We made it to the end of another busy term. Well done everyone! In Year 5 we have had an interrupted 2 weeks with a few of us having some time away due to sickness. This has made us more independent with our learning. We have showed that we are able to follow instructions well, guide our own learning and complete learning tasks successfully. This has been rewarding as we have received feedback on our learning this past week and allowed us to continue on with similar or harder tasks.  

We finally finished our Gold Rush worlds in Minecraft. There was a lot of use of creative elements to reflect what life would have been like on the Goldfields in Australia. Everyone’s world’s were a little different to everyone else in the class. Some had homes for the Governers or Police. Some had secret bunkers with stashes of gold. So creative and very fun to make.   

Our narrative poems have been challenging but we are looking forward to adding the finishing touches on these this week. There have been poems about life in the campsites and also what it was like to experience the Eureka Stockade. We found it hard to rhyme and use a variety of poetry language. We can only imagine what it was like but I think some of us really nailed it.  

The highlight though this past week was having the opportunity to work with Josh Arnold and create our school song. We had a lot of experiences to draw on to help Josh understand our school and the wonderful lives we have because of living in Weipa. It was great to see how he took our insight and created song lyrics as well as music. The filming was also fun. We love our new school song.   

Our Year 5 students will be participating in their first stage of a leadership retreat on Friday 9th October (Week 1, Term 4). During the day the students will complete a variety of activities that will begin their leadership process at St Josephs. To complete the day, we will be having a sleepover at the school on the Friday night. More details about the day and sleepover will be communicated in the coming weeks. Keep an eye out on the newsletter and emails.  

Thank you for another great term. I hope you all have a restful break and look forward to our last term of 2020.