Week 3 Term 1 2024

 

Dear parents,

Welcome to Week 3 - this is when 'the real Year 4' really starts now that swimming is done and routines and expectations are really put into place.  

Uniform day reminders for 4K:

Monday and Thursday - formal uniform

Tuesday and Wednesday - sports uniform

Library day is Monday

Big events this week: Please refer to the email I sent this morning:

A message from Our Lady of the Cape PS Dear Year 4 parents, This weekend there will be a commitment mass at our church on Saturday 17th February at 6pm.  This also co-incides with our OLC staff commissioning mass.  If your child is a candidate and taking their first Holy Communion, during the mass, Father will invite you and your child up to recite the promises as outlined in the sheet your child brought home yesterday.  There will be copies for you on the night so these sheets may be kept at home.  Mrs Meyer came in yesterday during religion to talk about our Eucharist sacrament and the lead up to our first Holy Communion mass which will be on Sunday morning 17th March.  If you cannot attend the commitment mass this Saturday then please contact Mrs Meyer to attend another upcoming mass to make the commitment ceremony promises.  If your child is not a candidate and is a prayer buddy then attendance is very welcomed but not required.  Thank you for your support and contact me via email if you have any questions about your child's participation in the Eucharist sacrament this term.   Penny King

Homework:

Your child has now brought home a homework booklet to complete some daily reading, mental maths review and some times table work.  Later this term we will also send home some multiplication flash cards to help your child build their recall skills which will assist their skills to solve larger number problems.  It is expected that your child will complete Week 3 by the end of this week and Week 4 pages by the end of next week and bring it in on Friday 24th Feb to mark a part of it in class.  We will send a reminder text the day before to get used to the fortnightly format.  

Presentation Night information:

Unfortunately the link was broken to the previous blog post was broken to people without a google drive and attempt two wasn't successful either! I will email it out separately with my one drive later this week.  Please note however, most information in these slides has already been included in the long blog posts before, so have a read through to hopefully answer any questions you may have.   

Swimming Trials and Swimming Carnival:

Today your child will bring home a note from Mrs Sinclair about the time trials event next Tuesday 20th Feb and the upcoming swimming carnival on Friday 1st March.  Please read though the information and bring back the permission slip before next week.  Any queries regarding participation or further questions please email mandy.sinclair@cewa.edu.au

Laptops distribution:

Unfortunately there will be a delay in the laptop deliveries to your child and they will be taking them home on Monday 19th February in their laptop cases and charging cords.  Please leave charging equipment at home and have a dedicated point where laptops will be kept and routine for how they will be charged each night. 

Mrs Johnson and I will try to give them a trial run with using the laptops, how they work and the features with all of the students on Thursday but they will need to remain here until all laptops are fully prepared unfortunately.  There are also still a few forms to be signed and handed in please before the laptops can be given to your child.  Please use this extra time before next Monday to go through the user agreements so your child clearly understands the expectations with these being used at school (and we highly recommend you also create a family home agreement for all devices as well).  

I think that's it for the next fortnight of events!  Again please feel free to email me if you have any questions.  

Thank you for your support and assistance,

Penny