Welcome to Term 3 Week 6 by Mahley and Georgie

 Kaya,

This blog has been expertly created by Mahley Garcia and Georgie Leahy, and I am sure you will agree that they have done a wonderful job. 

Did you know that in the season of Djilba (the noongar season we are currently in) is a great time to grow potatoes and radishes and camp in sheltered bays and waterways?

Welcome to Georgie and Mahley’s Blog 😊😎

This week we have been doing a investigation in Math, while in Writing we have been learning some new language features to make our writing even better, like using emotive language, hyperbole (exaggeration) and there is a few more… But a highlight of the week was measuring our final long jump and triple jump.

Random Fact

The world produces 1 billion metric tons of food each year that goes to waste which is 90, 718 474 000 kg wow!!

😄Joke Time🤣: 

What do a tick and the Eiffel Tower have in common? 

Answer: They’re both Paris sites. 


✨Birthdays✨

IMOGEN KING- 21st of August ( turning 12 )
TARA TUTT- 28th of August ( turning 12)
MRS LEAHY- 16th of August (turning 21) not really...

⭐⭐Star Citizen Award⭐⭐

Well done to Tara Tutt for receiving our 6R Star Citizen for Respect for Term 3. Here is what she received it for...

You bring a special dimension to our class and set an incredible example amongst your peers. We are always delighted by the maturity you use to show RESPECT not only to others and the environment, but more importantly to yourself! You are one of the first to show active listening, beautiful manners and assist your class mates in their time of need. You are a compassionate and loving friend who shows a genuine interest in caring for those around you. One of your greatest gifts is your ability to make everyone feel involved and loved, you do this so effortlessly and it has not gone unnoticed. Congratulations on being our Star Citizen for Term 3.

Week 5 Term 3 Learning

📜Writing📜
In Writing we are learning new and different language types to put into our amazing writing such as emotive language, alliteration, rhetorical questions, exaggeration and rule of three. We are also learning the structure of a persuasive text and how to make our sentences sound fabulous.

In week 6, we will be writing a letter to the OLC staff about a healthy living campaign that we believe that they should enforce in their week. We will also be making a poster about this campaign on Canva the online program, these posters will be hung up around the school.

🎲Maths🎲
In Math's groups we have been doing an investigation which involved identifying whether whispering to a dice will change the likelihood of something happening like rolling a six, well of course we found that is FALSE after our investigation. The six had the same probability every time we rolled it and it came down to chance with the result we received and because of this, many of us had different results. 

On Friday we were given the challenge to create our own probability board game that we will be able to play with our parents on Wednesday afternoon at Parent Opening Night. 

 

⚽Religion🏀
In religion we are learning about kids in Thailand who use sock balls instead of soccer balls or basketballs. To help us gain an appreciation on how lucky we are to have quality sports equipment, and give us an insight into how it would be to use sock balls for sport, on Monday we made our own sock balls and on Tuesday and Wednesday all we could use in daily fitness, recess and lunch were those sock balls we made. It definitely made us more appreciative and aware of how lucky we are. We also created some new games and actually ended up enjoying ourselves. Here is a photo of some sockballs WE created:

Design and Tech
In Design and Tech this week we started to design our indigenous area including garden beds for native food and plants, totem poles, stone paths, a Mia Mia, a shelter and a six seasons mural.

Important Information

Faction Free Dress 

Despite the contention on Friday both Meelup and Geographe scored equal points this term so far and therefore have Free Dress on Wednesday the 22nd.

OLC'S Got Talent Auditions 

Attention all Year 3-6 Superstars! OLC's Got Talent Auditions will be running TUESDAY WEEK 7 from 8.40am-1pm (once student's have performed they return to their classroom). Please practice your act and be ready to shine! Successful audition acts will perform in the annual OLC's Got Talent, Friday Week 8! Please bring all props/equipment/music/costumes needed. 

Thank you! Mrs Haines

School Athletics Carnival

Our Athletics Carnival is set for Thursday 26 August. They are set on this date to allow us to work with our students competing in the interschool sports on Thursday September 23. 

If the rain continues, we may postpone the sports to a later date. 

Open Classroom Evening

All PP-6 families are warmly invited to walk through your children’s classroom on Wednesday from 4.30-5.30. Let your child show you through their workbooks and class displays. 

Book Week

Our Book Week celebration will be held in the final week of term with the dress-up assembly being held first part of the day. (There is a slight chance the costumes may not be at their finest at our normal assembly time!)

Seesaw App - Please note there are some families that have still not connected to their child's Seesaw app, can you please use the QR code sent home with your child to login and access your child's portfolio of work. Please let me know if you have any issues or questions.

Upcoming Events

1. Wed 25 Aug: Open Classroom Evening 4.30pm - 5.30pm
2. Wed 25 Aug: Free Dress - Meelup and Geographe
3. Thurs 26 Aug: Athletics Carnival 
4. Fri 27 Aug: Student Free Day

Homework

Students have two weeks to complete due to shorter school week (Due Friday 3rd September).

Please ensure all students are completing their homework and getting you to check it with a signature nightly and then signing the learning grid and homework diary on a Thursday afternoon before it is returned.

Home Learning Grid includes:

1. Reading x 20 minutes every night - students to write up the pages that they read that night and the parent to sign every night.
2. Spelling Activities - spelling grid to be completed in homework book (LSCWC, Segmenting, 5 Definitions, Synonyms/Antonyms)
3. Mathematics - Two Mathletics tasks to be completed as well as a worksheet that will revise a topic from the previous term (Mental Subtraction & Addition & 8 Times tables)
4. Three well-being tasks from learning grid.
5. Any unfinished class tasks.

🤩Now that’s over and out from Mahley and Georgie🤩