Our Lady of the Cape Catholic Primary School

PO Box 562, 245 Cape Naturaliste Rd, Dunsborough WA 6281 Tel: 08 9781 3200

Web: www.ladyofcape.wa.edu.au Email: admin@ladyofcape.wa.edu.au

Newsletter: newsletter@ladyofcape.wa.edu.au

Staff firstname.secondname@cewa.edu.au

The word says it all. Encourage – we are given courage by a word or a

smile that lifts us to do better. Use words such as “well done”, “great

effort”, “sensational”, “you’re fantastic” “Keeping Jesus Real”

Dear Parents, friends and students of the Our Lady of The Cape school

community,

Learning Journey

It will be great to see as many parents as possible attend our Open

Evening/Learning Journey evening to take place next Monday

commencing at 5pm in the school Hall. There will be a short welcome

and a brief display of musical items from various students in the senior

primary years. Parents are then free to visit the classrooms leaving before

6pm.

5pm – 5.15pm: Welcome & short musical performance: hall (Parents

& children

5.15pm – 6pm: Parents & children move to classrooms for Learning

Journey.

School Sports Carnival

Thank you for your understanding in changing the date for our school

sports. A top temperature of 14 degrees and strong winds forecast on a

soggy track tomorrow would not be the most attractive day to display

our best athletic skills.

Please be aware that the canteen will now be open on Monday 23rd.

Orders (and payment) for Tuesday’s sausage sizzle can be placed at the

canteen tomorrow, Thursday and on Monday 23rd via the classrooms.

Assembly Time Change

The time for assemblies in Term 4 will be trialled in the afternoons

commencing at 2.20pm for a performance assembly and 2.30pm for a

general assembly. This will allow for teaching to take place in prime

learning time in the morning.

Week 1, February 5, 2014

Our Lady of the Cape Primary School is a community where each child is

valued as an individual and nurtured spiritually, by many hearts working

together as one voice to fulfil their overall potential.

Important Dates

Wed 18 Sep – 7pm

• Board Mtg

Fri 20 Sep

• Performance Assembly –

Y5

• Little Seedlings – 9.45am

• Y1 Wonnerup Excursion

Week 10:

Mon 23 Sep

• Learning Journey

Evening – 5pm

• Canteen Today

Tue 24 Sep

• Sports Carnival

• Sausage Sizzle

Wed 25 Sep

• P&F Meeting 9am

Fri 27 Sep

• Whole School Mass –

OLC

• Little Seedlings – 9.45am

END OF TERM 3

TERM 4 COMMENCES

Mon 14 Oct

• Pupil Free Day

• Staff PD

Tue 15 Oct

• STUDENTS RETURN

Tue 15 Oct –Fri 18 Oct

• Y6 Camp & Confirmation

Retreat

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Fri 18 Oct

• Whole School Mass –

OLC

• Little Seedlings – 9.45am

• Y4 Visit to SMMC

For more dates, go to https://www.ladyofcape.wa.edu.au/calendar.php

Note: dates are subject to change and the calendar should be checked regularly.

Many Hearts, One Voice

18th September 2019

Busy Bee

Our grounds man John Hogan has been away sick for the past seven weeks. There will be a busy bee

at school on Saturday 12th October from 8am in the morning. If you are unable to make that time

there will be a few jobs to complete from 4-5.30pm on Thursday 10th October. There will be lots of

minor jobs to complete, digging, sweeping, painting, placing mulch in gardens, rubbish removal and

working on the new playground for our students to enjoy. If we have 40 people give one hour each,

it is equivalent to a whole week’s work.

Sustainability

Our Year 6 and Year 2 classes have planted silver

beet, Year 5’s planted corn and petunias, Year 4D

have planted potatoes. Our worms are busy

harvesting of fruit and vegetable scraps while we

await the arrival of our chooks next term.

Term 4

School commences on Tuesday 15nd October

and concludes on Friday 13 December with the

P&F colour run in the afternoon. The Year 6 class leave for camp in Perth on Tuesday 15 October

and the Sacrament of Confirmation is on Saturday 26 October.

Hopefully you can all spend some restful quality family time during the holidays. We look forward to

seeing you all bright eyed and bushy tailed in Term 4 wearing the school summer uniform. (Naturally

there is a two-week transition from winter to summer uniforms).

Official Opening of library Extension and Year 5 &6 Classes

The Executive Director of CEWA, the Bishop of Bunbury and a number of other local dignitaries will

be attending the official opening of our ‘new’ buildings on Friday 25 October, commencing at

1.30pm. Parents are most welcome to attend the opening.

Did You Know?

• Mrs. Leahy (PP) and Georgia (6) are left-handed.

• Tao (6) is a champ at maths rules knowing that you always need to work out the brackets

first.

• Emma (K) emptied the sand out of her shoes at 12.17 pm last Monday.

• All Polar bears are left-handed.

• Our NAPLAN results are something we can all be proud of.

• Finn and Luca (1) have been helping Mrs. Bradley with her reading. Finn can read 42 words

in 30 seconds.

• Craig Saunders fixed our Sloan Drive School sign that had a slight altercation with a car last

week.

• Isabella Bidesi (6) ran in state cross country championships in Queensland and did

exceptionally well.

• Our insurance policy does not cover our students playing on equipment before or after

school.

• We saw a swift moving rabbit in the veggie garden last Friday.

• Maisy (3) came third in a dressage competition last week.

• Caleb (P1B) was picking errors in Mrs. Birch’s writing last Tuesday.

• Our lunch bell goes at 12.45pm.

• Butterflies taste with their feet.

• Watching one beautiful little pre-school student, Tui, run after her

Nanna at school to surprise her with a great big hug.

• Watching pre-primary students plant corn seedlings, well attempt

to anyhow, some with their root system attached and some

without!

Enrolments for 2020

If you have a sibling that is due to commence Kindy next year, please place your enrolment form

into the office ASAP. We are currently arranging staffing for next year, so we need to finalise

numbers shortly.

Eugene Lee

Principal

Congratulations to the following students for receiving a Merit Certificate in Weeks 7 & 8

Zak Taylor & Josie Day - (PPL)

Eva Davies & Ginger Hodges - (P1B)

Lakhari Warr & Archie Lafranchi - Orange Room (Y1P)

Lyla Pearson & Lakey Thompson - Blue Room (Y2K)

Zeph Whitcombe & Archie Leahy - Blue Room (Y2M)

Cody Marsden & Maisey Coyle – Red Room (3MC)

Alexander Pollard & Flynn Rogan – Red Room (3MU)

Violet Mouritz & Tara Tutt - Yellow Room (4D)

Tieg Whitcombe & Skyla Boyes - Yellow Room (4R)

Hannah Kerr & Annabelle Phillips - Purple Room (Y5)

Amelie Lambert & Georgia Barr - Silver Room (Y6)

GOD

MOMENTs

NAPLAN Results 2019

We are thrilled with our latest NAPLAN recent for 2019!

Although this is only one form of assessment that informs and gives feedback to

our teaching, we are really proud of our continued improvement each year over the past 5 years.

This year both the Year Three and Five results achieved above the National average in all areas of

the NAPLAN testing (Grammar, Numeracy, Spelling, Reading and Writing) as well being above the

average result of similar schools and Catholic Education School.

I believe that this is a clear reflection of the dedication from our teaching staff by:

▪ Forming positive relationships with students and with each other

▪ Knowing their students

▪ Specific and detailed planning

▪ Appropriately choosing from a range of teaching and learning strategies

▪ Designing rich learning experiences with clear learning intentions

▪ Effectively using student data and assessment

▪ Utilising the class environment

▪ Engaging students with their learning

▪ Engaging in high quality professional learning

It is a real privilege being part of the leadership of our staff, and these recent results (of which we

have been inching closer towards each year) consolidate what we already know, and that is that

we have a professional, dedicated and committed team.

Adrian Torrese

Assistant Principal

MJR

At OLC we are always looking for the Spirit of Jesus in each other

in how we greet, treat and speak to people. We have been

reminding students that we should always have an “attitude of

gratitude” and that attitudes are contagious. It has been lovely

to see parents nominating students for their actions observed

when they have been around the school. We have also had a

lot of nominations for our teachers from parents and students

who are noticing the Spirit of Jesus through their actions. It is

amazing how the more we look, the more we see!

In the last fortnight we have had 101 nominations for our Spirit of

Jesus awards. Keep up the great work everyone!

Week 7 SOJ Winners: Lawson, Emilio, Marlee, Adele, Sophia and Mr. Lee.

Week 8 SOJ Winners: Zayne, Stellan, Keenan, Imogen and Sophie.

FACTION TOKEN TALLY

This Friday we will reveal the Faction token tally leader, who will enjoy free dress next Friday.

Students are rewarded with tokens for demonstrating the Spirit of Jesus, following the school rules

and for demonstrating our school values of Compassion, Appreciation, Respect and Excellence.

There’s still plenty of time to add to the tally!

LEEUWIN MEELUP NATURALISTE GEOGRAPHE

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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Thank you for your generous donations to our Christmas Shoebox

initiative. You are sure to put a smile on the face of a child who

may not have otherwise received a Christmas gift this year.

OCTOBER IS THE MONTH OF THE ROSARY

The month of October is dedicated to praying the Holy

Rosary, which is a special prayer to Mary our Mother. We are

lucky to have the help of Mrs. Sherylee Tutt and Mrs. Robyne

De Garis from our parish who will be helping to teach the

Year 3 students the process and prayers of the Rosary. On

Friday the 18th of October these students will join other

children around the world in praying for unity and peace.

Thank you to Mrs. Tutt and Mrs De Garis for volunteering their

time. Parents are more than welcome to join in praying the

rosary. Please email me for details if you would like to

participate.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• End of Term Thanksgiving Mass: Please feel welcome to

join us for our end of term Thanksgiving mass at the

church next Friday at 9.30am. We’d love to see you

there.

Can You Help?

Our Parish is in desperate need of someone with an accounting background to come on board the

Parish financial committee. Please contact me at amie.meyer@cewa.edu.au if you can assist.

Have a wonderful holiday everyone!

God Bless, Mrs. Amie Meyer, OLC Religious Education Coordinator.

The Athletics Carnival next Tuesday 24th September will start at 9.15am and

will run until approximately 2pm.

Please come and “Scream for your Team” and enjoy the day. To help with the

organisation and smooth running of the day, please read the information

included below.

• Students are to wear their sports uniform with their faction coloured t-shirt.

Coloured hair spray is not permitted however coloured zinc may be worn.

Faction coloured mascots may be brought to decorate faction bays.

• Parents are asked to sit on the car park side of the track in the area designated by the bunting.

• Due to the large number of students in a confined space, parents are asked not to visit the faction

bays while the carnival is in progress.

• Siblings are not to visit the faction bays or play on the track during the events as this can distract

participants and cause confusion in the bays.

• Please don’t allow the small children to play with the bunting as it can be easily damaged.

• Students will need to take their bags with them to the oval so they can have drinks and morning

tea.

• Please apply sunscreen to your child before they leave home in the morning. Extra screen will be

available in the faction bays.

• Parents may take their children straight home after the sports if they wish. Please inform your

child’s class teacher if you are taking your child home early, by completing the form below and

returning to your child’s teacher and ensuring you see the teacher at the end of the carnival to

mark them off the roll.

• No one is to go into the area at the finish line, as this can be very disruptive for the officials. Please

do not try to take photographs or videos in this area.

• There will be a parent’s leader ball event at the end of the sports. Each faction will need eight

parents in the team. Start practicing your throwing and catching now!

• The program for will be posted on our website tomorrow.

• A reminder that there will be coffee/tea and cake available for $5 and a sausage sizzle ($3) on

the day. Orders for the sausage sizzle (with payment) to the canteen tomorrow or classes up until

Monday. Parents can purchase a sausage in a bun direct on the day.

We would also welcome and greatly appreciate any parent helpers who can assist in the setting up

on the oval for the Athletics Carnival at 7.30am on Tuesday.

I __________________________ will be taking my child

___________________________in ___________________________(Class)

from OLC after the Sports Carnival on Thursday 19th September.

Signed ____________________________________

I __________________________ will be taking my child

___________________________in ___________________________(Class)

from OLC after the Sports Carnival on Thursday 19th September.

Signed ____________________________________

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*Fees & Charges: A HANDLING FEE from AU$2.20 per transaction applies. In addition a delivery

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cost. Child (5-15 years).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Our Lady of the Cape Primary School

Leah Reilly 0400216164 leahjreilly@hotmail.com

School Run4Fun Colour Explosion is as a major fundraiser this term so

we do ask for your support. The more money we raise the more

wecan provide for the students through vital school projects, in

particular new sports equipment, library books and year 5&6 camps.

The School Run4Fun Colour Explosion will be held on the last day of

term 4, 13 December 2019. We do ask that you bring a spare change

of clothes to school, most importantly a plain white shirt as the students

will be covered in powder from head to toe. The day’s focus is on fun

and fitness with the added benefit of raising funds for our school.

Colour Powder

The colour powder used in our event has been sourced direct from India, the home of Holi Powder. It is made

of high quality corn starch and permitted food colours. It’s non-toxic, biodegradable, skin safe and

environmentally friendly. Toxicological Risk Assessment and ingredient listings can be obtained from the School

Office upon request. Students with asthma are advised to be careful in their decision to participate.

How Does My Child Fundraise?

Students have now received a Sponsorship Form with instructions on how to raise money and order prizes.

Students obtain donations in cash using the Sponsorship Form together with online fundraising.

Students who raise as little as $10 or more will receive an incentive prize for their efforts. But why not aim higher?

You have the option to choose up to five (5) prizes and this will set your fundraising goal. Family and friends are

your greatest supporters, so ask them first for your support. You will reach your fundraising goal in no time.

Student Profile Page

Create a Student Profile Page at www.myprofilepage.com.au which is unique to you. There are also some great

features like recording your sponsorships and selecting your prize goal.

You can also register for online fundraising. It’s the easiest way to help your child raise money and to reach your

fundraising goal sooner.

WIN A SHARE OF $200,000 WORTH OF FREE SPONSORSHIP DONATIONS. Create a Student Profile Page at

www.myprofilepage.com.au and enter your unique code found on page five (5) of your Sponsorship Form to

see if you’re an instant winner. Give your fundraising goal a kick start!

How to Order Prizes?

To reward your child for their efforts, they will receive incentive prizes based on the total amount of sponsorship

dollars raised in cash, online, and if applicable, any FREE SPONSORSHIP DONATIONS won using the unique code

on page five (5) of the Sponsorship Form. You have two options to place your prize order:

1. Login or create a Student Profile Page at www.myprofilepage.com.au. Once the fundraiser has finished, click

the ‘ORDER MY PRIZE’ button and then confirm your total amount raised and order your prize/s, OR

2. Complete the back page of the Sponsorship Form and return to the school.

Please note, all donations need to be finalised before the 15th November 2019 to allow time for Student prizes

to be delivered before the event.

Thank you in advance for your participation, and get ready for a BLAST OF COLOUR! Happy fundraising!

OLC P&F Committee

Raffle Tickets can be purchased from the School

Office.