Week 5

Welcome to Week 5! This week we are finishing our Science unit on Water and we will be introducing our History unit. The children will be finishing their Water wise posters on the computer to demonstrate their learning in science. In Religion our focus will turn away from Jesus' teachings in the Parables to exploring the concepts of Love and Forgiveness.

In maths we are revising the work covered at the end of last term and the beginning of this term in preparation for the first Maths Test. (Rather than do one large maths test for the term we are going to break it into two smaller ones). We will be revising money (coins and notes); time (o'clock, half-past, quarter past and quarter to, calendars (days of week and months of year) and seasons; addition and subtraction word problems; counting in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s and adding 10, 20, 30 etc. to numbers.
New activities have been added to Studyladder and the children are encouraged to do these at home as well. Practise makes perfect and will help with the upcoming test!

In English the Pamela Allen book we are focusing on is Cuthbert's Babies. We will explore alliteration and rhyme.

* A reminder about the upcoming important events happening next week. *

Monday 12th August: Logan Show Holiday - this is a public holiday and the school will be closed.
Tuesday 13th August: Under 8's Morning - 9-10.30 on the Junior Oval.
Wednesday 14th August: Book Week Character Parade - 9.15am in Siena.
Thursday 15th August: Whole school mass - Feast of the Assumption, 9 am in Siena.

Friday 30th August: Father's Day Blessing hosted by Year 2. (A reminder to return the orange form for catering purposes and the white form for Year 2 liturgy planning)

We have had some changes to our support staff times so you are welcome to help out with Maths rotations on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9-9.30 and on Tuesdays from 12-1 for Literacy rotations. It doesn't matter if you can't commit to every week, just come when you can!

Hope you have a wonderful week.
Felicity & Melissa