WR12/04/2013 - OxleyLearning Home

O X L E YC O L L E G EK-6 NewsYear 4CookingYear 4 has been using produce collected from the vegetablegarden to produce some delicious pizzas with Year 10 and MrsPugh. We made dough from scratch, learning about how theyeast reacts with other ingredients and causes the dough to rise.We then rolled out the dough and added tomatoes and herbsfrom the garden, along with pizza sauce and cheese.The pizzas were scrumptious!K-6 ‘Respect Self’ Awards, Term 1, Week 10Kindergarten: York Doyle‘Putting a great effort into her handwriting’.Year 1: Dylan Davies‘Working hard to make safe and thoughtful decisions’.Year 2: Bronte Johnson‘Using Learning time to the best effect’.Year 3: Lily Schweitzer‘Always taking pride in all her bookwork’.Year 4: Bella Smith‘Maintaining a positive outlook in all tasks.’Year 5: Matthew Hardy‘Always presenting himself with a neat and tidy uniform,a happy smile and delightful manners’.Year 6: Tully Mahr‘Her calm, consistent and good humoured approach to allrequirements as a school leader’.Fraction TownYear 4 became town planners, making streets that were dividedinto halves, quarters, thirds and tenths. They added details torepresent each street, such as ten houses along Tenths St, with amailbox at 3 Tenths St. The students were very creative, andextended their mathematical thinking by adding ponds, airports,stables and sports fields – all divided into fractions, of course!K-6 Assembly Awards, Term 1, Week 10K-6 Weekly Announcements: Each Wednesday at lunch time, until Wednesday 29May, there will be training for Years 2-6 students whoare participating in the SHIPS and HICES Cross CountryCarnivals. Could these students please bring theirrunning gear every Wednesday for training.SAVE the date: K-6 Cocktail Party on Saturday11 May. Invitations have been sent.Kindergarten: Eva Duffy‘Being helpful around the classroom’.Year 1: Brendon Tsimbas‘Modelling outstanding work habits’.Year 2: Jacqueline Worthington‘A consistently strong Term of News presentations’.Year 3: Brianna Grice‘Her wonderful ideas and thinking skills’.Year 4: Sophia Cheaib‘Being confident in sharing her work with others’.Year 5: Sophie Artup‘Her wonderful expression in writing and comprehension’.Year 6: Sarah Pride‘Wonderful work in English and Mathematics and herenthusiasm to learn and improve’.Year 5PaperPlanesPage 4