Student of the Week Merit Awards

Friday 26th May 2023

Class	Student	Achievement
FJ	Jacob	In recognition of the interest he displays during our spelling lessons. Jacob loves to explore whether words belong to the same word family or not. Keep up the great learning, Jacob!
FL	Ethan	In recognition of always helping others and having an enthusiastic approach to all learning areas. Well done Ethan!
FN	Isabelle	In recognition of her outstanding effort in listening to the sounds within words when she is writing them down. You use your letter card to help you and try your best.
1A	Mayra	In recognition of her outstanding persistence, focus, and creativity in our Writing sessions. Mayra, your writing ideas keep blowing my sock off!
1K	Ezra	In recognition of his excellent team work while completing our Inquiry task this week. Keep it up, Ezra.
1GH	Samir	In recognition of the effort he put into his reading response about the text titled ‘Blackberries’, and his improved reading overall. Keep trying hard Samir!
2JR	Thomas	In recognition of the effort that he uses for the presentation of his work. Thomas always takes his time and uses his very best handwriting. Well done Thomas!
2G	Jack	In recognition of the great text-to-text connection he made after reading ‘Gallipoli’ in class. It’s great to see you still using comprehension strategies that we learned last term- fantastic effort Jack!
2S	Julian	In recognition of staying focussed during writing time. You have written a brilliant innovation on text based on “Are You My Mother? and shared your story with the class. You also wrote a creative comic in EAL. Well done!
3E	Seb	In recognition of his enthusiasm and fantastic effort in our inquiry unit this term. Seb helped his team build a skyscraper from Japan that would withstand an earthquake. Great work Seb!
3BM	Aaron	In recognition of your star quality newspaper rolling skills! You did a fantastic job for your inquiry group, rolling so many ‘beams’, keeping them all the same size and shape. Your effort helped your group make the best skyscraper from Japan.
4J	Rebecca	In recognition of her wonderful efforts during reading and writing. Rebecca has been working extremely hard to learn about cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution, even when the content is challenging. Well done, Rebecca!
4WT	Lucas	In recognition of his positive attitude and commitment to his learning. You are always active in our whole class discussions, offering your thoughts and opinions as well as asking insightful questions when processing the content. You are a wonderful role model for 4WT!
5CB	Jaden	In recognition of his resilience when returning back to school after a medical procedure and getting on with his positive work attitude to school.
5Y	Amelia Millen	In recognition of the manner in which you applied your learning about the 1850s Victorian gold rush to your character profile writing task. You have included some excellent detail and engaging anecdotes.Thank you for sharing your writing with us! Great job, Amelia! The manner in which you applied your learning about the 1850s Victorian gold rush to your character profile writing task. You have included some excellent detail and engaging anecdotes. Thank you for sharing your writing with us! Fantastic job, Millen!
6N	Ayson	In recognition of the precision and care with which he created an enlargement of a cartoon cell, using a scale factor of two, during our Location & Transformation unit. Great work, Ayson!!
6Y	Lauren Kayla Jake	In recognition of her dedication to the cross-country event run. Lauren has practised daily at home in preparation for the event and joined the lunch-eating time runs around the oval (with a smile on her face). Good Luck in Divisional! In recognition of her positive attitude in Maths. Her results and progress in Number and Algebra are evidence of her hard work and perseverance to learn and apply the maths concepts. Well done! In recognition of his participation in the Year 5 and 6 STEM Incursion, where he completed all the problem solving activities. This was followed up by creating his first circuit in STEM. Well done!
PERFORMING ARTS	Eva 1K	In recognition of the fun and excitement she displayed in Performing Art whilst making storm soundscapes with body and instrumental percussion for dynamics.
VISUAL ARTS	Olivia 3E Cloris 3BM	In recognition of the effort she put into her butterfly design in Visual Art, and the beautiful symmetrical wings. In recognition of the effort she put into her fairy design in Visual Art, and the beautiful symmetrical wings.
PE	Thomas 5Y	In recognition of his outstanding effort scoring an outstanding 11.7 on the beep test. Congratulations Thomas. You have a high level of fitness. Keep up the great work!
STEM	Liam 1A	In recognition of listening well, staying focussed, asking good questions and working to the best of his ability during the testing eyes experiment.
Specialist Trophy: 4 J

Friday 2nd June 2023

Class	Student	Achievement
FJ	Annie	In recognition of her wonderful reading. Annie learnt 2 new high frequency words and then used her knowledge to read a book called ‘At the Gym.’ Fantastic learning, Annie!
FL	Alex	In recognition of your care and love of reading. When reading you practise your strategies including sounding out, looking for chunks that you know and using the picture. Keep it up Alex, you are a fantastic reader!
FN	Vicky	In recognition of making FN such a happy place with your constant positivity, smile and laughter. We have loved having you in FN and we will miss you a lot. FN wishes you all the best Vicky.
1A	Aaron	In recognition of his outstanding commitment to improving his writing. The energy, thinking, and learning you bring to our writing sessions make you an amazing role model. Congratulations!
1K	Aiden	In recognition of his positive and dedicated attitude towards all areas of learning. You are a great role model to your peers, Aiden!
1GH	Isla Brandon	In recognition of her improved writing stamina this week and independently completing some fabulous pieces. Keep up the great effort Isla! In recognition of his imaginative narrative, ‘The Big Red Pokémon and Pikachu’, showing his developing knowledge of this text structure, word choice and spelling. We’re so proud of you Brandon!
2JR	Adhiya	In recognition of always demonstrating the school values. Adhiya consistently treats all students with respect and takes care of her belongings in the classroom. Well done Adhiya!
2G	2G	In recognition of looking after the classroom while Miss Gabriele is away on camp. Thanks for being such a responsible group of students 2G!
2S	Lizzie	In recognition of the improvements you have made with your writing and your wonderful illustration in our class book. Keep up the great work Lizzie!
3E	Callum	In recognition of his enthusiastic and positive nature inside and outside the classroom. Callum upholds our school values at all times and is a wonderful role model for all. Keep it up Callum!
3BM	Evelyn	In recognition of the way you focus during class discussions. You always think of interesting questions to ask and happily share your thoughts and ideas. Keep it up Evelyn!
4J	Thomas	In recognition of his efforts during writing times. Thomas has worked successfully to record information that includes the nonfiction elements of cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution. Well done, Thomas!
4WT	Paris	In recognition of her optimistic attitude towards all aspects of school. Paris tries her best, no matter what. She asks for help when she needs it, and is always ready to help others too. Thank you for being such a positive influence in 4WT!
6N	Jayden	In recognition of taking on feedback about his written responses to texts, and making a huge effort to improve. Jayden is recording his thinking in more detail and according to suggested structure. Keep up the good work.
6Y	Ethan & Ethan	In recognition of generating excellent discussion about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during reciprocal reading. Thankyou for your ideas and questions.
PE	David 3BM	In recognition of the wonderful effort you display each week in PE. You are a pleasure to teach David. Keep up the great work!
STEM	Rachelle FJ	In recognition of her enthusiasm in STEM. Rachelle listens well, cooperates with others and is a keen participant in class discussions. You are a great role model to your peers Rachelle!