Learning Centre One

Welcome back to Term 3 everyone! The preps have come back super excited to see their friends and teachers after a break! We all hope that you had a great break together over the holidays.

Throughout Phonics the students have been exploring the sounds OA, OO, OO and AR. In reading the students have been exploring a range of fiction texts about animals. They have been looking at a variety of words such as verbs, and how adjectives are words used to describe the various parts of an animal. Students then focused on writing about their animals by including labels and how they can use their labels to create a simple sentence and how they can edit their writing to then produce a good copy.

In Maths it has been an exciting time of learning for the students as they have been exploring the different ways that they can make quantities, name numbers and the place value of numbers. They have created think boards, used various hands on materials and have explored the idea of numbers that come before and after. The students then looked at the concept of bundling and how to make 10.

The students in Religion have been learning about The story of the Good Samaritan. Throughout their exploration the students have engaged in Godly play, reflected on the qualities of a Good samaritan and explored what it means to be compassionate and what compassion is. They then looked at the story of the Prodigal Son and explored what forgiveness is and how we can ask for forgiveness from others.

Some friendly reminders:

Readers - Please ensure that book bags are bought in on a Monday and they will be returned on a Tuesday with a new book.
Students require their iPads for learning. Please ensure that they’re charged and brought to school each day.
Understanding Bullying Incursion - 26th July, 2023
100 days of school - 3rd August, 2023
Whole School Assembly - 4th August, 2023
Book week - 21st - 25th August
Zoo excursion 14th September, 2023 - We are calling for helpers for our excursion to the Zoo - Please email Amanda arebello@olscwyn.catholic.edu.au if you’re able to assist us this day.

Prep Team - Amanda, Donna, Imogen, Kiah, Mary, Sam & Tina.

Learning Centre Two

Welcome back to OLSC for Term 3! We have so much going on in LC2 this term and we are very excited about participating in many special events. Just last week, some of the students travelled by bus to compete in both the Soccer and Netball District Championships. Scott and Cheryl accompanied our soccer players and were both very impressed by the skill and determination shown by our students.

Lisa and Danielle travelled to Altona with our netballers and they said it was wonderful to see how respectful and full of encouragement for each other they were.

LITERACY

Our Literacy lessons have been focussing on the art of persuasion that we see and hear when looking at print and media advertisements. The 5/6 students have been busy designing their own ads for pre-existing chocolates and they have worked hard to develop eye-catching artwork and catchy slogans.

At the end of last term, our students were given some images to choose from to compose a piece of writing about. Here is a beautiful piece written by Jacqueline...

MATHS

Our Maths lessons have been focussing on working with fractions. the 5/6 students have been representing many wonderful fractions by shading pictures, by folding stripes of paper evenly and on number lines. They have also been investigating how we can multiply and divide the numerator and denominator of a fraction to find equivalent fractions.

RELIGION

As Confirmation draws closer, the senior students have continued to explore the connections to the Sacrament of Baptism. They have researched the symbols that are important to Baptism and also to Confirmation.

INQUIRY

As we begin our Inquiry unit on Sustainability, our teachers and students are becoming more conscious about what we throw into the school bins each day. Scott's class have been sorting their rubbish into paper, hard plastics, landfill and green waste.

Some friendly reminders...

Understanding Bullying Incursion - Wednesday 26th July
Confirmation Spirituality Day - Friday 28th July
Senior Hooptime - Monday 31st July
District Athletics - Wednesday 2nd August
Confirmation Family evening at OLSC (6:30 pm) - Wednesday 2nd August
Book Week and Book Fair - 21st to 25th August
5/6 Camp to Mt Evelyn - Wednesday 6th to Friday 8th September

Year 5/6 Team: Alexandra, Ann, Anna, Chelsea, Cheryl, Danielle, Gillian, Isaac, Kristina, Lisa, Salena, & Scott.

Learning Centre Three

Welcome back to a cold Term 3! We have had a very busy start to an exciting term ahead!

In literacy, we have been exploring information text features and facts. We have learned about facts and opinions and used text-specific words in our writing.

In maths, we have looked at numbers up to 100 and begun to explore 2D shapes. We explored the school to identify all the shapes in our environment.

In inquiry, we have been learning about living and non-living things. We explored plants and are now moving on to animals and what they need to survive.

In religion, we are learning how to be Stewards in our community. We will be going on a walk next Monday to explore our local environment and discuss ways we can Stewards in the community. We had an incursion with Charlotte from the Werribee River Association.

In well-being, we learned what it takes to be a good friend.

A few important things to remember:

Manor Lakes Wetlands Walk, Monday 24th July
Melbourne Zoo, Wednesday 2nd August
Faith Evening, Wednesday 16th August
Book Week, 21-25th August
Feast Day, Friday 1st September

Year 1/2 Team - Alison, Bianca, Janeen, Jannine, Jess, Jordan, Marilyn, Shalome, Tasmin, Sue and Sarena.

Learning Centre Four

Dance Curriculum

Last week we participated in the Dance Curriculum incursion and learnt some steps to a song. It was wonderful to see lots of smiles on our faces as we learnt our steps. It was impressive to see quickly our 3/4 students were able to pick up steps. We then got to perform our dance to the rest of the school and parents int he afternoon.

Mushrooms

As part of our inquiry unit, we were lucky to receive some free mushroom growing kits. The kits came with soil and the mushroom spores. Once the spores had developed enough, we added the extra soil and are now lightly watering them. Eventually, we hope to see lots of yummy mushrooms growing.

Some friendly reminders…

24th & 26th July - Sacrament of First Eucharist, 6:30pm OLSC Hall, ALL FAMILIES WELCOME
8th August - Werribee Open Range Zoo excursion. We are excited to announce that we will be going to Werribee Zoo for our inquiry learning. Please keep an eye out next week for the permission note.

Year 3/4 Team: Adam, Ben, Beth, Elizabeth, Emma, Gabby, Hayley, Helen, Isaac, John, Milla and Zach.

Learning and Teaching

NAPLAN 2023