News of the Week

NEWS FROM THE PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM

DISTRICT ATHLETICS

On  Monday 29th of August students from Year 3 to 6 who made it into our Athletics team will be  competing against other schools at the Mentone Athletics Track. We will be participating in track and field events. This includes long jump, triple jump, shot put and discus. On the track we have students competing in the 100 metre relay, hurdles and more. All parents are more than welcome to come. We wish our Athletics Team the best of luck.

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING

Foundation

In Foundation we have been learning about different seasons, Autumn, Spring, Winter and Summer. We have also been learning how to count up to 100 and how to count up to 200.  We have also been learning how to double some numbers.

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Maths- We are learning what a fraction is. We have also learnt what a triad is. It is  a word symbol and picture.

Literacy- We have been learning about homophones and that they are the same words, spelt differently with different meanings.

Religion- In religion we  have learnt the story of the Good Samaritan and how the people that walked passed weren’t being very kind.

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Maths- We are learning about money and how to add money to make a total. We are also learning how to count money.

Literacy- We have been learning how to summarise a text and find the main idea.

Genius Hour- We have been learning about rules and laws.

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Writing - We have been learning to write a detailed story and how to create a plan to help you organise your ideas in your writing.

Maths - We are learning to design and draw a real zoo. The focus is recording different measurements. 

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION

On Monday 15th of August the Year 4-6 students celebrated the Feast of the Assumption. The Feast of the Assumption is  to celebrate when Mary rose up to heaven to be reunited with Jesus. We also celebrated Fr Hoangs last Mass with us. He will move to Camberwell Parish where he has to look after 5 schools! We hope he enjoys himself and learns a lot and can visit us as often as possible.  

5/6 CAMP

The 5/6 students and teachers are going to Coonawarra Camp. We will leave at 7:45 am on Monday 22nd and will come back Wednesday 24th approximately 5pm. The teachers will send out Skoolbag notes to let you know when we are nearly back at school. We will have cabins of up to 4-8 people in each cabin. Every parent would have been sent a list of things to bring to camp and we are all looking forward to it. If you would like to take a look at the website here is the link https://www.coonawarraresort.com.au/

PS. Mrs Sullivan and Tracey went and visited the camp last week and they said it looked great, but it was cold so don't forget to pack warm clothes!

BOOK WEEK PARADE - FRIDAY 25 AUGUST 

Book Week dress up is on Friday 27th of August. Children and the  teachers will dress up as their favourite character from their books. There will be a big parade with the whole school to show off your favourite book character at 9:00am. 

WALKATHON - FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER

We are going to have a Walkathon around Mordialloc. We are aiming to  raise money for new sports equipment for the classroom. It will be on the Friday 7th of October in Term 4. The Sports Leaders with Miss Richards will be mapping the route this term.   More information will be provided via Operoo shortly.

FOUNDATION CAMP NIGHT 

Last Thursday Foundation students took part in an African drumming session and even Mrs Sullivan did it. They had pizza and watched Mr Bean. They went for a run all around the school. It was so much fun.

AIDAN & TESS - ICY POLE FUNDRAISER

This week Tess and Aidan started selling icy poles to raise funds for their participation in the Victorian teams in Squash and Soccer.  If you would like to donate, Tess and Aiden will be selling Icy Poles at recess for $1.00 on Tuesday 30th August, Tuesday 6th & 13th of  September.  

ST BRIGID'S BI-ANNUAL ART SHOW

Our Bi-annual Art Show  will be held on Tuesday  4th of October - 6pm to 8pm.    We hope you can all come and enjoy seeing the work  we have completed over this school year. 

NEWS FROM THE PLAYGROUND

Who's been playing well outside?

Mrs Janz - Most people are kind, especially  Gabriele in 1/2R who has been using safe hands and safe feet. He has been playing nicely and the grade 6 girls have been dancing and having fun.

Ms Behrendt - Allegra, Amilia and Lex because they were including others when they were playing and  using kind words.

SAVE THE DATE - FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER - 5PM TO 6PM

Each class are going to sing one song and then we will have a whole school finale. We will have sausages and choc tops for sale. So remember to bring some money.  More information to come next term.

JOKES OF THE WEEK BY LUKE D

What do you call a caveman's pop off?

A blast from the past.

Why is it annoying to eat next to basketball players?

Because they dribble all the time.

NEWS FROM MRS SULLIVAN

I have to commend our Public Relation Team and how they have really made the fortnightly newsletter their own. They are coming up with the ideas, making time to interview teachers and students and then working together to write up all the information. Job well done team!

COVID

At the moment, we seem to have a few cases, but once again it is 1 or 2 cases at a time but in different classes. Eg Today (Thursday) 2 new cases one in 1/2 and one in 3/4 . We do not seem to have a whole class out within a couple of days of the first case like so many other schools have.  At the moment different illnesses are having an impact on our children - we are hearing about fevers, colds, chest infections and gastro. Please take care and look after yourselves, it will be nice when Summer arrives and we can hopefully get rid of these viruses.

BREAKING NEWS

Our bike riders and scooters got a bit of a surprise this morning when they had to put their bikes and scooters into a temporary bike shed! 

Steve is pulling down the bike shed today and we are going to get a new bike shed and sport shed within the next few weeks.  That means we will say goodbye to the dreaded 'Shipping Container'!!!  

We are very excited about these new buildings and cannot wait for them to be finished!

BOOK WEEK COMPETITION 

Thank you Josh P for your great entry to our Book Week Competition!  It's not too late to get your entries in.

1. Choose a book that you enjoy. 
2. Recreate the front cover using any medium you like (paint, pencils, clay, lego etc).
3. Take a photo of your artwork and send it to cyass@sbmord.catholic.edu.au

Artwork will be displayed in the hall windows. There will be a prize for F-2, 3/4 and 5/6.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Orders for the latest catalogue will close at 3pm this Friday 19th of August.  Please get your orders in by then.

SHOUT OUT TO ETHAN F

Great job for participating in basketball during PE yesterday Ethan.  Miss Richards said you were the winner in  a game of knock out.  

I'm packing my bags ready for our 5/6 Camp on Monday.  I'm looking forward to spending time with our 5/6 Students.  Jodie Marziano will be in charge while I'm away.

Have a great week and stay safe.

Yours in partnership

Wendy Sullivan

Principal