Term 2, Week 3

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to week 3.

NAPLAN:
NAPLAN is upon us once again. This year it has been pushed out over 2 weeks which is smarter and a more relaxed approach for everyone.
Below is the schedule that the Year 5’s will have:
Week 3

Wednesday 15th May -   Writing at 9:30am

Thursday 16th May -        Reading at 9:30am

Week 4

Wednesday 22nd May -  Conventions of Language at 9:30am

Thursday 23rd May -        Numeracy at 9:30am

Book Fair

On Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd of May, there is a book fair in the library. The library will be selling books from 8-9am and 3.30-4.30pm on these days.

Walk to School Day

On Friday 17th May, we are celebrating Walk to School Day are encouraging families to walk to school. This coincides with the opening of the new pedestrian path being built along Cape Naturaliste Road.

Pupil Free Day - Staff Professional Development Day

Just a reminder that on Friday 24th May, there will be a pupil free day as the teacher's will be involved in a Bright Paths PD.

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 12
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

Term 2, Week2

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to week 2.

Handwriting books:
Last week some Handwriting books came in from Seachange News. They have been handed out to the students that have purchased them. If you haven’t purchased one yet, could you please do so? They look like this:

Headphones:
I sent out a message last week, but could you please remind your child that they must bring in their headphones in every day.

Mother’s Day:
The Mothers Day breakfast will be on this Friday morning. Please RSVP if you are coming.

Music Lessons:
The students music time has been changed from Thursday morning to Monday morning. The time hasn’t changed, just the day. If your child brings their own Ukulele, Monday is the day to bring it in.

Maths:
In Maths last week, we were looking at length and converting units of measurement. Below are a couple of photos of the students measuring themselves and having to converting their height into mm, cm and meters.

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 11
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

Term 2, Week 1

Hello everyone and welcome back to Term 2.

I hope everyone enjoyed their break. If you didn’t have your head under a rock over the past two weeks, you would have seen the mighty Fremantle Dockers win 2 games in row and currently sit second on the ladder. There is a loooonnnngg way to go in terms of the season’s length, but it feels good to see the boys standing up!!

Casuals for Catholic Day:

This Friday will be a free dress day for a gold coin donation. All money raised goes to support families and people in need in our local community.

The motto for this year’s day is "People helping People".

iPad Updates:
This year the students will be completing NAPLAN online, so it is vitally important that all iPads are updated to latest iOS (12.2). If you are having any issues with updating to this iOS please come in and see my or send me an email and we’ll sort it out.

Homework:

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

	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
	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 10
	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

            

Good evening everyone,

One more week to go. On the weekend, the Fremantle Dockers had another win. Good feeling being 3^rd on the ladder. A very very long season ahead of us though. Across the bridge the Eagles had a massive win against Magpies. Next weekend is the derby, I am very glad that it is the holidays as I think that it could be a hard day for Freo fans.

Holy Week Celebrations:

This week we will continue Holy Week celebrations.  Holy Week is a very important time in the Catholic faith as we remember and celebrate the events leading up to Jesus' death and resurrection.

On Thursday morning, the Year 5 students will be presenting Holy Thursday.

Easter egg Raffle 

Please make sure that you have brought in your donation for the raffle which will be held on Friday. Your child has been given their raffle tickets. If you would like to be in the raffle, please return one half of the tickets with your family name clearly written on each ticket and $5.
All money raised during this time is donated to Project Compassion.

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 9
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