Our Lady Help of Christians Rosemeadow
A Catholic Parish Primary School
OLHC is in the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong and is located 40 minutes south-west of Sydney, 40 minutes north-west of Wollongong and just minutes from the centre of Campbelltown.
Our school is mainly a two stream Kindergarten to Year Six school, inclusive of a Learning Support Centre. It caters for the spiritual, academic, social, emotional, and physical education of the children that fall within Our Lady Help of Christians Parish.
As a parish school, OLHC is a vital part of the total Parish, and of the wider Church community. The spiritual growth and welfare of the students is carefully integrated with sound general and needs based education, which is the shared responsibility of the Parish Priest, Principal, staff and parents, under the supportive supervision of both Catholic and Government educational authorities.
The school comes under the general administration and responsibility of Catholic Education of the Diocese of Wollongong (CEDoW). The finance and maintenance of the school is controlled and supervised by CEDoW, the Parish Priest and the School Principal, all of whom act with the blessing of Bishop Brian Mascord, the Bishop of Wollongong.
Our Lady Help of Christians school is a vibrant learning community that endeavours to meet the educational needs of each student.
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Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Parish Primary School (OLHC) commenced in January 1989 with a student enrolment of 104 children across Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two. The official opening took place on Sunday 7th May 1989 by Bishop William Murray and the Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. John Kerin.
Our school accommodates approximately 230 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Parents, staff, students and the parish community are among the many people who assist in our school development.
In 2011 the Australian Government provided funds which saw the administration office extended and refurbished and a multi-purpose hall, with amphitheatre, constructed. The car-park was also extended and Stage 1 classrooms were gutted to make way for flexible learning spaces. The Blessing and Opening of these new facilities took place on 28th June 2011. During 2019 the original OLHC Church was refurbished to become a school hall. In December 2019 it was blessed and named the “St Joachim” Hall and the multi-purpose centre was blessed and named the “St Anne” Hall (Jesus’ grandparents).
As a parish school, it is intended that OLHC be an integral and vital part of the total parish and wider Church community. The spiritual growth and welfare of the students is carefully integrated with sound general and individual needs based education that is the shared responsibility of the Parish Priest, Principal, staff and parents, under the supportive supervision of both Catholic and Government educational authorities.
Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Parish Primary School is one of 29 parish primary schools in the Wollongong Diocese.
The finance and maintenance of the school is controlled and supervised by Catholic Education, Diocese of Wollongong, the Parish Priest and the School Principal, all of whom act with the permission and blessing of Bishop Brian Mascord, the Bishop of Wollongong.
Houses are divided by colour and children represent these houses for cross country, athletics, swimming and interschool gatherings. The students can also earn house points for wearing uniforms correctly, good grooming and upholding the school rules. At the end of each term the house that has earned the most points is awarded a ‘mufti’ day.
In 2008 the house colours were given names.
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