Learning & Teaching
Josy Reeder
BOOK WEEK 2023
We are very excited about BOOK WEEK next week. The Library will be open at lunchtime each day for students to enjoy reading and participate in activities, We have also planned lots of fun and exciting ways to celebrate books and reading.
Tuesday, August 22: Author and Illustrator Felice Arena will visit the school.
Wednesday August 23: Families are invited to visit classrooms at 8:30 am, to read and enjoy a book with their child.
Friday, August 25: The OLA Annual Book Week Parade. Students and teachers are encouraged to come dressed as their favourite book characters.
Throughout Book Week we have some engaging competitions for students to participate in. There will be prizes for each level.
Competitions - These will be advertised this week in the Newsletter. | |
| Prep | Create a new front cover for your favourite story. |
| One | Create a Bookmark or poster advertising your favourite book, make sure you include why it is your favourite. |
| Two | Write a blurb and draw a picture about a book you love. |
| Three | Write a letter to your favourite book character or Author. |
| Four | Write the next page or chapter of your favourite story |
| Five and Six | Write your own story - it can be any genre you want. (Try and include the Book Week Theme “‘Read, Grow, Inspire.’ |
Christine Thredgold
Literacy Leader
Excellence at OLA
We celebrate achievements at OLA every day in the classroom. Outstanding achievement is celebrated at every assembly in the front of the school. Congratulations to all the students who received an award last week.
We love it when our seniors work with our youngest students. Here, our Grade 6’s are helping the preps with Digital Technology. They took ‘excellent’ photos of 3D objects.
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools – School Improvement Surveys (MACSSIS) are conducted annually for schools in the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. This year’s MACSSIS will be open from Monday 28 August to Friday 15 September 2023.
On Monday 28th August we will invite families to participate via an email that is valid anytime across the survey window. Participating families will be emailed a code and PIN. Surveys are available for families in Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, Tagalog or Vietnamese.
Josy Reeder
Learning and Teaching Leader