Term 4 Week 7 learning and Important Information

 Kaya,

I cannot believe that there is only 3 weeks left with 6H. I have just realised that we are now super close to the finish line and it's that time of year where no matter how hard I try to slow everything down it is just not going to happen! With reports on the go, seesaw tasks being prepared, graduation around the corner and our final excursion less than 3 weeks away, I feel that I am going to be constantly running...so apologies if I do miss something along the way. Please let me know if I do, and I'll get on top of it straight away! This week we had some very big laughs as the kids creatively came up with their own rap songs. They were full of figurative language whilst also including a joke or two.😎 This weekend I went back to my Irish roots and watched the amazing "A Taste of Ireland" show. It was spectacular and made my slightly homesick. ☘☘☘☘

Term 4 week 7 Information: 

Seesaw Reporting
With the end of Semester Two approaching us, your child will soon be receiving their end of year report. Please be reminded that each Seesaw post that has been posted over the semester is a reflection of that individual learning sample and may not necessarily be their overall grade for that subject.

You would have seen over the past few weeks a variety of work in different learning areas. One of these posts was our Informal Prose Inventory Reading assessment results. This was a small recording of your child's reading at the level they are currently sitting at. Some students had moved up a couple of levels which signaled excellent growth. On the rubric you should have seen your child's reading age/level, fluency score, accuracy rate, retell and comprehension score and whether they were 'working towards', 'at' or 'above' standard. There was some significant improvements from Semester 1, which was brilliant to see!

The Visual Arts post was a special post, as the students really enjoyed and were quite proud of what they achieved in this task. You would have seen a beautifully drawn scene from the novel 'Once', using one point perspective and different shading techniques. As well as this, the students composed a beautiful description of the setting they drew using their senses to inspire the figurative language techniques they used. It definitely was a personal favourite of mine.

Most recently you would have seen the Algebra Assessment, which placed a large focus on using the balance strategy to find unknown values, BEDMAS (for us old folk - BIMDAS) to complete the order of operations in an equation and finally working with linear and function patterns. This is one of my favourite topics in Math's and the students did incredibly well, with many students achieving personal bests within their results. Not to mention an incredibly high class average!

If you haven't seen any of these posts as yet, get onto SEESAW and I'm sure you will be chuffed with the progress your child is making. We aim to keep you updated with your child's progress across all learning areas and give you as much transparency in your child's learning as possible. If there are any questions or queries about your child's progress in any subject area, please don't hesitate to email us to arrange a meeting.

High School Orientation Days 

Last Friday we had 11 students off at the Bunbury Grammar Year 7 Orientation Day for 2022. We hope they had a great day, from previous years' accounts the students are completely immersed in fun and have an absolute blast.

This Thursday 25th November St Mary MacKillop have their Year 7 Orientation Day and we wish the students well on this day. There is no bus supplied by OLC or SMMC on this day, therefore it is up to individual families to get your child there on the day. Unfortunately we are not given any details about these days, therefore if you have any questions you'll have to contact the high schools directly.
For those who will be at school this Thursday, we have plenty of Graduation jobs that need to be completed.

Vinnies Christmas Appeal 
There will be a box at the front of 6H for collections next week for Vinnie's Christmas Appeal. Please be generous and thoughtful in what you donate. The school have asked the Year 6 students to provide the following Christmas Goodies: Chocolates, tinned fruit, non-perishable fruit juices, nuts, small gifts, pampering items, vouchers (KMart, coffee, etc). Thank you in advance for your support and donations. 💗 

Candle Stall

Christmas Gifts for sale on Tuesday, students will need to bring money to purchase the candles from the wonderful Georgia Breheny. All money that she raises will go to charity, which is very generous of Georgia!
There are signs that have been placed around the school with what is for sale as well as prices. I will keep any purchases safe so there is no risk of them being damaged.

AGM

The AGM of the School Advisory Council and P&F will be held this Wednesday 24th November commencing at 6pm in the hall. All are welcome to attend, it would be great to see you there😊

Lunchtime Fun

This week and the remaining weeks of term, Mr Torrese will be coordinating a couple of different activities for the students to participate in. On Wednesday the students will the opportunity to participate in the Sketch up Challenge Grass Area outside Hall.

Year 6 Parish Busy Bee

The Year 6 students will be heading to the church to assist with the Parish Busy Bee on Friday. We will arrive at 9.00am and stay until 12.40 pm. This provides the students another opportunity for service learning and for making Jesus real. Students will need sports uniforms, school hat, recess and gardening equipment on the day. If you have any of the following, could you please ask the students to bring it along on the day. Gardening gloves, small gardening tools like hand weeders, hand spades etc. Tasks will include some maintenance around the church including weeding, litter collection, window washing, dusting, sweeping etc.

Year 6 End of Year Concert Dress
The theme for the end of year concert dress is ‘Casual Christmas Wear’. Christmas colours, t-shirts and Christmas accessories are all perfect for the occasion. Please note that members of the choir and OLC Dance Crew are asked to wear white with any Christmas accessories they would like to add. Mrs Sherborne and Mrs Haines. 

 

Graduation PowerPoint 

We are missing some baby photos and a few of both babies and toddlers. We would like to create a PowerPoint for Graduation with these special photos, as well as others from their time at OLC. If you have any ripper photos from your child's time at OLC, we would greatly appreciate any donations. Please email them through so I can get onto this job as soon as I can.

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

Term 4 Important Dates:

24th November – OLC AGM meeting
25th November - St Mary McKillop Yr7 2022 Orientation Day

26th November - Parish Busy Bee
7th December – Whole school Christmas Concert (LOCK THIS ONE IN!)

9th December - Yr6 Excursion Extravaganza 
10th December - Yr6 Graduation Mass, Morning Tea 
10th December – Colour Run and Last day for students

Homework

The students homework is due on Friday the 26th of November. This is the last homework of the year. 

Home Learning Grid includes:

1. Reading - The students will need to complete their novel for the last book club on Friday. 
2. Math - Worded Problems and Mental Math.
3. Spelling Activities - pick 3 activities from the spelling menu to complete in the week.
4. Three well-being tasks from learning grid. 
5. Learn the Year 6 graduation song lyrics. 
6. Any unfinished class tasks.

I hope you have a great week!

Miss Hurst