Leadership Centre
Curriculum
Wow! Time is flying by in Term Four and it is already Week 7! It was amazing to see all of the speeches during the public speaking competition that ran last week on the Tuesday. A big thank you to Ms. Chooi for organising the amazing day!
In Writing sessions last week, students were busy early in the week focusing on their grammar skills with lots of mini-focus sessions. Later in the week, we had the opportunity to put all of these skills into practice when creating a narrative piece for our Big Write. This was an awesome opportunity to also apply some of the risk-taking that we have been working on throughout the year as well. Next week, students will begin to create advertisements for their Guided Inquiry projects!
Throughout our reading sessions, students have been working hard to investigate different authors and their writing styles. When looking at the writing styles we also investigated characterisation and compared and contrasted characterisation between different authors. During small focus sessions, we even spent some time investigating the personal lives of different authors and discussed how their life experiences could impact their writing styles. Next week we will continue to compare and contrast different authors in depth.
During Mathematics sessions last week, students explored concepts around opportunity and opportunity cost and how businesses try and take these into consideration when coming up with a business strategy. Later in the week, we began to create business plans for our Guided Inquiry projects. It was awesome to see the students investigating all of the different aspects of their business and start to investigate loans and repayment rates.
It was amazing to see so many 3D-printed projects created in Tinkercad for Guided Inquiry over the past week. We have unfortunately experienced some setbacks with the printing of these 3D projects, but hopefully, the printers will continue to operate successfully to allow us to print more student-designed products over the coming weeks! We can’t wait to see all of the finished 3D-printed products!
Have a wonderful week!
The Leadership Centre Team
Student Voice
- Oliver LW - “It was so good to get my print back!”
- Vanessa C - “Lord Of The Rings has been a good book, it is really interesting!”
- Indi P - “It has been pretty cool to design and print my creation with the 3D printer!”
- Ayanna C - "It was actually pretty challenging to make the 3D print design work!”
- Kayden, Matthew & Blake - “Mr Dix is unstoppable at two square!”
Reminders
- Tissue Box donations would be greatly appreciated
- Please ensure your child brings their named school hat
Pupil of the Week
5/6B: Raiden T -
Well done on using creativity and teamwork when putting together your Business Plan in Guided Inquiry. You worked collaboratively with your team to decide on the cost and investments you were seeking to fund your business. Well done!
5/6C: Elena A -
For working hard during mini Maths Masterclasses when solving percentage discounts for different items. It has been great to watch you use different strategies, such as converting to fractions, to solve for 10%, 25% and 50%. Excellent work, Elena!
5/6D: Grace H -
Well done on using your strength of leadership to organise and support the future Let’s TALK mentors. It has been awesome to see your leadership skills flourish over the year when you have supported your peers!
5/6EB: Chris Y -
For demonstrating creativity and love of learning during her preparation for the Public Speaking competition. Chris, you have a natural ability to capture an audience… when you speak, we all listen. Congratulations on all your success during the Public Speaking competition, especially finishing 2nd in the Interschool competition! Excellent work!
5/6W: Arnav C -
For demonstrating love of learning throughout Mini Masterclasses. It was great to see you apply the formula to solve problems involving interest and readily involve yourself in peer teaching. Fabulous work, Arnav!