Parent Information

Deakin University Occupational Therapy Initiative

Dear Families,

Next term our school will have two third year Deakin University Occupational Therapy students undertaking clinical placements here at Ocean Grove Primary School. Our placement students will be Caitlyn and Bridie.  

Over the course of their six week placement, they will supporting our Foundation and Year 1 classes. Our OT students have previously obtained experience in rehabilitation, community support and a range of Allied Health settings. 

This is a new initiative that we are trialling, in collaboration with Deakin University, Geelong. We hope that it will be mutually beneficial for our learning community to be provided with the opportunity to have occupational therapy clinical expertise in our school, in addition to our visitors having opportunity to observe and assist both our students and staff are they engage in daily learning. 

Occupational Therapists can assist and support students with the development of fine motor skills (handwriting), gross motor skills, play and social skills, including adapting the environment to manage sensory sensitivity (noise, touch, movement). 

At all times, our visiting placement students will be under the direct supervision of our teaching staff, when working with children in the school. 

If you see them at drop off and pick up times, please say hello and make yourself known to them. They will be wearing Deakin Occupational Therapy uniforms.

If you require any further information, please feel free to contact me.

Kristy Hannan-Cuthbertson

Assistant Principal

School Leaders Message

Hi OGPS families, 

This is a message from the school leaders. We have been busy at work coming up with a new school initiative. Last term we attended a 'Healthy Heroes' workshop. We learnt about wellbeing, healthy eating and exercise. We have created this wheel but want to include your ideas too! Make sure you include a heading, things about healthy eating, wellbeing and exercise. We will use your ideas to help us create a final wheel. Please give your designs to the School Leaders when we return to school. We look forward to seeing your designs and how you can contribute to the OGPS Healthy Heroes Wheel.

Middle School Leaders Message

Hi everyone, 

We are your Middle School Leaders, and in this piece we will tell you a little about what we have been doing. 

Firstly, we would like to thank all the staff and parents who have supported and taken time to help students through this tough time. Another thing we would like you to do is to stay active, especially during lockdown.

We have had a session with Andy at school talking all about leadership and have also had some MS team meetings during remote learning to discuss our thoughts and ideas about a range of topics including the possibility of a new playground. We had Grade 2-6 vote for student voice to help with the decision. Now while there are still lots of other things that need to be done to choose the final design including fundraising, our data collection showed that the students have clear preferences-stay tuned for more information.

We are all very proud of you for trying your best over lockdown. This requires a lot of persistence. To keep you going, we thought we would provide you with some jokes and riddles!

Q. Why is Cinderella so bad at soccer? A. Because she always runs from the ball! 

Q. What can you catch but not throw? A. A cold! 

By only adding 2 straight lines, how do you change the letter M into another letter? Work it out during the week and tell your teacher your answer.

We can’t wait to see you in person!

Quinn on behalf of The Middle School Leaders

OGPS Fundraising - We need you!

Fundraising is an important way for OGPS to raise money so that it can provide a diverse range of quality programs for students, and to improve upon the school’s amenity. The nature of fundraising events also plays a key role in developing positive community connections with the school.

Are you a champion fundraiser? We need your help!

The OGPS Fundraising sub committee (chaired by a member of the School Council, currently parent member Aimee Chambers) is looking for proposals for fundraising that are reflective of the school’s philosophies and standing in the community.  

If you are interested in helping to undertake fundraising activities for OGPS, grab a few like minded people from our wonderful school community and pitch your idea - big or small - for fundraising initiatives to the school council! 

What is the OGPS Fundraising sub committee?

Subcommittees are advisory bodies to the School Council and assist Council with work that needs to be done. The purpose of the OGPS Fundraising Subcommittee is to assist the various fundraising bodies within the school, for example the Apple Fair Committee, Parents and Friends Association, to plan fundraising activities that are in line with the OGPS Fundraising Policy and the DET Sponsorship Policy. 

Want to get involved?

We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas. As an OGPS community member, this is an opportunity for you to be involved in maintaining and improving the quality programs and school’s amenities for current and future OGPS students.  

Please email aimeechambo@gmail.com if you are interested in joining the Fundraising Subcommittee or would like further information.

SENTRAL PORTAL CHANGES

Sentral has updated their portal, so when logging in it may look a little different.  The app won’t change just when logging in on-line.

 Parking  around the school

Please be mindful that you use the correct designated parking spaces around the school. From time to time we have the City Of Greater Geelong traffic officers who monitor parking.

Thank you for keeping our community safe. 

Teeth On Wheels

Please use this link below to complete the Consent eForm:

https://teethonwheels.com.au/consent-forms/consent-eform/

Foundation Enrolment 2022

Just a reminder, if you have a child that is enrolling in Foundation in 2022 please call to the office to collect an enrolment form. 

Alternatively you can download an enrolment form off the Ocean Grove Primary School website- http://www.ogps.vic.edu.au/index.php/enrolment/

2022 Foundation Enrolment= 73

Ocean Grove Primary School Sentral Instructions:

Sentral Tips – Finding Important Information

Dear Parents and Carers, 

Here are a few handy tips to find important information about your child(ren) on Sentral:

1. Reports

Uploaded at the end of each Semester.

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2. Attendance

Updated daily. 

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                                                                      The Importance of Attendance 

Ocean Grove Primary School Reports

Term 4- Parent Education Events

OGPS Beanie $15  @ Looking Smart Uniform Shop

Mobile Phone Policy

Please click here to download the Ocean Grove Primary School Mobile Phone Policy

Communication Via School Email

If you contact the school via email please note that we will take action as soon as possible.  We only process emails during schools hours and detailed queries may take several days for a response.

The most effective ways to prevent gastro are:

• wash hands thoroughly with soap and running water for 20 seconds, especially before preparing or eating meals and after using the toilet
• anyone who develops vomiting or diarrhoea should stay home for 48 hours after their symptoms have passed, as they may still be infectious during this period
• clean and sanitise facilities following Department of Health guidelines
• see a GP for advice and testing if symptoms are severe or persist.

Change of Family Circumstances / Moving Houses or Schools

Please contact the office to advise of any changes in family circumstances, especially with newly separated family situations, we can prevent upset children if we are aware of changes in family circumstances.

If you have a change of address or contact telephone numbers please contact the office staff (ocean.grove.ps@education.vic.gov.au)

We appreciate at least a week’s notice if your child will be transferring to another school at any time throughout the year. We ask that parents come into the office and complete and sign an exit form, please remember to return all school equipment, library books and classroom readers, and ensure your family account is up to date. 

 Custody/ Access Restrictions

It is vital that if there are any custody/access restrictions relating to your child/ren that the school (principal or  assistant principal) is notified and that a copy of any court papers are on file at school.

The principal/assistant principal will then ensure the relevant staff members are aware of the court mandated requirements as per our privacy policy.  

Medicines / Sick Bay

The school has qualified Cert II first aid personnel who are able to provide basic first aid when required. When a child is injured or ill, parents are contacted so that they can choose the appropriate treatment. When parents cannot be contacted, the school takes the appropriate emergency action. In serious cases this may involve an ambulance to the casualty section of the hospital. (Please refer to our Ambulance Policy on  the school website).  Parents are strongly advised to ensure that they have ambulance coverage.

 Emergency Contact Information

If your child is ill or injured at school we place him/her in the sick bay and you will receive an SMS informing that your child has attended sickbay. Parent will be phoned if your child requires further medical attention. It is vitally important that the details on our data base are kept up to date at all times so that we can get in touch with you if the need arises. Please advise us of any changes to your residential/postal address, telephone numbers or your workplace details as soon as they occur.  We also ask that details of local emergency contact persons, other than parents such as grandparents/neighbours/friends, are made available to the school in case we cannot reach you in an emergency, where possible this should be someone who lives nearby. 

Medications

Sometimes it is necessary for medication to be administered at school. All medications must be brought to school in their original packaging showing the child's name with the doctor’s instructions. Dosages must be in writing or on the package. Parents must hand deliver medication to the office and collect it at 3.20pm daily. No medication will be sent home with children in their school bags.

A ‘Medication Permission Form’ is to be completed with specific instructions to allow the administration of the medicine. We cannot administer un-prescribed medicines such as analgesics (Panadol etc) without a parent providing the medication and completing instructions. 

On going long term medications must be supplied in a Webster Pack and the necessary Medication Permission Form completed.

Epipen and Asthma medications — Ventolin/Asmol and Epipens are the only exception to this as children are encouraged to carry this type of medication with them throughout the day. 

Refer to Medication Policy on website.

Click the link below to download the Ocean Grove Primary School Medication Permission Form:

Sentral Permission Slips

As you aware we are trialing permission slips with no payment via the sentral parent portal app. This allows the parents to simply log onto sentral to give permission for specific incursions/excursions. Both Parents will be notified and can view the permissions slip details, but as we have discovered only Parent A is able to give permission. 

If you are not Parent A and wish to give permission for your child/ren contact your child's teacher via the seesaw app to give permission. 

Alternatively you may contact the office if required.

Sign In/Sign Out Students During Class time

It is extremely important that you come into the office prior to signing your child/ren out of class time (or recess and lunch). 

Recess time: 10:40-11:10am

Lunch Time: 12:50-1:40pm

If you know that you are going to collect your child/ren during recess and lunch times please call the office prior to recess and lunch start times (if possible) to arrange having your child/ren at the office. Collecting students during recess and lunch with no notice can be very difficult as children don't always hear the announcements when they are outside. 

If you are collecting your child/ren during class time you will need to collect an early departure slip at the office FIRST which you can take to the teacher and they will know your child/ren are signed out at the office. 

Music Tuition at OGPS

Sylvia Thomson, piano, call 0407 532 954 or email thomsyl2@gmail.com 

(Waiting list only currently available)

Matiss Schubert, guitar, call 0409 868 226 or email matiss.schubert@hotmail.com

Mike Holden, drums, email urbanmike@mail.com

Drummond Street Services

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