Change of Assembly Date and Mission Markets

Good Afternoon Parents,

Assembly Date

Please be advised that our Assembly date has changed from Week 5 to Week 6.

Please note in your diary the new date for our Assembly is now the following Friday 24th August (Week 6).

Reading parts for the assembly will be sent home this week. Thank you for your support with practising these parts at home.

Mission Markets

Thank you to those of you who have already been gathering items for our Lucky Dip stall. It would be fantastic if we could get some parent helpers to assist with preparing Lucky Dip bags next Monday 13th August. Please email me or speak to me during gathering time if you are able to help with this. If you have any spare party bags that you would like to recycle we will accept all donations in our Mission Market box. 

Mrs Sherborne

Mission Markets - Week 5

Mission Markets

Our annual OLC Mission Markets are fast approaching (Wednesday 15^th August). This year, both Year One classes are running a Lucky Dip stall. We are asking for donations of various small toys, stationery or wrapped lollies/lollipops that can be put into lucky dip bags for the children. If you can get your hands on bulk packs of party toys like parachute men, party glasses, balloons, erasers or pencils this will enable more children to have a chance at our lucky dip stall. Coles, K-Mart and The Reject Shop all have great party sections where you can purchase a variety of these items.

If we could have all donations brought into class by next Monday 13th August it would be much appreciated. Many thanks for your support with our Mission Markets. All funds raised go directly to Caritas to support those in need.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Thank you,

Mrs. Sherborne

OLC Operation Christmas child - Shoebox Appeal

Dear Parents,

Over the next couple of weeks, the Year One  children are going to participate in an initiative called 'Operation Christmas Child' which aims to pack a shoebox to give to a child who has never received a gift before. This ties into our school value of Compassion as we are helping less fortunate children in need.

Please see below an example of the provided shoe box for Operation Christmas child:

Your child will be grouped with three other children to contribute and pack the shoebox. The cost to send a shoe box will be $2.50 per child.  We are asking you to encourage your child to do something extra at home to earn the money that is needed to buy the item to put into the provided shoebox.

Your child will bring home a note which shows you what kind of items can be sent away in the shoebox. We are asking for all donations to be brought to school by Friday 7th September (end of week 8) please. It is very exciting for the children to share in this initiative which has been a part of the O.L.C. Community for the last 15 years.

Thank you for your support.

Mrs. Sherborne

Week 3 Information

Salad Ingredients Wanted!

As a part of our Writing program this term we are expanding our knowledge on how to write a procedure. This week, we will be reading and writing a class recipe for a 'plant' salad. This Thursday 1st August we plan to make the salad, using ingredients from our own gardens (or fridges). We are asking that each child brings in one or two ingredients of their choice for our class salad on this day. Donations of lettuce, tomatoes, celery, carrots, fresh herbs, etc are all welcome! We will eat our salad as a recess snack (please pack some recess as normal, just in case).

Sight Words
A reminder that sight words are a continued part of our homework program this term. Please have a look at sight word tests that go home, as you will be able to see the words that your children require further consolidation with.

Assembly
As mentioned on our first blog post we have our Assembly coming up on Friday 17th August (week 5). The children will not require costumes as such, I am just asking them to come to school dressed in a particular colour.

The colours are as follows:
Red: James R, Allira, Lyla, and Harry
Yellow: Sara, Darcy, Jay, Evelyn and Thomas
Blue: Tristan, Charli, Luka, Max and Ruby
Purple: Archie, Milla, Kiana, James J and Summer
Orange: Marley, Kye, Scarlett, Isla and Jackson
Green: Harper, Oceania, Perri and Cameron

Good luck with colour hunting! More details will be provided about assembly in the coming weeks.

Have a fantastic week!
Mrs Sherborne

The Once-Ler Has Come to Town!

It has been a flurry of excitement in Year One since the Once-Ler came to school! On Monday Morning we were left with a letter and a pile of branches, as well as 'thneeds' on the classroom floor. Ever since, we have been trying to work out how we can get rid of the Once-Ler!

After doing a little 'Google' searching Miss Prowse and Mrs Sherborne have come across a procedure to get rid of the Once-Ler for good! This week we are in the process of learning the procedure which involves making a recipe that will scare the Once-Ler to run away and never return! Stay tuned for more updates on the Once-Ler.

Mrs Sherborne

Australian Once-Ler Coming to Year One

Good morning Parents,

Tomorrow morning, the classroom will be in a bit of a mess due to the Australian Once-Ler using our classroom for the beginning of it's factory!

In class, we have read the story of the Lorax. We are using this story as the base for our procedure writing unit. I have told the children that the Lorax was one of my favourite books when I was growing up and that it was based on people around the world cutting down trees to make new things. I explained that the Once-Ler (the villain in the story) was responsible for cutting down the trees and making onsie type pieces called thneeds.

The area that we live in would be the perfect place for the Once-Ler to come as we have so many beautiful trees around the Cape....so.... I will be running "late" on Monday morning and I will rush to the door at 8.30am where I will find the classroom covered in branches, thneeds and signs all over the door saying 'keep out'. The Australian Once-Ler will leave a note explaining that he will be back to set up his factory soon.

The premise of this will be that we have to write a procedure titled 'How to Get Rid of an Australian Once-Ler'. Mr. Wilkie or Mr. Torrese will be on the case on Monday asking the children for some ideas...

Keep an eye on the blog for progress on our procedure unit as the children use hand actions, various vocabulary and learn the structure of a procedure!

Enjoy your Sunday!

Mrs Sherborne

Welcome Back to Term 3!

Welcome back to Term 3! I hope you all had a lovely holiday and the students are feeling refreshed and renewed after their two week break!

What's On This Term?
This term we are looking at a variety of topics and basing these concepts around the children's interests and ideas. We will be asking the children what they would like to learn about  in regards to these topics with a question box at the back of our room. The children always come up with some great ideas to guide their own learning!

Our writing focus this term will look at Procedures as well as Information Reports. Our Maths focus this term will be money, 2D and 3D shapes, measurement (capacity and length), addition and subtraction,  revision of skip counting (2's, 5's, 10's), place value revision and odd and even numbers.

In our HASS subject we will have a focus on things from the past and how children's daily lives differ from those of their parent's or grandparent's childhoods. At the end of the term we are planning a special excursion to explore life in the olden days first hand.

In Science we will be exploring how we can observe changes in the sky and landscape and how this can affect our ability to care for natural, managed and constructed features.

In Visual Arts we will be learning about colour (primary colours and how they mix to form secondary colours). We will experiment with some colour mixing and have a go at creating artworks using complementary colours.

Think Mentals
Unit 5 is due this Friday 20th July. From Week 2 onward we are asking that the children complete one unit per week.
The schedule for Think Mentals is as follows:

Week 2 (27th Jul): Unit 6 due
Week 3 (3rd Aug): Unit 7 due
Week 4 (10th Aug): Unit 8 due
Week 5 (17th Aug): Unit 9 due
Week 6 (24th Aug): Unit 10 due
Week 7 (31st Aug): Unit 11 due
Week 8 (7th Sep): Unit 12 due
Week 9 (14th Sep): Unit 13 due
Week 10 (21st Sep): Unit 14 due
Thank you for your on going support with marking and providing your children with your feedback at home.

Performance Assembly
Please note that the Year One Performance Assembly will be held on Friday 17th August (Week 5).  Stay tuned over the next few weeks.

Dates for Your Diary:
School Photos: 23rd and 24th August
Jumps: 28th August
Throws: 4th September
Athletics Carnival: 6th September
Book Week: 30th August

If you have any questions or queries, please don't hesitate to email me. You can now reach me on amy.sherborne@cewa.edu.au

Mrs Sherborne