THE POOWONG PRATTLE...Student of the Week Awards Congratulations to Byson, Natalie, Jett, Kaylee and Jackson for being last week’s Student of the Week Award recipients! Keep up the

Student of the Week Awards

Congratulations to Byson, Natalie, Jett,

Kaylee and Jackson for being last

week’s Student of the Week Award

recipients! Keep up the fantastic work!

Congratulations Basketballers!

Well done to the Under 10 and Under 12

teams who won their Tournament comp

last weekend down at Moe! Both teams

were undefeated. Excellent job- and very

impressive trophies as well

Waste-Free Wednesday Warriors

Well done to the Grade 3 class, who took

out the grade award for Waste-Free

Wednesday last week. This is the second

week in a row!! Well done, Grade 3.

Walk to School Challenge

Well done to Henri, Olivia, Banjo, Ruby,

Jackson and Kai for receiving their

vouchers for Sports First in Korumburra,

for returing their Walk to School

Passports. Great job, kids!

Electives

Electives has finished for the year, and

what a great time it has been. There

have been some fantastic photos

uploaded to Facebook whilst Electives

have been running, and we are looking

forward to offering the program again in

2018.

Skoolbag App

We are trialling our school Skoolbag App,

which we will officially launch at the

beginning of 2018. If you would like to

download the app to your iPhone,

Android or Windows device, simply

search our school name and download

the free app. We will be trialling posting

notifications, adding newsletters etc.

This will mean that private reminders will

not go onto our Facebook page as of

2018, and you will not have to have a

Facebook account to get information

about our school. More information will

be available in the coming weeks and we

will hold an information session at the

beginning of next year for those who

would like more information or support

with the app.

Guitar Concert

We are looking forward to seeing the

fantastic work of our guitarists and

ukulele players in a concert next

Thursday afternoon starting at 2.15pm in

the shed. If you are available to come

and watch, we would love to see you

there.

Working Bee

Don’t forget our Working Bee next Friday

from 9am-12pm. We would love your

help with lots of projects around the

school, including mulch-moving!! Bring

a wheel barrow, shovel and rake! If

there is anyone who is available to help

Whipper Snip down the bottom of the

oval before Friday next week, we would

very much appreciate your help.

Have a great weekend,

Cate

What’s on this Term

November

23rd Guitar Concert

2:15pm-3:30pm

24th Working Bee 9am-12pm

30th Notables– 7pm

P-2 Excursion– Inverloch

December

5th P.C.S transition Day

7th ‘Grab a Granny’

12th State Wide Transition

Grade 6 Graduation

13th Kinder Concert– in the

shed

19th Lynne’s Retirement

Afternoon tea– 3:30 pm

Grade 6 Big day out

21st Bush Dance

Reports go home

End of year Assembly

22nd End of the year– 1:30pm

finish

Friday 10th November , 2017

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Prep news!

Literacy/soundwaves focus: This week in Soundwaves our first sound was ‘oy’ in words such as ‘boy’

and ‘toy’. The second sound we covered in Soundwaves was ‘eer/ear’ in the list words ‘ear’ and ‘deer’. In

literacy rotations students practised their Magic 100 words, completed a big book follow up task about

‘The Jigaree’ and unjumbled sentences. The big book this week ‘The Jigaree’ focussed on verbs and the

students completed a writing task identifying what they wanted the Jigareee to copy them doing.

In handwriting we revised the correct formation of the lowercase letter b and the letter p.

Writing: In writing this week we started our letter writing unit. We discussed why people send post cards

and during news we shared post cards we have received.. We made our very own post card about a place

we liked to visit or about Poowong.

Maths: In maths this week we continued working on subtraction. The students made up subtraction sto-

ries about a group of items which they then lost, gave away or took away some, to find out how many were

left. We also continued our unit on time, looking at reading and ordering the days of the week.. We have

also started reading the time on an analogue clock to the hour, for example 3 o’clock.

Integrated studies: This week in science we looked at weather symbols in newspapers and on the tv, and

discussed what each symbol meant

Next weeks news topic: Next week for news students are to share 3 objects that rhyme and 1 that

doesn't. They can either bring the items in or just talk about them

Anyone who still has a portfolio at home from semester one could you please return it next week.

Have a wonderful weekend. Mrs Hallyburton.

Grade One

Literacy/ Soundwaves focus: This week in soundwaves we have been focusing on “th” as in thin

and with and “th” as in feather and this.

Writing focus: This week students we have been finishing our last information reports and

starting our new writing focus of personal writing.

Maths focus: This week we have been revisiting skip counting and number patters. The students

have been having a go at making different number patterns such as counting by 4’s and 8’s.

Chinese: This week we revisited the language we have been covering over the last couple of weeks.

Integrated: This week we did some experimenting with water to see what happens when water land on different surfaces.

Students experimented with sand, dirt, concrete, grass and tan bark to see. The students could then make connections

between this experience and what happens when it rains.

Other things: As we begin to near the end of the year, we will be working on finishing off the student portfolios. There

are a number of these that have not been returned to school. If these could please be returned in the next week that would

be great.

There are a number of students who have library books that are overdue. Students were given a

note the other day with the books that were overdue. Could these please be returned. Permission

forms have gone home this week for our excursion to Inverloch. These need to be returned by

Thursday the 23rd of November. If any parents are interested in coming to help on the day

please let me know.

Enjoy your weekend,

Miss Jones


Grade 2 News

Although last week was a short week we worked solidly and started our testing. We have continued with testing this week and have had a few extra brain breaks to break it up. Literacy/Soundwaves focus: Last week we studied eer as in deer and ear as in dear. This week we looked at th as in feather and also th as in with. Reading /Writing focus: We revised recounts. We wrote about our Melbourne Cup Long Weekend. We used interesting words and made sure that we checked our punctuation. Maths focus: We revisited some number concepts like addition and subtraction, doubling, more and less than and reading numbers in the thousands. Integrated studies: Water. This week we studied the water cycle. We also looked at how we can save water and possibly re-use it. Each week the children look forward to their Art lessons with Mrs Mandemaker. They have been exploring the variety of uses of clay and discovering that they can roll coils, Cheers

Mrs Lacanaria

Grade 3

Literacy: The kids were so excided when they heard about this week’s writing task. We read an article about Uber Elevate, a new service that is being planned foe use in 2023. The difference in this service is that the cars will fly! In the articles the students discovered that the cars are not available as they haven’t been designed yet so each member of the class had the opportunity to design their very own flying car. Once they had designed their car they began writing a report that explained their concept. It has been a fun activity that will continue next week as well. This week we had two sounds in Sound Waves, sh – shell and ch – chicken. Our reading focus was finding the main idea. Numeracy: We had fun with division this week. We started a project which involved dividing a 4 digit number by a single digit number. This however was to develop some sports divisions within a chosen sporting league. The students created a sports league consisting of a number generated by a dice. The league had players, teams, age groups and clubs. The problem they had to solve was to divide their league into divisions because there were too many people in each. This project has helped with understanding remainders and also dividing numbers up to 9,999. The students have also been working on measuring and calculating mass. Science: This week we began our collaborative art/ science project. We have been learning about shadows and how they are created and this is going to feature in a short stop motion video explaining the direction and length of shadows. Mr Horton and Mrs Anthony


Grade Four

Literacy/ Soundwaves focus: This week we still working on our Literacy circles. We have

focused on how to identify the main idea.

Our Soundwaves focus is ch,tch and sh, ch, ti, ci. Words include chicken, match, shell,

station, chef and musician.

Writing focus: This week we have looked at a news article informing us about ‘Uber

Elevate’ (flying cars) which could potentially hit our skies by 2023. The students had to

design their own Uber Elevate vehicle and are writing a report on this.

Maths focus: In maths this week we have looked over our division strategies and learnt how

to break larger numbers up into place value and divide the smaller numbers within the large

one to get our answer. We also looked at how we carry the remainders over to the next place

value. The students have worked on creating their own sports team with larger numbers and

have made posters to display their understanding.

Science: In science this week, we have looked at how shadows play an important role in day

and night. The students will be combining their knowledge of how shadows are seen

differently at different times of the day and we will be combining this with our art

specialist with help from Mrs.Mandemaker to make a Claymation movie in small

groups.

Other things to know: We are organising an excursion for the students, notes will be

going home either the end of this week or early next week. Homework also went home this

week.

Miss Pears

Grade 5 News

Soundwaves: This week we studied the graphemes “ oy, oi, boy, coin – eer, ear- deer ear In addition to our usual word study activities, the class has continued to enjoy our daily jumbled word challenge. It has been pleasing to see the grade applying their Soundwave’s knowledge to solve the puzzles quickly. Writing focus: This week we have been writing and reviewing our biographies for our Notables project. This part of the project is very important as the final speech will be based on the information in the biography. The grade has also completed their Health report on what makes our bodies healthy which culminated in an oral presentation to the class. Maths focus: This week in Maths we have completed two maths tests. We have completed the PAT test (Progressive Achievements Tests in Mathematics) and the General Maths on demand test. In addition to testing we have revised short division and looked at how we would apply division to problem solving situations. Other: Next week we will be completing our testing and I would encourage all children to be at school so this can be completed. Thank you to all families that contributed to 5 cent Friday. Our stack of 5 cent coins measured 706 mm. If you forgot about it this week you are more than welcome to donate some 5 cent coins next week.

Jim Leicester


Music

All grades have been busy learning their dances for the Bush Dance at the end of the year. So far we have learnt; the Heel and Toe Polka, Queensland Backstep, Under The Bridge, and The Barn Dance. They are all doing very well and we can’t wait for the night. We have also been rehearsing our songs for Grab a granny. The selection of songs is very broad but interesting. Mr Horton

Physical Education

Grade Prep: This week, the grade prep students started their mini cricket unit. In the lesson students learnt the

basic rules and about the equipment. They began learning and practising how to hold the bat correctly and make

contact with the ball.

Grade 1: The grade one students began a mini cricket unit. Students learnt the basic rules of the game and learnt

about the equipment. The lesson also involved students practicing throwing a tennis ball at some wickets.

Grade 2: This week, the grade two students began a mini cricket unit. Students learnt the rules and about the

equipment involved

Grade 3 & 4: The grade three and four students this week continued on with their mini cricket unit. Students

practiced throwing a ball at a wicket from various distances, practiced their batting skills and even had the

chance to play a revised mini game.

Grade 5 & 6: The grade five and six students this week completed their last lesson of the mini cricket unit.

This lesson, students had a chance to practice their skills by playing a revised cricket game.

Mrs Drew


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First Runner-Up: The school that is the first runner-up will receive a $2,500 donation for their school and $500 worth of Garnier products. Second Runner-Up: The school that is the second runner-up will receive a $1,000 donation for their school and $500 worth of Garnier products.

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105 students were waste-free across the school again for a second week.

Grade 6 even improved this week with more students having a waste-free

lunch, well done! Grade 1’s did a great job this week with 2 more students

going waste free. With so many grades improving each week grade prep will

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Recipe of the week.

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1 medium zucchini

1 medium carrot I cup of corn kernals 1 1/13 cups of tasty cheese

2 cups of self-raising flour 60 grams of melted butter

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Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with papers. Grate the

zucchini and carrot (and cheese if required). Combine the corn and flour to the

grated vegetables. In a small jug place the cooled melted butter, milk and eggs and whisk to combine. Add the wet ingredients into the dry and combine. Do not overmix. Spoon batter into the prepared tin. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until

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