Filter Content
- Prayer
- From the Principal
- Hub News
- School Concert 2020 - Our Christmas Gift
- School Fees 2021
- Religious Education
- St Vincent de Paul Christmas Appeal
- New Building Update
- Maintenance
- Recipe Books
- 2021 Term Dates
- Parent Guide - 'Among us' online game
- Code Camp 2021
- Kelly Club OSCH at Our Lady Star of the Sea
- Community News
Dear Parents and Carers
Welcome to Term 4 Week 9. I hope you are all travelling well. It is hard to believe this will be our second last newsletter for the year. Ironically it has felt a long year however has gone quickly.
It is all happening and at a great pace. It is therefore important to take time and to be still as well, which is the theme of Advent as indicated in this week’s prayer. The first candle on the Advent wreath is the candle of Hope.
School Concert:
We hope you enjoy the viewing tonight of our annual school concert via the link below. May this be a special time for your family. Many thanks to Helen Stephenson and her son Finn for organising this event and the theme Our Christmas Gift. Congratulations to the teachers and students for their wonderful performances. We collectively feel so proud and blessed.
Thank you:
I thank the parents who have been in leadership roles for the 2020 school year. Parents who are committed members of the School Education Board and the Parents and Friends Association are wonderful in giving of their expertise and time. Briony Darcy, as Chairperson of the School Education board this year,has been instrumental in supporting the challenging times and the new build. I thank the Board for supporting a clear direction and great consultation processes. Click here to read Briony’s wonderful annual Chairperson’s Report which captures a very different year. Alison Healy will be leaving the Board as our teacher representative and we thank her for insight and wisdom over the last few years. We are grateful all other Board members will remain for 2021.
Parents and Friends Association sees us farewelling Alannah Mills, Jen Bermingham and Kerry Britt. They have been drivers of so many wonderful events including the Drive In and Easter Egg raffle .
A special mention to Travis Sampson who has coordinated the mowing roster for five years now and is stepping back from this role. He has gone over and above in being committed to this role and we are truly grateful for his voluntary work.
COVID Update: We are pleased to have some of the restrictions lifted whereby we can have assemblies outside again as a whole school without visitors and our drink taps have reopened. However there are still strict protocols in place for social distancing, sanitising and cleaning. We also need to continue to manage very carefully the number of visitors onsite. We will continue to communicate should there be further restrictions lifted. For the remainder of 2020 we will continue to stay with our current drop off and pick up procedures. Hopefully in 2021 we can have some more changes.
Student Reporting Requirements: Requirements for student reports for Semester 2 are adjusted in recognition of the disruptions caused by the transition to remote and flexible learning during Semester 2. Teachers are currently finalising reports which will be sent out to you on Tuesday 8 December. Upon receipt of your child’s report you are welcome to make contact with your child’s classroom teacher if you are wishing to do so. Class lists are being finalised with an orientation time to new classes for 2020 happening on Tuesday 8 December.
International Day of disability December 3: Across the school our teachers are taking a moment to acknowledge and celebrate International Day of People with Disability on 3 December. The day provides a great opportunity to highlight that everyone has a place in our community and something to offer. The offer may be different, but that is a good thing, it celebrates our individuality and diversity. The students will be participating in a Circle Time and other activities within their classes.
Wishing you a fortnight of hope and optimism as we draw to the end of another school year.
Kerryn
No Green Hub News this fortnight
This year instead of asking “What do I want for Christmas?”, let’s ask “What can I GIVE this Christmas?”
We hope families are prepared for the concert tonight!
This is a wonderful time to celebrate students and families, and take time to reflect on and be grateful for our greatest gift of all. The program for the night is attached.
Please enjoy this gift.
Click on Watch this video on You Tube.
The 2021 School fees will be billed to families in February 2021. This incorporates the Family Fee and Capital Levy, invoiced per family and the Student Levy, invoiced per student and camp for students in Years 3-6. Click on this link - 2021 Direct Debit.pdf to access Fee Information, the Preferred Method of Payment form and Direct Debit form.
Families who have had a school managed Direct Debit in 2020 and wish to continue do not need to lodge a new form. The amount deducted will be adjusted if necessary according to the payment frequency and number of children per family, if this has changed.
If you would like to set up a Direct Debit please complete the attached form and return it to the school office by Friday 11 December.
School Fee statements are issued each term, by email.
Merry Christmas message from Sr. Abeba kidane DC Bulbula
Dear Marianne
May the peace and grace of Christmas be with you during this special time so it is my joy to wish you a happy Christmas and New Year? Here we are all well thanks be to God. Last year at this time we all worried about the COVID 19 but thanks be to God we are all well from this sickens so I thank God for his grace ,protection and gift of unconditional love that he provide us through the year. With this mind I am just writing to express my joy for the gift of life that God saved us through his son so let us ask him to give us his grace at this special time of Christmas to honor him in our hear because he came for us.
The challenges are some of them were painful and still painful with the help God and your prayer we are tried to overcome of them and we have tried as much as possible to tress the demands and improve the quality of life of the poor. Here in Bulbul we are working in Education and the children who are with Disability supporting them medicine, medical treatment and food after they finished their treatment, we encouraging them to join to school like their brother’s sisters.
We are also working for the elderly by providing food and medical treatment and we provide them clothe and repairing houses for the poorest of the poor. We have also children who are poor that we supporting them school uniform, school fee, exercise book pen and pencils cloth and also we provide food for children who are poor without your great support and generosity we wouldn’t serve the poor people, of course your support brought to them life and light to the house of those who are benefited and the people we were able to reach are in the school 845 children , Disable children 37 elderly and poor 73 sponsorship 31 and house support 6 and total 992.
This year we were and are facing a lot of challenges because of the COVID 19, the political situations and also now war what it is going in the northern of the country which is hard to believe that the country back to the war??? when you think for the poor and incent people what is happening to them from this war it is very sad .as the result of these the country’s situation now unstable. So until now the school is not open expect for the 8 grade and 12 grade and the anxiety and doubt is there. So these are opening the demanding scope and it is limiting the people’s freedom those were going any corner of the country looking for work to improve their life so we need your great support and prayer.
Once again i am grateful for your immense support for our mission may the grace of the Christmas be with you and happy Christmas and new year.
With love and prayer
Sr. Abeba kidane DC Bulbula
There are some small tasks that would normally be completed at our regular Working Bees. As this is a little challenging with Working Bees, we are asking for help to complete some tasks such as repairing a sliding door handle, mounting small white boards, mounting 2 small pinboards, anchor an outdoor tap to a brick wall, mount some wall soap dispensers, clean tank strainers.
Staff Return: Wednesday 27 January
Term 1 Students return: Thursday 28 January - Thursday 1 April
Easter - Friday 2 April - Monday 5 April
Term 2 Monday 19 April - Friday 25 June
Term 3 Monday 12 July - Friday 17 September
Term 4 Monday 4 October - Thursday 16 December
Click the following link to access the parent guide - www.bit.ly/amongus4parents