Week 9 Term 2 2021

Dear Parents, 

I hope you had a lovely weekend enjoying the beautiful winter weather! A bit of sunshine was a great way to enjoy celebrating a birthday milestone with my friends and family! Only a few weeks to go and what a term we have had so far! I'm so impressed with the incredible personal growth the students have had personally and academically over the last six months.  

Cross Country 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
Just a reminder that Cross Country is taking place this Thursday 17th of June. Students are to wear their faction shirt and are encouraged to wear zinc and bring teddies. We will make our way down to the oval at 9 am for a 9:15am start, however we will be the second year group running the cross country as it will begin with Year 3's, then Year 1's and then Year 2's, etc.

Providing the weather stays good, we will stay out to watch some of the other races. Parents are most welcome to join us to watch, please note that the bottom gravel car park is unavailable. 

Wheels After Meals 🚲
Students are invited to bring their skateboards and scooters to school for a roll around after lunch on Tuesday 15th of June. Please make sure they area also bringing appropriate safety equipment. All items are to be placed near Mr Lee's office.

Merit Award Winner 🌟✨
Congratulations to Maxwell who was our week 8 Merit Award winner. You are a Year One  Super Star Max - we are so proud of you and we are lucky to have you in our 1K team!

Homework 📚

Homework was due on Friday 11th of June. If your child did not bring in their RED Reading folder and their homework book it makes it difficult for us to set up our final fortnight and follow up who is missing their next set.  Please remember that homework is optional but we do highly recommend ensuring your child reads aloud to you every night for ten minutes as research shows this has the best growth and retention rate for reading acquisition .  We are so impressed with the amazing growth every child has demonstrated in our recent reading rate assessments.  Every child has increased at least 15 words a minute faster than their previous term rate in only ten weeks as well as gone up several reading book levels - thank you so much to the parents who are doing that little bit extra reading at home and with their books and the fluency grids!!! 

Please also note that your child's reading fluency grid and spelling words list aligns with words in our class InitiaLit english lessons and these focus spelling sounds and tricky words are tested in class every week.  Please feel free to ask any questions you may have about homework or the Initialit english program in Year One.

Extended Holidays 

If you are planning on escaping early or having some time away next term, please visit the lovely Fran or Kaya in the office to fill out an extended leave form. This would be greatly appreciated. 

Character Strength 

Dear Parents, currently at OLC we are focusing on modeling and observing different character strengths. This week we are looking for people who demonstrate Curiosity. Can you encourage your child to show the following?

OLC Celebrates National Sorry Day
The Sorry Day whole school photo was a huge success and was well received on social media by members of the community with over 3000 views. Thank you to the committee for organising this event and for the support of all staff and students for making it happen. View the amazing pictures below: 

Sickness

The last week or so, we have noticed an increased number of children coming to school with coughs and runny noses. We are encouraging good hand hygiene but unfortunately there are still some children who are still not 100% well. We encourage you to keep your child home if they are not well to prevent further sickness spreading around the classroom. We thank you for your ongoing support. 

Have a great week everyone!

Thank you for your continued support and assistance,

Penny and Gemma