Hello from Jasper Edwards and Charlie McClenaughan - Week 5 Learning Term 3

 Kaya,

This blog has been expertly created by Jasper Edwards and Charlie McClenaughan, and I am sure you will agree that they have done a wonderful job. 

Did you know that in the season of Djilba (the noongar season we are currently in) is a great time to grow potatoes and radishes and camp in sheltered bays and waterways?


Quick Riddles: 

Q: What has to be broken before you can use it?

A: An egg!


Q: What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

A: A piano!


Q: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
A: An echo!


August & September Birthdays: 
Rhavi Howard - 26th of August
Dior Blackburn - 18th of September
Noah Brice - 21st of September
Happy birthday to you, have an AMAZING birthday!

⭐⭐Star Citizen Award⭐⭐
Well done to Jeremy Collis for receiving our 6H Star Citizen for Respect for Term 3.  Jeremy is an outstanding Year 6 role model. He consistently displays due regard for everyone around him and continually showcases respect and appreciation for his work and learning environment. Jeremy also demonstrates respect for others learning and shows patience and kindness with his peers. He also, continues to strive for greater achievements in his learning and respects all new and exciting challenges that come his way. OLC and 6H is very lucky to have Jeremy as a true and respectful leader in our school. Well done, Jeremy. 

Learning from week 5 of Term 3:

Writing:
This week in writing we are learning about the science of persuasion and what makes an effective persuasive text and how to persuade someone successfully. In week 6, we will be writing a letter to the OLC staff about a healthy living campaign that we believe that they should enforce in their week. We will also be making a poster about this campaign on Canva the online program, these posters will be hung up around the school.



Math:
In our math lessons we are learning about chance and probability. We have been learning with coins and dice and figuring out the chances and outcomes of different activities. On Friday we were given the challenge to create our own probability board game that we will be able to play with our parents on Wednesday afternoon at Parent Opening Night. 

 

Religion:
In religion we are learning about kids in Thailand who use sock balls instead of soccer balls or basketballs. To help us gain an appreciation on how lucky we are to have quality sports equipment, and give us an insight into how it would be to use sock balls for sport, on Monday we made our own sock balls and on Tuesday and Wednesday all we could use in daily fitness, recess and lunch were those sock balls we made. It definitely made us more appreciative and aware of how lucky we are. We also created some new games and actually ended up enjoying ourselves. 



Important Information:

Faction Free Dress 
Despite the contention on Friday both Meelup and Geographe scored equal points this term so far and therefore have Free Dress on Wednesday the 22nd.

OLC'S Got Talent Auditions 
Attention all Year 3-6 Superstars! OLC's Got Talent Auditions will be running TUESDAY WEEK 7 from 8.40am-1pm (once student's have performed they return to their classroom). Please practice your act and be ready to shine! Successful audition acts will perform in the annual OLC's Got Talent, Friday Week 8! Please bring all props/equipment/music/costumes needed. 
Thank you! Mrs Haines

School Athletics Carnival
Our Athletics Carnival is set for Thursday 26 August. They are set on this date to allow us to work with our students competing in the interschool sports on Thursday September 23. 
If the rain continues, we may postpone the sports to a later date. 

Open Classroom Evening
All PP-6 families are warmly invited to walk through your children’s classroom on Wednesday from 4.30-5.30. Let your child show you through their workbooks and class displays. 

Book Week
Our Book Week celebration will be held in the final week of term with the dress-up assembly being held first part of the day. (There is a slight chance the costumes may not be at their finest at our normal assembly time!)


Seesaw App - Please note there are some families that have still not connected to their child's Seesaw app, can you please use the QR code sent home with your child to login and access your child's portfolio of work. Please let me know if you have any issues or questions.

Upcoming Events
  1. Wed 25 Aug: Open Classroom Evening 4.30pm - 5.30pm
  2. Wed 25 Aug: Free Dress - Meelup and Geographe
  3. Thurs 26 Aug: Athletics Carnival 
  4. Fri 27 Aug: Student Free Day

Homework

Students have two weeks to complete due to shorter school week (Due Friday 3rd September).

Please ensure all students are completing their homework and getting you to check it with a signature nightly and then signing the learning grid and homework diary on a Thursday afternoon before it is returned.

Please note some separate emails will be sent out today to individual parents about students that have not returned their homework, this will become a regular communication from now on so that you are aware of the progressing situation. 

Home Learning Grid includes:

  1. Reading x 20 minutes every night - students to write up the pages that they read that night and the parent to sign every night.
  2. Spelling Activities - spelling grid to be completed in homework book.
  3. Mathematics - Two Mathletics tasks to be completed as well as a worksheet that will revise a topic from the previous term.
  4. Three well-being tasks from learning grid.
  5. Any unfinished class tasks.

We both hoped that you enjoyed our wonderful blog, from Jasper and Charlie. 




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