2 - 18th August, 2023 - Term 3, Week 6
Principal's News
Dear Families,
Today we held our OLSH Athletics Carnival and the students came along prepared to compete to the best of their abilities, but also with the aim of enjoying the day and having fun! It was a sea of green and gold on the oval as we started our day, and despite being a bit windy, thankfully the weather held out for us (there was a bit of stress last night as the rain poured down!) and the students completed the activities with gusto! Congratulations goes to McAuley who took out the points on the day to win the shield. All students participated in the spirit of the day, with a big thanks going to our seniors who encouraged the younger ones beautifully and to Mr. Breewel for his organisation and the teachers and parent helpers. It was a good day!
On Monday morning, the Grade Five and Six students will head off to Adelaide on their school camp. We will be leaving bright and early at 7.30am, and are looking forward to the many activities planned, including a visit to the Monarto Zoo, a tour of Adelaide Oval, the Museum, the West Beach Adventure Park and lots more! A massive thanks goes to Miss Ford who has organised the entire camp, which takes many hours and lots of planning! We look forward to sharing some photos and news about the camp in next week’s newsletter.
At the beginning and end of the day, we have an increasing number of students who are riding their scooters (and the occasional skateboard) to school. It has come to our attention that many students are not wearing helmets when they leave the school. Wearing a helmet is widely recommended when riding scooters and skateboards, and we would hate to see any student hurt because their head was unprotected. Well done to those riders who diligently put their helmets on each day and we encourage all families to make sure that their child has a helmet if riding to and from school.
We would like to remind parents that when the bell goes at the end of the day, any students who are leaving the school on foot are to wait inside the gate until the students on the bus have been checked off the bus list and have boarded the bus. The gate area can become very congested when parents and students are trying to make their way through when the bus line is still there. It only takes a matter of minutes for the bus users to leave, so we would appreciate everyone’s cooperation with this.
On Friday, 1st of September, we will be celebrating our wonderful OLSH dads with a bacon and egg breakfast! This has always been a great occasion in the past and we look forward to seeing our dads and kids enjoying breaky and then a game in the yard before the bell. Classrooms will also be open for you to have a wander through if you wish. We will be having assembly as usual at 9am, so our dads are most welcome to join us for this as well! Please make sure you fill in your order (for dads and kids) on CDF Pay as soon as possible to help us with catering numbers. We hope to see you all at breakfast!
The school will be a little quieter next week while the senior students are away and I’m sure the younger grades will enjoy having free run of the playground! Adam Lawrence will be taking charge until we return from camp. I hope everyone enjoys the week!
Narelle Gallagher
Email:
- Narelle Gallagher: principal@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
- Office staff: admin@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
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School Contact Hours
Office hours: 8.00am to 4.00pm - Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 3.45m - Friday
Teachers: 8.45am to 4.00pm - Monday to Friday
Sports News
Athletics Day
Congratulations to the following students who won Aged Champion:
Age | First | Second | Third |
| 5/6 yr old Boys | Ledger Bell | Harrison Gadzinski | Parker Valinoti |
| 5/6 yr old Girls | Isla McClelland | Bailey Smyth & Tori O'Shea | Zali Goodger |
| 7 yr old Boys | Nash Seymour | Morgan Dowling | Hemi Leech |
| 7 yr old Girls | Ivy Libchard | Layla Portaro | Sophie Barnes & Charlotte Primarano |
| 8 yr old Boys | Rory Cowling | Ned Collins Wood | Jasper O'Shea |
| 8 yr old Girls | Summer Alderson | Violet Dimasi | Savannah Williams |
| 9 yr old Boys | Max Pulham | Levi Davis | Sonny Pollard |
| 9 yr old Girls | Frankie Roberts | Zoe Arnold | Ariana Mazza & Ava Barnes |
| 10 yr old Boys | Isaac Longeri | Michele Dichiera & Emmet Barnden | Mason Milkeraitis & Oliver Smith |
| 10 yr old Girls | Shanae Scheer | Paley Hammet | Charlotte Primarano, Izobel Matulic & Lexi Paley |
| 11 yrs old Boys | Hayden Gourlay | Cody Pollard | Lucas Timmis |
| 11 yr old Girls | Lilliana Primarano | Laura Withers | Matilda Pritchard |
| 12+ Boys | Eamon Breewel | Tyson Weyburg | Davien Maher & Sebastian Longeri |
| 12+ Girls | Serenity-Rose Legin | Poppii Driscoll | Ember Baylin |
Fair Play | |
| 5/6 yr old | Jordan Hammet |
| 7 yr old | Alexis Finlayson |
| 8 yr old | Isaac Lohmeyer |
| 9 yr old | Thomas Cupper |
| 10 yr old | Zali Breewel |
| 11 yr old | Myah Timmis |
| 12 + | Ned Smith |
Auslan News
This week in Auslan the senior students have thoroughly enjoyed peer teaching the junior grades. Grade Five have been working hard to create a Google-slide with videos they had made showing an animal sign. They then taught the junior students these signs and also how to make videos. Grade six students worked with their buddy to learn the signs for family. Well done to everyone for their hard work!
The following link is of Jazmine Smith (Grade 6) signing the following in Auslan:
"The Grade 5/6 camp is coming up on the 21st to the 24th of August to Adelaide. Yay Camp?"
OLSH Disco
Happy Birthday
We wish the following students a Happy Birthday:
Olivia Doughty - 21st August - 11 yrs
Romeo Dichiera - 22nd August - 6 yrs
Dekota Sheard - 23rd August - 11 yrs
Julius Mazza - 24th August - 6 yrs
Isabel Mathews - 26th August - 6 yrs
Aston McGowan - 27th August - 9 yrs
Junior News
Grade Prep/One/Two Activity Day, Dinner and Sleepover
A note went home on Tuesday. Please make sure you give permission on Simon Everywhere and indicate if you are able to assist. Don't forget to pay the $20 at the office either by cash or card. Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions.Prep News
Show and Tell- Week 7’s topic is ‘Something that starts with m’.
In Week 7 ( 21st-25th August) I will be away all week. Students will have Mrs Courtney (Grade 5 teacher) from Monday to Thursday and Mrs Webb on Friday. I’m sure they will have a great week. Any communication will need to go to the office- admin@olshmerbein.catholic.
Advanced Notice-On the 15th of September (Week 10) the Preps will be presenting at assembly. We hope to see you there.
Grade One/Two News
Congratulations to all of our students for their wonderful participation today! It was great to see everyone cheering each other on and doing their best.
Assembly: Grade 1/2L will present Assembly next Friday (25th August) and Grade 1/2R will present Assembly on the 1st of September after our Father's Day Breakfast.
Writing: This week in writing we have been learning about Informative Texts. Students have been learning the difference between facts and opinions and writing some facts about different topics.
Art: Grade 1/2 made some 3D lizards and snails this week. Please see the photo's below.
If you have any questions you can email us at:
Prep: Rebecca Appledore - rappledore@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
1/2 L: Grace Laity- glaity@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
1/2 R: Lisa Ryan- lryan@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
Friday - 1/2 R contact: Emma Garraway - ewood@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
Middle News
Grade Three / Four:
Welcome Mrs. Lawrence to Grade 3/4P and we hope you enjoy the next 4 weeks. We also hope that Mrs. Phelan is enjoying her Long Service Leave. A reminder if you have not handed in your Camp note please do it ASAP. If you have misplaced it please ask for another one. We need this information so we can organise the details of the camp and get the information out to everyone.
Congratulations to Charlotte on receiving her Pen Licence!
If you have any questions you can email us at:
- 3/4 L: Adam Lawrence – alawrenc@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
- 3/4 P: Julie Phelan – jphelan@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
Senior News
The excitement level in our classrooms has been high this week with all students eagerly anticipating Athletics Day today and next week's camp. Final preparations for both events have been made and I know that all students will have such a great time together.
This week we have continued to learn more about God's promise to Abraham and how Christianity, Islam and Judaism all stem from Abraham. Students researched one of the religions in pairs and prepared 3-5 important pieces of information that they then shared with the class. Together we created Venn diagrams to show the connections between Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
If you have any questions you can email us at:
- 5: Cheryl-Anne Courtney - ccourtney@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
- 6: Danielle Ford- dford@olshmerbein.catholic.edu.au
General News
School Advisory Council Members:
Thel O’Shea, Hannah Mills, Grant Finlayson, Amy Cupper, Sandra Hammet, Lana Borchard, Adam Lawrence (Staff Rep) & Narelle Gallagher (Principal)
SIMON Everywhere App
This can be downloaded from either the Google Play Store or the Apple Store. The app has been updated earlier this year and an email was sent out to parents. If you are having issues with logging in, can you please contact Mia in the office.
Student Medical Profile
Medical Profile: Please make sure that the school has been notified of any changes that have been made to your child’s Medical Profile on PAM and to also include this on the pink Parental Authority and Consent Form each year.
IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT TO MAKE OLSH AWARE OF ANY CHANGES.
Parent Notified Absence
If your child is unwell and will be absent from school, you are able to complete a Parent Notified Absence (PNA) on the SIMON Everywhere App or Parent Access Module (PAM) which will automatically notify the teacher and a text message will not be sent.
Newsletters
These are distributed every Friday on SIMON Everywhere and the OLSH Website. Please contact us if at any time you have any queries or require any further explanation about events, dates etc. Any items for the newsletter are asked to be handed in at the office by 9.00am on Friday.
Attendance & Sign in
A reminder to parents that the school needs to be notified of a student absence by 10 am on the day. This can be done by calling the school office or by using SIMON Everywhere or sending an email to admin@olsmerbein.catholic.edu.au.
Second Hand Uniform
Please contact the school if you require any second hand uniform.
Other News
