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OLHC News Issue 25 Term 3 Week 6 - 29th August 2025

Our Lady Help of Christians is a Child Safe School and is committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We acknowledge the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia, and Japagulk peoples as the traditional custodians of the land upon which our school was built.

Principal Report

Dear Parents and Friends of Our Lady's,

There's lots to celebrate at Our Lady's this week. Our newsletter is filled with the busy activities of our staff and students. Thanks to Mrs Dalgliesh for her leadership in Science Week, to Miss Kirby (and Mr Dalgliesh at St Pat's) for their organisation of the Gifting Mass, and thanks to all the visitors we had for our Open Day on Thursday.

We celebrated the feast of St Augustine yesterday (August 28th) and I cannot let the occasion pass without quoting a beautiful line from his 'Confessions':

"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You."

I pray that all our community - students, teachers, staff, parents, parishioners, and friends - may find their rest in God.

All the very best,

Chris McCumstie

principal@olhcmurtoa.catholic.edu.au

Science Week - What a blast!

National Science Week is a fun time for the students at Our Lady's, developing curiosity and enhancing learning. They have been doing activities all week, including symmetry and classification using leaves, vegetables, and fruit; creating the tallest structure with spaghetti and marshmallows; building with Lego; using a magnifying glass; checking out the many bones on the skeleton; building rockets and digging and panning for gold.

A very big thank you to Mrs. Dalgleish for organising and presenting activities each day.

Gifting Mass

Today we travelled to St. Patrick's Nhill to celebrate a Gifting Mass and spend time with Staff and students. A very big thank you to Mr Dalgliesh for organising the Mass together with Miss Kirby. Thanks to Mrs Dalgliesh for driving the bus, and to the whole St Pat's community for making us welcome. We look forward to more collaboration in Term 4.

Thank you parents and friends of Our Lady's for your generous donations to the non-perishable food items basket. We managed to fill three baskets, which will go to the most vulnerable in our communities.

Tours of the New Building

We warmly invite all friends of Our Lady's to come for a personalised tour of our new facilities. Come and see what we offer at our school, and hear about the excellent teaching and learning that happens daily in our classrooms.

Parent Support Initiative: School TV

OLHC School TV

Webinar_East_Coast_Digital_Media_Literacy_Safety_Part_III_Flyer.pdf

The SchoolTV initiative at Our Lady Help of Christians School aims to help parents navigate the often complex issues they face in raising their children.

Expert advice, helpful tips, and other resources, are available to all our parents and caregivers. Explore the wide range of topics at SchoolTV by clicking on the link below.

A Free Webinar is promoted above, addressing cyber safety, an issue parents have to navigate in an increasingly digital world.

Black Ranges Athletics, North Park Stawell

Black Ranges Athletics will be held on Wednesday, 3rd September at North Park Stawell.

Congratulations to Kirat, Andre and Irene who have qualified to compete in the next level of athletics.

Information was sent home to parents, with a Permission Form available on Simon. Parents are responsible for taking their child to and from the day.

Child Safety

Our Lady Help of Christians is a Child Safe School. We implement the 11 Child Safe Standards, and work to embed these in our school culture. Our newsletter is just one place among a number where we educate our community about Child Safety. Below is a concise and helpful guide to the Child Safe Standards. The Child Safety Officer at OLHC is Chris McCumstie, and he can be contacted for information at any time.

principal@olhcmurtoa.catholic.edu.au

CCYP_Child_Safe_Standards_Plain_Language.pdf