Our Lady of Mercy

NEWSLETTER | TERM 1 | WEEK 0 | 25 January 2024

God of New Beginnings,

Guide us with your spirit as we begin our new school year.

May we be aware of our talents and our gifts

And use them to be a light in one another’s lives.

May we realise how important each of us is and

help us to share the light of Jesus in our school and in the world.

Amen

Ondine Komnick | Principal

Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome to the 2024 academic school year. All our staff are looking forward to seeing the children next week and have been hard at work preparing for their return to school.

New Families

We especially welcome families new to our school. You have joined a very special school family where our focus is on ensuring that everyone feels welcome and that they belong. Our multicultural community is one to be celebrated, as our diversity enriches the tapestry of this place. We may have many different countries of origin, languages and cultures at our school, but we are united in our humanity and drawn together by the person of Jesus Christ and the Gospel and Mercy values that are the focus and foundation of Our Lady of Mercy Primary School.

New Staff

This term we welcome several new staff to our school. I know you will make them feel welcome to our OLOM family.

Amanda Neal - Pre-Primary Teacher
Jay Bui – Year 5 Teacher
Sandie Summers – Auslan Teacher
Rebecca Curel – Virtual EALD Teacher

We also warmly welcome back Mrs Emily Cleasby from parental leave.

Drop Off and Pick Up Times

Please note a change in drop off and pick up times. Our staff will only be on playground duty from 8.15am so children should not be on school grounds prior to 8.15am. The gates will close in the afternoon at 3.05pm and any children not picked up by this time, will be taken to the office. While we understand that sometimes families can be delayed in picking their children up for unexpected reasons, we ask that you please ensure that you drop and pick your children up at the right times. Please note that the Koman Way and Basketball Court gates are great alternate options for drop off and pickup, and these gates will also open at 8.15am and close at 3.05pm.

I look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday.

God bless you.

Ondine Komnick

Principal

Classrooms will open at 8.15 am for the first day

For the first day of school ONLY, classrooms will open at 8.15 am so that children can settle in before the bell goes to start the day at 8.30 am.

From Tuesday, we are back to timing where children should only be on the school property from 8.15 am onwards and classrooms will open at 8.30 am when the bell rings.

Uniform

Kindy to Year 6: wear new uniform on the first day of school or the previous uniform, there is a two year transition period to the new uniform.
Please do not mix and match old and new uniform items.
Remember hats!

Uniform is purchased from Nell Gray Uniform Concepts:

STORE LOCATION: 5/7 Delage Street, Joondalup WA 027

STORE PHONE: (08) 9270 4660

STORE EMAIL: joondalup@uc.nellgray.com.au

ORDER ONLINE: https://www.nellgray.com.au/Schools/Our-Lady-of-Mercy

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Bring booklist items in on first day

Please bring in all your booklist items on the first day. If possible, please bring your items in a reusable bag, rather than in Campion boxes. Remember to bring in the additional classroom items that appear on your booklist, such as tissues, hand sanitiser etc.

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Welcome to Kindy

Welcome to our Kindy families!

Please meet on the Kindy verandah to collect your child’s name tag. Then place their bag on the hook, water bottle on the trolley and lunch in their pigeonhole. The spare change of clothing can remain in their bag.

When the bell rings and the teacher calls the children into class, it’s time to say goodbye. We will have staff available to help any upset children.

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Welcome to new starters for other years

We warmly welcome new families in other grades to our school.

Meet at the office at 8.20am and our Student Administrator, Mrs Young, will take you to class. Don't forget your booklist items, recess and lunch, water bottle and hat.

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Canteen orders can be placed from Wednesday

Canteen operates on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for recess and lunch.

LUNCH ORDER BAGS:

Lunch orders must be in a clearly labelled lunch order bag (available from the supermarkets) - please write your child’s full name, year group and lunch order on the bag. Correct money or small change only. All lunch orders must be drop off via the classroom by 8:45am. Any change is taped onto the bag. Children with no lunch bags will be charged 10c for the bag.

Please note that Kindy and Pre-Primary children can pre-order recess.

We encourage parents to make use of the online ordering system which can be accessed at

https://quickcliq.com.au/

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Follow OLOM news and photos on Facebook

We share news, events, reminders and photos on our OLOM Facebook - it's a great way to connect with our community and stay informed about what's coming up at school.

Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/ourladyofmercygirrawheen/