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Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School|38 Armstrong Street, Petrie QLD 4502 P: (07) 3285 2977|F: (07) 3285 5333| E: [email protected] | W: www.ourladyoftheway.qld.edu.au

NEWSLETTER Tuesday, 14 October 2014

PLAY IS THE WAY PARENT NIGHT … Our wonderful P&F are sponsoring our PLAY IS THE WAY PARENT NIGHT. Play is the Way, is the programme of games we use – think posters! This night is on WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER, 2014. An invitation has been sent home. You will need to RSVP. This is a great night and you will come away

with a great understanding of what we are doing at OLW with Play is the Way. Good Learning … for today, tomorrow and into the future. One of the ways school has changed from when you went to school is that we are beginning to teach children about ‘how to learn’. This week we are explicitly teaching children ‘THINK! – I know what to do when I don’t know what to do!’ We are teaching your child that when they don’t know what to do they could use:

an alphaladder A T Chart A Y chart A split Y chart

A PCQ A KWHL A Cause-effect map

A Concept map

A Double bubble map A Fishbone diagram

ITALIAN NEWS …Congratulations to Grace Bone. Grace teaches in Grade 3 and is our LOTE (Italian) teacher. Grace has been successful

in gaining $12,000 funding for OLW with a music/Italian project for 2015. So far, Grace has been successful in gaining around $30,000 funding for OLW. Thank you Grace and well done. Staff News …

Sue Cole returns next week. Thank you Suzy Pompor.

Doug Roberts will be on long service leave for the last 3 weeks of this term. We welcome Breanne Durston.

Sue Stevenson will be taking a couple of weeks (Weeks 4 & 5) long service leave . We welcome Gavin Duffy.

Jo Scott-Pegum will be taking long service leave from Week 5 until the end of term. Be well, JP

John Parkinson| Principal [email protected]

I don’t come to school to be better than others. I come to school to better myself by being able to work with others. community-faith-learning-diversity


Dear Parents, Thank you to the staff and families who chose 8am on Sunday for their weekend celebration of Mass. It was lovely to gather together in community and to share morning tea afterward. We hope to have more regular Parish / School weekend Masses. During Mass we listened to the Gospel of Matthew 22:1-14 regarding who was invited and who accepted the invitation to a wedding banquet. The theme of invitation can be paralleled to our acceptance or rejection of God’s invitation to us to join his banquet. We ask for the grace to accept this invitation in our daily lives. Brain Theory: In the holidays I took time to attend a leadership conference in Melbourne and we were spoiled with international key-note speakers. One speaker was Dr John Medina a molecular biologist from America. He presented on New Thoughts in Neuroscience a fascinating topic. Part of the research he presented was about the finding that aerobic activity increases executive function. (Executive function is a set of mental processes that allows us to: Make plans

Keep track of time and finish work on time

Keep track of more than one thing at once

Meaningfully include past knowledge in discussions

Evaluate ideas and reflect on our work

Change our minds and make mid-course corrections while thinking, reading and writing

Ask for help or seek more information when we need it

Engage in group dynamics

Wait to speak until we’re called on.)

Let’s get our kids active to help them learn! The Jubilee Carnival is fast approaching and we are finalising plans. A meeting will be held tomorrow, Wednesday 15th October at 5pm in the library for the committee and the class parent reps and all other available and interested people. The bring-along weeks have been very well supported – thank you. If you have gathered items at home for any of the stalls please send in to school at your earliest convenience.

So far we have asked for donations of:

ITEMS FOR THE RAFFLE

NOVELTY items for prizes

NON PERISHABLE GROCERIES

PRE LOVED QUALITY TOYS

BOOKS

CD’S

DVD’S

QUALITY PRELOVED CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES

BAKING FOR THE CAKE STALL

Soon we will be calling for:

CHOCOLATE BARS

TEDDY BEARS (DRESSED & NAMED BY THE CHILDREN)

Have a lovely week Kind Regards, Jo


What are we learning about?

Prep C In PrepC Miss Devine has been teaching her class about animals and how they move, measuring (long and short) and about families (big and small). PrepC are going on an excursion to Australia Zoo in week 5. For spelling they have to sound the words out and use this method; look, say, cover, write and check.

Prep F

Prep L PrepL have been learning about “sh” and “ch” words, sentence writing, forming numbers correctly and learning golden sight words.

1F In Year 1F the students have been learning about the letter “R” and plurals in English, fractions in Maths, dates and months in Italian and how to play basketball in PE.

1L This week 1L have been learning about fractions and the calendar dates. They have also been doing guided reading and learning how to estimate the weather. Their success criteria for these tasks were to listen to the teacher for what to do, read quietly and use the Purple Poster. Melissa and Tara

2F In 2F the students have been learning, reading and understanding poems. They have also been learning how to be thankful to God and how to do addition and subtraction in Maths. Kiera and Olivia

2L 2L have been learning the four steps of forgiveness. The Learning Intention and success criteria is to admit when wrong, say sorry, make up and seek forgiveness. 2L have also been learning turns around. The learning intention and success criteria is to be able to make a math sentence and turn the first two numbers around. Bianca and Keely

2C In 2C they are changing their class into an airport/aeroplane. They are learning about experiences in different countries. The students are asking their grandparents what life was like for them when they were young. In Italian they were learning about St Francis and how he helps the community. Taylah and Victoria

3F 3F are writing an information report in English lessons. In Maths they are learning about fractions, halves and quarters and in Religion they are reading in the Bible how God wrote the names of his people on the Palm of his hands.

3L In Religion 3L are drawing pictures about what God looks like. In Maths they are learning about fractions. They are successful if they complete their work. Brendan and Lachlan

45F

45L In 4/5L they have been learning about Chance and Probability in Maths. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday they play a game with Mrs GC. She says there is an even chance to get prime, odd and even numbers. In Science Grade 4 have learnt about Space and Grade 5 has been learning about the constellation and stars. Georgia

45C In Maths 4/5C is learning about millilitres and litres. In Geography they are learning about the Amazon and Rainforests. They have learnt that trees breathe in carbon dioxide and that they breathe out oxygen. Eden

67C

67L

67F

PLEASE REMEMBER WE ARE AN ALLERGY AWARE SCHOOL.

Please ensure NO NUT products are included in your child’s lunch box, ie: Peanut Butter, Nutella or Muesli bars that may contain nuts.


PrepC Cooper PrepF Lewis PrepL Beau, Cooper 1F 1L 2C James, Joshua, Chelsy 2F 2L Emily 3F Shenille, Bella, Amber 3L Josh, Josie, Julia 4/5C 4/5F 4/5L Amy, Oliver 6/7C 6/7F Jessica 6/7L

Coming Events

Date Event Monday, 20 October Student Free Day

Tuesday, 21 October P&F Meeting 7pm

Wednesday, 22 October Play is the Way Information Night – Dalaipi Hall 7pm RSVP by tomorrow

Friday, 24 October Swimming Carnival (Year 4-7 plus invited Year 3 students) Lawnton Swimming Pool - 8.30am start

Friday, 31 October Bandanna Day

Sunday, 9 November Parish and School Jubilee Mass 9am, Mini Carnival 10.30am

P&F – Every 3rd Tuesday of the month – Staff Room

FROM THE OFFICE

SCHOOL FEES – All Term three school fees are now overdue. Please pay as a matter of urgency.

Please contact Helen Low if you have any queries regarding fees. Term four school fees will be sent home by the end of week three. It is important that your contact details are kept up to date, especially phone numbers. If any of this

information has changed please contact the office.

Commendations are decided by the class community. They are awarded to community members who demonstrate high levels of contribution to the physical and emotional safety of the class and school community. Commendations were awarded to:


SCHOOL BANKING – Each Tuesday This term, School Banking is running an exciting Australia-wide competition to reward regular saving habits. There are 40 Go Pro HERO3 White Edition Cameras (each valued at $299) and 150 Slip n Slide Double Wave Riders (each valued at $39.99) to be won. Every deposit you make through School Banking will give you one entry into the draw. The competition runs 20th October - 30th November, so you can get a total of six entries just by bringing your deposit book in each and every week. The new Term 4 rewards (Projector Cup and Swimming Streamers) are now available, so please order ASAP so that you don’t miss out. Many other rewards are still in stock, but unfortunately the Penguin Keyring and Whale Shark Pencil Case are no longer available

ACCESS FROM REID STREET

Please note there will be no access from Reid Street between the hours of 8.30am and 2.30pm. For

the safety of our children this gate will be locked.

SKOOLBAG Just a reminder that Our Lady of the Way now has our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to help us communicate more effectively with our parent community. We are asking parents to install our Skoolbag School App. To install it, just search for our school name “Our Lady of the Way Petrie” in either the Apple App Store, or Google Play Store.

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

It is great to see students are still getting out in the mornings and at lunch to practice their skipping. It is my

pleasure to inform you that the school community raised an amazing $3,317 in total for the Heart

Foundation. Thank you to all of the people who sponsored a student for this event, your support is greatly

appreciated. Prizes are on their way and will be sent home soon. It was so awesome to hear one student say

“it isn’t about the prizes it’s just a kind thing to do” (Anthony Ward 3L) which is exactly what the Our Lady of

the Way community is about.

Thank you again for all of your effort and I look forward to JRFH 2015.


Italian News

Ciao a tutti (Hi everyone)

Last Saturday, I attended an Italian Immersion Day/Seminar at Caloundra organised by the Italian Language

Centre in Brisbane. Dr Ignazia Nespolo, a popular visiting teacher/professor from Italy, presented sessions

on: Journeying through Italy’s past, making cultural and linguistic connections; linguistic games to play in the

classroom; engaging in narratives to develop comprehension through reading.

Con la storia si impara – with the history you learn; and Giocando si impara – you learn by playing games.

One game that the children are familiar with playing in class is 13, where they take turns at saying up to 3

numbers in succession until they reach 13 and that person sits out. Per imparare I numeri: similar rules apply

when playing the game in Italian but we can count further than 13 and then in 10s and then 100s: Ora

contiamo per 10 e contiamo per 100.

In last week’s lessons the children viewed 4 short clips about the life of St Francis. Three animated clips

featured how St Francis preached, helped and cared for people, as well as giving alms to the poor. The fourth

clip featured a song based on St Francis’ poem/hymn about the sun and moon; Brother sun – Fratello sole

and Sister moon – Sorella luna.

Saluti da Grace, Greetings from Grace.

Sensory Movie Day is an inclusive event for families with special needs, Children are free to move around and flap,

lighting stays on dim and sound lowered, earmuffs available to borrow, fire exit doors are monitored by volunteers. No

judgement. Spot prizes, face painting & Balloon animals.

Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy

2pm Sunday 26th October

Tickets are $8each

Children 2yrs and under are free

Morayfield Birch Carroll & Coyle

Sensory Santa

Sensory Santa is for families with special needs, bookings only, so no lines or queues, no back ground music, before

Shopping Centre's trading hours and understanding Photographer and Santa... book now or you may miss out as only

limited places

Westfield Chermside 8am-10am Sunday 9th November to book contact Chanelle 0422416509

Westfield Strathpine 9am-9:45am Sunday 16th November to book contact 3817 9601

Morayfield Shopping Centre 9am-11am Sunday 14th December to book contact Chanelle 0422416509

Thank you so much for you continuing support

Chanelle Avison

Sensory Movie Day & Inclusive events


P & F Fundraising News

NEXT P & F MEETING – 21st October 2014 7pm

Mini Jubilee Carnival

Notes are regularly going home with requests for donations. Don’t worry if you missed the earlier notes, we are happy to receive more donated items.

Date Stall Donations TERM 3

Week 7 Raffle Consolation Prizes Raffle prizes / vouchers Bags of wrapped sweets / lollies

Weeks 8 Pick a stick Cake / Sweets / Jams & Chutneys

Novelties / stationery Return of note regarding baking

Weeks 9 Grocery Wheel Grocery items – non perishable

Week 10 Preloved Toys Preloved toys

TERM 4

Week 1 Art Works Student Art

Week 2 Books CDs DVDs Preloved Books CDs DVDs Week 3 Teddy Bear Cottage Dressed up bears

Week 4 Chocolate Toss Chocolate bars Week 5 Raffle Finalise the tickets

Carnival raffle tickets were sent home the last week of Term 3. If you have not received your raffle tickets please let us know ASAP. Also all raffle tickets need to be returned, sold or unsold with money. Plastic shopping bags: we are on the hunt for plastic shopping bags. Please send them to school on Thursdays and Fridays leading up to the carnival. Volunteers/donations: we have been asking for volunteers and donations for several items (please see list above). If you have missed any requested weeks and would still like to donate, please do so. All donations are welcome. Also we will be putting out for some OLW Dad’s for help with the school sausage sizzle on the day. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Jodie Culver at [email protected]. P & F Committee would like to thank you all for the ongoing support.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Grandparents/Parent/Carers support group

We would like to offer Grandparents/Parents/Carers of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students the opportunity to come together for a yarning session on a regular basis. It will be really informal where you will have the chance to yarn with other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families over a cuppa about shared experiences while supporting each other. Interested families please make contact with your Participation Officer’s Danita Martin and Renee Parter. Date: Friday 24th October at 10.30am – 12pm Where: St Eugene’s College, Burpengary 138 Station Road/ Springfield Drive BURPENGARY RSVP by Thursday 16th October, 2014. Contact: Danita Martin Participation Officer and Renee Parter Participation Officer [email protected] or (07) 3490 1769 [email protected]




INFORMATION FROM THE OFFICE

Absenteeism

In the event of a child’s absence, please telephone our absentee line on 3285 2977 option 1 and leave a

message. A telephone call is necessary from parents explaining the reason. On the return to school we ask

for a written note for teachers’ records.

Signing In and Out Procedures

If students arrive after 8.40am we ask the adult along with the child to go directly to the school office. The

adult will be asked to sign the Late Student Sign-In Register.

When students leave early the adult is asked to go to the school office to sign the student out in the Student

Leaving Early Register prior to collection. The office will contact the classroom and the child will be collected

from the office. If another adult is collecting a child we ask for the school office to be contacted.

Visitors and Parent Helpers

Volunteers, Visitors and Parent helpers who are working or visiting our school are asked to sign in and out of

the Visitor’s Register located at our school office.

All Volunteers are asked to read and complete the School Volunteer Requirement Pack and hold a current

Volunteer Blue Card.

School Hours

8.15 am School Office Opens

8.10 am Before School Supervision Begins

8.30 am Bell to move to classroom

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3.20pm Student supervision concludes

3.30pm School Office Closes

School Assemblies

Regularly held every Monday commencing at 2.30pm. Parents and caregivers are most welcome to attend.

School Uniform Shop

Monday mornings 8am – 9.30am

Thursday afternoons 2.30pm – 3.30pm

8.30am First Session of Learning

10.30am First Lunch Break

11.10am Middle Session of Learning

1.10pm Second Lunch Break

1.40pm Afternoon Session of Learning

2.50pm School Day Concludes

You may have accidently taken home someone else’s school gear. Please check your gear/hats at

home and return any ‘lost property’ to the school office. Thank You! Parents are welcome to

check through our green ‘lost property’ bin at any time. It is located outside the school office.


Swimming Carnival 2014 Final Important Information Details.

Friday 24th of October 2014 Lawnton Swimming Pool, Cnr Gympie & Lawnton Pocket Road, Lawnton. Children must be dropped at the pool between 8.30am and 9am. The carnival begins at 9.00am – children MUST BE collected by 2.30pm. Pool entry from 8.30am only. Attendance is compulsory. Roll call will be at 9.00am in your House area and again at the end of the day. Seating All house teams will be allocated a space in the school tents. All students must arrive and stay in their house throughout the carnival. Parents are welcome in the area on the other side of the pool from the tent. However it is to be students only in the house tents. All students are strongly reminded that they must wear a hat all day and be consistently wearing sunscreen. Wet Weather The wet weather alternative is classes as normal. Only in extreme weather conditions will the carnival be cancelled. Cancellation notification will be made by 8.00am. A message will be on the school App or call on the Carnival Information number – 32852977. Please call after 8.00am. Uniform • Students are required to wear sports uniform to the Carnival, however house colours can be worn to support you team. • A suitable one piece tog or board shorts should be worn. Sun shirts are also

recommended along with swimming caps and goggles. • No zinc, face paint or crepe paper allowed (Pool Rules) • Cap/Hat and sunscreen required. Transport Children are to arrive and be picked up at the pool. They should be at the pool between 8.30-8.45am and should be collected by 2.30pm. Please contact the school if there are any problems regarding transport as we will be able to assist. Lunch Please bring your own morning tea and lunch (no cans or bottles allowed in the pool area). The pool canteen will be open also. Absence If your child is ill on the day, you must phone the school on 32852977 (Option 1). Please remember the carnival is not just for competent swimmers, it is also about team spirit and water safety. There will be plenty of activities in the water for those children who are not ready for swimming races yet! So please join us for a great day! With thanks The OLW Sports Team


SCHOOL UNIFORMS Please ensure all items of your children’s school uniform (hats, jumpers etc) are clearly marked with their name. We have a large amount of clothing in lost property that is not named and therefore unable to be returned to the correct students. Also please name lunch boxes and drink bottles.

TUCKSHOP NEWS

New summer menu is now online at https://tuckshop.schoolshoponline.net.au/ourladyoftheway/index.aspx

Every Friday morning in the after

school care building, for children

younger than school age

Fun activities

Play dough

Story time

Sing-a-long

Make and do

Craft

Painting Join us for a fun morning together

from 8.30 - 10.30am. BYO morning

tea and please sign in at the school

office. Looking forward to seeing you

there!1

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