Our Lady of the Cape Primary School

Dear Parents and Community Members,

I hope you had a relaxing holiday break at home with your families and a very special Easter season.

This week, we begin the second term of the school year. Please keep an eye on the Term Calendar on our website to keep up to date with things that are happening throughout the term.

At the end of Term 1, we remembered the last days of Jesus’ life on earth through the Stations of the Cross, led by Year 6 Student Leadership Council.

Our school will soon be inviting parents and carers to complete the National School Improvement Tool (NSIT) Parent Survey. This survey provides valuable feedback to help inform school planning and continuous improvement.

We strongly encourage all families to take part when the survey opens. Further details, including access information and closing dates, will be shared shortly.

Students from all year groups are invited to participate in the community march and commemoration service on ANZAC Day in Dunsborough. Special thanks to those who are planning to attend to represent our school. We are grateful to be able to show strong community support and look forward to a large group in attendance. Added bonus is getting to hear the OLC Choir singing ‘I am Australian’.

Our school will commemorate ANZAC Day on Friday 24 April, commencing at 11.15am. All welcome!

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 19 May at 5.00pm in the Staff Room.

The next P&F Meeting will be held on Thursday 14 May at 9.00am in the Staff Room. Come along, have a cuppa, and find out about the upcoming P&F projects. I am so grateful for our P&F Executive and Class Representatives, who are a vital part of our OLC community. Here are the prizes from the very successful recent P&F Easter Raffle:

Our P&F are organising a Mother’s Day raffle and flower orders this year. More info to follow from the P&F. We will have a special Mother’s Day Liturgy on Friday 8 May at 9.00am in the Hall, led by the Year 1 students.

Morning tea for all mothers and mothering figures will follow the liturgy.

On Wednesday mornings, many students challenge themselves to be active and run laps around the oval. Each year, our school participates in an Interschool Cross Country event with other schools. This year, the Interschool Cross Country will be held on Thursday 30 July at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School. We will have our own Cross-Country event on Thursday 18 June and the fastest runners from Years 3-6 will be selected on this day to be part of the Interschool Team. Students might like to consider Wednesday morning Running Club as a good way to train for the Cross Country.

Do you know someone who is a passionate Early Childhood Educator and would like to join our staff? We are looking for a Pre-Kindy and Kindy teacher, 4 days per week, for Semester 2. Please see our website for more information:

https://ladyofcape.wa.edu.au/employment/

Our Pre-primary classes celebrated Hero Hunter Day by dressing up as their favourite superhero, bringing a donation to support 'Hero Hunter', an incredible organisation that provides vital support to families facing childhood cancer. This was in support of our friend Riley and his family, who have recently been undergoing treatment for childhood cancer. We are so pleased to have Riley back at school with us this year!

Interviews will continue this term for the Kindergarten 2027 class. If you have a child who was born between 1.7.22 and 30.6.23 they are eligible to enrol in Kindergarten commencing in 2027.

Siblings of existing students need to complete enrolment forms. If you have a younger sibling who would like to attend Kindergarten next year, please ensure you have let the office know as a matter of priority, as we would not want siblings to miss out. There are quite a few siblings that we know of whose parents have not yet submitted enrolment forms. Although siblings are guaranteed enrolment, if we have not received applications the places in Kindy may fill up with new families.

At OLC, we are constantly reviewing to make sure our playgrounds are safe for our students. Recently, our groundsman, Mr Rob, has been making improvements to the climbing wall to adjust the size of the gaps between the wooden struts, to reduce the risk of injury. I think you will agree, he has done a wonderful job. It looks fantastic and is even safer for our kids!

Our Year 6 class, together with their teachers, are making memories this week as they head to their much-anticipated school camp at Woodman Point Recreation Camp in Perth. We look forward to hearing all their stories.

Dunsborough Police will present a Think U Know cyber safety session for parents on Tuesday, 2nd June 6.00pm in the school hall. Parents from all year levels are invited to attend this informative session about keeping children safe online.

Our playgroup recommenced for Term 2 on Wednesday this week, 8.45am-9.45am. All welcome

Here are some tips from the Big Life Journal ‘Things I wasn’t taught but I will be teaching my Kids’.

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Please note that next Monday 27 April, is a public holiday. There is no school for students next Monday.

Have a wonderful week.

May God bless you.

Mrs Angela Hegney

Principal

The Book Fair is a fantastic way to encourage your kids reading more with the families. Depending on the amount of money spent, OLC library gets a percentage to spend on books and we take some of this as cash so we can support local bookstores.

Parents are welcome to attend the bookfair before and after school:

Tuesday 12th May: 8-8.40am

Lunchtime 12.45-1.10pm

3-4pm

**CLOSED WEDNESDAY**

Thursday 14th May: 8-8.40am

Lunchtime 12.45-1.10pm

3-3.30pm

If your child is bringing cash, please limit it to $20. We are not responsible for if it gets lost etc.

There will also be a simple competition open to all students regardless of whether they buy a book or not. There is one prize per year level, allowing your child to choose a book to their liking.

EFTPOS facilities are available

We have a large amount of lost property, shoes, bathers, towels and uniform items. Please check to see if any of your child/ren's items are there as these will be donated in Week 4 if not claimed.

The paid position of crosswalk attendant has still not been filled. We have many students who walk or ride to school, and need to cross Cape Naturaliste Road each day. Their safety is a great concern for us. Until an attendant is appointed, we will endeavour to provide school staff to attend the crossing. Please note that students who ride their bikes to school will need to wait for supervision before walking their bikes when on school grounds to get to the crossing.

We are working closely with the Dunsborough Police to promote the position and would appreciate your assistance in spreading the word if you know of anyone who would be available.

For more information you can contact the Children's Crossing Unit on (08) 6274 8731 or email on childrenscrossingsunitsmail@police.wa.gov.au.

The P&F Committee would like to sincerely thank all families for supporting our events held in Term 1. The Welcome Morning Tea, Welcome Family Sundowner, Wellbeing Week Rainbow Run, Easter Raffle and Easter Egg Guessing Jar provided the children with some extra fun events in Term 1 and also provided an opportunity to new and existing families to come together at our Welcome events.

Thank you to Year 6 Class Reps, Students and Families and Year 2 Class Reps and Families for their participation and organising the Welcome Family Sundowner and Wellbeing Week Rainbow Run.

We are so grateful to have received very generous family and business donations during Term 1 and we would like to again thank Cape Anaesthetics, Peace Pizza, Coastal Kids, Little Otto’s Big Chocolate Shop, Margaret River Busselton Tourism Association and Capes Foundation as well as the Phillips, Overton & Treptow families, your donations are greatly appreciated.

The success from Term 1 has enabled the P&F to fund many great items to further improve families and children’s school experience and facilities which include a new chest freezer for pastoral care and canteen, sound system speakers with wireless microphones and a 2nd water bottle refill station. We look forward to announcing more funded items throughout 2026.

Congratulations to the winners of the Easter Raffle and Easter Egg Guessing Jar - Sadie Coyne, Atlas Larsson, Sienna Wise, Ella Glass, Zee Pisconeri, Esme Sharma, Kiki Thompson, Tessa Davies, Vedha Devineni, Giselle Brady, Billie Fitzpatrick, Leo Todd, Indi-Rose Overton and Mrs Sweeney with her closest guessing jar guess of 864, 1 short off the correct number of 863. Thank you to all families who donated easter eggs for this fun guessing game for the children.

We look forward to bringing you our planned Term 2 events and thank you for your ongoing support.

Go in the draw to win product packs kindly donated by House of Cards Wines, Yallingup Aboriginal Art and Windance Wines as well as the chance to win $1000 donated Cash!

Thank you to these generous businesses and families for donating 4 wonderful prizes to win.

10 Tickets for each family will be sent home with the eldest child this Friday 24 April. Raffle closes at 3pm Thursday 7 May. Winners announced at the Mother’s & Carer’s Morning Tea on Friday 8 May.

Please refer to the poster for further details.

Please join us for a special morning tea to celebrate all Mother’s and Female Caregiver’s of Our Lady of the Cape Children outside the school hall on Friday 8 May at 9:45am (After the 9am Mother’s Day Liturgy to be held in the school hall).

Thank you to Carly Cooper Hair for kindly donating the lucky door prize for this event and thank you to Year 1 Families for organising this morning tea.

Thank you to Year 4 Class Reps and Families for their involvement in coordinating these 2 fundraisers.

Flowers

Thank you to La’Myrtle Style House for providing flowers for families to order with all proceeds being donated to the P&F.

Pre-orders close on 30 April and flowers can be collected at 3pm on 8 May outside the school office.

Please refer to the Flower & Candle poster for further details.

Candles

Thank you to Yallingup Candle Co. for providing candles for children to select as a gift for their special mum and/or carer.

Candles can be purchased from 2 stalls from Monday 4 to Friday 8 May at morning drop off and afternoon pickup.

Please refer to the Flower & Candle poster for further details.

SAVE THE DATE AND GET READY TO DANCE! Friday 19 June

Further details on this event will be provided in the next few weeks.

The P&F Committee is thrilled to announce we have funded the next stage of the Pre-Primary Playground. This wonderful next stage will see slides, monkey bars and tunnels back in the playground and will provide the children opportunities to climb with it being a wonderful addition to the existing items already in this playground.

The P&F Committee and Leadership team is also undertaking a review of the nature playground and we will provide an update on this in the next few months.

Our next P&F Meeting is scheduled on Thursday 14 May at 9am in the School Staff Room. This is an open invitation to all Parents & Friends to attend. The Committee welcomes you joining this meeting to share your views and ideas.

Thank you for your ongoing support.