Our focus this week has been completing our Persuasive writing piece.  We have used high modality words, language devices such as repetition, emotive words, alliteration and strong sizzling sentence starters.  

Next week, students will type up palm cards and after practising in front of a peer, they will present their speech to a small group. All the topics have been about Weipa and I am very impressed with the reasons students have come up with to support their argument.  Some examples are “Why the skate park should be bigger.” “Why should Weipa have a bigger shopping centre?” “We should be able to wear our own clothes to school.” “WTA should put a trampoline park in Weipa.”

In Religion we have been exploring about how the Holy Spirit is part of our lives. We are learning about Confirmation, the Fruits of the Holy Spirit and finding passages in the bible that make reference to the Holy spirit.  

In Science, we are looking at the different properties of liquids, solids and gases and conducting fair tests to assess our predictions. Next week the students will start designing a poster to demonstrate their understanding of Bushfires and what we can do in Weipa to prepare for a bushfire.  We are in assessment time also, so many tasks this and next week will be for assessment.

We have finally come to the exciting end of Deltora Quest Series One.  In the last book the students have connected all the characters together, solved the puzzles and it has been great to see many of the students make predictions about what is going to happen next.

Miss Libby