Silent Auction Now Closed

Thank you to all those who participated in the Silent Auction for our SEAT Project stools.
The bidding has now closed.
The winners are:
1. Shelley Melleuish
2. Bob Mewing
3. Tim Pike
4. The Hamiltons
5. Elisha Wildblood
6. Harry Varvaressos
7. The Corics

Could you please send in the correct money as soon as possible and we will send off a cheque to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
The stools will be sent home via the students.

Thank you all for your support of this Year 5 initiative.

Lost Shoes

Tim Brock (Y3), Ben's brother, lost his sneakers during the Christmas Carnival. If you have ended up with his shoes could you please send them in and we can return them to their rightful owner.

Thanks

SEAT Project

Thanks to all those who have bid on the stools from our SEAT project. This will close on Wednesday at 3pm so there is still time to bid if you want to.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14PZuoph3ulBvbu0KFY5ivMMAOAuzCtfhlk38q5fkGcw/edit?usp=sharing

The SEAT project has also been promoting what we have been learning about through their website. If you are interested please use the links below:

http://seatproject.org/school/st-lukes-grammar-cromer-campus-nsw/

Blog: http://seatproject.org/blog/

Fb: https://www.facebook.com/SEATproject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/seatproject

SEAT Project Silent Auction

During the last two terms, the Year 5 students have been participating in the SEAT Project. The aim of this project has been to promote compassion in the students for those less fortunate. At the beginning of the process they assembled a stool and researched Vietnam, the country in which the stool was made. We spent time thinking about our strengths and how we, and others, have made a difference in the world.

As part of the project students also researched charities they might help. We looked at many charities and the amazing work that they do. We were all struck though by the statistic from the Indigenous Literacy Foundation that stated “only 34% of Indigenous Year 5 students in very remote areas are at or above national minimum reading standards, compared to 95% for non-Indigenous students in major cities.” As a result we chose to support the work of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) (https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au).

Each group of students has now decorated the stool that they made at the beginning of the processes. We are now hoping that through you we will be able to sell these so that we can make a donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

Using the following link, please join our silent auction. Simply fill in your name and bid and keep an eye out in case you’re out bid.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14PZuoph3ulBvbu0KFY5ivMMAOAuzCtfhlk38q5fkGcw/edit?usp=sharing

We will close the silent auction Wednesday 5 December at 3pm. If you have the winning bid you will then be notified and your donation can be sent to the office by Friday 7 December.

Thank you for your support of this initiative.

Last Chance to order Scholastic books and last opportunity to borrow from the Learning Hub for 2018

Last chance to order books through Scholastic is Monday 26 November and last chance to borrow before the end of term is week 7. 
Library books will need to be returned the following week, at the latest by Thursday 6 December 2018.

If you are looking for holiday reading suggestions try our online recommendations:

Happy reading
  

Year 6 2019 Camp

We are already in the process of organising the Year 6 2019 start of year camp. This is happening early next year. To help with this organisation could you please double check your emails for a recent email (sent November 12) which had the usual health and swimming capability forms attached and return them as soon as possible. There is also an event on Edumate ready for you to give permission for your child to participate.

Thanks

Drink Stand - Year 3 and 4 Maths

Mathematics Comes to Life Students are especially motivated by Mathematics that connects with the world around them. This term, Year 3 and 4 have been exploring the skills involved in running a lemonade stand. This has been a fun way to explore a range of ideas related to measurement, number sense and money. To make their learning even more exciting, they will be running their own drink stall next Monday, 26 November at recess. Students will be able to purchase lemonade, raspberry fizz or banana smoothie, made by the students, for $1.50. We hope many of our students will support this authentic learning project by purchasing a cup from one of the stalls.
 

School Captain Speeches

So proud of these amazing Year 5 students who have nominated to be School Captain. They all did a wonderful job of delivering some heartfelt and impressive speeches. Well done to all the candidates.

Music - Instrumental Program 2019

Students in Year Five who do not currently play a musical instrument are warmly invited to consider taking up a musical instrument in 2019. Playing a musical instrument offers many benefits to children and we offer a range of exciting musical opportunities at St Luke's, Bayview. For 2019, we are offering FREE hire of brass instruments.

The note below provides you with all the necessary details.

Please note the date of the Instrument Inquiry has changed to Thursday 22 November at 7.45am.

Don't hesitate to contact Penny Burt, Junior School Music Teacher with any queries.

Wall of Appreciation

We have started a wall of appreciation this week in Year 5. Students are 'watching' their class mates for instances of amazing learning and examples of using our Learning@STLUKE'S dispositions. They are then anonymously recording these to display on our wall.

Cardboard boxes and paper towel tubes needed by 15 November

Dear Year 5 parents and students,

If you have any large cardboard boxes and paper towel, or other long poster-style tubes that you don't want please send them in to Mrs Duffy.

 

I have planned a design challenge for year 2 and would be grateful for extra supplies.

Many thanks

Mrs Duffy

Year 6 Big Breakfast

Scholastic Book Club - Last orders for 2018

Calling all avid readers! 

The final Scholastic Book Club magazine will be with us shortly for the final order for 2018.

Thinking of Christmas presents? 

Books are always a fantastic choice.

If you missed the order for November don't worry, you can still place an order with the next catalogue.

Check out what's available and new releases at: 

https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/featured-shops/ages-3-5.html 

Peer Support Lunch

Year 5 students ran a Peer Support lunch with their group. This time they 'took the lead' organising a game or two to play after their mixed-aged group all sat and had lunch together.

Learning Support teacher Term 4 Miss Krieg

Welcome back!

My name is Miss Krieg and I will be the learning support teacher for this term. It has been lovely to meet all the students the past couple weeks and I look forward to being able to continue to work with them until the end of the year.

Our K-2 students have been working hard on their literacy assessments the last 2 weeks and have shown a great amount of growth. Well done everyone!

Miss Krieg

SEAT Project

We have been busy working on the design of the decoration for our stools.

Science - Electricity

This term in science we are investigating energy, it's sources and the way it is transformed into electricity. We began today's lesson by posing our own "testable" questions. We brainstormed questions we would like to know the answers to and finally arrived at a question we could test:

"How are all the parts of a torch connected to make it light up?"

We were provided with a light bulb, two wires and a battery and left to our own devices to try and collect evidence that would answer our question.

                    

Mrs Duffy then brought in a selection of devices for us dismantle, explore and really stimulate our curiosity. The devices included things like playstation controllers, clocks, telephones and cake mixers. We had fun opening them up and investigating what exactly was inside them. We continued to pose questions as we saw how they were wired up and connected.