Term 1, Week 6

Hi Parents and students,

What an absolute cracker of a public holiday! Well worth heading out doors and catching some rays! I hope you are all ready for a shortened week.

Affirmation of the Week:

Peron Reserve:

On Friday afternoon, the Year 6 students will be involved in an outing to Peron Reserve. It has been a tradition of OLC that the Year 6 students help with the upkeep of the viewing platform and learn about the native flora and fauna.

A note will be sent home on Wednesday, with more information. This note will require your signature and needs to be returned to myself by Friday.

Camp:

It is getting to that time of year when we need to start talking about the ‘C’ word. That’s right! Camp has been booked for Tuesday 29^th May – Friday 1^st June and I am seeking 4 parents (2 male and 2 female) to volunteer their time and accompany the class for the 4 days and 3 nights.

The successful applicants will possess the following attributes:

1.    Fun and outgoing

2.    Great with kids

3.    Ability to take part in all activities (some physical)

4.    Good with crowd control

5.    Owner of a Working With Children Card (current)

6.    Can supervise small groups with rostered jobs

7.    Appreciates and makes a great coffee or is possibly involved in an early morning coffee run (experience a must)

If this sounds like you, flick me an email nicholas.jones@cewa.edu.au for an interview J

Literacy:

Under this section you will find the literacy learning intentions for the week.

CAFÉ-R (Traits of good readers)

The comprehension strategy we will be focusing on this week is summarising. Summarising is when readers determine the important ideas in a text and tell it in their own words. Summarising is a complex strategy that calls upon a variety of skills including determining key ideas, logically ordering those ideas and paraphrasing.

Voices (Traits of good writers)

We are currently writing the excellent ending to our narrative. Once this has been completed our focus will be that I take pride in my writing by revising and editing. The students have been given a checklist bookmark to help them with the editing process.

All students have received a rubric, which is aligned to the ‘VOICES’ framework and this will act as a checklist to ensure we are including all the elements of a great narrative. A copy of this rubric can be found via our Literacy OneNote folder.

Spelling Group’s weekly focus

Due to the shortened week, I have decided not to introduce any new words within our different spelling groups. Instead, we will focus on 5 – 10 words from our interesting new words wall.

Numeracy

Under this section you will find the Numeracy learning intentions for the week.

Again, due to the shortened week, rather than introducing a new concept, we will be reviewing place value and time. The students will be required to apply their learning to complete a range of real life problems.

Home Learning Grid:

You will be able to find a copy of the ‘Week 5/6’ home learning grid under our home learning folder in One Note. All students will receive a hard copy to glue into their exercise books.

Please ensure your child is organised and staying on top of their Home learning Grid through regular discussions and checks. Please feel free to contact me if you require any clarification regarding the grid.

Enjoy the week,

Mr Jones