Hello from Lily and Avalon- Week 7 learning Term 2

 Kaya,

This blog has been expertly created by Avalon Paterson and Lily Rawling, 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.  

We have now finally entered the Wadandi season of Makuru!! It is now the coldest and wettest time of the year. Makuru is also known as the fertility season.



This week, the years five and six participated in the Winter Sports Carnival versing against other schools. Each student played either netball, hockey, footy or soccer. Let's go OLC!

At the moment in Religion, we are learning about the 7 sacraments. Baptism is part of the initiation stage. Speaking of baptism, did you know that Lara’s mum is German and, Lara was baptised in Germany?


May Birthdays: 
Happy Birthday to Orlando Gianoncelli who celebrated his birthday yesterday, Saturday the 5th June. The other birthdays for June are: 
Georgia Breheny - 27th June
Jake Veitch - 28th June 2010
Happy Birthday to you all, we hope you have a wonderful June and a fantastic Birthday!


Learning from week 7 of Term 2:


Maths:
In Math we are learning how to multiply and divide decimals. We are still continuing with our math group rotation which includes peer practice (games), guided practice (with the teacher) or mathletics (independent). We now see how important times tables really are - quick fast - what is 8 x 9?
Can you spot what is missing at the end of this calculation above?  
Always remember to count the decimal places at the end and add the decimal point back in at the end of the sum otherwise the sum is incorrect. 

Writing:
This week in writing we are focusing on using the PEEL strategy to write a paragraph for an information report on the critically endangered Numbat. For those who don’t know what the PEEL strategy is, we will tell you.
P – Point, E – Example, E – Explain, L – link.



Spelling:
In spelling we our doing our usual soundwaves spelling sheet and segmenting page. Don't forget spelling test this upcoming Friday 11th June. Remember to practice spelling words from week 6 and 7. 😎


Technologies:
In technologies we have been learning about sustainability. We learned about a true story of a student in Bangladesh - Iqbal who created a solar oven to help his family. We learnt about the power of a solar oven and how it can be used effectively in third world countries. We are in the process of making and designing our own solar ovens to cook four different types of foods in preparation for building them in two weeks time (Thursday 10th June). 

Students will need to bring supplies for their solar oven on Thursday the 10th of June. Students are not to purchase any materials but use recycling and materials from their home. Please see below the basic solar oven model and materials needed to make. 


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 Curiousity. Can you encourage your child to reflect on the following?


Each student in 6H did the character survey on Monday this week and learned about their 24 character strengths, focusing mainly on their top 5. Each student downloaded information on their individual strengths and you can view them on their laptop. It would be interesting to see if you agree with what they got. We will be focusing on these strengths over the upcoming weeks.

OLC Dance Concert - A message from the wonderful Mrs (Ellie) Haines - 
Hello Families! 
The OLC Dance Concert is on Friday, July 2nd Week 11 (last day of Term after lunch). 
Several students have mentioned they will be away on that day (or are unsure if they will be away). If you child WILL NOT be at school for the last day of term/ OLC Dance Concert please email ellie.haines@cewa.edu.au ASAP (if you haven't done so already).
If your child/children will be performing please see the Dance Blog for all costume requirements: https://danceolc.blogspot.com/ 
Year 5 & 6 Students involved in the OLC Dance Crew please see blog post with all information about the Bunbury Performance in Term 3.
Thank you - all students are doing such an incredible job and I know you will be impressed by their dance moves! Ellie Haines. 💃💃

Upcoming Events
1. Wheels After Meals - Tuesday
2. Walkie Wheelie Waste Free Wednesday
3. WA Day Public Holiday - Monday 7th June
4. Pupil Free Day - Tuesday 9th June
5. OLC Cross Country - Thursday 17th June
6. Whole School Mass - Friday 25th June

Homework - Due in 2 weeks because of the shorter weeks at school (Due Friday 11th June) 
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 work continued - beat the calculator - division. 
4. Three well-being tasks from learning grid.
5. Any unfinished class tasks. 
6. Start collecting materials for Technologies (Solar Oven) and a clean tin can for Science. 

Thank you for reading our blog, we hope you enjoyed it and you have an amazing long weekend. 
Bloggers - Avalon Paterson and Lily Rawling









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