Leadership Centre

Curriculum 

Halo semuanya - hello everyone!

Another busy and fun week in the Leadership Centre as we continued our learning journey. This week we became creative marketers, media critics and even became our own auto-biographers. You might be asking how? Read on to find out! 

For Guided Inquiry this week, students began the final part of our unit on Ethics and Emotions by exploring a range of ideas around Identity and in particular their own. Just like an auto biographer, students were required to self-reflect on their own lives and in particular positive words that describe them. Instead of writing their own biographies however, students put these words into a crossword and began developing ideas that they will use to create their own t-shirt design depicting the pictures, words and symbols that show All About (Them). We can’t wait to see the results! A reminder for your children to bring in a plain white T-shirt that they will be able to draw on for this activity!

In Writing, students continued to explore different persuasive techniques. As mentioned last week, they began using colours, language, and other visual elements to create their own tourism advertisements. This week they continued to explore these creative marketing skills and finalised their advertisements with links demonstrating their understanding of the persuasive techniques being used! Which destination might you be travelling to in the upcoming Easter school holidays? See below.

Reading sessions this week involved students practising the skills of evaluating and identifying the persuasive techniques used in a range of different pieces of media. Students explored visuals from media pieces about the Australian floods of 2011 and 2022 and analysed the persuasive techniques in these videos. They also investigated how different linguistic elements in newspaper articles can have a persuasive effect on the reader. It’s important to recognise when someone is trying to persuade you! If you know it is happening, you can use common sense to help you form opinions and make decisions. 

In Mathematics, students continued to expand on their knowledge of Place Value and Money. To begin the week, classes continued to engage themselves in respective Maths Masterclasses where they learned a range of different Mathematics concepts involving Place Value and Money. In each of the remaining maths sessions, a range of different fermi questions were tasked to students. A “Fermi Question” asks for a quick estimate of a quantity that seems difficult or impossible to determine precisely. Fermi's approach to such questions was to use common sense and rough estimates of quantities to piece together a ball-park value. A couple of examples of the Fermi questions posed were: 1) How many people could you fit into the classroom? How many soccer balls? and 2) How old are you if you are a million seconds old? A million hours old?  A million days old? 

We are looking forward to seeing you all in the upcoming three-way conferences.  

Have a wonderful week,

Mrs Brisbane, Miss Walker, Miss Campbell, Ms Bennetts, Mr Burrill and Mr Dix 

NAPLAN - Year 3 and 5

To ensure a smooth transition for the upcoming NAPLAN tests in May, students in Years 3 and 5 will undertake a practice test in late March (date TBC). The data from the practice test will not be used for assessment purposes but to familiarise students with the format. Over the next week or two, please ensure all students in Years 3 and 5 have downloaded the NAP Locked Down Browser App or have updated it to its latest update. 

Reminders

• Free Dress Day as part of Harmony Week 25th March - dress in heritage colours, traditional clothing, or the colours of the Aboriginal / Torres Strait Island Flags
• Camp Payments
• Plain white, labelled t-shirts by the 25th of March 
• 3 Way Conferences 
• Guided Inquiry Showcase afternoon- Wednesday 30th @ 2:45pm in the courtyard 

Pupil of the Week

5/6B: Edith I -

Well done Edith on demonstrating a love of learning and a dedication to up-leveling your work during Writing sessions this week. You reflected on the feedback provided to you and engaged in your own gallery walk to see how you could improve the persuasive elements in your writing. Excellent Edith. 

5/6C:  Ivy S -

For creating an engaging and persuasive still advertisement for Jervis Bay. You challenged yourself to include a range of persuasive devices, including colour theory and provided quality feedback to your peers. Impressive Ivy! 

5/6D: Jenny C -

Amazing work using your strength of leadership when supporting others to make a Let's TALK presentation! I look forward to seeing you continue to support others through the program. Just awesome Jenny! 

5/6EB:  Laura M -

For using your character strengths of bravery and perseverance when tackling challenges in your learning. You have worked productively to complete activities and have consistently demonstrated a positive attitude in the classroom. Lovely work, Laura!

5/6W: Riley G -

For demonstrating a high level of commitment to include a range of descriptive language in your writing Riley. It has been great to see you reflect and act on teacher and peer feedback to further improve your writing. Keep up the fantastic work, Riley!