Spotlight on Learning

Waratah

This term, Stage 3 has been learning about informative writing. Waratah has been focusing on applying feedback to enhance our writing. We have been doing this through evaluating our work through rubrics, checklists and high-level examples. 

This term, Stage 3 students have been learning about Stolen Generations, how it had left a long lasting impact on families and communities, and the brutal treatment children received. We have been writing a historical recount on this significant event and have spent many lessons enhancing our understanding. Stage 3 students have also learned about evaluative language, adverbial phrases and noun groups.  Also, earlier in the term, we wrote an explanation of hydropower, its process and importance. Everyone of us has developed their writing skills through each lesson from our excellent teachers.

Ellie W - Waratah 1

This term we have been focusing on writing a detailed historical recount about the Stolen Generation.

Over the past few weeks, we have been doing peer - checking and reading out each other's writing. When reading aloud, it helps show a diversity of writing. It brings many ideas together as one. It helps us to benefit and take responsibility for our own writing and learning. We get to hear other students writing to help get an idea of a "WAGOLL".

Adrian F - Waratah 3

*WAGOLL (What a Good One Looks Like)

In English we have been learning about factual recounts. We wrote a recount about the stolen generations and how it was important to Australia's history. We have been learning about noun groups, evaluative language and adverbial phrases. Also we did peer feedback so we had a star and a step.

Ashley L - Waratah 3

In English we were learning about historical recounts about the Stolen Generations and we did peer feedback in our classroom. It was so fun listening to other people's stories that they wrote and giving that feedback. The writing I did that l was proud of was my personal story about Doris Pikington and how she escaped from the children's home walking over 1600 kilometres back home.

Nominzaya G - Waratah 3

I did not really know what to expect from my historical recount but when my teacher and peers gave me feedback I knew what I did greatly: for example noun groups and where to improve like recounting the events in order. That's one of the many things that make me proud of this pod.

Adam K - Waratah 3

This term in history we learnt about the Stolen Generations.

The Stolen Generations was a group of people in Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples were being seized by the Australian federal and state government. They were also being taken away from their families. They were put into orphanages through legislation relating to the “ White Australian Policy”. This all started in the early 1900s to the 1970s.It was a tragic time for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Today we acknowledge the traditional owners of the land to say sorry to the people that were involved in the Stolen Generations. This day is known as " Sorry Day ". It doesn't fix the wounds and cuts of the people that were stolen. Although some people haven't been found or reunited with their families, we have learned through our mistakes.

Aarna M - Waratah 2