Our Lady of Mercy

Dear Parents and Carers

What a wonderful turn out of families for our Parent/Carer ‘Meet and Greet’, we truly appreciate this partnership with you for the 2024 academic year.

A very big thank you to the P&F for hosting our annual Sundowner picnic. Despite a difficult start with the foam canons, all turned out well in the end. We have a wonderfully dynamic and dedicated P&F committee, and we truly appreciate their efforts to make the evening so special. It was a wonderful event.

Congratulations to Amberley (Kindy) and Leon (PP) who each won a uniform shirt and a hat for their family's attendance at the Meet and Greet. If you have indicated your interest in Parent Rep, we will contact you with more information for your role. If there are any classes that still require a Rep, Teachers will reach out on Seesaw.

This week at assembly I discussed Level 3 greetings with our students. A Level 3 greeting ensures that everyone in our school community feels a strong sense of belonging. A Level 3 greeting is one where we say hello or good morning, then use the person’s name and wish them well or give them a smile. If we all went about our day acknowledging others in this way, imagine the sense of friendliness and joy we would feel in our school. I have challenged the students, and now I am challenging our parent/carer and staff community too, to use Level 3 greetings for everyone you pass in a day.

Next week we celebrate Wellness Week which is a termly focus on staff and student wellbeing. The week is a short one with a public holiday on Monday, so I am sure that a little sleep in on Monday will be wonderful wellbeing treat for us all.

God bless you all.

Ondine Komnick

Principal

Monday 4 March

• Public Holiday

Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 March

• NAPLAN

Thursday 21 March

• Harmony Day

Thursday 28 March

• Stations of the Cross
• Last Day of Term 1

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.

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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/