Year 6
The definite highlight so far was winning the overall Ride2Challenge with 100% attendance. Go team!
As Leaders, the Yr 6’s have been holding LUNCHCLUB every 2nd play this Term. The activity may vary and the Grade level, however they are all in the Library. Each group needed to plan and prepare for this as an ongoing activity and be prepared to change it up and give up one play a week.
BLOOKET -Jed, Jackson, Sione A Blooket is a fun quiz game with different game modes and is a bit of a challenge. Students need laptops and have to answer 10 questions. The classes who came along were really great and engaged. It was hard to come up with new questions each week.
Just Dance -Rachel, Marley, Paetyn The younger kids are a bit too loud and they all crowd together and scream over each other. That was annoying. The older kids listen better, but less of them come. Overall it’s been okay.
Musical Chairs -Daston, Mike, Dave The kids really like it, they can get a bit too excited and some want more prizes. We have also noticed they are getting louder and not listening as well as at first. It is time to do something different.
Quizlet – Tye, Marley, Alex It has worked well but it has been a struggle to keep up questions. We have been surprised with the general knowledge of the Yr 3’s. We will focus on more difficult questions.
Scavenger Hunt -Vanessa, Toby, Dean First time was crazy noisy with too much activity! Next time we will have the older students and we will make it more challenging so it will work better. They really enjoyed finding the clues.
In class, we have been investigating microbiology/mould/what reacts with yeast. We conducted a yeast experiment to find out what activates yeast. We also looked at different types of bread and changed the variable of heat, moisture and light to see how that affected the growth of mould of the bread. The results were quite confronting and it has made us all think about what ingredients are in the food we eat.
Our English focus has been exploring Ballads. Ballads are songs. They have hidden meanings and have a rhythmic pattern. They are like poems and have metaphors and other literary devices that make them flow. We have annotated lots of different ones and are about to write our own ballad.
In Geography we have been looking at different countries and the exports and imports in connection to Australia. As well we have investigated population, land mass, cultural and financial connections. As part of our Assessment, we picked a country and completed a slideshow answering 10 questions varied over many topics. The focus was how Australia is connected with this country.
In PE it has all been about learning new team games and participating in physical activity like Tball, Soccer, touch, basketball and more. We have been looking at ways to extend how to keep our body fit and healthy and build teamwork. Favourite team game has been Random Ball. After doing the Shuffle beat test, this term we are aiming to beat our Beat test score each week. We have learnt that the environment plays a factor in results.
Buddies - The last few weeks we have been doing so many fun things with our buddies. Making origami animals, designing and creating an APP, writing our own stories and playing Dodgeball together. Many happy memories made!
Miss Libby