PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEW ONLINE BOOKINGS

The glitch on PTO has been fixed. Please log on and select your interview times. Please contact the office if you have any further problems. Both Mrs Stiller and I look forward to seeing you all.

St Bernardine's Day
Free dress at the cost of a gold coin

A friendly reminder to all that it is St B's Day tomorrow!!!!  This annual school celebration will include:

Whole school Mass 9am in Siena- Lead by our class, so please come along and support both causes.

Students will be provided with a sausage sizzle, ice block and fruit during the first break.

Year 6 Nexus Arts performance - 1:55 - 2:55

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Welcome back to Term Two!  We hope you and your family had an enjoyable and restful Easter holiday.  Term Two is a very busy term with only ten weeks of school and therefore the students of Year Six have already started to work hard to ensure they complete their work this term.

Term Two Units of Work

This term in Religion the students will be examining Judaism.  Students will complete an inquiry based research task, investigating five different Jewish holy days and festivals.  They must demonstrate their knowledge of the holy days by completing a ‘Jewish Scrapbook’ using assigned resources.

In English the students will be exploring the narrative genre.  In History the students will be learning about immigration in Australia post World War II, with a particular focus on Jewish migration trends.  The students will then use this information to write a historical narrative in character, as a Jewish individual who has migrated to Australia post World War Two. The student’s stories are expected to be interesting, descriptive and historically accurate.

In Geography, as part of a study on how students are connected to other places, students will participate in an investigation linking the connections of Year Six students to other places through birth.  This inquiry will include surveying class members, collating their findings in a table, constructing graphs to display their findings, locating countries on a map and summarising their findings.

The Year Six students will also be completing a Chemical Science unit where they will be investigating chemical changes of various substances.  There will be a focus on reversible changes that can be carried out on certain materials and how this concept can be utilised in recycling.  Students will create a poster to exhibit their knowledge in a scientific manner using diagrams and flow charts.

In Health, the Year Six students will be discussing issues of bullying, social and emotional growth and peer pressure.   The students will watch the movie the ‘Karate Kid,’ where the main character experiences bullying.  Following this, students will be required to recreate a scene using role play, depicting how the event should have carried out.

Interschool Sport & Dance Fever

This term we continue with interschool sport games and training.  Training is on at school each Thursday morning at 8am sharp.  Interschool sport will continue on Friday afternoons and students are expected to wear their full sports uniform to school and only change into their jersey at game time.

This term we will be participating in Dance Fever on a Tuesday.  Students are expected to view these lessons as a part of their curriculum and therefore are expected to give their best efforts.  Students are expected to participate unless they have a legitimate reason with a note from home.

Reports & Parent Teacher Interviews

Report cards will be sent home at the end of Term Two.  Teachers will also be conducting interviews near the end of this term (10^th and 11^th June). This is a wonderful chance to discuss with teachers your child’s progress. However, if you have any questions or concerns before then please contact your child’s teacher to make an appointment to discuss your concerns.

Email, Classroom Blogs and Twitter

Six Maroon – Mrs Dencher

Email: mandy.bland@bne.catholic.edu.au     
Blog: http://www.mrsdenchersclass.blogspot.com.au/

Twitter: @6maroon

Six Green - Ms Fogarty & Mrs Stiller               

Email: gfogarty@bne.catholic.edu.au , bsteele@bne.catholic.edu.au
Blog: http://stbsixgreen.blogspot.com.au      

Twitter: @stbsixgreen

Six Navy – Mr Grealy

Email: Paul.Grealy@bne.catholic.edu.au

Blog: http://6navyblogs.wordpress.com/

Twitter: @6NavyTweets

The Year Six teachers would like to thank you for a wonderful start to the year and a fantastic first term.  We look forward to the term ahead and thank you for your ongoing support.

Packing for Camp

Outdoor activities (dry) - students will  not be allowed to participate without the following

• water bottle (at least 1 Litre)
• Hat (Must be broad brim - can be school hat)
• Sunscreen
• Insect Repellent (roll on)
• Comfortable pants/Long shorts (NO skirts, short length shorts or footy shorts)
• Tshirt with sleeves (NO midriff or singlet tops) Collared shirts are more comfortable when in a full body harness for activities
• Shoes (must be lace up)
• Rain coat (Students will be completing outdoor activities even if it is raining)

Outdoor Activities (Wet)

• Shoes that will be worn into water (Reef shoes or old shoes are appropriate - NO THONGS)
• Old Tshirt or Rash Shirt (long sleeves are a good idea)
• Board shorts
• Swimming togs
• Hat (broad brim)

Accomadation

• Linen (pillow, pillow case, bottom sheet)
• Sleeping bag or blanket
• Two towels (bath and beach towel)
• Toothpaste/brush/soap/roll on deoderant
• Underwear/ socks/ pyjamas/jumper
• Camera (optional - disposable would be the best option)
• medicines (clearly named in box with instructions - to be places in a ziplocked bag and handed to teacher before boarding the bus)

NOT TO BE TAKEN

• Valuables (Money, phones, ipods etc)
• Lollies/chocolate or extra snacks (These will be taken from students if brought to camp)



Year Six will be cooking pancakes on Shrove Tuesday (Tuesday 4th March) to raise money for CARITAS. As Year Six are responsible for running the appeal it would be much appreciated if each student can bring in a pancake shaker by Tuesday. Thank you

Six Green will be presenting their class vision statement on Monday the 24th February at 2:30pm sharp. All welcome :)

Dear Parents,

The Year 6 teachers, in conjunction with the Administration team and the Year 7 teachers, would like to invite you to the Year 6 and 7 Leaders Commissioning Ceremony for 2014. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday the 5^th February 2014 in Siena Hall from 2:15pm.

This has been an important tradition held within the first few weeks of Term 1 each year.  The Year 6 and 7 students will be commissioned as the new school leaders for 2014.

The ceremony will commence at 2:15pm and finish at approximately 2:55pm. Please be aware of the starting time so as not to miss this important event in your child’s final year at St. Bernardine’s.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the school office on 3800 1854 or email your child’s teacher for more details.

Kind Regards

Mandy Dencher, Brooke Stiller, Gaby Fogarty and Jacqui Hunter.

The Year 6 Teachers