Principal's Message - Easter

Support Your Child’s Learning at Home

The Minister of Education has recently released a new website for parents to assist their child’s learning at home: Learning Potential Resources. 

It provides a variety of strategies and resources that parents can use to assist their child with their learning.  The site is structured for Reception – Year 6 students.  It is well worth a look and review to enable families to work together.

Parenting Ideas: Blog – Balancing your child’s digital diet

Before/After School Care

Families enquiring about bookings for before or/and after school care may contact Jo Fahey via phone number: 0417 840 700

Families are able to register for OSHC accessing a form from the School Office or from the OSHC Centre.

Student in-school workshops commence this week for those enrolled to celebrate the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Eucharist in 2018.  These workshops will continue during Term 2.  We will conclude the program with a full-day Student Workshop in May (see summary of dates below please).  This workshop will involve the Sacramental candidates from both OLQP and OLMC Schools.

Sacramental KEY Dates

Student Workshop Day– Friday, May 25 at Our Lady Queen of Peace School (regular school hours)

Confirmation Practice session – Monday, May 28 at 6:30pm in the Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, students and sponsors to attend

Confirmation Celebration – Wednesday, May 30 at 7:00 pm, OLQP Church

First Communion Celebration – Sunday, June 3, at 10.30 am, OLQP Church

Hi Everyone! Welcome to week 9!

Catholic Schools Music Festival Choir

Students are reminded to bring their forms back ASAP (with the $45 fee), in order to receive their books and CDs.  These are now OVERDUE!!  Students are also reminded to come to rehearsals prepared with their choir books and drink bottles.

Students who are also yet to return their media consent forms must do so ASAP as they are also OVERDUE!

OLQP School Band

The OLQP School band rehearses on Thursday afternoons, from 2:15pm.

A reminder for parents to return their holiday care booking forms ASAP.  This allows for OSHC to make all the necessary arrangements for activities and food etc in advance.

Please also note that Staff Development Day is on Monday 30 April, which is the first day of Term 2, please book ASAP as care will only be available subject to numbers.

Thank you, Jo Fahey (OSHC Coordinator)

Stations of the Cross

The Stations of the Cross will be presented in the School Hall at 10 am on Holy Thursday. This is a whole school event and parents, care-givers, and younger siblings are most welcome to join us.

The Stations will be performed by our year 5 students with some members of the senior choir supporting with song. Following this event, Hot Cross Buns will be available at recess.

The Season of Lent & Project Compassion

Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Campaign is well underway with our Student Leadership Team planning a number of wonderful events in the weeks ahead. Each week we follow a resource provided by Caritas Australia to consider the lives of our Brothers and Sisters whose lives differ from our own in so many ways. We have just celebrated the Sixth Sunday of Lent: please click here to see the feature story for the week.

For information on the work of Caritas and what your donation can do, please follow this link. 

Parents/carers have an opportunity to meet with their child’s class teacher next week.  Please click here for further information and booking details.

The Autumn Art Show, coordinated by our School Leaders and supported by volunteer year 6 House leaders, will raise money for Project Compassion and support the Vinnies ‘Just Art’ initiative.

Please click here for more information.

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

Hi everyone!

Just a few quick reminders about what is happening around the school.

Cadbury Chocolate funderaiser is doing well so thank you to everyone who has sold them. There are only 10 boxes left so if you would like another box to sell, please see any of the P&F members or school office staff.

Mother’s Day and Bingo Night are fast approaching so please keep the donations coming in.  

Coles Sports for School vouchers finish in one week.  Thanks to everyone for their support we have collected thousands of vouchers which will buy some awesome equipment for our school.

Our next meeting is Wednesday 11 April at 7.30pm.

Please feel free to contact me on the details below by clicking the read more button, and where you will find more information.