Our Lady of Dolours

2021 Highlights

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A REFLECTION ON THE YEAR THAT WAS AND ALL 2021 HAD TO OFFER.

Welcome

to O.L.D's 2021 highlights

What a year 2021 has been!
The start of the year saw new beginnings and change at O.L.D welcoming our new Principal, Mr Marco Ianni, and Assistant Principal, Mrs Kelly-Ann Clouston, into leadership of our school community and the new faces of Fr David Ranson, Fr Joey Frez and Deacon Aldrin Valdehueza joining Deacon Kevin Hale to lead our Parish Community.
The year delivered many celebrations and challenges. We came together as a community and found strength in one another and our faith as we moved through all that 2021 had to offer.
We hope you are able to enjoy the following pages as we reflect on our standout moments from the past year.

Enjoy!

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A new year and new beginnings for O.L.D

200yrs of Catholic Education

Stage 3 Camp

Open classrooms

O.L.D TV

100 days of face to face learning for Kindergarten

Student Leaders for 2021

Priority feeder school pathways program

Harmony day

Gross motor playground enhancement

NAPLAN

Mission and Charity

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A new year and new
beginnings for O.L.D

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2021 saw a new year and new beginnings for O.L.D

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2021 saw us start the year with changes at O.L.D welcoming our new school Principal, Mr Marco Ianni, new
Assistant Principal Mrs Kelly-Ann Clouston and new clergy with Fr Ranson, Fr Aldrin and Fr Frez joining Deacon Kevin in leading our Parish Community.

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The year began under what we then considered a 'new normal' with COVID restrictions in place and social distancing a must. However, we were grateful to be able to enjoy coming together with our students and Parish to celebrate the beginning of a new year. We celebrated our Year 6 student leaders as they prepared to take on various roles within our

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school to guide the younger members of our community in their everyday learning journeys.
Our Year 5 students were able to meet with their excited Kindergarten buddies as their school learning journey began and our staff members relished in being back in the classrooms with their eager to learn students.
We had much to be grateful for after the turbulence of 2020 and discovered we all had a new found lease for life as the 2021 school year commenced.

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Meet

OUR LEADERS FOR 2021

MERCY ACTION GROUP

SCHOOL CAPTAINS
2021
Erica and Hannah.

ENVIRONMENT GROUP

CANA CAPTAINS

NAZARETH CAPTAINS

GALILEE CAPTAINS

BETHLEHEM CAPTAINS

ICLT GROUP

LITERACY GROUP

CREATIVE ARTS GROUP

Along with our significant Parish service our School Captains and Mercy Action leaders led a liturgy to celebrate 200 Years of Catholic Education. Here each teacher was presented a badge to represent their part in delivering Catholic Education to our school. Each student also received a special prayer card to celebrate this significant event. 

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In 2021 we celebrated the special milestone of 200yrs of Catholic Education in Australia.

From humble beginnings almost 200 year ago, Catholic schools now serve about 768,000 students and their families. In the Diocese of Broken Bay, we play a special part in this story, as the spiritual gifts of teachers, parents and students have built our education system, embracing the light of Christ.

O.L.D was delighted this year when the Priority Feeder School Pathway Program was launched. This program sees families now have the ability to enrol at O.L.D for their junior schooling years then able to continue seamlessly with their education into high school through the Systemic Catholic System.
The program also sees students from our joint schools join and mentor our O.L.D students in events like our sports carnivals and educational enrichment programs.

Our Lady of Dolours was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1896. The first Principal was Mother Ignatius McQuoin.

The Priority Feeder School Pathway Program is launched.

O.L.D was delighted this year when the Priority Feeder School Pathway Program was launched. This program sees families now have the ability to enrol at O.L.D for their junior schooling years then able to continue seamlessly with their education into high school through the Systemic Catholic System.
The program also sees students from our joint schools join and mentor our O.L.D students in events like our sports carnivals and educational enrichment programs.

Open Classrooms

Finally the Parents and Carers in our community were allowed back into O.L.D

After months of complying with COVID restrictions we were delighted when we could welcome our parents and carers back onto school grounds. Our open classrooms morning proved to be a great success with many of those from the school community joining us to listen to the band play then see our students learning in action in the classroom.

Music once again filled the school
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Such joy as the school band played - filling the school once again with beautiful music.