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On Friday 28th June (the last day of term) the Mini Vinnies will be holding a Pyjama Day. The aim of the day is to raise awareness of the work Vinnies does through its Winter Appeal in providing support for the homeless. All students and staff are invited to wear their pyjamas on this day. The Mini Vinnies members will visit classrooms to give a presentation on the work of Vinnies in this area. Families are invited to donate to our Blanket & Beanie Drive as a means of supporting the Winter Appeal. This appeal will run until the end of Week 2 of next term.

Canteen

Thursday June 20      NO CANTEEN 

Friday June 21            Jenny McNeil, Sarah Dyson, Clare Potter

Thursday June 27     Donna Parsons, Julia Gibbons, Sarah Lu

Friday June 28           NO CANTEEN - LAST DAY OF TERM

Library Reshelving- For the week of:

Monday June 24       Ilona Carson

Monday July 15        Michele Fox

Sickbay Linen

Friday June 21          Melanie Mason

Friday June 28          Marcelle Hennig

Maths: Recently during Maths we have been working on developing our understandings about transitions, geometry and reading maps to show locations and work out scale. We have been working in class groups of Year 3 and Year 4 because we have had different things to learn. This has been fun. Here is an example of one thing we have done, we have used tiles to show symmetry. Here is Cooper’s tile pattern which shows two lines of symmetry.

Religion: Religious studies has been very closely linked to our Inquiry this term. We have researched and gathered information about the 3 major religions of Southeast Asia and compared them to the Christian and Catholic traditions that we know about. The religions researched were Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism. We have found out that all of these religions have a holy book, prayer beads and special places of worship. We put all this information on to a prayer wheel. You can see Lucy and Emily showing their work.

Science: Science has been about Chemistry this term and we have investigated lots of interesting processes with Mr Greene. We have melted and frozen things to change their chemistry. You can see Hamish and Jack changing the state of chocolate from a solid to a liquid by melting it in the sun.

Inquiry - Our Asian neighbourhood of Southeast Asia:  After weeks of reading, researching, creating and making, we are about to showcase all we have learnt about the countries in our Asian neighbourhood. On Friday morning our Travel Expo Learning Showcase will entice our visitors onto the beaches and into the temples of these exotic places. The Year 3 and 4 travel agents will guide you through the many possibilities available to you during your travels to Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines or Indonesia. Smell the spices and enjoy the sounds of Southeast Asia! Come along and vote for your favourite destination!!

It is time to compile the canteen roster for Terms 3 & 4. 

We have had a few volunteers unable to continue for the next roster and we are in need of more parents to assist. If we do not get more helpers the canteen will most likely be only able to open one day a week. It could even get to the stage where we will have to close the canteen entirely. We have only 3 groups of helpers for each day, therefore helpers are doing a shift every 3 weeks, this is asking a lot. If we could get 3 more helpers for each day we will be able to keep the canteen open.

If you are already on the roster I will keep you on it unless you let me know otherwise.

If you are not on the roster and would like to help out please fill in the online form by clicking on the link.

Canteen Roster

Children in Foundation and Year 1 classes all went on a bear hunt in the Library on Tuesday.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” and Mrs Brown was delighted to share the story with the classes.  Children were given a pair of bear ears to wear and participated in the story, complete with actions. They all had lots of fun!

Celina Brown

The Deconstruction Group is requesting items for their lunchtime alternative play session. We are asking for used/non-working appliances, such as toasters, remotes, hair dryers, old toys & small battery operated appliances. NO televisions, microwaves, computers or mobile phones, as these can retain a dangerous charge for years, even when turned off and unplugged. 

Other items that could be donated:

- Safety goggles

- Tools (screw drivers, pliers)

Hannah Williams

Collect stickers from May 1 to June 25 from Woolworths and send them along to school or put them in our box at the Dennington store. Stickers will be redeemed for school equipment such as musical instruments, maths & sports equipment and science kits. There will be a box in the main corridor for sticker collection or send them to the office.

Our pupil free days for this year are as follows:

August 19 - Writing Essential Learnings

November 18 - Report Writing Day

Sporting Schools is on each Wednesday and Thursday, for 7 weeks of each term. This term's Sporting Schools finishes on Thursday June 20.

Attendance is done through our Skoolbag App. Attendance forms must be filled in by 10am on the day of attendance.

Thank you to the parents below who have volunteered to drive our students to Meals on Wheels next week. The roster was sent home last week via email. If you have not received your roster please contact the office.

Linda McPherson, Shelley Coffey, Stacey Dwyer, Tatiana Resk-Wilson, Sharon Lenehan, Karen Bowes, Eve Tamer, Renee Killen, Fiona Barry.

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