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Dear Parents, Carers and Students, December 5, 2019
Advent: a time of anticipation; excitement and waiting as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. I think we have a
brighter outlook regarding Advent here in Australia. For half the world, Christmas also falls in the middle of
winter - shorter days, longer hours and darkness can be challenging. Our theme for Advent this year at Our
Lady’s this year is Let Your Light Shine. In the middle of this festive season, we’re called to be God’s light in
the dark places; and that can mean spending time and energy to support others who find this season hard.
Where does your light shine this Christmas?
Thank you to all families who contributed to our Christmas Hamper appeal and we now have Christmas
hampers ready to distribute to families in the Craigieburn area.
Class Organization 2020: On Monday, when you receive your child’s report there will also be a letter informing
you of your child’s grade and teacher for next year. The school spends a great deal of time organising the class
structures and each child’s needs are discussed and considered when selecting classes and teachers. At the
end of the day we ask our parent community to support our decisions regarding school organization. On
Wednesday 11th December the children have an opportunity to meet with their 2020 teacher and classmates
at the meet the teacher session from 10.30am -11.30am.
Birthday wishes to all these children who celebrate their birthday: Noel 3A, Armanita
Prep D, Ava 1C, Sophia 2A, Zuri 4M.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!
Learning Celebration Expo: Tuesday 10th December 4:00pm - 7:00pm: This will be a great opportunity for you
to come and celebrate your child’s learning with them, as they and their teacher lead you through some
interactive activities that showcase how they have worked together to achieve learning goals this year. Our
specialist teachers will also have their rooms available for you to experience some of the great learning that
happens during these programs. Appointment bookings can be made via Compass.
Levies for 2020 - Stationery collection day will occur on Wednesday 11th & Thursday 12th December
between 8.00am - 4.30pm. Stationery to be collected from the gymnasium and paid for at the office prior to
collection. Thank you to the parents who have already paid for their 2020 levy. The Student Levy for 2020 is
$300.00 per student. The receipt is required to be produced when you collect your stationery. Prep & Year 1
stationery packs are to be stored at school - no need to collect….only pay for.
Parent Engagement in Learning survey: There is ample research and evidence highlighting the fact that greater
parent engagement in children’s schooling leads to improved student outcomes. Please take 5 minutes to fill
out the survey around parent engagement in student learning sent to you via COMPASS. We are wanting to
listen to parent input in our school community around how parents are engaging with their child's learning
outside of school hours. This data will help us plan actions in the future that improve our parent/school
relationships around student learning. Your input is extremely valuable.
Carols Night: Don’t forget tonight is the night. 7.00pm start for carols. Families are
welcome to come earlier (6:30) and have their dinner on the lawn. Our choir is also
performing at Craigieburn Carols at Anzac park on Saturday 7th December.
Enjoy a sunny weekend
Paul McEntee
Principal
From the Science desk this week - goodbye Mr McArdle
Friday 6th December Year 4 Excursion to SPLASH
Tuesday 10th December Our Lady’s Celebration of Learning
Wednesday 11th December Book Selling Day 8:00am – 4:30pm
Wednesday 11th December School Uniform Sales 10:30am–12:00pm (Time change)
Wednesday 11th December 2020 Meet the Teacher Day
Thursday 12th December Book Selling Day 8:00am – 4:30pm
Thursday 12th December Year 6 Graduation Evening – 6:30pm (for 7pm start)
Friday 13th December Year 6 MSAC Excursion – See Compass for more details
Tuesday 17th December End of Year School Mass 9:15am – All Welcome
Tuesday 17th December Final Day of Term 4 – 3:30pm Finish
Wednesday 29th January Term 1 Commences 8:45am
Wednesday 29th January School Uniform Sales 9:00am-10:00am (Time change from 2:30pm) ***********************************************************************************
Student Wellbeing @ Our Lady’s
…Providing a safe and supportive learning environment
GRINNERS ARE WINNERS
Congratulations to the following class for consistently being
safe, responsible and respectful in class.
Lots of classes with excellent scores this week.
The winning classes are:
Prep C Prep D 1P 1S 2E 2M 6S PLAYGROUND AWARDS
Children who were caught being SAFE, RESPONSIBLE or RESPECTFUL will receive a
token.
Well done and continue to ‘do the little things right’.
Congratulations to the following winners:
Safe: Joseph 3A
Responsible: Imogen Prep C
Respectful: Eden Prep C
Time for Change……
Each year children are moved from one class to another with a different class teacher,
different group of children in their class and a different room.
It is normal to feel different emotions when things are
different.
Change can be easy at times and at other times it can be challenging.
It is important that when we find things change challenging, we try different strategies
to cope. Over the past couple of weeks your children will be talking in their class about the
changes and various strategies they can use to make the transition from one year to another a
smooth one.
It is important to look at the positives of this change such as: meet year teachers, learn
from different people.
It is also important to think about and create a positive sense of hope for the year
ahead.
This may be a question you talk about with your child(ren)......‘What are you
looking forward to in 2020 at school?
YEAR 2 SWIMMING FUN @ SPLASH
School Community School, families and community working together to improve students learning outcomes
THANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOUTHANK YOU
To all the families who have already contributed to our classroom hampers. We have two days to go so
let’s put in a big effort tomorrow and Monday to make Christmas memorable for families in our local
community.
OUR LADY’S CHRISTMAS OUTREACH TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
Classroom Christmas Hampers
Our Christmas Gift to Families in our local community
Dear Parents and Carers,
As part of our preparation for the coming of Jesus on Christmas Day, our school community is putting
together Christmas Hampers for those in our community who find Christmas a difficult time.
This is our Christmas gift to the local community.
Could you please donate something from the list below to your child/children’s classroom hamper.
Tins of vegetables, mince pies, Christmas cake, biscuits, chocolates, Christmas bon bons,
cordial, soft drink, teabags, coffee, long life milk, custard powder, tins/jars of fruit,
packets of jelly, Christmas serviettes.
St Vincent De Paul will be collecting these hampers from the school on Monday 9th December
2019.
Thank you for your generosity and continued support for Our Lady’s School Community
OUR LADY’S CHRISTMAS CAROLSOUR LADY’S CHRISTMAS CAROLSOUR LADY’S CHRISTMAS CAROLSOUR LADY’S CHRISTMAS CAROLS TONIGHTTONIGHTTONIGHTTONIGHT
Students assemble at 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start
Students are to assemble with their class and remain with their teacher
until they are dismissed at the end of the concert.
There will be an allocated area for the parents to assemble.
Families are welcome to bring a picnic dinner to share before the performance which starts at 7:00pm
BOOK SALESBOOK SALESBOOK SALESBOOK SALES
Wednesday 11th & Thursday 12th December
8:00am – 4:30pm
In the School Gym
HUME CITY COUNCILHUME CITY COUNCILHUME CITY COUNCILHUME CITY COUNCIL---- CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHTCAROLS BY CANDLELIGHTCAROLS BY CANDLELIGHTCAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT
Our Lady’s School Choir is performing at 6:00pm
TUESDAY 10TUESDAY 10TUESDAY 10TUESDAY 10THTHTHTH
DECEMBERDECEMBERDECEMBERDECEMBER
‘‘‘‘OUR LADY’SOUR LADY’SOUR LADY’SOUR LADY’S CELEBRATION OF LEARNING’CELEBRATION OF LEARNING’CELEBRATION OF LEARNING’CELEBRATION OF LEARNING’
Bookings open today on COMPASS
This is a fabulous opportunity for families to celebrate their child’s learning for the year.
YEAR 6 GRADUATIONYEAR 6 GRADUATIONYEAR 6 GRADUATIONYEAR 6 GRADUATION
THURSDAY 12THURSDAY 12THURSDAY 12THURSDAY 12THTHTHTH
DECEMBERDECEMBERDECEMBERDECEMBER 7:00pm in the Church
Please arrive by 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start. All graduating students are to wear their
full school uniform. At the conclusion of the ceremony there will be a light supper
available in the school gym.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE NEXT WEEKWHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE NEXT WEEKWHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE NEXT WEEKWHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE NEXT WEEK
Thursday 5th December – Our Lady’s Christmes Carols – 7:00pm
Friday 6th December – 9:15am 2nd Week of Advent Mass – Whole School – Everyone welcome
Friday 6th December – Year 4 End of year Swimming Celebration 12:10pm – 3:30pm
Saturday 7th December – Hume City Council Carols by Candlelight – 5:00pm
Monday 9th December – St Vincent De Paul collecting the Classroom Hampers
Tuesday 10th December – Our Lady’s Celebration of Learning
Wednesday 11th December – Our Lady’s Choir singing at Stocklands Retirement Village
Thursday 12th December – House Spirit Team meeting with Year 5 student
Fiday 13th December – 9:15am 3rd Sunday of Adven t Mass – Whole School – Everyone welcome
Friday 13th December – Year 6 End of Year Excursion – Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS Masses in Term 4: All Welcome Sacrament dates for 2020
Week 9 Whole School Second Advent Mass Friday 6th December
Week 10 Whole School Third Advent Mass Friday 13th december
Week 11 Whole School End of Year Mass Tuesday- 17th December
Reconciliation
Tuesday 17th March 2020
Eucharist
Sunday 21st June 2020
Confirmation
Date NOW TBA
Gospel Reflection and Challenge MATTHEW 3- 1-12
Living the Gospel – Prepare Ye! John the Baptist’s call to ‘Prepare the way of the Lord’ is a summary of the purpose of the season of Advent. Every year,
as we celebrate the Nativity, we celebrate once again the presence of God in our world. God became incarnate in the world through Jesus but also always was and continues to be incarnate in the world through each person. If we are to
accept this reality and live it out, we need to remind ourselves this Advent to prepare the way for the Lord to be present in and through us every day of our lives.
Gospel challenge for
the week: Be present in the
moment!
OUR LADY’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
USED UNIFORM FOR SALE
Used uniform sizes 6-14. Summer, Winter sports and girls uniform
Prices range $5-$30
Please call or message 0448 982 726
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