Week 3, Term 2

 

Kaya everyone,

Some information as we approach the halfway mark in week 3. We have been very impressed with the students' ideas for assembly this week and look forward to their performance next Friday 19th May. Further information regarding assembly below:

Assembly

The Year 4's are busy developing and rehearsing their ideas for our 'Walk Safely to School Day' Assembly. Please save the date next Friday 19th May if you are able to attend our performance from 2pm. Some of your children may have reading parts to practice by the end of the week.

The students are invited to get into free dress/comfy 'walking' clothes for the assembly. Other accessories such as a cap/sweat bands can be worn. We ask that they come to school in their coloured faction shirts as per usual and pack their assembly change of clothes into their bags for the afternoon.

National Walk Safely to School Day is a community initiative that aims to raise awareness of the health, road safety, transport and environmental benefits that regular walking (especially to and from school) can provide for the long term well-being of our children. It would be great to see as many of the Year 4's as possible walking to school on this morning.

Homework

Our first fortnight of homework went home on Monday. Please refer to our last blog post for a description of the homework and due dates (even Fridays in the term).


Reading Books

With many of the children reading their own choice of novels/texts we encourage them to get into the habit of packing their 'current read' into their bags for reading in class (5-10 minutes after lunch).

Learning Update

Writing: We are learning the features of an information report and have distinguished between fact and opinion statements. In the coming weeks we will be writing our own information report based on our class fauna totems (4K - Magpie and 4Z - Butterfly). As a year group we are currently exploring a good example of a report about our favourite resident on Rottnest Island. Can you guess?

Reading: We have been reading biographies of well known figures such as Anh Do and Roald Dahl. We have also been viewing other types of informative texts to help us get to know the features of informative (fact-based) writing.

Maths: We have just completed a unit on subtraction, learning how to subtract larger numbers using an algorithm and a new strategy called boxing up. Ask your child if they can show you! We have planned for some revision on this concept as it is a tricky skill to master. This week we are moving into estimation and rounding skills.

OLC Character Strength - Judgement

St Alphonsus left his career as a lawyer to follow God. St Alphonsus was a practical person, who dealt with the concrete and not the abstract.

Do you think things through? 

Are you open-minded and think about all sides of a situation?

Yoga

Yoga with Heather Starr has been postponed until Thu 25th May. All  students are required to come to school in their sports uniform on this day. Luckily for 4Z it is already their sports day!

Friendly Reminder

Students who arrives prior to 8:30am must be seated in the courtyard area while waiting for the classroom to open.

Important Dates for Term 1 2023

  1. Sunday 14th May - Mother's Day 
  2. Monday 15th May - Veggie Stall before school 
  3. Tuesday 16th May - Book Fair 
  4. Wednesday 17th May - Book Fair 
  5. Friday 19th May - Year 4 Performance Assembly 
  6. Friday 19th May - National Walk to School Safely Day 
  7. Monday 22nd May - Veggie Stall before school  
  8. Friday 26th May - National Sorry Day 
  9. Monday 29th May - Veggie Stall before school 
  10. Monday 29th - Friday 2nd June - National Reconciliation Week 
  11. Friday 2nd June - Pupil Free Day 
  12. Friday 5th June - WA Public Holiday 
  13. Thursday 8th June - Winter Sport Carnival 
  14. Monday 12th June - Veggie Stall before school 
  15. Thursday 15th June - OLC Cross Country 
  16. Friday 16th June - OLC dance concert 
  17. Monday 19th June - Veggie Stall before school 
  18. Tuesday 20th June - World Refugee Day 
  19. Monday 26th June - Veggie Stall before school 
  20. Friday 30th June - End of Term 2 

Happy Mother's Day to all our lovely class Mum's on Sunday. The Year Four's are under strict instruction to ensure that their Mum's do not lift a finger! Enjoy the day!

Megan and Amy

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