Camp and Week 2 Learning

 Kaya

I hope you all had a great weekend, today we took a day trip to Perth today to celebrate my beautiful mother in-law's 70th at Core Cider House in Pickering Brook. Nothing beats a bit of family time, especially a baby cuddle with my new nephew, Hugo!



We have had a wonderful week back to school although I am sure your children are very tired, from both camp and the first week back. Spending the week on camp with this group of year 6 students was wonderful. It was a privilege to watch them test and push themselves, really showcasing their resilience when it came to overcoming their fears and stepping outside of their comfort zone. The students wrote a reflection letter to themselves, reminiscing on their time on camp and how they showed a growth mindset throughout camp and overcame their fears. Please come in and have a read of what made them so proud of themselves.

The activities that the students took part on are listed below: 
1. High Ropes
2. Abseiling and Rock Climbing
3. Archery and Bike Ride
4. Cultural Studies (Making damper over a fire, creating their own bush paints and painting their boomerang) 
5. Low ropes - team challenge
6. Team game challenges 

We were so proud of the students behavior, choices and resilience on camp, they really made the school proud. Specifically as we were on camp with three other schools. 


To view the wonderful moments and memories from camp please get your student to click on their 6R Microsoft Team tomorrow afternoon, they will find the images from camp under Files - under a folder marked Year 6 camp. I will go through these steps with the students tomorrow morning, they can then go home and view them with you. Please note these images will not be ready until tomorrow for viewing. 

Lastly, a massive thank you to the amazing teachers and staff who gave up their time with their families and took time from their busy schedules to come and look after and spend time with the Year 6's:  
Mr Lee
Mrs Murphy
Mr McSevich 
Mrs Sweeney
Mrs Demarchi
Thank you for making the camp more enjoyable, memorable and safe for our students, we were very lucky to have you all. 💚

May Birthdays: 
Luca York: 18th
Sophie Summers: 28th 
Happy Birthday to you all, we hope you have a wonderful May and a fantastic Birthday!
happy cake day

⭐⭐Merit Award⭐⭐
Congratulations to Georgie Leahy for winning our Merit Award this week. She received it for showing courage, perseverance and resilience at camp. On many occasions she was taken out of her comfort zone but she never gave up. We are so proud of you Georgie!




Learning from the last week of Term 2:
New Roles and Responsibilities:
This term, 6H will be taking over with the completing of  Ministry duties each week, so whilst they will not be completing these roles I have created new roles and responsibilities in class for 6R to continue to develop their leadership skills. Some of these jobs at times require more responsibility than others. However, I believe all the students are more than ready. Some of these new jobs are listed below:

Blog From now on two/three students will be responsible for writing our class blog for the previous week. I will create the first blog of each term so they have a blog to mirror however, I think the students will be more than capable. So from next week on, you will be receiving a blog created and wrote by the Year 6 students, how exciting. This will start from next week on with Kirra and Shaye creating the first student blog. I hope you enjoy!

Kindness Project - Two students a week will be responsible for the kindness project, this involves them taking ownership and responsibility of making small random, anonymous acts of kindness for students, teachers and staff at OLC. Last week Max and Sully were on kindness patrol and it was awesome to see the happy faces from teachers who got their day brightened by something little! 💙💛

Prayer Patrol - Two students a week will be responsible for selecting and running morning prayer in 6R. Madi and Lucy worked wonderfully together and selected a beautiful prayer during the week. 


NOONGAR SEASONS:
Winter has started to set in and the fire in the Ricciardone household has already been lit many times over the past week. As the weather gets cooler, you will notice changes within the flora and fauna around us, which indicates that we are in the Noongar season of Djeran. This is known as the season of Adulthood and is where the cooler weather begins. The students will be learning more about Djeran over the upcoming weeks. 
MJR:
During the last week, we were very fortunate to have a wonderful guest speaker in to showcase to us a great Making Jesus Real (MJR) lesson. Peter Mitchell (Mitch), the developer of the MJR program came to 6R to teach a lesson. Mitch reminded us to seek out the "Oh Yeah" moments in life and to always be respectful by greeting and thanking people whilst using their names. He also taught us the old story about the two wolves that live inside us.
*Ask your child to recall the tale of the two wolves, ask them which wolf they feed the most?*
We will be completing a reflecting task for Mitch and throughout MJR lessons for the duration of the year focusing on the key points from the Making Jesus Real program. We will also be using these lessons to keep a reflection journal looking at moments when we see Jesus in others and ourselves. Thank you Mitch for a wonderful lesson. 🙌



Maths:
During the last week, we have started looking at the new topic of fractions. We have started the week looking at the math language surrounding fractions - denominator, numerator. Get your child to explain the difference to you? We then moved on to look at fractions with related denominators and looked at placing them on a number line. We did this outside using chalk and worked in teams to place the fractions.




This week we will moving to math rotations across the two Year 6 classes which allow myself and Miss Hurst more extended time with smaller groups of students and ensure we have the opportunity to see all of the students. We will also be continuing our work on the timestables for homework, as it was clear after completing a diagnostic assessment within the classroom of x9, x11, x12 that the students need to continue their practice.


Important Information:
Congratulations to Mrs Meyer: 
OLC is delighted to announce that Mrs Amie Meyer has officially been appointed Assistant Principal at OLC. Amie has acted in this role over the past few years while she has been completing her studies in RE. Amie is an excellent ambassador and role model for the faith development of our community. We are very fortunate to have Amie as a leader at our school.👏

Year 6 Assembly:
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The Year 6 Assembly will happen in two weeks (14th May - 2.20pm). Both 6R and 6H will work together to complete this assembly. It will be a performance assembly, please be aware that we may be sending students home with lines to revise and may request props too. Thank you in advance for your help and support. We look forward to seeing you all there on the day.

Winter Uniforms:
A reminder that all students should be in their winter uniform from week 3 of learning. If you have any questions regarding uniform or your child is missing any of the items from the winter uniform please contact the OLC front office. 

Community Support:
Dear OLC Community,
As you know one of our family's recently suffered the unexpected loss of their husband and father in February this year. Dave Clift was husband to Annmarie and dad to Violet in Year 5H, and to former OLC students Damon (17), and Sunny (15). Annmarie has been overwhelmed by the love and support she has already received in terms of willing listeners, shoulders to cry on and lovingly prepared meals. Many people have continued to ask how they might best help the family as they move forward. Here is a way. Without Dave and an income, Annmarie could really use some financial support. If you are able, even if in a small way to contribute to this Go Fund Me Campaign, she would be forever grateful. Thank you and may God Bless you.
Mrs. Amie Meyer
https://gofund.me/cffd29eb


Upcoming Events
1. Walkie Wheelie Waste Free Wednesday
2. Mother's Day Assembly (3L) 2.15pm Friday 6th May
3. Year 3 Family and Commitment Mass Saturday 8th May
4. Mother's Day Sunday 9th May
5. Year 6 Performance Assembly 2.15pm Friday 14th May


Homework 
Due: Friday, 7th May
Our homework diaries having not arrived as yet. The students will continue using their homework books for now. Thank you to those parents that sign the students work, please ensure you do this especially on a Thursday night before they return to class on a Friday. At times, the students may take home other work that they have not completed in class to be returned completed by a set day and time. 

Home Learning Grid includes:
1. Reading 20 minutes each night - write title and amount read into their homework book each night.
2. Spelling Activities - spelling grid to be completed in homework book (LSCWC, Segmenting, 5 Sentences & Vowels & Consonants)
3. Mathematics - Times Tables (9&11's)
4. Three well-being tasks from learning grid.

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This will be my last blog for a while as the students will be creating them from now on - so for now signing off and watch this space!

Mrs Ricciardone

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