Our Lady of Mercy

Dear Parents and Carers

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful long three-day weekend break. Everyone seems to be well rested and ready for the last half of the first term.

Nature Playground

Our nature playground has been inspected by PlayCheck and they were incredibly impressed with the standard of work and with a few minor modifications, the playground meets the requirements of the Standards and should soon be ready to be formally opened.

Mr McPhail needs to be formally acknowledged and recognised for leading the development of this nature play project. His creative genius and skilled workmanship will bring years of joy and pleasure to many students. Mr McPhail and Mr Zoontjens who regularly assisted Mr McPhail to realise his playground vision, can be incredibly proud of their work and what they have achieved. We are incredibly grateful to them both for sharing their God-given talents with our school community.

Naplan

Next week our Year 3 and 5 students will be sitting NAPLAN testing from Wednesday 13 March to Monday 18 March. All assessments will be completed online, except for the Year 3 Writing assessment, which will be completed on paper. NAPLAN assessments are one of the ways in which our school determines the achievement of its students and the effectiveness of our teaching programs. Teachers have been working with students to ensure they are familiar with the test format, but it is imperative not to overstate the importance of the NAPLAN tests or to build up anxiety in the children. Our message to all our Year 3 and 5 students will be to ‘try your best’.

God bless you all.

Ondine Komnick

Principal

Wednesday 13 to Monday 18 March

• NAPLAN

Thursday 21 March

• Harmony Day

Thursday 28 March

• Stations of the Cross
• Last Day of Term 1

The P&F is seeking donations for its annual Easter Raffle. Donations can be taken to your child's classroom. We appreciate your support. The raffle will be drawn in the last week of Term 1, Week 9.

Our new school uniform looks very smart and we are pleased to see many students wearing it. It is still acceptable to wear the old uniform for 2024. Regardless of which uniform is being worn, please adhere to the expectations with regard to hair, jewellery and makeup.

If you have a three year old child and would like them to attend OLOM Kindy next year, you need to fill in an application form to enrol for Kindy.

Saver Plus helps lower income families and tertiary students to improve money skills and develop lifelong savings habits. Participants save $50 per month for 10 months and we will match it with $500 to help with education related costs. Income, eligibility, and participation criteria apply, head to saverplus.org.au or call 1300 610 355 to find out more.

Now supporting participant in 6 languages: Dari, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Burmese, Karen, Arabic.

Kids Academy runs before and after school care here at OLOM. Pop into see them if you are interested in using this service to help look after your child before or after school.

Term 1: Wednesday 31 January - Thursday 28 March 2024

Term 2: Tuesday 16 April - Friday 28 June 2024

Term 3: Monday 15 July - Friday 20 September 2024

Term 4: Tuesday 8 October - Friday 6 December 2024

Term 1: Monday 4 March (Labour Day Holiday), Friday 29 March (Good Friday Holiday)

Term 2: Monday 15 April (Pupil Free Day), Thursday 25 April (ANZAC Day Holiday), Friday 26 April (Pupil Free Day), Friday 31 May (Pupil Free Day), Monday 3 June (WA Day Holiday)

Term 3: Friday 16 August (Pupil Free Day), Monday 19 August (Pupil Free Day)

Term 4: Monday 7 October (Pupil Free Day)

Please note, pupil free days are subject to change. Parents will be advised will in advance.

Email: admin@olom.wa.edu.au
Website: http://www.olom.wa.edu.au
Location: 55 Hudson Avenue, Girrawheen WA 6064, Australia
Phone: (08) 9207 7677
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ourladyofmercygirrawheen/