Thursday 25 June 2015
Tuesday 23 June 2015
Primary Assembly: a great finish to a big term
Our Primary Assembly is an important part of our community life. It helps to recognise the achievements and efforts of each student.
What did you enjoy most about the Assembly?
The focus of our Assembly this week was Creative and Practical Arts. Before the awards could start, Years 3 and 4 danced "I gotta feeling". It was a great flash mob dance which brought back a lot of great memories for year 6.
Congratulations to our very creative Stage 3 students: Zoe, Tara, Jemimah, Mia, Annabelle and Ethan. Well done on a fantastic effort!
We also recognised the excellent behaviour of our students by handing out Silver Awards. There were so many!
The Assembly also saw Mrs Pope hand out awards for the sporting achievements of many of our students from the Athletics carnival this term. It saw many of our students give their best, as well as show wonderful competitive spirit.
Monday 22 June 2015
Genius Hour Kidmeet
How fast has this term disappeared?
This final week of the term sees the culmination of many hours of work and enthusiasm that each of the students have done. The projects have been as unique and creative as each of the students who created them. The students have showcased very well and should be proud of the effort that has gone into them. We hope that you enjoy looking at each of their work and making a comment to encourage them.
This final week of the term sees the culmination of many hours of work and enthusiasm that each of the students have done. The projects have been as unique and creative as each of the students who created them. The students have showcased very well and should be proud of the effort that has gone into them. We hope that you enjoy looking at each of their work and making a comment to encourage them.
Aidan's Coding
Extreme Nail Art
The Solar System by Brock
Volcano Experts!
Some Highlights
Some of our great presentations
Which presentation did you enjoy the most? What was the best thing about Genius Hour? Why?
Sunday 21 June 2015
Year 6 Merit Awards
It is always encouraging to see the effort that students are putting in their work & to see the way that each one is improving. Week 9's award winners have received recognition for the success that they achieved in English and Mathematics.
Well done!
Year 5 Award Winners
Well done guys!
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Being Reflective!
One of the aspects that we have been focusing on this year, is to take time to reflect on what we have been learning. Having students practise being reflective is an opportunity for each one to consider what they were learning and if they achieved success at the outcome of the activity.
The students were asked to write a reflection based on the above questions, which come from a teacher called Peter Pappas' website Copy/ Paste.The questions helped the student's write some great responses about the English activities that we have been working on.
The Student's responses:
What did I do?
"I made a speech about animals in the pound, to make a special shelter for animals." Livia
"I did sport's because people can play easier and more fun, because there are hard sports to play. I gave some good information on my dream" Jack
"I talked about if you can be kind and considerate you can work together to build a better community" Noah
What was important about what I learnt?
"I think it was important to get the body, introduction and the conclusion properly paragraphed. I also think it was important to get the sequence right." Zoe
"The activities were important because it improve our skills on powerful and persuasive writing. It teaches us to speak clearly in a speech." Nikita
"I think the ideas in my speech show what I believe in and it showed that I have improved my speeches because when I was younger I didn't have much idea and took forever to think but now I have ideas and something to write" Callum
Where could I use this again?
"In the future where I need to write something powerful that will leave the reader thinking. In future tasks where I need to show what I know" Jemimah
"I could definitely use these skills as I get older, like in high school or university. I would use these skills to make my writing more powerful." Lily
How well did I achieve success?
"The thing that indicates my success was my conclusion. I think the way that I ended my speech was good and its probably my my best conclusion I've ever done".
" I achieved success when I published my work on Tellagami and matched pictures to my powerful words in my finished speech."
"I did achieve success because at the end I thought I did the best piece of writing I could've" Payten
As I read the responses to the questions, I was so encouraged by the level of success that the students felt that they had achieved. Success is not always determined by a mark or a grade. The value of true success is in the achievement of having completed a task to a satisfying level, particularly after having persevered through a challenging task.
The students were asked to write a reflection based on the above questions, which come from a teacher called Peter Pappas' website Copy/ Paste.The questions helped the student's write some great responses about the English activities that we have been working on.
The Student's responses:
What did I do?
"I made a speech about animals in the pound, to make a special shelter for animals." Livia
"I did sport's because people can play easier and more fun, because there are hard sports to play. I gave some good information on my dream" Jack
"I talked about if you can be kind and considerate you can work together to build a better community" Noah
What was important about what I learnt?
"I think it was important to get the body, introduction and the conclusion properly paragraphed. I also think it was important to get the sequence right." Zoe
"The activities were important because it improve our skills on powerful and persuasive writing. It teaches us to speak clearly in a speech." Nikita
"I think the ideas in my speech show what I believe in and it showed that I have improved my speeches because when I was younger I didn't have much idea and took forever to think but now I have ideas and something to write" Callum
Where could I use this again?
"In the future where I need to write something powerful that will leave the reader thinking. In future tasks where I need to show what I know" Jemimah
"I could definitely use these skills as I get older, like in high school or university. I would use these skills to make my writing more powerful." Lily
How well did I achieve success?
"The thing that indicates my success was my conclusion. I think the way that I ended my speech was good and its probably my my best conclusion I've ever done".
" I achieved success when I published my work on Tellagami and matched pictures to my powerful words in my finished speech."
"I did achieve success because at the end I thought I did the best piece of writing I could've" Payten
As I read the responses to the questions, I was so encouraged by the level of success that the students felt that they had achieved. Success is not always determined by a mark or a grade. The value of true success is in the achievement of having completed a task to a satisfying level, particularly after having persevered through a challenging task.
What was the best thing about English this term? What did you learn?
Go for Bronze!
We celebrated receiving our Bronze Awards with Hot Chocolate, Choc-chip biscuits and Marshmallows. To achieve Bronze, each student needs to show the following criteria
- Regularly follow school rules
- Regularly listens attentively in class and school settings.
- Often strives for excellence in learning.
- Often demonstrates positive and well organised work habits.
- Completes most tasks and demonstrates pride in their work.
- Regularly demonstrates the ability to act and play safely
- Regularly demonstrates responsibility for personal and school property.
- Often displays a caring attitude to others.
I It was a delicious way to celebrate!
Monday 15 June 2015
Friday 12 June 2015
What we Believe
In English we have been looking at what makes writing and words powerful. For writing and words to be powerful or have an impact on the way others think, we need to link them to what we believe and have a hope for.
The students were asked to write about things that they believed in. They were asked what they thought would change the world. There were many different ideas, that each student came up with. Some ideas were for flying cars or hovering houses, others were for people to be kind to one another. We certainly need to have a hope for the future and it is encouraging to see so many creative and thoughtful ideas.
The students then had to turn their writing into a digital publication. We chose pictures that would match the words that they had written. We discussed how images help our our words to have a greater impact.
Matching Images To Words - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
After finding images that went with their writing, each student then turned their writing into a digital speech. We used the Tellagami app which the students used to be an avatar for their speech. The images were used as a background for the speech. The students made a few different Tellagami's with different speeches. These were saved to the Camera Roll in the iPad. We then used the iMovie app to put all of the Tellagami's together to create one video.
Please watch some of our students work. The results look fantastic!
The students were asked to write about things that they believed in. They were asked what they thought would change the world. There were many different ideas, that each student came up with. Some ideas were for flying cars or hovering houses, others were for people to be kind to one another. We certainly need to have a hope for the future and it is encouraging to see so many creative and thoughtful ideas.
The students then had to turn their writing into a digital publication. We chose pictures that would match the words that they had written. We discussed how images help our our words to have a greater impact.
After finding images that went with their writing, each student then turned their writing into a digital speech. We used the Tellagami app which the students used to be an avatar for their speech. The images were used as a background for the speech. The students made a few different Tellagami's with different speeches. These were saved to the Camera Roll in the iPad. We then used the iMovie app to put all of the Tellagami's together to create one video.
Please watch some of our students work. The results look fantastic!
Grace's Speech
Rebekah's Speech
What did you enjoy the most about this activity? What is something that you believe strongly in? Do you have a hope and a dream for the future?
Genius Hour Kidmeet
Our Genius Hour projects are drawing to a close for this term. Each student in Stage 3 has shown a lot of initiative and interest in their projects. We would like to show everyone what we have learned. In Week 10 we are holding a Kidmeet@MACC to showcase our Genius Hour presentations. We are inviting all parents, Grandparents, aunts and Uncles to come and watch. Each student should have the following note, but if they don't please feel free to come along and find out what we have been doing!
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