STUDENT LEARNING NEWSLETTER Term 3 Week 6 This week s learning focus is Mathematics

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1 STUDENT LEARNING NEWSLETTER Term 3 Week 6 This week s learning focus is Mathematics

2 4 6 LEARNING TEAM

3 Year 4/5 MATHEMATICS This term the year 4/5 students have been learning about financial literacy. They have been learning about exchange rates, different currencies and bank interest rates. Students in the 4/5 team had an incursion from a Commonwealth Bank representative who spoke about finance, savings and how children under the age of 15 years and 9 months could earn money. Will Thornton, Andrew Powning, Rohan Grasset, Caleb Perini and Ryan Nolan from the 4/5 learning neighborhood followed up on an activity from the incursion and decided to create a cupcake store of their own. With assistance from Yvonne Nolan and Amanda Thornton, the students made, priced and advertised the cupcakes and then sold the cupcakes on the corner of their street. They managed to sell all of the cupcakes, selling them for $2.50 each. Each students made $7 and were lucky to have the assistance of Elizabeth Thornton from Year 2. All students really enjoyed the experience and hope to do it again.

4 Year 4/5 MATHEMATICS This term the year 4/5 students have been learning about financial literacy. They have been learning about exchange rates, different currencies and bank interest rates. Students in the 4/5 team had an incursion from a Commonwealth Bank representative who spoke about finance, savings and how children under the age of 15 years and 9 months could earn money. Will Thornton, Andrew Powning, Rohan Grasset, Caleb Perini and Ryan Nolan from the 4/5 learning neighborhood followed up on an activity from the incursion and decided to create a cupcake store of their own. With assistance from Yvonne Nolan and Amanda Thornton, the students made, priced and advertised the cupcakes and then sold the cupcakes on the corner of their street. They managed to sell all of the cupcakes, selling them for $2.50 each. Each students made $7 and were lucky to have the assistance of Elizabeth Thornton from Year 2. All students really enjoyed the experience and hope to do it again.

5 Cupcake stall was fantastic Here is a photo of the students who participated in the cupcake stall. They explained to the class that the activity was a great learning experience for later on in their lives.

Year 6 Mathematics I N T E R M 3, T H E S T U D E

F O U R O P E R AT I O N S W I T H B OT H F R A C

R N T TO O R D E R A N D C O M PA R E D I F F E R

6 Year 6 Mathematics I N T E R M 3, T H E S T U D E N T S H AV E B E E N L O O K I N G AT F R A C T I O N S A N D D E C I M A L S. T H E Y H AV E L E A R N T TO P E R F O R M T H E F O U R O P E R AT I O N S W I T H B OT H F R A C T I O N S A N D D E C I M A L S A N D H AV E L E A R N T TO O R D E R A N D C O M PA R E D I F F E R E N T F R A C T I O N S U S I N G E Q U I V A L E N C E. T H E Y H AV E P L A C E D F R A C T I O N S O N N U M B E R L I N E S A N D L O O K E D AT S I M P L E R AT I O S.

7 A S P A R T O F O U R C O N T I N U I N G W O R K O N G E O M E T R O C I T Y, T H E S T U D E N T S H A V E D E S I G N E D T H E I R C I T Y A N D A R E N O W A T T H E S T A G E W H E R E T H E Y A R E B U I L D I N G U P. T O D O T H I S T H E Y A R E C R E A T I N G B U I L D I N G S U S I N G V A R I O U S T H R E E - D I M E N S I O N A L S H A P E S U S I N G N E T S A N D C R E A T I N G T H E I R O W N N E T S. W E A R E C U R R E N T L Y F I N I S H I N G O U R W O R K O N F R A C T I O N S A N D A R E M O V I N G I N T O A U N I T O N M E A S U R E M E N T. D U R I N G T H I S U N I T W E W I L L A P P L Y O U R K N O W L E D G E O F M E A S U R E M E N T T O I D E A S S U C H A S P E R I M E T E R, A R E A A N D V O L U M E. W E W I L L A L S O L O O K A T C O N V E R T I N G B E T W E E N D I F F E R E N T M E T R I C U N I T S A N D A P P L Y S O M E O F O U R K N O W L E D G E T O L A R G E R D I S T A N C E S I N T H E S O L A R S Y S T E M.

8 PREP 3 LEARNING TEAM

Lucas and Tiffany ordering money values Marielle,

coin rubbings with real coins Sebastian, Megan, Dean

9 Lucas and Tiffany ordering money values Marielle, Tilda, Hani, Mahnoor and Abbey using crayons to make coin rubbings with real coins Sebastian, Megan, Dean and Clare identifying coins and naming coins The Prep/1s have been learning about MONEY!! We are learning all about the coins, what they look like and their value.

10 Kai, Elliot, Emma and Tilda playing Money Bingo Owen counting coins to make $1. Jacob, Jack and Aditya making $1 in different ways. Dylan, Millie, Thomas and Chloe sorting coins into the piggy banks.

11 What have we been doing lately in Maths? Exploring relationships between numbers, by investigating place value patterns (above) and function machines (left) Exploring multiplication and division with materials and storybased problems (Andrew, Taylah, Thomas, Freya and Vivethan sharing their multiplicative thinking below) This week we have started to explore fractions! (right)

Zac H, Cooper, Connor, Tyler, Patrick and

12 Top and left: Students were measuring length to create a 1m square. They used the square to measure the area of the science room in the BER. Zac H, Cooper, Connor, Tyler, Patrick and Salma Right: Sophie and Archie using arrays to solve multiplication problems

13 SPECIALIST TEAM

what type of weather they like and dislike.

14 ITALIANO Students in the 2/3 area have been working on their assessment for Semester 2. They had to write a piece about themselves, describe the weather where they live and say what type of weather they like and dislike. They then read out their paragraph to the class. Each class has their own booklet with their work. They are able to take these home to share.

15 ITALIANO The grade 4/5 students have been working on their written and oral assessment for Semester 2. They had to choose their favourite season and write about it. They will then read out their paragraph to the class. Each class will have their own booklets to take home and share.

16 ITALIANO Grade 6 students have been working on their written assessment for Semester 2. They have to write a paragraph about each season. They need to state the weather patterns during the season, which months the season falls in, in both Italy and Australia, what they like or dislike about the season and why and what they do during that season. They will then read their work out to the class as part of their oral assessment.

17 Science - Physics The Prep/1s continue to investigate human movement and the body parts involved. We answered questions, such as: - How did the person move? - What body parts did they use to move? Faseeh is balancing on the chain. He uses his arms, hands and legs to help him balance.

18 Science - Physics The 2/3 students have been looking at forces this week we have learnt about air and the way it pushes up against falling objects. Not many students predicted that the paper towel in the experiment below would stay dry.

19 The 4/5 students are working in collaborative groups to build balloon powered cars. Students are designing and re-designing cars to attempt to travel a distance of 5 metres. They have learnt a lot about wheels, axles, force and friction to build an effective design. Science - Physics

Grade 6 students continue to learn about

20 Science - Physics Collaborative groups explaining how a light bulb works. Grade 6 students continue to learn about electricity. They have been making and creating some excellent crafts, experiments and recipes to raise money for solar buddies. Please come to market day tomorrow and support our mission to provide solar light to communities in need. Illuminating futures, one light, one child, one community at a time.

21 ART - Prep & Year 1 The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

22 PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS The year 4/5 students traced around their feet and drew their body in the distance.

23 Op Art Year 4 / 5 / 6 drew optical illusions.

When a graph on a coordinate plane is a straight line that goes through the origin it is called a direct

DIRECT VARIATION TABLES AND SLOPE LESSON 3-B When a graph on a coordinate plane is a straight line that goes through the origin it is called a direct variation graph. In this lesson you will investigate