NEWSLETTER Tuesday August 29, 2017

St Oliver Plunkett Primary School

Landells Rd, Pascoe Vale, 3044 93545411

www.sopascoevale.catholic.edu.au

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT

AUGUST 30 District Aths SEPTEMBER 1 Father’s day stall Bring your Dad to School Morning 2 Bunnings BBQ 4 School Closure Day 7 School Disco 10 First Eucharist MD & MR @ 10.30am 13 Whole school Eucharist celebration @ 11.45 in church 20 Secondhand Uniform 3 pm 22 Term ends @ 1.30pm TERM 4 OCTOBER 9 Term 4 begins 17 Senior Hooptime Final 24 YR 6 Graduation Photo 25 Grandparents Mass 26-27 School Closure Staff PD NOVEMBER 7 Melbourne Cup Day 8 Prep 2018 Information Night Wednesday assembly

Click HERE to view the roster for term 3. Click HERE to view the Class Mass roster for term 3. Masses are on THURSDAY at 10.00am.

From the Principal… Dear Parents,

First Eucharist Congratulations to the children from Middle B and Middle H who celebrated their first Communion on Sunday. The children were beautifully prepared and a credit to their families and their teachers. Many thanks to Trish and the Middle team for their work in planning and preparing the children.

Book Week Last week’s Book week celebrations were enjoyed by all. Well done to the teachers on the Committee and to all of the parents, children and staff who came dressed for the fun day.

Hooptime Last week’s Hooptime was also a great success. Many thanks to all of the coaches, scorers and helpers on the day. Well organised Cecilia!

Bring Your Dad To School Morning! For Fathers’ Day St Oliver’s Dads are invited to an open morning on Friday 1st September 2017 8:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Monday September 4 ***SCHOOL CLOSURE*** A reminder that the school will be closed on Monday 4th September. On this day the staff will be participating in offsite full day Professional Development with Karen Starkiss. Karen will lead our staff as we develop a deeper appreciation of differing learning styles and how better to cater for the individual needs of our children. Please note that due to next week’s school closure day. Middle and Senior specialist classes will be held on Wednesday September 6.

Regards Alan Sweeney

St Oliver’s Dads we invite you to an open morning on

Friday 1st September 2017 8:40am – 10:00am

Due to the school hall being knocked down we thought it would be nice to invite

our dads into our classrooms to see all the hard work we have been doing

throughout the school year! If dad is unable to make it we invite any grandfather’s, uncle’s or special males in

the children’s lives to come to our open morning.

The classroom doors will be open from 8:40am!

We look forward to seeing you then!

SCHOOL COMMUNITY

WELLBEING

The School Board is seeking your input about the St Oliver's School Canteen The St Oliver’s School Board is currently undertaking a review of our school canteen and we'd love to hear from you about how you and/or your family use the canteen. This will help us to ensure that the school canteen is meeting the needs of our school community.

The St Oliver’s school canteen aims to provide a financially viable, nutritious food service for our families. Our school canteen also aims to reflect the educational goals of the school and support and complement student learning. Please click on the link below to complete a quick survey telling us about your experiences of and ideas about our school canteen.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RBB653G This survey should only take five minutes to complete and your responses are completely anonymous. You can only complete the survey once but you can edit your responses until the survey is closed on August 30. If you have any questions about the survey, please email the Board at monicatbyrne@hotmail.com We really appreciate your input!

The St Oliver's School Board

Medical Conditions It is imperative that we are aware of all medication and medical needs for each student. If your child has recently had a diagnosis of asthma or anaphylaxis or highly allergic we require knowledge of this for their safety here at school. Asthma plans are updated yearly and anaphylaxis as the doctor sees fit. We do not require a doctor’s signature for school asthma plans. Each child with medical needs has a box in our first aid room clearly labelled with their name, photo and the medication that it kept in it. Expiry records are kept and families are advised when their medication is about to expire. Your support in working with us and keeping us up to date with any changes is paramount.

Libby Sheedy Deputy Principal/Wellbeing

LEARNING AND TEACHING

BOOK WEEK

CELEBRATION

Escape to Everywhere! What a spectacular day. Teachers and children thoroughly enjoyed the day celebrating the books and favourite characters. Thank you to all the children, parents and teachers for making this such an amazing and memorable event. Looking forward to Book Week next year.

Book of the year- Young

Readers

Picture Book of the year

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Congratulations to the grade four children in Middle H and Middle B on receiving the sacrament of Eucharist last Sunday. They were very happy that Father Paul was able to say the Mass and although the weather wasn’t in their favour walking to the church, the celebraton was very reverent and a special time for the children and their families. A reminder that the Communion lunch is on 13 September. If any children have allergies to the foods listed, could they please let myself or the class teacher know. Class Mass Junior J will be attending the class Mass this Thursday 31 August at 10:00am. Parents are welcome to come and sit with their children and join them in prayer.

Trish Segrave Religious Education Leader

SPORT

DISTRICT ATHLETICS The Coburg District Athletics Carnival is to be held at Coburg Athletics Track THIS Wednesday August 30th 2017. Mrs Giulia Mazzarella and Miss Rachel Lewis will be accompanying the children to the event. The bus will leave promptly at 9:10 am so please ensure your child is at school on time as we will be unable to wait for them. There is a chance of a possible shower tomorrow, however, I have received confirmation that the Athletics Carnival will still go ahead. If in fact this does change the Carnival will be cancelled and moved to NEXT Wednesday 6th of September 2017. As soon as this call has been made an ‘App’ alert will be sent out to parents and students will also be notified. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. Thank you to all the students who have made the team. Your dedication to training is a real credit to you all. Good luck and we are extremely proud of you all. I will send home a program outline so you are familiar with the schedule of events in case you are coming to watch and support your child.

MIDDLES HOOPTIME A big congratulations to all the Middle students who participated in the Hooptime Tournament on Friday. It was a jam packed day, where students were given the opportunity to participate in a team sport regardless of fitness, skill level or whether they have played basketball before. It’s safe to say that EVERY child had a thoroughly enjoyable day. Thank you again for the overwhelming amount of support we received from parents who did an amazing job at both coaching and scoring.

NETBALL CLINICS FOR JUNIOR & MIDDLE STUDENTS Sporting Schools is a $100 million Australian Government initiative designed to help schools to increase children’s participation in sport and to connect children with community sport. The Australian Sports Commission has provided us with a grant that we will use towards netball clinics for the Junior and Middle classes for the next 4 weeks. The NetSetGO program will be run by Netball Victoria and Sporting Schools. This program incorporates skill activities, minor games, music and modified matches in a fun and safe environment. The program is coordinated and run by an accredited coach. Junior students will experiences the NET program while Middle students will participate in the SET program. Net (Grades 1-2) – students will learn netball related fundamental motor skills with fun games, music and activities. Set (Grades 3-4) – students will take part in modified games and activities with a focus on fun and teamwork. We ask that Middle students wear their P.E uniform on Thursdays and that Junior students wear their P.E uniform of Fridays. This is a great initiative and we look forward to seeing the students in action in the South Yard over the coming weeks. Clinics will be rescheduled or cancelled in the event of rain. So fingers crossed for lovely weather over the next few weeks. Please see the below timetable for your reference:

SPORT

Junior Timetable:

Middle Timetable: Regards, Cecilia Garden Sport Coordinator

ITALIAN

What a busy few weeks we have had in Italian.

The garden has been growing slowly and the middles have done lots of weeding. They discovered that weeds can grow anywhere and that they can even grow in between pea plants!

The middles also had their first cooking class. They used silverbeet from the garden to make delicious ricotta and silverbeet triangles with tzatziki. It was a great success. Thank you to Daniela and Melissa for helping in the kitchen!

The Seniors have discussed their family backgrounds and they have tallied all the different countries that they are from. We looked more closely at the families whose backgrounds are Italian and found out that most of these families in the Seniors are from Sicily.

Yesterday they had the opportunity to taste a traditional Sicilian dessert: ricotta cannoli. Everyone seemed to enjoy them and asked for more! I have posted the recipe on the Student portal in Italian for them to try at home.

I would like to thank Genobile Brothers Food Distributors for their generous donation of many ingredients that will be using to cook in Italian class. We are very grateful!

GENERAL NEWS

FAMILY DETAILS UPDATES It is important that we have accurate student & family information, particularly home, work and mobile numbers of both parents and emergency contacts. Please inform the office if there are any changes to any of these details.

SUNSMART All children are encouraged to wear their SCHOOL HAT during recess and lunch times, as well as during physical education/sport lessons. STUDENT AWARDS Rocco Prattico, Jake Arena, Isabella Ragona, Luca Said, Clarissa Kariotakis, Max Forgione, Angelina El-Sheikh, Gabriel Ragona, Charlie Bernardi, Michael D’Alberto, Rocco Palmieri, Tahlia Borg, Joseph Stranaghan, Ana Coviello, Jack Capuana, Olivia Fragapane, Lara Bascetta, Jesse Dupuy, Bruno Arena, Ethan Doherty, Lauren Boato, Dean Peppas. MORELAND CITY COUNCIL PRIMARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM The Holiday Program will operate from Monday 25 September – Friday 6 October 2017. There are 4 venues 8am to 6pm available. For further information please phone the Council on 9240 1111 or visit the web site at www.moreland.vic.gov.au/shp Enrolments are now open. Applications are available at the school office and must be in at the council no later than 5pm on Friday 25 August 2017. CANTEEN

Friday 1 September Sonia Rossi Michelle Pagotto & Franca James

Please click HERE for an updated copy of the Canteen Menu. Please direct enquiries to Di Tabone dtabone@ozemail.com.au or 0423 596 221

REMINDER OUR CANTEEN IS NOW CLOSED ON MONDAYS. Chicken Burgers will sell for $2.50 until sold out. (any extras charged accordingly) 50 cent and 20 cent bags of Tiny Teddies are available for purchase through lunch order bags. NO LONGER AVAILABLE…………

Hot chicken Rolls or Chicken and salad rolls

Hawaiian Pizzas

Large meat pies (party pies are still available)

PARENT ASSOCIATION

FATHERS DAY STALL – 1ST SEPTEMBER The Father’s Day stall will be open for business on Friday for the children to buy a gift to celebrate their dads. If you are available to help at the father’s day stall, please contact Jo Pezzimenti on 0439 007 800. All gifts are priced under $10.00. Don’t forget to send a plastic bag to take the gifts home in. FATHER’S DAY RAFFLE TICKETS Father’s day raffle tickets were sent home last week, please return these before this coming Friday when the raffle will be drawn. BUNNINGS BBQ- 2ND SEPTEMBER This year we have been lucky to secure the Saturday before Father’s Day for the annual Bunnings BBQ. As you can probably imagine, this day is going to be VERY busy and we are calling for many volunteers! You should have received a note which outlines the available times for parent helpers, please return it to school ASAP. If you are unable to attend in person, you may be able to help out by donating items like tomato sauce, cans of drinks, serviettes etc. Please contact Michael Said for more details on 0418 994 711 SECOND HAND UNIFORM STALL- AFTERNOON STALL The next second hand uniform stall will be held on Wednesday 20th September from 3 PM in the planning room behind the staff room This is a great opportunity to get your summer uniform items before the start of term 4. SCHOOL DISCO-7th SEPTEMBER- VENUE CHANGE!! St Marks Primary School in Fawkner has very generously offered the use of their hall so that we can still have a disco. Please remember that any children with asthma or anaphylaxis will need to bring along their own medication if required. This is always a fun evening for the children, and we look forward to seeing all their groovy dance moves! SCHOOL FETE – NEW DATE – 3RD MARCH 2018 We have a new date for the SCHOOL FETE – Saturday 3rd March 2018 from 3pm to 8pm! We are currently seeking sponsors for our Spectacular Fete. We have various packages available that are designed to give your business fabulous advertising opportunities. With over 3,000 people attending our last fete, this is a great way to promote your business to our school and wider community. For further information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Michael Said on 0418 994 711. SCHOOL BANKING- New app Have you started using the NEW Commbank Youth App? Please remember that your rewards are new ordered through the app which can be downloaded onto your home device. Please remember that only ONE app per device & per student can be downloaded. You will also require a Client Number which is obtained from the bank only. You will need to show your child’s birth certificate for this.

If you have any queries regarding this app you can contact Diana Capuana

on 0419331966 or visit commbank.com.au/youthapp.

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Our weekly recap Last week children participated in a variety of activities which included children initiated and educator initiated. Educator initiated -In arts and crafts children participated in 5 drawing challenges and got 3 raffle tickets. We also did 5 lego challenges and it was great to see many children completed the challenges where Edward built a spaceship, Ayden built a motor bike and Harry built a train. Children initiated activities were hangman, colouring and paper house. We also played piggy’s in the middle, indoor basket ball, gymnastic show, talent show on book fair. Tcaf- Last week all the children participated in our tcaf activity which was Wall of hands. They all printed their hand with three colours and made a beautiful banner. Next week we are doing nail art and a picnic, obstacle course & gymnastics for a gold coin donation to support the Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation.

Cooking- Last week in cooking we made pancakes for breakfast. Children loved pancakes and they have requested us to make them in after school care session which is our next week activity. We also made roasted chick peas as part of our healthy eating program.

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