On Monday the 19th of August we celebrated Book Week, and what a celebration it was!
In the morning Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 5 students received a visit from the author Ursula Dubosarsky. She shared her writing process, where she gets her ideas and how she develops these ideas into stories. Our students were able to ask many questions as Ursula discussed her popular children titles, The Terrible Plop, Too Many Elephants in This House, The Blue Cat and Tim and Ed.
It was then time for the much anticipated assembly. Students paraded their extremely creative costumes with students and families cheering them on. The teachers also got into the spirit and came dressed as the hungry caterpillar. Some of the teachers even presented a Readers’ Theatre about a bikie gang who stumble across a library and are immersed in the wonderful literature they find there.
Later in the day, students formed teams of four to participate in a ‘Scavenger Hunt’ across the school. They visited different classrooms to complete activities and earned points for showing respectful and collaborative behaviours.
On Wednesday, Year 3 and Year 5 students were spoilt with a visit from popular author Louise Park. She shared her writing strategies of show, rather than tell, creating memorable characters, techniques for developing quests and adventure stories and much much more!
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13 Aug 2026
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On Friday 31st July, the students of OLMC took part in a whole school Faith in Action initiative: Winter Warmies. Students came to school dressed in their snuggly warm attire, ready to learn a little bit more of the impacts of hardship & homelessness in the lives of everyday Australians. With a warm cup of Milo, sitting around Homeless David in the cold morning air, students were able to visually understand what being homeless might look like. Some of our very thoughtful & compassionate students left some of their recess near David, to enjoy when he woke up. What a beautiful sentiment to witness! Thank you to our parents and carers for your generous donation to our 2026 Vinnies Winter Appeal.
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