Parent Interviews

Thank you to all the parents/carers who came to discuss their student. We had some good conversations on how we can work together to best assist students to perform to the best of their ability. I am available most days after school or before school if you need to arrange a meeting to discuss any concerns. Please place a request in your child’s diary or contact the front office to organise a time.

Lexile Certificates

Congratulations Room 11 on your fabulous reading. We have increased our word count from 609,835 to 918,101.  Make sure you are reading the questions carefully, to choose the best answers, to improve our pass rate of 81%. Don't forget our aim is for everyone to get a certificate this year.

Congratulations are due to Olivia and Jake for achieving their Blue Literacy Pro Certificates.
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Harmony Day

Once again the fabulous students and their Art teachers, Ms Randall and Ms Agar have made an incredible display of the student talents for Harmony Day. Year Six students attended a friendly interschool competition with Dawson Park. The students really improved their skills with volleyball, cricket and T-Ball and had a great day.

Buddy Class

In Week Seven, we worked with our buddies in Room 28. We worked together to make flags to represent the different countries the students come from. We then showed our flags at the Harmony Day parade. In Term 2, we have set up a regular reading session with students from Room 11 who will be visiting twice a week to read with their buddies.

 Drop Everything and Talk

This week we focussed on using good volume and a change of tone for emphasis when speaking. The topic was “Describe the best gift you have ever received.” Some of the responses are summarised below.

 Merit Certificate Winners

Congratulations to Neve, Tessa, Madhav and Olivia on earning a merit certificate at our Senior Assembly, on the 5th March. Congratulations to Nash who received a sports award.

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 Lexile Certificates

Congratulations Room 11 on the fabulous start with your reading. In Week 4, we had read 609,835 words. Make sure you are reading the questions carefully, to choose the best answers, to improve our pass rate of 83%. Don't forget our aim is for everyone to get a certificate this year.

Congratulations are due to Gazal and Shianne for achieving their Red Literacy Pro Certificates.

 Mathematics

In Term 1, we have been looking at enlarging shapes and grid coordinates. We have been investigating Cartesian Coordinates using positive and negative integers in four quadrants. One of our activities was enlarging a picture of SONIC – this was a difficult task but we had some great success, as shown below.

 Drop Everything and Talk 

A major focus for this year is, to help improve our speaking and listening skills. Students are encouraged to develop more details and use good vocabulary when conversing on a topic. This week we focussed on making good eye contact and using our body language to show our listening skills. The topic was “Describe a story or book that you have enjoyed reading or listening to more than once and what made it special.” Some of the responses are summarised below.

 Term 1 Student Representatives

Congratulations to the students in Room 11 (Gazal, Nash, Shianne, Skyla, Neve, and Madhav) who were appointed as Student Reps. for this term. I am looking forward to working with all the Year Sixes in this group. Job allocations have already been sorted out and students are enjoying their new responsibilities. During the week, students will have a meeting with Ms Roberts to ensure they understand their roles and responsibilities and the school expectations.

 Drop Everything and Talk 

We discussed in class ideas for a big surprise and then spoke to our partners about the topic. The picture below shows some responses.

 Aussie Day

On Friday of Week 1, the school celebrated Australia Day by dressing up with an Australian theme. In class, we have been investigating how we celebrate our national day and how New Zealand, one of our nearest neighbours, celebrates their day. We compared and contrasted Australia Day and Waitangi Day. We found that we had a lot in common with each other but also some key differences. The class showed their information in a Venn Diagram. The money raised at Aussie Day is being donated to the Bushfire Appeal which has had such a huge impact in our state. 

 Welcome to 2021

Welcome to Room 11's blog. I'm looking forward to working with all the students in Room 11 this year. Everyone seems to be settling in to new routines. My expectations of the class and our long-term goals were discussed for the year - 

• ORGANISATION
• WORKING TOGETHER
• NOT BEING AFRAID TO MAKE MISTAKES
• RESPECTING ONE ANOTHER
• BEING A RESPONSIBLE ROLE-MODEL
• and importantly ALWAYS TRYING OUR BEST

Students have started working on their Student Representative Speeches. Last week we heard the first batch of students as they tried to persuade the Year Six staff and members from the Administration team as to why they should be chosen to represent the students of our school. The standard of speeches has been very high and the staff have truly been impressed. We look forward to working with all the Student Representatives over the year.

On Friday morning, we presented the selected Student Representatives for Term One. When selecting Student Representatives we look for equal representation from all classes and a mix of abilities. This means that some students who delivered speeches may not have been selected in Term One.