Term 3, Weeks 3 & 4
Dear parents,
I hope you all had a chance to relax
this weekend. This week’s blog contains a lot of information about the next two
weeks.
2N Assembly
2N assembly item will be performed on Friday, 18 of August
(week 5). If you know your child will be absent on this date, please let me
know as soon as possible so I can reallocate parts. The children will wear
their sports uniform to school and change into weekend clothes during lunch. I
have organised pig beanie hats and wolf hats, so no costumes, as such, are
required. Your child can add an extra touch, such as a bow tie, large glasses
to add to their character or narrator role. Every child will have a speaking
part as either a character in the story or as a narrator. Last week your part
was sent home in their reading to practice their part so they will be confident
and enjoy themselves on the day.
Mission Markets
On Friday 4th of August (this week) we are celebrating
the 27th anniversary of OLC and the Feast of the Assumption of
Mary. This year, the markets will be focused on raising money for the
Catholic Mission Australia with the profits of the day going to
charities in Thailand. We would love the children to bring money that they have
earned from doing jobs around the house so that they can understand the value
of the money they are donating.
The Year 2N children are running a making craft stall, and
we would greatly appreciate if you could donate craft items, paper or recycled
materials.
On Friday, students need to bring a maximum of $20 in coins
to spend at the various stalls. Please make sure that they have either a
wallet or purse with their name on it. A ziploc bag clearly labelled is
also a good option.
Homework
Below are our Fluency grids, spelling lists and
focus sounds for weeks 1 and 2.
Learning Intentions
English:
This week we are reviewing the 'ow' as
in cow, 'ou' as in house, 'oy' as in boy and 'oi' as in coin. We
have learnt that ‘ou’ and ‘oi’ go in the middle of the word and ‘ow’ and ‘oy’
usually go at the end of a word.
This fortnight’s tricky words are -
build, tomorrow, school and cousin.
In week 1, we have begun to explore persuasive text by looking at the story, The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs. We have learnt that the purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the reader of an opinion. We will continue our mentor text 'Summer is the Best Season of the year’.
IntiaLit:
We have learnt that there are three types of connections we can make:
Text-to-self
connections occur when the text reminds the reader of a personal experience.
Text-to-text
connections occur when the text reminds the reader of a previously read text.
Text-to-world
connections occur when the text reminds the read of past or current world events
and information gained from their everyday life.
We have now started to learn about visualising. We
have learnt that we use two parts of our brain when reading - one part helps us
read the words on the page and the other part of our brain should be making a
movie in our mind. This will help us to understand and answer questions about
the text.
Maths
We have been learning about Multiplication and how a multiplication sum can be represented by groups, an array, repeated addition, skip counting and by using a symbol to mean multiplication. The following YouTube clip that may be of interest to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uacFH2oLj9M
Operation Christmas Child
Last week, your child
brought home a note that outlined what kind of items can be sent away in the
shoebox. We are asking for all donations with the $2.50 to be
brought to school by Friday 18th Augusut
(Week 5) please.
Have a look at the blog post titled ‘Shoe
Box Gift’ if you would like any information regarding what your child has been
allocated to bring in.
Friendology
This semester, we will refresh what we have
learnt in Semester One about how to be a good friend, how to maintain a healthy
friendship and how to deal with tricky situations that may happen in the
playground.
We would love to share some of this
information with you. URSTRONG’s whole-school friendship strategy has improved
the social climate in schools around the world, connecting over a million kids,
parents, and teachers with a common language of friendship. We are proud to be
a URSTRONG School and are committed to empowering your children with friendship
skills.
You are invited to take advantage of
a FREE Parent Membership to access hundreds of resources – including
an 8 session video series. This will allow you to learn the same language &
strategies being taught in the classroom through the Friendology 101
curriculum.
Important dates for Term 3
Monday 31st July - Veggie stall before
school (Week 3)
Friday 4th August - OLC Mission Markets
and Feast Day
Friday 4th August - Year 2M Performance
Assembly
Monday 7th August - Veggie stall before
school (Week 4)
Wednesday 9th August - World Indigenous
Day
Monday 14th August - Veggie stall
before school (Week 5)
Tuesday 15th August - Feast of the
Assumption
Monday 21st August - Veggie Stall
before school (Week 6)
Monday - Friday - Book Week 'Read, Grow
& Inspire'
Monday 28th August - Student Free Day
(Week 7)
Friday 1st September - EA Appreciation
Day
Sunday 3rd September - Father’s Day
Monday 4th September - Veggie stall
before school (Week 8)
Monday 11th September - Veggie stall
before school (Week 9)
Wednesday 13th September - Learning
Journeys/Open classroom evening
Friday 15th September - OLC Athletics
Carnival
Monday 18th September - Veggie stall
before school (Week 10)
Friday 22nd September - OLC's Got
Talent & Last Day of Term 3
Wishing everyone a great week.
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