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NEWSLETTER NUMBER 3, TERM 3
TUESDAY, JULY 26th, 2016
SCHOOL HOMEPAGE - http://www.olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
SCHOOL PHONE NUMBER: 03 50252258
Dear Parents and Friends,
I spoke to Julie Phelan at the year 5/6 camp last night, and
they were battling the elements with the students in
Daylesford. It is drier this morning, and they are managing
some horse riding in 3 degrees! All are safe and well.
Please keep a few particular dates in your diary – earlier
this year we were able to book an Indigenous Cultural
performance for Monday September 5th, so have decided
to use this as a basis for a NAIDOC day. On the day we will
have the performance and some other activities for the
children. If any of our Indigenous families would like to help
with this day, please see me in the next week.
The Parents and Friends committee are running a social
night on Friday September 2nd, which is being run as a
school community event. It will take the form of a Trivia
Night, and will have that social focus, rather than
fundraising. There will be some fun things on the night, and
though there will be challenges, it is not designed for the
experienced outside community trivia night teams.
Our Grandparents Day will be held on the last day of term
3 – Friday September 16th. Michael Breewel will provide
further information about the day further in the
newsletter.
Chris Brouwers,
Principal.
Expectations
Our big push at the moment is the reduction of rubbish in
the yard. Please remind your children about rubbish going
in the bin, and using the recycle bin appropriately. I have
had some really good responses on other levels – thanks
for your support.
Landscaping
We have done some clearing at the front of the school, and
the large trees were taken down near the main gate. This
was done on the advice of a qualified arborist. There were
concerns about the long term viability of these trees due to
their closeness and stunted root systems. We also removed
some of the trees around the playground to allow those
that are left to develop properly, as they were
overcrowded.
We will plant lawn across the front of the school and plant
4-6 small uniform trees across there.
Devices at School
We are starting to get an overabundance of children
bringing devices and phones to school, and a number of
these are not necessary. If you are picking up and dropping
off your child please keep the device at home or in the car.
If there is no need to bring one, please ensure your child
doesn’t.
Church Air Conditioning
Many thanks to John Dimasi, who organised a number of
other families as well as his own, to make a large
contribution to the cost of reverse cycle air conditioning in
our Parish Church. Thank you to everyone else who
contributed in as well. Special thanks also to Longy’s
Electrical who did the job at cost to help out John and the
parish. Bryce’s information is in this newsletter, and if you
are able to support him as a way of saying thanks, he would
appreciate it.
Planned Giving
We would really appreciate anyone who is happy to help
out our Parish financially through our Planned Giving
program. This is a weekly contribution through envelopes,
direct debit or other electronic transfer. Any of our school
families that would like to set up direct debit Planned
Giving, or get a set of envelopes, whether you are a
parishioner or not, can get details from the school, and we
can set it up for you. Even if it was $5 or $10 a fortnight,
every little bit would help.
Grandparents Day this year will be held on the last day of Term Three - Friday September 16th 2016. All Grandparents or special friends are invited to join us in the Church for Mass at 9.15am. Following Mass children will work with their Grandparents in the classrooms on a fun activity together. Morning tea will be celebrated at 11am. We look forward to seeing many special visitors to our great school.
olsh trivia
night Our major social night this year is a
trivia night that will be held in our
Multi-Purpose Room. This fun night
will be on Friday 2nd September.
Tables of 10 are available and can be
booked through the office. If you
are not able to make up a table of 10
then we will be able to place you on
a table.
Tickets are $2 each.
OLSH Sports Shirts Below is the new OLSH sports shirt. We are
currently trialling the shirt to see how the material
is with the wear and tear of day to day use. A
handful of students have been asked to do this,
which is why you have started to see the uniform
being worn to school. Once we are happy with
everything, we will inform you via the newsletter
when they will be available to purchase from the
uniform shop.
MERBEIN PRESCHOOL VISIT
Wednesday, 3rd August ~ 9am to 11am
Prospective students, and their parents, from Merbein
Preschool and other surrounding Preschools are invited to
come along and visit our School. If you are aware of any
interested students/families and they do not attend
Merbein Preschool can you please inform them about this
visit and ask them to contact the School Office.
JUMP ROPE FOR HEART
Dear Parents/Guardians,
ONLY TWO WEEKS TO GO!!!!!!
Our jump day is 5th of August (only 2 weeks
away) and we only have a small number of
children registered. Please support this wonderful
program. Visit our schools direct link and click register
for your child to start their own personal fundraising
page.
jumprope.everydayhero.do/jumprope2016/?group=
Our-Lady-of-the-Sacred-Heart-MERBEIN-VIC-120046
Send emails to family and friends asking for
sponsorship. Happy Fundraising ☺
2017 PREP ENROLMENTS
We are now calling for Prep enrolments for next year. If you are aware of any new families that are interested in enrolling their child/ren at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Primary School either in Prep or any other grade, would you please inform them to contact the School Office. The opportunity is available for all new and present families to meet with myself to ask questions, pass on information, look around the school etc. If you have any queries or wish to have a meeting time please contact the office.
GRADE PREP NEWS
Uniform- It’s really disappointing to see many students in
Prep not in correct uniform. If your child is out of uniform
for a reason please come and see me or email me a reason.
Assembly- Prep assembly will be next Friday 5th August. Be
prepared to be dazzled again by a super performance.
Sport- Tuesday and Friday; students are to come to school
in their sports uniform only on these days.
Library- Library will resume this week after last week’s
timetable clash. Please bring library bags on Thursday
Morning reading: Please ensure your child arrives at
school before the bell to complete morning reading.
Homework: Homework sheet due Friday. Reading each
night.
Show and tell: Week 3: ‘Something that moves’. Week 4;
Bring in your favourite teddy bear. Please ensure your child
is prepared for their show and tell day.
GRADE TWO NEWS
It was such a busy week last week! Thanks to all who came
to our class Mass. The students were absolutely brilliant
and we were so proud! The Grade Twos displayed fantastic
persistence with practicing for both the class Mass and
assembly. It was a lot of work but everyone did a great job.
- Homework was sent home yesterday, and needs to be
completed neatly and returned by Friday. We have had a
big discussion about making sure our homework is
completed and presented exactly like it would be expected
at school. Please encourage your child to write properly
using neat handwriting and writing with a grey lead. Thank
you for your assistance with this.
- Please ensure all students are bringing a drink bottle to
school every day. They are not allowed to leave the
classroom for a drink.
GRADE THREE S NEWS
Art Folders- If you haven’t already brought yours back,
could you please do so.
Author Study- If you have any Roald Dahl books at home,
feel free to bring them in!
Dates to Remember- Thursday, September 1st – Grade 3S
and Grade 5 Class Mass
Library- Don’t forget Library is on Thursdays
GRADE THREE L NEWS
A reminder that students need to do their reading every
night and bring their diary and reader to school each day.
This is not happening for all students at the moment.
Students need to have their library bag for Friday.
Next Thursday we are having a class Mass with Grade
One. This will happen at 9.10am and will be followed by a
morning tea. For the morning tea we ask that each student
bring in a small plate of food to share. More details on this
soon.
OLSH OLSH OLSH OLSH Choir:Choir:Choir:Choir: Choir will be on again this Friday in preparation for the Vanilla Slice performance at 9.10am on 20th of August. A note with more details will be issued closer to the date to see who is available for that performance. Mr Canavan
ScienceScienceScienceScience Grades 3 & 4 will each need to collect a
container with a screw top lid with 1 cup of
soil in it. We are hoping to get a wide range
of different types of soils. The container must
have a screw top lid and be able to put about
1/2 a litre of water in it as part of our
investigation. Each student needs their soil for
their Science lesson in Week 4.
Trials for Mini OlympicsTrials for Mini OlympicsTrials for Mini OlympicsTrials for Mini Olympics This week's trials are Shot Put and Discus.
Friday at 11.30am on the Oval with Mr Canavan.
Please come and try if you are interested in being
part of the Mini Olympics squad.
SUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITY Rubbish free results 20/7/16 Grade Prep 14/21 67% Grade 1 11/16 69% Grade 2 16/22 73% Grade 3L 8/16 50% Grade 3S 13/16 81% Grade 4 16/19 84% Grade 5 20/24 83% Grade 6 20/22 91% Total 118/156 76% Well done to Grade Six students for the most improved rubbish free lunch boxes last week. Remember to bring rubbish free lunch boxes every Wednesday.
National Tree DayNational Tree DayNational Tree DayNational Tree Day Greening Mildura together with Fishers Stores and Lower Murray Water are once again celebrating “Schools Tree Day” on Friday the 29th July and “National Tree Day” on Sunday the 31st July. A flyer was sent home today explaining how you are able to pick up free trees from the front of Fishers Store in Deakin Ave Mildura from 10am until 5pm on Friday the 29th July.
CANTEEN NEWS Monday Only Meal Deal - $4.00
Month of AUGUST
Hot Chicken & Gravy Roll
Rumball OR Gingerbread Man
Fruit box
Please note that this is for lunch only
and will not be given out at recess.
OLSH SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL
School Advisory Council Membership: Renee Carmes,
Leusanne de Koning, Daryl Goldsmith, Clint Edgar,
Rowena Keenan, Kellie Ricardi, Jo Finlayson, Narelle
Gallagher (Staff Rep), Sr. Marion & Chris Brouwers.
STUDENT BIRTHDAYS
We hope the following student had/will have a very Happy
Birthday:
Name Date Age
Charli Hocking 29th July 11
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to the following students who received
Student of the Week.
Grade Prep Keisha Randall
Grade One Lilly Pulham
Grade Two Taneshia Shaw
Grade Three L Angus Warren
Grade Three S Sienna Tortora
Grade Four Zach Beard
Grade Five Ashley Treweek
Grade Six Joshua Freeman
2016 OLSH STAFF, FAMILY & FRIENDS FOOTY TIPPING
COMPETITION Remember to put your tips in!!
OLSH SKOOLBAG APP:
OLSH has a School App which is available for both apple and
android devices. If you would like the information on how
to put this app on your device, please contact Mia Mottram
or search for Skoolbag Merbein on your device.
OLSH REMINDERS / INFORMATION
� Financial Assistance: I ask families to please come and
see me if at any time throughout the year they would
like assistance with payment of School Fees,
purchasing of school uniforms etc. Support can be
provided.
� Signing in & out: A reminder to everyone that when
visiting the school during a normal school day (9.15am
– 3.00pm) you must enter the school via the Office and
sign in if you wish to enter the school, and sign out
when leaving the school. No one is permitted to be in
the school without completing this procedure. Please
note that this is an OH&S requirement.
� Drink bottles: All students are required to have a drink
bottle in the classroom filled with water only.
� Working with Children Checks (WWCC): Any parents
and friends who plan to have any direct involvement in
the school’s classes, activities, functions etc. are
required to undertake a WWCC. Forms are available
online.
� Before & After School Supervision: The outside
classroom supervision of students begins at 8.25am
and concludes at 3.40pm.
� Trestles & Chairs: P & F have 15 trestles and 130 chairs
which are available to the school community and
friends to hire. Hire charge will be $1 chair and $5 a
trestle. Please contact the office for more information.
Upcoming Dates
July 25-28 Year 5/6 Camp
August 3rd Pre School Visit
August 4th Grade 1 & 3L Class Mass
August 5th Jump Rope for Heart
August 9th SAC Meeting
August 12th Pupil Free Day – Staff PD
August 18th P&F Meeting@ 2.30pm
August 18th Grade 3S & 5 Class Mass
August 20th Merbein Vanilla Slice Triumph
August 23rd Mini Olympics
August 26th OLSH Athletics Day
September 1st Grade Prep & 6 Class Mass
September 2nd OLSH Trivia Night
September 2nd Father’s Day stall
September 13th SAC Meeting
September 15th School Disco
September 15th P&F Meeting @ 6pm
September 16th Grandparents Day
September 16th Last Day of Term 3
October 12/13 Year 3/4 Camp
October 17th P&F Meeting @ 2.30pm
November 1st Melbourne Cup holiday
November 8th School AGM
November 17th P&F Meeting @ 2.30pm
December 2nd Merbein Carols (TBC)
December 6th Orientation Day
December 8th P&F Meeting @ 2.30pm
December 13th School Concert
(2017 Student leaders announced)
December 14th Last full day for children
December 15/16 Numeracy testing
