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OUR LADY OF GRACE
NEWSLETTER
CONCERT WEEK Thank you to all families for your support in the lead-up to our concert
on Friday night! The children are all very excited, and the rehearsals
have been going very well. Please see the information later in the
newsletter for more details. We are looking forward to a fun night.
MASTER PLANNING UPDATE We have met with Susan and Guy from Phillips/Pilkington Architects
for an initial consultation on our Master Plan. I was very impressed
with the maturity from the students involved in the consultation, their
ideas were well thought through and focused on their learning and
community.
PLANNING 2018 AND BEYOND All families will have received a 2018 planning form this week. Our
school structures, staffing and planning depends on the most
accurate information we can get for 2018. Please fill in this form and
return to it to school as soon as possible, but at the latest by Friday
15th September. If you have any questions about this, or would like to
discuss this please come in and have a chat.
You will also be aware that Our Lady of Grace will be in a year of
transition in 2018, with year 6’s remaining at Our Lady of Grace in
2019. This has some implications for 2018, as there will be no
‘graduating class’ in 2018, although our year 5’s will still be school
leaders. I would appreciate some feedback through the survey link
(below). The questions relate mainly to parents of children currently
in year 3 and 4, but I encourage all parents to respond.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/72PHR3H
From the Acting Principal
Term 3 Week 5 24th August 2017
Diary Dates
AUGUST
25/8 Early Dismissal from 12pm
Optional
25/8 SCHOOL CONCERT
29/8 Bill Hansberry Literacy
Evening for Parents 6.45pm
31/8 Book Fair
1/9 Book Fair
4/9 AGC Workshop 1.40pm
P&F Meeting 7pm
5/9 School Photo Day
6/9 2/3 Village Assembly
7/9-8/9 4/5 Touch Football Carnival
10/9 Sacramental Poster Making
11/9 School Board 7pm
12/9 Confirmation Practise 2.30pm
13/9 Confirmation 7pm Our Lady
Of Victories
17/9 First Communion OLOG
9.15am
19/9 Catholic Schools Music Festival
20/9 R/1 Village Assembly
22/9 2/3 Village Mass
Grandparents Day
25/9 SAPSASA Athletics Metro
28/9 SA Police Band
29/9 Last Day of Term ☺
2017 OLOG Term Dates
Term 3 July 24th – Sept 29th
Term 4 Oct 16th – Dec 13th
Attachments:
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
From the Aprim
Semester 2 SRC Students Our newly elected Semester 2 SRC Students will
be presented with their badges during the R/1
Village Prayer next Wednesday 30th August at
9.00am.
Catholic Charities – Catherine House
Care Packages The SRC’s will be collecting care packages for
Catherine House. Catherine House provides
supported accommodation services in Adelaide
to women experiencing homelessness, who are
18 years and older.
A notice will be sent home next week asking for
students from all Villages to bring in one of the
suggested items listed to contribute to the care
packages.
R/1 Village: - Cleaning Packs
2/3 Village: - Activity Items
4/5 Village: - Essential Items
This collection will take place from Monday 4th
September – Friday 8th September. Please look
for the notice next week and support the
important work of Catherine House.
The Australian Girls Choir will be visiting OLOG on
Monday 4th September to hold an assessment
workshop at 1.40pm. If your daughter is
interested please return the form that was sent
home last or see the front office for another form.
Sacramental Program
Some dates to keep in mind for the Sacramental
Program:
September 10th – Sacramental Program poster
making at OLOG following Mass at 9.15am.
September 12th – Tuesday 2.30pm Confirmation
practise at OLOG.
September 13th – Wednesday 7pm Our Lady of
Victories Confirmation.
September 16th & 17th - First Communion OLOG
9.15am Sunday 17th September.
Please keep these children in your thoughts and
prayers as they progress in their Sacramental
journey.
Karla Sparapani
APRIM
Cont.
NAPLAN
We will be receiving our 2017 NAPLAN results for
year 3 and year 5 learners in the next week. As a
staff, we will examine these results and data and
use this as a guide to further learning. We look at
the areas of growth for each child, and as a cohort
and ‘dig down’ to see where our learners need
further support. NAPLAN is a snapshot of your child’s
learning on that particular day, and is one
assessment alongside many formative and
summative assessments throughout the year. For
some children, the test situation can be daunting
and we do not emphasise the formality of the test,
nor place any greater emphasis on the results than
any other learning experience. Further information
regarding NAPLAN can be found at: https://www.nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-
document-library/naplan-2017-student-report-
information-for-parents-
brochure5e3404344b146909a44fff0000c50d63.pdf?sfvrsn
=2
ENHANCING LITERACY
Do not forget to come along to our parent session
on supporting your child and their literacy. Bill
Hansberry is a great presenter and will outline the
importance of phonics and give background and
research into why we are developing our phonics-
based literacy program here at Our Lady of Grace
School.
Tuesday 29th August, 6.45-7.45pm in the Our Lady of
Grace Church.
A crèche will be available for school-aged children.
This session will be beneficial for all parents and
carers of all ages. Look for the advertisement
further in the Newsletter. We hope to see you there.
OPTIONAL EARLY FINISH – FRIDAY 25TH AUGUST Due to the concert on Friday 25th August
parents/caregivers have the option of collecting
children from 12pm, so they are rested for the
performance. If you choose to collect your
child/ren early please sign them out through the
front office.
Thank you for your continuing support,
Kelly Campbell
Acting Principal
Literacy Corner
Gentle Cindy Rule
Gentle Cindy reminds us that g & c will usually
be “soft” before i, e, and y.
G will say /j/ before i, e and y - ginger, gelatin,
gym
C will say /s/ before i, e, and y - cinder, cell,
cyclone
It is important to remember that the e, i or y
follows the c or g. If it is before the c or g, then
this rule does not apply.
Have you ever wondered why the word Cat
starts with a C but Kitty or Kitten start with a K?
It is the C & G rule in action.
Cat – c a t The c says “k”
BUT, if you were to spell Kitty, Citty, the C would
no longer be “k” sound it would be a “s” sound
as in “City.”
So in order to keep the “k” sound, we must
change the “C” in Cat to a K.
Same with Kitten. If we kept that C that we use
to spell Cat, we would have a Citten, and it
would be pronounced “S”itten.
Here are examples of the C saying “s”:
City Cyst Cycle Cement
Here are examples of G saying “j”:
Gem Gist Gym Gerbil
Gentle Cindy is a great graphic to remind us of
the C & G Rule.
Literacy Corner
Our Lady of Grace Playgroup
Please note that Playgroup will not be held
in Week 5 (Thursday 24th August) due to the
School Concert rehearsal and that the
Week 6 (Thursday 31st August) Playgroup
session will start at 9.30am.
For further information please contact our
Playgroup Coordinator – Anne Lindner on
School Concert News
This Friday Night!
OLOG 2017 School Concert
Friday 25th August
A reminder to all Parents & Caregivers,
that Thursday 24th August is the Full Dress
Rehearsal for the School Concert at the
Christian Family Centre with all students
being transported by bus to & from the
venue.
A notice was sent home to all families
earlier this week outlining all the
information needed for the dress rehearsal
& concert night. A copy has been
emailed with this newsletter and is also
available on Skoolbag.
Please ensure that all students have a
clearly labelled, packed recess, lunch and
drink bottle, as they will be eating at the
venue.
Please ensure that all costumes come to
school in a clearly labelled bag or as
directed by your Village Educators.
Final Ticket Sales available from the
front office Thursday & Friday
Morning Only until 12.00pm…….
Please note there are no ticket
sales on the night!
Community News
School Photo Day
Tuesday 5th September
Have your child’s school memories
captured forever.
Please take the time to read the
relevant information on the MSP
Photography payment envelopes and
remember these helpful points:
Don’t seal envelopes inside each other. You
can pay for all children in one envelope however
each child needs to have their own envelope for
photo day.
Family envelopes are available at the school
office on request and need to be ordered before
or on photography day. Please make children
aware they are having a family photo.
Please enclose correct money as no change is
given. Cash, cheques, credit cards & money
orders accepted.
Envelopes with payments are to be brought only
on photo day!
Why not give online ordering a go it’s
quick and easy!
Should you have any queries, please contact:
[email protected] or phone:
8391 3951
School Banking
Bronze Certificates Congratulations to the following students for
earning a bronze certificate for making 10 or
more school banking deposits so far this year
Cooper Newbold Zara Domingo
Silver Certificates Congratulations to the following students for
earning a bronze certificate for making 20 or
more school banking deposits so far this year
Mia Tidswell Jacob Leitis
Lachlan Hall Summer Noble
Jude Noble Jessica Colyer
Bailey Burton April Leitis
Rewards Silver reward tokens are issued each time a
student makes a school banking deposit –
the bank keeps an electronic record of the
token count, so don’t worry if you have
misplaced your tokens and when they have
collected 10 silver tokens, they can submit
their reward card indicating their choice of
reward. Available at:
https://www.commbank.com.au/content/dam/commbank/personal/apply-
online/download-printed-forms/school-banking-parent-pack-rewards-card-colour.pdf?ei=bl3-tl-download-reward-card-
colour
It takes about 2 week for rewards to be
delivered to the school after ordering.
Reminder Please fill out the deposit slip correctly or your
deposit wil not be able to be processed.
School Banking day is Wednesday.
Community News
Bree & Jamie
The students finished the last week of
recycled art and craft with some very
creative work. They enjoyed making
houses out of recyclables and also filling in
stencils with cut up cereal box pieces. Next
week the social work students will be
starting a new theme to do at lunch with
the students.
Community News
On Friday 1st of
September, our
school will be
holding a
GREAT
BOOK SWAP
to help support
Indigenous
Literacy.
This involves the whole school supporting
Indigenous children in remote Indigenous
communities across Australia in a very easy
and simple way.
Each child is asked to bring in a book that they
have loved but CAN bear to part with. The
books will be in a central area where the
children can donate $2 for the right to choose
a “new” book !
Andy Griffiths is the Indigenous Literacy
Foundation Ambassador and this is what he
has to say…
“The Great Book Swap is a win-win. Not only
does it help raise money to improve literacy
skills in remote communities, but the
excitement and fun that a book swap
generates will help improve literacy levels in
your school as well”
As Book Week will be held just before our Book
Swap date, we would ask that all the children
bring in a book that they would like to swap on
Monday 28th August so that the children can
share their books with a buddy class. This will
help to advertise the books that will be
available and also help to build the
excitement.
Thank you for your anticipated support,
Anne Lindner, Steph Crowe and Meg Reidy
Book Week at OLOG 2017
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
It’s that time of the year again and we
have our annual Book Fair coming up at
school. The students will get to preview
all the books for sale during Week 5. For
every book sold, our school receives a
generous commission from Scholastic
Australia which we then use to buy more
resources for our library, so that all
children will benefit.
DATE PLACE
TIME
Wednesday 30thAugust
Library 8:15 am
3:00 pm
Thursday 31thAugust
Library 8:15 am
3:00 pm
Hope to see you there!
Anne Lindner and Meg Reidy
Sports News
SACPSSA CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL
On Thursday August 10th a group of 4/5
students attended the SACPSSA Carnival in
the city. The event involved the students
running a 2km track through the parklands.
With entries in all divisions the OLOG students
displayed resilience and perseverance in
tackling the long distance.
A special mention goes to Wil Rooney took out
3rd place in the Under 10 Division A category.
A big thank you to our parent helpers who and
well done to everyone.
Sports News
The Premier’s Be Active Challenge is a South
Australian Government initiative to promote
health and well being in children. The
program challenges children to complete at
least 60 minutes of physical activity on at least
5 days of the week for at least 4 weeks.
Educators will be supporting your child to
complete the challenge. If they do so,
students will receive a medallion for their
efforts. For those who have completed the
challenge in successive years previous to this
one, they will receive medallions of a higher
level. For more information, please refer to
the Be Active Website:
http://www.pbac.sa.edu.au/Home.aspx
The challenge at OLOG has begun and will
close on the 2nd of September to give every
child enough time to complete the challenge.
I would love to see as many OLOG students
participate in the challenge as possible. It is a
great opportunity to stay active, and receive
great rewards for your hard work.
Catholic Schools Music Festival
Community News
Community News
Scholastic Book Club Issue #6!!
The final issue of Scholastic Book Club
booklets has arrived. Could all Issue #5
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 Friday
MORNING 8th September. Many thanks.
Anne Lindner
If you have any items for the newsletter, please
forward to Karyn Sparrow:
OLOG Families can purchase
pre-release concert tickets for
September 19th performance.
You will need the following
code:
CSMF2017 and to follow this
link: www.ticketek.com.au
Term Three Week 5
This term we have been really creative at OSHC. Here are some pic to show you what we have been up to.
Tara has been on her teaching prac for the past 6 weeks she is back this week and the kids are all excited to see her each night.
We now have a suggestion box near the sign in and out area please feel free to suggest things or write positive notes. The kids have already been suggesting lots of
ideas for OSHC that Bec will be implementing into the OSHC program.
Immanuel and Westbourne Park will be running Holiday Club programs these holiday ☺ Book early to secure your place.
Have a fantastic week.
Bec Gordon
(OSHC coordinator)
www.campaustralia.com.au
