Kids Corner

The “Kids’ Corner” section of our school newsletter provides the opportunity for the children to showcase their talents or communicate something special. 

This fortnight, Amelia (Year 4) and Gargi (Year 5) are sharing their Education Week assembly speech – well done and thank you children as you should be very proud of yourselves!

Hard and Soft Sounds – by Amelia:

Hard and soft sounds are used to enhance and to engage the reader, but how you use it is a whole different way. Hard sounds can give you a fearful trance or it can show anger and some rage. How you use it or some examples are: T, C, G, K, D and P these are the hard sounds. 

The soft sounds are basically opposite the hard sounds and some examples are F, S, T, C, I, G and B. 

Normally the hard sound is related to nightmares or if you are disappointed. Soft sounds are like a lullaby or a sweet blooming flower.

You can use hard and soft sounds in poetry, music and narratives, but just make sure you don’t combine these together because the result is ugly. My example is a soft sound but you can always look at the sound and see the difference, here is an example:

Nature

Florescent green and paradise,

The light fluffer of the wind,

The gentle touch of rain and floating harmony.

The magical world of the sun and the bringing of the moon,

Light violet shades of purple and deep lurking of the rain,

Bewitched vines of red and green.

Deep amber eyes of blue and

Bigger than the rest is my secret family. 

My Mathematics Learning – Gargi (Year 5) 

Good morning teachers, students, and parents! I would like to talk about my mathematics learning journey. As a person I'm incredibly passionate about learning. Ever since Prep I have developed an interest in mathematics. The reason being, the infinite world of numerical problems and solutions. Maths is everywhere and is very applicable to our everyday lives. May it be music, cooking, sports, or the recent elections! A lot of mathematical patterns dictate how things will turn out.

At the moment in maths my challenge is to explain my thinking in more than one way, specifically pictorial. For example, we are learning about the connections between fractions, time and angles.

Recently in maths, we had to answer questions about a map. As a mathematician, I definitely prefer using abstract and mental strategies. But I knew I had to step out of my comfort zone to build on my toolbox of strategies and learn something new. I knew it would take slightly more time, but it was worth it. Using pictorial strategies, one by one, I answered the questions. And I reached the Eureka moment at the end! My YCDI attitude and positive metacognition certainly led me to success.

I hope my speech has inspired you to build onto your knowledge by experimenting with a variety of strategies. Thank you for listening.

Farhan - 1A

Last term I went to India and Singapore. I love them so much. In India my family lives there. In Singapore I went to the airport, there was so much shops. In India there was so many bikes and scooters. In singorie the was Seven Elven and Subway and so much yummy food. In India, it was very hot where we went to Bhubaneswar, Bhawanipatna and Mumbai. I l loved all the places I went in India and Singapore. The aeroplane was so much fun.