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Mrs Janice Moore / Ms Angela Gilbert / Mrs Sarah Jackman
Mr Garry Birch / Mr Chris Golightly
Dear Parents
Last week the school underwent a School Renewal and Improvement Process (SRIP). These reviews are an important part of how Toowoomba Catholic Schools monitors and supports schools within the Diocese. The reviews are about providing schools with quality and independent feedback to help them continue to improve learning outcomes for students. Each school is reviewed every four years, providing valuable opportunities for self-reflection and improvement.
The review was conducted by an external panel made of the Director of Teaching and Learning, Manager of Teaching and Learning, two Senior Education Officers and a peer Principal over a three-day period. The review included consultation with the school community through one on one interviews where two questions were asked – “What does the school do well?” and “Where could the school do better?”
Almost all teaching, admin, support and Parish staff were interviewed, approximately forty five parents from all year levels and approximately forty five Yr 5 & 6 students were interviewed. Information was also gathered from the school’s Strategic and Annual Action Plans, Teaching and Learning plans and other sources such as NAPLAN, MySchool website and the annual School Satisfaction Surveys. So, as you can see, the review was a very extensive process.
The external review provides the school with a comprehensive report that identifies findings and offers improvement strategies for consideration, reflection and action over the next four years. The final review report will be published on the school’s website at the beginning of Term 4. I wish to thank all who took the time to be interviewed. Your comments and feedback were certainly valued and formed a substantial part of future improvement plans.
The overwhelming number of positive commendations received and overall satisfaction of how Lourdes as a school is progressing and how happy their children are, were most rewarding to receive. The school’s academic success over the past few years is testament to the hard work of all involved and proof that we must be doing plenty right. Of course, like all organizations, there are always areas to improve and I am pleased to report that a number of issues raised have been or will be addressed in the near future. Next term, I will provide you with further information that will address these areas and hopefully provide you with further information and a clearer understanding of current practices and possible future action plans.
Reading through the many affirmations, it became clear there is a common thread to what the respondents were saying. The staff and Yr 5 & 6 students also agree that OLOL is a very welcoming, caring, positive and supportive school which punches well above its weight when it comes to overall performance and extra curricula opportunities. The value placed on establishing and maintaining positive relationships with all members of the school community is visible and part of what we do.
With so many pressures placed on schools, students, teachers and parents to perform up to high expectations, it is important that this is balanced and supported by a positive and nurturing environment.
Once again, thank you to all who took part in the review process. The information collated is most useful in assisting the school to improve its day to day operations and to implement effective practices that will provide the students, parents and staff with a safe, enjoyable and quality teaching and learning environment.
School Traffic
The Stop, Drop & Go zones continue to work well. The zones flow extremely well when all drivers are aware of when and where to drop kids off or to pick them up. To assist with safety, please remain patient and only let your kids out of the car when you reach the top of the line i.e. where the is teacher on duty, unless you are instructed to do otherwise. Be conscious of vehicles that may be behind you. Allowing your children to hop out of the car halfway up the line is not only dangerous, as the teacher on duty is unable to assist students who may need assistance, but more often than not, causes unnecessary traffic congestion. The best time to arrive at these zones is anytime between 3:05pm and 3:30pm. Please avoid arriving early and parking in these zones as there is no guarantee that your child will be the first one at the pickup zone.
Further to school traffic around the school precinct, can I remind all who utilize the church carpark to reverse park when parking in this area, except if you require to use the disabled parking bays. This will provide for a far safer environment when departing the carpark during the busy times of the day. Once again, please slow right down and be ever vigilant of students and conscious of where you park your car.
Church Pick Up Zone
Parents who are arriving well before the 3:00pm bell and wait at the drop, stop & go zone behind the Church are causing unnecessary congestion in the Church carpark. Please delay you pick up time to at least 3:05pm as it takes 5-10 minutes for children to reach this area in the afternoons.
Parent Interviews
Your child’s teacher will be in contact with you regarding the timing of Semester 2’s parent/teacher interviews. Some classes have commenced interviews already, while others will conduct theirs shortly after the school holidays due to the timing of school wide testing results and camps/excursions. These interviews are vital to maintain clear communication about your child’s ongoing progress and achievements to date. These interviews are also a great opportunity for teachers to inform parents about how students are tracking and clarify any misconceptions you may have around A-E reporting or how gradings are calculated.
Uniforms
By now all children should have the full complement of summer uniform requirements. Please consult the uniform code which is available of the website for all necessary items. Including jewellery and hair accessories. Your commitment to abiding by the uniform policy is greatly appreciated and certainly goes a long way in avoiding unnecessary issues. All parents sign an enrolment contract which clearly states your agreeance to all school policies. The upcoming holidays should provide a great opportunity for parents to ensure all uniform items including hats to be clearly named with your children full name, not just initials. This makes the returning of lost items an easier task.
Pupil Free Day
A reminder that the last day of term – Friday 18th September is a pupil free day. The teaching staff will be joining with St. Stephen’s Pittsworth and St. Anthony’s teachers for further professional development and showcasing of new initiatives in the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Year 6 Camp
Our lucky Year 6 students will be away on camp for the first week of Term 4. The students along with Mr. Lee, Mrs. Mac, Mrs. Salisbury and myself will be travelling to the Capricorn Coast and Keppel Island for the week long camp. The kids are most excited about the many activities including snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, caving, boom netting, rock climbing and much more. Just a reminder to all parents of Year 6 students to ensure all necessary medical and consent forms have been returned. The students will return on the Friday afternoon, however its highly likely that the teachers will remain up there for another week or so!!
Last Week of Term Events
- Monday 14th September
Speaking Festival – Hall
- Tuesday 15th September
Yr. 4 Gala Sports Day – Kearneys Spring Sporting Fields (no spectators)
Celebrating the Early Years (Under 8’s Day)
P&F Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
- Thursday 17th September
P-2 Gymnastics
Free Dress Day – Crazy hair theme (Gold coin donation)
Juiced up Grom – healthy eating presentation - Grades 2-6 1:40 p.m. (gold coin)
Mr. Golightly’s birthday
- Friday 18th September
Pupil Free Day
If you are taking a break over the upcoming school holidays, please travel safely and enjoy every minute of time with your children.
Thanks for reading…….Chris
School Fees - Heritage Bank
Please note the preferred method of payment for school accounts is BPay, followed by deposits into our ADF Account, details of which are on the top right of your school fee statements. If you are still paying into our Heritage Bank account would you please amend your payment details, as the Heritage Bank account will be closed in due course. Any questions, please contact the school office on 4591 1200.
Artwork
We currently have displayed in the office some absolutely beautiful artwork by the Year 3 students. Please feel free to drop in and admire their amazing work.
This week we turn our attention to how we Listen as a Learner and as a Global Citizen. Over the past few newsletters, we have looked at the acronym, CALLed to Think and the different components. We have focused on C= Communicate, A= Act and L= Look. This week is an emphasis on L= Listen... Lourdes learners listen as both a learner and global citizen.
Listen as a Learner
When developing the traits of a learner who listens, we are encouraging the student to listen to instructions, listen to understand, listen to others’ ideas and listen to feedback. Just because someone can hear, doesn’t mean they are listening! Listening to obtain information and to understand the key message is important for learning. So too is being a critical listener who can evaluate the ideas heard and form opinions. Particularly in the early years of schooling, listening is an essential building block to developing communication and language skills. Developing the ability to identify and discriminate between sounds, and understand them in words and sentences, are skills crucial for the development of speech, phonological awareness, reading and writing. Effective listening helps a learner follow and complete tasks. Listening to others helps vocabulary, comprehension and language development. These skills are essential building blocks for literacy and learning. Students at Lourdes are encouraged to listen to the teacher, listen to each other and to value listening and learning from others. This is what it means to ‘Listen as a Learner.’
Listen as a Global Citizen
Likewise, when developing the traits of a global citizen who listens, we are valuing the traits of someone who listens to the voice of others and considers their viewpoint, even if different from their own. We help students recognise that people are shaped by their culture and experiences thus it is important to listen critically to understand why people may have a different opinion to their own. When listening we encourage compassion, empathy and concern for others. This is what it means to ‘Listen as a Global Citizen.’
Subsequently, we aim for our Lourdes Learners to Listen as a Learner and as a Global Citizen.
Term 3 Integrated Units of Work eg. METS
It’s hard to believe that we are nearing the end of our third term for 2020 which has certainly looked a lot different to last term! All year levels this term have completed engaging integrated units or tasks, for example, a METS task (Maths, English/Engineering, Technology, Science). It has been fabulous to hear students explain their thinking and learning and to see them apply their knowledge and skills learnt in all the different learning areas, to their designs and creations.
Preps applied their mathematical understandings and skills of counting, tallying and graphing, along with their scientific knowledge of daily changes in the environment to become Weather Watchers. They then created a graph displaying the different weather in August. Wonderful observations made in Prep!
Year 1s designed and created a landscape using what they had learnt in HASS about the types of activities and constructions in the environment, along with their understanding of changing materials learnt in Science, plus their learnings from Maths and Technology about giving and following directions and sequencing steps, to then program a Beebot to travel around their landscape. Great work Yr 1!
After reading ‘George’s Marvelous Medicine’, Year 2s wrote a Procedure and created their own mixtures using knowledge and understandings learnt in English and Science, plus their understandings of multiplication, volume and mass learnt in Maths. Very interesting mixtures indeed!
Year 3s have started to design and create their own game boards involving concepts learnt in Maths and are writing their game rules and instructions for how to play the game. Very clever gamers!
Year 4s used their knowledge of forces and friction learnt in Science, plus their understanding of angles and measurement in Maths, as well as their design skills in Technology, to create amazing marble roller coasters. The most powerful learning students shared was learning how to work as a team to create their designs!
Our chefs of the school tantalised the taste buds of many teachers and students who were made pizzas by the Year 5s. These learners had to create budgets using a spreadsheet and apply their knowledge of fractions and decimals to select items, calculate costs to purchase ingredients and follow a recipe to write a Procedure and make both their pizza dough and pizzas. Delicious!
Year 6 have been investigating and exploring how electrical engineering is a part of our everyday lives with refridgeration, machines and lighting. They will begin looking at the use of formulas and conversions to find out how much electricity we use and compare reneweable sources of energy. Parents are to look forward to a showcase day early next term where students will show their understanding and learnings from Maths, Engineering, Technology and Science. Stay tuned!
All our teachers and students deserve a break, so too do our support staff who diligently support the learning each and every day. I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing holiday.
Thanks for reading,
Miranda
Miranda Murray
Assistant Principal
miranda.murray@twb.catholic.edu.au
Faith & Religious Education News
Tonight, we celebrate the Sacrament of First Reconciliation with our 44 Candidates and their chosen adult. Father Quinlan and Father McClure will hear our First Reconciliation. Thank you to our group leaders and support parents for helping the children prepare so well. We thank the Teachers who are able to come along to support us.
We have our Crazy Hair Free Dress Mission fundraiser for Catholic Mission and St Vincent De Paul on Thursday 17th September – Please come along with your craziest hair do, wear your sun safe, coloured clothes and bring a gold coin to support our missions.
There is no end of term assembly this term due to other class commitments.
We have a Pupil Free Day on Friday 18th September.
Those children involved with Confirmation and First Eucharist – our ceremonies are in Week 2 and 3 of Term 4 - if you haven’t chosen a date for this - please contact Mrs. Moore. Janice.Moore@twb.catholic.edu.au
Dates for your Diary in Term 4
Tuesday 6th October – School Resumes for Term 4
Week 3 – Family, Health and Well Being Week – Personal Development Lessons
Thursday 22nd October – Red Day for Daniel – Child Protection
Have a great week and enjoy your spring holiday. See you in Term 4!
Janice Moore
Assistant Principal Religious Education (APRE)
Prep
What a great term we have had – we now know all the letters and sounds in our alphabet! How exciting!
We enjoyed listening to Mrs Beschel sharing with us her knowledge of the Torres Strait Islands and we enjoyed colouring the flag.
If you miss our interviews on Saturday, 12th Sept please catch up with us – it's important to discuss how your child is going in class.
All library books need to be returned please.
Both classes will send home Holiday Diaries so please take the time to work with your child to draw a picture and write a few sentences. The more you practise the better you get!
Have a lovely break, take care and we’ll see you in Term 4.
Liz and Melita
Year 1
Welcome to week 9! The children have been enjoying their swimming lessons and are learning not just swimming skills but also how to manage themselves and their belongings.
There is no more homework for this term, however, remember to keep reading every day.
We will be celebrating the Early Years next Tuesday. Year 1 will require two helpers per class to help run the year 1 activity. Please let us know if you can help.
We are looking forward to catching up with all of you at our parent-teacher interviews. All the children have made such great progress on their learning journey this year and you should all be feeling very proud of them. Please check for your classes timetable.
Next week, Thursday 17th Grade 1 have Gymnastics, this is also Crazy Hair Day. We ask that your child’s hair isn’t too crazy due to the activities they will be doing at Gymnastics.
Jenny and Ange
Year 2
This week in year 2 we are finishing off our units of work, finalising assessment and enjoying our swimming lessons. We all enjoyed going to see Matilda the Musical. The St Ursula’s students and teachers are to be congratulated for such an excellent production. The year two and year six students thoroughly enjoyed every minute and their excitement before and after the play was truly delightful!
Year Two Photos from Matilda
A few reminders for next week……
Tuesday 15th September
Celebrating the Early Years Day - Liturgy at 10am (all welcome)
If you are volunteering on the day the activities start at 11am and go until 12.45.
There will be a sausage sizzle on the day which is free of charge.
Please continue to send in donations of threading items and arrowroot biscuits.
Thursday 17th September
Free Dress Day- Crazy Hair Day - Gold coin donation-Assembly at 12pm
Gymnastics Excursion 11am to 12am
Juiced Up Grom Performance (Bring a gold coin by tomorrow please)
Friday 18th September
Pupil Free Day
Let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Dennielle, Allyson, Sarah, Aleisha and Megan
Photo's from Year Two
Year 3
Wow – another term almost complete! Well done to the students for all their hard work this term. We hope all our fathers had a lovely day last Sunday.
This week, the students are enjoying their swimming lessons and are working on their board games in Maths and starting to look at procedural texts in English. We are finishing our HASS unit by looking at reasons why people live in particular places and in Science we have started our next unit on heat energy. In Religion, we continue to look at prayers of praise and thanksgiving through examining some of the Psalms. Best wishes to the students receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation tonight.
Parent-teacher interviews begin this afternoon for 3MR, tomorrow for 3G and on Monday for 3M. Please contact your child’s teacher if you do not yet have an interview time.
Congratulations to Mikayla, Sarah, Imogen, Dannii and Tom, who have been selected for the finals of the Speaking Festival. They will present their poem on Monday after morning tea. Well done to all students for their fantastic performances.
Next Thursday is Crazy Hair Day – students are asked to bring a gold coin donation for Catholic Mission and St Vincent De Paul. On this day, we will also attend a performance of “Juiced Up Groms” to learn about the importance of eating healthy foods and keeping active. Students are asked to also bring a gold coin donation for this.
There is no assembly on Thursday 17th and we have a pupil free day on Friday 18th September.
Have a great week.
Angela, Annie, Damian and Janice
Year 4
Welcome to Week 9! What a busy couple of weeks we have had – we will be well and truly ready for holidays at the end of next week! Our Maths Showcase was a wonderful afternoon with so many parents and grandparents attending, allowing the students to share their learning. Thank you!
All of Year 4 are currently working towards finalising our Term 3 work. Students will be practising their character monologues about a convict for History and English. We are learning about the history of the Catholic church in Religion as well. This Friday will see us returning to the dancefloor under guidance of Mrs Fisher. We will also have two extra lessons early next Term. The Year 4 Gala Day is on next Tuesday and students will need to be at school by 8.30. Do not forget your hat, water bottle and your own sunscreen if you are allergic to the school sunscreen. Please return any permission slips as soon as possible.
We wish all students that are making their Reconciliation this Wednesday all the very best. Congratulations and best of luck to our Year 4 Speaking Festival finalists – Jay, Reeve, Madison, Majella, Ivy, Violet, Ellie, Olivia H, Archer and Emily H. Next Thursday, on the last day of Term, we have a visiting group, Juiced up Grom, coming to present to the Years 2 – 6 students. It is a gold coin donation if students wish to make a smoothie at the end of the performance. It is also crazy hair day, so students will need two gold coins on that day!
Suzanne, Toni and Garry
Year 5
It’s week 9 and we are on our final stretch before the end of the term. Again, it is a busy time for us with assessments, swimming lessons and day to day learning. The students are tired at this time of the year, especially with swimming, so we need to make sure they are getting enough quality sleep over the remaining 2 weeks and keeping to a routine is important.
Last week we also held our Pizza METS cooking extravaganza days. The students thoroughly enjoyed the days and loved making pizzas for the teachers and year 6 students. I’m sure you’ll be surprised with the amount of work the students covered in order to complete the unit successfully. Our next METS unit is just as exciting, and we can’t wait to get started on it next term even though the WBBL is not in Brisbane.
Parent/Teacher interviews will be held in week 2 of Term 4. Notes will be sent out soon. Camp notes were sent home this week, please complete and return the medical and consent forms as soon as possible.
On Thursday 17th September, in Week 10 Students will attend a performance called “Juiced Up Groms” which will discuss the importance of healthy eating and keeping active. Students may bring along a gold coin donation if the wish to be involved in making a smoothie after the performance. This day is also crazy hair day, for which students are to bring along a gold coin donation also. Please remember sensible shoes and sun safe clothing please.
Many thanks to the parents that helped at the Father’s Day Stall last Thursday, it was greatly appreciated.
Have a good last couple of weeks and enjoy the holidays!
Tim, Steve and Emily
Year 6
We hope all of our Fathers and the special men in our lives had a fantastic day on Sunday.
We wish to thank our Year 5 friends and teachers who treated us with Pizzas from their METS unit last week. The pizzas were delicious!
What a fantastic extravaganza our Athletics Carnivals were. Congratulations to all athletes. We thank Mrs Salisbury for organising the carnivals for us and affording us so many leadership opportunities. Some photos are included of us having lots of fun!
Our visit to the theatre was also fantastic. We thank St Ursula’s College for affording us this opportunity. Some photos of our visit to the Empire Theatre are also included in this week’s news.
We’ve been enjoying learning about significant contributions of people who have migrated to Australia and are currently working on an information report on some significant migrants. These are due in week 10. We’ve also been working on a model in Science. We’re designing and constructing a model of a sustainable source of energy. Models and presentations will be due in Week 2 of Term 4.
We wish all students lots of luck for the public speaking festival final which will be held in the hall next Monday. The standard of speeches has been extremely high. Well done Year 6!
Students will attend a performance of “Juiced Up Groms” next Thursday 17th of September in the hall. They will learn about the importance of eating healthy foods and keeping active. A gold coin donation is asked from all students. Thursday 17th will also be crazy hair day (gold coin donation for this too please) which is always a huge hit with students. Please remember sun safe clothes and hats and sensible shoes.
A reminder that we depart for our camp to Yeppoon on Monday 5th October which is the Queen’s Birthday public holiday. Students are asked to arrive at school by 7.30am so we can depart at 8am.
Enjoy the holiday break.
Kylie and Larry
German
This week we are learning about colours and next week the students will complete a colour by numbers activity using that knowledge.
Christine Fisher
It is hard to believe that we are at the end of term 3! The Hub is busy with learning, fitting in lessons around swimming, excursions, etc. Next week we will host Dendra Cole to OLOL. Dendra is an audiologist. Dendra will be assessing children next week. Good hearing health is important for children to reach their full potential in all life areas, especially when it comes to school performance. Most commonly, hearing loss in children is temporary and treatable, but if left undetected, it can have a significant negative impact on a child’s development. Please contact me in the Hub if you have any questions. Have a lovely end to term 3 and enjoy the holidays!
Effects of Hearing Loss on Development
By: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Hearing is critical to speech and language development, communication, and learning. Children with listening difficulties due to hearing loss or auditory processing problems continue to be an under identified and underserved population.
Healthy Hearing
The earlier hearing loss occurs in a child's life, the more serious the effects on the child's development. Similarly, the earlier the problem is identified and intervention begun, the less serious the ultimate impact.
- There are four major ways in which hearing loss affects children:
- It causes delay in the development of receptive and expressive communication skills (speech and language).
- The language deficit causes learning problems that result in reduced academic achievement.
- Communication difficulties often lead to social isolation and poor self-concept.
- It may have an impact on vocational choices.
Specific effects
Vocabulary
Vocabulary develops more slowly in children who have hearing loss.
Children with hearing loss learn concrete words like cat, jump, five, and red more easily than abstract words like before, after, equal to, and jealous. They also have difficulty with function words like the, an, are, and a.
The gap between the vocabulary of children with normal hearing and those with hearing loss widens with age. Children with hearing loss do not catch up without intervention.
Children with hearing loss have difficulty understanding words with multiple meanings. For example, the word bank can mean the edge of a stream or a place where we put money.
Sentence structure
Children with hearing loss comprehend and produce shorter and simpler sentences than children with normal hearing.
Children with hearing loss often have difficulty understanding and writing complex sentences, such as those with relative clauses ("The teacher whom I have for math was sick today.") or passive voice ("The ball was thrown by Mary.")
Children with hearing loss often cannot hear word endings such as -s or -ed. This leads to misunderstandings and misuse of verb tense, pluralization, nonagreement of subject and verb, and possessives.
Speaking
Children with hearing loss often cannot hear quiet speech sounds such as "s," "sh," "f," "t," and "k" and therefore do not include them in their speech. Thus, speech may be difficult to understand.
Children with hearing loss may not hear their own voices when they speak. They may speak too loudly or not loud enough. They may have a speaking pitch that is too high. They may sound like they are mumbling because of poor stress, poor inflection, or poor rate of speaking.
Academic achievement
Children with hearing loss can have difficulty with all areas of academic achievement, especially reading and mathematical concepts.
Children with mild to moderate hearing losses, on average, achieve one to four grade levels lower than their peers with normal hearing, unless appropriate management occurs.
Children with severe to profound hearing loss usually achieve skills no higher than the third- or fourth-grade level, unless appropriate educational intervention occurs early.
The gap in academic achievement between children with normal hearing and those with hearing loss usually widens as they progress through school.
The level of achievement is related to parental involvement and the quantity, quality, and timing of the support services children receive.
Social functioning
Children with severe to profound hearing losses often report feeling isolated, without friends, and unhappy in school, particularly when their socialization with other children with hearing loss is limited.
These social problems appear to be more frequent in children with a mild or moderate hearing losses than in those with a severe to profound loss.
What you can do
Recent research indicates that children identified with a hearing loss who begin services early may be able to develop language (spoken and/or signed) on a par with their hearing peers. If a hearing loss is detected in your child, early family-centered intervention is recommended to promote language (speech and/or signed depending on family choices) and cognitive development. An audiologist, as part of an interdisciplinary team of professionals, will evaluate your child and suggest the most appropriate audiologic intervention program.
Kate Tauge
Learning Support Teacher
Speaking Festival 2020
Year 1-6
All students have had an opportunity to perform their Poetry or Monologue for the Speaking Festival for 2020. We are finally ready for our Finalists to perform next week on the 14th September.
Students will be notified this week if they are in the finals.
AUDIENCE
Parents are welcome to join us on this day and the time for each year level is stipulated below. Please make sure you sign in and out upon entry to the hall.
- DATE: MONDAY 14th September
- SESSION 1: Year 4 -6 Finals - 9 – 10:15 a.m
- SESSION 2: Year 1-3 Finals - 11 – 11:45 a.m.
Thanks
Anita McVeigh and Ebony Rosier
New Display Alert! Lourdes Learners are CallED to Think. Lourdes Learners are Lourdes Readers!
School Holiday Borrowing
Overdue letters have been sent out this week. Please ensure all library books are returned before the holidays. Students with no overdue Items will be allowed to borrow for the school holidays. Parents – you can borrow up to 10 items also – drop in and see us. Don’t forget the Toowoomba City Library has reopened. The limited times and hours below are currently listed on their website – let’s hope that they are able to get back to normal hours very soon!
Location: The corner of Herries and Victoria Streets, Toowoomba.
Contact: 4688 6670
Opening hours:
- Tuesday: 9.30am to 5pm
- Wednesday: 9.30am to 5pm
- Thursday: 9.30am to 6pm
- Saturday: 9am - 12noon
Book Week Competitions
This year we are running TWO Book Week Competitions. Fabulous PRIZE PACKS are up for grabs.
- Make a Curious Creature that is less than 30cm long and uses part of an egg carton and other recycled materials.
- Write a short story (no longer than 2 A4 Pages) that starts with the following phrases:
- It was a curious creature that…
- A wild mind can cause a great deal of…
- Curiosity is a strange notion. It takes over…
Bring your completed entries to the Library by October 28th 2020.
Library Borrowing Day Change Reminder
Students in both Year 1 classes will borrow on a Monday in Week 10 this term and Week 2 and 3 in Term 4 also. Please remember to send your child/rens library books in on Monday rather than Tuesday on these days.
Book Week 2020
November 2nd is Dress Up day for students in Year 1 – 6. Start planning your CURIOUS CREATURE costume or get creative and show us your WILD SIDE or plan to become your favourite Book Character.
Readers Cup will be back in Term 4
Our annual readers cup competition will be held on November 2nd.
Book Fair 2020 Date Claimer
Book Fair will return to Lourdes in Term 4 from 5th – 10th November 2020.
Chess Club News
Last weekend 4 members of our Chess Club participated in the Toowoomba Chess Teams Competition at Centenary Heights. Congratulations to Michael, Tom, Sapphire and Will for representing Lourdes on the day. A special mention to Mrs Kelly for volunteering to supervise this activity for us. Tuesday 8th September will be the last Chess Club session for this year. Chess will resume in Term 1 2021. Thank-you families for supporting Chess in 2020. Questions about Chess? Email: Danielle.Leathart@twb.catholic.edu.au
Book Club News
Issue 6 orders were placed last week. We expect delivery before the school holidays. If you have any Book Club issues or concerns please contact us at LourdesLib@twb.catholic.edu.au
Thanks for reading!
Danielle & Gael
LourdesLib@twb.catholic.edu.au
Upcoming Dates
Week |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
Who |
Term 3 |
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9 |
7-11/09/20 |
Swimming Lessons |
Glennie |
Prep – Grade 6 |
10 |
15/09/20 |
Catholic Gala Day - Soccer |
Kearney’s Spring |
Grade 4 |
10 |
17/09/20 |
Gymnastics |
Allstars Gymnastics |
Prep – Grade 2 |
Term 4 |
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3 |
20/10/20 |
Ball Games Carnival |
OLOL Hall |
Prep – Grade 6 |
4 |
30/10/20 |
OLOL Cross Country |
Newtown Park |
Prep – Grade 6 |
9 |
02/12/20 |
OLOL Swimming Carnival |
Glennie |
Grade 3-6 |
Athletics Carnival Results
Congratulations to all the Living Spirit Award winners and Age Champions. And to Beetson House on a close win.
Living Spirit Awards
Beetson |
Bradman |
Fraser |
Goolagong |
Riley |
Blake |
Rocco |
Max |
Brianna |
Isla |
Claire |
Sophie |
Age Champions
5 Years Boys |
Max |
Levi |
Tomas |
5 Years Girls |
Emma |
Lily |
Molly |
6 Years Boys |
Jose |
Mackenzie |
Sean |
6 Years Girls |
Bethany |
Ella |
Frankie |
7 Years Boys |
Slater |
Nate |
Benjamin |
7 Years Girls |
Indee |
Chloe |
Angelina |
8 Years Boys - Grade 2 |
Levi |
Lincoln |
Angus |
8 Years Girls - Grade 2 |
Zara |
Abbey |
Indy-Rose |
9 Years Boys |
Jack 47 |
Hayden 39 |
Maddox 22 |
9 Years Girls |
Leila 36 |
Mylie 28 |
Isabelle 26 |
10 Years Boys |
Ezekiel 57 |
William 38 |
Xavier 24 |
10 Years Girls |
Addison 34 |
Madison 31 |
Emily 26 |
11 Years Boys |
Callum 50 |
Blake 35 |
Jonte 32 |
11 Years Girls |
Taylor 56 |
Mistee 21 |
Claire 17 |
12 Years Boys |
Stirling 62 |
Thomas 43 |
Jett 16 |
12 Years Girls |
Elizabeth 46 |
Grace 30 |
Esperance 21 |
Overall House Places
|
Beetson |
Bradman |
Fraser |
Goolagong |
Field |
407.10 (1) |
296 (4) |
345.50 (2) |
308.50 (3) |
Track |
343 (3) |
369 (2) |
390 (1) |
312 (4) |
Relays |
26 (4) |
32 (2) |
32 (2) |
42 (1) |
TOTAL |
776.1 (1) |
697 (3) |
767.50 (2) |
662.50 (4) |
Thank you to all the staff and students that assisted on the day. From Covid-19 toilet cleaning to Long Jump Pit raking your assistance was invaluable. Special mention to the St. Saviour’s students that attended. We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you.
Thank you to Mrs Mac and Mr Lee for allowing your Grade 6 students to assist at the Prep – Grade 2 Carnival. Their expertise at the gate and assistance running the events was admirable. It was wonderful to see them doing what Lourdes Kids do best – supporting one another.
Lastly, thank you to Rocco and Bella from Solomons Flooring for sponsoring our event.
Prep – Grade 2 Gymnastics Excursion
Who: |
Prep, Grade 1 & 2 |
When: |
Thursday 17th September 2020 |
Where: |
Allstar Gymnastics Academy, Bridge Street. |
Transport: |
Bus to and from the gym. |
Cost: |
$6.00 – To be charged to your next school fee account. |
Times: |
Grade 2 – 11:00-12:00; Grade 1 – 12:00–1:00pm; Prep – 1:00-2:00pm |
What to wear: |
OLOL Sports uniform. Bike Pants underneath skirts. Please be mindful of how CRAZY your child’s hair is! Coloured hairspray and pins may limit their fun at Allstars. |
What to Take: |
Drink Bottle – VERY IMPORTANT! |
Thank you to the OLOL P & F for subsidising this learning opportunity.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions no spectators will be permitted to attend. We appreciate your support.
Grade 4 Gala Soccer Day
During Week 10 of this term the Year 4 students will attend the Catholic Schools Soccer Gala Day. This is a social carnival aimed at providing students with further opportunity to participate in team sport.
Who: |
Boys and Girls in year 4 |
When: |
Tuesday 15th September 2020 |
Time: |
9:15am – 1:00pm |
Where: |
Kearney’s Spring |
Cost: |
$4 to be charged to your school account |
What to Wear: |
School sports uniform. |
What to Bring: |
Morning tea & lunch, water bottle & hat. NO CANTEEN |
Transport: |
Students will travel to and from the venue by bus. |
Please make sure your child is at school no later than 8:20am
Due to COVID-19 restrictions no spectators will be permitted to attend. We appreciate your support.
OLOL Ball Games Carnival
Tuesday 20th October 2020 – 9:00 – 1:00 - OLOL School Hall
- 9:00 Grade 2
- 9:20 Grade 1
- 9:40 Prep
- 11:00 Grade 3
- 11:20 Grade 4
- 11:40 Grade 5
- 12:00 Grade 6
- 12:30pm Presentation
These are approximate times only and are subject to change on the day.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions no spectators will be permitted to attend. We appreciate your support.
OLOL Cross Country Carnival
Friday 30th October – 8:30-1:00pm – Newtown Park
9:00-10:00 - Prep- Grade 2 Fun Run
- Students will walk to Newtown Park in Class Groups.
- Prep, Grade 1 and 2 students will run an extended lap of the oval (approximately 600m).
- The following ribbons and house points will be presented to students in Prep – Grade 2:
1st Place |
Blue Ribbon |
20 House Points |
2nd Place |
Red Ribbon |
12 House Points |
3rd Place |
Green Ribbon |
8 House Points |
4th Place |
Yellow Ribbon |
4 House Points |
5th Place onwards |
Navy Participation Ribbon |
1 House Point |
Race Order: Grade 2 boys, Grade 2 Girls, Grade 1 Boys, Grade 1 Girls, Prep Boys & Prep Girls.
- After these races the P-2 students will return to school.
10:00 (approximate time only) - Grade 3-6 Competitive Cross-Country Event
- Students will walk to Newtown Park in class groups.
- Following the P-2 Fun Run, grade 3-6 students will participate in a competitive cross-country race.
- Students will need to nominate for this event. Only students that have completed the consent form will be allowed to run the full track. This will be sent home during the week.
- The events will take place at the following times –
- 10:00am – 8/9 Years boys (2012/2011) – 1km (1 lap)
- 10:15am – 8/9 Years girls (2012/2011) – 1km (1 lap)
- 10:30am - 10 Years boys (2010) – 2kms (2 laps)
- 10:45am - 10 Years girls (2010) – 2kms (2 laps)
- 11:00am - 11 Years boys (2009) – 3kms (3 laps)
- 11:15am - 11 Years girls (2009) – 3kms (3 laps)
- 11:30am - 12 Years boys (2008) – 3kms (3 laps)
- 11:45am - 12 Years girls (2008) – 3kms (3 laps)
- These are only approximate and subject to change
- The following ribbons/medallions and house/individual points will be presented to students in 9-12 years:
1st Place |
Blue Ribbon & Medallion |
20 House & Individual Points |
2nd Place |
Red Ribbon & Medallion |
12 House & Individual Points |
3rd Place |
Green Ribbon & Medallion |
8 House & Individual Points |
4th Place |
Yellow Ribbon |
4 House & Individual Points |
5th Place onwards |
|
4 House & Individual Points |
There will not be a school team selected from this event. West Zone Cross Country has been cancelled for 2020.
- As with Athletics and swimming, all students in grade 3 who are born in 2012 (8 years), have attended training and wish to run the competitive event, will participate in the 2011 or 9 year’s category. However, as they are not of appropriate age, they will not be eligible for age championship points. These students will be awarded a place ribbon and 4 participation points, regardless of finishing place. Please see me if you require further clarification on this.
- The course will be marked with markers and marshals will be stationed around the course.
- After the races, we will have presentations and return to school by 1:00pm.
Grade 3-6 Fun Run
- This event is open to ALL grade 3-6 students, regardless of whether they have already run the Competitive Cross-Country Race.
- The event will be 1 lap around the competitive cross-country course.
- All students will be encouraged to at least walk the track.
- All students who participate will receive one (1) point for their house.
In the Morning before coming to School
- Please apply sunscreen before coming to school and remind the children to apply more throughout the morning.
- Students are also required to bring their morning tea and lunch with them. Depending on time, we will eat morning tea and possibly lunch at the park.
- It is crucial that the children drink lots of water, so please make sure they have a water bottle.
- PUFFERS and EPI-PENS – please make sure your child has their own with them if required.
- Please make sure students have been to the toilet prior to arriving at school. While there are toilets available at the park, we would rather avoid using them where possible.
- Students will walk to Newtown Park in Class Groups.
Spectators
Due to COVID-19 restrictions no spectators will be permitted to congregate on the main oval, where the children will be assembled, or on the inside of the track boundary. Thank you for your support.
Volunteers
If you are able to help set up in the morning, we will be down at the park from 7:30am. Grade 6 students are asked to arrive at 7:30 to assist with setting up.
Cross Country Training
Who: |
Children in grade 3-6 ONLY Due to teacher/student ratios, children in grades P-2 are not permitted to attend. |
When: |
Monday & Wednesday Mornings – Starting Monday 12th October and Concluding on Wednesday 28th October. |
Time: |
7:30am Sharp |
Where: |
Rose Garden – Newtown Park |
What to Bring: |
Water Bottle, Hat & Asthma Puffers if required. Students are allowed to wear their sports uniform for the entire day. |
PLEASE NOTE – STUDENTS ARE TO BE DROPPED OFF AT THE PARK AT 7:30AM.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU WALK YOUR CHILDREN TO THE MEETING PLACE AND CHECK THEM IN WITH THE STAFF MEMBER PRESENT.
FOLLOWING TRAINING WE WILL WALK BACK TO SCHOOL AS A GROUP
Please enjoy some photos of our native gardens, created by our amazing gardener, Mrs Jo Broderick.