Gotta go back - back to school again!

Hello, 46A and followers! Hope you have had a great two week break.

Plunging into Term 4, we have a new specialist timetable:
Monday - Indonesian 8:45-9:45
Tuesday - Senior Lab 8:45-9:45 and Library 9:45-10:45
Wednesday - PE 8:45-9:45
Thursday - Art 12:15-1:15
Friday - Y5 Sport 8:45-9:45, Music 9:45-10:45 and Y4 Sport 11:15-12:15.

Homework will be distributed tomorrow, to be completed in the homework scrapbook used in Term 1 (or in a new book if the old one was finished). It is a new initiative we are trying - Open-Ended Tasks. The expectation is that all tasks on the grid will be done by the end of term - many are not difficult or do not require much time to do, so I am hoping our class will embrace the challenge. Who knows, some people might finish it and ask for more - if that is the case I will happily oblige! As always, if you are not at school for an extended period of time, the volume of work is open to negotiation - however, as 4-6A knows, 'I had a busy weekend' doesn't cut it as an excuse as the homework is set week-by-week, not weekend-by-weekend! Please encourage your child to do a little extra on days where they are not busy if there are some days where they know they will be time-poor.

Lots of exciting events coming up across the school this term - Book Fair in Week 2 and 3, Staff Development Day on Friday of Week 4, Melbourne Cup Day in Week 5, Community Evening, Transition, Bonsai Club - the list goes on! The usual classroom initiatives will continue - CAFE reading, THRASS spelling (boy do I have some fun in store for that one!), a graphing extravaganza, some new science experiments, our turn to make something for the media centre, all sorts of stuff.

REMINDERS - REALLY IMPORTANT - Daylight savings began today (hooray! love this time of year!) so make sure you rock up for the 8:45 bell tomorrow... not at 9:45! Also, being as it is that it is Term 4 - NO HAT, NO PLAY! Make sure you have a sunsmart school hat to wear, and that it is CLEARLY named with your name and class in case you get separated!

See you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tomorrow!
-Ang.