DANCE PARTY
Room 18's Dance Party was a huge success. The children had a lot of fun dancing up a storm and topping the year off with a wonderful party. Well done to Tessa, Charlotte, Kobe and Daniel who were all recognised by Humphreys Dance and the teachers for their effort and skill. Each received a gold medal. Congratulations also to Aadidev who received the Book Award and to Oliver who received the Values Certificate.
MATH-MAGICIANS
We love doing extensions and challenging work in Room 18 and recently Miss Daquino set some extension work that proved to be just that, a challenge. These students set about logically working their way through the sum and managed to solve it using a variety of methods. Miss Daquino was really impressed with the application of their mathematical skills and their perseverance to get through the challenge. Well done to you all.
FISHY BUSINESS
Tessa and Neve were hard at work today ensuring that our class pets, Midnight and Spongebob have a nice clean tank to call home. The students are loving having the fish in class and they enjoy taking turns to be the responsible fish feeders of the week. Kobe is one of the fish feeders this week so he gets to work at the desk, on the teacher's chair.
Room 18 are currently working on their very own story of a moral, inspired by a Dreamtime Story read to them this week. Sarah and Lucy were off to a great start. Here is the beginning of their work. We can't wait to see the finished product.
POETRY AWARD WINNER
A huge congratulations to Nelia who won the City of Kalamunda Creative Writing and Digital Art Competition Under 18 Poetry Category Award. Nelia entered her poem "The Enlightening" which was inspired by learning about Helen Keller. The theme was "The Change" and Nelia instantly thought about the change that was made when Helen Keller began to learn sign language from the first moment when water gushed over her hand. Her poem will be published in a community anthology and distributed across the City of Kalamunda. Well done, Nelia. What a tremendous achievement!
MISS DAQUINO
Hello
again, Miss Daquino here.
I am delighted to be back in Room 18 for my second
professional placement this year. I’m especially looking forward to discovering
the wonderful works of Shaun Tan by introducing the children to the text ‘The
Rabbits.’ I am eager to work alongside the children as we slowly uncover the
deeper meaning this text has to offer. Over the course of my placement (weeks
5-7) the children will be completing a unit of work related to concepts and
themes that unravel throughout the text. Exciting weeks ahead for Room 18.
Well done to all of the students who put their hand up to take on the role of being an MC at the Year 6 Graduation. We had close to 20 students who tried out for the role and it was incredibly difficult to narrow it down. Six children from Room 18 were then selected to present on Wednesday afternoon. Good luck to all of you but no matter what happens, everyone who tried out should be very happy about their effort, and also happy for the children who make it.
VALUES
We have recently had a lot of great discussions and lessons in class around the value of 'Gratitude.' Being thankful for all of the little things that we have in our lives as well as the people and places. We have learnt that it is important to be grateful for what we have. Here are some of the children's responses, and their 'gratitude attitude':
"I am grateful for the privilege of participating in a range of sports in the afternoons," Alyssa.
"I am grateful for having an amazing education at an awesome school," Krissy.
"It is wonderful to have food to eat and I really love all the food that my mum makes for our family," Luqman.
"I am very grateful for having a loving family because they are the people who give me courage, and they're a great support when I feel lonely as they are always there to help me out." Yusuf
"I am grateful to be able to go to school everyday. At school we get a great education and I get to see my friends everyday." Grace
"I am grateful to come to a great school and get a fantastic education. I love playing football at lunch with my friends and I am thankful to be able to play a good game each day." William
With a lot happening at this time of the year, it is quite easy to lose sight of gratitude. We explored feelings of jealousy and how from time to time we can feel jealous due to competitiveness, friendships, opportunities, siblings etc. It is important to learn that we all become jealous from time to time but there are some healthy and unhealthy ways of dealing with it. Some of the healthy ways that the children came up with were:
* Managing our emotions healthily - making calm, wise choices and being mindful of how we're feeling.
* Reminding ourselves of our positive traits.
* "Just keep swimming," famously stated by Dory.
* Being happy for others successes and not getting caught up in the 'Tall Poppy Syndrome.'
* Learning from jealousy and being able to 'let it go.'
* Don't compare yourself with others and be confident.
As you can see, there are some really wise ideas and strategies created by the children of Room 18.
PROJECT TIME - Super Scientist & Sustainable Home
There are two projects taking place this term. The first is the Super Scientist project, based on a report within the Biological Science area. This is not an experiment or investigation. Students can use power point, posters, charts etc to assist their presentation. Our class presentations will be held in Week 4 of this term as the whole school presentation has been scheduled for Week 6.
The second project is designing and constructing a sustainable home of the future. The children will be given a project booklet to complete their research and design stages of the project. We will have some time to do this in the class. The second part of the project is constructing the model. Most of the model construction will need to take place at home, although, we will schedule some construction days mid-term where the children can bring their model into school and work on them in class.
DOROTHEA MACKELLAR POETRY
Well done to all of the children who entered a poem into the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards. Everyone was recognised for their efforts with a Participation Certificate. The quality of the children's poems was absolutely outstanding and I was immensely proud of their efforts.
INTERSCHOOL CARNIVAL
Well done to all of the children who represented Wattle Grove at the Interschool Carnival on Wednesday and Friday last week. Wattle Grove were the overall champions. We also had a champion in Room 18, William, who was awarded Champion Year 5 Boy. An amazing effort by William! Congratulations.
ASSEMBLY
Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents and family members who came to watch our assembly item with Room 8. The children did an outstanding job. Thank you also for all the effort that went into the costumes - the children looked fantastic. Mrs Dewar and I were very impressed with the students in the lead up to the assembly as well as on the day of the performance. Congratulations to all of the children.
Well done to all of the students who received an award. We had Merit Awards, Literacy Pro Awards, Values Award and a Science Award. A great effort from all.
