What's Happening

After a busy week 4 we now move into week 5. Here is a break down of things to come.

Thursday
ALWS Awareness day at Tanunda - a number of Year 7's have been invited to go and be a part of this day and to find out more about Australian Lutheran World Service.

Parent Sharing is also on Thursday. Contact teachers for session times or to make an appointment.

Last Week
Girls Cricket - On Tuesday last week 12 girls went and competed in a cricket carnival at Nuriootpa. The girls played well and had fun. Well done girls.

UOI
Last week we shared some fact websites and said we would put them up on the blog so here they are

 http://www.gapminder.org/

http://www.who.int/gho/countries/en/

Remember to have a say on the Senior Unit wall and also be on the look out for a new poll.

The Week Ahead ... Week 4

What's on for the week ahead I hear you ask... Here is the information you need.

Monday
There is a presentation from Camp Quality at 11.00am in the Shelter. We look forward to this presentation and it has changed the organisation of the day. We wont be having rotations and the day will look like
Senior Unit Devotion
Literacy
Recess
Camp Quality Presentation
PE
Lunch
Numeracy
Reading
Art
This is a brief outline of the day and more details will be given tomorrow

Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday and for this the pastors cook pancakes for the classes. Orders will be made Tuesday morning  and while there is no cost for the pancakes if you would like to donate some money it will be going to the CFS. We look forward to participating in this yummy tradition.

Wednesday
Fitness will be running so bring your running shoes along
Assembly: 6/7 Semmler will be hosting. Please come along and see what we have been doing. Also during this Assembly our Student Parliament will be presented the school.
Subway lunch orders due

Thursday
Parent Teacher Sharing meeting will be occurring in the Senior Unit. We look forward to the opportunity to catch up. If you are unsure of your time please contact us through diaries or emails for your meeting time.

Friday
Worship and Praise: Hosted by 6/7 Jones with Pastor Anthony. Come and join us under the Shelter at 9.00am
Subway Lunch

The results of our latest poll are in and it seems that the sense that people would least like to loose is ... sight.

 

Reminder to all

There is the Breakfast and Second Breakfast Club on. Times are as follows.
Tuesday Morning - 8.30am til 8.55am
Wednesday Afternoon - 3.30pm til 4.00pm
This is a great opportunity to have access to a teacher and technology. Come in early or stay late to do some extra Mathletics or complete a book report. Finish that spelling or art work that  you really want to do. Maybe you just wish to sit quietly and read. All are welcome at the Breakfast Club.

 



 

Family Night

Don't forget Senior Unit families, Friday night is Family Night. Come and join in the community fun and games.

Parent Teacher Sharing

Something we missed in the week ahead was that Parent Teacher Sharing is on tomorrow night. We are looking forward to catching up and talking about goals for the year.

Parent Teacher Sharing : Tuesday 10th of February Starting form 3.45pm

The Week Ahead.... Week 3

It will be another busy week in the Senior Unit this week as we continue to improve our understanding of the world around us.

Rotations
Monday rotations kick in for the second week. Remember to be organised and have books and pencils cases. Also remember where you need to be lined up for each session. We hope to continue the great work started last week.

Unit Of Inquiry
For Unit of Inquiry this week we will be having our Human Body Presentations. We have provided time last week to start research on the topic and you will have another hour of class time on Tuesday to research and work out your presentation.
For your presentation you have 3 minutes to tell the class about the body system you researched into.
Things to remember about your presentation.
Information to include was discussed during our last session and you have notes about it in your UOI books but here are a few things to remember:
- tell about what system you are doing
- What does it do?
- What are the parts of the system?
- Effects of the systems?
There are other things you can include too but you will need to make some decisions about what is important.
Presentation is important and a few things to think about here are:
Stance - Are you facing the people you are talking to?
Eye contact - Are you engaging you audience by looking at them?
Talking - Are you talking to the audience or just reading you notes?
Digital - How are you using this as part of your presentation if you want?
We look forward to seeing your presentations this week.

Parliament
Year 7's parliament positions will be announced this week. We thankyou for the people that applied for roles and we hope to accommodate all students with a role that they can lead in. On Wednesday of Week 4 the Student Parliament of 2015 will be presented to the school.

Reminders
* It will be "Hot Weather Play" for some days this week more than likely so be prepared.
* ICT agreements need to be in asap so you can start using technology in the classroom.
* Uniform reminder to be the correct one for each day of the week
* Mathletics has begun and you need to work on getting 1000 points each week.

That's all for now. Check back for updates through the week

Senior Unit Walls

It has been great to see people commenting on the Senior Unit Walls. Keep it up!
Here are our links to our wall so far.
Senior Unit 2015
UOI Who We Are

The Week Ahead...

The first week has been and it was a great start to the new school year. At the start of last week we made a mindmap of what it means to be in the Senior Unit and expectations. This was a great start to the year and let everybody know what is expected.

Senior Unit Mind Map

Rotations
This week we begin Senior Unit Rotations on a Monday. This is a chance for students to work with each of the teachers in a particular subject area. Subjects and teachers are:

Miss Butter: Literacy

Mr Hueppauff: Music

Mr Jones: Christian Studies

Mr Semmler: Physical Education

When we are in rotations you will need to make sure you are organised and have the materials you need for each of you sessions. To help with the smooth transition we will discuss how this occurs in our Senior Unit time on Monday.

Uniform Reminder
Uniform Days are as follows
Sport: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Formal: Tuesday and Thursday

Senior Unit Time Table
A timetable for the Senior Unit is now available. We try to stick to this for most weeks but at times we need to change things around to suit the events that are happening. Senior Unit Timetable

Parliament
As we move towards forming the new Student Parliament for 2015 a reminder that letters of application are due on Wednesday. Information on the parliament roles can be found on the Parliament page. Parliament 2015

Poll
Back by popular demand is the poll. A new poll is up and you are welcome to vote. Look forward to seeing the result.

Library
Our first library times will be on Tuesday so bring a bag if you need one.

That's all for now but stay tunned for more updates. Also comment on our walls and check out the pages for more information.