PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE INFORMATION

Dear Parents,

Thank you for supporting your child in their reading toward the Premier's Reading Challenge. The final cutoff date for completing the required reading is Friday 30th August. When your child has completed the challenge, please ensure you have helped them enter all of their books online using their username and password.

IMPORTANT: The booklist then needs to be printed, with your child's name and homegroup and signed by a parent and returned to their teacher by Monday 9th September.

Once this has been returned, the books will be verified on the system by the coordinators and your child will receive their certificate when they are printed by PRC.

Please remember: Children in Prep-Two must read 30 books in total with at least 20 from the Challenge booklist; Years 3-6 must read 15 books with at least 10 from the Challenge booklist.

Thank you,
Simone Kentley (Year Two Neighbourhood)

Swimming notes to be returned tomorrow

Just to inform parents that swimming notes are due tomorrow and that if notes are not returned it will be assumed that students will not be participating in the intensive swimming program, as Julie has to finalise the bookings tomorrow. Extra notes were sent home to students who were away at the end of last term but if you have any questions you can see any of us tomorrow morning.

Thank you,

The year one team

Happenings at the end of Term 2

Intensive Swimming Program

This program will commence on Monday 19th August and will be on Mon/Wed/Fri each week until the last session on Fri 30th August (6 sessions total). As costs cannot be established until ALL Expression of Interest forms are returned, the deadline has been extended to Tuesday 16th July for the paperwork to be returned. If you have not returned your form by that date, we will assume your child will NOT BE participating. Unfortunately, no late bookings will be accepted.


Geoff Ratcliffe
Phys Ed

Parent, teacher and student conferences next week

Next week we have our interview day on Thursday. We want to make sure that parents are aware that students will be expected to be present for the interviews. Students will be given the opportunity to share their learning with you and it will be a celebration of their achievements this year. We look forward to seeing you and your child next week.

Thank you,

The year one team.

Swimming notes

Intensive swimming permission forms have been handed out today and will need to be returned as soon as possible so that we can start organizing this program early. Also please make sure that you circle will/will not in order to confirm your permission. Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

The year one team.

Student-Led Parent Teacher Interviews

Student- led parent teacher interviews are scheduled for next Thursday 27th June. To book in a time you will need to log in and book a 15 minute time slot on www.parentteacheronline.com.au. These will be held in the year one neighbourhood and run all day. There is aftercare available for this day but places are running out.
If you have any questions please ask your home group teacher.

Thank you,
The year one neighbourhood team

Term 2 Week 7 Happenings!

Micheal Klim

We had a great talk from Michael Klim this morning in the hall. He spoke about setting small goals to achieve big ones and also how persistence really pays off. The students asked some great questions and had swimming on the brain for most of the day. This connects with what we are doing in maths - having Potato Olympics where each student has a potato 'athlete' that then competes in events.

Below is a drawing by Shaakir after seeing Micheal Klim. He wrote:

"Michael Klim was a great swimmer and he was first and I know how to do free style and I want to be in the Olympics. My potato can't swim in the Olympics because my potato is fat."

Our Learning Journal

 

We have started a 'Learning Journal' in the neighbourhood where students are contributing to each week. Our journal focuses on something in particular each student can truly be proud of learning that week. Some examples of entries include:

 "I learnt how to bend paper or cardboard to make a pop -up" -Tessa B

"I learned how to count by tens: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70..." Hafsa

"I learned that when you make an animation you need to keep the iPad still" -Allegra