Announcements

26-04-2012
Welcome back to school everyone, I trust you all had a wonderful holiday. Today is Photo day and everyone looks fantastic in their 1912 clothes. Luckily we don't have to wear them all of the time.

This term is really busy with NAPLAN, Project Penguin and Camp, so we are going to have to stay really focused. This term we are also starting dance which will be fun for everyone. This coming Tuesday year 5 is going to be going to the zoo for Project Penguin and the following Tuesday we are heading down to the Manly foreshore to see where the Little Penguins live. I hope that you are still thinking about what you are going to do for your projects. The ideas that you had last term were really good and I hopt we will be able to see them through.

As I said, NAPLAN is on it's way. The best way to prepare for NAPLAN is to not stress and to really think about what you are doing. You have plenty of time to do the answers so don't rush. Go through the test and answer all of the questions that you "Know' the answers to. Not the ones that you think you know. Then go back and work through the answers to the rest of the questions. I think the reason you are not getting the results you may want in the practice tests is because you are rushing to finish and not really thinking about the answers. Please be careful in the future. We are goin gto be doing lots of NAPLAN style questions in the coming weeks to get you prepared.

05-04-2012
Happy Easter. Today is the last day of term so I hope you are ready for homework heroes. Next term we are going to be doing a lot. It is a busy term which includes camp, NAPLAN, Project Penguin and at teh end of all that, your mid term reports go home. Even though next term is going to be jam packed, the term will go fast, so this will be a time for you to really get stuck into your work. This term is not a term to be lazy! In Project Penguin your team mates are going to be relying on you to pull your weight, so don't let tehm, or yourselves, down. Project Penguin is Fun and I have put a bit of information about the Penguins on the Project Penguin Link.

Have a good Holiday and I hope to see you all back ready to go.

22-03-2012
Thank you to Mrs. Donkin for updating the Library page for you. There are some great resources there for you to look through. Also remember that your reading assignment needs to be in on Monday. Please don't be late, I don't want to have to chase you up.

You have been doing great in your expositions, well done!

By the way....A Manta Ray is a fish!

29-02-2012
Welcome to leap day (we may have to get a frog game in sometime today?). After our converstaion yesterday it seems that many of you are not really putting in any effort into your reading assignments. I purposely left out homework tasks so that you may complete these, however, many of you believed that this was a holiday. Thank you to those of you who put in a great effort and presented a brilliant reading assignment.

I am willing to come to a compromise. Next month you will still have to do a reading assignment, however, I am going to limit the amount of points to 40. In saying this you still have to answer at least one question from each of the categories and the questions you do answer have to be in depth, typed up and e-mailed to me. Instead of 3 lines for an answer I now expect 3 paragraphs for an answer. I will talk about this in class.

This past week you have not had any formal homework, I hope you still have been learning your times tables and your spelling words. This week is NAPLAN practice week so again you will not have homework due this Friday. Next week we are going to add a writing task to your homework so be prepared.

Remember the Rainforest Assignement is due in week 8.
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Well done to all of those who worked really hard today! I will be going away on Thursday this week for 3 school days. (Considering Monday is the swimming carnival I suppose it is only 2.) Mrs. Taylor will be taking you on Thursday and Friday this week. I am sure you will work very hard for her. I have planned this week well in advance so she knows exactly what needs to be done. Please don't forget the book assignment. I know most of you are well on your way to completing this assignment so well done.

17-02-2012
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Please note that your reading assignment is due in 11 days. I have given you plenty of class time to do some work and I would expect that most of the work you do would be at home. I know some people are nearly finished or a half way through, well done. If you have not taken the time to do any work at home, I suggest you start now as we need to use our class time more efficently and therefore you will have less class time to do your reading activities.

If you spend 30 minutes a day doing homework, you will be surprised at how much you achieve. This is not 30 minutes of doing homework while watching T.V. or playing Playstation. The argument you may have is that you do too much work at school and you need to have a break? Well, I think 30 minutes of homework a day is a very small amount of time which help you a lot when you are in class. Whether it be learning you times tables, playing the online games or looking up your spelling words.

This part of the homework is optional, I am not going to tell you that you have to do your homework **OR ELSE.** All I am saying is that if you do do your homework you will be better off in the future. However, your reading assignment and your Rainforest assignment are not exactly homework tasks; these are projects that you need to complete. These unfortunately are not optional and are compulsory. They will be marked and you will be assessed on how well you do in them.

16-02-2012
Tomorrow we are going to start learning about 3D or 3 Dimentional shapes. If you would like to get a head start on this topic you may like to look at the maths page and go to the 3D shape link. On there you will find a game dealing with 3D shapes. I urge you to take a look.

Remember that there is only 11 days to go before you need to have your reading assignment handed in. Please don't feel that this is an optional task. You have had class time to do this so you need to have it completed please.

14-02-2012
Last week in library we used the search engine kidcyber. []

This is will be a good source if you have not yet started your assignment. Thankyou also to those of you who have made a start on your rainforest assignment. You still have four more weeks so don';t feel as though you have to rush. Maybe do a little bit once or twice a week and it will be done in no time. It is good to get into this habbit instead of trying to cram it all in the day before it is due. Trust me, that is not the way to do things if you want to have a good quality assignment.

6-02-2012
Hi everyone.

Please take a look at the resources on the maths page if you get a chance. There are some times table games that will help you for your test on Wednesday. I hope that by the end of this week everyone will be on the Wikispace page so that we can use it to its full potential.

Well done today with the work. You are really getting to understand the structure of Persuasive texts and I am sure you are getting a bit tired of angles and triangles. You just have to remember that magic number 180... That will help you in finding the angles of triangles and of straight lines. Tomorrow we are doing a bit of algebra, it looks tough but once you get your head around it, it is really easy. May be a good idea to look up some algebra sites on the internet to get a feel for what you are in for...Read through the link below and watch the videos as well. See how you go.

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3-02-2012
We now have 10 member so we are slowly getting everyone onto out class page. Remember to try and do as much homework as you can but as it is the first week do not feel bad if you don't get everything done. I know it seems like a lot of work so just do as much as you can.

Please look at the Rainforest Assignment page and flick through some of the Rainfores links to get some ideas as to what you may want to do. The assignment is not due until week 8 so you have plenty of time.

I hope you enjoyed your first week in Year 5. Some of the work may seem difficult but with the right attitude you will soon see results.

Have a good weekend and I will see you next week.

3-02-2012
Well done to all of you who have joined our wiki page.

If you think that it is going to be a wet day at school, feel free to bring some things to keep you occupied during recess and lunch. Please, no electronics or anything too valuable in case they get misplaced.

Today at school we are learning about triangles. One of the games you are required to play for maths homework deals with triangles, so if you want a head start take a look at the website or go here for a look. []