Our Lady of Grace Newsletter No Images? Click here Happy Father's Day! Prayer to St Joseph for all the fathers To all the fathers in the world: we sincerely greet, thank and salute you on this very special day! We could never thank you enough for the gift of life, the silent and hidden sacrifices and the gentle but firm affection and love you have for us. On this day, we would like to entrust you to the intercession of St Joseph, the foster father of Our Lord. May you all strive to be holy Christian fathers, always present beside your wife and your and children, to faithfully love, protect, sustain, strengthen, educate, correct and provide for them, with an authentic Christian wisdom, strong arms, resolute will and firm but gentle heart, wanting always the best, and the true earthly and heavenly happiness for your wife and children. This we ask God the Father, model for all fathers in the world, from whom all fatherhood on earth comes. TERM 3 WEEK 8 SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGEDear Parents A really good education for your children is based on a true partnership between home and school. I believe this is best achieved through the regular, open communication that partners have if their common interests and goals are to be achieved. At its best, partners are also trusting friends who will not give nor take comments made as being intended to cause hurt, or damage to the partnership, but rather as ‘open’ communication. To attain their common goal, in our case a quality, rounded education for the students of OLG, families and the school must be honest with one another and work together. Again, the best forum for this is the frequent chat we ask you to have with your child’s teacher. Below are the details of a survey inviting you to anonymously put forward your thoughts about OLG. This is a valued source of feedback for the school which, over the years, has resulted in many changes to the way we do things. What would truly help is for respondents to provide, when the opportunity is given, greater detail on what we do well and should continue and what we need to improve and suggestions as to how. The company conducting the survey for us suggests we should expect no more than a 30% response rate. Given this is about your children’s education, I would hope that every family would take the 15 minutes to complete the exercise. Parent and Caregiver Survey (PaCS) – Parent Voice Completion of the survey is on a voluntary basis. Your confidentiality Use of the data Unless express permission is provided, neither the school nor any individual, will be able to be directly or indirectly identified in any publications. Individual responses will remain anonymous. How to complete the survey The survey contains statements about practices which could take place in this school. For each statement, you are asked to indicate how often the statement takes place. There are no 'right' or 'wrong' answers. Your opinion is what is wanted. Please be sure to answer all questions. Some statements in may be fairly similar to other statements. Don't worry about this. Simply give your opinion about all statements. If you require more information or have any questions, please contact the NSI Team. Email: NSITeam@NSIpartnerships.com.au Your time and consideration are much appreciated. Given the renovations to the MPA, this year’s program is different to that of the past. · Grandparents, our guests, are asked to gather at the Church before 9.00am for a special mass. · From there they will move up to the MPA for morning tea. · Their eldest grandchild will come to them and so the tour will begin. · The art exhibition in the MPA is best left for your assembled grandchildren to walk you through after you have done the rounds of their classrooms. In advance, I personally thank all those grandparents who will be making the effort to attend both the mass (demonstrating support for the faith development of the children) followed by the morning tea (community) and then the tour (the children). MOST REVEREND TIMOTHY COSTELLOE - PASTORAL LETTER The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia’s Response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was released on Friday 31 August 2018. Please find below a link to Archbishop Costelloe’s pastoral letter for the Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Perth God bless Sports Carnival - Friday 12th October The Canteen will be offering Subway Meal Deal for the Sports Carnival on Friday 12th October. The order forms will be sent home on Friday 7th September. No other lunch items will be available. This weeks assembly is presented by students in 3G. Parents of 3G children are invited to the staff room after assembly for a cuppa with Mrs Sarah Tangifua and Mrs Anne Burke. Congratulations to the students who received Merit Awards at last week's assembly. Library Roster Tournament of Minds Interschool Chess ART NEWS (Mrs Deed) Grandparent’s Day Art Exhibition Grandparent’s Day Art Exhibition Free Outing for Children I encourage each of you to take your children to view this free exhibition. It is very child friendly and the gallery has created labels and discussion questions to engage children. I loved my visit and will be taking my grand-daughter during the holidays. You can find out more at http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/sidney-nolans-ned-kelly.asp The Art Gallery of Western AustraliaSIDNEY NOLAN'SNED KELLY SERIES 11 August – 12 November 2018 FREE Dear Parents/carers, Leigh Thomas “The Fathering Project” Launch Further information about The Fathering Project is on their website: http://thefatheringproject.org OLG Business Community If you own your own business, we invite you to be part of our OLG Business Community. You can support this initiative by taking up one of four levels of P & F Sponsorship, which provides the option of including your business in our OLG Business Directory. Your sponsorship will help fund many projects around the school which directly impacts our children’s school experience, and more information will follow next term as we progress this beneficial project. To find out more and register your interest email OLGBIZCOM@cewa.edu.au or drop your business card in the office. Friday 7th September – Grandparents Day Parents can you please contribute by bringing in a plate of food in the morning for the Grandparents to share for morning tea. Surnames A-L please bring savoury (sandwiches, mini quiches, frittatas, sausage rolls, dips etc) and surnames M-Z please bring sweet (cakes, slices, biscuits, scones, fruit etc). If you are available to help in the morning, please contact Di Guttridge on 0415 096 740 Have a great week everyone! Fathers Day Thank You Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers on Wednesday and Thursday. This event would not be possible with you. A big thank you also to the Pafumi family for donating the bacon. Also to those who kindly donated prizes. As we had a lot of food left over, we decided to donate it to worthy causes. We donated food to Shelter WA and St Vinnies who were very appreciative of our donation. You have all helped to make this another successful OLG family event. Netball Fathering Project Event - Save the Date SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME Enrolment will take place on the 8th between 1 pm and 4 pm in the Parish Centre and then again after the 9.30 mass on Sunday the 9th. If your child was NOT baptised at OLG you will need to attach a copy of your child's baptismal certificate to the enrolment form. If you do not have an enrolment form they can be filled in when you arrive. Parent/child Workshop - 13th September Commitment - 15th/16th September PREP Retreat - 13th October Sacrament of First Reconciliation - 17th October Thanksgiving Mass - 21st October @ 5.30 pm Child Protection Week 3rd to 9th September 2018 The Safeguarding Officers, Susan Roccheccioli, Joan Burke and Sue Wright will be hosting the morning tea following the 9.30am Children’s Mass on Sunday, everyone is invited so please come along and enjoy! Pristine Events, a local community singing and acting group is currently working hard to deliver their annual musical. This year OLG’s very own, the lovely Mrs Elliot is Director, and as luck would have it a few of the stars of the show also go to OLG (Eloise Hamilton 3G and Angelina Trichilo 2B). Please come along and support this hard working young group, and allow them to entertain you. Mater Dei College 25th Anniversary Showcase Fair
Entry is FREE Mater Dei College is located at the corner of Treetop Avenue and Joondalup Drive, Edgewater. Please download a flyer HERE. Open Afternoon at Mater Dei College Mater Dei College is a co-ed secondary Catholic College located on the corner of Joondalup Drive and Treetop Avenue in Edgewater. To register your interest in attending, please email: enrolments@mdc.wa.edu.au Iona Presentation College warmly invites you to attend an Open Morning of the Senior School for prospective students in Years 7-12, Monday 10 September 2018. Presentations will commence at 9.30am in the College Sports Centre followed by a guided tour and morning tea. Bookings can be made at: www.iona.wa.edu/openmorning We look forward to meeting you there! Are you searching for ways to enrich your understanding of the Catholic faith and tradition? Would you like to find out more about a particular sacrament which your child may be receiving? Then the Centre for Faith Enrichment is for you! We offer a wide range of face-to-face and online courses and events on topics ranging from spirituality, Church history, theology, scripture, Christian living and much more. No exams or assignments, just a relaxed and friendly learning atmosphere. To know more visit our website www.cfe.org.au where you will find our courses and events page and explore our new sacraments website. HILLARYS YACHT CLUB 25-27 September 2018 (Ages 9-16) Register online: www.hillarysyachtclub.com.au (under the Courses tab) Contact Mel: 9246 2833 | development@hillarysyachtclub.com.au VacSwim: With swimming pools and beaches a big part of the Western Australian lifestyle, ensuring your children can swim competently and safely is essential. You can now enrol your children in VacSwim swimming lessons during the October and December/January school holidays. VacSwim is for all children - from beginners to more advanced swimmers and young people doing their Bronze Medallion. Your children can start as young as five years old. Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim at pools and open water venues across the State. Enrol your children in VacSwim now at education.wa.edu.au/swimming 2018 MARIST CRICKET CARNIVAL Tournaments such as the Marist Cricket Carnival can only be held because of the generosity of those families who billet visiting athletes and we thank those families who have already offered their support. The financial implications of accommodating athletes in hotel/motel type accommodation would soon put an end to such competitions as for many families the cost of the trip would then be beyond their means. We ask that the Newman Community rally and assist in accommodating visiting athletes as we endeavour to make this Carnival a success. Having children on the 7 – 12 Campus is certainly not a pre-requisite for billeting athletes. We would be delighted to accept an offer to billet from families with children on our K – 2 and 3 – 6 Campuses. The responsibilities of the billet family include providing the athletes with meals, a bed, laundry facilities and ensuring that the athletes meet all the Carnival requirements. Billeting athletes is a wonderful and rewarding experience for both the athlete and the host family. Perhaps one day your child may be fortunate enough to be selected to represent Newman College at a Marist Sporting Carnival and require the generosity of a Marist Family during their interstate stay! If you are able to assist in providing a visiting athlete with accommodation during the Cricket Carnival please phone me on 9204 9444 between the hours of 8.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Thursday. I look forward to hearing from you and am very happy to answer any questions you may have with regard to the Billeting Programme. An advertising flyer with an offer to billet form is attached for your convenience. Tania Bailey An amazing offer from Breakers Swim Club As a club, we are invested in swimming and passionate about expanding our swimming family at Breakers. If you have a child that is 6 years and over and is able to swim 25m of Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke, our amazing coaching team would love to hear from you! If you think your child would like to be involved but are unsure of their swimming ability, please feel free to contact us anyway. As a welcome to Breakers, our Leisure Park Balga centre is offering a 1-day FREE trial lesson followed by 2 weeks of FREE lessons while only paying entry cost to the centre and if you sign up to Breakers within those 2 weeks you can have the full month of lessons for FREE with entry cost at ONLY $34.65 for the month. Our stroke development classes run 3 times a week, Juniors 5 times, Inters 6 + times, National Development 8 + times, National Age 9 + times as well as land training sessions for Inters and above and gym sessions for National Age. For Only $34.65 you can join in on all lessons in your allocated squad for that month. Swimming is such a beneficial and important asset to have especially living in Perth, WA and we would love for you to share that passion with us at Breakers! To book in your free trial and ask any questions please email our Head Coach Cameron Hawthorn at headcoachlpb@breakerswaswimclub.org. Take a 3D tour of the newly renovated LeisurePark Balga on our website. Learn to Swim at Scarborough Beach Pool Week 1 Tuesday 25 to Friday 28 September Cost $52.00 Small morning classes for preschool to Level 14 and fee includes one swimming sibling. Term 4 2018 Learn to Swim - 8 October 8 to 16 December Enrolments for term 4 open September 25. Enrol now and you can choose your day, time and/or the price of your lesson with prices starting at $9.50 per lesson for a 10 week program. ENROL TODAY! For further information visit www.stirling.wa.gov.au/lts or email SBP.Reception@stirling.wa.gov.au Pool to Beach Program - ENQUIRE TODAY! Exciting new program only at Scarborough Beach Pool! We believe ensuring your child can swim safely and competently in both controlled and natural open water environments is vital. Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00PM *Students must have passed Level 9 RLSSWA We acknowledge the original custodians of this land, the Nyungar people, and show our respect for their ancestors and traditions. Our Lady of Grace School |