WA Week

Every year our school likes to celebrate WA Day with a whole school activity.

To celebrate our magnificent state this year, students are asked to bring a copy of a photograph taken somewhere they may have visited in Western Australia. This needs to be a copy of the photograph as IT WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

The children need to be prepared to share with their peers about where the photograph was taken, where this place is located on a map of Western Australia and something special about that place. Photos will then be glued onto a giant WA DAY which will be on display for the week.

Please see the table below for the day your child is scheduled to bring in the photo and do their talk.

Tuesday June 5	Wednesday June 6	Thursday June 7	Friday June 8
Alby	Eadson	Chloe	Navshan
Canaan	Krissy	Indi D	Tylah
Roseleen	Indi B	Lucas	Sophie
Emily	Holly	Gazal	Steel
Layla	Steven	Ryan	Chelsea
Deep	Riley	Naomi

Super Scientists

Don’t forget we have our Room 24 Super Scientist Challenge this week. Please see the timetable below and ensure that your child comes to school with all the equipment they need. Practising prior can help them feel more confident when presenting. Navshan, Tylah, Steel and Chelsea made an excellent start yesterday. This is always a fun week and I thank you for your support.

Figurative Language

In writing, we have been exploring using figurative language to improve our writing. Here is a fun video that explains the difference between similes and metaphors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoSBVNUO2LU

Shark & Dolphin Thinking

In Health this term, we have been focusing on resilience. This is the ability to recover and ‘bounce back’ from challenges. Last week, we explored the difference between negative (shark) and positive (dolphin) thinking. We have been trying to use dolphin thinking in the classroom.

Genius Hour

The students have been researching a chosen celebration or commemoration, using the internet, non-fiction texts and human resources to gather information. They are now creating posters, models and presentations to share their information with their peers.

The Great Debate

To supplement our persuasive writing units, the students used QR codes to watch two Behind the News episodes on playing soccer. In their Home Teams, they shared the main ideas and interesting facts they had learnt. As a class we then created a persuasive text that incorporated some of these new facts. We worked together to up level our writing, using statistics, rhetorical questions and imagery. It is on display in our classroom.

                                    

Brilliant Biologists

The students in Room 24 have been working with Miss McKercher to classify plants and animals. Here, they are pictured sorting leaves into groups based on their observable features. They have also been learning the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates and classifying animals into sub groups; mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds and insects.