Week 9 - Last week of school - Yikes!

WOW - this week has rolled around fast. What a busy week it is too.

School reports - Came home today with your children. Included was their report, class placement for next year, stationery lists and a slip if your child is getting an award at the prizegiving.

Portfolios - will come home this week. These are yours now to keep at home.

Tryathlon - Tuesday 11th. Please check your child's bag for the notice with the details. Children are to come to school in full uniform please.

Junior Picnic - Wednesday 12th. Notices came home last week with details. The picnic is at school. This is a mufti day.

Thursday - Prizegiving 9a.m. - Parents are welcome to attend. Children need to be in the correct uniform.

Thursday - End of Year School Mass - 5:30p.m. - ALL CHILDREN ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND. Please meet me on the field at 5:15p.m. in FULL SCHOOL UNIFORM - NO JUMPERS OR POLAR FLEECES.

Friday - Last day of school for the year! SCHOOL FINISHES AT 12p.m.

Week 7

Swimming - every day this week. If your child is not swimming I need a note explaining why please.

Raffle Books - due back by this Friday (30th). Please return directly to the office.

Week 5 - PRODUCTION WEEK :)

PRODUCTION
The week has finally arrived. Tickets may be purchased from the office. ALL children are expected to attend ALL production performances. If your child needs a sleep in on Thursday morning you are welcome to do this - they need to be at school by 11am. NO sleep ins on Friday morning. For more details about where to meet each night, please read the letter that came home on Friday.

• Wednesday 1:30pm & 7pm
• Thursday 7pm

Full school uniform is to be worn - NO JERSEYS, NO POLAR FLEECES, NO HATS.

GRANDPARENTS MASS - Friday 9am. There will be a concert for the grandparents and families after morning tea.

SWIMMING - Everyday this week. There may be the odd interruption with production dress rehearsals. Please bring togs, towel and a plastic bag. If your child is not swimming I need a note explaining why.

HATS - These are compulsory everyday! NO HAT = NO PLAY!

LIBRARY - Please return ALL library books ASAP. There are no more issues for the rest of the year.

Assembly - it's our turn again

My apologies for the lateness of this getting to you - there are far too many balls I'm juggling.

Our class assembly is this Friday at 11am - you, your family and friends are most welcome to attend.

We would love see you there :)

A few reminders

Scholastic Book Orders - Due Friday 2nd November.

T-shirt orders - If your child is part of the speech choir (only 2 in our class) they must have a t-shirt. The order form and payment is due Friday 2nd November. All other children (unless they have main parts) are required to wear their school uniform for the production. T-shirt purchases are optional for all other children.

Cake Stall - This Thursday at morning tea time. Everything is either 50c or $1. This is a fundraiser for the year 5/6 camps.

Reading - This week everyone in the class has received a copy of The Elves and The Shoemaker song. Both sides need to be read (and sung where possible) and recited each night please. This song is part of the production and it needs to be learned off by heart. Room 11 are doing a fantastic job with their production singing practises in class.

Production - Coming up in Week 5 (2 weeks away). This is a WHOLE SCHOOL production - attendance is compulsory. If your child is unable to attend you need to address a letter to Mr Macmillan explaining why. There will be one matinee performance and two evening performances. Please keep checking the newsletter for details. Performance times and ticket prices are being finalised this week.

Week 3 - Term 4

SWIMMING - Everyday this week. Children need to bring togs, towel and a plastic bag each day. If your child is not able to swim please send them with a note explaining why.

LIBRARY - remember to bring your books on Monday so you can get a new one.

HATS - These are now compulsory EVERY DAY for the rest of the year.           NO HAT = NO PLAY.

TESTING - This is our big week of testing for end of year reporting. Our normal programme will be disrupted while this is happening. Miss Ryan is at school all week but is out of the classroom on Monday and Thursday.

Week 2 - Term 4

WOW! what a windy start to the term. It was great to see everyone back at school and to hear all their holiday news.

SWIMMING - NO swimming this week. Our swimming weeks this term are the odd weeks (1, 3, 5, 7, 9). I will remind the children each Friday when our swimming is an update it on the blog too. Children need togs, towel and a plastic bag each day when we are swimming.

HATS - these are compulsory EVERY DAY this term. NO HAT = NO PLAY. Please ensure you're child has their hat everyday.

UNIFORM - full summer uniform is expected to be worn from this week. Thank you to all those children who were in their correct uniform last week. Please NAME every piece of your child's uniform - there are around 100 students wearing the same sizes. Please also make sure your child's jumper is in their bag - especially for the chilly mornings and the wind.

 A Library book has gone missing in our room. I have been hunting the classroom - and will continue hunting. Can you please also have a hunt at home and if you find it bring it back - no questions asked. It is called - I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed. It is a Charlie and Lola book. Many thanks.

Have a Safe and Happy Holidays....

Production Songs - each child in our class has been given a copy of the welcome song, finale song and the shoemaker and elves song to learn over the holidays. Please ensure your child reads these songs on a regular basis. The tunes are unfamiliar at the moment but we need to learn the words. By the time the production is on (approx week 5, term 4) they need to be known off by heart.

Reading Sheet - A reading sheet has been sent home to record your child's reading during the holiday break. I would like ALL children to participate in this activity. There are prizes to the child/ren who read the most during the holidays including chocolate bars and an i-pod shuffle (hope I've got the name right). There is also a prize for the class who has the highest percentage of readers. It would be awesome for Room 11 to win this! For the children that did not get one today (the wrong amount was sent to our classroom), I have posted one to you.

Head Lice (Nits) - there has been a case reported in our class. COULD  EVERYONE  PLEASE  CHECK  THEIR  CHILD'S  HAIR  &  TREAT  YOUR  CHILD'S  HAIR  IF  NEEDED. This is also a good time to remind the girls in our class that if your hair is touching your shoulders or longer it needs to be tied up each day AND stay tied up during the day at school.

Summer Uniform - full summer uniform is expected from Day 1 in Term 4.

CALENDAR ART

The masterpieces are completed and up on display. Feel free to come in and view them.

 

Orders need to be in by Monday 24th September.

Week 10

CONGRATULATIONS!! To everyone who participated in our poetry recital. You were fantastic speakers and a great audience. For the children who were away - your recital will be on Friday morning.

Calendar Art - This is our main focus this week. Room 11 have voted and we are "painting like an artist". Our artist is Vincent Van Gogh. The artwork we are doing is "Stary Night". They are going to look AMAZING when we are done! Order forms went home last week. Artwork will be on display in class next week - come on in and take a look.

Golden Time - This week is Costumes/Dress Ups as we missed last Friday with the Teacher Only Day.

Week 9 - Here's what's happening

Poetry recital - Thursday morning from 9am. Family and friends are welcome to come along. No set schedule as yet. If you need a specific time due to work or other commitments, please let me know so I can do my best to have your child saying their poem when you are with us.

Homework - no worksheet this week. Homework is to make sure they practise their one poem from the orange booklet that they will be reciting on Thursday.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday until the end of the term - the first bell will go at 8:40. ALL children need to be in class by 8:45 to head straight to the hall for production singing practise. Please ensure your child is at school before 8:45 so they have time to get ready for their day.

 

 

 

Friday - Teacher Only Day = NO SCHOOL.

Another notice or two

Thursday - Come dressed as a book character day. Gold coin donation. This is a Young Vinnies fundraiser.

Homework - I have the homelink books. They will come home tomorrow night with the homework sheet in it.

Monday (next week) - any children in the choir for the production need to take their lunch to Mrs Pinfold at 12:30 for choir practise.

Mission money - please bring your mission money this week. We will take it to church with us on Friday morning. Miss Ryan will have a container in class for the money.

What's on - Week 8

Monday - Library Day and News Sharing

Friday - Birthday of Mary Mass at 9am.  All friends and family are welcome to attend.

Tissues - Thank you to those children who have already given me their boxes.  If you haven't yet, please bring a box in.

Poem Recital - This will be held on Thursday 13th September (week 9) from 9am.  Parents and family are welcome to attend.  Keep practising at home - we will begin some in class practises this week.

Cycles - Check out the new videos on this page

Golden Time - This week is Wheels Day.

Remember - Friday 14th September is a Teacher Only Day = No School

What's on - Week 7

Father's Day Gifts - these are available on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for $3. They will be on sale in the hall at lunchtime.

Poems - by now you should have chosen a poem from your orange book. Keep practising these. I will post a date and time next week for when our performances will be. Friends and family are welcome to come and listen.

Golden Time - This week is a pyjama party. Week 8 - Wheels Day. Week 9 - Dress Ups.

Wednesday - Miss Ryan is at a course all day.

Friday - it's our last day for MOVE IT. Please ensure you ALL bring your P.E. gear. Miss Ryan will have her camera to take photos and a video of you in action.

We like to MOVE IT, move it...

What's On - Week 5

WOW! Almost half way through the term! How did that happen?

Assumption Mass - this Wednesday at 12noon at St. Mary's Church. Family and friends are welcome to attend.

Golden Time - this week is our whole school tabloid sports. We were scheduled to have this on our Mary MacKillop Feast Day but the weather had other ideas. Children will need their P.E. gear please - black shorts and t-shirt (blue monogrammed).

Move It - what an awesome time we are having at Move It. Lexi's dad is also having a great time - thank you so much for your help :) It was great to see more of you in your P.E. gear. Let's see if we can get the whole class in their P.E. gear this week! Enjoy the photos on the blog of Room 11 in action - they are pretty cool!

Library Day - Monday, Monday, Monday. Remember your book bag or a library bag to put your book in.

Mary MacKillop Day - Keep an eye on the blog! Hopefully by Wednesday there will be some photos up of the day.

Assembly - a reminder that assembly is now on a Wednesday afternoon. We start with whole school singing practise (about 15mins) then straight into assembly.

Our Amazing Assembly

What's on - Week 4

Homelink books - Don't panic if you cannot find it at home. They are still at school. Friday was crazy mad and I didn't get a chance to mark them. They will come home on Monday.

Mary MacKillop Feast Day - This Wednesday at school we are celebrating the feast day of Mary MacKillop. We have a liturgy at 11am followed by singing and tabloid sports.

Yummy Stickers - We have a chart in our class to collect yummy stickers. All the charts collected throughout the school add together so we can get free sports gear. If you have any stickers we would love to have them.

Poems - Remember to keep practising your poems in your orange booklet. At this stage I am aiming to have our recital during week 9 - all parents are welcome to attend. I will keep you posted with a date and time in the coming weeks.

P.E. Gear - Please remember your P.E. gear this Friday.

Library Books - Every Monday is our library day. Please remember your books.

What's On This Week

Monday - Library Day and News Sharing Day

Wednesday - Assembly is now in the afternoons after our school singing practise.  Mrs Young will also be in our class on Wednesday mornings for the next three weeks teaching music.

Friday - Bring P.E. gear. For the next five weeks we have the "Move It" programme running for the juniors. There are multiple activities for the children to do and they need to be in their P.E. gear to do these with greater ease. Black shorts and a blue top is the P.E. uniform. Blue monogrammed tops are available in the uniform shop. If you don't currently have a blue top, a top in your child's house colour is fine.

R.E. Workbooks - Please bring these in so we can start putting in the work for the current strand - Sacrament.  Remember to complete the parent comment box and the prayer.  The prayers will be made into individual prayers, to go on our altar, for the children to read at our morning prayer time.  They get to illustrate their prayer, it is laminated and named, and at the end of the year they will get to bring them home.

THANK  YOU  :)  to all those parents who came in for parent interviews last week.  It was wonderful to see you.  A copy of the goals and notes we discussed will be given to you this week.

Boys and their puzzle

Look how clever we are!

Leg It

Getting ready with our running arms