Dear Parents and care givers

Welcome back to Term Four it has been a delightful start with students and parents returning full of energy for the next ten weeks of learning. We have started with a full week of Chess competitions, sporting carnivals, swimming lessons and dancing! Congratulations to Kobi McCormack, Jacob Dimond, Hayden Headling, Oliver Stupple, Jacob Corkill, Ben Simpson, Samuel Bernacki and Giddon Bogoyev for representing our school at the Interschool Chess Competition. These students competed in a higher grade level this year against 10 other schools. Congratulations to Giddon Bogoyev for achieving the Encouragement Award trophy. For those students interested Chess Club meets Tuesday lunchtime in the The Hive, all students are welcome.

I look forward to the Athletics Carnival this Friday and thank Mr Brown for his organization of the carnivals, for all staff and parent helpers who are a great support on both days.

The Calendar is a busy one but we begin this term with a significant Sacrament in the lives of our Year 6 students. This weekend the students in Year 6 will be Confirmed, sealing the Gifts of the Holy Spirit they received at Baptism. Father Richard visited the children this week to talk with them and ascertain their preparedness to receive the Sacrament. The Sacrament of Confirmation is rich in symbolism and ritual and is a unique time for all of us to renew and deepen our faith. This is a significant time for not only our Year 6 children but their families, please keep these children and their families in your prayers.

You should have received several letters, both in hard copy and on flexibuzz regarding important information for our school. Please read and consider the information provided in this communication regarding;

·         The IT Portal is now open for students currently in Years 3,4 & 5 for purchase of devices for 2020

·         The OLG Wellbeing Strategy & World Café Event for the 30th October for all parents

·         Calling for nominations for the P&F and School Board from all parents.

The P&F and School Board are parent representative bodies that are vital to the success of our school. You are welcome to attend the Parents & Friends meeting next Monday 7.30, come and see the great work done on behalf of all parents of OLG impacting all students at OLG.

Some of the work of the School Board has been evident over the holidays with the complete renovation of the toilets for students in Year 1 – 4. The financial management provided by the Board has meant that we were able to respond to the needs of students who informed us they did not feel safe in this area. I would like to acknowledge our builders Ballpoint Construction who kept to a very strict timeline to ensure the toilets were ready for students on Monday. Further in the newsletter is a request to parents to help address student behavior and vandalism in the new & MPA toilets, your assistance is appreciated.

Thank you to those families who have completed the payment of school fees or are on a payment plan. If you have not completed payment of fees and you are not on a payment plan please speak with our Finance Officer Mrs Kate Corkill to arrange an appropriate payment plan for you.

God bless

Gabrielle  Doyle
Principal

Library Roster

Sports Carnival:  The sports carnival will be held Term 4, Week 1.  We require parent helpers for the following:

Wednesday 16th October (am) Yrs 3-6  Throws & Jumps
Friday 18th October (all day) Yrs 3-6  Sports Carnival
Sign up sheet is located in the office.
Thank you.
Tony Brown

Toilets
Unfortunately a considerable amount of staff time is spent/wasted responding to misbehavior in our toilets. Staff are working hard to ensure that students do not use the toilets as a play and at times eating area! We have consistently been required to removing full toilet rolls & food from toilets, clean floors of wasted toilet paper and mop up flooded floors from taps being left on. The skill-set of our students to use a toilet appropriately and follow basic hygiene routines of wiping, flushing, washing and drying is surprisingly lacking. I had presumed there was a lack of care due to aged and non-functioning toilets. That is no longer the case and yet over this week we have experienced vandalism of the toilets that has been disappointing and costly to repair. I ask your co-operation in ensuring your child knows the function of and how to appropriately use the toilets at school. To address this behavior Year 5 & 6 students are being asked to use the MPA toilets only and Year 1 – 4 are being asked to use the newly renovated toilets. Our mantra has been behave in the toilets here as you would behave in your toilet at home. I would hazard a guess that children do not behave like this at home!

TOM Fundraiser Book Fair Week 2  from"

Monday lunch time to after school
Tuesday to Thursday  8.15am until 3.30pm
Friday until after assembly

Great opportunity for some Christmas shopping and to support our TOM team

TOURNAMENT OF THE MINDS 

AUSTRALIAN PACIFIC FINALS
As you are aware our Lady of Grace have been very fortunate to have two of our TOM teams, The Arts Teams and Language Literature Team, heading to Hobart to represent Western Australia in the Australian Pacific Finals. Along with the school and parent contributions, the  students in the teams have been busy reaching out to the community and planning fundraising events to assist them with the expenses.  They would appreciate your help with this.

CARNIVAL CAKE STALL
Tournament of Minds will be holding a fundraising cake stall on Friday at the sports carnival. We will be selling individual cupcakes, biscuits, slices for you to purchase on the day. Look forward to seeing you all at the carnival. 

FREE DRESS DAY
On 1st November the TOM teams will be hosting a Free dress day. No theme- Simply free dress a GOLD COIN DONATION. They will also be holding some activities at lunch time, so please send along some silver/ gold coins for these activities. 

SILENT AUCTION AND RAFFLE DONATIONS
The students and parents have bene busy collecting donations form local businesses within the community, as well as approaching their family and friends. 

If you, or anyone you know, have a business that could contribute a donation of goods and/or services for our silent auction and raffle it would be much appreciated. Please contact assuntat@iinet.net.au or 0417 951 579 if you can assist with this. 

Uniform Shop
If you have received notification that your uniform order is ready for collection, can you please do so as soon as possible. The Uniform Shop is open Tuesday afternoon 2.15pm - 3.00pm and Friday 8.15am - 9.00am.  Thank you.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHRISTMAS HAMPERS
This Christmas we will be providing hampers to those in need during the festive season. They will be going to the less fortunate in our local community and distributed through Our Lady of Grace Parish, St Vincent De Paul Society. We will be assembling the hampers with items from each class. Through your support, we can help some families have a small piece of comfort at Christmas time.

Kindy White: small Xmas Puddings, boxes of chocolates
Kindy Gold: Christmas Bon Bons, Long Life Juice
Kindy Blue: small coffee and milo jars, tea etc
PP Gold: spreads: jams, vegemite, peanut butter, Nutella.
PP Blue: soft drink, cordial
PP White: savoury biscuits and crackers
1 Gold: canned ham, tuna, turkey etc
1 White: tinned vegetables and fruit
2 Gold: pasta and pasta sauce
2 Blue: dried fruit, nuts, chips and pretzels
3 Gold: Christmas cakes, Christmas fruit mince pies.
3 Blue: powdered custard and jelly
4 Gold: candy canes, Christmas lollies and Christmas chocolates.
4 Blue: Christmas biscuits and other sweet biscuits
5 White: card games, board games ( cheap from Kmart/Big W/ Reject shop etc)
5 Blue: balls: tennis, basketball, footy, soccer, cricket etc ( cheap from Kmart/ Big W)
Teachers: stationary, Arts and Crafts sets (Kmart, Red Dot etc)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

This collection is not compulsory. However, if you would like to provide more than one item (even an item from a different class hamper) this is also welcome.

Any queries please contact Carla Christou  carlachristou@iprimus.com.au

ENROLMENTS FOR 2020: As we are now in the process of preparing for next year’s enrolments, it is now time to advise the office if you are leaving us at the end of this year (with the exception of Year 6). We do however require notification in writing and where your child/ren will be attending next year. Please hand your letters into the office as a term's notice is required. Thank you.

Rhyme Time and It’s All About Play (0 - 4 years) 
Next session: Friday 25th October
Location : ​Pre- Kindy Room
Time: 9.15am
 
We had a fabulous introduction to Rhyme Time followed by It’s All About Play in our new venue the Pre K room. There was lots of rhyme and movement followed by lots of play with mums and Grans enjoying reading, the home corner, play dough and the outside play area. The sandpit was a hit as were the blocks and shaker making.

Due to Grandparents' Day and the Confirmation Retreat there will be no Rhyme Time or It's all about Play for the remainder of this term.
We look forward to our next session on Friday 25th October. Hope to see you you there.
Teresa Wandek

If your child turns four before 30 June 2021 they are eligible to enrol in Our Lady of Grace School 2021 Kindergarten Program.

Tours, interviews and enrolment for Pre-Kindy and Kindy are now open.

Don't miss out : Please contact Vicki Ryan for an enrolment package and an interview time on 6241 9500 or email: vicki.ryan@cewa.edu.au

Friday Morning Early Year Tours are now available at 9.30am

Please find attached the Canteen Menu
Ordering is available via https://quickcliq.com.au/

Alternatively you can place your child's order in the class canteen bucket. 
For existing users of Quickcliq

If your child's order does not go through and they have no lunch, we will supply them with a sandwich.  We will no longer have additional items available due to food wastage costs.
We have Gluten Free Bread, available for all sandwich fillings this year, toasted is also available.  Any queries please feel free to come and see us.

We thank you for your continued support of the canteen.

Flexibuzz - Tick Canteen Box 
This is a whole school reminder for everyone to please tick the canteen box on FlexiBuzz for all future canteen related information, including updated rosters, roster swaps and reminders. This information will only be posted on FlexiBuzz, not on Facebook, so please tick the box and tell all your friends to do the same, otherwise you'll miss out.
Thank you,
Jemima and Peta.

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME

CONFIRMATION 
89 candidates will be confirmed this weekend.  The celebration of Confirmation is an important occasion in the life of the parish.  It is a time of celebration, a time of renewal and a cause to remember our own Confirmation.  May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and strengthen us throughout our lives.

THANKSGIVING MASS FOR CONFIRMATION - 27TH OCT. @ 5.30PM
Next Sunday, the 5.30 mass will be a special mass of thanksgiving for the sacrament.  Following mass their will be a sausage sizzle and cake.  Everyone is invited.

Fr Richard - Celebration of Thanks
Everyone is invited to a morning tea to be held in Fr Richard’s honour to give thanks for his time and dedication to our Parish. The morning tea is being held on Sunday 27th October after the 9.30am mass. It would be very much appreciated if you could please bring a plate to share with everyone. Tea and  coffee will be provided.

Our Lady of Grace are seeking parents who may be interested in joining the ministry of the acolyte or senior altar ministers. 

Please consider before expressing your interest, your commitments with your children and family. 

Rosters are geared around masses on Saturday 6pm, and Sunday 7.30am, 9.30am and 5.30pm. You may be rostered to serve at any of these times, although preferences are at times considered. Please contact Carla Christou for more details.

0413 567462 or carlachristou@iprimus.com.au

CHURCH CLEANERS NEEDED
The current roster needs an injection of new volunteers to ensure our church is cleaned each week for the weekend masses.

We try to have groups of 4 or 5 who dust and vacuum on either Friday or Saturday mornings.  Each group is rostered on to clean about 4 times a year.  Everything you need is provided in the cleaning room at the back of the church.  Please consider joining this valued ministry.  You can join by yourself and be placed in a group, join with a friend or make up a group of your own.  

If you would like to join the roster please contact Clare Broad sacramental.olg@gmail.com or Sheralee in the Parish Office 9448 4888

Welcome to Term 4 and we hope everyone had a happy and relaxing holiday break!

TERM 4 EVENTS

P & F Meeting                           Monday 21st October @ 7.30pm

OLG School Community Fete    Saturday 9th November @ 10am – 3pm

P & F AGM Meeting                  Wednesday 27th November @ 7.00pm

P & F Parents Sundowner        Friday 29th November @ 7pm

OLG SCHOOL COMMUNITY FETE
Our Fete planning is now in full swing and everything is coming together for what will hopefully be a great school and community event!

We’re currently looking to fill some important roles:

·         Food Service Co-ordinator who can assist with our food stalls  leading up to and on the day of the Fete.

·         BBQ Team to cook up and serve some yummy food on the bbq (can be dads/older siblings/grandparents etc).

If anyone else can spare some time on the day we would love to hear from you.

Please contact Amanda Doherty littlegrazingandgiftco@gmail.com for more information

ROCK CLIMBING – OLG Dads Group
We look forward to sharing more information about our Term 4 event for our OLG Dad’s Group. In association with the P & F and The Fathering Project, dads and kids can look forward to challenging themselves with some indoor rock climbing. Date and time to be confirmed.

2020 P & F EXEC COMMITTEE Positions
As part of the Constitution, P & F Executive Committee members are required to step down to make way for new Committee members at the end of their 3 year tenure. Based on this the following positions will be available at the end of this year:

·         Vice President

·         Secretary

·         Treasurer

If you’re interested in wanting to make a difference for our kids, and would like to learn more about these positions please speak to or email Tony Papotto – exec@olgpf.com

P & F Executive Committee

Promote your Business, Support our Children
If you have a business and would like to become involved in the OLG Business Community contact Jodie Naismith at jodie.naismith@gmail.com for further information.

The Council for Australian Catholic Women (Perth) invite you to hear New Testament lecturer, Dr Michele Connolly RSJ at two free events in Perth.

Michele is a Sister of St Joseph of Lochinvar NSW and has studied in Melbourne, Chicago and Berkeley. She has taught at the Catholic Institute of Sydney since 2001.

Friday 25 October 6-9pm - WOMEN in the CHURCH: REFLECTIONS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT - men and women invited. Light refreshments served from 5.30pm.

Saturday 26 October 9.30 - 4pm - WOMEN and the GOSPEL OF MARK: INSIGHTS FOR TODAY - a day for women. Light refreshments served from 9am. Light lunch included.

Both events will be held at James Nestor Hall, Catholic Education Office 50 Ruislip St Leederville. 

RSVP by 21 October. Email: kerrymacfarlane2@gmail.com; Phone: 08 9397 5988; SMS: 0400 886 835.

Carine Calisthenics Club invites you to take advantage of our Term 4 free classes to all new members.    Our sport is perfect for all ages.  Learning skills such as singing and dancing, gymnastics, simplified ballet, club swinging, marching, rod twisting - all these covered in one class! Come and join in the fun of Calisthenics and meet lots of new friends! Want more information? Email  Carine.Calisthenics@gmail.com or contact Sandra on 0403 078 009

VacSwim 2019-20
Enrol now for VacSwim summer holiday swimming lessons!

With swimming pools and beaches a big part of the Western Australian lifestyle, it’s essential that your children learn how to swim and stay safe in the water.

VacSwim is for all children - from beginners to more advanced swimmers. Your children can start as young as five years old.

There are over 180 VacSwim locations around Western Australia, so wherever your family is spending these summer holidays, there will be lessons near you.

Enrol your children in VacSwim now at education.wa.edu.au/swimming.