BNPS Newsletter

Year 6 News

Art in Year 6              

This term in art the year 6s have been learning about mythology. Mrs Anderson introduced us to mythology and showed us different cultures mythological creatures e.g.: griffins, banshee, bigfoot, mermaid, unicorn, centaur, and so much more. She showed us some different countries spiritual masks; she then sent us off to the tables with our scrap books to draw our own masks. 

  

After we showed the teacher, we went into the side room and got a piece of cardboard to cut into different shapes to then tape and stick together to create our own mask. It’s not a mask you can wear but a mask to hang up like a decoration. Once we have stuck our mask together and it looks like we imagined it to look like, Mrs Anderson is going to set up a lesson so that we can paint our masks and finish them off. 

 Baylie G

Class of 2025

Last week the grade sixes got their Class of 2025, Year 6 jumpers. We have all been waiting for the whole year to get our jumpers.  Thankfully we got them just in time for the school photos. What legends they are!  

All the grade sixes put them on straight away even though it was 33 degrees.  We look fashionable and easy to recognise as well. 

Takai R.

 

Interschool Sports

On Friday the 28th of February the year fives and sixes played their first round of summer interschool sports. It was an amazing day to play sports. We played a double header against Brighton and Black Rock we played them in Kanga Cricket, Tee Ball, Oz Tag, Basketball, Volleyball and Hot Shots, Unfortunately the Lacrosse team stayed at school and played each other because other schools don’t have a lacrosse team.  

 

The Boys and Girls for basketball played at Brighton Primary School. We both beat Brighton the girls won by 10 points and the boys won by 30. Then we both played Black Rock, and they were a really strong side, we both lost. The girls played really well but fell short because their team was really good. The boys played really well too but fell short because Black Rock had so many star players. It was a fun day, and I hope everyone enjoyed their sports. 

Lucas B., Lexie B. Lucas K., Harvey G. 

 

Leadership at Beaumaris Secondary College

After morning tea, we were instructed to think and brainstorm about positive changes we could make for our school, like how we could keep students more engaged during assemblies and ANZAC ceremonies, fundraisers, and how we could increase responsibility and make school more fun for students. 

 

Here are some things we came up with: 

  • A shaded overhang over the prep playground, similar to the one over the amphitheatre, 

  • a school uniform update, possibly adding girls shorts and a hoodie (Collaborate with SAT Captains), 

  • a day where everyone’s parents come to talk about their professions in a possible relation to a unit of inquiry (Which year levels is undecided),

  • get a few people from each year level to write a report on a soldier who fought in World War 1 or 2 and present it at the ANZAC Ceremony as a possible learning task/research task (Increasing participation and engagement from different year levels), themed assemblies (keeping students more engaged),

  • add a Native Garden near the OSCH garden for each year level to take care of (Collaborate with Sustainability Captains).  Anabell W 

Leadership Workshop

On Thursday 27/2/25 the School and Vice Captain’s went to Beaumaris Secondary College for “How to be better leaders” workshop. Mr Marashli walked down with us at 8:50 am.  

One of the things that we discussed was themed assemblies. For example, during book week we might have 90% of the assembly be about book week for that single assembly. The same thing for R U OK? week swimming carnival etc. The main reason for this is so it would be more detailed.  

 

The other main points I took away from the workshop were:  

 

To be a better leader it is important to listen to everyone’s opinions and to make sure that your opinion is also heard.   

 

Also, we learned the importance of ensuring that all members of an activity get a say in what they are doing. 

 

Confidence is really important to be a great leader so that you can approach people and engage them in the activity. 

 Jack B

St Kilda Visitors 

Yesterday, we had four of the St Kilda AFL players, not including the coach, come down to our school to answer our questions. 

Isaac Keeler, Jimmy Webster, Liam Henry and Callum Wilkie took time out of their busy days to talk about leadership to the year fives and year sixes. Our questions consisted of personal questions like what the hardest thing was they had to overcome, and some more humorous questions. For example, Lara asked “What was the funniest thing that happened to them on the field?” 

At the end of the designated hour, they were here, everyone lined up to get their signature on a piece of paper, which they happily signed. They soon left to continue their busy day, and we were all happy, with our questions answered. 

 Celeste C

 

Swimming Carnival

On Friday the 20th of February had the swimming carnival. The years 4, 5 and 6 got to school at 8:45 for a 9:00 bus drive to GSAC outside swimming pool. Once we all got there, we all got ready for going in the 50m freestyle races. The year 6 girls went first then the boys after that it was year 5 girls and boys then year 4 girls and boys. 

 

 If you got 1st place to 4th place you would get a piece of paper saying what place you came. After you got out of the pool you would go to the recording table and say your name and house then one of the teachers would give you your ribbon and you would go back to your house .

 

Then it was the backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly 50m races after all the 50ms were over we had to do the 25m races. The pool was 50m so we had to get in the middle of the pool to start some people couldn’t reach the bottom, so they had to use pool noodles to get to their lane. 

 

After the all the 25m races were over we had the fun races like the pool noodle race which meant two people in each house had to hold on to their coloured pool noodle that was their house colour. To start the pool noodle, race the kids got into two lines in each house then the first two people jumped in the pool and swam around the house captains who were standing in the pool. 

 

After the end of the noodle race, we started the teacher Vs student relay race. The house captains got into the water to start the relay the first and third people had to start in the water because you can’t dive in from the other end. As soon as the beep went it started the teachers were in the lead, but they got an advantage because they got flippers to wear. At the near end of the relay Mr ross was in front but Pippa caught up to him near the end. In the end Pippa beat Mr Ross by just a second so Morey come first in the relay. 

 

Mrs Hall said for everyone to get back to their houses so she could announce the winners. McDonald came 4th Wood came 3rd Morey cam 2nd and Reserve came 1st. McDonald got the spirt award because they cheered the loudest out of the houses. 

It was a good day overall and congratulations to everyone who swam and good luck to all the swimmers going to districts on Thursday the 6th of March. 

 Alexandra M Morey House Captain 

 

Year 6 Maths 

So far this term in Maths the year 6’s have been looking at integers, square numbers, triangular numbers and prime numbers. We started off by exploring dividing decimals and converting them into fractions. For example 0.38 is 38/100. We then expanded onto the topic of integers which are any whole numbers, even negatives! Triangular numbers are the number of dots in a triangular pattern. By adding another row of dots and counting all the dots we can find the next number of the sequence. Throughout the tests we have used our knowledge to showcase our new growth throughout the subject, which everybody has really enjoyed. 

By Oli T 6A