Our Lady of the Angels' School (Australia)
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This article refers to the Australian primary school. For the American school formerly located in Chicago, Illinois, see Our Lady of the Angels School Fire.
Our Lady of the Angels' School ("OLA") is a Roman Catholic primary school located at Wavell Heights, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Our Lady of the Angels School is a member of the Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) system in the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane. BCE provides Catholic schooling throughout most of the Southeast Queensland region. It is a co-educational school with a current enrollment of 463 from Preschool through Year 7.
Our Lady of the Angels offers teaching and learning, technology, extracurricular activities, and the benefits of being an inclusive Catholic school. It offers students a rounded education based on Christian values and encourages students to develop a knowledge of other cultures, languages and environmental and social issues.
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[edit] Sporting Houses
All sporting houses at OLA compete for the OLA Trophy. The OLA trophy was started in 1957. The four sporting houses, founded in 1994, are Bundal, Mianjin, Wyampa and Warraba. Bundal is the current holder of the O.L.A Trophy, winning the athletics carnival for the first time in 2006. Mianjin's last OLA Trophy win was in 2000, while Wyampa's last win was in 2005.
[edit] Sport teams
Our Lady of the Angels has school sports teams including:
[edit] 2006 sports results
Swimming
1st : Warraba
2nd : Wyampa
3rd : Bundal
4th : Mianjin
Cross Country
1st : Warraba
2nd : Bundal
3rd : Mianjin
4th : Wyampa
Athletics
1st : Bundal*
2nd : Warraba
3rd : Wyampa
4th : Mianjin
[edit] Activities
- Computer Education
- Drama
- Claymation
- Debate
- Optiminds
- Chess
- Choir
- Band
- Strings Ensemble
- Recorder Consort
