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Week 5 Term 1

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Kaya Year 5 parents. Good evening and welcome to week 5.  It is mid-term and many people are starting to get tired, but we luckily have Swim Carnival this Friday and Monday off to recuperate. Homework: Homework came home today for this week.  Please support your child to complete their reading each night and mental maths practice....sometimes playing games with the relevant times table is good fun too! Parish Mass: This Wednesday, 5Mc will be walking to the Church with our Buddy Class 2 Mc to take part in the Mass.  Students can wear their sport uniform to make walking to the Church and back more comfortable. Swim Carnival: A note came home just a few weeks ago regarding swim trials (they were last Tuesday) and the upcoming Swim Carnival (Friday).  All information regarding the carnival is in that letter, but students will leave school on the bus at 8:45 so please ensure that you are on time.  They will need to be self sufficient with food, snack and water as there are no canteen facil

Week 3 Term 1

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Kaya Year 5 parents. Firstly, thanks for all the support you gave your children over the last two weeks of swimming lessons.  All Year 5’s behaved beautifully at the beach and this has been one of the best years of swimming that I have been apart of.  Should any students complain about swimming lessons.....just remind them there are many things they could be doing rather than swimming somewhere like this..... Whiteboards: We placed A3 whiteboards on the booklist last year. Unfortunately, there are a number that have not come into the classes. We will be using them nearly every day for Spelling and Maths, so if your child has not brought their whiteboard in as yet, could you please chase these up as they are another great learning tool. Display Folders: Similarly, we placed a number of display folders on the booklist in place of exercise and scrap books.  This was done to save paper, minimise gluing and provide the opportunity for these folders to be used across a number of years.  Un