘what’ we teach and the

Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) which guides as to ‘how’ to plan developmentally appropriate

learning experiences.

At Our Lady of the Cape Primary School the children’s literacy development is supported by the

implementation of effective and evidence based literacy programmes. These provide a strong

foundation for the development of oral language and phonemic awareness which are essential to

both reading and writing. Differentiated small group and individualised explicit instruction occurs on

a daily basis before immersing children in play experiences that allow them to explore and

consolidate their new learning. Relevant and appropriate literature is used to enrich literacy learning

and enhance meaningful engagement.

In a similar fashion, numeracy skills are taught sequentially through both explicit instruction and playful

‘hands-on’ learning. We believe a strong foundation to numeracy is provided through informed

teaching, engaging learning experiences and the modelling of a positive attitude towards

mathematics.

The learning environment and planning is driven by the children’s needs and interests and allows for

the differing developmental stages of individuals.

We believe in fostering independence, confidence and a sense of self by providing an inclusive,

supportive and nurturing classroom environment in which students feel safe to take risks with their

learning and therefore, to foster a life time love for learning.

A reminder to all parents to keep the communication lines open with your class teachers. If something

is happening in your child’s life that may impact on their ability to concentrate and be happy at

school it is really important that their teacher is aware and can help them through tricky times.

Many thanks for your ongoing support,

Julie Birch

Early Childhood Coordinator.

PRAYERS FOR MR. HOGAN AND A HEALING MASS

As you are aware from our last newsletter, our

groundsman Mr. John Hogan has recently been

diagnosed with cancer and has commenced radiation

therapy. We would ask that you keep John and his family

in your prayers at this time and join with us at the Church

next Friday 8th November at 9.30am, where we will offer

a healing mass for Mr. Hogan. We’d love to see you

there.

MINI VINNIES

From next week a number of Year 6 students will assist

Mrs. Derickx as “Mini Vinnies” or youth representatives of the St. Vincent De Paul Society. They will

help to clean the church weekly for four weeks for the month of November. Thank you to Mrs. Derickx

for organising and supervising this with the Year 6’s as part of their service learning.

SOCKTOBER

Tomorrow we will hold a “Crazy Socks Day” and a “Rock Your

Socks Off” dance party at lunchtime for a gold coin

donation. This is a fundraiser for Catholic Mission to assist

children in poverty. This fundraiser is undertaken by all of the

166 Catholic schools in Western Australia during the month of

October, which results in a substantial amount raised for the

less privileged.

Thank you to everyone who can support this cause.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

Monday the 11th of November is Remembrance Day and a service will be held in the hall at 10.45am

led by the Year 5 students. Parents and Grandparents are more than welcome to attend.

CONFIRMATION 2019: CONGRATULATIONS CADIDATES AND PRAYER BUDDIES!

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS HAMPER APPEAL

PLEASE HELP!

Each year at OLC we take time to be thankful for our blessings and to assist

those local people in need by contributing to Christmas Hampers distributed by the St. Vincent De

Paul Society. This year boxes will be in the shared

work areas of the school and families are invited

to contribute specified items. Please look out for

the labelled boxes in the following areas in the

next few weeks and give generously to support

others in what can be a difficult time of the year.

Thank you.

KINDY: Christmas goodies, chocolates,

bonbons, puddings etc.

PP, Yrs 1& 2: Tinned food, pasta, rice, biscuits,

crackers, sauces, jams, condiments,

(basically any non-perishable good food, which

can be used beyond Christmas).

Yrs 3, 4, 5 & 6: Toiletries, such as shampoo, hairbrush, toothpaste, toothbrushes,

lip balm, sunscreen, moisturisers, soap etc.

Thank you for helping to make someone’s Christmas a little more special this

year.

Have a great weekend everyone.

God Bless.

Mrs. Amie Meyer, OLC Religious Education Coordinator

CALENDAR ART

“Children have made artwork which is displayed in a folder in the

classroom.

Please have your forms back tomorrow: Friday, 1 November 2019.

Final days are approaching Don't forget to sign

up and fundraise if you can, kids will also get a

prize depending on what they raise!! :) for

the run4fun colour explosion! All donations will

be finalised on the 15th Nov!

www.myprofilepage.com.au and put in the

schools details :) 💙💚❤💛💜

WA Beach Clean Up

A big Thank-you from myself, Tiare and Ari (and the

ocean !) to the families who were able to help.

Stay tuned for the next one at the end of November.

Don’t forget to visit the amazing whale art piece made

from micro plastics and rope found at Meelup Beach .

Plus to have a read and look at the information hanging

around it in the undercover area to promote having

clean land, beaches and finally Oceans.

The Whale and some photos are courtesy of Cochella

(A Dunsborough non profit organisation hosting

community beach clean ups and supporting "The Ocean Clean up") and the other information is

from Tangaroa Blue ( A non profit organisation helping protect our oceans in WA and around

Australia).

Shelley Dorizzi

Dunsborough SongFest 2019 – 9 to 10 November Weekend Passes are the recommended best buy. Ticketing is

made easy this year with Weekend Passes and tickets to the TWO Big Concerts on Saturday night bookable through our website http://www.dunsboroughsongfest.com.au.

Tickets to all other individual event tickets are available at the door.

Further Info: Lynda Moir 0466 581 398

Lynda.moir@outlook.com.au