Week 5 & 6 - Term 1 2023

 KAYA,

Wow-Wee.... what a busy two weeks we have had in Year 6 with two very short weeks for week 5 and 6. The students completed their IPI reading test with the teacher and had their last ever OLC swimming carnival at the Geographe Leisure Centre. 😔 

Well done to our awesome year 6 swimmers, everyone put in their best effort both as a leader and competing in the swimming (even Mr Lee could be spotted trying to perfect his free style)! 

My God moment on Friday has got to be listening to the OLC band and choir sing as I was getting the classroom ready, it was a wonderful way to start the weekend! 🙌

The Year 6 students continued their busy efforts this weekend at the Year 6 car wash! It proved to be a great success and lots of fun, raising much needed funds for the End of Year 6 festivities. Well done all involved, what a super effort! 🙌

⭐⭐Star Citizen⭐⭐

Well done to Oscar Todd for receiving our first 6H Star Citizen Award for 2023. Oscar, continually demonstrates the schools value of compassion in his thoughts, actions and words. He has started Year 6 with a bang, showing hard work and dedication to his learning and organization. He is a kind and generous soul to others, always ready to give his time, jokes, smiles and friendship. He is also one of the first students in 6H to put his hand up to help others. Oscar is a true compassionate leader and role model at OLC. Congratulations on receiving this award Oscar! 

Our Learning:

Seesaw - Please log in to your child's seesaw account so that you can start to see some of their assessments displayed. The first post included your child's reading test. You will be able to see the text they read, hear them read it and see their rubric and grading. Please let me know if you need a new login sent home this week. 

Math - Over the past fortnight in math,  we have been looking at the relation of perimeter on area and vice versa. We have been working out if we change the perimeter does this then change the area of a shape and vice versa. Also, we have been learning the divisibility rules that will help us to quickly understand bigger numbers. Next week we will be looking at the surface area of 3D rectangular shapes and practicing our long division and multiplication (times tables are essential for this topic so please get practicing at home). 

Writing - In writing over the last two weeks we have been looking at lots of different characters that we know. We look at how they have been described and how do we as a reader perceive the characters. We use the STEAL technique when helping to write and create our own characters. This includes looking at the characters: 

S - Speech 

T - Thoughts 

E - Effect on others 

A - Actions 

L - Looks 

We have looked at famous characters like Mrs Trunchbull, Shrek, the Big Bad Wolf. We have also explored the type of characters in a story - Antagonist and Protagonist. Ask your child to tell you the difference between the two? 

Next week we will be looking at sizzling story starters and describing our setting using our 5 senses of sight, hear, touch, taste and smell. All of this work will then make our Expositions within our HOT tasks AMAZING! 

Technology - In technology this week we revised the Engineering Design Process and discussed how it can be used in many forms. We explored how a design does not need to be perfect and therefore mistakes are going to matter as they will help us to get to the perfect end design. We then had a group project to use the engineering process to create the longest and strongest paper chain using specific items in 10 minutes. At the end we then had to test our produce and revise and communicate our findings to the class. Well done to the teams who showed out of the box thinking and effective communication skills with their team. 

The students have been given their end of term project for technologies they will need to use every step of the engineering design process to create a game. This game must be made using recycled materials and must be able to be played by their Year 2 buddy! Therefore, your child may ask to bring in some recycled materials from home over the next two weeks. The students will have the next 3 weeks to create this project this will include writing their project up using the engineering design process.

IMPORTANT - Year 6 Leavers Shirt 2023: 

Please note that we are now collecting payment for the leavers shirts. The shirts are currently being printed and hopefully will be with us in the next couple of weeks, in order for your child to collect their shirt when it arrives payment needs to be made. The cost is $35 per shirt (please keep in mind if you ordered 2 to send in the extra money). We ask that you either send cash clearly labelled in an envelope to your class teacher or pay by eftpos at the office (Fran is aware that you may come in to do this). Well done to Emily Callaghan on completing the beautiful artwork on the back of the shirt. 

IMPORTANT - Year 6 Parent Meetings Week 9: 

Please note that you should have received a text message regarding the parent meetings held in week 8. You can use the below link to make a booking: 

Book time with Anita Hurst (Our Lady of the Cape Primary School - Dunsborough) 

Please remember to log in using guest. If the times indicated do not suit you or our family please email me to book an alternative time. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out. I look forward to seeing you all over the upcoming weeks. 

Library:

My apologies but we have not made it to the library in the past two weeks due to the shorter weeks. We will most definitely make it down this upcoming Tuesday, please remind your child to bring their library bag with them to school. 

Character Strengths: 

Parents, this week we are looking at developing the character strength of Forgiveness. St Lawrence gave away everything from his church to those in need. When he was questioned about this, he was tortured and sentenced to the death. Even as he was in pain and dying, he was telling jokes and forgiving those that did him harm. Do you give people a second chance? Do you move on when others apologise?

Homework:
This fortnight, homework will include (due Friday 24th March):

• Times table activity booklet - Weeks 7 & 8
• Oral practice of the 8 times tables (try including division also)
• Reading (30 minutes per day - to be logged in the student diary in the designated side section)
• 1 x Banqer interview questions

Please ensure that your child writes their daily reading into their homework diaries and that it is signed once a week by an adult.

Important Dates for Term 1 2023

1. Friday 17th March - Saint Patricks Day
2. Thursday 23rd March - Interschool swimming competition
3. Friday 24th March - National Ride to School Day
4. Sunday 2nd April - Palm Sunday
5. Tuesday 4th April - Year 6 Chrism Mass
6. Friday 7th April - Public Holiday Easter Friday
7. Term 1 school holidays

Best of Luck to those year levels starting NAPLAN this week! You have got this!  

Kindest regards,

Mrs Hurst.