Week Five sunshine ☀😎


Dear Parents, 

I hope you have had a wonderful week in (some) sunshine and you are looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Can you believe that we are already halfway through the term?! How time flies when you are having fun! Just a few messages from this week...

Welcome Levi 🎉🥳

A very big warm OLC welcome to Levi (and his parents Serena and Andrew) who has joined our class this week. Levi has been an absolute super star and we feel like he has been here all year! We are so lucky to have you Levi and welcome to the Year 2W team!

SEESAW 

This is a form of formal reporting that we are implementing over this semester to give you insight to your child's achievement more regularly rather than only the formal report that you will receive at the end of the year.  We now have nearly all families sign up and access their child's journal. 

Don't forget you can have both parents access your child's Seesaw account and that you can access directly with the Seesaw Family app on your phone, device or computer. We would love it if you can leave a comment on your child's work, as they can access the app at school and they love seeing your feedback!

 Please let me know if you need assistance or would like to be emailed the direct link if there is any problems accessing your child's learning journal using the QR code.

Mia Mia Build with Koomal Dreaming

We were so lucky to have Josh Whiteland come into our school and tell us some information about Mia Mia which which a traditional Noongar shelter. We learnt that Mia Mia's have to be facing north east and their fire must be 1.5m from the back of the hut, so the wind blows the smoke away and draws the heat into the Mia Mia. The huts structure is made from peppermint tree branches as they are flexible and paperbark is used to enclose and create a cover for the Mia Mia. The children loved getting outdoor and being among nature (right on our school grounds) and they worked in teams to create their own miniature version of a Mia Mia. Check out some of the happy snaps below!















Open night 

Next Wednesday (25th of August) will be our open night and this is an opportunity for those who aren't regularly able to, to come into the classroom and get a glimpse of some of the great things we have been up to.  We will have your child's writing books, Term Three scrapbooks (all other learning areas combined) and art examples out from their trays on their desks to see and chat about with your child. You will notice on your child's desk, there will be a slip that you put on your favourite piece of work that your child has produced. please use this slip as an opportunity to give some positive feedback to your child and let them know how proud you are (because we are bursting with pride in Year Two!). 

Star Citizen Award and MJR winners 

Congratulations to Harrison who receives our STAR CITIZEN merit award today for his consistent display of our school's focus value of RESPECT.  He always shows his peers, teachers and environment respect with thoughtfulness and care.  

We also had two of our Year 2W super stars recieve a brand new Cape Crusader for Leeuwin and Meelup. We are so proud of you Maxwell and Levi!


Student Uniform 
Dear Parents, the staff and admin will be paying particular attention to the students uniform and standard of dress from now on. This includes your child wearing the correct uniform on the correct day, i.e. only wearing sport uniform on sport days. This also includes wearing the correct shoes, socks and neat and tidy hairstyles. Information about our uniform policy can be found on our school website. 

Character Strengths 

Currently at OLC we are focusing on modelling and observing different character strengths. This week we are looking at the strength of Humility and how we can use that well and in ways to support and encourage ourselves and others to be at their best.



What is happening this Term at OLC

More information on events to come throughout the term

Week 6: Open evening 25th Aug, Athletics carnival 26th Aug and student free day 27th Aug

Week 8: School photos 9th Sept, OLC’s got talent 10th Sept

Week 10: Book week 22nd Sept

 *More information and dates available in the school calendar and newsletter


Have a lovely weekend!


Mrs. Wendelin

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Welcome to the 2W class blog for 2022! 🥳🎉🏫

Hello and welcome to the Year 2W blog! I hope you have all had a relaxing and peaceful holiday and enjoyed some of this beautiful summer weather!  I am looking forward to getting to know your beautiful children and working with you throughout your child's learning journey this year.   Year 2 is a big, but exciting year where your child will, discover, grow, create, learn, reflect and experience an abundance of fun and interesting things in our class!  As a parent of a Year 2 student, it is extremely important to keep in mind that we all build on small successes.  Each child will progress at their own rate, acquiring skills as he/she is developmentally ready.     Here are some ways you can help:   ·     Celebrate your child's success, no matter how small it may seem.  This will keep your child enthusiastic about learning and proud of their work!   ·      Read to and with your child every day, if possible....
Read more

Week Seven is here!

Image
 Good afternoon Parents, I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend and managed to get some rest after the massive week we had last week with the athletics carnival. I had a beautiful brunch at Meelup Farmhouse on Friday with some of the other teachers from school.  Just a few notices for the week ahead... Athletics Carnival Congratulations to  Leeuwin  on winning the Sports Carnival last Wednesday, a fine speech by our captains Cooper and Paige.  The students again showed such great enthusiasm and sportsmanship on the day and gave it their all for every game or race they participated in! What a great way to finish week 6! Open Night A big thank you to all the families who came to our open night last week (we know it was a long day after the sports carnival, so we really appreciate it). The children were so proud to show you all the hard work they have been completed this year in Year Two. They especially loved you choosing your favourite piece of work. Homewor...
Read more

Week 2...Yahoo!

Image
Dear parents,  I hope you have had a great start to your week and have enjoyed hearing about our swimming adventures over the past week and a half. We have loved being down by the bay despite the cooler weather, the water has been like glass! Have a look at some of the pictures from our lessons below... Just a few messages this week... Parents in the classroom: Sadly at this stage parents are no longer able to enter into the classroom in the mornings during gathering time.  As per the government information for schools, parents must also wear face masks at school even when outside. Unfortunately, this also extends to parent teacher interviews so therefore our main port of call will be via email. Please see the previous blog post if you do not have my email address. Parent Information Night: Due to COVID requirements there will not be a parent information night this year. We will pass on the required information in another form and more information will be coming out next week....
Read more