Sunday 8 September 2019

Term 3, Week 8


Welcome to week 8 everyone.

Massive weekend of footy! The Mulies are into another grand final!

Year 5 throws:
These are this Tuesday and will be held during the students sport time. Any questions are to be directed to Mrs Sinclair.

School Photos
This Thursday the 12th of September, is our annual school photos! Get your blue steel posers ready!

SHOE BOX APPEAL
It is that time of the year when we begin to collect gifts for our shoe box appeal. Your child will be sent a letter (via OneNote) explaining what age group and gender of child that they are buying for. Could you please have all items in the class by the end of week 9 please? At the beginning of Week 10, the Year 3, 5 and 6 classes will get together to pack the boxes.

Ideas of what to purchase
SOMETHING TO WEAR: t-shirt, polo shirt, shorts, skirt, cap, beanie, sandals, etc.
SOMETHING TO LOVE: teddy bear, doll, soft toy, etc.
SOMETHING SPECIAL: carry bag, sunglasses, bangles, stickers, necklaces, craft kits, wind-up torch, a personal note, a photo of yourself, etc.
SOMETHING FOR SCHOOL: exercise book, pencil case, pens, pencils, colouring pencils, sharpener, eraser, chalk, etc.
SOMETHING TO PLAY WITH: tennis ball, cars, skipping rope, marbles, musical instrument, yo-yo, slinky, finger puppets, etc.
SOMETHING FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE: soap and face washer, toothbrush, hairbrush, comb, scrunchies, hair-clips, etc.

OPEN NIGHT
On the final Monday of term, from 5-6pm, we will be holding our Learning Journey to share the rich learning that has taken place in classes this term. If parents assemble in the hall at 5pm, there will be a short welcome and musical presentation.
All parents are then free to walk through the classrooms to look at their child's work and art displays. The students who arrive at school early are to remain seated till the classrooms are opened.

Homework:
For those students that are still struggling to understand what the activities for spelling are, there is a success criteria on their Onenote.


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Reading:
15 minutes
Reading:
15 minutes
Reading:
15 minutes
Reading:
15 minutes
Maths:
The children are expected to complete only one unit of their Maths homework weekly. Each unit will be due on a Friday and time will be provided on Friday gathering time to review any tricky parts or unfinished sections before handing in.

This week is Unit 27

Spelling:
LCWC

ABC Order:
An example of this is on the “Welcome” section in  Onenote:
Spelling:
LCWC

Adding my words:
 An example of this is on the “Welcome” section in  Onenote:
Spelling:
LCWC

Consonants and Vowels:
Write your spelling words; use a blue coloured pencil for consonants and a red coloured pencil for vowels.
Spelling:
LCWC

Synonyms:
Choose 5 spelling words and next to each one write 2 synonyms.

A synonym is a word that means the same. Use a thesaurus for help, if needed. Example: large big