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OUR LADY OF GRACE
NEWSLETTER
It is hard to believe that we are already in week 5 of Term 4. One of
the wonderful things happening in our school at the moment is the
opportunity to visit our new children who are beginning with us in
2018. We look forward to welcoming our new receptions next Friday
for their first transition visit. I am sure that all our learners will make
them feel very welcome!
It is also a very exciting time of year for our Year 5 learners as they
prepare to graduate from Our Lady of Grace School community. I
especially thank all parents and carers for your continued support to
ensure these students have a great final term. We have been
impressed with the leadership the Year 5 learners are continuing to
demonstrate. A wonderful example of this was last Friday when some
of our Year 5 learners represented OLOG at Westminster School for
the Obento MasterChef competition. Thank you Amanda, Jo and
Karla for organising this event.
Last Friday I attended Director’s Day and it was inspiring to hear Dr
Neil McGoran (the new Director of Catholic Education South
Australia) speak about a vision for Catholic Education and all our
children and families.
“We create an educational environment which matters to students
and their families and which resonates culturally and deeply for them.
In each learning area, across the whole life of the school, and in
partnership with families each of us discovers in the Spirit, the love of
God which is revealed in Jesus Christ, proclaimed by the Church,
presented in the scriptures, celebrated in the sacraments and lived
by all people of good will.”
We have a couple of important events coming up for our community.
Firstly, we’d like to invite all parents/carers/grandparents to a morning
tea to farewell Amanda Walker on Monday 20th November. We
would also like to invite all our wonderful volunteers to a special Mass
and morning tea on Friday 1st December. There is further information
about these 2 events in this newsletter.
From the Acting Principal
Term 4 Week 5 16th November 2017
Diary Dates
NOVEMBER
17/11 Mass – R/1 Village
20/11 Farewell Morning Tea for
Amanda Walker
23/11 Marymount Music
Performance
24/11 Reception Transition Visit
27/11 SWIMMING WEEK
29/11 Assembly R/1 Village
DECEMBER
1/12 Mass – 2/3 Village
Volunteer Morning Tea
(following Mass)
Reception Transition Visit
4/12 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: [email protected]
Principal: Shana Bennett
Acting Principal: Kelly Campbell
A Glenelg Catholic Parish School
Parish Priest: Fr Anthony Kain
Parish Associate: Orla Wright
Phone: 8294 1888
From the Principal cont.
At our recent professional learning session for
staff, we discussed how we can better support
parents with relevant parenting information. We
get a lot of great information for parents and are
thinking of ways we can share this with you. We
have set up a brochure stand in the uniform shop
that has some great parenting information from
Parenting SA. Please feel free to take the
brochures for your information.
Thank you for your continuing support,
Kelly Campbell
Acting Principal
From the APRIM
As we head into the last 4 weeks of the school
year, there are a number of key dates that will
involve our whole OLOG community. One of the
most significant on the school calendar is our
Year 5 Graduation and End of Year Mass that will
be held on Tuesday 12th December. Look for
further details on the next page.
New House Teams for 2018
After collating the results of surveys sent to
learners, staff and parents the following new
house teams, to align with our continued
commitment to enhancing our schools Catholic
Identity, were decided and approved by the
school board. These top 4 teams were
overwhelmingly chosen and then appointed to
make the alignment and transition easier. Thank you to all those who assisted with the
selection and we hope to use these new names
as a way of learning more about our Catholic
Faith in 2018 and into the future.
From the APRIM
OLOG’s New House Teams for 2018
From the Aprim cont.
End of Year Mass and Year 5
Graduation Dear Families, as the end of year approaches so
does end of year Mass. For those new to the
school, end of year mass is celebrated at Our
Lady of Victories Church, 17 High Street Glenelg.
Mass will begin at 7pm on Tuesday, December
12th, but children are encouraged to arrive by
6:30 and meet on St Mary’s courtyard (yard
behind the church) with their classes.
Children will sit with their classes during mass.
Children are asked to wear proper school uniform
as this is a school event. Families are also
encouraged to donate towards the St Vincent de
Paul Christmas appeal, this gives a chance for
families who may not be able to financial support
Christmas festivities. More information regarding
the Christmas appeal to follow soon.
Karla Sparapani
APRIM
Community News
Bree & Jamie
This week at lunch time the students made a
“Kindness Tree” for World Kindness Day on
Tuesday 13th November.
Each of them coloured and decorated a leaf,
apple or heart and wrote something kind they
would say or do for someone and stuck it on the
tree. This was a nice way for the kids to have fun
as well as being able to recognise each other's
kind choices.
Uniform Shop
As the end of the year is approaching we are
asking for donations of school uniform items in
good condition that may be offered to families
as second hand uniforms. We are particularly
seeking shorts in smaller sizes 6 & 8.
If you are able to donate, please ensure that
donated uniform items are clean and free of rips
and tears.
Thank you
Don’t forget to check the lost
property box for missing uniform
and other items before the end
of term. All items left at the end
of the year will be donated or
disposed of. Thank you
Community News
Calling for volunteers –
we need your help!
Our students really enjoy participating in the
Commonwealth Bank School Banking program
and to keep this program running we need your
help.
The program requires 2 additional volunteer
School Banking Co-ordinators to facilitate the
banking and distribution of School Banking
rewards. This only takes a small amount of your
time one day a week and the Commonwealth
Bank will provide support in how to run the
program. Your help with the program will greatly
benefit students as they develop vital saving skills
and also help our school with fundraising.
Currently, School Banking day is Wednesday.
If you are interested in volunteering for this great
program, please leave your details at the front
office or email
We are calling for expressions of
interest for OSHC services for Thursday
14th December and Friday 15th
December.
If you would be interested in accessing
OSHC services on either of these days,
please email Camp Australia on:
Please note this days will only be
offered if minimum numbers are met.
Library News
As we wind down for our Christmas
break, can you all check at home for any
library books or readers please? There
are many, many books overdue still and
it is important that they are returned
ASAP. There will be a surprise waiting
for anyone returning overdue/lost
books next week, so go hunting over the
weekend!
Cheers
Anne Lindner
Scholastic Book Club Issue #8!!
The final issue for this year of Scholastic Book
Club booklets has arrived. Could all Issue #8
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 Tuesday MORNING 21st
November.
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.
Finance News
School Banking
Silver Certificate
Congratulations to the following students for
earning a silver certificate for making 20 (or
more) school banking deposits so far this year:
Jarred Penhall
Louis Freeth
Gold Certificate
Congratulations to the following students for
earning a gold certificate for making 30 school
banking deposits so far this year:
Ryan Hocking Cruz Campbell
Jacob Leitis Lachlan Hall
Blake Jaksa Jessica Colyer
For any school banking enquiries please email:
Or send a note in your child’s bank book.
Remember school banking day is
WEDNESDAY.
The last day to order your reward for this year
is 29th November 2017, all unused tokens will
be carried over to 2018.
If you have any items for the newsletter,
please forward to Karyn Sparrow
This week the 2018 structure for OLOG School
Fees was sent home to all families. This
information included the Family Information
2018 Details form, a Direct Debit request form
and Fee Planner. It also outlines the various
ways fee payments can be made including the
new Qkr! App.
If you have other children enrolled at any
Catholic School in 2018 you are entitled to a
family discount on your OLOG tuition fees. You
must return the Family Information 2018 Details
form to obtain the family discount.
Final 2017 fee statements are being sent home
to families this week. Please ensure that all 2017
fees are finalised by 30th November at the latest.
If you have any questions regarding the fee
structure, payment methods or school card
scheme please contact Sue Horstmann,
Finance Manager on 8177 9100.
This week our 2018 Student Emergency
Information Form, Image Consent Form and
2018 Stationery Order forms were sent home
with all students. Both blue forms need to be
completed on both sides, any changes noted
and parents/caregivers need to sign & date the
forms and return to school as soon as possible –
by Monday 27th November at the latest.
Students 2018 stationery order forms were also
sent home. Orders are to be placed directly
with OfficeMax – please follow the instructions
carefully.
To qualify for free delivery before the end of the
year, please place your order online by 3rd
December 2017.
2018 Emergency
Contact &
Permission forms
Sports News
On Friday 3rd November, the Annual 4/5 Touch
Football Carnival was held on Greenhill Road.
The teams were made up of Year 4 and 5 students
who played against schools from around Adelaide.
All teams and coaches performed well and big
thank you to Niamh and Mike McKeough for
coming along to coach on the day. These days
would not be possible without the help of our
parent volunteers.
Training sessions at OLOG in preparation
for the carnival on 3rd November.
Sports News
Friday Week 5
17th November
Dress in Blue & bring a
Gold Coin Donation
to support Beyond
Blue at OLOG
Come and support our Year 2/3 and
4/5 teams as they battle it out in the
Netball Grandfinal at lunchtime.
Thank you to all those that have
ordered a cupcake on Friday to
support a great cause.
Community News