Welcome to Week 3

Good morning parents,

 Welcome to another week in 4D. I hope that those of you that were able to make it to the Quiz Night had as much fun as I did...whilst we didn't set the world on fire we also didn't disgrace ourselves which is always good! A fantastic result in the amount of money raised and a fantastic night for the OLC community...thank you as always for your support of our great school!

 I had the pleasure of meeting Fr Francis on Sunday morning at mass...he seems very excited to be with us in Dunsborough and is looking forward to getting up to the school to get to know the kids as soon as possible.
REMINDERS - WEEK 3

Mission Market Donations - If you can please send in your donations as soon as possible it would be greatly appreciated. We will be bagging up the lucky dip bags on Monday 12th August so we need all donations in by then. Thank you for your contributions, they are really appreciated!


Book Week Dress Up - The time of year is fast approaching when we need to pull together an outfit for our child that would win a Costuming Award at the Oscars. This year's theme is Reading is Our Super Power... we will also be presenting our Performance Assembly on Friday 23rd August. Further information will be sent out in the coming weeks so please mark the date in your diary and check in with your child.


Uthando Dolls - The initial start-up will begin with a visit to OLC from Mrs Deborah Campbell from the UTHANDO DOLL MAKERS GROUP in Bunbury. She will come to speak to all the children in year 4, along with all volunteer parents and grandparents NEXT WEDNESDAY 7th AUGUST at 1.30pm. 

The children will work in pairs to create their doll and each be responsible for creating an outfit for the doll. The children in Africa love to change their doll’s outfits so each beautiful doll will be presented to them wearing one outfit and have another outfit in a little bag hanging over its shoulder. Each year 4 child will have a photograph of their doll wearing their personally made outfit as a memento of this amazing project, before we send them to the children of KwaZulu-Natal.

Each child will bring home a flyer with some more information on the project tomorrow. You can also access more information via the website http://uthandoproject.org/

We are in need of some materials for the projects, if you are able to have a look through your cupboards for any of the following and send them in with your child, we would really appreciate it!

We need: red, white and black sewing thread, beads and buttons (any colours, any sizes), red, white and black felt, coloured and black nobbly yarn (acrylic) and a few pairs of “pinking shears” (zig zag scissors) and any old colourful socks/stockings.

We will also require a donation of $1 per child to cover the postage costs of sending the dolls to Africa. If you can please send this in by Wednesday 14th August.

OUR LEARNING - WEEK 3

In Friendology, we have been talking about our Inner Critic DJ. This is the voice that tells us things like "you can't do that", "you'll never win" or "I'm not good at maths/english". We had some great talks about how we need to turn that voice turn and crank the voice of our positive DJ. The students will be creating their own playlist featuring tracks that are aimed at making them feel empowered and positive. We are looking to have these finished in the coming weeks so come in and check them out!

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HOMEWORK - WEEK 3

Please see below for the homework assigned for this week. If you can please support your child to complete all parts of their homework each week. This helps with their personal organisation and reduces their anxiety of getting in trouble when it is not done. 

 If your child does not complete or hand in their homework you will receive an email from me on Friday morning. They will then spend their recess time eating and completing any unfinished tasks.

 I would appreciate you following up with them over the weekend with a chat so the kids know we are on the same page. 

1. Reading - Students are to read for 10 minutes each night.
2. Timetables - Reviews -  Students are to practice at least 4 times throughout the week at home. I have asked them to choose their most challenging set to work on.

3. Mental Maths- Complete Unit 22, p 44 & 45. All sections are to be completed by Friday.

4. Spelling - the students are to complete LSCWC and their 'Words Within in Sentences' into their Homework books by Friday. 

Have a great end to the week! 

I look forward to sending a thumbs up or high five your way if I see you!










Mrs Delane 

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