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OLHOC School Newsletter
18 Balaclava Road, Earlville Qld 4870
Telephone 07 4054 2566 • Fax 07 4054 2426
Email secretary.earlville@cns.catholic.edu.au
www.olhoc.qld.edu.au
Outside School Hours Care • Telephone 4033 1920
Tuesday 13th September 2016
Term 3, Week 10
News from the Principal
Dear Parents,
Contents
News from the Principal 1-2
RE News
3-4
SEL Awards
5
Music News
6
Travel Smart News
7
Library News
8
Cardiac Challenge
8
Welcome to the last week of Term 3. It has been a very busy time with many
children achieving great things both in and out of the school. As a school, we believe
that our mission is to provide a high quality Catholic education so our students may
live life to the full. At OLHOC, we endeavour to provide a range of opportunities for
children across many areas. We are blessed at OLHOC to have a staff and school
community that are willing to go above
and beyond to provide opportunities for
the children. This term alone OLHOC
students have achieved success in the
following opportunities and events:
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Catholic Education Week
Grandparents Open Morning
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Combined parish liturgies with SGM
Fowler’s Group Netta
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Science Expo
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District Athletics
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Interschool Chess Tournament
Book Week & Book Fair
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Term 3 - Week 9
NAIDOC Celebrations
P&F Steak of Origin
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Calanna Speaking
Father’s Day
Year 6 Camp
Year 5 Leadership Day
Gala Day
Cairns Festival – Kaleido Float
Percentage of
Students Absent:
4.72%
Percentage of
Students Late:
5.31%
“I have come so you may have life to the full.”
John 10:10
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News from the Principal cont...
All of these events and opportunities have
occurred over and above the normal classroom
curriculum. Many thanks to the staff, parents
and students for such a wonderful term. I hope
all the students and our families have an
opportunity to recharge the batteries over the
holidays and we look forward to seeing everyone
return for the final term of the school year.
Luke Brown - Principal
OLHOC School Newsletter
Term 3, Week 10
Page 3
RE News
TERM 4 - Year Level Liturgy Schedule
 Prep/Yr 1 - Liturgy of the Word: 13 October
 Yr 2 & Yr 3 - Liturgy of the Word: 27 October
 Yr 4 - Reconciliation Liturgy: 17 November
 Yr 5 - Reconciliation Liturgy: 3 November (held on camp)
 Yr 6 - Reconciliation Liturgy: 10 November
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Liturgies will be held in the OLHOC church and will commence at 11.15am
Date change: YR 6 THANKSGIVING LITURGY: 6.00PM - Wednesday 30
Nov
THANK YOU!
This term has been bulging with faith life activities:
NAIDOC WEEK, CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK, GRANDPARENTS MORNING,
COMBINED SGM/OLHOC SCHOOL LITURGIES, YEAR 6 CAMP, FATHERS DAY,
YEAR 5 LEADERSHIP DAY, FAREWELL DINNER FOR ALISON-PARISH SECRETARY,
Yr 6 STUDENTS PERFORMING AT THE PARISH MUSICAL MORNINGS.
Whew! OLHOC has an amazing support base for our faith life with each of these events so well
attended by our parents, grandparents and wider school family. THANK YOU to each of you who
have taken time from your busy work day to join us to celebrate and share in the presence of God
in each of us through our school faith life events and experiences.
YEAR 5 LEADERSHIP REFLECTION DAY
Last Wednesday the Year 5 classes participated in a Leadership Reflection Day. Each
classroom teacher led an activity to build and discuss student’s leadership skills. We enjoyed a
shared lunch with HEAPS of HEALTHY food brought along by families for us all to taste. Our day
finished with a prayer reflection.
Grace Kennedy: It was nice to hear what everyone thought about leadership.
We had to use our teamwork to make the human letters when
we were with Miss Chappell. Shared lunch with the whole Year
5 cohort was special.
OLHOC School Newsletter
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RE News cont...
Harrison Brezic: It was fun. We had to learn about how to be a leader. My
favourite activity was making letters using our bodies. Lunch
was DELICIOUS!!! We all had to bring something healthy to
share. Ms Fleming showed us a video about the wisdom of
Geese and how geese fly together as a team to make them
powerful.
Emily Veivers:
My favourite part was making towers using marshmallows with
Mrs Coate. My team had to work together to make it stand up.
In the Funda Room with Mrs Cross we talked about what it
means to be a servant leader.
Cody Newman: I enjoyed working with all of the teachers in all the different
activities. We got to make a poster in our house teams about
what skills we need to be a good leader. My favourite activity
was dancing in the Funda Room.
Year 5 students who wish to nominate for OLHOC 2017 Student Leadership positions are now
preparing their applications which are due to Mr Brown by Friday 7 October.
NATURAL FERTILITY SERVICES
The Natural Fertility Services ‘Wonder of Living’ presentations
scheduled for Yrs 1- 6 classes this term will now be held on Friday
18 November.
Peace to you and your family for a safe and restful two week break.
Kathy Fleming
APRE
Natural Fertility Services
Presents:
Wonder of Living
Years 1 to 6
Friday 18 November
Term 3, Week 10
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SEL Awards - Week 9
SEL Award Recipients: Orlanda, Harvey, Alfie, Grayse, Cooper, Mia-Jane, Leon, Ian, Leo, Johna, Lacey, Elli, Matthew, Lauren,
Shahara, Reagan.
OLHOC School Newsletter
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Music News
Congratulations to OLHOC students Bill
McDonald, Raychel Guarrera, Daniel
O’Donnell, Elizabeth Williams and
Reagan Crookes who all achieved
excellent marks in their recent AMEB violin
exams. These students worked extremely
hard in the lead up to their exam and we
are proud of their achievements. Well
done.
Please remember to check the Lost Property
cage this week as it will be cleaned out over the
school holidays.
Please advise the office if your child will not be
returning to OLHOC next year.
We are now accepting Prep 2018 enrolments.
Term 3, Week 10
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OLHOC School Newsletter
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Library News
Here is our Reader of the Week! - Adam Glynn.
Keep up the great reading!
First order of back packs has arrived - please
come to the office for collection.
I'm participating in the 2016 Mount Franklin Cardiac Challenge! Funds raised from the event will go towards
the Cairns Hospital.
Please sponsor me by going to my profile page and making a donation. The link to my profile page is:
https://www.cardiacchallenge.com.au:443/champion/Cardiac-Challenge-2016/HeatherAnnCochrane
I thankyou for your donation and you support for this wonderful event.
Heather-Ann Cochrane