Senior Learning News
What's happening in Year 4/5/6 space?
𖥧 Happy Week 7 𖥧
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(hello, welcome)
This past fortnight has been one of reflection, appreciation and celebration as we acknowledge and participate in National Reconciliation Week.
We began our week with a whole-school Prayer Gathering, prepared and led by our 4/5/6 learners. They collaborated on the script, thoughtfully incorporating elements such as a one-minute silence and reflection on the things we feel, see, and hear in nature. They also acknowledged significant Aboriginal people and their contributions through prayers of the faithful.
Throughout this process, our students demonstrated compassion, empathy, and teamwork in preparing and presenting this meaningful gathering to the entire school, making it a beautiful way to mark the beginning of Reconciliation Week.
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Literacy
We've enhanced our grasp of crafting powerful compound sentences and are now honing our skills in paragraph formation.
Our current focus lies on informative writing, particularly delving into the lives of significant Aboriginal figures. Learners have commenced their research, gathering factual details about their chosen individual. We've explored methods to enrich our facts by addressing the questions: who, where, when, what, why, and how.
Additionally, we've begun analysing the structure of informational texts, noting their typical components such as introductions, subheadings, factual details, and sometimes images. This learning journey will continue into Week 8, as learners begin shaping their paragraphs and merging them to form thorough texts.
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Numeracy
Our nail-biting Battleship tournament came to its end last week with a fantastic grand final match! Congratulations to Huntah, a fan favourite who played with strategy and persistence to win the competition.
We have now directed our learning to the topic of measurement. This week, we incorporated First Nations perspectives by investigating the migration superhighways that scientists believe First Nations Australians used. We compared the lengths of these ancient journeys to the highways we have today. To enhance this learning experience, we took our activities outside, where we constructed, predicted, and measured highways of our own and practice the skill of converting between km, m, cm and mm.
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Connection
Two fortunate F.I.R.E carriers, Ivy and Morgan participated in an immersive, educational and cultural experience, that honors and regenerates Taungurung stories, contributing to the positive future of Taungurung culture and biik (country).
Both learners returned from this experience full of new knowledge, understanding, and respect for the Taungurung culture. Following the F.I.R.E. Carrier role of igniting reconciliation through education, they will pass this knowledge on to our group of learners, continuing the cycle of storytelling and sharing knowledge.
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Have a wonderful weekend! Look forward to seeing you all Monday morning.
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