Assembly News

Fete News
Spring cleaning is a great thing to do during the holidays.  If you have any books, games, toys etc that you no longer use please donate these to be sold at fete stalls.  Volunteers are also needed to help with the fete.  More information about how you can help will be available after the holidays.

Who Shines at Your School
There are a lot of fabulous teachers and staff at Wattle Grove Primary School.  You can click on the link below to recognise these staff members.  Entries close at 5pm today!!  So get in quick... we are blessed to have a fabulous Art Teacher in Miss Randall, our Sport Teachers Mrs Oliver and Mr Sherlock, and so many others that do so much to make Wattle Grove a great school.

 https://competitions.thewest.com.au/online-comps/thewestcomau/1732-wa-teachers-who-shines-at-your-school/

Merit Certificate Winners
Well done to our latest recipients... Naveed and Noah

Lexile Certificates
I set Room 17 a challenge and they didn't let me down!!  I wanted 4 students to receive Lexile Certificates at this assembly - we had 6!!  Well done to... Shreya, Rutvi, Shweta, Naveedm Anya and Latiesha.

 

Class Award

Room 17 won the Tidy Bag award again!!  Well done everyone for keeping your bags zipped up and tidied.

  

  

Last Week of School!!

Yes! It is the last week of a very busy and tiring term.  I know I am ready for the holidays as are most the students.  So here are a few notes to finish off the term ...

Sculptures in Art
Students made some fantastic sculptures in Art this term.  I am sure they will find pride of place at home.

  
Inter-school
Well done to all those who competed in the Inter-school this week which was run on Monday and Wednesday.  Wattle Grove came second!!  Room 17 competitors for Monday were Elice, Armani, Lincoln, Shweta, Anya and Nyima.  On Wednesday we sent Elice and Lincoln.  Well done!

 

Boxes and Green Bottles

The Art room is in need of supplies.  If you have any small boxes like cereal boxes, egg cartons etc or green soft drink bottles please save them and bring them in.

 

Holiday Homework

Don't panic!  I have assigned students an easy holiday homework task.  They are to bring something back to school from their holidays that they can talk about.  It doesn't have to be anything big or that they bought, it could be a shell they found on a beach they visited, a shiny rock from the bush, or any other thing they would like to share from their holiday.

 

Finally....

Have a wonderful, safe holiday and I look forward to seeing all the students back in Term 4 fully refreshed and ready to work.

   

 

EduDance and School Photos and Talk Homework

EduDance
Notes went home last night for EduDance.  Students will be doing 9 lessons on Wednesday afternoons, 2.15pm - 2.45pm. The cost is $30 and money and permission slips need to be returned as soon as possible.  This is part of the students Physical Education program.

School Photos
School photos were sent home last week.  Hope they arrived home safe and you are happy with them. 

Talk Homework
This weeks Talk Homework is about writing a persuasive letter.  I have asked students to ask to look at some examples of letters at home.  Their topic is about homework and they have to convince the Teacher to give them less.
  

Week 9 Notes

Homework
It was great to see 100% of students completed last weeks homework task - I'm sure the bribery had nothing to do with it.  I have enjoyed reading all the parent comments about the blog too and I'm glad that you all enjoy it!

Homework for the rest if this term will consist of:
- reading - at least 10 minutes every night
- spelling - every night
- Word Problem Wednesday - due Thursday for marking
- Talk Homework for writing - Tuesday night
- extra - Studyladder and Lexile Pro quizzes

Lexile Pro
So far two students have received Lexile certificates at assemblies. I told students that I wanted at least 4 of them to receive certificates at the next assembly. Good news is that we are on track for this!! There are a few who are not far off. Please encourage your child to complete their reading and quizzes at home. They must achieve a mark of 7/10 to pass the quiz. To do this they have to have read the book and understand it, complete the quiz as soon as finishing the book and have the book with them during the quiz to refer to.

Test Books
After repeated reminders I am still waiting for several Test Books to be returned to school. Please check that your child has returned theirs and if not, have them put it in their bag today. They will be going home at the end of Week 9 and need to be returned by the end of Week 10.

Absences 
Room 17 currently has no unexplained absences!!  Yay!!

If your child is absent for any reason there are several ways you can report this.
1. Use the Wattle Grove Primary School app that can now be downloaded.
2. Call the school office on the day of the absence.
3. Send in a signed note, or note in their school diary, on the day they return to school.
4. If you are at the school, you can tell me in person.
5. Email me at Julia.Calvert@education.wa.edu.au

Doing one of the above saves me from having to chase these up so I appreciate your co-operation. 

100 Years of Schooling - History Poster Assignment

Some fantastic posters have been brought in about the history of schools over 100 years.  All the research for these were done in class and the students had to put the posters together at home.  Great job!!

Magazines needed

If you have any old or new magazines laying around and want to get rid of them please bring them into class. We will be needing them for some class activities. Thank you.

Cross Country

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Faction Carnival

What a fabulous day our carnival was!! Great weather, great sportsmanship, great organisation!  Mr Sherlock and Mrs Oliver did a sensational job making it all run to plan. 
Well done Blue faction who won the day!!!

 

Assembly Winners

Well done to our latest assembly winners...

Rutvi got her first Lexile Certificate.  That makes 2 Room 17 students who have achieved this.  I would love to see more certificates for our room at the next assembly!

Our Merit Certificates were awarded to Lincoln, Chelsea D, Keighley and Rutvi.. well done!!
 

 

Science Fair

Finally the weather was kind to us and we got to have our Science Fair. The Year 3 & 4 Students were broken up into 9 groups and moved around 4 different and fun activities. It was a fantastic morning!

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Student Fete

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Wattle Day - 1 September 2015

We celebrated Wattle Day yesterday and made these fantastic Wattle posters - they are all so different and are looking fabulous in our classroom window.