Mount Pleasant Road Primary School & Kindergarten

Leadership Centre

Curriculum

Halo semuanya! 

What an eventful week it was in the Leadership Centre! Congratulations to all the Year 5 students who completed their final NAPLAN Assessment last Monday. Everyone demonstrated great positivity and perseverance throughout. It was a very exciting end to the week too, with the beginning of I.C.E!

 

In Maths, students continued to build on their understanding of fractions and decimals. Throughout the week, students worked within Mini Master Classes to practise recording and locating fractions and decimals on a number line. Students explored strategies such as paper folding, measuring and dividing, drawing visual representations and using a range of concrete materials, including using metre rulers and MAB tens to explore decimals to tenths and creating magnified number lines to explore locating decimals to hundredths and even thousandths on a number line. To end the week, students completed the ‘Everything about my fraction’ Rich Assessment Task which is designed for students to showcase what they’ve learnt and achieved over the course of this unit. 

In Literacy, students have continued to learn about various types of poetry and have spent time constructing their own. Poetry helps us in understanding different perspectives - teaching and learning from poetry can help everyone respect and understand the viewpoints of others across the globe. Last week the 5/6 students created a digital ‘Poet’s Portfolio’ that includes handy hints, links and examples of many different poetry styles, including couplet, quatrain, limerick, cinquain, haiku and many more. Over the course of the week, students have explored these poetry styles and have created poems on various topics of their choosing. At the conclusion of the unit, students will choose their favourite poem to enter into the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards which is Australia’s longest running annual poetry competition for school children. Students will be showing their poetry work in a very interesting and creative way on Open Night this Thursday so be sure to come check out the display!

 

In Wellbeing, students discussed the meaning of self-care and the importance of self-care strategies. By incorporating self-care activities into our regular routine, like going for a walk, socialising with friends, listening to music, talking with a trusted person, you give your body and mind time to rest, reset and rejuvenate so you can avoid or reduce stress and anxiety. As such, it is important to check in with yourself to identify how you are currently feeling so you can implement appropriate strategies! What self-care strategies do you implement? Are there strategies you can identify and complete as a whole family activity? 

Have a great week!

The Leadership Centre Teachers

Student Voice

  • Talya S - "I.C.E was exciting because I'm running a group and I can further build on my leadership skills"
  • Russell Y - "Cooking with Bu Mundy has helped us to learn to be safe and efficient in the kitchen"
  • Sienna V- "We explored how fractions and decimals can be placed on a number using a metre ruler and MAB blocks. This made it clearer to locate the numbers)

Reminders

  • Permission for students to view the ABC show 'The School that That Tried to End Racism' (on Sentral)
  • The staff and students of the Leadership Centre would be grateful for tissue box donations
  • A permission notice will come out this week regarding the Sports Gala Day

Pupil of the Week

5/6B: Zoe G -

For demonstrating responsibility and maturity during Wellbeing sessions. Well done on sharing an awareness of your own ideas about self-regulation and how there are various ways we can use self-care to recharge our batteries. Great job Zoe.

 

5/6C: Haoran Q -

For displaying love of learning when investigating different types of poems. Well done on creating an excellent Cinquain related to a character in our class novel. Excellent work, Haoran!

 

5/6D: Elija F -

Well done on using your persistence and teamwork when creating your poem! It has been really impressive to see you settling into a new school and putting in your best effort. Keep up the amazing work Elijah! 

 

5/6EB: Chris Y -

For demonstrating a positive attitude to learning and high levels of engagement throughout our writing unit on poetry. You have been working diligently on your poems and have presented your Poet's Portfolio beautifully. Keep writing and keep up the great work, Chris!

 

5/6W: Witcha C -

For demonstrating the character strengths of love of learning and kindness by engaging in Student-Led Master Classes to teach your peers about fractions and decimals. It is great to see you further develop your leadership in this way. Excellent work, Witcha!