What a high standard the Yr 5 students presented for their Multimodal Integrated Task.  We have all been amazed by the research skills applied to this task, the depth of some students thinking and how we have learnt something from every presentation.  I am extrememly impressed with the way students followed the criteria expected of them and have met these in their research. Thankyou to many parents who supported your child to complete this task.  Some inquiry questions written by the students themselves are:

• How does water pollution effect peoples health?
• How fishing effects the lifestyles of Australians.
• What is mined in Weipa and how does it affect our environment?
• What will happen if there are no more forests left in the whole world?
• How is cattle farming in Cape York impacted by different landscapes?
• How does deforestation affect the environment?

In Maths we have been examining rotational symmetry, translations and reflections. We have been trying to apply this to real life situations as well. We have also reviewed grid locations, deciphering codes and enlarging shapes to transform into replica shapes. Our Science unit will finish next week with some fun experiments about making shadows, puppets and using some media to enhance these skills.

We completed our Religion unit about Magnificent Mary with lots of group work to learn more about the Litany of Mary of Nazareth, the meaning of the Hail Mary and how Mary is important in our lives today.  This required the students to examine what the different texts meant (this was hard) and convert in to kidspeak.  

Starry Starry Night was a huge success! Year 5 worked so hard to learn both the song and the Auslan signing.  It looked and sounded sooooo good! Looking forward to a week full of Christmas activities, team building activities and of course our end of year FUN day!