Learning Centre News...
Learning Centre 4
Congratulations and thank you to all the Senior students who applied for the Student Leadership Teams. We are proud of all our Senior Students and stress that they are all leaders in our school. It was a very difficult decision to finalise our Student Leadership Teams for 2020.
Learning Centre Two
Dear Parents,
Just thought we'd share some further information even though camp is still 3 months away. We are spending Week Five in Term Two in Anglesea as part of our Social Learning and Physical Education Curriculum.
Year Four will spend 2 nights away and Year Three one night away.
Yr. 4 - Monday, 11th May - Wednesday, 13th May
Yr. 3 - Wednesday, 13th May - Thursday, 14th May
(buses brining Year Three on Wednesday will return with Year Four students - so they will see each other for an hour or so.)
Depart school - 9:15am (Year Three/Four)
Return school - 1.00pm (Year Three/Four)
I have included the link to YMCA for your benefit: http://www.camps.ymca.org.au/locate/anglesea.html
We will send for permission via the Parent Portal from Weeks Five/Six but if you have any questions please see me at school or via email - pmcdowell@olscwyn.catholic.edu.au
These experiences are so valuable to children gaining independence and challenging themselves in a friendly environment with peers and teachers. We look forward to sharing our adventures via Class Dojo when on camp.
Learning Centre Three
We are very excited to be studying the Book Author - Nick Bland this term in the 1/2 English Lessons.
"I am a self-taught illustrator/author and simply observed all the wonderful work done by others and practised my own style until it looked and ”sounded” professional."
Nick Bland
Nick Bland was born on a farm in the Australian Yarra Valley in 1973. The son of an artist and a primary school teacher, he spent his early childhood climbing haystacks and making mischief in his father's studio. When he moved to “the bush” at age 6, he discovered a wonderful new world and his creativity bloomed. Nick always told family and friends he was going to be a cartoonist and a writer. It wasn't until 1996, when he stumbled into a bookshop job, that he finally found the medium that would bring those two loves together.
Each week the Learning Groups will pick a new book from Nick Bland's collection to study.
We will be looking at how Nick Bland, the author gets ideas on what to write in his stories, we will discuss the front cover of the book and ask the questions "what can you see?" Who are the characters in this book? Where is the setting or place in this book? Can you tell me your favourite part of this story?
It would be wonderful if you could take time to discuss or read with your child some of the books they will be reading in their Learning Groups over the term.
1-2 Term 1 Overview 2020
Learning Centre One
