OLC Grandparents Day

Grandparents Day was a huge success for Year 1S we had so many wonderful grandparents come in to celebrate this special OLC tradition. The day started with a beautiful prayer service dedicated to our beautiful Grandparents. The slide show that Mrs. Meyer put together was absolutely stunning and I can definitely vouch for some teary eyes in the crowd - including my own! The Grandparents then enjoyed a delicious morning tea and came into the classroom to participate in some activities.

The children loved showing their work to their grandparents, painting a picture with them, playing some Maths and sight words games and demonstrating how to use the iPads for learning.  The smiles from both children and grandparents alike were a wonderful sight to see!

A great morning was had by all, below are some pictures from the day.

Year One Bug Catchers

On Friday morning after assembly, Year 1S and Year 1P tackled the challenge of creating their very own bug catchers. After weeks of planning and designing their own creations, the children were delighted to be able to finally put their ideas into action! We are very thankful for all of our hands on parent helpers who gave up part of their Friday to sticky tape, hot glue and assist with refining the Year 1's designs. The project would not have happened without you!

After lunch, the Year 1's set off on an expedition into the bush to find as many bugs as they could. We came across a number of bees, spiders ants, snails and a few VERY LARGE bull ants. We discussed how we need to be safe when hunting for bugs, as well as how we also have the option of setting our bugs free after viewing them in our bug catchers. We hope you all had a lovely weekend exploring, hunting and collecting bugs!

Thank you again for all of the donations of items. As always, the parents are so supportive of our teaching and learning program!

Mrs Sherborne

Week 8 Information

The last two weeks of term are proving to be very busy and full of events! There was lots of important information in Friday's newsletter, so please take note of what's happening prior to the holidays.

Cross CountryA reminder that the children are asked to wear their coloured faction T-shirts for Cross Country on Thursday morning. Please refer to the newsletter and the email sent out today for further information on our whole school Cross Country event.

Refugee Rice DayMany thanks to the parent helpers who have volunteered to cook and serve lunch on Refugee Rice Day. The children who are having rice are asked to bring in an empty lunch container from home to save on waste.

Bug CatchersWe have planned to make our bug Catchers this Friday. The children have been busy collecting items as outlined in last week's blog post. We are still looking for parent helpers to make this activity possible and are happy to move the activity to straight after assembly if that would suit more people. Be prepared for lots cutting, gluing and taping!

Grandparents DayA reminder that all of our lovely grandparents and great grandparents are invited to school next Monday for our annual 'Grandparents Day'. Please return the RSVP slips for Grandparents Day by the end of this week. Mrs Meyer is also putting together a slide show of our grandparents. Please email through your pictures to her on amie.meyer@cewa.edu.au .

DiscoOur school disco will be held in the hall this Friday evening. If you would like to purchase tickets, please refer to the flyer in the newsletter.

Have a great week!

Mrs Sherborne

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An Art Lesson with Mrs Hall

Aboriginal Art Lesson

We had the very talented Mrs Hall (Perri's Mum) in today, who is a high school Art teacher. Mrs Hall shared her talents with the the class by teaching us how to use lines and patterns in Aboriginal Art, to create our very own rainbow snake. First, Mrs Hall read us the story of The Rainbow Snake and after that, we explored some patterns and symbols that we could use for our own designs. Mrs Jeffrey (Max's Mum) did a fantastic job of helping the children decorate their work with a mountain of glitter! A big thank you to Mrs Hall for sharing her gifts with our class. Parents are the best teachers!

If you have any gifts or talents that you can share with our class please let us know. We would love to have more parents in who can demonstrate their skills for us!

Remember we are making bug catchers next Friday. If you can help, please email me or let me know during gathering time in the morning.

Mrs Sherborne

Week 7 Information

Bug Catchers

Over the past few weeks we have planned, designed and labelled a model for our very own bug catcher. The next step will be gathering materials that we need and writing a procedure to make our bug catcher. Over the next 2 weeks, we are asking the children to bring in any materials that might be useful for the construction of their own design. Please talk to your child at home about what they would like to collect and bring into school by Friday 22nd June. Any materials that are specifically collected for your child’s own design should be placed in a plastic bag with their name on it. Any materials to be shared can be placed in a bag labelled shared materials.

Some useful materials may include:

• Clean empty jars or containers with lids
• PVC pipe/clear tubing
• Clear plastic milk bottles/juice containers
• Mesh/netting
• Pipe cleaners/string
• Rocks/stones
• Anything else you can think of!

See example below:

We will be putting our designs together from 11:30am – 12:30pm on Friday 22nd June. During this time, we are seeking the expertise of a few parent helpers to assist us with construction. If you would like to come along and help please email me or let me know in the classroom.

Think Mentals

Please note that Unit Four in your child’s Think Mental's book is to be completed by next Friday 22nd June (Week 8). Thank you to parents for marking the work as you go and for giving your children feedback as they work through these tasks. From Term 3 onward we will be completing one unit per week.

Sight Words

Sight words remain as an important part of our homework program in Year One. We aim to test each child regularly on the retention (both reading and spelling) of their sight words. Each time your child is tested, we will send home a sheet that outlines words for revision. Please aim to keep up regular practice with these words. It has been so pleasing to see such improvement in the children's reading levels this term and it is really evident that many of the students are recognising their sight words due to continued practice at home and at school. Thank you for your support with this program.

Maths Program

We have just completed a Maths unit on Time. We have been immersed in reading and writing analogue and digital times and playing a range of games, as well as apps on the ipads that help us to recognise 'o'clock' and 'half past' time. I have been impressed that many of the children have been wanting to take their learning further by having a go at 'quarter past' and 'quarter to', as well as telling time to the nearest five minutes! Many of the children have been wearing watches to school which has really helped keep them motivated to learn more about time. See the photos below for what we have been doing.

Have a great week!

Mrs Sherborne