News from around the school
Laptops For Sale
Secondhand lap tops are still available to purchase - $500, if you are interested please contact the school office.
Specifications listed below -
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
Storage 128 GB
Processor 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB
NEW - Spooky/Crazy Hair Day
A bit of fun for the week...
We are encouraging students to come with Spooky / Crazy hair tomorrow and or face painting. Students are required to still wear full school uniform including hats for the day.
NEW - 2020 Grade 6 T-Shirt Windcheaters
It's come to that time of the year for us to think about T-shirts & Windcheaters for our 2020 Grade 6 Students. All 2020, Grade 6 students, will have the opportunity to pre-order Year Level printed T-Shirts & Windcheaters.
Fitting & Orders will need to be placed directly with the School Uniform Shop in Corio Street Shepparton, 5821 3232, and need to be paid for in full at time of ordering.
Orders will need to be placed prior to Saturday 9th November to ensure items are available for commencement of 2020 school year.
COST
New T-Shirts with print - $30.00
New Windcheaters with print - $36.00
Exisiting Windcheaters with print only - $6.00
A proof with students names will be made avaialble in the coming days for parents/guardians to check for correct spelling or list an alternative version of your students christian name on the print eg "Jackson" to "Jack". Please note - nicknames will not be accepted.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR TERM 4 for 2019
A limited number of places are still available for our After School Program.
St. Mary’s Primary School will continue to run an After school program this term. The program will run for 1 hour after school. The children are provided with a drink and fruit. The program will be offered for 7 weeks.
Each session starts at 3.45 and finishes at 4.45 p.m. The program is supervised at all times and an outside person will run the program. Each session can only take 25 children.
This term we are offering the following:
Both activities will be Fitness & Fun with Brodie; this will be held in the Marian Centre or Oval depending on the weather.
WEDNESDAYS - starting on 30th October – 11th December for 7 WEEKS
THURSDAYS - starting 31st October – 12th December for 7 WEEKS
The children will meet Maree outside the Marian Centre straight after school and have fruit and a drink.
Please return the attached form to the office before Wednesday 23rd October.
Thank You
Maree Williams
Co-ordinator
NEW - Salad Donation
We have a number of vegetables growing in our garden beds and recently some of our students attended our local Vinnies and donated some salad items to the local Vinnies Food Bank. We received a thankyou and pictures of how the items were used.
Thank you from St Vincent de Paul Friday Meals program. We added some extra things and a lovely salad was enjoyed by all. From Coralie - Vinnies Mooroopna
UPDATED - Chatter Matters
Language genre/longer and more complex sentences
These activities will help the students to make the necessary adjustments to their language so they can communicate for a variety of purposes eg; to tell stories, recount events, persuade, give instructions and report information. Learning about the language and types of words we use in each of these different contexts supports not only the child’s oral language but written language development also.
Focus: Using longer and more complex sentences
3. Blu-tack sentences:
Write a mixture of words on some board/card. Build sentences using Velcro strips or Blu-Tack and then post the completed sentences in a posting box. Encourage your child to use a range of different words e.g. nouns (person, place, thing), verbs (doing words e.g. run), adjectives (describing words e.g. red, big, smart) and conjunctions (joining words e.g. and, because, so, although, however).
Focus: Using a variety of language genres
4. The art of persuasion.
Show your child how to become more aware of the persuasive devices used by advertising companies. As you drive around notice and discuss the ads on various boards and signage. You could also look through the junk mail and catalogues. Focus on the words or images that influence you most. Would you buy this product why or why not?
NEW - Nikolai's Story
Nikolai's story is about two dragons having a sand fight at the beach, find out what happens next.
