Week 3 merit award winners

Congratulations to Hugh and Sofia who were the week 3 merit award winners. You are both Year One super stars!

Miss Prowse

Week 4 information

Good afternoon parents,

I hope you have had a lovely weekend and have enjoyed this glorious sunshine! Just a few messages about the events coming up this week.

Year One family Mass
Thank you to all of those families who came to Mass on Saturday night. It was fantastic to see so many families involved in the mass and I especially loved the beautiful singing and dancing from the children!

Prayer Assembly
It is our Year 1P prayer assembly this Friday at 9am and I have given some reading parts to some of the children. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me.

Lollies for the Fete
I think our donation box is over flowing! Thank you to those who have donated their 2 packets of lollies, if there are any more donations, can you please bring them to school ASAP.

Newspaper donations
If you have any old newspapers at home you would like to bring them in for our STEM project coming up in the next couple of weeks, we would be very appreciative.

Thank you for your ongoing support

Miss Prowse

Week 3 Information

I hope you've all had a restful weekend and ready to take on week 3! There are a couple of reminders for the coming weeks below: 

Year One Family Mass 

On Saturday at 6pm the children in Year One's and their families are invited to attend Mass at Our Lady of the Southern Cross church at 6pm. This will be a wonderful opportunity to come together as a class community and celebrate a beautiful Mass together. There will be pizza after the Mass for the children.

Donation of lollies for the Fete

Thank you to all of those people who have donated lollies to the Fete so far. If you haven't donated yet, the box is out in the wet area just outside our classroom. 

STEM Project - Newspapers required!

What is black, white and read all over....? NEWSPAPER! 

As a part of our Science project for this term, the children will be creating a chair for Baby Bear made entirely out of newspaper. The children must work together in teams to bend, stretch and manipulate the newspaper to be sturdy enough to hold a toy bear. We are easking for donations of newspaper over the next few weeks and more information about the task (and parent helpers) will be announced shortly. 

Castles Project

This term in Visual Arts and Technology we have been exploring the characteristics and features of castles. We already know that castles have been made popular by some fairy tales and that they are an important part of history, particularly in Europe.
This website contains some fun facts about castles that you can read to your child at home:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_castles.php

On Friday of Week 5, we will be using recycled materials such as cardboard boxes, netting, plastic lids and any other materials that the children can think of, to construct our own castles. Next week I will update our blog with a list of materials that the children and I have brainstormed together. From there, we will need to get collecting at home! If each child could bring their materials to school in a bag labelled with their name on it by Friday 9th November (Week 5) that would be fantastic! We will also prepare some materials which we already have at school that the children can access on the day. If you can help on this day from 10am-11am with our castle construction, please contact me by email, or let me know in the classroom.

Miss Prowse

Week 2 Merit Award winners

Congratulations to Lawson, Alexis and Stellan who were this weeks Merit Award winners. You are all Year One super stars!

Miss Prowse

Year One buddy Mass

On Wednesday the Year 6 students escorted the Year 1 students to Our Lady of the Southern Cross church to participate in the weekly parish mass.

 Each of the older students was responsible for two younger students on the walk to the church and were excellent role models as reverent but active participants in the mass.

 Father Ian congratulated the students on their participation and behaviour. This “Buddy” time is very special in making OLC the community it is.

We were very lucky with the beautiful weather and we enjoyed participating in the Mass with our buddies.

Miss Prowse

Calendar Orders

If you would like to order your child's artwork to purchase as a calendar, please fill out the order form sent home last week and return to the classroom with the money by this Friday 19th October.

The calendars are a great keepsake or Christmas gift for your loved ones!

Miss Prowse

Week 2 Information

Good evening parents, 

Just a few reminders for week 2. I hope all of those who attended family camp had a wonderful time!

Think Mental's Homework

Units to be completed this term are as follows:
Week 2: Unit 16
Week 3: Unit 17
Week 4: Unit 18
Week 5: Unit 19
Week 6: Unit 20
Week 7: Unit 21
Week 8: Unit 22
Week 9: Unit 23
If your child is a keen Mathematician they can go ahead in their books this term, or even complete a few of the remaining units over the summer holidays in preparation for Year Two.

Absentees

Some absentee letters will go home this week for any unaccounted absences throughout the year. Please write a brief reason for your child's absence, sign and send back to school. Gold stars for those of you who have sent in all absentee notes for the year!!

School Fete

There is a box in the classroom for donations of lollies for the school fete. Many thanks to those of you who have already contributed. Please refer to the letter from the P&F regarding important information for the fete on the 11th November.

Buddy Mass

This Wednesday, the Year Ones will walk to the church with their Year Six buddies to attend mass (weather dependent). Parents are most welcome to join us at the church from 9:30am.

Class Mass

The Year One family mass is scheduled for Saturday 27th October at 6pm. All Year One families are invited to the church to celebrate mass with Fr Ian, followed by pizzas after mass.

Phew, I think that's it!

Thank you for your ongoing support :)

Mis Prowse