Newsletter

Principal: Ms Judeline Wadhwani, principal@olshinternational.com

Acting Principal: Mr Patrick Baiwan, admin@olshinternational.com

Head of P-6: Mrs Wiki Thomas, primary@olshinternational.com

Head of 7-12: Mrs Rachel Baiwan, secondary@olshinternational.com

Head of RE, Faith & Mission: Mr Raymond Rangatin, rrangatin@olshinternational.com

School Address: P O Box 211, Kavieng, New Ireland Province

School Telephone Number: (675) 984 2128

School website address: www.olshinternational.com

The end of the 2021 academic year has come sooner than we expected. Please read your child’s report with them and celebrate the many successes achieved, whilst also taking into consideration teacher advice for improvement, especially for those students going into Years 8, 10 and 12 next year.  Thank you to all parents who regularly and enthusiastically supported our Parents As Partners programme this year.  We look forward to another year of even stronger collaboration in 2022.  I thank all the OLSH staff for a second COVID-19 challenged year of dedication, giving your child/children their all every day.  I especially thank the Leadership Team of Mr Patrick Baiwan, Mrs Wiki Thomas and Mrs Rachel Baiwan for their tireless service of the school every day this year.  Mrs Thomas and Mrs Baiwan can be rightly proud of a successful year of leadership and personal growth as the new Heads of School. The ancillary staff is the engine room of the school and my thanks to each one of them in Maintenance and Administration for supporting the Leadership Team and the teachers for their efforts in bringing the 2021 school year to a successful end.

The Leadership Team joins me in wishing all students, staff, parents and the extended OLSH community the peace, joy, love and hope of the baby Jesus at Christmas and a joyful and prosperous 2022.  May you stay COVID-Safe and enjoy this well-earned time of rest and relaxation.

• Monday 24 January – School reopens for 2022.  All students P-12 are expected to attend school at 8.30 am in full uniform. Lessons start in earnest.

Early in the new school year, we will publish to the OLSH community a report on the results achieved by our students in the 2021 National Examinations. 

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To celebrate and acknowledge the effort and achievement of the students throughout the year, the End of Year Awards  event took place in classrooms on Tuesday 30 November.

• Special mention to Aliceson Ingrin in Year 10 who scored a perfect score of 50/50 in Maths in the National Examinations. A milestone achievement for Aliceson and OLSH as this is the first time in the history of the school. We congratulate Aliceson on this achievement and also thank the hardworking Maths teaching team at OLSH and Ms Mary Efi in particular, for this milestone achievement.
• We congratulate Duncan Elias Year 10 for achieving a perfect score of 20 out of 20 in the Written Expression National Examination.
• We also congratulate Lomel Penelope Getzo, Ryan Timothy and Daniel Brown for being in the top 10 students in the Province in the Year 8 National Examination.

We thank OLSH PTF, Patu Trading and City Pharmacy for sponsoring this Year’s awards.

On behalf of the school Leadership Team, students, staff, parents and the Board of Management we would like to farewell Mr Wari Joel, Ms Diana Songo, Mrs Charmaine Muap and Mrs Esther Sipaleu who  are leaving OLSH at the end of the this year. We thank these teachers for their time and service given to OLSH and wish them success in their future endeavours.

We wish the OLSH community a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Mr Patrick Baiwan

Acting Principal

• Attendance - Learning begins on the first day of school 24 January, 2022.   Students are encouraged to resume on this day itself.
• Correct school attire - polo shirt, navy blue shorts, white socks (not ankle socks) 
• Stationery - 10 exercise books, pencils, eraser, ruler, crayons/colour pencils, glue, library bag (big enough to put in a library book)
• Break Times - we have 2 break times – Recess from 10 - 10:30 and Lunch - 12:10 - 12:40. Each child must have their own water bottle

Mrs Wiki Thomas

Head of P-6

IMPORTANT DATES

Year 12 students:

NOAS Grade Period, 14th –17th December 2021: This is a crucial period where you will start making your choices based on your final Year 12 results. Hence make sure you access your account during the mentioned dates.

Launching of 2021 Selection for 2022 academic year: Tuesday, 21st December 2021

BACK TO SCHOOL REMINDER

• Correct School Attire

Mrs Rachel Baiwan

Head of 7-12