Week 8

 

We hope everyone had a great Father's Day and hope our 5H Dads remember to cash in their vouchers!  Voucher payment is on our homework grid this week!

 SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS

Our photo day is this Thursday the 10th. 

Please ensure your child is wearing their school jumper, boys in long pants and girls with white socks on this day.  Hair accessories must be in school colours only (teal green, white or black).

 CRICKET CLINIC

On Monday, at lunchtime representatives from the WACA hosted a CRICKET CLINIC down on the oval.  A few members of 5H enjoyed learning about this sport.  

The session was aimed at promoting cricket for girls and upcoming sessions in the South West (see information below).  For more information contact Rachel Norma who is the South West contact on 0422 939 172.

 




WHEELIE, WALKIE, WASTE-FREE WEDNESDAY

Don't forget that our Wheelie, Walkie, Waste -Free Wednesdays will continue each Wednesday for 2 more weeks, week 8 & week 9. 

 

MISSION MARKETS 

On the last day of school (Thursday the 24th of September) the children will be participating in our annual feast day - The Assumption of Mary. Each class is asked to run a stall. We will send out details soon regarding this. 

 

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

It's that time of year that we participate in the 'Operation Christmas Child' shoe box initiative that has been a wonderful OLC tradition for many years and reflects our school value of Compassion so well. A note was sent home yesterdays with the details of what your child is asked to bring in before Friday the 18th of September.  Items are to be no longer than 20 cm long and not too bulky as they will not fit in the shoe box. 
Please see the flyer below for further information:

 
OUR LEARNING

We are having great success during our English Groups where the children are focused on improving both their reading and writing.  They are really enjoying our “Would You Rather” writing and group discussion each week where in one of their group rotations they spend 15 minutes writing their opinion of a topic and then debate their reasoning with the rest of their group for 15 minutes.  This week’s topic is “Would you rather spend a day as a dog or a cat?”

 


In writing we have also improved on our explanation writing by writing how our confectionery diagrams work.  We are now moving onto to your child selecting a body system/function (eg: the eye) that they can research and explain how it works. 

 





In numeracy we are focused on the difficult concept of division and building up to representing remainders as fractions and decimals.

 

In Keeping Safe Programme in Health we have spent time exploring the Kids Helpline website.  Should your child ever feel the need for extra support with how they are feeling, it is an incredible resource.  Check it out at https://kidshelpline.com.au/

 

In Visual Arts our collage skills are improving.  We hope you liked their quirky Father’s Day cards, inspired by the collages of Laura Blythman.  This week we will be viewing Laura’s website to see how her artworks have been used by companies to produce many different products.  After looking at two of her collage prints for inspiration we will be creating our own vase of collage flowers.

 



Congratualtions to Shaye on her Merit Award this week. 

You're a a star Shaye!



 Mr T's Corner....



What a busy Thursday and Friday we had with some sensational presentations and an informative and fun incursion from Mr. Nathan Omodei from Otis eyewear.

We learnt lots more about light from the incursion and it will greatly help us with our sunglasses project.

 



Check out all the pics:

























Congratulataions to Georgia on winning the Father's Day gift from Otis in our class raffle.
Please let Mr Breheny know know how good he looks in his new Otis sunglasses the next time you see him.





 

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