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Our Lady of the Cape Catholic Primary School
PO Box 562, 245 Cape Naturaliste Rd, Dunsborough WA 6281 Tel: 08 9755 3866 Fax: 08 9755 3720
Web: www.ladyofcape.wa.edu.au Email: [email protected] Newsletter:
Dear Parents, Students and Community Members,
I am very much looking forward to this afternoon as I will be attending
our choir performance at the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre
at 1.30pm. Our whole school attended the last rehearsal of the choir
items yesterday and the feedback was really positive around the
outstanding performance level.
Thanks on behalf of all in our community to Mrs Horrocks
for the expert preparation of the choir, with support from
Mrs Delane and Mr Danaher. Best wishes and good luck
to the students in the choir and thanks to the volunteer
parents who will be preparing the students before they
leave in the morning in an effort to ensure our uniform and grooming is
of a quality that complements the performance level.
Principal Long Service Leave
I will be taking five weeks of Long Service Leave at the start of next term.
Mr Torrese has been appointed as Acting Principal during this time, with
Mrs Birch and Mrs Meyer sharing the Acting Assistant Principal role. To
facilitate this, Mrs Birch will be released from class on Thursdays and Mrs
Meyer will work an extra day on Tuesdays.
In order to ensure no impact on learning, and to allow continuity in the
classrooms, Mrs Sorgiovanni will extend her teaching role in PPB to
Thursdays and Fridays and Mr McSevich will work full time for this period
to release Mr Torrese on Wednesdays for his leadership role.
Week 1, February 5, 2014
Important Dates Thurs 22 Jun 9.15am
OLC Cross Country
Fri 23 Jun 8.50am
Performance Assembly
PPL
Little Seedlings 8.50am
(3yr old playgroup)
P&F School Disco
K –Y 2: 4.30pm - 6pm
Sausage Sizzle – 6pm
Y3 – Y6: 6.30pm – 8pm
Tues 27 Jun
OLC Grandparents Day
9.00am – 11.30am
Board Meeting – 7pm
Weds 28 – Fri 30 Jun
Y5 Bridgetown Camp
Fri 30 Jun 8.50am
General Assembly
Little Seedlings 8.50am
(3yr old playgroup)
END of Term 2
Mon 17 Jul
Commence Term 3
Thurs 20 July 5.30pm
Confirmation
parent/child workshop
Fri 21 July 8.50am
General Assembly
Little Seedlings 8.50am
(3yr old playgroup)
Sat 22 July 6pm
Commitment & Family
Mass – Y6
Our Lady of the Cape Primary School is a community where each child is
valued as an individual and nurtured spiritually, by many hearts working
together as one voice to fulfil their overall potential.
Many Hearts, One Voice 16 June 2017
My thanks to our most professional and committed teachers and leadership team members for
accepting this extra leadership and teaching responsibility. This will ensure that all of our school
improvement plans and efforts will continue in my absence.
Casuals for Catholic Care
I received a letter of thanks from Bishop Holohan recently thanking us for the $339 we raised to
help those in need in the Bunbury Diocese. Thanks to all families for your generosity.
Working with Children Clearance for Family Camp
A letter was emailed to all families recently regarding the legal requirement for all adults attending
the Family Camp to obtain and provide a WWC clearance. The letter outlined the background
to this requirement along with what we have in place to assist families. If you did not receive the
email, please contact Fran. The Family Camp will be organised early next term. Thanks again to
Catri Jones, Jordie Rock and Leanne Verhoeff for their leadership with the camp, and to Ben
Huxtable, Gary Hodge and Eloise Jennings for their help with the Working With Children
organisation.
OLC Parent Satisfaction Survey.
All families should have received an email via SEQTA on Wednesday asking them to participate in
a five minute survey. We are required to publish the results of this survey on the school website by
the 30th June as part of the funding agreement with the Commonwealth Government.
To facilitate this, we would like the survey completed and submitted by next Wednesday 21st June.
I would like as many families as possible to complete the survey so we have valid and
representative data available to guide our future School Improvement Plans. We have checked
the returns and we had 74 families respond by lunch time Thursday. Another outstanding response.
School Promotions
Please check out the Coles Boards I mentioned last week. They are in place in the shopping
centre and present most professionally. Thanks again to all who helped with this.
We have produced “Why Choose Our Lady of the Cape for Your Child and Your Family?”
brochures and these are available from the display, along with a Little Seedlings flyer. I have
included the Why OLC brochure as an attachment to the newsletter for our families. We have
only focussed on a few of the outstanding features of our school, but this will help everyone in our
community to promote our school with some specific information.
Busselton City to Surf Fun Run – 13th August 2017 The school is organising a team for the Chevron City to Surf in Busselton for Activ on Sunday 13
August. Not only is this a great event to participate in either running or walking but this year we
are attempting to win the team with the most registrations. Everyone in the school community is
encouraged to participate including mums with prams grandparents, friends, walkers and runners.
The entire school community is encouraged to sign up – teachers, parents, friends and family. Each
entry adds to our final school team tally so start getting the word out! The team with the most
entrants wins a Wildcats Training Clinic and $1000 toward our school sport or recreation program.
Click on this link below to go through to the OLC team and choose what category you want to
participate in. On payment, please use the code SHCLB0021 to gain a 15% discount off your
registration fees and to help us win the prize.
https://secure.tiktok.biz/register/default.aspx?EventID=ctsseries&Edition=2017r4&Team=OurLadyo
ftheCapePrimarySchool
My thanks to Mrs Sinclair and Lauren Bidesi for doing all the work to set up this opportunity for
everyone. Mrs Sinclair will provide a school cross country shirt (funded by the P&F last year) for all
students. More information will follow closer to the event. The event will be conducted on the 13th
August: Please contact Lauren on 0418 950 049 or [email protected] for any queries.
Kitchen Garden Busy Bee
Our busy bee team of Dave, James, the Mikes, Amanda, Sherylee, Lisa and Robyn laid some
carpet for “grass” management and we plan to tackle each of the big veggie beds one at a
time during “busy bees”. A HUGE thanks to Mitre 10 for the “No Frills” and seedlings ALL donated!
We are now really on track with the “Stephanie Alexander” planting program to supply our
children and wider community with produce.
Canteen is to be supported with herbs going forward. We are planning before assembly
“markets” to sell some produce. Thanks to the Mike’s for the lemon tree pruning which has
inspired the first “market” where we will have lemon curd and fermented lemonade to sell on
Friday 30th June.
School Disco – Friday 23rd June
Plans are in place for another enjoyable disco for all students, thanks to the efforts of our very able
parent volunteers; Leanne Verhoeff, Lauren Bidesi and Nicole Vernon.
We are publishing a flyer with all the details attached to this newsletter.
Faction Cross Country
Our faction cross country will happen next Thursday, 22nd June. See Mandy Sinclair’s note in the
newsletter for further details.
To assist with parking this year, I have asked all staff to park in the lower gravel car park as we have
to close this off for safety once the event commences. With this change in place, the parking
area beside the new classroom and the upper carpark will be available for parents
(approximately 30 extra spaces). Please do not park on the school side of Sloan Drive or in front
of our northern neighbours.
Grandparents Day
Please refer to the flyer in this newsletter. As a grandparent, I now fully understand how special
these days are. Please ensure you send in your RSVP ASAP with information on how many will be
attending. I look forward to welcoming everyone to the Prayer Service at 9.00am. My thanks in
anticipation of the class reps organising some plates of morning tea for the event.
Kind Regards and God Bless,
Des Wilkie
Principal
Congratulations to the following students for receiving a Merit Certificate
Max Middleton & Stellan Marruffo - Green Room (PPB)
Tiare Dorizzi & Hayden Matthews - Green Room (PPL)
Leila Williams & Joshua Pitman - Orange Room (Y1R)
Aurelia Prestipino - Orange Room (Y1P)
Ebony Edwards & Pearl Scanlon - Blue Room (2H)
Shaye Taylor & Lara Murray - Blue Room (2M)
Zahra Love, Zali Stone & Banjo Jennings-Hopkins – Red Room
Kaden Edwards & Cooper Jordan - Yellow Room
Matt Spencer, Jaya Kartana & Rhy Clark - Purple Room
Josh Allison, Noah Larsen & Tayla Verhoeff - Silver Room
OLC CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CORNER PRAYER ASSEMBLY
Mr. Jones’ Year Three class reminded us of the power of forgiveness with their prayer assembly this
morning. They shared with us the story of Zaccheus, who was a man who knew that he had
cheated people. Zaccheus invited Jesus to his house, and he confessed and said that he was sorry
for what he had done. He said to Jesus, "I am going to give
half of all that I own to the poor, and if I have cheated
anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the
amount."
Because Zacchaeus was sorry for what he had done and
confessed his sin, Jesus forgave him. Yes, Zacchaeus was a
little man with a big problem -- sin! But he met Jesus and his
life was changed. It doesn't matter if you are short or tall,
when you meet Jesus, he will change your life too.
Our Father, when we meet Jesus it is a life-changing experience. Thank you for your love and
forgiveness. Amen.
GRANDPARENTS DAY
We are looking forward to celebrating the gift of our
Grandparents during our Grandparents Day in Week 10. Please
look out for information from your class representatives, and
return your RSVP as soon as possible for catering purposes.
ST VINNIES DRIVE – “GIVE A CAN IF YOU CAN”
Our local St Vincent De Paul Society regularly puts together food hampers for those people of
Dunsborough who may be struggling to make ends meet. Many of us are fortunate to be blessed in
our daily lives and it is important that we consider those less fortunate, and take action to show
compassion. To this end I will be placing a box in the front office and will be asking for donations of
non-perishable food items that we can donate to the Vinnies. So next time you are at the shop,
maybe grab an extra can or packet of something and drop it off to the box. All donations will be
most gratefully received. Thank you!
Mrs Amie Meyer, OLC Religious Education Coordinator.
Cross Country
This year’s Cross Country will be held on Thursday 16th June.
Children are to wear their faction coloured T-shirts and bring along
coloured decorations (teddies, banners etc). They can wear coloured
zinc, but must not colour their whole face, as this can get very messy!
I encourage you all to attend if possible. We will begin (with the Year 1’s to
6’s) at 9.15am and it will conclude before recess. I do ask if you can stay
to watch all the races and the presentations, as it is very disheartening for
the older children when there are only a couple of parents left! This
carnival is very short anyway.
Thanks for your ongoing support,
Mandy Sinclair
School Garden Market Stall
Thank you for supporting our Market stall today. We raised over $50!
Our next stall will be on Friday 30th June. We will have lemon curd, probiotic lemonade,
hot buttered lemonade and lemon cordial for sale!
If anyone has some eggs to donate, please contact Robyn Cross, or drop in at the school office.
Also we need some jam jars. If you have any lying around, can you please also drop off at the
office. Thanks for your support.
TEA TOWEL and CARRY BAG FUNDRAISER
If you have not received an order form, please call contact the office
and one will be sent to you. Order forms are also attached to the
newsletter.
Final orders are due before Friday 23rd June 2017 (In mail box
outside school office)
Thank you for your continued support. If you have any queries please contact Louise De Chiera
on 0407 193 132 or [email protected]
Year 6 Students Coming into St Mary Mackillop in Year 2018
You will be contacted next week regarding an appointment for a fitting in term 3
Or Can you please contact the uniform shop for an appointment
Phone: Ellen Buswell Shop no: 97527513
Email: [email protected]
Tuesday and Friday (fitting times) 9 am – 3.00pm
Wednesday (fitting times only) 9am – 3pm
A $250.00 deposit is required at the time of the fitting
Baby Sitting by Ex OLC Student
If you would like a reliable baby sitter,
please call Sophia Mettam on
0435 003 818.
Term 3 Enrolments For Rollerskating.
We have learn to skate classes / Artistic classes
And now Synchronised Skating classes
Book in early as limited class sizes with Lennie at Dunsborough Rollerskating Club
0456 747 689
OUR LADY OF THE CAPE PRIMARY SCHOOL
MANDY SINCLAIR
