Classroom News
Prep
Week 8 already – wow! It’s great to see the children learning our routines, checking the visual timetables to see what to do, being bucket fillers and living the Lourdes Way. Homework is going well – please remember to revise previous letters, sounds and sight words. Sometimes learning takes a while to remain in our long term memory banks so repetition is the way to go.
As part of our History unit we are visiting Cobb & Co museum this week.
Our cross country practice is going well with lots of children telling us that they are jogging at home as well!
We look forward to catching up on the 27th March in our classrooms for our Term 1 progress report.
Cheers,
Liz and Melita
Year 1
Week 8 already! Where has the term gone?
In English, we have been learning all about how to write a recount. We used the text Wombat Stew to sequence the main events of the story and recounted the day from the point of the ‘clever’ dingo. Grade 1 were introduced to a WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) and they will use this when they write their own recount, using events from a different text. 1M will sequence the events from the text ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers and 1B will sequence the events from the text ‘Sebastian Lives in a Hat’ by Thelma Catterwell.
What fun we are having being animal scientists! Students have been curious learners, asking lots of questions and researching about snails to build on knowledge they already know.
Don’t forget it is swimming week, next week. Students will swim every day, maybe pack a little extra in their lunchbox as they will get very hungry. Use this week to practice, dressing and undressing themselves independently, including their shoelaces.
Jen and Ange
Mother's Day Stall
With the holidays not far away, when we return for term 2, Mother’s Day will be upon us. Grade one is responsible for running the stall. We will require donations fit for our beautiful Mothers. Grade One teachers will be accepting donations for the stall. Please give them to your class teacher.
Year 2
Welcome to week 8! This term has flown by and before we know it the holidays will be here!
In English the students are becoming experts at researching and writing information reports about animals. They have been busy locating information about diet, habitat, appearance as well as other interesting facts like defence mechanisms. As part of our research the students are learning to write an introductory sentence and a concluding sentence.
In Religion we have enjoyed learning about how to be stewards for the environment. We have been very creative designing super-heroes with powers that defend the earth.
Next week is swimming week which is always a very exciting time! The year twos will be swimming at 11.00. Parents are asked to not attend lessons due to Covid Restrictions. Please ensure that they have all items named, especially goggles. Students may choose to wear a jumper, dressing gown or over their swimwear while travelling to the pool. Students have been asked to bring thongs or sandals to wear while travelling to the pool.
Notes for Parent Teacher Interviews have gone home. Let us know if you didn’t receive a note or if the times don’t suit you and we can arrange another time.
Please let us know if you have any queries or concerns.
Dennielle, Allyson, Sarah, Aleisha and Megan
Year 3
The weeks are flying by and we continue to work hard in Year 3.
In the last few weeks we have worked with money, length and time in Maths. These are very practical topics that can be practised with everyday items at home. It would be great if the children had an opportunity to count some coins, look at different ways to make different amounts of money and even purchase something small like a bottle of milk or loaf of bread to experience the real world of money and receiving change. Chatting to the children about the use of real money (not credit cards) helps with their understanding of the value of money. Discussing the length and height of everyday objects also gives the children a visual of what a millimetre, centimetre and metre looks like. Getting into the habit of telling the time, both on an analogue and digital clock, at different times of the day helps with time awareness. In English we wrote our own narratives. Students are presenting a book review of their favourite book in weeks 8 and 9. Information and a timetable for this was given - please check the children’s homework book for the timetable. We look forward to hearing about some amazing favourite books.
In RE we have been looking at the 10 Commandments, the importance of following God’s Rules and discovering the 2 great Commandments which Jesus gave us – Love God with all your heart and love your neighbour.
3G did a wonderful job of presenting assembly last week.
Year 3GM will present the assembly item this week (Thursday 18th March 2021). It would be great to see everyone there to pray with us.
3M is on assembly in Week 9.
Today we celebrated St Patrick’s Day - 17th March, we looked great in our Green outfits and we brought a gold coin for our Caritas Project Compassion Appeal.
Please also return any outstanding swimming notes ASAP. Swimming Lessons are for 5 days in Week 9. Year 3 is swimming at 10:30 -11.00 am. Remember to wear your Sports Uniform each day of swimming and have everything you bring to school named – swimmers, towel, slip on shoes, t-shirt, shorts and underwear!
In Week 10 we have our Holy Week Presentation on Thursday 1st April at 12 noon. Each class will present a small part of the Station of the Cross.
Have a great week!
Angela, Sarah, Damian and Janice
Year 4
Welcome to week 8! Hope everyone enjoyed the free dress day today for St Patrick’s Day. Gala Day is this Thursday could you please ensure that your child brings lots of water, food, hat and wears sports clothes for this day. Swimming is in week 9 and students can wear their sports uniform for the entire week, as it is easier to change. Please ensure that all notes are returned as soon as possible. Mrs Salisbury handed out Cross Country notes to the students that were interested on Wednesday.
Students have been given an assignment on a country in Africa or South America. They are to create a PowerPoint presentation. They will also have to present an oral presentation. The students will be given time in class to work on these, however they will also be required to work on these at home as part of their homework. Please make sure they are accessing their work on One Drive. They can get in their using Accessit http://au.acessit.online/ORL13 Students should be familiar with this as they have been looking at this during their Tech Lessons. These presentations will be due at the end of this term.
As we head towards the end of term, please be aware that teachers will be conducting parent/teacher interviews notes and times have been finalised for 4L and 4G. 4B will notify you of these shortly.
In the next few weeks, Year 4 students will be creating a landscape for Science-it would be helpful for each student to have a roll of alfoil, to help them shape their landscape features. 4L have started theirs already!
Don’t forget to donate 50c each week to Project Compassion. Have a wonderful two weeks!
Suzanne, Toni and Garry
Year 5
It’s week 8 and we are still putting our best effort into all of our work. We are busily working on our persuasive writing techniques with a focus on PEEL writing structure for forming arguments and incorporating persuasive devices such as modality words, personal pronouns, rhetorical questions, and rule of 3. The students are working through the learning pit in Math when it comes to problem solving and the four operations. We are working on developing our 'this is the way' mantra to help break down the steps to successfully completing these. Many discussions have been had around the building up of the quick recall of their number facts (including timetables, rainbow facts, doubles, near doubles), which is one of the main errors when completing these operations. Keep practicing at home.
Don’t forget your 50c donation for the missions each week during Lent. This is a time when we think about others that we can help in our community.
Swimming is in week 9 – Thanks to all those who have returned their notes, please return your note as soon as possible if you are yet to do so. Sports uniform can be worn each day in week 9 as it is easier for students to change. As we swim in the first session, students may come dressed in their swimmers ready. Remember girls to wear one piece please. Please ensure they have thongs, sandals or slides for walking to and from the pool. Students that don’t participate in swimming lessons may not be able to participate in water activities at camp for safety.
Students have begun using Office 365 in English and HASS and in IT lessons with Mrs Leathart. Navigating Office 365 is all about practice and the more exposure students have using and navigating this space the more confident they will become. With the use of Office 365 it is important for the students to practice correct typing skills. Please encourage your child to practice at home using Typing Tournament or by typing in word. Perhaps they could create an online journal.
Parent/teacher interviews will be conducted before holiday in 5P and early next term for 5F and 5M. A note has been sent out by Miss Packer, and Mr Franzmann and Mrs McKay will be sending one home shortly for you to select a time and date.
Our final thought to leave you with this week is how impressed we have been in the children's mindsets to learning. Our focus in year 5 is to build capable and reflective learners for school and in the wider community who use a range of strategies to succeed. Reflection is hard, but they are rising to the challenge to see who they are and how they can find ways to improve in all areas of their learning.
Tim, Jess and Emily
Year 6
Year 6 Date Claimers
Week 8: Monday 22- 25 March: Swimming lessons
Week 9 and 10 – Parent/Teacher Interviews
Week 10: Tuesday 30th March: Cross Country (training every Wednesday and Friday is an option for a great start to your morning at Newtown Park 7:30am)
In Numeracy, we will have completed our fourth learning cycle by the end of this week on angles. Next week, we transfer this knowledge to construct pyramids as scale models of the Egyptian pyramids.
In Literacy we have read Home to Mother, the young readers version of Rabbit Proof Fence. Great to hear in our class discussions, our students demonstrating Catholic Social Teachings of dignity for the human person and the Global Citizenship trait of empathy. Students are now working on a speech to present to the class about a person who has furthered the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. An additional note has been sent home outlining our plans to watch Rabbit Proof Fence (PG) in the last week of school.
Swimming begins next Monday 22nd March. Students will need to arrive at school by 8.30am during this week and will need to bring towel, togs, goggles and a pair of thongs/slides/sandals. Also, packing extra in the lunch box during swimming week is a good idea!
Parent interviews are available in Week 9 and 10 of this term for Year Six. Each student has received a note which outlines availability of class teachers. Please send these back to school as soon as possible to ensure your preferred timeslot. We look forward to sharing your child’s learning with you.
Traits of a Lourdes Learner who Looks:
- Look for learning intentions
- Seek examples of what success look like
- Identify ways to support peers.
Traits of a Global Citizen who Looks:
1. See connections between actions on people and the environment 2. Look beyond personal interests 3. View the world critically and see things from a different perspective.
“When I am having a conversation with someone, I don’t interrupt. I let them give their opinion.” Eric Bonell on being on a Global Citizen who LOOKS.
We are proud to share our mask designs from art that demonstrate our learning about shape.
Larry, Kylie and Shauna
German
This week we are doing a German test. Next week we will be working on a Wordsearch.