Exciting times!

We have had yet another busy and wonderful week! 

The students excitedly participated in the Swimming Program. This will continue next week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 

The children did a marvellous job during the Student-Led Conferences in sharing their learning progress and insight with you. We're sure you are just as proud of them as we are!

As part of our current unit of inquiry we have identified the importance of people working in order to contribute to their community. As the children may have already told you about, during this unit the students will be raising money for the Chelsea Uniting Church Christmas Hamper Appeal by doing chores around the home. With this in mind, the children will be negotiating with you some chores they can complete to earn money. Each child will have a goal of raising $10. We are hoping the children will be using and honing their skills in negotiation, following through on responsibilities, being reliable, as well as developing their numeracy skills involving the days of week and counting money. We would like the children to have completed all of their chores and to have brought their $10, their letter and their chore record sheet to school by next Friday 27th November. We would also like each child to have a photo of themselves on their iPad undertaking their fundraising chores.

Orientation Morning is on next Tuesday. Students will come to their Year 1 classroom in the morning, where we will take the roll and then head to the gym as a whole class. They will then learn of their Year 2 class for 2016 and will spend the first half of the day, up until 12.30pm, enjoying the orientation program.

The students are busy preparing for the Prep-Year 4 Christmas Celebration. Please encourage your child to learn and practise the words to the songs (located on the Christmas Songs page on this blog) so that they will be confident on the night.

Have a lovely weekend!