Our Lady of Mercy

Dear Parents and Carers

A huge thank you to our amazing P&F and parent volunteers for running such a successful disco last Friday evening. A big thank you to all families who supported this event. It was such a joy to see our children having so much fun on the dance floor.

Yesterday, we had a wonderful Book Week assembly. An annual tradition is that our staff dress up and present an assembly item, which from the children’s smiles absolutely delighted them. We even had a special appearance from a few dinosaurs!

We sent out an events communication to parents over the weekend, which listed all upcoming events for the remainder of the term. We hope this helps you keep track of what is coming up at school.

We have noticed a big improvement in the reduction in children being dropped off at school too early or being picked up long after the end of day bell has gone. Thank you for your cooperation with this matter.

Selected Choir students will be performing at ‘One Big Voice’ on Thursday. We know they will enjoy the experience of singing in front of a large audience at the Perth Arena and that they will represent our school well.

God bless you all.

Ondine Komnick

Principal

Thursday 22 August

• Year 4 Sacrament of Holy Eucharist - Parent and Child workshop 4.15pm at Parish
• One Big Voice at RAC Arena

Wednesday 28 August

• Spring Carnival

Friday 30 August

• P&F Father's Day Stall

Thursday 5 September

• Kindy 2025 Play Date

Monday 9 September

• Pupil Free Day

Wednesday 11 September

• Edu-dance Concert
• Open classrooms - come and visit after Edu-Dance - 2.50 pm - 4 pm

Thursday 12 September

• Open classrooms - come and visit in the morning 8 am - 8.30 am

Thursday 12 - Friday 13 September

• Year 5 Camp

Wednesday 18 September

• Athletics Carnival and P&F sausage sizzle (pre-orders only)

Our P&F have a wonderful range of gifts for the children to purchase for Father's Day. Items range from $1 to $10.

Our amazing P&F are holding two fundraisers and require parent volunteers to help with the Father's Day stall and the Athletics Carnival sausage sizzle. Please let the front office know of you can help admin@olom.wa.edu.au

Our wonderful P&F are running a fundraising sausage sizzle at the Athletics Carnival. Only pre-orders can be accepted - your child can pay $3 to their teachers before the carnival.

If your child goes home sick during the day, please remember to cancel any canteen order that may have been placed in the morning, by calling the office. Where an order is cancelled, your child can receive the lunch item on another day.

Please mention to your friends that we are now enrolling for Kindy 2025 and other years. You can win a free new school shirt if anyone you know (that is new to the school) applies for enrolment.

Entertainment is the easy-to-use App packed with incredible savings of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers, so you can save on takeaway, dining, shopping, groceries, gift cards, activities and more! And what’s even better, 20% of every membership purchased goes to support Our Lady of Mercy Primary School!

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: Monday 7 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: Monday 19 August (Pupil Free Day) Monday 9th September (Pupil Free Day)

Term 4: Friday 8 November (Pupil Free Day)

Please note, pupil free days are subject to change. Parents will be advised well 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/