Week 8 Information

Good afternoon parents,

I hope you enjoyed the nice sunny weather on Saturday. It has definitely felt like a cold winters day today. Who would have thought after today's weather that it is the first day of summer tomorrow. 

Just a few messages for this week...

EXCURSION - MEELUP

Please ensure you send in your child's permission slip if you haven't already. If you have misplaced your note, please let me know and I can give you another copy. 

We still would love some parent helpers to both come with the groups through the rotations and cook a sausage sizzle (from 12.00pm), please let us know if you can help in any capacity and for any amount of time. 

Please Click HERE to view the excursion note

HOMEWORK AND LIBRARY FINISHED FOR THE YEAR

As it is nearing the end of term, we have finished our homework grid for the year in order to get through the last couple of busy weeks at school and to reduce workload (and keep your little ones playing and active outside!).  We would really appreciate if you could bring in any home readers or library books you have at home as Mrs. Kemp will be taking a stocktake of the library. 

We would also ask you to continue sending your child's reading folder as we will be sending home bundles of work over the next two weeks and the reading folder provides a safe and secure way for these things to be stored. 

VINNIE'S APPEAL

A reminder that we are collecting pantry, non perishable items...if you can please have them in by the end of Week 8, we would be very appreciative!

CHRISTMAS CONCERT 

The Christmas Concert is taking place next Tuesday 8th December. It commences at 5:30pm, so please ensure that your child is here at 5:15pm. Your child will be  required to attend their classroom by 5:15pm and will walk down as a class, while you can find a nice spot on the hill. 

As mentioned in our last school newsletter, the students have been asked to wear Christmas colours to the upcoming concert on Tue 8th December. Can I ask that the Year 1’s dress in bright Christmas colours with hats, antlers etc. for the night, but more information will be coming from Mrs. Horrocks after the musical has finished.

LEAVE 

Just a reminder that I will be taking a long service day this Wednesday and next Friday (the last day of school) to attned to wedding appointments and a good friend's wedding that was rescheduled due to COVID. Mrs. Sorgiovanni will be taking the class on both days. 

Thankyou for your ongoing support,

Miss Prowse 

Welcome to Week 7

Good afternoon parents,

I hope you had a lovely long weekend and enjoyed some of that amazing sunshine we had! I was cooped up at home busily finishing off the end of Year reports. I have loved looking back at the children's learning and I have been blown away at how far they have come! I'm not even going to talk about how hard it will be to send this class off to year two next year!

A few reminders for the last couple of weeks...

Vinnie's Appeal

A reminder that we are collecting pantry,non perishable items...if you can please have them in by the end of Week 8, we would be very appreciative!

Excursion - Meelup Beach 

A note regarding the ECC ecursion will be coming home this week. We are waiting on a few last minute people to get back to us, so the excursion can be a great end, to a wonderful year! 

We will require some parent helpers to both come with the groups through the rotations and cook a sausage sizzle (from 12.00pm), please let us know if you can help in any capacity and for any amount of time. 

If you have your Bronze Medallion and can help us, we would love you to come! We have some lifesavers coming on the day but the more eyes we have, the better! 

Merit Award and Star Citizen winners 

Well doen to Grace our Star Citizen for Excellence and our two merit award winners Duke and Finn.You are all Year One super stars!

Long Service Leave 

I will be taking next Wednesday the 2nd of December (for some last minute wedding meetings) and the last day of school the 11th of Decmeber  to attend a good freind's wedding who had to reschedule her wedding due to COVID.So my last day with your little people will be the Thursday the 10th of December. The beautiful Mrs. Sorgiovanni will be stepping in for me for the two days. 

Year 1 Christmas Concert Dress 

As mentioned in our last school newsletter, the students have been asked to wear Christmas colours to the upcoming concert on Tue 8th December. Can I ask that the Year 1’s dress in bright Christmas colours with hats, antlers etc. for the night, but more information will be coming from Mrs. Horrocks after the musical has finished. 

No Homework and collection of home readers

Just a reminder that there is no homework for the remainder of the term besides reading books.The children will have their books changed on Thursday and then we need ALL books back by Friday for stocktake.We appreciate your help with thes 😎

Phew! I think that is it from me! 

Have a lovely week!

Miss Prowse 

Week Six is here!

Good evening parents, 

I hope you had a lovely weekend and managed to stay dry! I shot up to Perth yesterday for my final dress fitting so the children had the wonderful Mrs. Sorgiovanni today. I cannot belive that we only have four beautiful weeks left in Year One! I know I am feeling very sad just thinking about it!

Just a few messages for this week...

Vinnies Chrsitmas Hamper Appeal

Each year at OLC we take time to be thankful for our blessings and to assist those in need by contributing to Christmas Hampers distributed by the St. Vincent De Paul Society. This year boxes will be located in EACH CLASSROOM and families are invited to contribute specified items. Please look out for boxes coming your way in the next few days. The Year One classes are asked to donate pantry items sich as: Tinned foods, pasta, rice, biscuits, crackers, sauces, jams, condiments, (basically any non-perishable good food, which can be used beyond Christmas).

Celebrity Visit!

On Friday, we were extremley lucky to have an amazing local celebrity quthor come into class and share her new book 'Come home Ella'. This celebrity is one of our beautiful parents Chelsea Davis (Mahli's Mum) and we were very proivledged to be the first people to hear her book read aloud to a crowd! The children were in awe and abslouely loved the story of Ella and her sister. 

A little bit about the book: 

Come Home Ella light-heartedly follows the emotional journey of a family after their baby's early arrival. Told through the eyes of baby Ella's older sibling, it aims to educate children about premature babies and help families experiencing similar situations deal with the emotions involved. 

If you would like to purchase Chelsea's book (and some of the profits go towards our P and F fundraising) Please click on the link below or check out the flyer coming home tomorrow. 

Come Home Ella Purchase

Lemons for Lemonade 

We need your lemons! We are planning on making lemonade this Friday as a part of our unit on procedures. We would love any lemons or hand juicers you have at home for Friday morning! 

School Disco 

Is on this Friday 20th November beginning at 4pm. Your child brought a note home about this last week...check their bag if you haven't been given it already?

Pupil Free Day 

A reminder that Monday 23rd November will be a pupil free day for the students...enjoy the extra long weekend!

Excursion

Please keep the 4th of December in your calenders as this is the day we have planned for our excursion. More details to come later this week :)

Have a lovely afternoon, 

Miss Prowse 

Week Five....staying alive! 🎶

 Good afternoon parents, 

I hope you have had a lovely start to the week and although the weather has not been as good as last week, we have been learning LOTS and taking advantge of this beautiful cool weather! 

Just a few messages for this week...

Homework due next week - Friday 20th November

Just a little reminder that Homework is due next week and this will be the last lot for the year. As we require all the home readers back for inventory, your child can access the Reading Eggs Library to read or they may choose some reading books from home.  

Merit Award Winner 

Congratulations to Lucas and Zak who were the Week 4 Merit Award winners. You are both Year One Super Stars!

TERM  4 IMPORTANT DATES- 

• Thursday 19th November: Scitech Incursion
• Monday 23rd November: Pupil Free Day
• Friday 20th November: OLC Disco starting at 5pm
• Tuesday 24th November: Year 6 Musical Matinee @1.45pm
• Friday 27th November: Year 6 Musical @ 7pm
• Friday 4th December: **Tentative Excursion date** more details to come...
• Tuesday 8th December: End of Year Christmas Concert
• Friday 11th December: Last Day of Term 4 - Colour Run

Cheeky chicken visit 

We were lucky enough to have Chalene Goder (Maxwell's Mum) bring in their latest addition to their family...some cheeky chicks! Maxwell introduced the children to these beautiful fluffy family members and the children loved them! Here a few snaps from their visit 😍😁🐤🐥 

We even had Darcy holding Darcy the chick! 😍

Early bedtimes for tired children

As we head towards the end of the term, I know the children are getting more and more tired...and so are some of the teachers 🤦‍♀️. I know how much we all try and pack into the weekend and after school, but we would really appreciate if you could get your little one to bed early as it not only sets us up for a good day, but also a great day for their learning 😎

MUSICAL TICKETS ARE ON SALE!!

The Musical tickets are now on sale, please see below for the link to buy your tickets. At this stage we are going with only one night and the matinee, however if the ticket sales far exceed our number limit we will extend it to two nights. 

So get on now and buy your tickets!

 

Long Service Leave Days 

Over the next few weeks, I will be taking a few long service leave days in the lead up to my wedding. Unfortunately for me, this means a few Perth trips so the lovely Mr. Lee has allowed me some time to make these appointments. The beautuiful Mrs. Sorgiovanni will be filling in for me on the few days I am away. 

Thank you all for your ongoing support

Miss Prowse 

Welcome to Week Four

 Dear Parents, 

I hope you had a lovely weekend and that your little munchins weren''t on too much of a sugar rush after Halloween! The children sounded like they had an absolute ball and I know there were also some parents who had a wonderful night too! I was lucky enough to have my parents and my partner Hugh's parents come down and we all went out to Little Fish and then had a preview of our wedding venue...it's creeping up quickly...just like dare I say it...Christmas! Here is a little snap of our adventures from the weekend...

A few pieces of information: 

TERM  4 IMPORTANT DATES- 

• Year Four First Eucharist Mass at 10am at the church
• Week 5 - OLC celebrating NAIDOC week with various activities throughout the week
• Thursday 19th November: Scitech Incursion
• Monday 23rd November: Pupil Free Day
• Friday 27th November: Year 6 Musical @ 7pm
• Tuesday 8th December: End of Year Christmas Concert
• Friday 11th December: Last Day of Term 4 - Colour Run

All of these things will be here before you know it! Please pop these in your diary so you don't miss out on any important events 😍

MERIT AWARD WINNER FOR WEEK 3

Congratulations to Ginger who was the Week 3 merit awar winner. You are a Year One super star! 

 SPAGHETTI FUN 

In Science we have been looking at Chemical Science and how some materials be can changed if we add heat or cool them. We looked at cooked spaghetti earlier in the term and loved playing with the stretchy, sticky, flexible pasta and created a picture with our spaghetti. 

Last week we experimented with uncooked spaghetti and used this materail to make spaghetti towers with marshmellows. The children loved working in teams to create their masterpieces. In the end it was Jack's team that had the tallest tower!

I hope you have a lovely week! 

Miss Prowse