Hello from Nina & Myla - Week 4 learning Term 2

 Kaya, 

Before I hand the blog over to our fabulous bloggers this week I wanted to share a proud teacher moment. How wonderful were the students on Friday at their final performance assembly? Well done to all the students of both 6R and 6H, you were wonderful and so very funny, I was so proud! 💓 

AS PROMISED I'M HANDING YOU NOW OVER TO THE STUDENTS... 

The rest of this blog has been expertly created by Nina Hutton and Myla Fursdon and I am sure you will agree that they have done a wonderful job. 

Wadandi boodja, wadan boonar moort Kaaditjin wongi, nitcha Wadandi noongar boodja. This week we had our awesome assembly! The students all worked flat out so they could perform it the best they possibly could, and it paid off. 💚👏

Djeran (April – May): Many flying ants can be seen cruising around in the light winds. Djeran is a time of red flowers, especially from the red flowering gum (Corymbiaficifolia), as well as the smaller and more petite of the summer flame (beaufortia aestiva).

Good luck to Cam on his surf competition on Sunday!

⭐⭐Merit Award⭐⭐

Congratulations to Laura Jensen for winning our Merit Award at the end of week 4 for her beautiful writing and story in the Narrative Hot Task. Laura used wonderful descriptive language, it was wonderful to read about her main character and her trip to Ireland with her family. Well done Laura on showcasing all the elements of an effective narrative in your story. Keep up the hard work! 👏

May Birthdays: 

Sian Roberts - 3rd May
Myla Fursdon - 10th May
Ellie Crawford - 12th May
Cam Spencer - 27th May
Ari Wilson - 30th May
Happy Birthday to you all, we hope you have a wonderful May and a fantastic Birthday!

Learning from week 4 of Term 2:

Maths:

This week in maths we are learning about fractions and whole numbers. The method we are learning is to divide the denominator by the whole and then multiply the answer we get with the numerator.

Like this:

We are also continuing with our math rotations, e.g., guided practice, Mathletics and fraction games. We do two rotations each lesson, but we get a go of every rotation each week.

Writing:

This week in writing, we wrote our hot task. For those of you who do not know what a hot task is, it is a short narrative we write at the end of our writing topic after we have had a term learning about it, we do a cold task at the start of the term so the teachers can see what we are up to in our writing.

This is what we had to write about:

We are also continuing our Narnia story. Most people are either up to typing or have finished, but some are still completing their story. When we have finished typing up our story, we will draw a cover page about it and then Miss Hurst will make a book of all our stories that will be available to be viewed inside the classroom. 😊

Spelling:

This week our spelling focus is the ‘ee’ grapheme (bee). The other graphemes that make the ‘ee’ sound are ‘e’, ‘ea’, ‘y’, ‘ey’, ‘ie’, ‘e_e’, ‘I’, ‘ei’, ‘eo’, ‘ay’ and ‘ae’.

Dance:

In dance, Miss Haines is teaching us a dance with the topic ‘schools out’. Earlier in the year we got into small groups and made up our own dances, but now we are putting all that choreography into our own class dance. We are doing it to the song ‘ABC’ as it is a school’s out theme. We have our dance concert with all the year’s which is on Friday 2nd July. We hope you will all be there!

Science:

The wonderful Mrs Murphy has requested one cleaned tin can per student for science on Thursday next week please. A normal size can is preferable example a baked beans tin can. The students can bring the can whenever they have one ready. Thank you for your support. 

Important Information:

Character Strengths: 

Dear Parents, currently at OLC we are focusing on modeling and observing different character strengths. The strengths that we will focus on are taken directly from the VIA Institute for Character. If you wanted to learn more about this please follow the link to the 24 character strengths: https://www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths 

This upcoming week we are looking for people who show Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence. Can you encourage your child to do the following?

Book Fair Week 5

Book Fair will be held in week 5. It will be set up in the back of the hall. 
Times: Tue and Wed before and after school and lunchtime 1.10-1.45.

Please note - If your child brings more than $15 to spend during the day, please have it in an envelope with the amount written on it and signed by you. 
There will be 2 book hunts happening throughout the Book Fair. (PP- Yr 3) (Yr 4 - 6) There will be one winner per year group. The book hunts will be at the door on Tuesday to be picked up and filled in. The winner will choose by luck of the draw on Wednesday afternoon. Even those students who do not buy anything can enter the competition and maybe win a book. Kids have 4 chances to participate in the hunt - before/ after school and lunchtime Tuesday and before school and lunchtime Wednesday. 📕📗📘📙📚

Community Support:

Dear OLC Community,
As you know one of our family's recently suffered the unexpected loss of their husband and father in February this year. Dave Clift was husband to Annmarie and dad to Violet in Year 5H, and to former OLC students Damon (17), and Sunny (15). Annmarie has been overwhelmed by the love and support she has already received in terms of willing listeners, shoulders to cry on and lovingly prepared meals. Many people have continued to ask how they might best help the family as they move forward. Here is a way. Without Dave and an income, Annmarie could really use some financial support. If you are able, even if in a small way to contribute to this Go Fund Me Campaign, she would be forever grateful. Thank you and may God Bless you.
Mrs. Amie Meyer
https://gofund.me/cffd29eb

Dance For Sick Kids Fundraiser:
Hello K-6 Families! Next Friday, 21st May all students will be Dancing for Sick Kids! Please bring a gold coin donation to school on Friday to raise money for this incredible Charity. All funds raised will help seriously ill or injured children and their families by providing a home-away-from-home at Ronald McDonald House, whilst they receive critical care and treatment. On average, it costs Ronald McDonald House Charities $160 to support a family for one night, so please give what you can, every dollar counts. Please see our OLC Fundraising page for further information and any additional donations:
https://www.danceforsickkids.com/fundraisers/ourladyofthecape 
Thank you for helping me make a difference!

Mrs Haines 💃

No Dogs:

Last week there was an incident on school grounds with a large dog and one of our younger students. We have been advised that dogs are now unfortunately not permitted on school grounds. (Wilko our care dog is an exception to this rule).
A new puppy on a lead for show and tell is totally fine. 🐶

OLC Celebrates National Sorry Day – Bring a T Shirt!
Wednesday the 26th May marks National Sorry Day and Thursday the 27th marks the beginning of National Reconciliation Week. These are important dates for us to acknowledge as we work toward harmony and intercultural understanding as a nation.
The theme for Reconciliation week this year is: More than a word … Reconciliation takes action. Considering this theme, we are planning on conducting a whole school event involving all OLC students, and parents are asked dress their child with either a black, red or yellow T shirt (any shade or hue is fine) and black sports shorts on the day of Wednesday 26th May. This might not mean buying a T-Shirt – school sports shirts for Meelup and Leeuwin could be worn, or any T’s you already have at home which are predominantly one of these colours will be fine. Stay tuned to our Social Media platforms during Reconciliation Week to see the fruits of out labours!

Upcoming Events

1. Wheels After Meals - Tuesday

2. Walkie Wheelie Waste Free Wednesday

3. Book Fair - Tuesday 18th May and Wednesday 19th May

4. Dance for Sick Kids Fundraiser - Friday 21st May

5. National Sorry Day (whole school activity) - Wednesday 26th May

6. National Sorry Day Assembly - Friday 28th May

7. Bogan Bingo Fundraiser - 28th May

8. Bishop Visit - 28th May 

9. Winter Carnival (Year 5 and 6) - 3rd June

Homework 

Due: Friday, 21st May
Our homework diaries having not arrived as yet. The students will continue using their homework books for now. Thank you to those parents that sign the students work, please ensure you do this especially on a Thursday night before they return to class on a Friday. At times, the students may take home other work that they have not completed in class to be returned completed by a set day and time. 
Home Learning Grid includes:
1. Reading x 20 minutes every night. 

2. Spelling Activities - spelling grid to be completed in homework book. 
3. Mathematics - Times Tables (division (11) orally)
4. Three well-being tasks from learning grid.

Reminder - The wonderful memories and moments from the Year 6 Camp are available to be viewed on Teams on your child's computer. 📷📸

Thank you everyone for reading our blog and we hope you have an awesome weekend with all your family and friends!

Imagine

With all your mind.

Believe

With all your heart.

Achieve

With all your might.

Thank you, from Nina and Myla😊