News from Year 5/6

RSL ANZAC Day Schools Ceremony

Will

This week at school we went to the RSL for an ANZAC Day ceremony. The ceremony was good, and every school did something. They told a bunch of stories of army veterans that saved a bunch of lives and really, really wanted to join the army. Then we had sausages and soft drink after. We played with friends from other schools.

Bennett

On the 6-5-26, 5/6 SU was split up, with the 6’s going to an ANZAC ceremony at the RSL, and the 5’s having a sub. When we got there, we had to wait a little, with a bagpipe player to listen to in the background. When we started, there were some speeches, featuring Cindy McLeash and Aaron Violi, then the different schools did their things, we placed our poppies and wreaths and there were some poems, like In Flander’s Fields by UYSC students. After the main event, we were given sausages in bread and soft drinks, and told to mingle. Then we went back to school and continued as normal!

Joe

This week at school, we went to the RSL for an Anzac ceremony, and we were there for 3 hours. There were soldiers who stood for the whole ceremony after we had sausages in bread and soft drinks. We met up with phoenix and i had a great time.

Parker :)

On the 6th of May, Wednesday, the Year 6s went to the Upper Yarra RSL for an ANZAC ceremony which was led by Wesburn Primary. We caught the bus there and picked up yarra junction along the way once we got there we borrowed a tarp because the ground was wet then we waited for a little and got a fake poppy then the ceremony started. The asked the soldiers to come and they marched to these like concrete spots and stood thre for the whole thing still then We sat there for a while and we listened to so veterans tell some storys and Aron Violi and Cindy Mcleash told some stories then some schools read some things then we got to take a poppy to put it on this rock wall outside then they played the last post followed by the national anthem. After that we got a photo then we got sausages an soft drinks and ran around with da boys and Phoenix who goes to woori now then we went back to school at 12:30. 

Zac 

This week on a wednesday we went to the rsl for a ANZAC we hop on a bus and went there. When we got there we helped put a tarp up and sat there someone that was in vietnam told us about the rainy nights and were thay got shot at and somone was in the navy then we got sausage in bread.

Noah

RSL ANZAC DAY ceremony

On Wednesday morning we got picked up by a bus and then we picked up Yarra Junction primary school to go to Westburn RSL. We got dropped off and put down a tarp. We shared the tarp with upper yarra secondly collage and waited for a bit for it to start. Wesburn primary school ran the ceremony first people told us stories about the war then four soldiers marched out after the ceromony we got a sausage  and a can of soft drink and went back to school.

Cooper

ANZAC Ceremony at the RSL

Yesterday the grade 6’s went to the Upper Yarra RSL for an ANZAC Ceremony. There were soldiers holding guns. They stood for a really long time. We put poppies on the wall to remember the fallen soldiers. After the ceremony we got a sausage in bread and got to play on the playground.  

Lacey

On Wednesday, the sixth of May, the grade sixes from all around the Yarra Valley went to the R.S.L (Returned Services League) for a ANZAC ceremony. At the R.S.L there were returned war veterans, Cindy McLeish, Aaron Violi, and REAL current soldiers. There were also tons of different schools, such as Seville P.S. (primary school), Don valley P.S, Woori Yallok P.S, Wesburn P.S, Yarra Junction P.S, Warburton P.S, and a couple of Upper Yarra students. Then we sat down and listened to some students read preprepared scripts, and  war verarans telling their stories about what it was like to be forced to go to the army at a very young age sometimes as young as 14. Afterwards we got some sausages in bread and a can of soft drink, and we got to have a bit of a play. I spent my time chatting with ms durrant who used to work at our school, some people I knew out of school.  i had a chat to the soldiers, they look all mean and serious but they are actually really nice. I and a few other people got a soldier to sign the back of our badge. A kind man was also handing out little bears but there wasnt enough for everybody so we were only able to get 5 bears for 14 kids so mr boyhan is going to pulls names out of a hat to decide wh gets some. My highlight of the day was probably the soldiers.   

RSL ANZAC Ceremony–by Parker Hobbs

Yesterday on the 5/5/26 we went to the RSL ANZAC Ceremony. The ceremony was great there were soldiers with real guns who marched up and stood in a pisition the whole time, one of the soilders where moved off and replaced by another soldier I didn’t really see what happend but he looked a bit wobbley when he was taken off. The veterens and the people who worked for the state or something said some thing. The actual war veterans talked about some of the battles the served in as well as ones they didn’t all the schools had something to do I didn’t do anything but some kids did. After the ceremony we got some sausages in bread with a can of Kirks. Me and a few of my friends got the back of our badges signed by some of the real soldiers. We had to go on a whole scavenger hunt to find a pen to get our badges signed. After that it was time to go and that was it.

OLIVER

This week on Wednesday we went to the RSL for an ANZAC day ceremony. We left at 9:45am and picked up Yarra Junction Primary School, and they were very loud. Then we finally got a move on and when we arrived there there was plenty of time to sit around and just talk to your friends. Then it started and everyone said there script and then after three hours we finished and we got to ask current solders questions and we had a sausage sizzle everyone got a fizzy drink and i chose my water and everyone whent just a little bit crazy and then we packed up and this old soldier walked up to us and gave Mr Boyhan some teddy bears and the were dessed as solders and we headed back to school and that was our day.

Maddi

ANZAC at the Upper Yarra RSL

On the 6th of May 2026. The grade six students went up to the RSL we went on the bus and we picked up Yarra Junction Primary School. I saw people from my netball team. There were 7 or 8 other schools there. Each school got to lay a wreath for their school, I got to lay ours with Joe. We had sausages in bread and soft drink for lunch and got to play in the playground before catching the bus back to school.  

ANZAC R.S.L ceremony 

Yesterday we went to the R.S.L for a ANZAC ceremony.

We sat down for the ceremony there were soldiers with rifles i didnt know if they were real or not .After the ceremony we had lunch we had sausages in bread they had soft drinks to .After we ate we got to play. I saw people from my cricket team and people from other sports. After that we got on the bus and went to school . 

AMELIA H!

ANZAC day at Upper Yarra R.S.L…………

On the 6th of May, 2026. The grade six students from the Upper Yarra district came to the R.S.L for an army memorial. St josephs shared a bus with Yarra Junction Primary school. Once we all rocked up, we all sat down with our picnic mats infront of the memorial. We sat down and waited for the ceremony to start. Once it started, the ex-soldiers marched in. Everyone was listening to all of the other schools speak and then Maddi and Joe took the wreath up and layed it down in honor to our school. After we layed down the poppies, it was my turn to speak.

 I went up and Aaron Violi gave me a sheet of paper to read the prayer of Saint Francis off of. I was very nervous but apparently I was good so I was very overjoyed.

After the ceremony we had Sausages and Soft Drinks! It was very good and we got to say “hello” to the soldiers.

One of them had the cutest baby and she was very cute and little!

Then we got to play for a little bit on the playground and me and Lacey were just doing cartwheels and handstands.

Then we saw Mrs Durrant and she was doing well!

She is now at Warburton Primary school and she is the Wellbeing teacher/leader.

The soldiers then signed our school badges with a pen but it had to be on the back of them.

I think everyopne enjoyed it! It was fun! But then we had to go back to school….(*cry cry)

Year 5 learning about the week...

Lily

Our day when the year 6’s went on an   excursion to the RSL

 Bye Liliana!

Bye bye year 6’s and of they went our day was great we had a teacher thet we had never had before and her name was Ms N and she was really nice and also really chill. She was the best! 

She also did our spelling then our little activity that we did about gold mining. Basically you just had to red the story and then use that story bit to answer the questions and then you were done. It was play after that so we got our lunch and sat down and munched away until the music went to go back inside. After that all we had to do was My Literacy and then the year 6’s came back and that was our wonderful day!

 Thanks for listening everyone!                         

Quinn 

Blooket

On Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday we played a booklet so on Monday for maths we did a math booklet where we answered questions and it was a maths theme. It was about fractions and what number was bigger than the other. It went for 7mins and I got 13th place. We did a game mode when you answer a question and if you get it wrong you get nothing if you get it correct you get gold you can either swap with players or take 25% from them or lose gold or get more gold and on Tuesday we did a battle one were you can get upgrades and get points and when you get enough you get a question you get monsters from fighting and the person with the most points wins and it lasted 7 mins and we did the gold one on Wednesday.

Marlee

Our week: Blooket 

This week for math we play Blooket  it was for fractions with\  these < > i forgot what there called but we were doing blooket about it. I came 11,14,5,9 im not that good but shhhh the math was like this (what the biggest number 12 or 45)  i picked <. And then the game was over i came 11th. And then we stoped for eating time :) 7

Henry

Yesterday, on May 6th, the year 6’s went to the RSL in Wesy and the 5s stayed at school.

When the 6’s left the 5’s got given some work to do. We had to read the book that we were reading for ten min then write a recount about what happened so far. Then we had to do a gold rush worksheet then we had to make sideshow with ‘hood’ words. I finished all that right at eating time the the 5’s went out to play. Once we came back inside we finished the rest of the work which was ‘My Numrecy’. After we finished that we got to some games on our computers. Then the 6’s came back at 12:30 after that it was a normal day. THE END 

May 6, 2026 - Samson

Yesterday, we stayed at school because the grade 6’s went to the RSL for an ANZAC day thingy. When the year 6’s left, then next we started doing a bit of our work that was 10 minutes of reading. Then after we finished that we had to write a review on the book. It was actually quite fun because i was reading in the quiet corner with a few of my friends. Then we did this activity where we did a worksheet on the life on the victorian gold fields. That was one of my favorite activities of the day, I dont know why but it was actually really fun. Then we had about 10 - 15 minutes to work on a slideshow that had all the hood words in it. I did it quite quickly because I’m quite good at poster making so yeah. Then after I finished that I had a bit more time because I was really quick so I played a small bit of Blooket on my own. Then we had some fruit and we went out to play where most people including me played soccer. Then we moved onto maths where we did essential assessment and i got a trophy and that was my last my numeracy lesson so yeah that was good.

3D Shape

This week in Mathematics, the Year 5/6 students have been exploring 3D shape nets. While this can be a challenging topic, students have shown great persistence and curiosity as they investigated how 2D shapes can fold together to create 3D objects.

Using a range of hands-on manipulatives, including digital activities on the computers, concrete 2D shapes, and paper cutting and folding tasks, students have been experimenting with different nets and discovering which designs successfully form 3D shapes. It has been wonderful to see students problem-solving, collaborating, and learning through trial and error.