Principal’s Message

World Teachers’ Day

Australia will celebrate and thank the teaching profession on World Teachers’ Day on Friday 29 October 2021.  World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 International Labour Organisation/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ILO/UNESCO) Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers.

Teachers (with support from parents and carers) have ensured education continues across the country this year, despite major challenges in 2020 and 2021. It’s reinforced the significant role teachers play in the lives of children and students, their families, and communities.

Please take the time to say thank you to a teacher or two this Friday as they prepare for the home stretch to the end of the year.

Mr Michael Morris
Principal

Leadership Team Message

Year 6 Camp

WOW! Each time I get to spend time with the current Year 6 group I can’t help but think how much this group of students have grown in maturity and into solid young people. Our Year 6 students didn’t let the weather stop their sense of enjoyment, enthusiasm or willingness to participate in their activities. The weather cleared and it was fantastic to hear very positive comments from the camp activity leaders about our students’ politeness, willingness to answer questions and willingness to participate in activities to the fullest.

Year 6 Student Leadership 2022

Our Year 5 students are busy preparing their speeches for the upcoming elections. From what I’ve seen of some of the Year 5 students’ speeches, a lot of time and effort is going into them. We are looking forward to these speeches which mark another milestone in our students’ journey into Year 6.

OLA School Fete

We were blessed with superb weather for our OLA School Fete on Sunday, it had been a long time coming, with the planning for this day beginning in 2018, postponement in 2019, and finally being able to celebrate the day together on Sunday. We had an awesome turnout with what looked to be most of our families and many visitors in attendance.

As well as the rides and food, we were treated to performances from current and ex-OLA students who either rocked out (Mammoth!), sang or danced. All of these performances that you may have seen were voluntary, thank you one and all (including the roadies who tirelessly helped set up and pack down)!

We had such a great variety of things to see and do, there was something for everyone. From lamas, to the silent disco, art activities, glitter tattoos, aromatherapy, bouncy castles, slushies, white elephant stall, a dunk tank and plenty of food and drink options.

The raffles and silent auctions were all a great success, with uncollected prizes being held in the office.

These events don’t organise themselves and they certainly don’t run themselves. The P&F were supported by an army of volunteers who manned stalls, made donations, collected items, painted faces, baked cakes and assisted in a myriad of other ways. Deanna Marocchi and her crew of P&F volunteers have done a super job of coordinating the preparation and running of the day.

On behalf of the school community, I’d like to firstly extend thanks to the P&F for coordinating this huge task and then to every single person, who in any way contributed to making the day the great success that it was. The smiles on the kids’ faces go to show that all the effort was worth it.

Plastic Free Lunchbox Day

The Sustainability Club has been working hard to set up initiatives in the school to reduce the waste that is going into landfill unnecessarily, and to improve our recycling system. In Term 3, the club successfully implemented a better paper recycling system for the whole school. In Term 4, we would like to introduce a plastic free lunchbox day, commencing this Friday 29 October. Every Friday morning, lunchboxes will be opened to check, and class tallies will be made to record the total of plastic free lunchboxes each class has recorded. A prize will then be given to the class with the best score. Please help your child to be a part of this initiative. It is hoped that in 2022, our lunchboxes will be completely plastic free every day of the week. We can all do our bit to reduce the amount of plastic that is going into landfill. Thank you for your support!

The Sustainability Club

Staffing

Congratulations to Michelle Symmons who has been appointed as classroom teacher at Whitfords Catholic Primary School, commencing in 2022. We wish Michelle all the best as she embarks on this exciting new chapter.

Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten 2022 Teachers

We warmly welcome Mrs Johanna Carbone to our staff who will be running our Pre-Kindergarten Program for 2022. Mrs Elena Capolingua will also be joining us in 2022 as our new Kindergarten teacher, working along side Mrs Dempster. Both Mrs Carbone and Mrs Capolingua come to us with a wealth of experience, we are excited for their arrival.

Annual Community Meeting (ACM)

The OLA ACM will be held on Tuesday 9 November at 3.30pm in the Sr. Goretti Hall. Expressions of interest are sought from those who possess skills or expertise in an area that would positively contribute to the value of the school community. Please note that the commitment to the OLASAC (Our Lady’s Assumption School Advisory Council) consists of regular meetings outside school hours, as well as involvement in working parties. The expression of interest form may be obtained by emailing: admin@ola.wa.edu.au asking for an OLASAC Expression of Interest Nomination form.

Thank you.

Michael Morris and Rebecca Smith

The OLA Leadership Team