OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION PARISH PRIMARY SCHOOL

TELEPHONE: 9584 9488 9 CENTRE DANDENONG ROAD,

CHELTENHAM VIC 3192 FAX: 9583 2606

Email: principal@olacheltenham.catholic.edu.au Website: www.olacheltenham.catholic.edu.au

NEWSLETTER – No.14 – 4th September 2018

Minasan, kon'nichiwa! We have much to celebrate at OLA, particularly our amazing Japanese Festival Week. This week we celebrate all the amazing learning happening as part of our Japanese program, culminating in our Japanese Festival Concert on Thursday morning. To celebrate the day, the children can wear anything that is in a Japanese theme such as their karate or judo uniforms, a Pokemon or Pikachu onesie, a kimono, etc. There is even a prize for the best-dressed costume representing an image of Japan! If your children don’t have anything Japanese themed, don’t despair! They can simply come in any clothes that have the Japanese colours in them: red, white, black or yellow (gold). The concert will begin at 9:00am, all are welcome to come and see our learning in Japanese. Please see elsewhere in the newsletter for more information and competition details!

Primary School’s Parliamentary Convention On the 15th of August, two students made an early start to travel into the city to take part in the Victorian Primary School’s Parliamentary Convention at Parliament House. Eli (6NC) and Isabel (6NC) had the opportunity to sit in the Legislative Assembly and debate the topic, ‘Should a sugar tax be introduced in Australia?’ There were student representatives from 18 other schools around Victoria and it was a terrific opportunity for our students to discuss their ideas and gain a sense of how our elected MPs formulate their views on bills. Eli and Isabel represented the school exceptionally well and enjoyed the experience. Maybe in a few years’ time we will find ourselves voting for one of them on election day. Marsha Van Cuylenburg Teaching & Learning Leader

Concert Running Order

1. Introduction 2. Taiko Drummers 3. 6JD 4. Prep followed by Instrumental

Students 5. 5OL followed by Instrumental Students

followed by Choir 6. 5CG 7. 1/2 8. 5ER 9. Prizes for best poster, newsletter comp,

lunchtime comp and best dressed 10. 6NC 11. 3/4

Tournament of the Minds On the 18th August, ‘The OLA Mind Benders’ (Mia 3/4CP, Xander 3/4CP, Isha 3/4CP, Oliie 3/4FJ, Ella 5OL, Isabel 6NC & Eli 6NC) headed to Deakin University to participate in a competition called Tournament of the Minds (TOM). As part of the competition, we completed two types of challenges, a Long Term challenge that took us 5 weeks to complete and a Spontaneous Challenge, which we had to solve in 4 minutes on the day of the tournament. The Spontaneous Challenge was, as its name suggests, spontaneous, we only had a few minutes to make up a creative and unique response to a problem, which was top secret and that we had to promise not to share with anyone until two weeks after the tournament. The Long Term Challenge was vastly different to the Spontaneous as we could choose from several different problems and we had 5 weeks to prepare and organise our solution.

T.O.M was a unique experience for all of us. It took a lot of dedication and teamwork to create the Long Term Challenge, including one lunchtime a week and some after school sessions during the 5 weeks that we were working on the Long Term Challenge. Overall we had a lot of fun and learnt how to work together to come up with the best solution possible. Isabel C (6NC) & Ella S (5OL) on behalf of the 2018 OLA T.O.M Team

Father’s Day Breakfast and Stall What an amazing morning we had last Friday morning! There was a huge turnout of dad’s to the breakfast celebrations in Brigid Hall. Many thanks must go to Louise Grande (James D, 1/2CM) for coordinating yet another wonderful breakfast. Special thanks also to all the mums who assisted Louise in the lead up & in the running of the morning. The Father’s Day Stall was again a huge success, special thanks to Kate McGuire (Finn 3/4ET, Molly 1/2ST) and her team of helpers for all their hard work. There would’ve been some very happy dads opening presents on Sunday morning.

Final Thoughts… This reflection came past my desk this week, I thought it worth sharing with you.

The Other Side A father was reading a magazine and his little daughter every now and then distracted him. Trying to keep her busy, he tore out one page on which was printed the map of the world.

He then tore the page into pieces and asked her to go to her room and put them together to make the map again.

He was sure she would take the whole day to get it done. But the little one came back within minutes with the perfect map!

When he asked how she could do it so quickly, she said, “Oh…Dad, there is a man’s face on the other side of the paper… I made the face perfect to get the

map right.” She ran outside to play, leaving the father surprised.

Reflection: There is always the other side to whatever you experience in this world. This story indirectly teaches a lesson: whenever we come across a challenge or a puzzling situation, look at the other side…You will be surprised to see an easier way to tackle the problem. Dear Lord, Give us the wisdom and courage to look at all challenges with a positive attitude. May we always see that there can be two sides to every situation we may come across in our life. Amen. Yours sincerely,

Mr Steve Evans Acting Principal

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OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION PARISH PRIMARY SCHOOL DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Term 3

September 2018 4 Tuesday Japanese Festival Week 5 Wednesday Scholastic Book Club Due Today (Online Orders Only) 6 Thursday Japanese Festival Celebrations – Dress up and Concert 9.00am 11 Tuesday OSAC Meeting 7.30pm 12 Wednesday Learning Expo – Author’s Party 13 Thursday Fete Meeting 7.30pm 15 Saturday Working Bee 17 Monday Whole School Assembly 2.30pm P&F Meeting 7.30pm 18 Tuesday iSeaiCare Workshop 19 Wednesday 3/4AD Parish Mass 9.15am 21 Friday OLA Footy Day Term 3 Concludes 3.15pm

Term 4 October 2018 7 Sunday Daylight Saving Time Starts 8 Monday Term 4 Commences 8.40am Talent Quest Heats 10 Wednesday PKM & 1/2CM Parish Mass 9.15am 11 Thursday Maintenance Meeting 7.00pm Fete Meeting 7.30pm 15 Monday Whole School Assembly 2.30pm 16 Tuesday OSAC Meeting 7.30pm 17 Wednesday 1/2JR & 1/2JD Parish Mass 9.15am 22 Monday Talent Quest Finals P&F Meeting 7.30pm 24 Wednesday Crazy Sock Day Classroom Expo – MJR & Resilience Project 8.30am 1/2ST & 3/4CP Parish Mass 9.15am Grade 4/5 Social Justice Workshop 7.00pm 25 Thursday Fete Meeting 27 Saturday Working Bee Grade 4/5 Focus Mass 6.30pm 28 Sunday Grade 4/5 Focus Mass 11.00am 29 Monday Whole School Assembly 30 Tuesday OLA Secondary Transition Evening 7.00pm 31 Wednesday 3/4FJ Parish Mass 9.15am Prep 2019 Orientation (1) 2.30pm

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EDUCATION IN FAITH

Term 3 Catholic Social Teaching Focus: Stewardship of Creation and The Common Good Scripture Focus: Luke 6:20 - Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God

The Season of Creation is an annual, worldwide celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home from September 1 to October 4. As followers of Christ from around the world, we share a common role as stewards of God’s creation. We see that our wellbeing is interwoven with its wellbeing. We have a moral and spiritual opportunity to care for our common home, and for the sisters and brothers who suffer when it is harmed. This year, the theme for the season is “walking together”. In walking together, we follow the role of Jesus, who walked with friends on the roads around Jerusalem. As he traveled the byways of his community, Jesus invited us to encounter God through God’s presence in creation. Whether by considering “the lilies of the field” or the “grain of wheat that falls to the earth,” the spiritual journey of following Jesus is closely tied to the everyday wonders of nature that He experienced in His earthly journey. This Season of Creation, we strive to more deeply understand the lessons Jesus taught us through creation, to more authentically honor our Creator, and to share fellowship with brothers and sisters along the way. As pilgrims together, we welcome the opportunity to awaken anew to the wonder of the Earth, our common home, and to protect the web of life it shelters. “Everything is related, and we human beings are united as brothers and sisters on a wonderful pilgrimage, woven together by the love God has for each of his creatures and which also unites us in fond affection with brother sun, sister moon, brother river and mother earth” (Laudato Si’, 9).

Catholic Social Teachings This term we are focusing on the Catholic Social Teachings of Stewardship of Creation and The Common Good. How do I show respect for Creation? The earth and all life on it are part of God’s creation. We are called to respect this gift. We are responsible for taking care of the world we live in and for sharing all the wonders and resources the earth gives us. Our changing environment prompts us to stop and think about how we live on our planet. We are called to respond and to adopt new ways of living as Pope Francis highlights in his encyclical, Laudato Si': On the Care of our Common Home. It is the world’s poorest communities who are affected by changes to our planet. What is ‘true community’? The common good is reached when we work together to improve the wellbeing of people in our society and the wider world. The rights of the individual to personal possessions and community resources must be balanced with the needs of the disadvantaged and dispossessed.

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EDUCATION IN FAITH

A Prayer for our Earth By Pope Francis

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your

creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.

Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one.

O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes.

Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.

Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth. Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your

infinite light. We thank you for being with us each day.

Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle for justice, love and peace. Mr Steve Evans Acting Principal Religious Education Leader

On Friday 21st September, we will be celebrating all things footy! Children are invited to come dressed in the colour of their favourite football team – this can be AFL / NRL / Soccer – we don’t discriminate! The canteen will also be providing a special Footy Day menu – stay tuned for more details!

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SCHOOL ACCOUNTS

Please be reminded that the 2018 school fee accounts were due to be finalised by Friday, 24th August 2018. Thank you to all who have already paid. If you have not received your account please check your email and junk mail or contact the school office on 9584 9488 for a copy. When paying directly into school bank account, please state your name and/or account number as your payment reference. Receipts will be email on receipt of payment.

B/S/B: 083-347 ACCOUNT NO: 65589-3399

If you are having any difficulties please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Leonie Young, Principal, on Ph.9584 9488.

ABSENTEEISM Attendance at school is compulsory for all children over the age of six years. If your child is unable to attend school or is arriving late at any time during the year, you are asked to phone or email the school by 9.30am on the day of your child’s absence/late arrival. When a child is absent from school, please email:

attendance@olacheltenham.catholic.edu.au (Please do not email absences to principal@olacheltenham.catholic.edu.au)

Please be reminded that it is important to include:

child’s name

child’s class

reason for absence

In the instance of contagious or serious illness please call on the day, and provide a note explaining the absence when your child returns to school.

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STUDENT WELLBEING

National Child Protection Week (2-8 September 2018)

Protecting children is everyone’s business: Play your part is the theme this year for National Child Protection Week. We, at OLA, are a welcoming Christian community, living and celebrating with faith and gratitude in the spirit of Jesus. We promote a love of learning, through partnership with families, staff and the Parish community in a just and inclusive environment. We believe that all children have the right to feel safe and to be safe all of the time.

At OLA we use the No-Go-Tell strategy when we are feeling uncomfortable about a situation or action. We respond to the person or group by saying...

No- “Stop, I don’t like________, it is making me feel uncomfortable”.

Go- we then remove ourselves from the situation that is making us feel unsafe.

Tell- we tell one of the important adults on our 5 finger network list.

Every child should have at least 5 important adults they can speak to taking into account different environments (at home, school, hobby clubs, sporting clubs etc:)

Check in with your child to see if they know 5 important adults they can go to if they ever feel uncomfortable.

We are responsible for each other. In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law of the prophets. (Mt 7:12)

The OLA Child Safety Policy can be located on the school website under Our School/Annual Reports/Policies

Miss Jacqueline Kovacich Student Wellbeing Leader

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Miss Jacqueline Kovacich Student Wellbeing Leader

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日本語コーナー：一番: 日本のイメージ祭り JAPANESE FESTIVAL CONCERT - IMAGES OF JAPAN: THURSDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER, 9:00AM Hi Parents and Friends, Don’t forget our Concert on Thursday morning at 9:00am. We can’t wait to show you what we’ve been learning in Japanese! To celebrate the day, the children can wear anything that is in a Japanese theme such as their karate or judo uniforms, a Pokemon or Pikachu onesie, a kimono, etc. There is even a prize for the best-dressed costume representing an image of Japan! If your children don’t have anything Japanese themed, don’t despair! They can simply come in any clothes that have the Japanese colours in them: red, white, black or yellow (gold). So, some black leggings or pants and a white or red or yellow t-shirt is great!

Even though the last day for entering the Poster Competition is tomorrow, there is still time for you to encourage your children to enter. Entries need to be on an A4 size piece of paper and have one or more images of Japan. To help the children think about what they might want to put on their poster, ask them to think about what sort of things come into their mind when they think about Japan and the Japanese culture. These will be the things they can put on their poster. The poster can be handed in to their class teacher or to Lionakis Sensei. Our Nihon No Imeeji Newsletter Competition is also finishing up tomorrow. To enter, write the answers to the ten questions below on a piece of paper and pop it into the Competition box in the OLA office. All answers must be numbered and legible with the contestant’s full name and class. Winners will be announced and prizes given out at the Nihon no Imeeji Matsuri Concert.

Lionakis Sensei

Nihon No Imeeji Matsuri Newsletter Competition Questions

1. What is the theme of this year’s Japanese festival 2. What is happening in Tokyo, Japan in 2020? 3. What is the name of Japan’s highest mountain? 4. What is Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave of Kanagawa’? 5. Where will you find ‘sakura’? 6. What month does ‘Hinamatsuri’ take place? 7. Who is Pikotaro? 8. When do Japanese people fly ‘koinobori’? 9. Complete this phrase: Japanizi: Going, ___, ____. 10. Why do Japanese children make ‘teru teru bozu’?

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TERM 3 LEARNING EXPO ‘AUTHORS’ PARTY’

Our learning expo this term will be an Authors’ Party, on Wednesday 12th September at 2.30pm. We invite all parents to attend by visiting your children’s classrooms and taking the opportunity to read some of the wonderful writing that they have been working on this term. It is a great chance for students to share their writing and to think of themselves as authors writing for different audiences. You can also chat to them about the kinds of writing that they most enjoy, as well as the types of books that they enjoy reading.

Who Am I?

To get in the spirit for next week’s Authors’ Party I wonder if you can name these famous

Roald Dahl characters.

1. a) I would much rather read than watch telly.

b) I once tricked my dad by supergluing his hat to his head.

c) The headmistress of my school hates very small children, especially girls with pigtails.

d) When my parents moved out of the country I stayed behind with my teacher.

Can you guess who I am?______________________________________

2. a) I own thousands of ducks and geese.

b) I love to eat doughnuts stuffed with goose livers

c) I wash every Friday.

d) I am just as nasty as Boggis and Bean.

Can you guess who I am?________________________________________

3. a) My house has two rooms with one bed that was given to my four grandparents.

b) My father used to screw on tooth caps before he lost his job.

c) I get a Wonka Whipplescrumptious Fudgemallow Delight chocolate bar every year on my

birthday.

d) My grandpa Joe and I got to take a tour of Willy Wonka’s famous chocolate factory.

Can you guess who I am? _______________________________

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TERM 3 LEARNING EXPO ‘AUTHORS’ PARTY’

Authors’ Party Competition

We will also be holding a competition in preparation for next week’s Authors’ Party. I am

inviting any students from Prep to Year 2 to create a new front cover for their favourite

book. These can be drawn on a piece of A4 paper and should include the book title and

the author’s name.

The Year 3-6 competition requires students to write a short story or poem relating to the

writing prompt, ‘The red door’. This means that students can write a short story or poem,

making sure to include a ‘red door’ in some part of the story or poem.

All competition entries can be placed in a box that will be in the school office and should

have students’ names and classes. The last day for entries will be next Tuesday, 11th

September and the winners will be announced on Wednesday afternoon just after our

Authors’ Party.

I look forward to reading some creative pieces!

Ms Marsha Van Cuylenburg Teaching and Learning Leader

SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB ISSUE #6

Please place LOOP online orders by tomorrow, Wednesday 5th September. Any queries, please contact Christen Watkins. Thank you.

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