Another week in paradise! I hope everybody had a great weekend. My highlight was visiting my old friend, an 'Indo breakie with a side serve of bacon' at Goanna Gallery yesterday. Very tasty!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
IMPORTANT DATES (more information can be found on the school website)
21st February - Pancake Tuesday
24th February - General Assembly
- P and F Welcome Event
2nd March - Swimming Carnival (4-6)
CLASS REPS
A HUGE thank you goes out to Tegan Patterson and Claire O'Dea for putting their hands up to be the 5J class reps this year. Big round of applause.
IN THE CLASSROOM
The learning in Year Five has already heated up. Check out what is happening at the moment.
English: We have reviewed the structure and language features of a narrative and are now looking more closely at some of the narrative elements like setting, characters and plot. We are currently using our five senses to construct a paragraph to introduce the setting of our stories (illustration to the right) and we will be using the 'STEAL' technique to build a character. You might like to ask your child during the week to teach them to you.
Mathematics: We have launched our first investigation for the year. There are a number of concepts that now need to be taught before the students complete the investigation. The concepts that they will need to understand before attempting the investigation are factors and multiples to solve problems, rounding to 100 and 1000, estimation strategies, place value beyond millions, multiplication 4 digit x 1 digit, multiplication 3 digit x 2 digit, expanded notation and measuring angles.
LENT
Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday and signifies the beginning of Lent. Watch the video below if you would like to know a little bit more about this important time in the Catholic Calendar. You might like to implement something as a family (prayer, fasting and almsgiving) during this time. I have also included a video about Jesus' time in the desert (highly recommend watching - find a quiet space for 5 minutes). Enjoy!
Congratulations to Tom Gordon for receiving the first merit award for the year. Well done legend!!
Leadership Teams 2024 Please take the time to go through the different roles below and have a discussion with your child about what would be a great fit for them. We will begin to create a one page CV tomorrow. This will include some background information such as their name, birthday, faction, years at OLC, special achievements / milestones (First Holy Communion) as well as their 3 top preferences. With each preference, your child might like to write a sentence as to why they are interested or would be a great fit to that particular team. Please note that next year there will be a mid-year swap of teams so that each child will be apart of two teams over the year. Your child may also like to have an appropriate photo of themselves to insert into the CV to jazz it up. Team: Spirit Spies and Wellbeing Staff: Mrs. Meyer, Mrs Delane & Fr. Archie (where applicable) Student Team Members : Duty Statement: Members of the Spirit Spies Team are responsib
KAYA, Welcome to the final week of 2023! MOVIE DAY REWARD The Year Five classes will be joining forces and watching a movie together on Thursday. A student from 5J has used all of their Banqer money to purchase the 'Movie Buff' reward. This reward allows them to choose 5 movies to put forward to the parents for approval. If all are approved, they make the final decision for what we watch on Thursday. IF YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ANY OF THE MOVIES LISTED BELOW, PLEASE EMAIL ME BEFORE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY (TOMORROW) AND I CAN REMOVE THAT MOVIE FROM THE LIST. PLEASE NOTE THAT THEY ARE ALL RATED 'PG'. 1. Mrs Doubtfire 2. Home Alone 2 3. Johnny English 2 4. The Monkey King 5. The Grinch All students will be allowed to bring in a small zip lock bag of snacks or lollies to enjoy. No Flavoured drinks please, H2O in water bottles will suffice. Happy for them to bring in a small pillow if they like as well. TRANSITION TO YEAR 6 Your child will begin to bring work h
Kaya Team 5J, Winter is here! I hope you had a great long weekend, whether it was out and about or sitting cozy next to the fire. QUOTE OF THE WEEK IMPORTANT DATES ( more information can be found on the school website) 8th June: Winter Sports Carnival - Hay Park, Bunbury 15th June: OLC Cross Country Carnival 16th June: Year 3-6 Dance Concert - 11am WINTER CARNIVAL The 2023 Winter Sports Carnival is on this Thursday at Hay Park, Bunbury. Looks like there will probably be some rain during the day, so please remind your child to pack a towel. Might see you out there if you are coming along to support the OLC teams. JUNIOR MASTER CHEF This term, we have been learning about fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and fibre, and how they affect the human body. The students will now begin to design a 3 course meal for a particular season (Summer or Winter) in the South West. A requirement of this project is for your child to prepare one of the dishes on their menu at home
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