Term 4 Week 1 Newsletter - 18.10.24
Principal News
Term 4 Important School Dates
October
- Friday 18th October- Mini Mack's begin 9am-10:30am
- Monday 28th-Wednesday 30th October- Year 5 Camp Goodenough
November
- Friday 1st November-All Saints' Day liturgy led by Year 5
- Monday 11th-Friday 16th November- Year 6 Brisbane Camp
December
- Friday 6th December- Swimming Carnival
- Wednesday 11th December- Year 3-6 Trinity Fusion Dance Excursion
- Friday 13th December-OLHC Christmas Tableau and family evening 5-7pm
- Monday 16th December- Step up Day for 2025 classes
- Tuesday 17th December- 9:30am Year 6 Graduation Mass, 6pm Graduation Dinner
- Wednesday 18th December- Year 6 Ballina Waterslides
- Wednesday 18th December- Last Day of Term 4
Welcome Back to Term 4
It is already shaping up to be another big term with lots of events and activities planned for all in our school community. It's hard to believe that we are commencing the last term of our school year as it only seems like yesterday we were commencing a whole new school year.
We are excited to welcome our 2025 Kinder class for Mini Macks, and welcoming and encourage our families to attend our special liturgies, assemblies and end of year celebrations.
We are looking forward to another wonderful term at OLHC as we work together to support our children in their faith, learning and wellbeing, as well as the joy of preparing for Advent and Christmas as we approach the 25th December.
Thank you to our whole community for a fantastic start to Term 4!
New Kiss and Drop
Our new Kiss and Drop has been completed thanks to Joel Jensen Constructions.
The new Kiss and Drop will be a big change from our current morning drop off and afternoon pick up routines, however, it will reduce the risk for our children entering cars, reduce the amount of traffic letting students out at the front of the school, reduce students crossing the road on their own and reduce the risk for parents trying to reverse out with students and younger siblings moving in a high traffic area.
Important points
- This will become a no parking zone between 8am-9am Monday-Friday.
- This will become a no parking zone between 2:30pm-3:30pm Monday-Friday.
- Cars will stop parallel to the kerb between these hours when picking up students.
- All parents must remain in their vehicle, keep the car running and staff will bring students to the car via the new gate. This will be a very quick turnaround to keep traffic moving.
- If the kiss and drop area is full, parents will need to go around the block and try again.
- When entering the kiss and drop area, you must come past the school first and turn left into the driveway. Please do not try and come up Dibbs street and make a right hand turn in front of buses and oncoming traffic.
- When leaving the kiss and drop area, you must only turn left onto Dibbs street to assist buses and not turn into oncoming traffic.
We hope to educate all students during week 2 and 3 and commence our new kiss and drop on Monday 4th November.
Kiss and Drop
Year 6 Leaders 2025
As a school community it is important to recognise that we are all leaders. We can be leaders in everything that we do in our daily lives - in our work, at school, when we are teaching others or when we are learning from others. Often in life we are faced with difficult decisions and challenges and it is our attitude that often determines the path we take and the choices that we make.
Over the next 4 weeks, our current Year 5 students will be reflecting on their desire to be a Year 6 Leader in 2025, preparing their speeches and writing their application.
Facing challenges and learning from our mistakes takes courage and support from family, friends and our school community. As our Year 5 leaders continue on their journey of learning and leadership throughout the into next year, we wish them every success and pray that they will have the strength to face challenges, learn from their mistakes and strive to be the best that they can be for themselves and for our school community.
Our leadership speeches will be held at 2pm on Monday 25th November.
It is our choices…that show who and what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Mission News
All Saints Day Liturgy
Please join us to celebrate our All Saints Day Liturgy on Friday, Week 3 at 2:30pm led by our students in 5P.
Welcome to the Family!
Congratulations and welcome to the Catholic family Grace and Sophia Howard who were Baptised recently at St Carthage's Cathedral.
May you always remember your Baptism day, and may God's joy, love and peace fill you through all your tomorrows!
Learning & Teaching
Welcome Kinder 2025!
Kindergarten - Using Ten Frames to build knowledge of Addition and Subtraction facts.
Year 1 - Measuring using metres and centimetres.
Year 2 - Using a variety of Addition and Subtraction strategies to solve problems.
Year 3 created fraction walls this week in Mathematics
Year 4 are learning about mixed numerals and improper fractions in Mathematics
Year 5 are learning how to place fractions and decimals on a number line in Mathematics
Year 6 entered some artworks and photographs into the Lismore Show.
Kinder and Year 6 Excursion to the Lismore Show on Thursday was a great day out!
Lismore Show Entrants
A number of our students entered various competitions at the Lismore Show. Kinder and Year 6 entered their scarecrows in the Scarecrow Competition and many of our Year 6 students entered photographs and artworks. Congratulations to two of our students for their success in the Lismore Show Art and Photography competitions.
Henry in Year 5 won first prize in the Aboriginal Art category.
Ryder in Year 5 won first prize in the NCN Youth Art Awards for his drawing of a fox.
Marni in Year 6 won first prize in the Junior Photography Competition and was also awarded North Coast National Champion Junior Print.
Congratulations on all students who entered competitions. If your child entered any competitions at the show and received recognition for their efforts, please send an email to katie.rose@lism.catholic.edu.au so that Mrs Rose can share this news in the next newsletter.
Sports News
At OLHC, we love celebrating the sporting achievements of all our students. If your child has a special achievement that you would love for us to share with the school community, please send any photos and a short paragraph outlining their achievement to Mrs McCarthy - haylee.mccarthy@lism.catholic.edu.au
New Sporting Uniforms
A massive thank you to Jamie Lyon from Paladin Sports for helping us with our new sporting uniforms. We now have professional uniforms for netball, basketball, soccer, rugby league, rugby union, cross country and athletics. Our children look fantastic wearing the new gear.
Baseball
On the 5th of October, Noah Middleton traveled to Coffs Harbour with the Far North Coast Under 12’s Baseball team to compete at the NSW Country Championships. The competition was competitive and Far North Coast made it to the finals undefeated. Noah’s batting, fielding and pitching skills developed throughout the tournament, and as a team, they won the finals with a strong display of sportsmanship and skills, producing the final score of 11-1. Well done Noah on such a successful tournament, as a school we are so proud of you.
Basketball
On September 28th, Bly Bashforth, Tilly Preston, and Mason Box traveled to Coffs Harbour to participate in the Northern John David Country U12 Jamboree. Bly, Tilly, and Mason all performed well and enjoyed the opportunity to play with other children who also love the game. As a school, we are so proud of the way they all represented themselves at the event. Well done, Bly, Tilly, and Mason.
Dirt Track Racing
Cooper Quinn has added another title to his name over the holidays. He won the 2024 50cc Victorian Dirt Track Championship and secured the runner-up position in the 65cc. This is an outstanding achievement for Cooper and it has been wonderful to follow his progress this year. As a school, we are so proud of you.
Term Four
- Monday the 4th of November - Richmond Zone Tennis Summer Sports Trials (Years 4 and 5 ONLY)
- Wednesday the 6th of November - Richmond Zone Cricket Summer Sports Trials (Years 4 and 5 ONLY)
- Thursday the 7th of November - Richmond Zone Touch Football Summer Sports Trials (Years 4 and 5 ONLY)
- Tuesday the 26th of November - DIO Tennis Summer Sports Trials, Lismore (Years 4 and 5 ONLY)
- Friday the 29th of November - DIO Cricket, Softball, Touch Football and Basketball Summer Sports Trials, Lismore (Years 4 and 5 ONLY)
- Friday the 6th of December - OLHC Swimming Carnival
Community News
