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Website : www.olof.wa.edu.au
Wednesday 22nd July
Week 1 Term 3
Dear Parents,
Welcome back to the school routines for the start of Term 3. A special welcome to 3 new
students – Pitiluca and Jetagon Matassa and Eryn Law. The Matassa family have a strong
connection with our community and will be with us just for the duration of Term 3. Piti will be in
Year 3 for that period of time and Jet will be in Pre-Kindy. We also welcome Eryn into our Year
5 class. Mrs Cath Pratley will be with us for Term 3 as well, as the replacement for Vanessa
Byrne who is completing her final teaching practicum before becoming a qualified Primary
School Teacher. Pip Nimmo is also with us “fulltime” this week covering for Oz Celenza who is
on Long Service Leave.
Last term finished with a real highlight on the afternoon of the last day with the culmination of
the Public Speaking programme. Congratulations to the 11 children who were chosen to present
their speeches in front of the whole school: Joshua Farinola (Year 1), Samantha Johnston (Year
2), Will Maddeford and Hugh Farquhar (Year 3), Ethan Walters and Luke Farinola (Year 4),
Anastasia Smith and Jude Foss (Year 5) and Jenna Byrne, Evie McCormack and Jana Dixon
(Year 6). It is no easy task to speak publicly in front of hundreds of people, particularly when
you are a primary school child. All the children completed this challenging task particularly well.
This programme is designed to develop these public speaking skills and confidence for the
children to speak in front of an audience and it was fantastic to see these skills develop through-
out the school, a great way to finish Term 2!
Another highlight to end the second term was the wonderful response from our school families to
the appeal for the homeless people in our community. We collected over 130 boxes of toiletries
etc for the less fortunate people in our society. A very generous response by everyone in our
community, so a huge thank you to all families involved.
The start of Term 3, as mentioned early this year will also see our focus change from teaching
Japanese to the children on Thursdays to teaching “Mindfulness”. This is a new programme
where our intention is to explicitly teach children a range of relaxation techniques which we feel,
within the busyness of the lives of our children, will be very beneficial skills to develop. The
“Mindfulness” programme will be following the same timetable as the “Japanese” programme
and we are very fortunate to have Michelle Renton on staff who is able to teach both areas. We
will be trialling this programme this semester, asking for feedback towards the end of the year
before making a decision for the future of these 2 areas in 2016 and beyond.
After a few months of planning, we have also decided to implement a “Protective Behaviours”
programme at Our Lady of Fatima. We will be using a 10 lesson programme for all classes from
Kindy to Year 6, which will be taught between now and the middle of next term. The essence of
the programme is based on the premise that all children have a right to feel safe physically and
psychologically. The programme is simply called, Protective Behaviours WA and information
about it can be found on the PBWA website at www.protectivebehaviourswa.org.au. The
programme is designed to explicitly teach the children about safe behaviours for themselves and
others. A letter informing parents about this programme will be sent out by group email today, so
please look out for that.
There has been a significant amount of publicity regarding the Royal Commission recently and
our Archbishop has been very proactive in establishing a programme throughout all the parishes
in Western Australia. A DVD was shown to all parishioners in every parish throughout the state
on the first weekend of the school holidays outlining the “Safeguarding Project” programme
where a person in each parish will be provided with specific training to be able to be the first
point of contact for children, vulnerable adults and other members of the parish regarding
suspicions of abuse and other safeguarding concerns within the parish. This is a wonderful
proactive initiative from the Archbishop on behalf of the Catholic Church to provide the safest
possible environment for our children. The coordinator of this programme is a lady called
Andrea Musulin who is a WA Police officer and mother of 6 children. She is also a key person in
the development of the Protective Behaviours WA programme.
From the Principal
From the Principal (continued) Our plan is to send out a survey tomorrow to look at the potential of a Before and After School Care programme to po-
tentially start at our school from the beginning of 2016. The decision about whether or not the programme is initiated,
will depend on the number of families who commit to the programme, on the survey. We are hoping to send out a group
email tomorrow with the survey attached. The survey will be “live” for 2 weeks and we will be providing some feedback
regarding the potential for the programme to start at our school by the end of the term.
Our Ukulele ensemble will be performing at the Performing Arts festival next Thursday. It is a great opportunity for
them to share their skills and perform in front of a large audience. My thanks to Pip Nimmo for providing this opportunity
for the children and encourage parents to attend the performance if they are able to. Speaking of Performing Arts, I will
be taking our student leaders to a Mass to officially open the Performing Arts Festival on Friday morning which will
also be a good chance for them to develop an understanding of the large system our community is part of within Catholic
Education.
Finally, we celebrate the start of a new school term together as a community with a whole school Mass tomorrow
morning. Please come and join us in the Church for a 9am start if you are able to.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Thursday 23rd July – Opening Mass at 9am
Monday 27th July – Kindy Farm Incursion
Tuesday 28th July – Parent/Child First Communion Meeting at 6:30pm
Thursday 30th July – Atomic Ukes at the Performing Arts Festival
Friday 31st July – Winter Sports Fixture for Years 5/6’s v’s St Benedicts
Friday 7th August – Mary MacKillop Feast Day Liturgy (coordinated by Year 2’s)
Friday 7th August – Winter Sports Fixture for Year 5/6’s v’s St Patrick’s
Best wishes for the coming fortnight.
Paul Hansen
PRINCIPAL
THANK YOU!!!
A huge thank you to George James for building an amazing natural cubby house for our lucky Kindy kids. He has
spent many hours researching/sourcing materials and giving three days of his break, building a beautiful play space for
our lucky children. He has followed the original design I gave him way beyond my expectations. The children have the
added luxury of synthetic grass and some logs to sit on. Thank you too, to George's friend who helped on day 2 with
cementing in posts and to John Berry who helped on day three. George has also very generously donated all materials.
We are so grateful to George for his generosity and are sure his daughters and Kindy kids will enjoy this for years to
come. Look out for your names Alby and Ivy!
Best wishes
Lisa McCarthy
PS Are there anymore Kindy Parents who would like to help build us a log walk?!
JULY 24th Phoenix Papotto 26th Jenna Byrne 29th Renee Tromp 31st Hayden Forzatti
AUGUST 1st Amelia O’Keefe 3rd Hope Shepherd 3rd Matthew Hart 4th Lily Taylor
2015 FOOTY TIPPING COMPETITION
Round 14
The tragic death of Phil Walsh overshadowed this round of football. It was heart-warming to see each team pay
their respect during each of the games. A total of 11 tipsters scored 8 from 9, with Rugbyplayerofsomesignifi-
cance managing to tip the Thursday night score, ousting Loopy Hamster by 1 solitary point.
Round 15
This round saw all games being played. 5 tipsters managed to get 8 from 9, with Turnball is Smarter than Dr
Karl winning by his Friday night margin.
Round 16
Finally some Whoppers were given away with some very accurate tipping by Little Nic Nat and Michelle
C. Little Nic Nat won the round though with his Friday night margin.
Overall, The Clarks and Coach Buckley are sharing the lead on 100 points, with Ballerina85 on 98 points and
Ethton and Patchwork Girl both on 97 points.
The WA teams continue to dominate the top of the ladder….can it last?! Don’t forget to put your tips in and
best of luck!
It's simple to participate.
Starting this week, when anyone from our school community - staff, parents, friends shop at Woolworths, they
can collect stickers to place on sticker sheets. You'll get one sticker for every $10 you spend. Once you
complete the sticker sheets you can place them in a collection box at the school. The school will be able to
redeem these points to buy valuable resources for the children. Please join in as we collect as many Earn and
Learn stickers as we can.
Music & General Knowledge
QUIZ NIGHT
Friday 28th August
Mark your diary for our spectacular parent Quiz Night and fundraiser…
Where: Quiz Central (OLOF Hall)
When: Friday 28th August 7pm
Tickets: $20 (available in Week 3)
Drinks on sale. BYO snacks. Fantastic prizes, silent auction, entertainment, games, music and a wonderful atmosphere!
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THANK YOU Thanks to all the parents who collected, helped cut out and completed coupons for The West’s Wishlist competition. We sent off 1,021 entries and we’ll hear by the end of the week if we’ve won!
Quick Bits ...
OLOF has registered for the Woolworths Earn and Learn Sticker
promotion in order to redemeem valuable education
resources for our school. We need your help to
collect stickers and sticker sheets. The promotion
runs until 8th Sept. Blank sticker sheets can be left with
Tracy and completed sticker sheets can be placed in the
collection box also in the office. Thanks for your
support!
We are looking for prizes for our upcoming
parent QUIZ Night. If you or your business can
assist with a prize donation please contact Alison Kelly
0405 415 405 or Natasha Shepherd 04074 54 834. All
donations, large or small, would be gratefully received
and your generosity recognised on the night.
The P&F is looking for someone to help complete grant
applications on our behalf. There are various grants available to
community organisations and we need someone to follow up these
opportunities. If you can help please contact Deirdre Westerhout
([email protected]). You would be supported by the P&F and all
efforts would be greatly appreciated.
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22 July 2015
2015 Awards of Excellence in
Building Positive School Communities
Nominations for these awards are open until Thursday 30th July. Nomination
forms can be found on our website at http://pff.wa.edu.au/building-positive-school
-communities-awards/.
This is a fantastic opportunity to recognise and celebrate the amazing work being
done in our schools to build positive school communities, so
if you have an amazing Principal, awesome P&F,
outstanding Parent or wonderful Parish, please nominate
for these awards. Anyone in the school community can
nominate their Principal, P&F, Parent or Parish. Applications
are welcome from all Catholic schools however, only affiliated
schools are eligible to win a prize.
The Awards presentation cocktail evening is set for
Wednesday 5th August to be held at The Classroom, 1/356
Charles St, North Perth from 6pm to 8.30pm. This is a free event for
everyone in our schools and drinks and snacks will be provided.
Registration is FREE! For more information and to register please go to
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2015-awards-of-excellence-night-tickets-17406432107
‘Save the Date’ for these upcoming P&F Events...
Parent QUIZ NIGHT Friday 28th August
Father’s Day Brekky Friday 4th September
Cake Stall at Sports Carnival 9th Sept.
DOUGH RAISER PROGRAM
The school has signed up for the Dough Raiser Program at Bakers Delight. The shop location
is at the Melville Plaza. Families just need to say that they are at Our Lady of Fatima and 5%
of sales come back to the school. There is no card, required, you just need to prompt the sales
assistant to enter it during the transaction. The program is called the Dough -Raiser Program
and is an ongoing program with proceeds paid out twice a year.
http://m.bakersdelight.com.au/our-community/dough-raiser-program
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS We have an email address on which families are able to contact us regarding uniforms orders etc [email protected] Thank you Clare, Jody and Sue
PARENTS… Be sure to check out the BLOGS from different classes…the
links can be found on the Fatima Portal Parent Page
SCHOOL BANKING NEWS
Grasshopper Soccer
Starting up for Term 3 on Thursday 6th August at 3.10pm. Forms available in
the office.
Keyed Up Music
Keyed Up Music will be running piano and guitar lessons again in Term 3 during school. We run shared/individual lessons starting
from $20 plus GST per lesson. To enrol, to go www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolments.html
TUCKSHOP ROSTER TERM 3, 2015
THURSDAY 23/7/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
C.Gauci C.Gauci / M.Reeves D.Woods
MONDAY 27/7/15
P.Di Prinzio / D.Westerhout M.Shepherd / D.Westerhout P.Di Prinzio
THURSDAY 30/7/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
P.Bryan / P.Glamuzina K.Brady / P.Glamuzina P.Bryan
MONDAY 3/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
J.Hogan J.Kenny / L.Backhouse J.Hogan
THURSDAY 6/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
V.Dawson M.Johnston / L.Buswell D.Lucas
MONDAY 10/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
J.Bacich / C.Dawkins J.Bacich / C.Dawkins C.Davison
THURSDAY 13/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
K.Hayes / S.Secker K.Hayes / M.Ghiasi S.Secker
MONDAY 17/8/15
PD DAY
THURSDAY 20/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
J.Barkla J.Barkla / P.Glamuzina M.Shepherd
MONDAY 24/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
D.Perera / J.McCartney D.Perera / J.McCartney E.O’Keefe
THURSDAY 27/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
M.Casotti / F.Houston / F.Houston M.Casotti
MONDAY 31/8/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
R.Jeffery / V.Bradshaw R.Jeffery / A.Marchese M.Babich
THURSDAY 3/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
S.Secker K.Brady / C.Mann S.Secker
MONDAY 7/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
K.Oliver / D.Westerhout K.Parish / D.Westerhout C.King
THURSDAY 10/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
K.Hayes K.Hayes / J.Haigh C.Ivancich
MONDAY 14/9/15
E.Spackman E.Spackman / M.Ghiasi C.Davison
THURSDAY 17/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
C.Gauci C.Gauci / L.Buswell D.Lucas
MONDAY 21/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
K.Oliver / J.McCartney M.Johnston / J.McCartney D.Woods
THURSDAY 24/9/15 Helpers Cakes Salads
V.Dawson / J.Barkla L.Backhouse / J.Barkla K.Brady
MONDAY Helpers Cakes Salads
THURSDAY Helpers Cakes Salads
PARISH NEWS PARISH WEEKEND MASS TIMES
Saturday Vigil - 6.30 pm Sunday - 7.30 am, 9.45 am, 6.30 pm
TERM 3 - 2015
Our Lady of Fatima, Palmyra
WEEK MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT /SUN
July
Week 1
20
PD Day for
Staff
21
Students Start
Back
22 23
Opening Mass
for Term 3
24 25/26
Week 2
27
Kindy Incur-
sion Farmyard
on Wheels
28
Child-Parent
Meeting for
Communion
6.30pm
29
Screening of
Kindy Hall
Booked for
Nurse
30
Atomic Ukes
Performing
Arts Festival
School Board
Meeting
31
Winter Carnival
OLOF v’s St B’s
OLMC v’s St
Pat’s
1/2 August
August
Week 3
3 4 5 6 Holy Commun-
ion Retreat
P & F Meeting
7
Mary McKillop
Feast Day Liturgy
Yr 2
Winter Carnival
St B’s v’s OLMC
St Pat’s v’s OLOF
8/9
Week 4 10
PP & Year 1
Kelmscott
Farm
11 12
PP/Kindy Par-
ent OLOF Li-
brary Session
13 14 Feast of the
Assumption (PP)
15 Feast of
the Assump-
tion
16
Week 5
17
PD Day –
Maths Day
18
PD Day –
School Climate
Day with Ha-
mish
19 20 21
Winter Carnival
St B v’s St Pat’s
OLMC v’s OLOF
22/23
First Com-
munion
11.30am
(23rd)
Week 6
24
BOOKWEEK
25
Book Fair be-
gins
Yr 2 & 3 Wire-
less Hill Excur-
sion
26
Dental Check
for PP, Year 3
& 6 at 1.30pm
27 Yr 3 & 4 to
attend Mass
Football/
Netball Carni-
val
Yrs 5 & 6
School Board
Meeting
28 Book Week
Dress-Up Day Assembly Yr 2 &
Hero Award
P & F Quiz Night
Parent Social
Function
29/30
August/
September
Week 7
31 1 2 3
P & F Meeting
4 Father’s Day
Liturgy (Yr 3)
P & F Father’s
Day Breakfast
5/6 Septem-
ber
Week 8
7 8 9
OLOF House
Athletics Car-
nival@ Aqui-
nas 9.00-2.00
10
Y6 to Attend
Mass
Carnivale Yr 1
& Ukulele
11 12/13
Week 9
14 15
Parent Meeting
for Reconcilia-
tion at 6.30pm
16 17
Schoenstatt
Shrine
Year 3
18 Yr 4 Assembly
19/20
Week 10
21 22 23 24
End of Term
Mass (Yr 5)
25
World Teachers
Day (P & F)
ST JEROME’S, MUNSTER SPECIAL OPEN DAY Commemorating 80 Years
Sunday 9 August 10am – 2pm Mass commences 10am at St Jerome’s Parish, Followed by a fun-filled program including:
Musical Entertainment ,Games, Maths Challenges, Story Time in the Library for the kids, Art Exhibition, Guided Tours, a look back in time at St Jerome’s, Sausage Sizzle, Face Painting and a Coffee Van!
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