6PCNews 31st/3/2011 - St Oliver Plunkett School

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Birthdays in March
WELCOME TO 6 PC!
Hello again parents, welcome to our
newsletter edition number 2!
I hope you are feeling great, because
you’re about to get amazed of what we
have been doing in class lately. Get ready
to read the hits that 6 PC has to tell you!
Zac and Briony had birthday’s this Month. Zac’s
birthday was on the 6th and Briony’s was on the
24th. Briony brought in some delicious cupcakes!
Hope you both had a fantastic day! (By Tayla and
Sarah R)
(by Jesse and Sarah H)
Projects
Science – on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday we presented our Systems projects.
Religion - Each group has to present a ritual
to the class on a certain topic, e.g. Peace.
Everyone has been working really hard.
Buddies
Last week we planted lettuce
seeds with our buddies and
they are already starting to
grow. When all the lettuce has
grown we are going to have a
salad together! How exciting!
(Bailee and Laura)
Important Messages
Rituals due-Monday 4th April
Brochures due-11th April
13th April Wednesday–
Nutrition picnic day!
Last day of term 1—
Thurs14th. (Sam and Jack)
Health – The project we are working on is
about nutrients. We have to create a brochure on one nutrient, eg, protein, fats. After
we present our nutrient we will have a nutrient picnic day. This will happen on Wednesday the 13th April. We all have to bring some
food in with our nutrient in it. We can’t wait
for this day!!!
(Zac Maria)
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In the classroom
Maths Update!!
(Liam and Victoria)
We all have been working on
equivalent fractions ( 5/10)
Adding fractions (4/5+1/5=1
whole=5/5)
Percentages of fractions
(4/100=4%)
Improper fractions and (3/2)
How to change an Improper
Fraction to a Mixed Number.
(3/2=1 ½)
Literacy Block & Rotations
Update!!
reading. Throughout this term
we have been learning with
Mrs Penman, Miss Praehofer
& Mrs Furbur.
In the library with Mrs Furbur
we have been learning how to
do social booking on Diigo. We
have been learning how to
write a discussion with Miss
Praehofer and in Mrs
Penman’s class we have been
doing lots of comprehension
and also questioning,
‘SHOULD ANIMALS PERFORM
IN A CIRCUS?’
Well that’s all folks!
Want to know what we have
been doing in Literacy Block & (Nicole and Mikaela)
Rotations??? Well keep on
Name: Miss
Praehofer
Favourite
Colour:
Purple
Favourite
Food: Top
Deck
Chocolate
Siblings: 1
Older Sister
and 1
Younger
Brother.
Favourite
Holiday
Destination:
New York
Occupation:
Teacher
Hair Colour:
Blonde
Eye Colour:
Green
Hobbies:
Travelling
and
socialising
with
friends
and family
Favourite
Accessory:
Pearl
earrings
Birthday: 25
July
Check out Miss
Praehofer holding
the lolly jar!
By Briony and
Madison
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Can you find
the boys’ names
in our class???
Adam , Sam,
Riccardo, Liam,
Jack, Rhys, Zac,
Jesse.
Next edition….
the girls names!
(Adam and Riccardo)
(by Morgan and Zhane)
What bone rhymes with nutella?
Where is the sternum and how many do you have?
What is the smallest bone in your body?
Lolly Guessing Competition!
How long is the smallest bone in your body?
What's your scientific name for your bone cheek?
How many phalanges do you have?
What is the size of the adults lung?
Bonus Question!!!!!
At the moment we are having a lolly jar competition to
help raise money for Zac Burley’s wheelchair team .
They play games like rugby, soccer and hocky. Its 50c a
guess and a different variety of lollies. So start guessing!
(By Emily)
What is the Greek word for skeleton?
(Editors—Emily and Riley)
HOW DID YOU GO?!
Prayer (Olivia and Isabelle)
We pray to God, the creator of the
all, we pray for the people, everyone
and all.
Amen
DID YOU KNOW!!!!???? (Emma and Annie)
Healthy Tip
A baby Octopus is about the size of a flea at birth.
A group of unicorns are called a blessing.
You should do exercise for thirty minutes
and eat 2 fruits and 5 vegetables a day! 7/11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee every hour, every day.
Are you doing this? (Rhys and Jessica)
A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years.