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St. John First Aid

Students in the grade 5/6 cohort participated in an hour long CPR course with St. John First Aid. Students discussed the DRABCD process, checking for danger and calling triple zero. All students demonstrated competency in providing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation to a mannequin. Students were engaged and intrigued by the level of fitness required to fulfil this lifesaving skill but performed well in the simulated scenario. Well done grade 5’s and 6’s! 

Kylie Doyle - 5-6 Teacher

Grades 5 & 6 Poetry

“Grade 5/6 students have been exploring the wonderful world of poetry. In our Free Verse unit, students experimented with poetic devices including; human emotion, powerful repetition, personification, rhyme and stanzas to create their own pieces. Below are three grade 6 student examples of two free verse poems and one limerick”.

War

The sky roared with anger,

As did the soldiers around.

Charging against each other,

The sound of gunshots filled the air.

The place became cold,

As the land was abused by those around.

Bloodshed, tears, shouting and bodies became the only noticeable thing,

As the dirty blood covered the once clean ground.

Gloomy clouds covered the beautiful sky and sun,

Drops of water fell down to the ground,

As did the blood of the soldier’s wounded bodies.

Both were washed away,

Draining into the earth,

Where the roses once grew,

Where the animals once feasted.

By Phoebe Parsons 5/6B

Fate

There once was a bee,

Who was on the flee

From a nasty trap

That would soon go snap.

Oh, how it wished to be free!

By Katherine Walker 5/6B

Anxiety

I feel restless, I feel tense, I’m just anxious.

I can’t stop my legs from shaking.

It just won’t stop bumping up and down.

It comes over me so quick I don’t even have time to slow my thoughts down.

I know that you probably think that I’m being dramatic when I see something and I panic.

But I’m not,

I just can’t seem to stop my legs from shaking.

My palms go sweaty, my body gets heavy, my head starts to spin, my thoughts start to scream at me.

I get restless at 3am and my eyes just won’t close.

I hear a bang in my house and I can’t move I just go weak.

It could be the smallest things that make me feel in danger.

I hate starting conversation with any random stranger.

I feel restless, I feel tense, I’m just anxious.

By anonymous, grade 6