Term 4, Week 4

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 Welcome to Melbourne Cup week!


 IMPORTANT REMINDERS:

  • First Eucharist - Sunday 8th November at 10am at Our Lady of the Southern Cross Church. All Year 4 students are expected to attend to support their classmates making their First Eucharist.
  • Year Five J Remembrance Day Service -  Wednesday 11th November 
  • Year 5 Excursion - Monday 16th November
  • Pupil Free Day - Monday 23rd November
  • Year 6 Musical - Friday 27th November.
  • International Day of Disabilities - Friday 4th December
  • End of Year Christmas Concert - Tuesday 8th December (Further details to come)
  • Colour Run/Last Day of Term 4 - Friday 11th December.


MERIT AWARD WINNERS:

Congratulations to Taya McMaster for receiving last week's merit award.


STEM PROJECT:

Over the next couple of weeks, groups should be getting together and experimenting the best reaction that will propel their bottle car the required metre. Last week, we had a session where we discussed and watched some videos of people combining some of the solids and liquids, so the students should have a pretty good idea on what solids and liquids they want to test.


This is a great opportunity for a parent or parents to be involved in the learning so I would recommend that someone is overseeing the experiment to ensure safety procedures are adhered to. HAPPY EXPERIMENTING!!!


More information on the project can be found on One Note, Content Library - STEM folder.


CAPE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE EXCURSION:

On Monday the 16th of November, we will be heading out of the classroom for a big day of learning about our wonderful Cape. 

Our excursion will be lead by local custodian of the land, Josh Whiteland.  He will lead us on the “Cape Cultural Experience.”

We will experience a “Welcome to Country” then an easy guided walk (~2.5km) around the tip of the cape, learning about local flora and fauna along the way. On arrival at the “Meeting Place”, we will enjoy local Dreaming stories, view an artefacts & tool display, followed by an interactive didgeridoo music session.

We will also take part in the “Shipwrecks and Settlers” guided tour where we will learn about the importance of our area for early settlers.  We will step back in time on a guided tour of the lighthouse and precinct, learning about the first inhabitants, colonial settlement and the lives of the lighthouse keepers and families in this once isolated outpost.

Both classes will be looking for some parent helpers, so if you are interested in volunteering your time, flick me an email before the end of the week and I can draw names out of a hat (depending on numbers).


Enjoy the week!






Mr Jones




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