Our Lady of Mercy
NEWSLETTER | TERM 3 | WEEK 1 | 17 July 2024
Dear Parents and Carers
Welcome back to school! I trust your children had a good rest over the school holidays and that they feel refreshed and ready to embrace all the learning and extracurricular opportunities that our school provides.
Some of the exciting events we can look forward to this term are the P&F’s Cake Stall, Father’s Day Stall and Disco, our book week celebrations, Edudance concert and Open Afternoon, Athletics Carnival and Mercy Day celebrations to name a few.
The P&F will be holding the first of their bi-termly meetings on Monday 22nd of July at 6pm at school. We warmly welcome anyone thinking of assisting with any of the P&F events to our P&F meetings. The P&F are a lively and friendly group of people who are driven to build our school community with their friend and fund-raising events. Extra hands and ideas are always welcomed and valued.
A reminder that if your child has been diagnosed with any new medical conditions or if there has been a change to a current medical condition, please keep the front office up to date with the relevant medical information so that we can ensure the best possible care for your child while they are at school.
Finally, a reminder that if you have a concern about your child’s academic progress or social engagement, the first point of contact should be your child’s classroom teacher, as they are best placed to have this discussion with you. Should you be unable to resolve your concerns at the classroom level, your next point of contact is to make an appointment to see either one of our Assistant Principals, Alison Ryan or Krystie Clark. They will raise your concern with me should they be unable to resolve it.
We pray that this term will be a fulfilling one for our students, staff and families and we ask that God guide our work as we build a strong community aligned in purpose to ensure that every one of our students flourish at OLOM.
God bless you all.
Ondine Komnick
Principal
Important dates coming up
Friday 19 July
- Whole School Mass 9:00am
- P&F Meeting 6pm - parents welcome!
Friday 26 July
- P&F Cake Stall
- Free Dress - Gold coin for Year 6 fundraiser
Thursday 1 August
- Penance Workshop 5:45pm - 7:00pm
- Kindy 2025 Playdate - for children and their parents commencing Kindy next year
- School Disco
Cake Stall - support our fundraiser by providing baked goods
The P&F Cake Stall is taking place on Friday 26 July. Each year, our parents bake and donate amazing goodies for the children to purchase and enjoy at recess.
Please bring items to the front office on the morning of Friday July 26th.
Kindy 2025 - Children and parents invited to our playdate
Come and make friends! All children beginning Kindy next year are invited to our playdate at school, along with parents.
Reminder - no hair colour
Please be reminded that for the start of Term 3, all students are expected to have hairstyles in line with our Uniform Expectations. This includes hair colour, or braids that include coloured beads.
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Immunisation Requirements for Kindy Enrolments
Younger siblings MUST be enrolled for Kindy 2025
Outside of school hours care (OSH)
School Term Dates 2024
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
Pupil Free and Public Holiday Dates 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.
Our Lady of Mercy Primary School
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/