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Dear God,
Thank you for Father Darien, who has been our wonderful parish priest. We are grateful for his kindness, his teachings, and the love he shared with us. As he prepares to leave our school community, we ask you to bless him abundantly in his new journey.
May he continue to spread your word and love wherever he goes. Help us to remember the lessons he taught us and to carry on his legacy of faith and kindness.
Thank you, God, for sending Father Darien to us. Please watch over him and guide him in all he does.
Amen.
Dear Parents and Carers
Welcome to the final week of Term 2. It feels like in the blink of an eye we are halfway through the year.
Our prayer today is one of gratefulness for so many things this semester. The many opportunities provided to your children and the sheer joy they have in belonging to such a wonderful learning community. I am wondering if you took a moment to close your eyes and focus on each of your children individually, how quickly would you be able to recall at least 3 highlights from the term for them that you appreciate. We hope you enjoyed the recent 3 way conversations and celebrating your child’s achievements with them and their teacher. So much to be proud of.
Fr Darien: Fr Darien is indeed someone who our entire learning community is grateful for as our remarkable, dedicated, selfless, hardworking and deeply spiritual Parish Priest. It is with sadness for us, we share the news that Fr Darien will be leaving our parish, after his appointed term of 6 years, and will take up a new appointment as Parish Priest at St Michael’s Ashburton in September. Fr Darien’s last ‘official’ day in our parish will be Sunday 14th July but he will return to lead our students from Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Aloysius Primary Schools in their celebrations of First Eucharist during August.
We wish Fr Darien many blessings as he moves onto another parish. How fortunate are St Michael’s. A recent quote that resonated with me and comes to mind when processing Fr Darien’s departure is ‘ Do not be sad about what has been, smile that it has happened.” We certainly have many happy smiles of Fr Darien’s time with us. The Irish blessing prayer today is dedicated to you Fr Darien.
Congratulations Isla Briggs: A huge congratulations to Isla Briggs on making the Victorian State Team in Football. A huge achievement from across Victoria with the initial stage of nominations in Round 1 being 240 students; then Round 2, 80 students, Round 3, 50 students and making the Final Squad of 27 students. An incredible effort and a very humble and gracious finalist. We wish Isla all the very best in the national championships being held in Geelong on where she will compete in 5 games over 6 days, representing Victoria. We wish Isla all the very best.
Annual Report to the School Community 2023: Click here link for a copy of the Annual report to the school community for last year 2023 which is shared each year at this time. Please also note this will be added to the school website. We are also currently redesigning our school website in collaboration with our School Advisory Council, with the hope to release this at some stage in Term 3. Stay tuned.
Indonesian Day (By Winnie Ward and Noah Jennings): Last week we had Indonesian Day and we were learning different games and dances that they do in Indonesia. Each year level did something different. As a school we are reading the book called Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih. Each grade is adding their artworks that they created on Indonesian day to create a whole school mural outside the library. The senior year levels were playing (Badminton) and Sepak Takraw. Many year levels learned how to make Serabi Kuah, pandan flavored pancakes, and others made Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice). Everyone had a great day learning about the different traditions in Indonesian culture.
Many thanks to Bu Bree, Bu Rika, Bu Ashlee and Bu Christine for their amazing preparation and, of course, our Indonesian Leaders Winnie and Noah.
Safety Message for exiting after school: For all children and families exiting Shell Road, please be mindful of not jumping over the oval fences. This is unsafe and a potential hazard of being cut from the signage. We respectfully ask for parent support with this.
Wishing you all a restful and enjoyable Winter break after a very successful term.
Kerryn
- Tickets will go on sale at 7:30pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024
- Tables will be for 8 people.
- Dinner includes: grazing boards, pizzas and chips
- Nominate a team captain who will book and pay for your table ($360 for a table of 8)
- Dress ups / themes are optional - if your table/team wants to adopt a theme, go for it! A prize will be awarded to the most creative table.
- We are currently sourcing donations for prizes, if you know of a business that would like to support the school to raise $80,000 for new outdoor play equipment, please let Tara Piazza, Jamielea Greenwood or your PFA Year Level Liaison know.
- A couple of tables have been put aside for the PFA to allocate (to new parents who want to come but don't know enough people yet to fill a table) - Please do not book the PFA labelled tables.
- If you are new to the school or keen to be on a PFA allocated table, please email Tara Piazza from the PFA at tara.m.piazza@gmail.com. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
- We are trialling a bus service with multiple stops in OG - this will go ahead if there are 54 or more people using the bus. Ticket price is $13pp return (OG to venue). To book, simply select the number of bus tickets you wish to purchase via the Trivia Night booking site above. (Refunds will be issued if the bus does not go ahead).
Term 4 2024
Thursday 21 November: Yr 5 Parish Mass/Year 1 MOPA Excursion
Friday 22 November: Yr 5BC assembly
Thursday 28 November: Yr 3 Parish Mass
Friday 29 November: Staff Professional Learning Day - Student Free Day
Staff Planning Day for 2025
Tuesday 3 December: School Concert 5:30pm-7:30pm
Wednesday 4 December: Prep orientation
Thursday 5 December: Prep orientation
Tuesday 10 December: Whole school orientation/Prep orientation
Wednesday 11 December: Future leaders days 2025
Friday 6 December: Diversity Day 2pm assembly
Tuesday 10 December: Whole school orientation day 9.15am - 11am
Wednesday 12 December: Yr 6 end of year excursion
Friday 13 December: Yr 6EB assembly/End of year Mass
Monday 16 December: Whole school Beach Day (students are welcome to bring plastic shovels and buckets. Ensure they remember to bring sunscreen and hats).
Wednesday 18 December: Yr 6 Graduation Assembly/Last day of school Students finish at 1pm
Term1 2025
Tuesday 28 January: Staff return
Wednesday 29 January: Staff professional Learning day
Thursday 30 January: Students return
Please note: Please refer to the Parent Calendar for all dates
| Schoolzine App |
School app, used for sending reminders, notifications and for providing access to PAM, Parent Calendar, newsletters, School website. Additionally, you can find the newsletter and information, including the canteen menu.  |
| Staff email address | first initial and surname@staroceangrove.catholic.edu.au |
| School newsletter |
Our main form of communication is the fortnightly newsletter, emailed on Tuesdays. Group emails from the school office will also be sent through the Schoolzine platform. |
| School website |
www.staroceangrove.catholic.edu.au Access to policies/procedures, school information and parent calendar. |
| Parent calendar | Link to calendar can be found on our website Home Page and school app. |
| PAM Parent access module | A platform for lodging student absences and gaining access to student digital school reports. Past years' reports are also stored on this platform.
Please click the link here: http://pam.staroceangrove.catholic.edu.au . This will take you to the PAM login page. Your username is the email address you have provided to school. For new families please sign up now by clicking the link here: http://pam.staroceangrove.catholic.edu.au This will take you to the PAM login page. Click on the 'Forgot Password?' link and follow the prompts. You will be asked to enter your email address, then you will need to access the link sent to your email address. You can then create a password and this, along with your email address will be your login to PAM. * Use the School App for a quick access to PAM |
| Permission notes |
 Operoo is an electronic version of permission forms and information for excursions, camps and parent/student meetings. It also provides you the opportunity to update medical information promptly while providing the school with instant access to the emergency information provided by you.
* Use the School App for a quick access to Operoo
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| Seesaw |
 Student digital learning journal and providing an additional means of reminders for the entire parent group.
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Our Lady Star of the Sea Ocean Grove School Facebook Page: Sharing of learning experiences and events hosted by the school. OLSOS Parents Ocean Grove Vic Parent Chatter Facebook: A platform for parent reminders and queries. OLSOS Ocean Grove Recycled Uniforms Families may post here to purchasing, sell or give away of school uniforms.
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| Canteen Online Ordering |
The canteen service is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays operated offsite by Kylie Taylor.
Ordering cut off time is 8.30am.
Fresh Salad boxes are available on Wednesdays only.
Sushi is for Fridays only, these MUST be pre ordered by Thursday. To cancel an order:
Before cut-off time (8.30am): Login to your account and select ACTIVE/CANCEL ORDERS. Locate your order and select CANCEL on the right-hand side of the order (you may need to scroll across to see the cancel link).
Orders are processed through www.quickcliq.com.au You can order up to 30 days in advance.
* Use the School App for a quick access to our canteen online ordering platform
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| Student Medical Forms |
Students who require ANY medication at school must have their medication stored at the office, accompanied by the relevant forms, as below. No medication will be dispensed without these being completed and up to date.
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| School Assembly |
School assemblies are held every Friday morning 9am in our school gym, known as Djila Tjarri. All welcome.
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