Year 4R OLC

Good morning all, As you know on Wednesday 15th August we have the Mission Market Day. Each class is to run a stall to raise money for the Catholic Missions and our stall is jelly cups. In the previous blog post I asked for you to donate the jelly sachet and plastic cups, however a suggestion was made for the jelly to be made at home and brought in on that Wednesday morning to be sold at the stall. So now I am asking if you could donate already made jelly cups (as many as a sachet makes) and brought into school on the Wednesday morning. It is up to you and your child if you want to decorate your jelly with any toppings. If you aren't able to make the jelly and bring it in on the Wednesday morning, I am happy to make it myself on the Monday beforehand. I thank you for your assistance with this. Mrs Ricciardone

Good morning, I hope you all had a lovely weekend.  EXCITING NEWS! Today we have Alicia, a new student, joining us from Alicante in Spain. She and her sister Laura (Year 6) will be immersing themselves in the Australian/Dunsborough lifestyle. The girls are cousins to Gabriela and Olivia McGinley and they can't wait to learn more about our school and way of living. It will also be a fantastic opportunity for the students to learn more about the Spanish culture.  Congratulations to  Jye Edmonds and Annabelle Phillips  on receiving a Merit Certificate at Friday's Assembly. Both students have made significant progress in their learning and I couldn't be prouder! LEARNING IN CLASS: SCIENCE For the last two weeks we have been learning about soil: why it is important, how it is formed, the different types and the soil profile. On Thursday we carried out an experiment to test which soil type best retains water. It was a lot of fun and reaffirmed what we had learnt the previ

Good morning all, What a lovely start to the term! The children were really engaged and excited about the topics we have begun. Thank you to those who were able to make it to the Prayer Assembly on Friday, it was the perfect way to end the Uthando Project. Thank you to Mr Torrese and all the helpers who volunteered their time and skills, the children have greatly appreciated the opportunity to be apart of this project. Congratulations to Axton Hughes and Sophie Corrigan on receiving a Merit Certificate at Friday's Assembly. LEARNING IN CLASS: NEW: SPEAKING & LISTENING CHALLENGE TOPIC - 'Something that is special to me' This week we will be introducing the NEW Speaking and Listening Challenge to the students. This project will carry over two terms, where the students will be given a chosen topic to prepare and present a short 2 minute presentation. These presentations will be assessed and feedback will be given to the students on the same day. The students

Good afternoon everyone, On the last day of Term 2, we had a special NAIDOC presentation where the whole school presented to each other what they had been learning in class about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. I know there were some parents who were curious about it and interested in seeing it. So I taped it and have posted on the blog. We were so proud of the way our students presented their information, so confident in their speaking. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6rsA7-wqcq4 I will be deleting this link from my Youtube account in a week for privacy reasons. You won't be able to view this video after this time. We hope you enjoy. Sandy & Adrian

Welcome back to Term 3!  I hope you all had a lovely holiday and the students are feeling refreshed and renewed after their two week break. I know I am! What's On This Term? This term we are going to be very busy in our learning. We will be beginning a couple of new initiatives to continue to cater for the wide variety of learners within our classroom.   Our writing focus this term will look at Information Reports, as well as Procedures. A weekly Literacy session this term  will be dedicated to Speaking and Listening, where the students will be given a topic to present a short oral presentation. These presentations will commence in Week 3 and students will only be expected to present once a term. A roster will be posted on the blog within the week for the students to begin their preparation. Our Maths focus this term will be fractions, decimals and percentages,  representing data, measurement (mass & capacity) and pre-algebra. In our HASS subjects we will be focusin