Week 4, Term 4

Welcome to Week 4!

How fast did those first three weeks go?! The year fours have started the term strong with some impressive growth in their yearly PAT assessments. We are so proud of them all!

Uthando Dolls

Thank you to the parents, grandparents and relatives who have found time to come in and help out to create these dolls. Helpers are encouraged for the continuing next couple of Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 2 to 3.  If you have a sewing machine and able to bring it in to reinforce our stitching or just have some helpful needle skills and have an hour to spare you will be warmly welcomed!  

Hat Off to Teachers:

Thank you for the words of appreciation, little gifts and fun hats to celebrate World Teacher's Day. We are very blessed this year to have such an incredible bunch of kids that we get to learn so much from each and every day. The morning tea put on by the P&F for the teachers was sensational! Thank you for spoiling us.

Uniforms:

Please take some time to check in with our school policy around hair cuts and uniform expectations for the last term - this includes socks or incorrect shoes. Long hair past the shoulders and long fringes need to be tied or clipped back.  'uniform malfunction' days as one-offs just write or email a note to give the heads up to take the worry away for your child.  

Laptops:

We have been increasing our use of laptops in class this term and there has been multiple times where many laptops are coming to school flat which means your child is not able to participate in that learning as there is only my charger available in the class.  Please ensure they are charged each night and put in bags when there is a white light to show they are fully charged.  There are also a large number of applications and extensions that have been downloaded by students which are distracting for their focus when completing learning tasks.  They have been told that these are not be used at school and preferably put in a folder so that they are not tempting to use.  Cursor extensions (including changing size and using animals) are also be changed back to traditional cursors for use each day as they are very distracting, students are not to download any extensions by siblings unless they know how to change them back easily.  There are also a number of students who do not have headphones, if students could bring in a pair from home it will assist their learning and they will continue to be a requirement into next year for Year 5.  

Grandparents Day:

We will celebrate Grandparents Day this Friday, the 3^rd of November (Week 4). We will start at 9.00 am with a 1K assembly. Grandparents can then go into classrooms for activities from 9.30-10.40. At 10:40, they will have an opportunity to share morning tea with their grandchildren.

VIA Character Strength – Judgement  

 

Artist Incursion
Thanks to our wonderful P&F we have a Visual Arts Specialist visiting OLC next week to facilitate art lessons for the Year 4 – 6 classes.  
Each class will enjoy 2 ½ hours of visual art lessons led by Kate Driscoll.  Kate is a very experienced art teacher.  You can view her work on her Instagram page - Art Teacher Life.  
Session 1.  Jelly Paint printing.  1 hour.  
Session 2.  Collage design. 1. Hour.  
Session 3. Final gluing down of design. ½ hour.  

Homework...

Just a reminder to check in with your child to make sure that homework is coming home. Each week we complete the following and your child is to bring it in with them on Friday this week (Week 3 and 4 completed):

Reading - 10-15 minutes each night (out loud preferably) and answering one question thoughtfully from the given list.

Mental Maths - Working through the columns as suits with Mathletics available if your child is looking for more.  We highly recommend students also practise their times tables with one of the many times tables recall practise games available online. 

Important Dates for Term 4 2023

Upcoming events and a few date changes ..... see below:

1. 02/11-  06/11 Artist Incursion -Kate Driscoll  
2. Friday 3rd November - Grandparents Day at OLC
3. Wednesday evening 8th November - OLC AGM 
4. Week 5, Wednesday 8th November - Remembrance Day Service - 5C presenting
5. Friday 10th November - Pupil Free Day 
6. Wednesday 29th November - OLC Christmas Concert
7. Friday 8th December - OLC Colour Run and Last day of School 

Thank you all for a great first few weeks of term. We look forward to meeting some of our Year 4Z grandparents and welcoming them into our classroom for a special morning on Friday.

Megan and Amy