Leadership Centre

Curriculum

Selamat siang!

It was another busy week of Remote Learning for the students. We are very proud of the commitment students showed to their Remote Learning, completing and handing in the slides each day. It is great to see the enthusiasm and engagement continue and we are very, very excited for the return to on-site learning. 

For Wellbeing, students completed a range of activities around gratitude, gender norms and cyber-safety. Completing gratitude sentence starters such as “Something I am grateful for, right now is…” and “Something that made me laugh this week was…” allows students the opportunity to recognise and appreciate the good things that they have or are happening around them. We continued our unit on gender norms and the influence they have on people. Students were given the opportunity to provide their opinion on a range of facts about current gender norms and note the impact this may have on our society. Students also discussed in their morning zooms the important cyber-safety topic of group chats and the risks and tips that are important when engaging in group chats.

In Literacy, students began writing their speeches for the MPRPS Public Speaking competition. This year, the Leadership Centre students are responding to the topic: “What happiness means to me…” They brainstormed a range of different ideas around the meaning of happiness and used mind-maps to record their ideas on. Students also began experimenting with different ways to introduce their speeches, with the focus about being able to capture the audiences’ attention through an anecdote, catchy joke or phrase or through emotive language. We also tasked the students to incorporate the 5 W’s (Who, When, Where, What, Why) within the body of the speeches as a strategy to add specific detail to the points they make about happiness.  

In Maths, we finished our Division unit with the students impressing their teachers with their understanding through Essential Assessment. We also continued our exploration of Statistics where the students interpreted and analysed a range of statistical data representations such as pictographs, dot plots, side by side column graphs and stem and leaf plots. During our Maths focused sessions, we were able to provide students the opportunity to use their “I can statements” that were mentioned last week, to set their Maths goal for Term 4. We are really excited to see the students use these “I can statements” as their goal over the next few weeks and we look forward to the independence, critical thinking and accountability these will bring.    

Have a great week!

The Leadership Centre Teachers

Reminders 

• Start getting prepared for a return to on-site learning for this Friday - hats, drink bottle, sunscreen, mask.
• Please check your emails for a Calendly invite regarding student assessment.
• Year 6 Graduation: We are asking that 3 toddler/baby photos are sent to gradesixgraduation@gmail.com   
• If your child attended another school before Mount Pleasant then please submit any school photos (correctly labelled with the year would be appreciated). Thank you.

Student Voice

• My favourite learning task to do last week was Science because I learnt many new things about why Shock Absorbers are used, why they are needed and how I can build one without any instructions (By Using Creativity). - Samanvi K
• My favourite thing to do last week is writing speeches for the public speaking competition because it’s good to reflect on what you’ve done after you’ve written the speech and edit it. - Ollie C 
• The BTN task for Reading was fun to watch and really informative about whats happening everywhere in the world. Pearl J

Pupil of the Week

5/6B: Sukriti K -

For displaying the character strengths of love of learning and humour towards both your learning tasks and our morning check-in zooms. You have shown great commitment to being positive and embracing the learning challenges Remote Learning has brought and always tried to lighten up peoples moods. Well done Sukriti!

5/6C: Jude O -

For your overall engagement this term, Jude! You have worked particularly well in your writing this week and I look forward to listening to your completed oral presentation on 'What happiness means to me' - Keep it up, Jude!

5/6SB: Shriya -

Well done Shriya for challenging yourself when working through Stem and Leaf plots in Maths. You demonstrated a love of learning when completing the tasks. Keep up the great effort!

5/6W: Claire S -

For demonstrating a growth mindset when completing the Space STEM Challenge. You thought creatively and innovatively when making your Shock Absorber. It is clear that you thought critically about a range of design solutions! Great work, Claire!