Week 4 - Eucharist week

Good Afternoon and welcome to week 4.
This Sunday we are making the Sacrament of Eucharist, so our lead up to this special day will be busy.  We will be heading to the Church Thursday and Friday to practice in the Church what will happen Sunday. If your child is receiving the Sacrament and you have not returned the money or poster, please do so ASAP.

Mass for all students starts at 9am Sunday, but please ensure you are there by 8:40 to be seated and prepared.  The video below outlines how those receiving Eucharist will be processing to Father Ian and how they will receive the Eucharist.  Parents, you will be involved, which is explained in the video.  If your child is receiving Eucharist, please watch and discuss this video with your child before Tuesday.


This week we are working on Poetry, but spend today reading illustrations from Shaun Tan's Book 'The Arrival' continuing on from some interesting discussion we had last wee on refugees.  We are also starting to record out StopMotion movies as we learn and experiment with more techniques to improve our movie making.

In maths we are working on the half/half division strategy and moving in to review multiplication strategies.

Last Friday we held our first lunch time coding class.  This club will run through techniques to code robots, with students having the opportunity to set challenges and code robots.  This is an elective club, so students who are interested will be asked to create a "Tickle" account, which is the app used to code BB-8.  You may receive an email requesting that you approve your child's request to create an account.

Homework will include mathletics tasks, reading and spelling.  This week I have not set reading eggs tasks but please ensure we are reading every night.

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