Leadership Centre
Curriculum
Halo semuanya (Hello everyone!)
What a busy, yet wonderful week we’ve had in the Leadership Centre! And just like that, we are into our final few days of 2022! Although the end of the year is approaching, we still have many events and activities to look forward to! But first, let’s recap the week that was.
In Mathematics, students have been engaged in ‘3 Act Maths’ activities! This particular open-ended Maths lesson has been highly requested and enjoyed by students, as they find the problems to be very engaging. The lesson structure is as follows:
There are a wide range of focuses for each lesson and the structure can be applied to nearly any concept! Some problems we have solved include ‘The Clapper’, where a person aims to beat the World Record for the most amount of claps achieved in 1 minute. Have a go at home with the videos and links below - Think about: What do you notice and wonder about the clip? What is your estimate? What is a guess that is too low and too high? Don’t forget to think about your reasoning to justify your answers!
ACT 1: SET UP/TUNING IN
How many times will he be able to clap in 1 minute? Estimate.
Write an answer that is too high and too low.
ACT 2: COLLECT DATA, APPLY STRATEGIES AND SOLVE
Click the links below to get some clues that can help you in moving forward with solving this problem
How many times will he be able to clap in 1 minute?
Apply what you know to try and solve the problem.
ACT 3: THE REVEAL AND REFLECTION
How does your answer compare with what actually happened?
What strategies were the most effective?
What would you do differently?
It was so great to see students engaged with our open-ended tasks and taking risks in their learning by applying a range of different strategies to solve the problem. It was also amazing to see students collaborating and even participating in Mini Maths debates to prove their Mathematical thinking and reasoning!
In Writing, students were tasked with the challenge of creating an ‘Instant Plot’ using
Michael Wagner’s ‘Instant Plot Machine’. Back in Term 3, students enjoyed an incursion with author, Michael Wagner, who presented some fun tips and tricks to making writing fun! Using the prompt, ‘My bank account had 1 million dollars’, students thought about what the possible problem could be as well as three different endings. This includes a positive ending, one that may leave the reader questioning what happens next and one that would be considered ironic - something unexpected but in an amusing way! It was great to see students continue to take risks in their writing by including a plot twists, combining genres, varying sentence structure and including interesting vocabulary.
STEP UP
This week is Step Up Week where students will be in their 2023 classrooms from Tuesday to Friday. It will be a very exciting time as we meet our new classes and go to our new classrooms. Your child will arrive to, and be dismissed from, their new classrooms.
Please refer to the ‘Principal’s Message’ in this edition of the newsletter for more information. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s classroom teacher.
Reminders
- Permissions for Graduation and 'End of Year Celebration' Excursions to be completed
- Please note the important dates below
- Tissue Box donations would be greatly appreciated
- Please ensure your child brings their named school hat and working headphones
Important Dates for 5/6 students
- 2023 Leadership applications: Final applicants will present at assembly on Tuesday December 13th. Families are welcome to attend
- Step Up Week: begins Tuesday December 13th ends Friday 16th December
Your child will arrive to, and be dismissed from, their new classrooms. - Year 7 Orientation: Tuesday December 13th
- 2022 Year 6 Graduation: Wednesday December 14th, 6pm start with students to arrive at school at 5pm. See invitation for further information
- End of Year Celebrations: Monday December 19th
- Last day of school: Tuesday December 20th. Final assembly at 12.50pm which will be a farewell to our current Year 6s. Families are welcome to attend. School finished at 1.30pm.
Pupil of the Week
5/6B: Sukriti V -
For demonstrating a love of learning and zest in all areas of school life. You are a wonderful role model to your peers.
5/6C: Ethan K -
For sharing your relevant insights during our 3 Acts of Maths lessons, you made accurate estimations and justified your thinking with prior knowledge.
5/6D: Cooper W -
For demonstrating your strength of kindness when supporting others when they are feeling down. Keep up the great work lifting others up around you!
5/6EB: Harry E-
For demonstrating teamwork and kindness during Bike Ed, fixing chains and bikes and for sharing kind thoughts during our wellbeing lessons.
5/6W: Natasha G -
For always demonstrating a positive growth mindset in everything that you do. Your character strengths of hope and perseverance inspires others around you!