Classroom News
Prep
What a great term we have had – we now know all the letters and sounds in our alphabet! How exciting!
We enjoyed listening to Mrs Beschel sharing with us her knowledge of the Torres Strait Islands and we enjoyed colouring the flag.
If you miss our interviews on Saturday, 12th Sept please catch up with us – it's important to discuss how your child is going in class.
All library books need to be returned please.
Both classes will send home Holiday Diaries so please take the time to work with your child to draw a picture and write a few sentences. The more you practise the better you get!
Have a lovely break, take care and we’ll see you in Term 4.
Liz and Melita
Year 1
Welcome to week 9! The children have been enjoying their swimming lessons and are learning not just swimming skills but also how to manage themselves and their belongings.
There is no more homework for this term, however, remember to keep reading every day.
We will be celebrating the Early Years next Tuesday. Year 1 will require two helpers per class to help run the year 1 activity. Please let us know if you can help.
We are looking forward to catching up with all of you at our parent-teacher interviews. All the children have made such great progress on their learning journey this year and you should all be feeling very proud of them. Please check for your classes timetable.
Next week, Thursday 17th Grade 1 have Gymnastics, this is also Crazy Hair Day. We ask that your child’s hair isn’t too crazy due to the activities they will be doing at Gymnastics.
Jenny and Ange
Year 2
This week in year 2 we are finishing off our units of work, finalising assessment and enjoying our swimming lessons. We all enjoyed going to see Matilda the Musical. The St Ursula’s students and teachers are to be congratulated for such an excellent production. The year two and year six students thoroughly enjoyed every minute and their excitement before and after the play was truly delightful!
Year Two Photos from Matilda
A few reminders for next week……
Tuesday 15th September
Celebrating the Early Years Day - Liturgy at 10am (all welcome)
If you are volunteering on the day the activities start at 11am and go until 12.45.
There will be a sausage sizzle on the day which is free of charge.
Please continue to send in donations of threading items and arrowroot biscuits.
Thursday 17th September
Free Dress Day- Crazy Hair Day - Gold coin donation-Assembly at 12pm
Gymnastics Excursion 11am to 12am
Juiced Up Grom Performance (Bring a gold coin by tomorrow please)
Friday 18th September
Pupil Free Day
Let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Dennielle, Allyson, Sarah, Aleisha and Megan
Photo's from Year Two
Year 3
Wow – another term almost complete! Well done to the students for all their hard work this term. We hope all our fathers had a lovely day last Sunday.
This week, the students are enjoying their swimming lessons and are working on their board games in Maths and starting to look at procedural texts in English. We are finishing our HASS unit by looking at reasons why people live in particular places and in Science we have started our next unit on heat energy. In Religion, we continue to look at prayers of praise and thanksgiving through examining some of the Psalms. Best wishes to the students receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation tonight.
Parent-teacher interviews begin this afternoon for 3MR, tomorrow for 3G and on Monday for 3M. Please contact your child’s teacher if you do not yet have an interview time.
Congratulations to Mikayla, Sarah, Imogen, Dannii and Tom, who have been selected for the finals of the Speaking Festival. They will present their poem on Monday after morning tea. Well done to all students for their fantastic performances.
Next Thursday is Crazy Hair Day – students are asked to bring a gold coin donation for Catholic Mission and St Vincent De Paul. On this day, we will also attend a performance of “Juiced Up Groms” to learn about the importance of eating healthy foods and keeping active. Students are asked to also bring a gold coin donation for this.
There is no assembly on Thursday 17th and we have a pupil free day on Friday 18th September.
Have a great week.
Angela, Annie, Damian and Janice
Year 4
Welcome to Week 9! What a busy couple of weeks we have had – we will be well and truly ready for holidays at the end of next week! Our Maths Showcase was a wonderful afternoon with so many parents and grandparents attending, allowing the students to share their learning. Thank you!
All of Year 4 are currently working towards finalising our Term 3 work. Students will be practising their character monologues about a convict for History and English. We are learning about the history of the Catholic church in Religion as well. This Friday will see us returning to the dancefloor under guidance of Mrs Fisher. We will also have two extra lessons early next Term. The Year 4 Gala Day is on next Tuesday and students will need to be at school by 8.30. Do not forget your hat, water bottle and your own sunscreen if you are allergic to the school sunscreen. Please return any permission slips as soon as possible.
We wish all students that are making their Reconciliation this Wednesday all the very best. Congratulations and best of luck to our Year 4 Speaking Festival finalists – Jay, Reeve, Madison, Majella, Ivy, Violet, Ellie, Olivia H, Archer and Emily H. Next Thursday, on the last day of Term, we have a visiting group, Juiced up Grom, coming to present to the Years 2 – 6 students. It is a gold coin donation if students wish to make a smoothie at the end of the performance. It is also crazy hair day, so students will need two gold coins on that day!
Suzanne, Toni and Garry
Year 5
It’s week 9 and we are on our final stretch before the end of the term. Again, it is a busy time for us with assessments, swimming lessons and day to day learning. The students are tired at this time of the year, especially with swimming, so we need to make sure they are getting enough quality sleep over the remaining 2 weeks and keeping to a routine is important.
Last week we also held our Pizza METS cooking extravaganza days. The students thoroughly enjoyed the days and loved making pizzas for the teachers and year 6 students. I’m sure you’ll be surprised with the amount of work the students covered in order to complete the unit successfully. Our next METS unit is just as exciting, and we can’t wait to get started on it next term even though the WBBL is not in Brisbane.
Parent/Teacher interviews will be held in week 2 of Term 4. Notes will be sent out soon. Camp notes were sent home this week, please complete and return the medical and consent forms as soon as possible.
On Thursday 17th September, in Week 10 Students will attend a performance called “Juiced Up Groms” which will discuss the importance of healthy eating and keeping active. Students may bring along a gold coin donation if the wish to be involved in making a smoothie after the performance. This day is also crazy hair day, for which students are to bring along a gold coin donation also. Please remember sensible shoes and sun safe clothing please.
Many thanks to the parents that helped at the Father’s Day Stall last Thursday, it was greatly appreciated.
Have a good last couple of weeks and enjoy the holidays!
Tim, Steve and Emily
Year 6
We hope all of our Fathers and the special men in our lives had a fantastic day on Sunday.
We wish to thank our Year 5 friends and teachers who treated us with Pizzas from their METS unit last week. The pizzas were delicious!
What a fantastic extravaganza our Athletics Carnivals were. Congratulations to all athletes. We thank Mrs Salisbury for organising the carnivals for us and affording us so many leadership opportunities. Some photos are included of us having lots of fun!
Our visit to the theatre was also fantastic. We thank St Ursula’s College for affording us this opportunity. Some photos of our visit to the Empire Theatre are also included in this week’s news.
We’ve been enjoying learning about significant contributions of people who have migrated to Australia and are currently working on an information report on some significant migrants. These are due in week 10. We’ve also been working on a model in Science. We’re designing and constructing a model of a sustainable source of energy. Models and presentations will be due in Week 2 of Term 4.
We wish all students lots of luck for the public speaking festival final which will be held in the hall next Monday. The standard of speeches has been extremely high. Well done Year 6!
Students will attend a performance of “Juiced Up Groms” next Thursday 17th of September in the hall. They will learn about the importance of eating healthy foods and keeping active. A gold coin donation is asked from all students. Thursday 17th will also be crazy hair day (gold coin donation for this too please) which is always a huge hit with students. Please remember sun safe clothes and hats and sensible shoes.
A reminder that we depart for our camp to Yeppoon on Monday 5th October which is the Queen’s Birthday public holiday. Students are asked to arrive at school by 7.30am so we can depart at 8am.
Enjoy the holiday break.
Kylie and Larry
German
This week we are learning about colours and next week the students will complete a colour by numbers activity using that knowledge.
Christine Fisher