To Our MLC Students and Families, we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Safe New Year.

Thank you for your support and God bless you all this holiday season,

MLC Teachers

Evening,

As the school year comes to an end, now the clean-up and pack away begins. Please remember to send an extra bag to school tomorrow to help carry home old workbooks and artwork that has been taken down.

 

Christmas Lunch and Colour Run  – Tuesday 10^th December

On Tuesday 10^th December, all students will be involved in the Whole School Christmas Lunch and Colour Run.  Students are invited to join the Christmas theme by wearing ‘Christmasy’ clothes on that day.  Lunch will consist of chicken, chips and salad, with a drink and ice cream.  If your child has a food allergy that needs to be considered in this menu, please ensure that your child’s class teacher is aware of this.

We would love some more helpers to prepare and serve the food, so if you are available to help from 11 am, please meet us in the Bukatilla kitchen.

After lunch students will be involved in the Water Day and Colour Run.  This will include several land-based water activities and conclude with a ‘colour run’ around the oval. We have purchased colour run powder so be prepared for very colourful students to come home. White is the best colour to wear for a colour run and so students may wish to get changed into white clothes for this activity.  Please bring a bag containing:

• Old pants/shorts, sandals or thongs and a white or light coloured shirt – which will become very colourful!
• An old towel – to be used to dry off after the activities and for the car trip home.
• Goggles – optional for the colour run and splash activities
• Garbage bag fashioned into a smock (optional but a great idea for the car trip home!)

The colour run powder is non-toxic and usually washes out of clothes in one or two washes (with a little help from Napisan). Children who participate in this event will have lots of fun but expect that they will get very messy.  The colour run powder will be thrown by adults only.

Parents may wish to change their own children back into dry and clean clothes before going home, and the change rooms in Bukatila may be used for this purpose.

The colour run will happen at the end of the school day and parents are welcome to join us for the fun.

MLC Teachers

Active Travel Day Term 4 2021

Please remind students of our last Active Travel Day, tomorrow the 24th of November, 2021.

House Colours Day

SRC Fundraiser for this Friday the 26th November, 2021. Gold Coin to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis.

 

Christmas Lunch and Colour Run – Tuesday 7^th December 2021

This year, we plan to hold our School Christmas Lunch a little differently than we did pre-COVID.  This year we will be celebrating in Learning Community groups to enjoy our chicken, chips, salad, drink and ice-cream lunch.   In order to distance ourselves, we will be utilising large indoor and outdoor areas of the school to dine or picnic.

This lunch is provided by the school and will be served in individual portions to children.  If your child has dietary restrictions which we are not aware of, please communicate this with your child’s teacher.

Following lunch, our students will get to enjoy our annual water fun afternoon, together with the colour run.

Children can come to school in Christmas themed clothing, as classes will be involved in many Christmas activities throughout the day.

After lunch (2pm) students will have the chance to be involved in a wide variety of water and dry games.  Just before 3pm we will begin the colour run, which will follow a course through the school ground.

The colour run powder works best on white clothes and so we invite children to bring a white t-shirt to school to use during the colour run.  We will give students time to change into their white shirts before the water activities.  The colour run powder is non-toxic and can be removed with laundering.

As children end up very messy, we suggest that, if you are collecting your child from school on that Tuesday, you pack a large garbage bag for your child to wear over their clothes in the car.  Towels for the car seat are also a good idea.  Alternatively, you are welcome to use the Bukatila changerooms for your child to change before heading home.

If your child is travelling by bus, they may wish to pack clean clothes to change into after the colour run.

Participation in the colour run is optional. Children who do not want to be involved will be able to watch from a central position.

Parents are welcome to attend this event from 2pm, being mindful of COVID safe practices and ensuring that you sign in.  We will have a sign in sheet available at the oval.  Visitors are reminded that masks should be worn if physical distancing is not possible.

If you have questions about the day, please talk to your child’s teacher or contact the front office

Terri Taylor

Principal

South Aussie with Cosi

The crew from South Aussie with Cosi recently spent a morning at our school filming for an episode of their show.  We are excited to let you know that the episode will air on Sunday 12 December at 5.30pm on Chanel 9.

P&F Donut Day

The P&F are organising a special donut day for recess next Friday 26th November. There is a choice of specially iced donuts (Christmas colours) or cinnamon, with gluten/dairy/egg/nut free options available. Online orders only please via this link: https://payit.nelnet.net/form/Y2eLfy0e

Orders close next Tuesday 23rd November at 10am.

P&F Christmas Gift Guide

The P&F are excited to launch our Food, Wine & Gin Christmas Gift Guide this year  (in lieu of a Christmas stall).

Inside you’ll find lots of goodies perfect for gifting, or for hosting Christmas festivities!

Supporting our school, as well as local and SA family owned business. Please share with family and friends. Extra gift guides & order forms available from the school office. Payment via online https://payit.nelnet.net/form/Tw7c3ozS or cash/credit card at the school office.

Orders close Tuesday 30th November at 10am. Items will be ready to collect from 3pm on Tuesday 7th December.

Thank you so much for your support. Have a wonderful Christmas!

P&F

Library Books

All library books need to be returned asap please. Some students still have quite a few outstanding loans. Thank you.

Grandparent/Special Friends Letters

This last week we wrote letters to our grandparents or special friends. We walked down the street and posted our letters. I wonder how long they will take to get there?!

Good afternoon,

Excursion update: Thank you to those who have given consent for the excursion. If you haven’t already done so, can you please click on the link below and complete the form. Students are to wear their sports uniform and bring a small backpack to carry their lunch, healthy snacks, drink bottle and pencil. All students need to arrive at school by 8:45am for roll to be taken. Bus will be leaving at 9am to ensure we arrive at the museum by 10am.

Kind regards,

MLC teachers https://payit.nelnet.net/form/o5fRM68P

 

Hi All,

Water Testing Day

On Monday the 8^{th of} November, we will be having our annual water monitoring day at the creek. Children may wear their sports uniform and bring along a pair of old sneakers or rubber boots. During the day we will have other science activities to help them learn about light reflections and refraction and creating a fair test.

2022 Leadership – Year 5’s only

This week we had a conversation with the Year 5’s about Leadership opportunities for next year. A letter from Mrs. Taylor was emailed to each year 5 student outlining the process and the criteria needed for School Captains and House Captains. Please take the time to talk to your child about these roles.

Excursion Reminder

Don’t forget to submit the online consent form for the previous post for the excursion on Thursday the 11^th of November. Please re-read the information regarding food and medication for this day.

Grandparent or Special Friend Letter

Don’t forget to organise the address for a letter the children will be writing at school to send to a Special Friend or Grandparent in lieu of our usually day at school.

Year 5 Sport Shed

Monday – Scarlett C & Bailey J     Lukas M & Sophia M

Tuesday – Sean M & Hope H    Nathan L & Genevieve V

Wednesday- Jackson B & Mia C      Thomas F & Talley

Friday – Erin M & Ben L     Mattix & Holly

South Aussie with Cosi – Thursday 4^th November

This coming Thursday we will be visited by the TV production ‘South Aussie with Cosi’.  Cosi and his crew will be filming at St Michael’s as part of his school specials.  Throughout the morning Cosi will be interacting with students across the school both in class and outside.

The segment will air on television in December and we will advise families of this date when we know it.

While we already know that a small number of our children do not have permission to be photographed, we ask that you contact your child’s teacher if you have previously provided photography permission, but do not want your child involved in this experience.

Regards,

Terri Taylor

Principal

Maritime museum visit:

As part of our inquiry into the central idea: Exploration can have an impact on indigenous cultures, the MLC students will be visiting the Maritime Museum in Port Adelaide on the Thursday 11^th November 2021. We will be leaving at 9am and arriving back at school at approximately 3pm.

We will be visiting the Maritime Museum, participating in an educational session on early maritime encounters and Indigenous perspectives and conducting a self-guided tour of the Maritime Museum.

We will also be touring the Port River on the Archie Badenoch boat. This is a 30-minute cruise where all students will be issued with life jackets prior to boarding the vessel. Teachers and supervisors will ensure all jackets are correctly fitted.

Students can wear sports uniform for the excursion and will need to bring the following items with them in a small backpack, which they will be responsible for carrying during the day:

• Packed recess, lunch and healthy snack
• Water bottle (water only)
• Hat

Medication provided to school will be carried by class teacher in first aid bag. Please ensure all medical details/medication are up to date with front office.

Please complete the online consent form by Friday 5^th November 2021 via link below.

Any concerns about the excursion, please contact your child’s teacher as soon as possible.

https://payit.nelnet.net/form/o5fRM68P

 

Grandparents and Special Friends – We need your help!

Grandparents and Special Friends Day is not going ahead this year, but that does not mean that we are not thinking of them.  We are hoping to have all of our students write a letter to a Grandparent or Special Friend in the coming weeks.  We would love to send the letters through the mail, so we need your help!

Please provide the postal address of a Grandparent or Special Friend.  Your child can record the address on their iPad and keep it safe until needed.  We hope to write our letters in the middle of November, so if we can have an address by November 15^th, that would be appreciated.

Kind regards,

MLC Teachers

Senior Jumpers for current Year 5’s

You know it’s near the end of the school year when Senior Jumpers are organised for the Year 6’s! Today the Year 5’s were sized for next year’s Senior Jumpers. The rule of thumb is for jumpers to reach the ends of the fingertips to allow for growth. Your child will bring home their sizing sheet today. Please sign and return this to school by Monday, 25 October so the order can be processed. You will receive an email with payment details next week. The jumpers will be completed and delivered to school before the end of this term. Students will receive their jumper after payment has been received.

 

If you are concerned about the sizing, the sizing kit will be available in the front office for you to check yourself until Monday, 25 October. Please contact Darlene Hall if you have any questions or concerns at dhall@stmichaels.sa.edu.au.

 

Excursion

We are planning to take the MLC students on an excursion on the Thursday the 11^th of November. We will be visiting the Maritime Museum in Port Adelaide. We will send through more information as it gets closer. Our next unit is Where we are in Place and Time and we will be exploring the first fleet and early explorers. This is apart of the HaSS curriculum for years 4 and 5.

 

Curriculum Update

Math: This term we will revisiting fractions and decimals and learning how to place fractions and decimals on a number line. Children will be looking at how to convert improper fractions into mixed fractions. We will be observing features of solid shapes and construction shapes using nets. Students have been working all year on timetables and now applying their knowledge to solve short division equations with and without remainders. During mental math time children work on number patterns and place value.

Writing: This term we will be learning how to set out letters/emails and use appropriate greetings. The last half of the term we will be creating biographies and information reports in conjunction with our UOI. During these writing times we incorporate grammar rules and using correct punctuation.

Spelling: Children have been taught to uses strategies to help solve unknown words. During the week they are involved in activities to help increase word vocabulary, sounding skills and identify syllables. If you would like children to revise words at home, they are able to access the word list and task on Kids A-Z app.

UOI: We are in the process of completing our unit on Local government and being an active citizen. During this unit we have been learning to work as a group and listening to others point of views and concerns around local government issues (major traffic congestion in Hahndorf’s main street). We then formed pairs or groups to investigate areas in our school to come up with ideas to make a change. Keep a look at for our work on Seesaw.

Canteen
Please find below a new order link for Cafe 3:16 which will be active from tomorrow (Tuesday) https://cafe-316-smps-lunches.square.site/
**Please note that orders must be in by 3PM on the Tuesday of the wee you wish to order for. Late orders cannot be met and will be automatically held over until the following week**
Blessings,
Sarah @Cafe 3:16

Hats
Term 4 all children will need to wear a hat please make sure you name your child’s hat. For more information about our summer uniform, you can check out the uniform policy on our website.