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
