We have been reading texts that persuade the reader to agree with a point of view. One text we read was Moon Bear Rescue by Kim Dale. Jessika was persuaded to agree with the author’s point of view that these bears need to be rescued from bear farms. Jessika wrote a poem to express her emotions.
By Jessika
We have spent a busy few days preparing for our upcoming school Fete. It should be lots of fun. Our stall is Lucky Dips, Toys and Show Bags. Financial Maths has helped us prepare everything for our stall. After the fun of picking all the various items, waiting for their delivery and unpacking everything came the harder task of determining the percentage increase on the cost to determine a fair sale price. After the fete we will be looking at our sales and working with those figures. Until then there is all the fun of the fair!
Having trouble working out just how much money you will save on a sale item? Year 6T students have been mastering the maths involved. The tricky part is converting the % discount into a $ figure. So here is a great little game from Maths Playground that takes you through the whole process. If you get stuck along the way Percent Shopping will explain what you should do to get to the next step. All I have to do is find a shop that gives the same sort of fantastic discounts in real life. Have fun learning. look for the link in the right hand column of this page.
The last few weeks at school have been go, go, go. The whole semester has been very busy and the last few weeks have been no exception.
Earlier in the year we had visited a local research farm where we learnt about growing crops, controlling insect pests and conducting soil testing. We planted seeds (corn, water melon and cucumber) on our earlier visit. Last week we visited again to pick the crops. The corn was high and the students were scattered throughout the crop. It sounded as if the corn was giggling, chattering and shaking with excitement. The picking was followed by sorting and grading the crop. Then we all shared in a taste testing – yum. Taking some of the veggies home to our families was a real pleasure.
A sample of our crops has been entered in the local agricultural show for judging. We are proud of our efforts and had a great deal of enjoyment gaining an insight into the farming practices and challenges of our area. Thank you to our farming tutors.
This week we are looking forward to our school sports festival, lots of running, long jump and high jump. Australia is a sporting nation and our school loves sport. Every year we are proud to see students from our school earn a place on regional and state teams for a variety of sports.
This week we are finishing up our QuadBlogging challenge, it has been a wonderful learning experience.
We will top such a successful semester off with a class party before a well earned holiday.
Our Quad Blogging challenge has come to an end. All that remains is to say thank you to our blogging partner classes. It has been a great learning experience.
Just added a new link to our blog. Look for the MathsFrog link. This is a fantastic website that provides heaps of interactive games that will allow you to practise your math skills. Look for the ‘Order of Operations’ game and practise for a ‘Beat The Teacher’ challenge.
Congratulations to the six Year 6 students who made the final selection for the 2014 Reader’s Cup Challenge. All Year 6 and 7 classes were invited to participate in the team selection process. I am so happy that all six students are from 6T. The team has had a number of novels to read in a very short amount of time. They are all avid readers and we all wish them well on their first inter-school challenge at a local level. From there a team will go onto the regional challenge. Congratulations once again guys, you rock.
We are excited to become involved in QuadBlogging™ which is a way of gaining an audience for our blog. Over the last 12 months 100,000 students have been involved in QuadBlogging™ from 3000 classes in 40 countries. We have been assigned to a ‘quad’ of schools from Australia and England. On set weeks, each school’s blog becomes the focus of the other three schools for comments for a week. Then a different school becomes the focus and so on until all four schools have had a turn. This will give students an opportunity to learn a little about other students, overseas or interstate, and they can learn about us.
Our focus week will be the week beginning June 9 so our fellow quad schools will be visiting, looking and commenting on our posts.
With Senior Camp fast approaching I know everybody is busy getting ready. As we have a very early start on the morning we leave school for the camp please remember to set an alarm clock or two. Details of our departure and return dates and times are in a handout for parents. Parents if you need another copy please call into the school office and pick one up.
If you are a bit nervous about going on camp don’t worry I am coming with you. This will be my first school camp and the first ever camp away from my family so I am excited and can’t wait to try all of the great activities.
Look out fun, here we come!
Check out the crazy socks some 6T students wore to school today. These students were celebrating the work of our school crossing guards often called “Lollipop Ladies” in Australia. These hardworking ladies and gents keep our school children safe as they use busy “School Crossings” (not to be confused with “Zebra Crossings”) at the start and end of each school day.
