Poetry - Class 6/7 Mr Leigh Turbill

Dear Parents and Caregivers

We welcome Ethan (R/1W), Chloe (2OP) and Hailey (3/4G) to our school community.  We wish our new students and their families a very happy start in their new school community.

Since the beginning of term, students have been busily training for Sports Day and this week we will finally gather and celebrate Sports Day this Friday, 2 November at the Port Adelaide Athletics Club.  There have been meetings for the House Teams, practising chants, songs, developing closer relationships as they begin to focus on their work together as a community of team members.  It has been a wonderful opportunity to view how well the children work together for the ‘common good’!  Whilst there may be focuses on doing well for their House, there is also a sense of being together with a goal – to participate well, have fun and support one another, not just in their own House Team but for others as well. 

There have been a number of skills that the students have been focusing on: 

Coles Sports for Schools

At the beginning of the year the Coles Sports for Schools again took place around schools in Adelaide.  We had an amazing response by all students, parents and community members collecting an outstanding amount of vouchers.  This enabled us to purchase a number of various sports equipment for our school sports program, gross motor program and playgroup.

Some of the items we were able to purchase were:

• Netballs
• Footballs
• A compressor
• Gross Motor Kit (including a variety of different equipment)
• Sports measuring Tape
• Tunnel (for playgroup)

All of these items will be widely used by all the students.

Thank you to all those involved and the P& F for organising this fundraiser.

Sports Day

A reminder that this Friday is our school SPORTS DAY for 2018.  By now all students should have received...

Buy one, get one free sale!

Hello Families and Students

We are hosting our end of year Scholastic Book Fair where you have the opportunity to purchase a variety of contemporary fiction, non-fiction and picture books with the most amazing deal, 2 for 1!

Feel free to come in for a look and to purchase from our library during the following times:

• Monday 12 November 8.30 - 8.45 & 2.45-3.15
• Tuesday 13 November 8.30 - 8.45 & 2.45-3.15
• Wednesday 14 November 8.30 - 8.45 & 2.45-3.15

We look forward to seeing you!

Ms Jeanette Barge (Librarian)

Parenting Ideas: Blog – Teach kids not to jump to conclusions.

Michael Grose this week discusses Resilience, “Slowing down your thinking and avoiding jumping to conclusions is a great resilience skill that can be improved with practice. As a parent, you can model this type of thinking, reciting the possibilities out loud so your kids can see how it’s done.”

Click here for the link for the rest of his article.

Southern Cross link: 

STARportal FOR FAMILIES ~ Design, Discover, Create

The government has designed a site for families who may wish to engage with their children on a variety of activities that focus on STEM subjects i.e. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.  Please click here to go to the link.

Do you have a toddler or a child at Kindy? Have you enrolled them yet?

Whilst priority is given to siblings of children already attending Our Lady Queen of Peace, we still require a completed Application for Enrolment form for each and every child.  Places are filling quickly.  All families wishing to enrol their children in Reception for 2019 must lodge a completed Application for Enrolment form as soon as possible.

Note: If your child is born between 1 May & 31 October, he/she is eligible for our Semester 2 intake.  Application for Enrolment forms are available from the School Office.  Contact Ali or Maureen, on 8345 4036 for more information.

Sports Day - Friday 2 November

Hi everyone

I look forward to seeing you all at Sports Day this Friday.  We will have a sausage sizzle, drinks and iceblocks available for purchase.  There will also be a coffee van from 8am.

Donations of sauce for the BBQ would be greatly appreciated and can be left in the Parent Room or school office.  Thank you to those who have already kindly made donations.

Disco

Thank you to everyone that supported the recent disco, it was a great success and we raised...

OPEN THURSDAYS

(Located in Parent Room)
OPENING TIMES*:

• 8:50am – 9:15am
• 3:00pm -3:25pm

* Unless otherwise advised via the OLQP App.

Do you have any uniform items that your child no longer wears?

PLEASE NOTE!

Parents receive 60% of the sale as voted by the School Board.

Hair ties are also available in tartan fabric for only $5.00 each.

Check out your wardrobes & cupboards so you can bring in your laundered uniforms to be
re-sold in our second-hand uniform shop.

You not only receive some cash from your sale, you will also be helping out a student or two. 

Thank you!

Kylie Brock (2^nd Hand Uniform Coordinator)

Lowes

Lowes are conveniently located at West Lakes Shopping Centre.  Lowes provides flexibility, convenience, affordability and support for families when purchasing school uniform items for their child.

Address and contact details are as follows:

Shop 238A Westfield
111 West Lakes Boulevard
West Lakes, SA 5021

Phone: (08) 83552873

Lowes Opening Hours:

Mon: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Tue: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Wed: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Thu: 9:00 AM-9:00 PM
Fri: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Sat: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Sun: 11:00 AM-5:00 PM