6L have been working with Mrs Cartwright in Art to record their hopes and dreams for the future. Here are their aspirations…

6L Students had the task of investigating a decade in Australia’s history and presenting a poster of the key events.

Here are the finished products:

Before we start out Move to Federation Unit in History the students were each given a decade in Australia’s history to research.

They had to decide on the key events in that decade and create a poster to feature these events. The students then presented their poster and spoke about the key events of the decade to the class.

Here are their posters:

This week during our Reading Group Rotations the students worked in teams to present a Drama item.

They had to create an imaginary invention and then present an advertisement to help sell their product to the class.

Here is the Dahl group presenting their amazing invention called “Robot 999274619999…..”.

The features include:

• Really pretty
• Fully metal with human-like skin
• Rude and offensive

6L will be starting Reader Circles this term and this week they received their new books that they will be studying.

Their first activity was to write a prediction on what they think their book is going to be about.

Many students had heard of the books before (or seen the movie) so they were encouraged to be creative. They did a fantastic job.

Enjoy reading them!

Over the last couple of weeks the students have been working on their Narrative Writing skills.

This week we have discussed the importance of grabbing the reader’s attention so that they want to keep reading our story.

Here are some of the initial ideas from 6L…

Tonight we have our Twilight Market at our school and our class is responsible for the Chocolate Throw Stall. We had to create signs for our stall and I decided to give Shanae and Ashlyn the task of designing and creating them. They are amazing artists with great attention to detail.

They did an amazing job?

Ally helping Ashlyn and Shane to prepare and paint the undercoat.

The finished products!

As part of the Walk to School month the Year 5/6 students took part in a Bike Safety program which helped to develop their understanding of the basic road rules and how to better control their bike. Will (from Year 9 – Victorian State MTB champion) gave us some tips on bike maintenance.

The day began with the students navigating around a course which consisted of stop signs, give way signs, pedestrian crossings and construction zones. Students had to modify their speed to suit the conditions around them.

After recess we then departed on our ride out to Gapsted winery where we rested while we ate our lunch.

It was a beautiful day and the students worked really well together on the ride. Some students achieved some great goals of pushing themselves to complete the ride and become better bike riders in the process.

A big thank you to Graham who drove the support vehicle, as well as Belinda and Louise who came along to help with supervision.

What was your favourite part of the day?

What did you find most challenging?

On the weekend we built a base.

We made it out of wood. We put the poles in the ground first, built the floor and then constructed the walls. While we did the walls we staggered the logs to make a ladder which allows us to sit on the roof and chill.

During a storm a tree fell on the base when it was still a frame so we had to rebuild some parts.

We worked hard on this base and are really proud of how it looks. We are planning to expand further into the bush.

By James and Blake