Week 8 and 9

Well, what a huge success the cake stall was today! The money is being taken to the bank later today and we will find out how much we have raised. I was absolutely amazed by how organised and motivated all the students were, it was incredibly impressive. Well done on all your hard work.

We also had our excursion to Scitech this week which proved very successful as well. Students have been buzzing all week about the fantastic activities such as the Planetarium, the digital microscopes, the Weather Show and more! Over the last couple of days our class have been making booklets reflecting on our excursion. I am very impressed with how many students have stepped up the effort that they have put into their presentation for this task. Well done everyone!

The spelling test has now been pushed back to next Friday (Week 9) to allow students a bit more time. This decision has been made across all Year 6 classes, so don't forget to practice!

Just a quick reminder to all students to stay safe over the Easter break. I hope you all have a wonderful time with your families and I can't wait to hear all about what adventures you got up to on Thursday.

Mrs G

Bunny Bottom Cookie Challenge

In class today students were given a fun Easter recipe that was very hard to read. Together in groups, they worked out what ingredients, materials and steps were needed and added a picture of what they thought the outcome would be. The aim of this activity was for students to practice skimming and scanning for important information, highlighting key points in different colours, re-writing steps in order clearly and to recognise that in their own writing being too wordy can be confusing for the reader.

Below is the original recipe in case anyone would like to make the cookies for Easter.

Bunny Bottom Cookies

Ingredients

25 mins 48 servings 86 cals

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, softened

• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•  Tub of frosting
• Packet of marshmallows
•  Any other lollies or cake decorations you would like

Directions

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Prep 15 mins  Cook 10 mins

Ready in 25 mins

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.
4. Once your cookies are cool, spread a thin layer of white frosting over the cookie.
5. Cut a marshmallow in half and place on an angle either side for the bunny feet.
6. Use either a mini marshmallow or cut a small piece of marshmallow for the tail

Spelling list 4

Should Know	Moderate	Hard	Inquiry Words
1. treasure	1. launch	1. luxurious	1. Russia
2. measure	2. naughty	2. ravenous	2. China
3. pleasure	3. ignore	3. notorious	3. Mongolia
4. feather	4. ornament	4. tenacious	4. Japan
5. leather	5. before	5. venomous	5. Korea
6. weather	6. ought	6. vivacious	6. Philippines
7. pear	7. laundry	7. obnoxious	7. Thailand
8. wear	8. saucer	8. momentous	8. Vietnam
9. ahead	9. caution	9. tremendous	9. Malaysia
10. breadth	10. warble	10. amphibious	10. Indonesia
11. thread	11. thought	11. zealous	11. Taiwan
12. dreadful	12. slaughter	12. precarious	12. Bhutan
13. tread	13. hoarse	13. voracious	13. India
14. steady	14. exhaust	14. ambiguous	14. Pakistan
15. health	15. chorus	15. impervious	15. Afghanistan
16. wealth	16. daughter	16. tumultuous	16. Iran
17. heavy	17. reward	17. anonymous	17. Sri Lanka
18. heaven	18. adore	18. conspicuous	18. Laos
19. build	19. dwarf	19. contentious	19. Kazakhstan
20. builder	20. victorious	20 contemptuous	20. Cambodia

Updates on our Inquiry

Students have been looking at events they feel have shaped the world over the past few weeks to make a class timeline. We will be adding to this timeline as we explore our unit further.

In Science and Geography we have been focusing on natural disasters. We have explored the tectonic plates and how these impact on natural disasters. Our class have looked at the different parts and types of volcanoes, as well as, made them in class last week. Please don't forget your lego for tomorrow's lesson on earthquakes!

Today students researched in groups the different elements that make up parts of Asia. They looked at countries, animals, climate, people, location on the map, natural resources, natural landmarks and other facts. We used World Book and Google to find appropriate information during our computer lab time. It was interesting how many students are still typing in lots of words for their search, or wanting an exact answer rather than reading the information. This was a great lesson in using key words for searching and skimming and scanning text for information. In the afternoon we shared our results with our groups. On Wednesday students will be using this information to compare Asia to Australia.

Below is a website students have asked me to put up that show which volcanoes are currently active in the world.
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html

Diary dates and homework Week 7

*Remember to write your own out of school activities in and anything extra you do at school. E.g. music lessons

MON -
Robotics 10am
Spelling tests returned - need to be signed by parents
Spelling - Finish word meanings from today's lesson. Choose 3 Asian countries to mark on your map.
Reading - free choice written in diary
Maths - allocated homework

TUES -
Bring in Lego and any excess play dough for Science
Ukulele for Music
Spelling - syllables for all lists (number written next to each word on list). Choose 3 Asian countries to mark on your map.
Reading - free choice written in diary
Maths - allocated homework

WED -
Inter-school Swimming Carnival
Spelling - Sentences - 10 from list 1 or 2 words. Choose 3 Asian countries to mark on your map.
Reading - free choice written in diary
Maths - allocated homework

THURS -
Assembly
Band
Spelling - Antonyms 10 from list 1 and 10 from list 2. Parent test on List 1 and 2. Choose 3 Asian countries to mark on your map.
Reading - free choice written in diary
Maths - allocated homework

FRI -  
Sport - Revolution Sports, Squash or activity at school

Homework Week 6

Monday
Labour Day - no school
Word clues (10 hard)
Reading - signed in diary

Tuesday
Science homework due today!
Ten sentences (novel words)
Reading - signed in diary
Maths - allocated class work

Wednesday
Free choice activity and parent test (any word you get incorrect write out 3 times!)
Reading - signed in diary
Maths - allocated class work
Buddies - Assembly performance practice

Thursday
Preperation for test.
Reading - signed in diary
Maths - allocated class work
Band

Friday
Spelling test!
Sport  - revolution sport, squash and sport at school.
Reading - signed in diary

NEXT WEEK:
Last Robotics session
Wednesday - Interschool Swimming Carnival

Swimming Carnival Run Down

Congratulations to everyone who turned up, competed and cheered their faction on at the swimming carnival yesterday. I was blown away by the effort and good sportmanship everyone showed on the day. It made me so proud to be your teacher! Thank you to everyone who was also so lovely to my son Kees, who I brought along for the day.

Below is a fabulous summary of the highlights written by Maddie and Cate.

 The Swimming Carnival

The swimming carnival was a huge success thanks to Mrs Day, Mr Stott, Mrs Edwards, the parent volunteers and most of all, Mr Stringer!  The mighty Stirling won with a leading score of 355 points, taking back the victory from Mitchell. Mitchell came second, with Forrest following close behind, and Dampier fourth. Our champion swimmers were Neve F and Campbell F. Our Year 6 runners up champions were Lucy K and Matthew B. Although everyone showed great sportsmanship, Dynamite Dampier was awarded the Spirit Shield!!We also had a very famous Olympic swimmer called Blaire E, Mrs Lucas asked her a lot of interesting questions about her swimming life and how much she trains per week. She gave us useful tips on how to swim well. Congratulations to all the competitors, we hope you had lots of fun!

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