OUR VISION

A welcoming community of Many Minds and One Heart in Christ

OUR MISSION

With Christ as its inspiration & guided by Gospel values, the school strives to promote the education & development of the whole child. Our Mission is to provide a high quality education that will inspire an

ongoing love of God and embrace our core values:

INTEGRITY RESPECT JUSTICE COMPASSION COURAGE

2-8 Ferguson Road, Dardanup WA 6236 PO Box 67

Phone 08 9728 1054 www.ololdard.wa.edu.au

dardanup.admin@olol.wa.edu.au

Dear Parents and Community Members,

Pentecost Prayer

Breathe in me O Holy Spirit

that my thoughts may all be holy;

Act in me O Holy Spirit

that my works, too, may be holy;

Draw my heart O Holy Spirit

that I love what is holy;

Strengthen me O Holy Spirit

to defend all that is holy;

Guard me then O Holy Spirit

that I always may be holy.

St. Augustine (AD 354-430)

School Cyclic Review

This week our school is involved in a School Cyclic Review (SCR).

The SCR provides an opportunity for a panel of educators, external

to the school, to affirm, challenge and report on the improvement

journey of the school. SCR focuses on the effectiveness of a

school’s engagement with self-review, the impact of self-review on

school improvement and the future directions for the

improvement of student outcomes that the school has identified.

SCR occurs once in a five-year period and contributes to the

compliance of school re-registration regulations in this state. The

SRC panel will be visiting our school tomorrow, Wednesday 7th

June and Thursday 8th June. As part of that process they will be

meeting with the Leadership Team, a selection of staff, students,

Parish Priest and nominees from the School Board and P&F. At the

conclusion of the SCR Panel visit, a report that comments on our

school improvement processes and strategic direction will be

written and forwarded to the school.

Many Minds One Heart

Newsletter No 9 Week 7 Term 2 6th June 2017

I M P O R T A N T D A T E S 2 0 1 7

JUNE

Thur 8

Thur 8

Fri 9

Fri 9

Tues 13

Thur 15

Sun 18

Tues 20

Wed 21

Thur 22

Thur 22

We Value:

Integrity Valuing yourself and others because each person is

made in the image of God

We show this by:

Treating others as you want to be

treated

Taking care of other people’s belongings

Saying please and thank you and using

people’s names

Following the school rules

Keeping the classroom and playground

clean

Year 4 Assembly

PP / Year 1 Class Liturgy - 11.00am

NAIDOC Activity Afternoon

P&F Disco

Board Meeting - 5.30pm

Year 5 Class Mass - 9.00am

Year 1 Excursion to BREC

Lightning Carnival - Years 4,5 &6

MJR Assembly

Year 3 Class Liturgy - 9.30am

Family Mass Years 1, 4 & 5

Family Mass On Sunday 18th June, the Year 1, 4 and 5 classes are hosting a ‘Family Mass’ at the regular 9.00am Sunday Mass. A note will be sent home this week to share more information and start to make arrangements. Everyone is welcome to attend. Morning tea will be provided and served by our host classes after Mass. Confirmation Enrolment This will take place during the 6:00pm Mass on Saturday 24th June, for Year 6 students and their families preparing to take this important step in their faith journey. There will be a short meeting for parents following Mass in the Thomas Little Hall. Class Liturgies Last week the Year 2’s celebrated and gave thanks for winter during their class Liturgy. Thank you to Fr Wayne for his words of wisdom, and thank you to the parents and grandparents in attendance. Pre-Primary and Year 1 have their class Liturgy this Thursday at 11.00am. Kindergarten 2018 Letters of offer were sent last week for places in Kindergarten 2018. Please return you acceptance as soon as possible. There will be a parent meeting in November and Kindy Café will commence on Mondays in Term 4.

P&F Disco Friday afternoon/evening is the ‘Mexican’ Disco in our school Hall. Kindy to Year 2 will attend from 5.30-7.00pm. Years 3-6 have their disco from 7.15-9.00pm. Thank you to our hard-working P&F for organising this event. Parent Survey Feedback Some feedback received in the recent parent survey enquired about the Physical Education program in our school. Each classroom teacher is responsible for the Physical Education program for their class, based on the WA Curriculum. Each class has two sessions per week, generally one session is skills-based and the other session is a games-based activity, putting into practise the skills that are being taught. In addition, sporting clinics are arranged from time to time to boost skills and utilise the expertise of specialised coaches. This year, we have already had a series of cricket clinics and are in the middle of a series of Australian Rules Football clinics. These have been supported by grants received from Sporting Schools Australia. Later this month, the Year 4, 5 and 6 students are participating in a Lightning Carnival in Donnybrook, competing against other schools in netball, soccer and football. Next Term, in weeks 7 and 8, swimming lessons will be held for all classes from PP-6. Early in Term 4, on Friday 13th October our school sports carnival will be held. Two weeks after that, on Friday 27th October, is our Interschool Sports Carnival in Bunbury. Nature Play Thank you to all who have contributed to the next stages of this amazing play space for our students. The Busy Bee on Saturday 27th May was very well attended and great things were achieved, with further developments in two informal working days on Friday and Sunday during the long weekend. Without our community commitment and dedication, we would not have this incredible play space. Vicki Noonan, we thank you! Parking and Bus Safety Please park in the car park areas and not on the verge, as this reduces visibility and is unsafe for families and students. Just a reminder that parking near the library is dangerous in the afternoons as this is a bus pick-up area. Also, our bus drivers are concerned about cars leaving the Prayer House car park between buses, where it is impossible to see if the road is clear. Remember that safety of our students and families is our highest priority, please be patient and careful during the busy drop-off and pick-up times. NAIDOC Activity Afternoon This Friday 9th June, from lunch time, we will be combining with students and staff from Dardanup Primary School for an afternoon of activities celebrating NAIDOC week. Parents are welcome to join us.

Board Meeting The next Board meeting will be held on Tuesday 13 June at 5.30pm in the Staff Room. Winter Carnival Umpires We are still seeking parents to assist in netball umpiring on Wednesday 21st June. No prior experience needed. If you are planning on going to watch on the day and you can assist in umpiring please email Luke Skehan at luke.skehan@cewa.edu.au Have a wonderful week May God bless you Mrs Angela Hegney

LOST SCHOOL JUMPERS

The weather is becoming colder, more jumpers are being

worn to school… and lost.

Could everyone please check the tags on any school jumpers

that have come home to ensure they belong to your child;

many labeled/named jumpers have been lost in the past few

weeks.

Thank you

Nature Play Help Needed!

Please join us if you can to finish our logs and mound areas so our children can enjoy these areas sooner.

This Thursday 8th June (straight after assembly). To be done: spreading mulch in the logs areas and

smoothing any sharp timber edges. Available helpers please bring work gloves, rake, wheelbarrow or big

bucket and any timber sanding tools.

This Sunday 11th June (from 10am—2pm). To be done: finishing concreting the mound rocks in place. Please

bring work gloves and wear covered clothes and boots.

If you can assist in any way on these two days please RSVP direct to Vicki Noonan on 0438 090 039.

Youth Survey CALLING ALL YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16-29 YEARS OLD! We need your help! Pope Francis wants to hear from you! The Catholic Church's #Synod2018 of Young People is approaching and the Pope wants to hear from as many young people as possible from all across the world! It’s a chance for your VOICE to be HEARD no matter who you are. Pope has said we want to hear from you regardless of whether you consider yourself to be agnostic, atheist, a non-church goer or lukewarm in the faith! "This is the Synod of young people and we want to listen to one another. Every young person has something to say to others. He or she has something to say to adults, something to say to priests, sisters, bishops and even the Pope. All of us need to listen to you!” - Pope Francis, April 2017. Find the survey on www.facebook.com/BunburyYouthMinistryOffice/ or on our website https://bunburycatholic.org.au/

Religious Education News

Upcoming dates:

Thursday 8th June– PP/Year 1 Liturgy, 11am

Thursday 15th June– Year 5 Class Mass, 9am

Sunday 18th June– Family Mass (Year 1,4,5), 9am

Gospel Reading John 3:16-18 God sent his Son into the world to save the world.

Because of God’s great love for us, he sent his Son, Jesus, to save the world. Jesus, in turn, sent the Holy Spirit so that our faith in God and his love would be strengthened. The nurturing experiences of family life also help us to understand and have faith in God’s love.

Create a family poster together showing all the ways in which your family experiences God’s great love. Use symbols, pictures, and words to show how you have seen God at work in your family life and in our history.

MJR Assembly– Thursday 22nd June

Who will be our next MJR Stars?

Please remember the

Shoebox Appeal.

Boxes located in each

classroom

Confirmation

Enrolment Mass

Sunday 24th June at

6pm

Please keep the candidates in

your prayers.

Confirmation will be 9th &

10th September

MJR Focus this term: Spirit Of Jesus Moments

Core Value: Compassion

Some questions to think about:

Where was Jesus in my life today?

The spirit of Jesus lives in our hearts, we are the model of

Jesus on Earth.

How we greet, treat and speak to each other is

important.

Jesus spirit comes out in small acts; kindness, helping,

being cheerful, giving, forgiving, welcoming and saying

thanks.

Get “switched on” to seeing the spirit of Jesus in others

and yourself.

CLASS NEWS

In Year 3 we have been doing research and writing animal reports. In Maths, we have been comparing and measuring area. We have started practising for our class liturgy and our assembly item.

The Year 2's went on a fantastic excursion to King

Cottage. We stepped back in time and learnt lots

of things about living in the past. We loved

washing the socks using a washboard, and were

amazed that 7 children could sleep in 2 beds and 1

cot. We are very glad that we do not need to use

the same toilets as they did in the olden days.

We also enjoyed a beautiful class liturgy with Fr

Wayne. Our theme was 'winter'. It was the first

time that we had a liturgy in the Church and we

were very excited.

In Year 5 we have been learning all about democracy. We have investigated the rights and responsibilities of voters and how laws are made - who knew it was so complicated? In Writing, we have chosen an environmental issue that we are interested in and we are learning how to focus on a particular topic within that area, so we can teach people about our environment. We are really enjoying using the Chrome Books for lots of learning areas like comprehension, note-taking, Religious Education and coding!

In Year 6 we have been busy in Maths with all things Angles, as well as trying a bit of year 8 maths for a challenge. In Science we have been making ghost houses using electrical circuits. In English we have been studying figurative language. We have been enjoying the football clinic where we compete in mini competitions for prizes!

We have been busy in Pre Primary investigating books written by Eric Carle. We have learnt about so many new insects and have created some wonderful pieces of work. In Mathematics we are investigating patterns, and learning how create patterns for our friends to solve. We have been busy learning how to recognise numbers to 20, and concentrating on slowing down when we count larger groups of numbers. We are looking forward to our class Liturgy this week with the Year Ones.

The Kindy class have been busy finishing off our unit of work on the senses. Using our nose, hands, eyes, ears and taste buds, we have learnt so much about our world! We have been working hard to complete work samples for our Portfolio, which will be sent home at the end of this term. Mrs Madaffari is also looking forward to meeting with our parents, in Parent-Teacher Interviews, during weeks 9 and 10 of this term. A note will be going home this week so keep an eye out!

In Year 4 we have been busy preparing for our assembly based on the book "The Lorax" by Dr Seuss. In English we have kept with the Dr Seuss theme and have been studying not only The Lorax but other Dr Seuss titles. In Maths we completed an investigation on angles, which required us to plan 3 mini golf holes and show the perfect shot for the hole. We then looked for acute, obtuse and right angles in the shots.

In Literacy, the Year 1’s have been writing procedures, narratives and

letters . We have really enjoyed writing narratives with magical lands and

characters. We have been writing letters to characters from 'The Wind in

the Willows'.

In maths, we have been learning how to read graphs for information.

We are looking forward to the school disco on Friday and our Liturgy with

the Pre-primary class on Thursday.

Thank you to all who assisted. Special thanks to Vicki Noonan for her coordination.

We are so grateful for all the assistance we have received.