Whole School News
Curriculum Day - No School
There will be a Curriculum Day on Friday 15th November. Students are not required at school for this day.
Out of School Hours Care will be available on this day for those who require care. Please contact the program directly on 9578 1327 or see April or Sharelle in the Hall during program hours.
Working Bee - Save the Date
The final Working Bee for the year will be on Sunday 24th November.
More details to follow in the coming weeks.
Library News
The end of year is fast approaching and all library books are required to be returned.
Currently we have over 300 overdue library books across the school
We ask that all households please have a really good look for any outstanding books and return them to the library asap.
Lunch Order Providers
Just a reminder of the change to the days lunch orders are available.
Now available FIVE days a week!
- Taste Galore (cash only) will be available Tuesday & Friday
- Classroom Cuisine (online) will be available on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday (orders to be placed by 8:30am)
Icy Pole Day Revamp
Icy pole day is having a costume change and returning in Term 4 with an exciting, new, higher quality product.
Student survey results showed a desire for ice-cream to be available on our menu, so this means that instead of weekly icy-poles, we will be offering tropical icy-pole or ice-cream as an alternative twice per term.
The 2018 lunch order survey and 2019 trial of new lunch order provider is part of Ormond Primary School's review of its Healthy Eating Policy, to ensure we are meeting the Victorian Government’s Health & Physical Education Standards. Healthy eating and physical activity are associated with improved learning, better mood, behaviour and healthy growth. To promote the health of OPS students, food supplied by the school aims to be consistent with these guidelines. OPS will therefore offer a treat day or two each term. As always, these events will contribute to the school fundraising.
When: Thursday November 7th (lunchtime)
Thursday December 5th (lunchtime)
Products: Paloma Pops http://www.palomapops.com.au
Cost: $2.00 each.
The Balanced Box - Free Parent Information Session
Ormond PS is excited to be hosting an evening session, The Balanced Box - A dynamic and interactive session about children’s nutrition, with a focus on building a healthy lunch box.
Come along to this FREE event for practical tips, ideas and simple swaps to support your child’s growth, learning and play.
- Tuesday 12th November 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm
- OPS Hall
- Reserve your seat through Trybooking
Foundation to Year 2 Soiree News
Our Soiree this year will be performed on Wednesday 27th November with both a matinee and evening performances, - times TBC.
Costumes will differ between grades, please refer to the class note that will be sent out.
Foundation News
This fortnight in English we are learning to spell words with the trigraphs tch and igh, and the digraph ai. We are working on new personal writing goals, and as Halloween approaches we are adding exciting words to our stories.
Thank you to the parents who come in each morning to listen to the children read. Some strategies to help young readers when they come across unfamiliar words are to use picture cues, and to look at the starting and ending sounds or letter blends within words.
In Mathematics, the students are consolidating their understanding of place value by learning about two digit numbers. They will be investigating various containers and their capacity to hold liquids and small solids.
In science, each student has selected an animal to learn more about, including why it has particular features, its basic needs, and where the animal best lives and grows.
Persistence is Ormond Primary’s whole school value for Term 4. The Foundation students constantly encourage each other to persist with tasks which might seem too hard at first. In Respectful Relationships we hold restorative circles to share ideas and help each other with solving issues.
Last fortnight we were lucky enough to be visited by Jack the dog from the Responsible Pets program. He helped us learn how to be careful and kind around pets in the home and street. Please enjoy some photos from the visit.
There are some upcoming events for the Foundation students including the Swimming Program. Please ensure consent/payments are processed on Compass prior to the due date to ensure your child can attend these events.
Students also spent time with their buddies recently - see Year 5 News for some photos.
Have a lovely fortnight!
Lorraine, Jacinda and Laura
Year 2 News
The students have settled very well into Term 4. They are back into classroom routine and working hard towards achieving their goals.
Excursion to Scienceworks
We will be attending an excursion to Scienceworks on Tuesday 3rd December. This excursion will support our physical science unit of work.
All students are required to wear full school uniform on the day of the excursion. Please ensure drink bottles and morning snacks are clearly labelled. We will return to school for lunch. Please ensure consent/payments are processed on Compass prior to the due date to ensure your child can attend.
Swimming Program
Swimming lessons will be held once again this year at Waves. Parents who are able to assist are welcome to meet us at the Waves Leisure Centre. All parent helpers will require a Working with Children Check.
Please check Compass Events and/or Compass Calendar for the session times. Please ensure consent/payments are processed on Compass prior to the due date to ensure your child can attend.
English
Writing: We will be studying persuasive writing, narrative and letter writing this term. We will continue to work on improving students’ handwriting as we believe it is important to instill the importance of neat presentation of work.
Reading: The focus will continue to be on comprehension. Students will read daily and be given opportunities to read in front of an audience. When reading aloud at home, focus should be placed on expression and fluency. After book or pages have been read aloud, students should be encouraged to provide a retell of what they have read as well as answering any comprehension questions in relation to the book.
SMART Spelling Program
The following is a timetable of the spelling focuses for term 4.
07/10 - Plurals adding es
14/10 - The digraph /ay/ making the sound ‘A’ as in tray
21/10 - The digraph /ll/ making the sound ‘ll’ as in bull
28/10 - The spelling rule: drop the e, add vowel suffix
04/11 - The spelling rule: drop the e, add vowel suffix
11/11 - The spelling rule: double the last letter, add vowel suffix
18/11 - The spelling rule: double the last letter, add vowel suffix
25/11 - The spelling rule: change y to I, add suffix
02/11 - The spelling rule: change y to I, add suffix
09/11 - Revision
Maths
Students will continue to work in differentiated Mathematic groups, with tasks designed to cater to their individual needs. Students will focus on problem solving, four operations, shapes, transformation, measurement and data.
We encourage you to support them at home by asking them to tell time on analogue clocks, playing board and card games, reading calendars, taking note of how the weather changes during seasons. Year 2’s can learn their 2, 3 and 5 multiplication facts.
Physical Science – Toys and Forces
During Science, students will explore the push and pull forces and work towards designing and constructing a toy at school.
Year 5 News
Foundation and Year 5 Buddy Program
On Thursday 17th October the Foundation students came to visit their Year 5 buddies for the morning. Everyone had a fantastic time and it was fabulous to see the connection and friendship between the younger and older students. The Year 5’s assisted in three activities. They made crafty spiders with lots of eyes and creepy legs, spent some time writing sentences on the school laptops and played some maths games to reinforce their number skills. Everyone looks forward to our next session together in week 4.
Year 5 Virtual Reality Space Incursion
On Monday 21st October the Year 5 students ‘blasted off’ into space with a virtual reality space incursion. This was to support and engage the students in this terms science topic about space. We traveled around the solar system exploring venus, mars and mercury. It was a truly 3D experience that is hard to describe or explain in pictures!
Year 6 2020 Graduation Wear & Sports Tops
Year 6 hoodies, polo’s and sports tops are now open for processing through Course Confirmation/Payments on your Compass parent Portal. Children have tried on sample sizes and slips sent home to parents. If you have any questions, please speak to your child’s teacher.
Ormond Oscars
On Thursday 24th October the Year Five and Six students (along with their families and teachers) had their annual Ormond Oscars. All the students looked magnificent wearing their best Hollywood outfits. Students (as well as some parents and teachers) walked the red carpet, had their photos taken and were interviewed by our school leaders. There was popcorn, a large polaroid frame and a lot of glitz and glam. Then it was time to enter our cinemas for the night to watch the movies demonstrating all the skills they have learnt related to media and movie making. Well done to all involved, it was a spectacular night. Special thanks to Zach for all his work with the students and Mrs. Kah and Mrs. Thanos for their organisation. We hope everyone had a great night!
PE & Sport News
Walk to School
Remind all students that their walking tickets must be handed into the box outside the Art Room by 3:30pm on Friday 8 November to be in the competition to win a Fitbit or similar device.
Emma Milliken
PE/Sports Specialist