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Letter to our Foundation 2020 Parents
17th December, 2020
Dear Parents,
This will be my final communication with you before we all begin in 2020. Thank you for your participation in our transition program. I know we are really looking forward to you and your family joining the OLOL community. For those already part of our school it will be great to see those children who have been toddlers kicking around OLOL for the past five years finally in uniform and part of the real thing.
Attached to this letter there is information that you will need for the start of the school year. Important dates, Wednesday assessment timetables and your child’s classroom teacher are all included.
Every new Foundation intake is a breath of fresh air into the school and next year’s intake promises to be just that!
Other than that my final message is one of peace and hope. May God bless you and yours and keep you safe over the holiday period. Happy Christmas to you all.
Regards,
Francine Walsh
PS Please save the date of our first P and F Welcome drinks: Friday 7th February.
Important Dates for Term 1, 2020
Date | What It Is | What It Means |
Wednesday 29th January |
School Uniform Shop Open 9.00am - 12.00pm |
School Uniform Shop will be open from 9.00am - 12.00pm for you to come and purchase any uniform items you may be needing. |
Thursday 30th January |
Term 1, 2020 commences | Children are encouraged to come to school between 8.30am - 8.45am to socialise on the yard before going into their rooms with their teachers at 8.40am. |
Thursday 30th January |
Foundation Coffee Morning - 9.00am |
Foundation parents are invited to morning coffee next door at 5 Wynnstay Road at 9.00am, immediately after drop-off. |
Wednesday 5th February |
Rest Day for Foundation students | Each Wednesday for the month of February, is an allocated rest day for the Foundation students. On one of these days your child will be scheduled for system wide assessments. |
Wednesday 5th February |
First Parents & Friends Meeting for 2020 6.30pm in Staff Room |
Please keep this date free. We would love an injection of Foundation parents into our P&F. |
Tuesday 11th February |
Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day Celebrations | The school will celebrate OLOL Feast Day with a Liturgy in the Church. Leadership and election speeches and school elections. We will also be holding a tabloid sports event. More details to follow at the beginning of Term 1. |
Wednesday 12th February |
Rest Day for Foundation students | 'As previously mentioned above' |
Friday 14th February |
Parent Forum 9.00am Staff Room |
This is an opportunity for you to ask Francine anything that remains unclear about school processes and procedures. It is not compulsory, merely an invitation. |
Sunday 16th February |
Beginning of Year School Mass (Staff and Leaders Commitment Mass) 11am at Our Lady of Lourdes Church |
There are four Masses a year that we ask the whole school to attend. At this Mass the teachers and leaders of the schol commit themsleves to the year ahead in the presence of God and the Parish. At this Mass the Student Captains and Leaders of the school are also announced. As with all our school Masses, it is followed by a morning tea in the Parish Hall hosed by a specific year level. |
Wednesday 19th February & 26th February |
Rest Day for Foundation students | 'As previously mentioned above' |