OUR LADY OF GRACE

NEWSLETTER

Welcome back to term 4, I hope you all managed to have some relaxing

time with your children over the break. A break from routine is always

welcomed!

Term 4 is always extremely busy and we have certainly hit the ground

running this week. On Tuesday, all teaching staff spent time working with

Mark Treadwell. This concludes our formal work with Mark that has

spanned 3 years at Our Lady of Grace School. During this time of

professional learning, we have explored the future of learning, learner

identities, competencies, ways to deepen planning for effective learning

and working through the learning process. Although our formal work with

Mark has concluded, the learning continues and next year the

competencies will be reported on in your child’s school report.

SPRING FAIR

The Spring Fair Committee have also been very busy in organising the

Fair next Sunday. Remember to bring along all you family, friends,

neighbours, etc. All funds raised go directly to your children’s education.

This year, the Parents and Friends committee are committing funds to

purchasing decodable readers throughout the school to enhance our

focus on phonics based literacy. Thank you, in advance. For the

amazing work the committee have put in so far. We look forward to a

wonderful day next Sunday.

FUTURE PLANNING AT OUR LADY OF GRACE SCHOOL

We are currently looking at a new Strategic Plan for Our Lady of Grace

School (2018-2021). To this date, I have met with school staff and

members of the school board to review our current plan and to start

setting directions for the next 3 years. Please see the invitation below for

all current parents/carers to have some input into this process and setting

of direction for the coming years.

From the Acting Principal

Term 4 Week 1 19th October 2017

Diary Dates OCTOBER 20/10 Mass/Liturgy – 4/5 Village

24/10 School Tour 9.00am

29/10 SPRING FAIR

30/10 PUPIL FREE DAY

P&F Meeting 7pm

NOVEMBER

1/11 All Saints Day Mass

3/11 Touch Football Carnival -

4/5 Village

6/11 School Board Meeting 7pm

7/11 New Parent Info Evening

7 – 8.30pm

13/11 PE Week

15/11 Assembly – Year 4

17/11 Mass – R/1 Village

24/11 Reception Transition Visit

29/11 Assembly R/1 Village

DECEMBER

1/12 Mass – 2/3 Village

Reception Transition Visit

4/12 Swimming Week

School Board Meeting 7pm

6/12 Assembly 2/3 Village

8/12 Feast of the Immaculate

Conception

11/12 Year 5 Sports Day

12/12 Whole School Excursion

End of Year Mass &

Graduation 6.30pm OLV

13/12 Farewell Assembly 12pm

Year 5

Last Day of Term

2017 OLOG Term Dates Term 4 Oct 16th – Dec 13th

Our Lady of Grace School

38 Beadnall Terrace

GLENGOWRIE SA 5044

R-5 Co—Ed Catholic School

NEW SCHOOL NUMBER : 8177 9100

ABSENTEE LINE NUMBER : 8177 9191

Fax: 8294 8831

Email: olog@olog.catholic.edu.au

Principal: Shana Bennett

Acting Principal: Kelly Campbell

A Glenelg Catholic Parish School

Parish Priest: Fr Anthony Kain

Parish Associate: Orla Wright

Phone: 8294 1888

Our Lady of Grace School - Strategic Plan Consultation

Parents/Caregivers are invited to a conversation and short process

to assist in setting future directions for Our Lady of Grace School.

Thursday 2nd November - School Library

8.30am – 9.15am

2.30pm – 3.15pm

From the Principal cont.

STAFFING

We would like to extend our congratulations to

Amanda Walker and Sharnie Jamison, who have both

gained new positions commencing in 2018.

Amanda has won a position as Deputy Principal at

Kidman Park Primary School and Sharnie has won a

permanent teaching position at Glenelg Primary

School. Although we are sad to see them leave our

community, we congratulate them for winning their

new positions and thank them for their commitment

over the years to all children at Our Lady of Grace

School. We value their leadership and we take

forward their learning and innovations into the future.

We aim to announce our staffing/teaching teams for

2018 later this term.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION LEARNING STATEMENT

In our last newsletter, I shared how we are enlivening

the Catholic Education SA Learning Statement at Our

Lady of Grace School.

We value you as a capable and competent learner

and will support your active engagement in the

learning process.

Learner competencies are a key part of our

understanding of your child and our vision of

education at Our Lady of Grace School. Our school

vision states, “…we build learners who work together

in Christ-Like ways”. Our focus is on the learner, that is

the person and their unique qualities. We know ‘one

size does not fit all’ for our learners and work with

learners in setting their own goals for learning. All

learners spend time on actually learning how they

learn…they work through understanding the learning

process of being in the ‘learning pit’. The work with

Mark Treadwell over the past years has focussed

directly on building learning competencies and

capabilities and this has resulted in OLOG developing

our own learner competencies and identities:

• Questioning

• Connecting

• Thinking

• Reflecting

• Persisting

Each learner is capable and competent and I have

the privilege of working closely with our teachers in

developing and reviewing Individual Education Plans

for learners who have special needs. These plans

recognise the strengths of the learner and explore

strategies and support to overcome challenges.

All learners at Our Lady of Grace have the chance to

explore their learning in a variety of ways, recognizing

the different learning styles and preferences, as well as

challenging each learner to extend and enrich

learning.

From the Principal Cont.

SAFETY REMINDER

As we begin the term and as the weather warms up,

more children and families may be walking/riding to

and from school. The following is a reminder

regarding safety…

Students and families are reminded to be wary of

approaches from strangers, especially when they

are unaccompanied or travelling to and from

school. If they are approached students should not

respond and should not accept offers of rides or

gifts.

Students should seek the assistance of other nearby

adults if they feel unsafe and should report the

event to a trusted adult (parent or school staff

member) as soon as possible.

SAPOL advises that taking out a mobile phone and

calling police can deter the offender and they

recommend the student making a formal report to

their closest police station.

Thank you for you continued support,

Kelly Campbell

Acting Principal

From the Aprim

CATHERINE HOUSE Thank you to all those who donated Money and

items for Catherine House. I would like to especially

thank the SRC's for their promotion of this very

important fundraising. We were also able to raise

almost $300 for them to spend on necessities.

OCTOBER – MONTH OF THE ROSARY

October 7th is The Feast of the Holy Rosary. St

Dominic had a special love for the Rosary as it was

said that it was handed down to him by the Virgin

Mary in 1208 AD as a way to help convert

others. There are 4 sets of prayers called Mysteries

which focus on some aspect of Christ’s life, death,

resurrection, and glory.

The Rosary is a verbal prayer used as a way to

meditate on the life of Jesus and Mary. Below is a

simplified version that can be used by all children. If

you would like more information on the Rosary I

have included some additional links.

https://blog.catholicfaithstore.com/how-to-pray-the-rosary-infographic/ http://www.catholic-kids.com/picturemysteries.html

From the Aprim cont.

Karla Sparapani

APRIM

Scholastic Book Club

Scholastic Book Club Issue #7!!

The final issue of Scholastic Book Club

booklets has arrived. Could all Issue #7

Book Club orders be completed and

brought to the front office, with Name,

Class and CORRECT MONEY in an

envelope, sticky taped to protect coins

from falling out or if you’d rather you can

order and pay directly to Scholastic

through LOOP, NO later than Friday

MORNING 27th October. Many thanks.

Anne Lindner

Japanese Term 4

日本語 Japanese - Term 4 2017

こんにちは

Konnichiwa!

Japanese learning experiences this term….

Year R/1 students will be:

• Responding to basic instructions in Japanese and using Japanese greetings and

vocabulary in social activities, games and songs.

• Learning various pets, petto,ぺっと in Japanese.

• Writing, matching and labelling pictures using the Hiragana alphabet

• Christmas Origami

Year 2/3 students will be:

• Continuing their learning on how to count and record Kanji numbers in Japanese

• Learning how to ask and tell the time in Japanese using o‘clock, jiじ and half past,

jihan,じはん.

• Writing, matching and labelling pictures using kanji numbers and Hiragana

• Using ipads to practise writing kanji numbers.

• Christmas Origami

Year 4/5 students will be:

• Learning more about Kanji Numbers and the Hiragana alphabet

• Setting learning goals for learning Kanji Numbers and some Hiragana

• Using ipads, laptops, different mnemonics and various writing tools to learn and

practise writing kanji numbers and Hiragana.

• Christmas Origami.

Kind Regards,

Joanne Dyson せんせい Sensei

Community News

Please return all OLOG team Sports

uniforms ASAP! – Washed & Cleaned

please.

Even if you are playing the same sport this

term, all uniforms must be returned to

school and will be re-issued for Term 4

Sport teams.

Term 4 Sport Information booklets will be

sent home in Week 2.

Congratulations to girls who recently took

part in the AGC assessment workshop at

school. By now you should have received

your personalized assessment report

either posted to your home or via your

school. The AGC will be holding an Open

Day on Sunday October 29 and we hope

that you will be able to join us! Everyone

is welcome to come along to the Open

Day which will give girls the opportunity

to try a complimentary class and attend

an information session.

Ph: 1800 338 142 for more information or

visit www.ausgirlschoir.com.au

Community News

School Tour Tuesday 24th October

We are calling for expressions of

interest for OSHC services for the pupil

free day on Monday 30th October.

If you would be interested in accessing

OSHC services on the pupil free day,

please see the sign up sheet near the

front office or email Camp Australia

on:

saolog@oshccampaustralia.com.au

Please note this day will only be

offered if minimum numbers are met.

Some

Sports

Reminders

Absentee Line

Number: 8177 9191 There are a number of ways to notify

the school of your child’s absence

from school, email, sms, via the

Skoolbag app & we now have a

dedicated Absentee Line that will

direct you to a message bank to

leave your child’s details and reason

for absence. Please add this number

to your contacts for future reference.

Literacy Corner

Contractions When we contract a word we

change two words into one, eg it is

into it’s. When we contract a word

we change two words into one, eg

it is into it’s.

Rule: You never change the first

word. You take the vowel out of the

second word and anything before it

and put an apostrophe in its place.

If there are two vowels in the second

word you only take out the first

vowel.

Is = ‘s

Am = ‘m

Are = ‘re

Have = ‘ve

Will = ‘ll

But…as always there are some

exceptions!

not= n’t except for the word can’t

would = ‘d

let us = let’s

will not = won’t

A handy clip for this rule:

https://youtu.be/OyI8xH2CXsw

A handy clip for this rule:

https://youtu.be/OyI8xH2CXsw

let us= let’s

will not= won’t

But…as always there are some

exceptions!

not= n’t except for the word can’t

would= ‘d

let us= let’s

will not= won’t

A handy clip for this rule:

https://youtu.be/OyI8xH2CXsw

Rule: You never change the first

word.

You take the vowel out of the

second word and anything before it

and put an apostrophe in its place.

If there are two vowels in he second

word you only take out the first

vowel.

is= ‘s

am= ‘m

are= ‘re

have= ‘ve

will= ‘ll

A handy clip for this rule:

https://youtu.be/OyI8xH2CXsw

School Banking

Classroom Award

Well done to Year 3’s who have earned the

certificate for the year level making the highest

combined number of deposits for term 3.

Bronze Certificate

Congratulations to Giaan Taylor for warning a

bronze certificate for making 10 school

banking deposits so far this year.

Silver Certificate

Congratulations to the following students for

earning a silver certificate for making 20 (or

more) school banking deposits so far this year:

Aimee Burns

Axel Couch

Zane Couch

Lily Hackett

Jack Sloan

Annabelle Stevens

Gold Certificate

Congratulations to Catherine Ellis for earning

a gold certificate for making 30 school

banking deposits so far this year.

The Commomwealth Bank school banking

program rewards students for regular savings

efforts. Remember, it is not the amount

banked that is the most important, but

teaching students about the benefits of

regular saving.

School Banking email address

For any school banking enquiries please

email: schoolbanking@olog.catholic.edu.au

Or send a note in your child’s bank book.

Remember school banking day is

WEDNESDAY.

Rosters If you are volunteering on a stall on the day, please make sure you check the roster in the school office

window. Some minor changes have been made so please double check.

Books, Toys, White Elephant, Clothes Please bring in any donations of second hand

books, toys, clothes and ‘white elephant’ items. These can be left under the church alcove next to

the uniform shop from now until Saturday 28 October.

PLEASE DO NOT DONATE ELECTRICAL

GOODS. We are unable to sell them.

Setting Up The set up for the Spring Fair is the day before the

Fair, on Saturday 28th October. It starts at 9am and goes for most of the day. This involves setting

up the marquees, individual stalls, etc. It is the job of the sall convener to ensure their stall is set up and ready to go for Sunday.

If you are available for part or all of the day, your help would be greatly appreciated. Children are

welcome, but please note that you need to be responsible for them, the school is in no way

responsible for them. Also, NO SCOOTERS

please!

Packing Up It is the responsibility of stall conveners and

helpers to ensure their stalls are completely packed up at the end of the Fair.

Plants All families in Years 4-5 are asked to bring in a plant for the plant stall.

We gratefully accept plant donations from all families and friends. Please bring these in on

Saturday 28th or the morning the day of the Fair.

Kids Entertainment Entertainment Packages are available for purchase

until Wednesday 27 October via the QKR App or the form sent home last term. Although packages are not available for purchase after this date, single

amusement tickets can be purchased on the day.

Cakes Cake packs will be sent home to R-3 classes this week. If you are not in these years and keen to bake

something scrumptious, or would like to make extra, there are extra cake packs available in the

office. Please deliver baked goodies on the morning of the Fair.

Due to Council Health & Safety regulations, please

clearly label all food goods with all ingredients. We

also ask for your support in filling in the required

register when handing in your food donations.

Silent Auction A big thank you to everyone who has donated items or vouchers. We have some amazing prizes on offer

for the Silent Auction this year!

Raffle Books & Lucky Squares Hopefully the Raffle Books sent home are selling well! Please return all money, sold and unsold tickets

by Friday 27 October. There are more available in the office if you can sell more.

Lucky Squares are still available from the front office. Tickets are $25 each and the prize is 2 terms

of school fees! There are only 100 tickets, so get in quick!

Pupil Free Day & Final Tidy Up There is a Pupil Free Day on Monday 30 October to allow for remaining pack up after the Fair. Any help

is greatly appreciated.

THANK YOU!! Thank you to all our families for your generous support. Looking forward to a fun and successful

day!

SPRING FAIR UPDATE – GETTING VERY CLOSE NOW! ☺