Visit to the Art Gallery

Students in Year 6 and 7 travelled into Wangaratta to visit the local Art Gallery. The following exhibitions were running:

  • Justin Andrews – Drawing Time
  • Mandy Gunn – re-source, re-make, re-new
  • From the Land – selection of indigenous art and artefacts

Students were able to walk around and appreciate the various art pieces in the gallery. They were also able to help decorate two large rainbow serpents which were on the floor of the gallery.

http://wangarattaartgallery.com.au/

What was your favourite piece of art and why?

Pen Pals from Vanuatu

Today Miss Zamperoni (a student teacher in our school) told us about a trip she went on to work in a school in Vanuatu. She showed us a video of her visit as well as a slideshow of some of the things she experienced while over there.

She had letters from students in Vanuatu which she handed out to students in 6L. Each student received a letter from a child in Vanuatu. They then had to write their own letter back. Miss Zamperoni is going to send off these letters to the school in Vanuatu so that the students can receive their letters.

What was something you learned about Vanuatu?

Electricity Workstations

Today students worked in groups to move around different stations in the room to investigate different aspects of electricity and energy. Some of the activities were as follows:

READ IT – Read and learn about five different forms of energy and summarise information

CREATE IT – Use a light box and various prisms and mirrors to investigate the concepts of reflect, refract, absorb and transmit.

TECH IT – Watch online videos which teach the principles of electricity and energy.

MATCH IT – Match the label cards to the photos which demonstrate how energy is transferred.

ANALYSE IT – Detect the problem with the circuit diagram and explain how to solve the problem.

EXPLORE IT – Create a circuit using batteries, globes, switches and wires to see how open and closed circuits work. Test different materials in the circuit to decide if they are insulators or conductors.

EXPLAIN IT – Look at the table which covers conduction, convention and radiation and compare and contrast the different features how heat moves.

SORT IT – Sort items into a table to determine if they are insulators or conductors.

What was your favourite activity and why?

What did you learn from this activity?

Clay Crocodile Constructions

Today students had the opportunity to work with a guest ceramist who helped the students sculpt a crocodile out of clay.

The students were exposed to a variety of techniques during the construction phase.

Preps Reading their Writing to Year 6

The Prep students have been achieving some great things in their writing since the start of the year and today we were able to visit their class and hear what they have been doing. Each Year 6 students paired up with a Prep student to see what they have written and hear them read it out.

Once that was done the Year 6 students helped their Prep buddy write a recount about their weekend.