Level 5 & 6 Wonga Weekly

🌱LITERACY

In literacy this week, students will be reading the text 'The Garden at the End of the World', by Briony Stewart and Cassy Polimeni. The story explores the seed vault in Svalbard and its contribution to ensuring food for the future. Cassy Polimeni will be visiting the school on Wednesday and sharing about the writing process of a published author. Students will also read an informative text about the topic and compare what they find. 

After identifying the types of figurative language used in Cassy's story, students will be implementing her writing style in their own writing.  Additionally, they will be revising their knowledge of persuasive writing techniques to share their opinion about the seed vault and its purpose. 

Literature circles will begin later this week, with students working in a group to discuss their text with the roles that were introduced previously. These roles include:

• Word Wizard
• Discussion Director
• Literacy Luminary
• Summariser
• Clever Connector
• Character Captain

The table below outlines the Language Conventions we will be looking at during our Literacy sessions.

What you can do at home

Help your child to set aside time to read - preferably every night. This will help them build important learning habits. Your child now has access to Reading Eggspress, to help with adding variety to their range of text choices.

🌱MATHS

Students will be building on their understanding of number patterns and identifying algebraic rules that express these patterns and this will involve solving problems involving BODMAS, missing values and balanced equations. 

What you can do at home

Revising these ideas by completing the Mathletics homework would be the best help this week.  

🌱HOMEWORK

- Mathletics - minimum 1000 points from the work that has been set or 20 minutes, 3 to 4 times a week.

- Reading 20 minutes per night, 4 times a week (Reading Eggspress is available)

- Recording events in their student diaries

- Grade 6s will continue working on their Graduation Memory Book. 

📗GRADE 6 MEMORY BOOK

A suggested timeline and high quality examples have  been posted to your child's Showbie account under 'Memory Books'. They have been briefed on the expectations and have been encouraged to follow the suggested timeline where possible. We look forward to seeing their completed books in late Term 4.

The first page should be completed for Prep and students should now be working on Grade 1 and have this completed by Sunday 25th August.

GRADE 5 BUDDY BAGS

The first task in creating their Buddy Bag will be to create a handmade toy or game. The details of this task will be explained in class and will also be uploaded to Showbie for easy access

📚PREMIERS' READING CHALLENGE

Remind your child to upload their reading to their Premiers' Reading Challenge account if you would like them to participate in this challenge.

🌿 DATES

🌱Wednesday 21st August - Author visit, please bring a $2 coin to support this event

🌱Friday 23rd August - Book Week dress-up parade at 9am

🌱Monday 26th August: Pyjama Day (Grade 6 Fundraiser) Cold coin donation please

🌱Friday 30th August - Father's Day Breakfast (more info to come soon)

🌱Monday 2nd - Friday 6th September - Book Fair