Our Lady of the Cape Primary School

Dear Parents and Community Members,

Congratulations to our Year 6 students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation, conferred by Bishop George, at our Parish Church last Sunday. It was a lovely ceremony, and our students reverently participated. We pray that the gifts of the Holy Spirit will guide our students in their lives.

Some of our Year 4 students will be receiving Jesus in the Eucharist for the first time on Sunday 7 June at 9.00am at our Parish Church. Please pray for these students as they participate in the preparation program, before taking this next step in their faith journey.

Tomorrow, Friday 22nd May, we will be taking part in National Walk Safely to School Day as part of our Laudato Si’ Week activities. We encourage students and families to make active, sustainable choices by walking safely to school where possible. Members of the Green Dream Team will visit classes in the morning to celebrate and tally students who walked to school.

Recently, we have had many students away due to sickness. It seems like this time of the year with the cold nights and mornings brings lots of illness. If students are unwell, they need to stay home. Not only are students miserable at school when they are sick, they take longer to recover when they are at school unwell, and they spread their sickness around to other students. They find it difficult to learn when they are at school when sick. Thank you to parents for ensuring that students are recovered and well before returning to school.

I am currently conducting interviews with new families for children commencing Kindergarten next year. I always ask them what brings them to our school to seek enrolment. It is encouraging to hear people say that they have heard good things about our school or know people who have children attending and they speak very highly of our school. Interviews will be completed shortly for our Kindy class 2027. Enrolments will be organised for Pre-Kindy 2027 later this term. Please spread the word if you know of anyone who is interested in exploring enrolment at our school.

The Winter Carnival will be held on Thursday 4 June at Hay Park in Bunbury. All students from Years 5 and 6 will compete in football, soccer and netball against students from other schools. Please see Mrs Sinclair if you have any questions.

The Cross-Country will be held on Thursday 18 June for students in Years 1-6. Our Cross-Country run helps determine the Year 3-6 interschool Cross Country team, who will travel to Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School to compete in Term 3.

I appreciate the support of every parent who understands that wearing correct uniform says a lot about our school and our standards. I also appreciate parents who understand that it is more important for teachers to be teaching their children, than enforcing the uniform policy. It is the responsibility of the home to ensure children wear correct uniform and for that understanding we thank you.

Here are a few reminders to note:

• Faction coloured sports shirts are worn from Pre-primary to Year 6 ONLY on Fridays. On other sport days, the teal sports uniform shirts are worn.
• The new sports polo shirts and tracksuit jackets and tracksuit pants are worn on sports days.
• Rugby tops and the new sports jacket are only worn with the sports uniform, not with the formal uniform.
• With formal uniforms, shoes are ALL BLACK, no white soles or laces.
• All students wear white school socks on sports days and with the sports uniform.
• Boys wear grey socks with their formal uniform
• Girls wear white school socks with the formal uniform, or girls may wear black tights with the formal uniform dress for warmth in winter.
• Pre-primary students wear the sports uniform every day.
• If hair is touching the collar, it needs to be tied up.
• Black trousers are available as an alternative for girls to wear with the white school shirt instead of the checked dress.
• Students are encouraged to wear the teal jumper for warmth with the formal uniform.
• Leggings are not part of the OLC Uniform. Tights may be worn with the formal dress only.

Uniforms are purchased from Perm-A-Pleat to ensure uniformity of colour and style.

Thank you for your ongoing support ensuring that our students wear their uniform with pride.

At our School Advisory Council meeting this week, some of our Student Leadership Council attended to give the SAC a representative ‘student voice’ perspective. It was great to have their input and to respond to their questions. Thanks to the parents of the SLC for bringing them along and seeing their growing leadership skills on display.

School photos will be taken next term, Monday and Tuesday 3/4 August. Please note that students from Years 1-6 will be wearing formal uniform for photos. Kindy and Pre-primary students wear their usual sports uniform.

On Monday, the Pre-primary classes visited the Lighthouse as part of our school cultural program. This is a valuable part of their learning, and as an added bonus, the bus trip was a highlight, too!

Best wishes to our school choir, who will be travelling to Bunbury in two weeks, on Friday 5 June to sing in the Bunbury Eisteddfod. I commend our choir and our Music teacher, Mrs Natasha Stokes, on their work. They sound amazing! We wish them well.

Special thanks to the following students who led the singing at the celebration of Confirmation on Sunday. Their singing was beautiful and really enhanced the occasion.

Eve Trowbridge

Luna Pickup

Mackenzie Dyson

Jude Massara

Cara Archer

Harriet Stokes

Avalon Smith

Bo Asbridge

Tui Horrocks

Addison Bickett

Darcy Reynolds

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

Next term, Mrs Monique Wendelin will be taking leave to welcome the birth of her new baby.

Mrs Chloe Umbers will be teaching the Wednesday Pre-Kindy class for next semester, and Mrs Jess Goff will be our Kindy teacher on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

We wish Monique, Hugh and Florence well, as their family expands, and we welcome Chloe and Jess to our staff team.

This week is National Volunteer Week. We would like to acknowledge and thank all volunteers who help to make OLC such a great place to work and learn. Special thanks to our School Advisory Council and P&F Executive for their tireless efforts to support our school. Thanks, also, to all other volunteers who support us to provide the best possible environment for our students. Your work is greatly appreciated.

This week’s Big Life Journal article is about building children’s self esteem.

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless.”
St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)

Let us remember that even the smallest acts of kindness
can make a big difference in someone’s day.
May we choose words that uplift, encourage, and bring joy to others.

Have a wonderful week and enjoy the upcoming WA Day public holiday on Monday week, 1 June.

May God bless you

Mrs Angela Hegney
Principal

Thank you for contributing to the Book Fair this year. It was a great success and we raised $1000 to supply the library with books from Scholastic or to buy from local book stores.

The winners of the colouring competition were:

Kindy: Rowie

PP: Jackson

Year 1: Abbey

Year 2: Portland

Year 3: Ariana

Year 4: Vinny

Year 5: Bo

Year 6: Moston

These lucky winners were able to choose a book of their choice from the Book Fair. CONGRATULATIONS!

Thank you for all your support again this year.

Have you got your OLC Cape Plates yet? They look amazing and all profits go to the school. Contact the office for a list of remaining numbers.

A big thanks to Jess Butcher and Honor Putland for all their help in the uniform shop. We are looking for another volunteer who is able to cover the uniform shop for 1/2 hour on a Tuesday from 8.30am for times when Jess is unavailable. Please contact the office if you are able to help.

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.

We thoroughly enjoyed the events held 2 weeks ago as we celebrated all Mothers & Carers of Our Lady of the Cape children.

Thank you to Year 1 Class Reps and Families for organising and providing sweet and savoury plates for a really delicious morning tea. We had over 75 Mothers & Carers attend this morning tea and so pleasing to see Fathers and Grandfathers also in attendance. It was a really lovely occasion to bring our school community together sharing morning tea and a cuppa.

Thank you to Carly Cooper Hair for providing the Lucky Door Prize and congratulations to the lucky winner, Fiona Lauder.

Thank you to Year 4 Class Reps and Families for giving their time assisting at the flower and candle stalls. We are so grateful for these helpers who assisted to sell 199 candles and 50 flower bouquets.

Thank you to Gemma from LaMyrtle Style House for giving her time in creating the gorgeous Mother’s & Carer’s Day flower bouquets.

Thank you to those families who supported these stalls and purchased flowers and candles. Your support is really appreciated.

Thank you to those families who purchased 1 or more of the 600 sold raffle tickets. Much gratitude to Windance Wines, Yallingup Aboriginal Art and House of Cards Wines for donating product packs and to the family who anonymously donated the $1,000 cash, thank you for your generous donation.

Congratulations to the following winners of the Mother’s & Carer’s Day Raffle:

Windance Wines Product Pack – Janelle Schult

Yallingup Aboriginal Art Product Pack – Renae Pace

House of Cards Wines Product Pack – Erin Robinson

$1,000 Cash Flower Bouquet – Giselle Brady

For those OLC children who catch the bus, a weather protected bus shelter has been a much-needed structure, especially as the winter rain sets in or the scorching sun in summer. This project has been on our funding Wishlist since the start of the year and we are so excited to announce that funding has been raised and allocated to the construction of this bus shelter. We look forward to seeing this construction take shape over the coming months.

We are excited to announce the details of the 2026 School Disco. The Disco will be held on Friday 19th June and will be a really fun event for all year groups, Pre-Kindy to Year 6.

Thank you to Pre-Primary, Year 3 and Year 6 Class Reps and Families for organising each session and also thank you to Year 6 Students and Families for running the gold coin donation stalls. Your involvement in this event in your last year of primary school is greatly appreciated.

Food ordering details will be provided next week.

The 18 to 24 May marks National Volunteer Week with this years focus on ‘YOUR YEAR TO VOLUNTEER’.

Volunteering has so many benefits and reaffirms that giving is better than receiving. We have so many generous families of Our Lady of the Cape children who give their spare time to support our essential community services. Our community is a better place for our children for the willingness of local families to volunteer and give their spare time. We thank all families who volunteer at Auskick, Soccer, Footy, Basketball, Netball, Firefighters, Paramedics and many more, we sincerely thank you for all you do.

In honour of these legends, this Father’s & Carer’s Day in September we will be appreciating and paying tribute to Our Lady of the Cape families of legends who volunteer their spare time to our essential community services.

WE NEED YOUR INVOLVEMENT…We are inviting Our Lady of the Cape families, their child/children, Fathers, Carers, Grandfathers who volunteer their spare time to the essential running of our community, to be photographed doing their chosen volunteer role and feature in our 2027 Calendar of Family Volunteers of Our Lady of the Cape Primary School.

We hope to feature as many OLC families as we can and celebrate these legends who give their time connecting and giving back to our community.

We also invite children of OLC to create artwork drawings for the front cover of the calendar. These drawings can be of a family member, family friend or someone they know volunteering in their chosen role. Drawings can be created on white A4 paper landscape orientation and can be provided to the school office.

We are excited to create this calendar which will be released at the Father’s & Carer’s Day Breakfast on Friday 4 September and can be purchased for $30 with pre-orders NOW OPEN.

Please see the following poster for further details.

The P&F Committee met on Thursday 14 May. Our next meeting is scheduled for July. Further details will be provided.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Email: admin@ladyofcape.wa.edu.au
Website: www.ladyofcape.wa.edu.au
Location: 245 Cape Naturaliste Road, Dunsborough WA, Australia
Phone: 9781 3200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OLCDunsborough/