OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL, MERBEIN

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OUR LADY OF THE SACRED HEART PRIMARY SCHOOL, MERBEIN TERM 2, WEEK 2 Friday, 30th April, 2021

Address: 18 Box Street. Merbein. VIC. 3505 Phone: (03) 5025 2258

Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Webpage: www.olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Dear Families,

What a beautiful day for a run! Our Cross Country took place this morning with some very eager (and some not so eager!) students heading over to Kenny Park to complete the course. It is always great to see the students trying their best, regardless of their sporting prowess, and also wonderful to hear them cheering for and encouraging their classmates. We had some fantastic efforts today and a big “congratulations” goes to our Age Group winners. Thank you to the parents who were able to come along to help man the course and those who were there to cheer their children on. We even had a few parents taking part! Mr. Canavan and the school appreciate your presence!

OLSH has begun to advertise our Open Day on Thursday, May 20th. In 2022 we have quite a large group of siblings joining us for Prep and have already held some interviews for new families. There will be two times for interested families to tour the school on the day – 10.00am and 5.00pm. If you know of anyone who is thinking of enrolling their child at OLSH next year, please tell them about the Open Day or ask them to contact the office if they would like more information.

Our Mother’s Day Liturgy is next Friday, 7th May. We are very excited to treat our mums to a lovely high tea (with some covid differences!) and for them to spend time in the classrooms with their children. If you haven’t sent the reply slip back and intend to come along, please contact the office as soon as possible! Covid restrictions mean we need to be sure of numbers for seating and catering before the day.

The five Catholic Schools of Sunraysia recently decided to have a short television ad made to promote Catholic Education in Sunraysia. This coincides with the celebration of 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia during May. While many of our Catholic schools in the district are well known to people, quite often we are told by new families that they didn’t know there was a Catholic school in Merbein! We hope that this ad will help to change this perception and allow others to see what a great school we have here! We will be celebrating 200 years of Catholic Education during Catholic Education Week later on in May.

The sacraments of Confirmation and Eucharist will be celebrated on June 20th. Information about this has gone home to the students who are at the

Upcoming Dates May 3rd Dental Van 5th SSVSD Cross Country 7th Grade 1/2 S Assembly 7th Mother’s Day Liturgy, Activities & High Tea 11th-14th NAPLAN (Grade 3 & 5) 13th & 14th SSG Meetings 14th Grade Prep Assembly 20th Open Day 21st Grade 6 Assembly 24th-28th Catholic Education Week 25th Book Fair / Dress Up Day 26th Twilight School 28th Winter Sports

Mother’s Day Liturgy, Activities &

Morning Tea Friday, 7th May, 2021

THESE FORMS ARE NOW DUE

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Australian Dental Health

NEXT WEEK Monday, 3rd May, 2021 Late forms will be accepted

until the last day of the dental visit.

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Book Fair & Dress Up Parade

Tuesday, 25th May, 2021

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Twilight School 1pm start

Tuesday, 26th May

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correct age for this. Please return these notes as soon as possible so that we can organise our group for lessons.

Last term we reported that our Easter Hot Cross Bun drive raised $410.00 for Project Compassion. Our money boxes from the classrooms, as well as some coins brought from home added to this to make a total of $647.15 for Project Compassion – a fantastic effort from all of our students! Teaching children to give money away to a charity or cause also teaches them empathy – a great quality to have in life. We are always very proud of the way our students (and families) support those less fortunate than themselves. Our Easter Raffle raised a total of $1531.50 – also a healthy amount to go towards resources for our students. We thank all families who bought and sold tickets for the raffle. Your support is appreciated!

Since returning to school this term, we have had to send quite a number of our students home due to being unwell. Some of these have been tummy upsets, but there are a number of children who are unwell with head colds. Unfortunately, we just cannot have students at school if they are in any way coughing or congested, as this breaches all covid safe rules. Thank you to the families who are keeping their children home if they are off-colour.

This week the dental van was to visit the students at OLSH. Unfortunately, there was an issue on their end and they didn’t show up! The van will now visit over approximately 3 days from this Monday, 3rd May.

Enjoy the beautiful weather on the weekend!

Yours sincerely, Narelle Gallagher

SCHOOL NEWS

Religious Education Don’t forget to let the office know if you are going to be a part of our Mother’s Day Celebration here at OLSH! The students are excited to be celebrating their mothers and important women in their life by sharing a liturgy, where they learn with a fun activity and to finish with a lovely High Tea!

Physical Education News Cross Country Results Congratulations to all our students who competed in our Cross Country Carnival this morning! It was fantastic to see our students be able to challenge their fitness and complete the various courses and distances over the morning. Here are our top three runners for each race:

Grade / Age Girls Boys

Prep 1. Violet Dimasi

2. Savannah Borchard 3. Esther Smith

1. Lachlan Beckwith 2. Darby Giddings 3. Jake Borchard

Grade 1 1. Holly Cumming / Summer Alderson

2. Dixie Canning 3. Evelyn Matulic

1. Levi Davis 2. Aston McGowan

3. Xavier Legin

Grade 2 1. Paley Hammet

2. Zali Breewel 3. Savannah Flett

1. Isaac Longeri 2. Phoenix McGowan

3. Michele Dichiera

9 Year Olds 1. Matilda Pritchard

2. Pippa Annand / Olivia Doughty 3. Myah Timmis

1. Hayden Gourlay 2. Lucas Timmis

3. Jayden Beckwith

10 Year Olds 1. Lavinia Torquati 2. Ruby Szumowski

3. Serenity-Rose Legin

1. Eamon Breewel 2. Archie Giddings 3. Pietro Dichiera

11 Year Olds 1. Grace Willcock

2. Amber Otto 3. Gabriella Pediglieri

1. Darcy Pritchard 2. Ethan Sutton-Leunig

3. Noah Edgar


12+ Years 1. Grace Heinrich

2. Charlotte Finlayson 3. Johanna Cumming

1. Will Beard 2. Brandon Kerridge

3. Milan Torquati

Congratulations to the following students who have the opportunity to compete at the District Cross Country Championships next Wednesday at the Old Aerodrome Ovals. The students were selected by their running time of the course. Under 10’s Matilda Pritchard Eamon Breewel Archie Giddings Hayden Gourlay

11 Years Darcy Pritchard Ethan Sutton-Leunig Grace Willcock 12+ Years Will Beard

Mr Canavan PE Teacher

Book Fair / Dress Up – Tuesday 25th May Our annual Book Fair is coming up on Tuesday 25th May. This will be a dress up day so we are asking the children to come dressed as their favourite book character! The children will have an opportunity to view the books prior to the Fair and will bring home a "wish List" of items they wish to purchase along with the relevant prices. There will be a parade for the students to show off their costumes on the morning of the Fair!

Webinar: eSafety's guide to parental controls There are webinars at the beginning of May and June that has been set up by eSafety Commission for parents and carers on how parents and carers can set up devices and apps to help kids and young people stay safe online. It is designed for parents and carers of children aged 4-13. It will cover: the benefits and limitations of parental controls how to set up iOS and Android devices for safety how to set up popular games and apps like YouTube and Roblox for safety using family tech agreements and other parenting strategies to manage online risks how eSafety can help when things go wrong.


This webinar will include practical tips, demonstrations and advice. Please go to the following link to register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/9188680659348918543

Homework Club

with Mrs. Ryan

Every Wednesday at Lunchtime

1:35pm-2:15pm

Students are invited to come to Mrs. Ryan’s Room at lunchtime on Wednesdays if they need help with tricky questions or just a quiet

place to work on their homework

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Ryan: [email protected]

Newsletters These are distributed every Friday on the Skoolbag app or email. Please contact us if at any time you have any queries or require any further explanation about events, dates etc. Any items for the newsletter are asked to be handed in at the office by 9.00am on Tuesday.

Sustainability Did you know? By recycling one aluminum can you are saving enough energy to run a television for three hours. Please remember to put drink cans into the recycle bin and not the rubbish bin. We would like to say a big thank you to the Goldsmith family for donating wheat for chicken feed. Congratulations this week to Grade One/ Two S for being the class with the most rubbish free lunch boxes. In our whole school we had 75% of students with rubbish free. Well done to everyone.

Medical Profile - Parent Access Module (PAM)

Please make sure that the school has been notified of any changes that have been made to your child’s Medical Profile on PAM and to also include this on the pink Parental Authority and Consent Form each year.

It is the responsibility of the parent to make OLSH aware of any changes.

Second Hand Uniform Melanie Powell can be contacted if you are looking at buying any second hand uniform. We ask that you pay a minimum of $2.00 gold coin donation per item, however if you feel that the item/s are worth more than you are welcome to donate more. The items will be brought into the school office once she is contacted by parents – 0499 883 167.

SIMON Everywhere – Parent Access Module App A reminder to download this from either the Google Play Store or the Apple Store. Please contact the office on 50252258 or email [email protected] if you need any assistance.

Virtual Tour We are very excited to have a Virtual Tour of OLSH on our website. This was completed last year to assist us in showing our school to new families and we are very happy with the end product. virtual.olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au

https://register.gotowebinar.com/rt/9188680659348918543


@OLSH Merbein

Student of The Week Congratulations to the following students:

Grade Prep: Tommy Field Grade 1 / 2 G: Ariana Mazza

Grade 1 / 2 S: Summer Alderson Grade Three: Jayden Beckwith

Grade Four: Ned Smith Grade Five: Jonty Binding Grade Six: Grace Heinrich

Student Birthdays We would like to wish the following students a very happy birthday.

Dane Alderson – 22nd April – 8 yrs Jonty Binding – 23rd April – 11 yrs Davien Maher – 25th April – 10 yrs Maggie Parker – 26th April – 9 yrs Lily Pulham – 27th April – 11 yrs

Charlotte Finlayson – 28th April – 12 yrs Aliyah Annand – 2nd May – 11 yrs

Lauren Reed – 2nd May – 10 yrs Levi Body – 4th May – 8 yrs

Angus Wilson – 8th May – 11 yrs Theon Ellis-Stein – 9th May – 9 yrs

School Advisory Council Members: Gavin Gourlay

Thel O’Shea Hannah Mills

Grant Finalyson Amy Cupper

Casey Stoetzer (Staff Rep) Narelle Gallagher (Principal)

JUNIOR NEWSWell done to all students on their awesome running today at Cross Country. It was great to see everyone trying their best. Mother’s day- On Friday next week all mothers are invited to our Mother’s Day Liturgy, Activities and High tea. Please make sure you have handed in your RSVP to this ASAP. Church- This term each Thursday one of the Junior classes will attend church. This week Grade 1/2 S visited and Fr Matt showed them around the Church and explained different parts to the students. Next week Grade 1/2 G will go to Church.

Don’t forget Rubbish Free Wednesdays each week!

Sports Days All students need their sports uniform on Mondays and Fridays.

Library Days Students will need to return their current books so they can borrow. No bag, no borrowing. Prep A- Fridays Grade One/Two G- Fridays Grade One/Two S- Fridays


Prep News Homework- Well done to all students for completing their first homework this week. Homework will be sent home on Mondays and is due back on Fridays. Show and Tell- Week 3 Show and Tell topic is ‘Share your favourite toy’. Assembly- The Prep students will be doing a class performance on Friday the 14th of May.

Grade One / Two News Well done to 1/2 G on their performance today. They did a wonderful job retelling and acting out the story of Pig the Pug. If you missed the performance you can watch it on Facebook. Assemblies: 1/2 S’s Assembly week 3 (Friday 7th May).

MIDDLE NEWS Next Friday we look forward to treating our Mum’s with a Liturgy and a specially prepared High Tea. We look forward to seeing our Mum’s there! Students need to bring to school $2 which will be put towards the Mother’s Day gift that we are making at school. A reminder that on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th May we have SSG meetings. Please indicate your attendance by going through SIMON. Could all students please make more of an effort to bring a library bag to school on their allocated borrowing day (Grade Three - Friday, Grade Four - Friday). Books are not allowed to be taken home without a library bag. In preparation for our next STEAM DAY (which is on Friday 21st May), could recyclable items please be brought in to school. For example: straws, icy pole sticks, cardboard tubing, material scraps, bottle lids, small boxes (no bigger than a shoe box) etc. HEADS UP! Catholic Education Week will take place during week six (Monday 24th May - Friday 28th May). During this week we have many exciting things taking place including the long awaited Dress Up Parade. Students are asked to come dressed as their favourite book character and, as has been done in the past, a parade will take place on the morning of Tuesday 25th May. We thought we would let you know in advance in case a special costume needed to be sourced. Please watch this space for further details.

Grade Three: Students have homework. Remember, there is the Homework Club on Wednesdays at lunch time if students need help

or time to do their homework. In Science, we have been learning about the three states of matter.


Grade Four: For homework next week, students have been asked to create a convict out of a plastic bottle. This task coincides with

our History topic - The First Fleet. Instructions are on the homework sheet. Please refer to general information above for other details.

SENIOR NEWS A reminder to all senior unit children and their families that we are required to wear our school winter uniform. Please

make sure you are in the correct uniform. Our School Cross Country event was held today. Congratulations to all students for participating in this event and trying

their best. A note was sent home yesterday regarding the Melbourne Camp. Please fill this out and return it to school by the due

date. Melbourne Camp prices are being organised, however this will be subject to numbers attending and other costs. We will let you know ASAP when a final price has been organised.

The Victorian Police will be visiting the senior unit next Friday to continue the Safety Program. We look forward to seeing Joe and Amy again.

Grade Five News: Diaries need to be signed and returned to school each day for me to sign. Please make sure the diaries are available each

day. This term we will be reading a class novel - Because of Winn Dixie. This will be completed in class with some homework

activities expected to be completed. NAPLAN testing will take place for Grade Five children on Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th of May.

Good luck to all the children. Grade Six News: Homework was sent home on Monday and is due back this coming Monday.

Students should have completed some revision work on fractions and also had a reading comprehension sheet to complete.

Wonder is our class novel this term. Students will have required readings and need to make sure they are reading each night to keep up with the class. Please don’t read ahead, as this also ruins it for other students. Students who haven’t completed their reading each night will have to read before school or at recess to catch up.


We have been learning about space in Science this term. Check out some of our wonderful pictures of planets we have completed in Art to compliment what we have learned about so far.

If you have any questions you can email us at: 5: Michael Breewel - [email protected] 6: Danielle Ford- [email protected]

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