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Principal's Message Dear OLA Families, Catholic Education Week, Ride2School Day, Harmony Week, School Tours & Prep Interviews, NAPLAN, OLA Fete, 2026 Wish List, OLA Second Hand Uniform Shop, Sustainable ways at OLA, Safety, Crossing Guards, 2026 Working Bee #1 - 16/5/2026, School Tours and 2027 Enrolments , Calendar, School Term Dates - 2026, Thank you , Congratulations, Wedding Congrats

Education in Faith Catholic Education Week, Reconciliation , Lent, Project Compassion Caritas Lenten Appeal

Learning & Teaching Grade 1/2 Celebration of Learning , Drawing Club, Ride to School, District Summer, Emergency Management , Excellence at OLA

Wellbeing First Aid Incursion on Monday, Introducing our brand new online safety game , Food Safety Reminder Birthday Treats and Food Sharing, CoolKid Psychology

Fire Carriers

From the Office School Routine Reminders, Uniform, Black School Shoes , Sharing Photos on WhatsApp, Phones and Smart Watches, Car Park, Key enrolment dates for Grade 5 students in 2026 starting Year 7 in 2028 : , Attendance and school start/finish times, Being Safe Online, Security of OLA grounds and buildings

Parents & Friends The OLA Easter Raffle Is Back!, 2026 P&F Team Contacts

OLA FETE 2026 Be Part of Our OLA School Fete, 2026 Full Fete Committee:

Parish News Christ Our Light Catholic Parish Bulletin, Christ Our Light Catholic Parish OLA Cheltenham, Christ Our Light Catholic Parish St Agnes Highett

Clubs at OLA Before/After School Opportunities, TheirCare, Instrumental Music Program 2026, STEM Monsters, Art Lessons

Community News Local Secondary Schools, Local Community Events/Clubs

Canteen Please place your Canteen orders on flexischools

Uniform Bob Stewart Mentone, OLA Second Hand Uniform Shop

Key Dates & Events Calendar

Staff Contact Details 2026 Staffing List:

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Learning & Teaching

Josy Reeder

Grade 1/2 Celebration of Learning

Our Year 1 and 2 students are building their addition skills through fun, hands on games and manipulatives!

Drawing Club

Lunch Clubs are well underway at OLA!

Thanks to all the students who came along and the teachers who have volunteered to support this program.

Ride to School

Today is National Ride to School Day and we are proud to say there was barely a car in the car park! We had children walking, scooting, roller blading and riding! Thank you to all our families for the extra effort you went to make this happen today. Thank you to Miss Riley and the SRC for encouraging our community to take part.

District Summer

Congratulations to all our students who represented OLA at the Cheltenham District Summer Interschool Sport Lightning Premiership. We are proud of you for giving your absolute best and bringing your most positive attitude and energy.

Emergency Management

As part of our safety processes, we aim to run regular emergency management drills.

On Tuesday, we ran a 'Stay in Place' drill during the second snack break. Students were to be commended for the way they stopped and listened to instructions whilst outside playing, they moved to their classrooms calmy, and then awaited further instructions. Our pretend scenario was that there was a smoke smell in the area and so we had to head indoors and close doors and windows. The drill ran for approximately 8 minutes by the time we checked in with all classes and made sure students were accounted for. Students were then able to go outside for the second half of their play.

Teachers had made sure that they had spoken to their classes prior to the drill today to remind them of expectations in an emergency situation, and to let them know that a drill was coming at some stage this week.

Excellence at OLA

We celebrate achievements at OLA every day in the classroom. Outstanding achievement is celebrated at every assembly in the front of the school. Congratulations to all the students who received an award last week.