Our Lady of Good Counsel School
Term 3 Week 8 Newsletter
Prayer for the School Year
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for the gift of our families. Thank you for the gift of love, of life, and of community. Lord, we trust you with everything in our lives and our most precious gift: children and family.
As we prepare for the school year ahead, we pray for our children as they prepare for another year of learning. We pray that in all that they do they will be guided by you and by your Holy Church. We pray for our schools, for school administrators, for all who work behind the scenes, and for the wonderful ways your work to bring everything together for another year of school.
We also lift prayers for all parents, educators, and homeschooling families. We pray that all parents become more aware and more involved in the lives of the children at school, at home, and in the community.
We lift prayers for safety for all children, especially those who are educated away from home. May they feel safe and secure and protected from all harm.
We pray for decision makers within our communities, that they will always keep in mind the welfare of families and of children.
Lord, you love families more than we can imagine. You wish for our children to be blessed, protected, educated, and cared for. We pray that through the intercession of your Mother Mary that this upcoming school year is fruitful, productive, and most of all blessed by you and your teachings.
We ask this in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Dear Families,
A very warm welcome back to this new school year. A new year brings with it, new beginnings and the opportunity for new growth. I am always excited at the prospect of watching our students achieve their personal best and grow in their learning.
School capital works
You may have noticed that there were a few improvements over the school holidays across the school also. The new resurfaced courts at the centre of our school, provide an improved playing surface as well as a much more visually appealing presentation. A fresh coat of paint and new flooring in the hall has also made a significant improvement in the presentation of this much-utilised common space.
Thank you also to our hard-working Grounds person, Mr Mick, who worked tirelessly over the summer break to install paving in the rear entrance garden, undertake a multitude of maintenance tasks, and ensure that our gardens and lawns were looking beautiful.
Parent / Teacher Evening
Thank you to the families who attended last nights Parent Information session. Teachers will be sharing all information via Seesaw in the comings days for those parents unable to attend a class session.
Code of Conduct
As discussed at last nights meeting, I ask all parents to refamiliarise themselves with our Code of Conduct. This document is a CEWA developed document, and is utilised by all CEWA schools. It provides a framework (or set of norms) to ensure that school communities continue to operate harmoniously.
As always, parents are always encouraged to resolve or raise any concerns they may have regarding their child, directly with the school.
The Code of Conduct document can be found HERE
ICT Guidelines
Please famliarise yourself with our ICT Policy and Guidelines, which can be located on our school website and via THIS LINK.
We would appreciate if parents can support these guidelines by regularly discussing the importance of responsible ICT use with their children.
OLGC School Values
This term, our school value focus is LOVE. We encourage all families to support this value by discussing with your child how they can demonstrate love in their everyday actions. Love is shown through simple yet powerful acts such as:
- Showing kindness to others
- Sharing with friends and classmates
- Offering help when needed
- Being inclusive and welcoming
- Assisting at Mass, whether by altar serving or setting up
- Celebrating the successes of others
By embodying these acts of love, we can create a caring, supportive community where everyone feels valued. We thank you for your ongoing support in nurturing these important values at home!
Parent "OLGC School Values Award" Nomination
Please use THIS LINK or the QR code to nominate a parent who demonstrates the school values of Love, Respect, Excellence or Justice across the life of our school community. An award will be presented to one parent at the end of each term, from the nominations received.
Uniform requirements
Please note, that from 2025 it is compulsory for students in PP-Y6 to wear the school socks. These socks are available to order on the OLGC Permapleat order page.
Kindy 2024 families may like to consider placing their PP uniform orders soon, in preparation for their children entering Pre-Primary in 2025.
A reminder to all families that the uniform requirements can be located on the school website HERE and details on how to order under the Uniform Shop tab HERE.
2025 Jubilee Year: Pilgrims of Hope
The Holy Father has decided that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee, something which happens every 25 years. The theme is “Pilgrims of Hope”, and is a year of hope for a world suffering the impacts of war, the ongoing effects of COVID-19 pandemic, and a climate crisis.
The word Jubilee comes from the Hebrew word yobel, which is a ram's horn. This wind instrument is blown to mark the start of a Jubilee Year in the Bible (Leviticus 25:9).
In the Bible the Jubilee Year occurred every 50 years and involved the cancelling of debts, a period of rest for people and the earth, and land being restored to the landless.
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus makes clear his own mission is to bring Jubilee. In the synagogue at Nazareth he reads from the scroll of the prophet Isaiah, proclaiming the year of the Lord's favour:
The Spirit of the Lord has been given to me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim the Lord's year of favour." (Luke 4:18-19)
After reading, Jesus announces: “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." Jesus shows us what God's Kingdom of justice, compassion and freedom looks like. He invites us join him in making it a reality.
Uniform update:
Samples are available to try for size at the school office.
All uniforms are now available on line through the schools website. Click on 'Uniforms' and it will take you to the Perm -a -Pleat website where all details will be shown.
All uniform orders need to be collected from the School Office and will not be delivered to the classrooms. The orders are delivered to the school every Tuesday. (Cut-off is Thursdays for a Tuesday delivery.)
Girls Summer Uniform
- Blue check dress
- School white socks with navy and sky blue banding
- Black school shoes or navy sandal (no socks)
- Navy school hat
- Navy blue hair accessories
Boys Summer Uniform
- Blue Shirt with school crest
- Navy shorts – same style from yr. 1- 6
- School navy sock with gold and light blue banding
- Black school shoes or navy sandals
- Navy school Hat
Both boys and girls are to wear the official winter school jumper ( not the track suit jacket as it’s for the sport uniform only)
Sport Uniform
- Sky Blue polo
- Faction Polo
- Sport skort or navy sport shorts
- Navy school hat
- White school socks with navy and white banding
- White runners
- School Track top
Compulsory items as of 2025
- White and navy school socks
- School bag - Years PP – Yr. 6
- Homework bag - Yr. 1 – Yr. 6
- Waterproof library bag - Kindy – Yr. 6
Pre primary
- Full sport uniform including sport shoes, school socks and school bag
- Waterproof library bag
Kindy
- Sky blue or royal school tee
- School hat
- No school bag (school supplying)
- Waterproof library bag
Pre Kindy (not compulsory)
- Yellow school tee
- School hat
- No school bag ( school supplying)
If you wish to order items please go to the uniform website
All Uniforms to be ordered on the Perm-a-Pleat website which is available to navigate from the OLGC website, all instructions , uniform guidelines, sizing chart, returns information, delivery options available there.
If some items are showing out of stock they have been ordered and will be available before school commences in 2025.
Please note the closure of Perm -a-Pleat over the Christmas break and the details of last delivery drop to the school. If you have ordered and have missed the last drop off all orders will be dropped to the office the week before school starts or you can get it delivered to your home address.
Second hand Uniforms – Facebook: OLGC Uniforms – Sale or Swap page
Kids just grow so fast! Do you have outgrown uniforms that could benefit another family? Maybe you're hunting for a spare polo shirt or some extra buttons?
Here at OLGC we have a second-hand uniform sale or swap page on Facebook. This is a closed group for the OLGC families who wish to sell, swap, or provide free uniforms to our school community.
To join simply click here or search on Facebook for "OLGC Uniforms – Sale or Swap".
It is important that all sales and swaps are done without consuming the precious resources of the school. Please contact each other directly and don't ask the office to hold items awaiting pick up.
Please contact the group administrator with any questions - Terri-Ann Shilcock - jtashilcock@gmail.com.
Parish Priest: Rev Fr Bernard Lanarolle
bernard.lanarolle@perthcatholic.org.au
Deacon: Gregory Lowe
greg.lowe@perthcatholic.org.au
Parish Office 19 Phillips Grove, Innaloo
Parish Office phone: 9446 1666