Sunday, December 2, 2018

Week 9 Information

Good afternoon parents,

I cannot believe that we are in the last week of Year One for 2018... it has gone like a flash and your gorgeous children have grown into beautiful, capable and motivated students who have been an absolute pleasure to teach.

Some information for the last week:

Recycling bags for books
We ask the each child bring a green bag or plastic bag to school this week so they can take home their books from the year. We will send home the art folios on Thursday - be prepared for some cute photos from the start of the year!

Christmas Concert
On Wednesday at 5.30pm, the entire school will be getting together to celebrate the Year 6 Graduation, the Christmas concert performed by the Year 5's and each year group will be presenting the 2018 Making Jesus Real CARE award and the subject award for Design and Technology. This will be a brilliant night filled with glitter, Christmas cheer and some good old Christmas carols. We ask the you bring your child to the grassed area outside the hall by 5.20pm so the children can line up in their classes, ready to go into the hall. If you cannot come for any reason, please email me :)

Help with cleaning
This is our favourite time of year...where we love you all times a million! If there are any parents helpers that could come and help out cleaning our chairs and tubs this Wednesday for an hour or so, we would be extremely appreciative! We are thinking straight after drop off at 9am - 10am. If you are able to help at all, please email me or let me know in class. Thank you in advance :)

Water fun day
As mentioned in the newsletter in week 7, the children will no longer be going to the Boat ramp due to size and water safety restrictions. We will instead be having a water fun day on the last Friday at school where we participating in a variety of water fun games...including a bouncy castle! The children will also be treated to a sausage sizzle and a drink or icy pole. Please dress your children in bathers, rashie, hats, towels, another change of clothes (if needed) and come to school with sunscreen applied. We have some here and we will reapply before we go to our games. We are SO excited for our water fun day!

If you have any other questions, please email me.

Thank you for your ongoing support

Mrs Sherborne

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Keeping safe lesson - Anatomical names for body parts

Good afternoon parents,

This Wednesday the children will be taking part in the Keeping Safe lesson about body parts. We will be reading a story called 'Everyone has a bottom' and emphasising the fact that all parts of their body are private. I understand that the children may laugh and giggle when we talk about the anatomical names, but this is important for every child to know.


Recent research shows that knowing the anatomically correct language terms enhances children’s body image, self-confidence, and openness. 

This is in conjunction with the Child Protection Curriculum which has been mandated in all schools in Western Australia.

Please find the lesson outline below and a link for the outline of the book if you feel you need to discuss this with your child after Wednesday.




If you have any questions or concerns, please email me. 

Thank you 

Mrs Sherborne  

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

A Message From Mrs Hanmer

Wow. The last five weeks have flown by!!!

Integrating a hands-on approach into our learning the students in Year 1S have explored mathematical concepts such as creating patterns, skip counting, shapes and positional language by incorporating a combination of physical movement and activity with our ICT skills. Odd Todd and Even Steven assisted us with identifying odd and even numbers and we even learnt a catchy tune to guide us along the way!


Our creative flair has been encouraged through our integration of HASS and Art as we created sculptures to capture the aspects of Aboriginal seasons. You can marvel at our imagination and innovative ideas by checking out our awesome classroom display!

The student’s interest in Anh Do novels was my inspiration for art this month as we discussed his different approach to painting. The students have drawn self-portraits in which they will paint this week with varying tools…not a paintbrush in sight! Should prove for an interesting lesson and I am looking forward to seeing what they can produce!!


I would like to take this opportunity to say an enormous thank you to Mrs Sheborne, Ms Kent and the amazing students and families in Year 1S. Thank you for welcoming me into your classroom and allowing me the privilege of becoming part of your learning journey! I hope I have made half the impact on you as you have all made on me.






Love Mrs Hanmer

Monday, November 19, 2018

Sight word review and end of year results




Dear Parents,

Over the last few weeks of school, we will be consolidating the first 100 (and next 100 if your child is up to it) sight words. We have noticed that many children are not applying these learnt sight words in their writing correctly. We will be consolidating the sight word program from week 7 onwards and we will be sending home a copy of the words your child is not using correctly in their writing or has not retained.

We would encourage that you practise writing these in sentences over the holidays so your child can be best prepared to apply them into their writing.

Next year, depending on the number of words your child has retained, in Year Two, they may be starting on a different level of sight words. This is to ensure they are spelling the most common sight words correctly in context, so they can have continued success in their reading and writing.

We thank you for your ongoing support

Miss Prowse and Mrs Sherborne

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Bunnings Visit

We were lucky enough to have the lovely Breeanna from Bunnings, Busselton to come and visit us today to make some wonderful Christmas craft for our end of year gift. The children absolutely loved piecing their gift together like a puzzle and attaching the various parts with the wood glue. It was lovely to see so many of the Year Ones using their team work skills to help one another balance their objects to piece their craft together. Job well done!


Mrs Sherborne and Mrs Hanmer

Castles Have Been Created!

Last Friday we were lucky enough to have so many parent helpers to assist us with constructing our Castles during Art. The children created cones with decorative paper to top their turrets, used scissors to cut 'battlement' edges into their castles, attached materials with PVA, masking tape and created drawbridges from string and cardboard. Some interesting features on our castles included a range of different sized towers, dungeons, portcullises, turrets and one castle even had a moat filled with pretend water. It was fantastic to see the Year Ones put their creative hats on to construct their own unique and inventive structures.

Thank you to all Year One parents for helping your children gather and collect various recycled materials from home. We had so many toilet rolls, shoeboxes, containers and other items that we put to good use. A big thanks to our wonderful parent helpers from Year 1S and Year 1P for making this activity possible.





Mrs Sherborne and Mrs Hanmer

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

STEM activity - Making a chair for Baby Bear

In Science we have been learning about how everyday materials can be changed in a variety of ways. We have explored that materials can be warmed, cooled, bent, stretched and twisted.

We have been planning our STEM project of making a chair for Baby Bear as Goldilocks broke his last one! We have been asked to design a new chair made only with newspaper and sticky tape.

We needed to work out:
- How we can change newspaper into the shape of a chair
- What actions we need to take to change the shape of the paper eg. roll, cut, fold, scrunch
- How the chair can hold the weight of a small bear.

The children loved working in teams of three to create their design.












This Friday we will be creating our chairs so we are asking for any newspaper that you have to be brought in for our creations! 

Thank you

Miss Prowse and Miss Gilpin

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Castle Construction

Next Friday 9th November we will be creating our very own castles during our Art lesson. We are still seeking recycled materials that will be useful for our castle construction. Here are some items that may be of use to us:

  • Shoe boxes/other cardboard boxes
  • Lace/interesting fabrics
  • Paper towel rolls
  • Decorative paper
  • Cardboard coffee trays
  • Pop sticks/toothpicks
  • Anything else that you can think of!
If your child has items that they would like to use exclusively for their own castle please place these items in a carry bag with your child's name on it and bring into school over the next week.
We have plenty of turrets and decorations that the children will be able to add to their castles while they are constructing them at school. 


If you have any hot glue guns at home we would love to borrow them! We are also seeking some empty sauce bottles with 'squeezy' lids that we can use for PVA glue.
Here are a few ideas that we will look at in Art tomorrow.

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Session times are from: 
10am-11am (1S)
11:30am-12:30pm (1P)
If you can assist with our Castle construction we would much appreciate the help during these sessions next Friday. Please email me on amy.sherborne@cewa.edu.au or come and let me know in the classroom if you can assist.

Thank you
Mrs Sherborne

Sunday, October 21, 2018

Week 3 Messages

Farewell and Welcome!

Last Friday we said farewell Mrs Anne Coltrinari who completed 15 days of work experience towards her Education Assistant training in our Year One Classroom. Mrs Coltrinari was an asset to our class and we thank her for the extra assistance that she provided to both the children and myself in her time with us. We wish her every success in her future studies and role as an Education Assistant.

This week we welcome Mrs Gemma Hanmer, who will be completing her Third Year Teaching Prac in our Year One Classroom. Gemma will be with us for 6 weeks of Term 4 and we look forward to welcoming another special teacher into our class.

Castles Project

This term in Visual Arts and Technology we have been exploring the characteristics and features of castles. We already know that castles have been made popular by some fairy tales and that they are an important part of history, particularly in Europe.
This website contains some fun facts about castles that you can read with your child at home:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_castles.php

On Friday of Week 5, we will be using recycled materials such as cardboard boxes, netting, plastic lids and any other materials that the children can think of, to construct our own castles. Next week I will update our blog with a list of materials that the children and I have brainstormed together. From there, we will need to get collecting at home! If each child could bring their materials to school in a bag labelled with their name on it by Friday 9th November (Week 5) that would be fantastic! We will also prepare some materials which we already have at school that the children can access on the day. If you can help on this day from 10am-11am with our castle construction, please contact me by email, or let me know in the classroom.

Have a lovely week!
Mrs Sherborne





Monday, October 15, 2018

Calendar Orders

If you would like to order your child's artwork to purchase as a calendar, please fill out the order form sent home last week and return to the classroom with the money by this Friday 19th October.

The calendars are a great keepsake or Christmas gift for your loved ones!

Mrs Sherborne

Week 2 Information

Think Mental's Homework

Units to be completed this term are as follows:
Week 2: Unit 16
Week 3: Unit 17
Week 4: Unit 18
Week 5: Unit 19
Week 6: Unit 20
Week 7: Unit 21
Week 8: Unit 22
Week 9: Unit 23
If your child is a keen Mathematician they can go ahead in their books this term, or even complete a few of the remaining units over the summer holidays in preparation for Year Two.

Absentees

Some absentee letters have gone home this week for any unaccounted absences throughout the year. Please write a brief reason for your child's absence, sign and send back to school. Gold stars for those of you who have sent in all absentee notes for the year so far!!

School Fete

There is a pink box in the classroom for donations of hairspray for the school fete (available at the pharmacy in the Coles complex). Many thanks to those of you who have already contributed. Please refer to the letter from the P&F regarding important information for the fete on the 11th November. Year 1S have been asked to supply a nut free slice, labelled with ingredients which can be dropped off on the morning of the fete.

Buddy Mass

This Wednesday, the Year Ones will walk to the church with their Year Six buddies to attend mass (weather dependent). Parents are most welcome to join us at the church from 9:30am.

Class Mass

The Year One family mass is scheduled for Saturday 27th October at 6pm. All Year One families are invited to the church to celebrate mass with Fr Ian, followed by pizzas after mass.


Class Reps

A big thank you to our class reps Leah, Janelle and Kim who have been busy keeping everyone up to date with events such as the fete and class catch ups. Your organisation and helpful reminders are always appreciated!

Have a great week everyone!
Mrs Sherborne

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Incursion fun in Year One!

This week we were lucky enough to have two incursions to come and visit us at OLC. We had to wonderful Constable Care and the super Scientists from Scitech.





Constable Care came and spoke to the children about keeping safe and what to do in case of emergency. I know that  they all loved screaming '000' at the top of their lungs in the puppet show. We now know what to do in case of an emergency using the DRS ABC acronym. A wonderful morning was had by all and we even had the real police come at the end of the show and introduce themselves to the children.

Scitech was also a stand out show with the children taking part in both the show and the workshop activities. The children loved seeing the presenters throw balloons, make balls levitate and conduct experiments using toys from around the house. The involvement of the crowd was a highlight of the show!



The workshop showed us what happens when friction becomes an important factor in the forces of motion. The children loved experimenting with toy cars and ramps and found that they could move the toy cars with their breath!




It was an awesome day of Science and discovery!

Mrs Sherborne

Friday, October 5, 2018

Welcome to Term Four

Here we are approaching the beginning of Term 4! What a whirlwind of learning, fun and events we have experienced this year so far!

Learning Journeys

Thank you to those of you who came to our OLC Learning Journey last term to celebrate in what has been a wonderful year of learning so far. The children really cherished the opportunity to be able to reflect on their work and achievements with their parents and grandparents in the classroom. Here are a few snaps from the afternoon:



Homework

Think Mentals: We will continue to complete one unit per week next term, however if your child is a keen Mathematician they are able to work further into the following units if they wish.

Reading: We will continue to send readers home every two days for nightly reading this term.

Sight Words: The children will be tested early on in the term and we will continue to send home personal sight word lists throughout Term 4.

News

A photograph of the News roster/groups is below and the rosters will also be placed up on the parent board outside the classroom.


Gathering Time

Just a reminder that we have Gathering Time from 8:30-8:45am in the classroom. The children are required to be at school before the 8:45am bell, to allow them time to organise their materials and transition into the school day. This important time in the morning sets the precedent for the day and allows for a smooth transition into the morning routine.

Lost Property

The office has advised that there are many lost jumpers currently in the lost property box. If you are missing any jumpers please take a look at the lost property box ASAP.

Absentees

If you receive a note home with your child's absentee dates, please write a brief explanation, with a signature and date and send back to school. Thank you.

Dates for Your Diary

Tuesday 9th October: Students Commence & Constable Care Incursion
Thursday 11th October: Scitech Incursion
Saturday 27th October: Year One Family Mass @ 6pm
Sunday 11th November : OLC School Fete
Please refer to the calendar on the school website for other events throughout the term.

Thank you!

Thank you for another fabulous term in Year One. A special thanks to those of you who have been able to assist in the classroom for parent help, making our Maths pencil cases, preparing other resources and assisting on our excursion.  I hope you have all had a thoroughly enjoyable holiday break with your children and are ready for our final term of Year One. Our new parent help roster for the term will be placed up on the parent information board outside the classroom.

Enjoy your last weekend of the holidays!


Mrs Sherborne




Friday, September 14, 2018

A Visit to Wonnerup House

The children were very excited to be in their 'Olden Day' clothes and loved comparing the clothing from the Olden Days to today. We hopped on the bus and although there were a lot of 'are we there yet?' questions, the children were excited to be going to visit 'the old place where they had no internet' - as quoted by one of the children.

We started the excursion with a 15 minute video about the history of Wonnerup House to which we found out that the whole community burnt down and had to be rebuilt! We also learnt about the Layman Family who lived at Wonnerup House amongst the beautiful Tuart Forest that surrounds the property.

We then set off in our groups with our wonderful parent helpers and started to explore the amazing grounds. We visited The Main House, The Black Smith shop, The Stables, The Dairy Kitchen and finally (and a personal) favourite The old School House. The children loved learning about all the olden day items like the wash board, the chamber pot, the Grandfather clock and many more!

We would like to thank our parent helpers from both Year One classes who made the day possible by meeting us at Wonnerup House and showing the children around the property. This excursion would not have been possible without you!





Mrs Sherborne

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Wonnerup House Information

Wonnerup House Excursion
The children are getting excited for their excursion tomorrow, especially at the chance to dress up as children from the 'Olden Days'! We ask for your child to bring recess, lunch and a water bottle in a small backpack/carry bag. When they get to school we will make sure that they also pack their hats. We are keeping our fingers crossed for lovely weather to explore the grounds of Wonnerup House!

Many thanks to our parent helpers who have volunteered to come along. We will meet you at the property at 10:30am. Don't forget your 'Olden Day's costume and a bite to eat for the day.

Monday, September 10, 2018

A Warm Welcome to Mrs Anne Coltrinari


Tomorrow we welcome Mrs Anne Coltrinari who is currently studying her Certificate Four in Education Support at South Regional TAFE, Busselton.

As part of Anne's training, she is required to complete a 15 day placement in the classroom and we are lucky enough to have her with us in Year One at OLC. We look forward to having you join us in Year 1S and working with us over the next few weeks Mrs Coltrinari!

OLC Faction Carnival

On Friday 7th of September, OLC held their annual faction carnival.  It was a wonderful day and the children came to school extremely excited to start the carnival!

The children looked outstanding in their coloured zinc, face paint and  coloured hairspray! The excitement continued as the children went into their faction bays and loved joining in with the older children cheering for their team.




I'm not sure, but I think the motivation of lollies from the faction captains might have made the children cheer extra hard. The running races were a great indication of just how fast our year ones are! They would definitely leave me behind in the 50m sprint!




The team games were a hit and I think the favourites of the day had to be 'stone, bridge, tree', the sack race and the flag relay!






Congratulations to our runner up champion boy Harper and our champion boy Lawson and our runner up champion girl Sofia and champion girl Charli.



A big thank you to all the parents who helped with the event coordination, the set up and pack up and a HUGE thank you to Mrs. Sinclair for the wonderful day she put together.

Mrs Sherborne

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Year One throws winners

Congratulations to all of the children who participated in the throws competition!


Girls
1st: Charlize
2nd: Ruby
3rd:Sofia
4th:Isla



Boys
1st: Lawson
2nd: James R
3rd: Harper
4th: Jax

Another Huge thank you to the parents who came down to help! We appreciate your support!

Mrs Sherborne

Monday, September 3, 2018

Book Week Dress Up

Have a look at our gorgeous Book Week characters in their costumes last week. We were lucky enough to be entertained by author DC Green in the morning and all had our turn of speaking in the microphone to name our Book Week characters.

Stay tuned for the character descriptions that we have been working on!

Mrs Sherborne

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Wonnerup House Visit

Dear Parents

This week a permission letter will go home about our upcoming excursion to Wonnerup House.
In History, we have been learning about school and home life in the olden days and our visit to Wonnerup House will give us a first hand look at what life was like in the past. For a bit of fun on the excursion day, we plan to dress up as children of the past, similar to the examples below.




We will enjoy morning tea and lunch at the venue and have our fingers crossed for a lovely day of sunshine. Please keep an eye out for the permission note in your children's homework folders this afternoon. We will also be looking for parent helpers to meet us at Wonnerup House on the day to assist with group activities. Please email me if you are interested, or fill out your interest in the letter and we will get back to you with confirmation.

Thank you!

Mrs Sherborne

See the picture below of the letter coming home to you today :)


Thursday, August 30, 2018

Learning Journeys



Dear Parents,

On Monday of week 10 (17th of Sept) OLC will be holding a Learning Journey afternoon. This is a open classroom opportunity for you to come into Year 1S with your child after school. You will be invited to have a look around the classroom and the children can show you some of the work they have been doing over the year.

The classroom will be open from 3.30pm - 5.00pm for you to come in at your leisure. I look forward to sharing this wonderful year of work with you and your child.

If you have any queries or questions, please email me.

Many thanks

Mrs Sherborne

Mysterious Animal Sighted in Dunsborough!

I'm sure by now your children have come home with news of a mysterious animal sighted in Dunsborough. We knew little about this animal but did find out that the man - Greg Normandy sighted an animal that was the size of a dog with orange and white stripes.

See below the newspaper article from the Margaret River Region News  




The children have been buzzing with excitement as yesterday the mystery animal made an appearance in the courtyard. Luckily we had some photographers take some photos of the evidence. We have also been recording our observations on our classroom sightings chart. 





We then discovered that out in the wild, there are a number of hybrid animals and that have been given new names such as:

- The Liger (Lion/Tiger)
- The Carma (Camel/Llama)
- The Zebroid (Zebra/Horse or Donkey) 

Below is a link to a short video about hybrids that we watched:
Hybrid Animals

Luckily, Miss Prowse and I sourced some very important information from National Geographic, which lead to information about a strange animal, called the Trabbit! 

Have a read of the information below:





This is the start of our Talk for Write unit into information reports! Get ready for some very creative writing...and animals! 

Thanks for all of your support ;)



Mrs Sherborne