Oakland Avenue, Baulkham Hills South

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Term 3 Week 8 5th September, 2014

Prayer of Pope John XXIII - for Fathers Saint Joseph, guardian of Jesus and chaste husband of Mary, you passed your life in loving fulfilment of duty. You supported the holy family of Nazareth with the work of your hands. Kindly protect those who trustingly come to you. You know their aspirations, their hardships, their hopes. They look to you because they know you will understand and protect them. You too knew trial, labour and weariness. But amid the worries of material life, your soul was full of deep peace and sang out in true joy through intimacy with God's Son entrusted to you and with Mary, his tender Mother. Assure those you protect that they do not labour alone. Teach them to find Jesus near them and to watch over Him faithfully as you have done. Amen. Happy Father’s Day to all our fathers, grandfathers and carers. I hope you all enjoy a special time with your family on Sunday. Father’s Day Breakfast Thank you to all the mums who organised and prepared the Father’s Day breakfast on Tuesday. I’m sure the dads had a great time and enjoyed breakfast with their children. It was great to see that so many dads were able to attend. Father’s Day Stall Thank you to all the mums who volunteered to organise and help out at our Father’s Day stall. There are many wonderful gifts that dads will receive this Father’s Day. Grade/Parish Mass Last Sunday we celebrated our Grade/Parish Mass with Year 5. It was wonderful to see so many families attend this celebration and share in the morning tea after Mass.

OLOL Father’s Day Raffle Draw Results 1st Prize: Jumbuck BBQ and BBQ Tool Pack, Matthew Tween, 2B 2nd Prize: GWS Pack Daniel Otter, 5C 3rd Prize: Wenty Leagues Voucher Christopher Boffa, 4AB 4th Prize: Gold Class Double Pass Nicole Pacheco, 5C 5th Prize: Ideal Spin Chiropractic Gift Certificate Ashleigh Heuston-Richardson, 6P 6th Prize: Ideal Spin Chiropractic Gift Certificate Kristian Younes, 4D 7th Prize: Ideal Spin Chiropractic Gift Certificate Annalise El-Khoury, 6M 8th Prize: Bulldogs Fan Pack Lucas Delos Reyes 9th Prize: Panthers Fan Pack Ashlee Lasrado, 3LN 10th Prize: Australian Reptile Park Free Pass Caius Prisk, 2B 11th Prize: Baulkham Hills Chinese Medicine Clinic Trevin Fonseka, 5C 12th Prize: Target Voucher and Shave Set Alyssa Laws, 5P 13th Prize: Roosters Fan Pack Alyssa Laws, 5P 14th Prize: Books and Rebel Sport Voucher Flynn Fitzpatrick, 3S 15th Prize: Il Nido Voucher Gabriele Sassine, 6P Kindergarten 2015 Information Packs If you were unable to attend the evening on Wednesday, 3rd September, would you please collect your information folder from the school office. PAT-R Reading Comprehension Online Assessment The Catholic Education Office have asked that all schools from Year 2 to year 10 take part in the PAT-R Reading Comprehension Online Assessment. This assessment will give teachers data about the comprehension levels of the students in their class. We will commence this assessment during the last 2 weeks of this term.

OLOL SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

UNSW Spelling Assessment Last term some of our students took part in the NSW Spelling Assessment. Congratulations to all who participated. Some outstanding results were:

Certificate of Merit

Year 3 Year 4 Joshua Pozzolungo Emily Hardy Katherine Saab Jack Higgins

Year 5 Year 6 Sarah Farrell Jasmine Merheb Madeline O’Brien Daniel Abraham Tara O’Malley Ariel Fabian Jacob Hardy Sophie Wisely

Certificate of Credit

Year 3 Year 4 Savanna Assaf Amelia Polley Marcus Attard Olivia Tannous Gabriella Compton Jessica Lee Darcy McCorkell Leah Murphy Ella McGirr Benjamin Waring

Year 5 Year 6 Daniel Antivilo Nicholas Connellan Emma Assaf Hamish Ingersoll Anamarie Raic Mia Liu Tayla Saab Luke Mears Elise Birch

Certificate of Distinction

Year 3 Year 5 Erin Boffa Charlotte Farquhar

Year 6 Ryan Godakanda

Certificate of High Distinction

Year 4 Year 6 Christopher Boffa Ryan Godakanda NAPLAN Student NAPLAN reports were distributed today. All parents of students in Year 3 and Year 5 should have receive a copy of the report today. If you wish to discuss report, please contact your child’s class teacher. Footy Show Congratulations to Tommy Murphy, 2H, whose magnificent try for the Brumbies U 8s Rugby League team was shown on the Footy Show competition ‘A League of their Own’ last week.

Father’s Day Stall Thank you to the wonderful team of volunteers that helped at the Father’s Day Stall. Also, to those who helped wrap all the gifts last week. Many special men will receive a great gift this Father’s Day. The raffle prizes were also a big hit with some extra lucky men receiving some wonderful prizes. A very special thank you to all the families who generously donated such wonderful prizes. Some of you have remained anonymous, but we’d like to thank the Puletua and Krastev families for their donations, as well as our sponsors. Fundraising Committee Uniform Shop The uniform shop will be open on Tuesday, 9th September from 8.45am till 9.15am and Wednesday, 17th September from 2.45pm till 3.30pm. School Fees School Fees for Term 3, 2104 are now overdue. Please finalise outstanding accounts as soon as possible to avoid your account being transferred to the Catholic Education Office. Those families that have a Bpay arrangement in place, please ensure your payments are up to date as broken arrangements will also be transferred to the Catholic Education Office. Congratulations Congratulations to Joshua Blench 1D, who won the State Championships for Level 1 Men’s Gymnastics last weekend against other boys from across NSW.

SCHOOL EVENTS

September Sun 7th

Father’s Day

Mon 8th The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Thurs 11th 9.00am-11.00am Kindergarten 2015 Orientation

Fri 12th Year 3 Chinatown Excursion

Sun 14th First Eucharist The Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Respect feeling good about yourself and others

Valuing others / being

friendly / being a good friend / encouraging others

RELIGION IN THE CLASSROOM: YEAR FIVE Our current unit is called ‘Living the Message of Jesus’. We are learning how we as Catholics, are called to live as Jesus taught us. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said “Love your neighbour

as you love yourself”. We made posters showing ways that Jesus did this and ways that we can do this in our lives.

Last Tuesday, fourteen year 6 students completed in OLOL’s public speaking competition. The children spoke with confidence and enthusiasm on a variety of topics ranging from ‘Cerebral Palsy’ to ‘War’. The finalists and their selected topics were: Eloise Northam – Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy Alexandra Brett – Learning from our Mistakes Sarah Webhe – Bali Ryan Godakanda – Wars Mia Liu – Pet Abandonment Elise Birch – Perfection is the Disease of the Nation Daniel Abraham – Cancer Liam Vergano – Mary’s Meals Jasmine Howard – Michael Phelps Alessia Haberecht – Parents and Being a Child in the 21st Century Isabella Williams – Australian Children/Ethopian Children Annalise ElKhoury – Childhood Obesity Hamish Ingersoll – Type 1 Diabetes Molly Abbott – The Education of Girls

Congratulations to the following students on their achievements. 1st Liam Vergano 2nd Molly Abbott 3rd Alexandra Brett

A BIG thank you to our Father's Day Stall

sponsors