CONNECT WITH YEAR 5/6
Learning and Teaching
READING: The students have been making predictions and inferences to understand the meaning of their texts.
WRITING: The students have been very creative when writing their own poems. The focus has been on haiku poems and limericks, with students also freely exploring other types of poetry such as odes, riddles and acrostic poems during their free choice writing time.
We will begin informative texts next week.
MATHS: 'Priority Standards' and 'I Can statements' have continued to motivate the students in their Area and Perimeter unit of work. They have been able to apply their knowledge to real world problems and create appropriate solutions.
INQUIRY: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, Oi, Oi! The Olympics have begun and we cannot contain our excitement! The Rio Olympics has been discussed and celebrated across all subject areas and the students have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the various facets. The students have shown their passion for the Paralympics through the discussions held over the past fortnight. The Refugee Olympic Team has been an interesting topic. We have watched videos of the refugee athletes talking about their motivation behind competing and it has given the students a different perspective.
Other News
Achievement Awards
5/6S
Daniel- For showing teamwork during our inquiry sessions.
Riley- For creating an interesting Haiku poem
5/6L
Amy- For demonstrating persistence and confidence when solving division problems.
Julian- For contributing his valuable thoughts about the Olympic Games during guided reading.
5/6R
Mitchell - For using his growth mindset when creating a Haiku poem
INQUIRY: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi, Oi, Oi! The Olympics have begun and we cannot contain our excitement! The Rio Olympics has been discussed and celebrated across all subject areas and the students have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the various facets. The students have shown their passion for the Paralympics through the discussions held over the past fortnight. The Refugee Olympic Team has been an interesting topic. We have watched videos of the refugee athletes talking about their motivation behind competing and it has given the students a different perspective.
Other News
Logical Thinking Challenge
This term selected students from Years 3-6 will participate
in the Logical Thinking Challenge to challenge their logical problem solving
skills.
The Logical Thinking Challenge is an adaptive on line test which
has been developed by the University of Melbourne. The questions the
students will be answering will cover a range of skills including the areas of
Logical, Measurement, Numerical and Spatial.
The test comprises of 24 multiple choice questions which
will be completed during class time in the week of the 15th- 19th
August.
The school will receive a report of student results. We will
notify parents through the newsletter when we receive the results.
Let’s encourage our students to be curious and rise to
new learning challenges and opportunities!!
Achievement Awards
5/6S
Daniel- For showing teamwork during our inquiry sessions.
Riley- For creating an interesting Haiku poem
5/6L
Amy- For demonstrating persistence and confidence when solving division problems.
Julian- For contributing his valuable thoughts about the Olympic Games during guided reading.
5/6R
Mitchell - For using his growth mindset when creating a Haiku poem
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