Mr MacGregor has been going on and on about this since Week 2 of this term - our geography presentations in Week 11. Today saw our final, in-class time for student driven research before Week 11. Any other research we're doing will be done in our own time. The timetable for Week 11's presentations are as follows.
Group 5 has been combined with Group 2.
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As we're studying Japan in geography this term, we got the opportunity to experience some unique flavours of Kit-Kat imported from Japan.
Kit-Kats are very popular in Japan. The name, "Kit Kat", sounds very similar to the phrase, "kitto katsu", which translates to, "surely win". Due to this popularity, Kit-Kats come in a wide range of flavours. Students in 5/6M and 5/6P got the opportunity to try a collection of flavours:
We made a collection of video reviews based on our predictions, expectations, experiences and conclusions. Although these are candid reviews, ie we didn't rehearse or have a solid script, we hope you enjoy watching them all the same.
Our first review in front of both classes.
Harmony Day is a day to celebrate Australia's multiculturalism. The day focuses on respect for others, belonging, inclusiveness and to share what we all have in common. Today, we got a different lesson for Harmony Day. To begin, we want you to imagine it is your birthday and you're allowed to choose either one of the gifts below. They're both the same size. When asked which one we'd pick, some chose the pretty wrapped gift and some chose the newspaper-wrapped gift. Some reasons for selecting the pretty gift included:
Decisions, decisions... After discussing and justifying our decisions on which gift we'd choose, it was time to open the gifts to see what was inside of them. SURPRISE! The pretty box that was well presented with gold ribbon was full of rocks! The newspaper-wrapped gift, though, was full of delicious chocolate. This experience also works for choosing the people we call friends. Although someone may wear the best clothes or live in the nicest areas, it doesn't always mean they're nice on the inside. It doesn't matter what colour you are, if you speak with a different accent or where you're from, it's what's inside that counts when making friends. But... what about the chocolate? The newspaper-wrapped gift was full of bags of M&Ms. Why are they in there? What's the best part of an M&M? The chocolate! Where's the chocolate? On the inside! We had one student blindfolded and we challenged them to try and guess what colour M&M they were given when they put it in their mouth. You know what? They couldn't do it. It didn't matter what colour the M&M was on the outside, the yumminess was on the inside. This is a Harmony Day lesson we'll keep with us forever...
We have been looking at how to add and subtract fractions using the butterfly method. Check out some of our 'how to' samples below demonstrating how to use the butterfly method.
As part of the PDHPE, we participate in different types of dance, movements, composition and styles. Today, we played along with Just Dance on YouTube. We had between two and four lead dancers while the rest of us followed on. We danced along to six songs:
One of our weekly writing tasks is to write a brief descriptive passage on a given picture. But no ordinary picture...
Every week, we follow along in a unique drawing lesson by American author, illustrator and artist, Steve Harpster! To tie into our Japanese unit, we looked at Steve's video lesson on how to draw a dragon. Below is a small collection of our dragons. We hope you like them. What is more beautiful than a cherry blossom painted in water paint? TWO cherry blossoms painted in water paint!
Why stop at two? As part of our studies of Japan, we researched some art work on cherry blossom trees and recreated our version based on the inspiration using the iPad app, Paper. Below is a collection of some of our work. These pieces are currently on display in our assembly hall.
Students in 5/6M are studying Japan this term. As part of our end-of-term project, we made a video briefly describing an aspect of Japanese culture - be it a sport, custom, landmark or something similar.
This was also our first step into the realm of green screen videoing. We've heard of it before, but never participated in it until now. How did we make it? We app smashed a number of iPad apps: Green Screen; Intro Designer; Video in Video; and/or iMovie. We're very proud of our first attempts at this type of project and hope you enjoy watching them.
This week, we're working on probability in maths. Theory and introduction aside, we looked at the mathematics involved in pulling out a single card from a collection of eight cards, as well as rolling a ten sided die to see what the chances were to roll a three, five or another number.
After that, we split into pairs and were handed a bag with twenty Skittles in it. Each bag had a random collection of colours. We looked at what colours we had and discussed with our buddy what the chances would be to select each colour. Next, we closed our eyes and randomly selected a Skittle from our bag to see if we picked a Skittle that had a high chance of being selected, low chance, 50:50, or something in between. We took notes on our selections as well. Afterwards, we got to eat the Skittles so we didn't have a lot to pack away. Mathematical Skittles are best Skittles! Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM), more commonly referred to as, STEM, are bi-monthly challenges 5/6M will be taking part in to expand their focus on teamwork with a hands-on solution to problem solving, while having the students troubleshoot their end-products for improvement. This week, students had to find a solution to launch a marshmallow over a given obstacle from a fixed point. The marshmallow then had to land somewhere within a target area for success. We did have videos of our final attempts, but they couldn't be uploaded.
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