Term 1: Week 3 Update

Congratulations to the House Captains for using their imagining and collaboration skills to quickly and efficiently compose an original house chant with their Dee Why counterparts and then teach it to their house team members. This all happened in a short space of time. The chants sounded amazing and congratulations to Dawes for the winning chant and Greenway for a close second. Macarthur was the winning house for the swimming carnival this year. Chisholm's chant was very energetic, too.

The leaders are doing a fabulous job in their various roles in Assembly. Well done to Ella and Lily for their first presentation of the Music Awards. Jamie, Ben M, Tom, Gus, Liberty and Harper P did a fabulous job in their first HOT SEAT for 2020. Being in the limelight can feel uncomfortable and but they showed courage and humility in fulfilling their parts and answering questions which were slightly different from last year. Lily was the Year 6 Kindness Shoutout for the week (as voted by students).

This week students have also been busy building their field knowledge on Cambodia to provide a context around the setting in the novel Little Brother by Allan Baillie. They collaborated in groups of 3 to divide the task and presented their findings in Google Slides. We are creating a display wall using their information including some statistics, a timeline and images relating to the novel. The novel study activities will commence next week.

We have also started our Geography Unit: A Diverse and Connected World - The Mystery of Asia. As we tapped into our prior knowledge and understanding of continents and countries, students wondered where the border lay between Europe and Asia. This is a great start point to the inquiry process. Geography lessons are integrated with Information Services (Library) with Miss Willis.

In Art with Mrs Hall, students are learning how to create a portrait using Picasso cubism techniques.

I invited Mrs Ruiz in as a guest and expert speaker this afternoon to talk to the students about the Graduation Diploma. It was a wonderful opportunity for students to ask questions and share their ideas. It was also very encouraging that many students have already started to think about their major project. I will touch base with each student over the coming weeks to discuss their ideas for the project and community service.

Students need to bring a draft print out of their Personal Learning Goals on Monday so that I can give them some feedback before the due date. Have a wonderful weekend!