Welcome to Week Six

Dear Parents, 

Welcome to Week Six! I can't believe we are over half way through the term!  What a wonderful glimpse of Spring we received on Sunday and even better to celebrate the Dockers (...and Eagles) win for the weekend!Both Hugh and I were lucky enough to head to the game and see the boys have a win! 

 

There are just a few messages for this week...

FACTION CARNIVAL

OLC’s Sport Carnival is on this Thursday 27th August. Parent spectators are welcome! Students are to report to class by 8:40am and we will come down to the faction bays around 9am. The children are to wear their faction shirts on this day and may wear faction colours in their hair or coloured sunscreen. They can also bring a team mascot in their faction colour! 

Please ensure that they pack plenty of healthy snacks and a full water bottle for the day. Please return the note sent home today if you are planning to take your child home at the conclusion of the carnival. We don’t know what time it will finish but it is expected that it will be before 3pm, therefore, we need to know who will be leaving or returning to class until the final bell.

Wheelie Walkie Waste Free Wednesday

It’s on again! Get those bikes, scooters and walking shoes ready, and leave those cars and wasteful lunch packaging behind.

Our Wheelie, Walkie, Waste -Free Wednesdays will commence again on Wednesday Week 6, 7 & 8!

Once again class participation will be recorded and the winning class will receive a free excursion (provided by the City Busselton) of their choice, somewhere within the City of Busselton region.

1P for the win!!!!

Fruit on arrival in the mornings will once again be provided (also the from the City of Busselton) this year, however due to current health and safety regulations, whole pieces of fruit will be distributed as opposed to cut-up pieces. 

Throws and Jumps

The children all tried so hard and gave their best efforts in the Throws and Jumps event. Please see below for the 1P children who got a place. Congratulations to everyone for great sportsmanship!

Homework

Just a gentle reminder that homework for this fortnight is due Wednesday the 26th of August. If you have any questions or if you are happy for your child to hand it in early, please let me know. 

Family Mass - Postponed 

Our Year One family Mass that was due to proceed on Saturday the 12th of September has been postponed until further notice due to current Phase Four restrictions. We will let you know if another date can be arranged. 

Our Learning

We have been very busy in Year 1P with some amazing things happening across all learning areas! 

In English we have been learning about persuasive texts in both reading and writing and have loved reading through our Mentor Texts of 'Winter is the best season in Dunsborough' and 'Do you want to be a pirate?'. The children have loved extending and learning about new vocabulary as well as writing their own versions of each of the texts. I have been blown away with the amazing writing the children have been producing. Keep an eye on the blog for some amazing work coming up!

Thank you for your ongoing support, 

Miss Prowse 

Welcome to Week Four

 Dear Parents, 

What a start to our week 4 with some very wet and wild weather! I hope you managed to stay warm and out of the rain (unlike myself at pick up lane on Monday!)

Just a few messages for this week...

Homework

Just a gentle reminder that homework is due this Friday the 14th of August. If you have any questions or if you are happy for your child to hand it in early, please let me know. 

Throws and Jumps 

This is the first year the children will be participating in the throws and jumps aspect of the carnival. These events will be taking place in the children's sports lessons over the next two weeks and the points the children earn will go towards the faction points and the overall points for the champion boy and girl of the year level. 

Athletics carnival and Pupil Free Days 

Please put down Thursday the 27th of August in your calender's for the OLC Athletic's carnival. It is sure to be a great day and get into the team spirit of the school. Please also note that Friday the 28th and Monday the 31st of August are pupil free days...enjoy the extra long weekend!  

Merit Award winner 

Congratulations to Cooper who was this week's Merit Award winner. You are a Year One super star! 

OLC Open Night 

Due to the restrictions of Phase Four and the push back of Phase Five, the Open Night has been postponed to a later date. Please keep an eye on the newsletter for more information.  

Our Learning 

We have been very busy in Year 1P with some amazing things happening across all learning areas! 

In English we have been learning about persuasive texts in both reading and writing and have loved reading through our Mentor Texts of 'Winter is the best season in Dunsborough' and 'Do you want to be a pirate?'. The children have loved extending and learning about new vocabulary as well as writing their own versions of each of the texts. I have been blown away with the amazing writing the children have been producing...who would have imagined these wonderful children could produce paragraphs! Have a look at some of this amazing work below! 

P.S I love the last reason of Mum and Dad can't get you! 

In Maths we have loved learning about Skip counting, Multiplication (equal groups) and division. The children have loved taking part in hands on activities to explore how division and multiplication relate to one another. 

Paul Klee and Picasso have been our Artist focus in Art and the children have loved creating their reflections for display in our class. You may have seen a sneak peak in our classroom this morning put up by the beautiful Mrs. Hughes. 

In Science we have loved learning about clouds, Day and night and all things earth and space! The children absolutely loved seeing our cloud in a jar experiment last week! Have a look at the video below if you'd like to do it at home. 

I hope you have had a lovely week and look forward o more fun and learning ahead! 

Miss Prowse 

Week Three information and Merit Award winner b

Good afternoon parents, 

I hope you have had a lovely start to week 3 and you are enjoying this little ray of sunshine we are getting before the big storm next week...ask your child if they can tell you what type of cloud makes rain 😁

Homework 

Thank you to all the parents for your efforts with homework the last fortnight. We have really noticed an increase in the children's reading since returning to Term 3 and have loved when they come in so proud of their speed reading times from their spelling words. Homework is due next Friday the 14th of August and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me. 

Please see below of an example of how homework should be filled out 😻

Merit Award winner for week 3

Congratulations to Ivy who is the week 3 Merit Award winner. It's a great day in the Hoang household with Andy in PP also receiving a merit award 🎉🎊

School Photos 

Your child should have brought home an order form last week. Please check in with Mrs Marrell if your child has not given it to you yet.

If you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to contact me. 

Miss Prowse