Power of the Spoken Word

Word-of-mouth continues to be the best advertising medium for our school. Almost every family seeking to enrol a child that I have spoken to in recent weeks, has said that they want their child at OLG mainly due to the recommendation of friends and neighbours. This is also one of the factors contributing to the 'community' feel of our school - friends and acquaintances being encouraged to join the OLG community.

I have begun interviews for enrolments into the Kindy class of 2019 and  of families seeking Pre Kindy 2019 and/or Kindy 2020. These interviews will continue through to the end of this term.

Please keep spreading the word!

Semester Reports

It is expected that reports will be sent home on Thursday 21 June with parent-teacher interviews to be conducted in the following week. Parents will be informed of the interview booking process next week.

ROBOCUP METRO COMPETITION

Over the weekend, 12 students from Our Lady of Grace took part in the Robocup's North Metro competition. This day was designed to assist students in preparing for the state event to be held at Curtin in August this year. Students had 2 hours in the morning to program, practise and prepare for friendly competitions in the afternoon. Much learning took place and students felt the excitement and nerves of the competition to come! Our OnStage Performance team were first up in the competition and compared very well to other teams. Our Line Rescue team were faced with many challenges including changing light intensity and tough officials. These boys weathered the storm and came out the other end with more ideas, increased resilience and more coherent team! Our Soccer team flourished on the day after a few programming challenges. The boys robots stood up to the secondary schools and even won a few games!

These students are to be commended for their huge efforts, not only on the day but their work in the lead up to this practice event. All of these students have given up their lunch times and after school hours to get their robots effectively programmed. In addition, they all gave up their entire Saturday to participate at Sacred Heart. Huge well done to all of you!!

Congratulations on all of your efforts,

Line Rescue: Cosimo Tricholo, Ethan Boss, Luke Smelter and Oliver Stupple

OnStage Performance: Madeleine Budas, Sophia Joyce, Eliza Caputi and Charlotte Selth

Soccer: Riley BUrns, Nicholas DiFalco, Tai Maxwell and Owen Buck

Mrs Gen Fenlon

Gateway Coordinator

Long Service Leave

From personal experience I have to say that one of the highlights of the Australian industrial award system is LSL. Teaching staff accrue sufficient LSL days at a rate that enables them to take a full term of leave every seven years.

This coming semester the following staff members will be taking their accrued LSL:

God bless

Chris Kenworthy

Principal

Please contact Peta Taylor on 0419 260832 if you can help out with volunteering.

To access our online order system please visit www.ouronlinecanteen.com.au. Instructions for signing up are on the website or you can contact the Support line on 1300 116 637 for assistance.

IMPORTANT NOTICE - Please read

There are an increasing number of online orders that are not being captured due to parents not confirming their orders. Once you have placed an order please check your confirmation email or your "active orders" section to ensure your order has been placed, as we are getting numerous children at canteen quite upset that they haven't received their lunches.

Canteen News

** New Muffins **

Banana/Choc Chip      $2.00

Mixed Berry                    $2.00

Available Monday, Wednesday and Friday recess

** Soup on Mondays ** - from 14th May for Year 5 & 6

$4.00 cup

$4.50 with a roll

Subway Meal Deal - Friday 29th June

Order forms have been sent home today. All orders need to be in by Thursday 21st June.

Congratulations to the students who received Merit Awards at last week's assembly.

Library Roster

Library Volunteers required for Term 3. Please contact Trish if you can help out. Thank you.

3G News

We were very lucky to have Mrs Sherlock working in our Year 3G class last week. As part of our English program on procedural writing and our Maths program on column graphs, Mrs Sherlock made scones with us! After preparing the scone dough, we sequenced the steps and then did a tally on our favourite scone topping. As you can see from the photo, jam and cream was the winner there! So many of us took the recipe home and made scones over the weekend! Thanks to Mrs Sherlock for a wonderful week in our class.

Mrs Burke and Mrs Tangifua

Congratulations to Gus Kern from PPB is one of two ambassadors for the new Telethon speech and hearing campaign.
https://www.tsh.org.au/get-loud/

Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop is open Tuesday from 2.15pm - 3.00pm and Friday from 8.15am - 9.00am.

P & F Acknowledgements & Notices

• Friday 8th June - ROCKSTAR BINGO 

Congratulations to Amanda Doherty and her extraordinary team for creating a fantastic OLG event with Rockstar Bingo.  The evening was a huge success in bringing a

ll of the year group parents together for a night filled with great music, dancing and lots of laughs!  This event raised over 

$8000 raised and will definitely make a significant contribution to improving our school facilities. 

Thank you to all of the OLG families and also the broader community who donated auction items, and a big shout out to all of the volunteers who helped with the set up and clean up.

A special mention to Father Mark who stole the show with the dance moves to Gangnam Style. And an extra special thank you to The Rocking Frog band of year 4’s who opened the evening. We look forward to creating more events like this for everyone to enjoy.

• Wednesday 27th June - SPECIAL MEETING .. P & F WINE & CHEESE NIGHT!

A reminder to save the date for our special P & F ‘wine & cheese’ night, with presentations from the P & F Committee and our School Board. This is a great opportunity to meet your School Board members in person, and hear directly from the P & F and School Board on major things that are happening within the school. We will also want to inform members of how and where we plan to invest all P&F monies raised in making OLG an even better school for our kids. 

We welcome you to voice your ideas and ask any questions of the P & F and School Board to help you understand what we are aiming to achieve and how we can do things better. Come and enjoy a relaxing wine & cheese on the night. We look forward to seeing more new faces so bring a friend along who hasn’t been before!  This special meeting will be held in the OLG Parish Hall and we’ll be asking for people to RSVP via flexibuzz next week so we can cater accordingly.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our special P & F meeting in a few weeks!

Tony Papotto

WALKATHON

There are still a number of walkathon cards outstanding, can you please keep bringing your cards and money into your classrooms/office.  There are a few classes close to winning the prize so get in quick to have a chance at winning  Any queries please contact Linda D’Vaz on 0411125787 or Carolyn Halleen on 0413591810

5G were the winning class, returning all their walkathon cards.

Our Lady of Grace North Beach is fundraising with the Entertainment fundraiser this year, and we’d appreciate your continued support.

Your 2017 | 2018 Entertainment Membership is expiring on 1 June 2018. Please continue supporting our School by purchasing the 2018 | 2019 Entertainment Membership from us today. Hundreds of great value offers are ready for your enjoyment, while also helping our fundraising!

SUPPORT US NOW.

“I love the savings we accumulate by using our Entertainment Vouchers. I always use them ...have them in my wallet and am elated to "buy one get one free" or get 25% off...it gives me a real buzz. After reaching the price of the book it's even more rewarding. Always buy one every year!” – Ann M

Using a few of these offers will cover the cost of your Entertainment Membership!

 Our Lady of Grace North Beach

Kylie Donaldson, 0437260066, entbooks@olgpf.com

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

OLGNC From the President

We are almost half way through the season and we hope all the players and parents are enjoying the season so far. I have attended many games over the last few weeks and it is so great to see so many smiles on court, great team spirit and sportsmanship towards our competitors. I often receive feedback from opposition coaches on what good sports our teams are. Please keep this up as you are doing us proud as a club. 
 

Recently, we were privileged to have the knowledge and experience of Rachel Williams from WDNA mentoring the young umpires from our club. A clinic was organised for Rachel to observe our umpires and offer them advice and guidance on how they can continue to improve their skills. We thank Rachel, the umpires who attended and our wonderful players and coaches who made the session happen. 

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME

FIRST EUCHARIST - 16th/17th JUNE

At the Saturday evening mass and the Sunday morning 9.30 mass we will have children receiving their First Eucharist.  Please continue to prayer for them and their families during this special time in their lives.  

THANKSGIVING MASS FOR CONFIRMATION AND EUCHARIST - SUNDAY, 24TH JUNE @ 5.30 PM

Mass will be celebrated as thanksgiving for the sacraments we have received over the past month.  Everyone is invited to attend and join us for a sausage sizzle after mass.  

Sacramental Timetable - click here

WEEKEND MASS TIMES
Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm
Sunday: 7.30am, 9.30am & 5.30pm
Children’s Liturgy: Sunday 9.30am (During school terms)

DAILY MASS TIMES
Monday 6.45 a.m.
8.30am Communion Liturgy (Deacon Paul)
Tuesday 6.45am & 9.00am
Wednesday 6.45am & 9.00am
Thursday 6.45am
10.00am Trinity Village All Welcome
Friday 6.45a.m & 9.00am
Saturday 8.00am Please note, this is NOT a weekend Mass

Mercedes College is proud to present its 2018 Production of The Addams Family. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. Find out what happens when the family hosts a dinner for Wednesday’s ‘normal’ boyfriend and his parents. Featuring a cast of over 70, this musical comedy is proudly presented by the students of Mercedes College. Coming to the Regal Theatre in Subiaco for 4 performances only, from Friday 27July. Tickets are available at http://www.ticketek.com.au

Newman College has an upcoming event which we would like to extend an invitation to our community.

Colin Pettit, WA Commissioner for Children and Young People, will present the key findings from his recent education consultation with 1,800 WA school students on their school and learning. This consultation explored the factors that influence a student’s level of engagement in school, and the findings provide valuable insight into what students themselves say is needed to improve education outcomes.

Please refer to the flyer below for more information.

WAAPA Winter School 2018

WAAPA at ECU is offering an exciting performing arts program for children and young people these July school holidays. For the first time, we are including courses for students from Years 1 to 12. The Winter School includes classes in drama, acting, screen acting, dance, musical theatre and RAP. For information about the many courses on offer please visit Winter School or contact Gabrielle Metcalf at g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au or 9370 6775.