Literacy Planet Word Mania 2015 Competion

Literacy Planet

Participate in 'the most fun and awesome word building competition in Australia.'  Build as many words as you can from a given selection of letters.  How many words can you make in 3 minutes?  

• Click on the link above to practise your word building skills. 
• Click on Log In (top right corner) to access the practise area. 
• Use the username and password that your teacher has provided (kept in your homework book and school tub).  
• You can access the site from home or school, so practise as much as you can!

The competition starts on 27th July, so be ready then to participate with more than $50,000 in prizes to be won!

See the Literacy Planet website for more details.

Good Luck!

PS You can also access the Literacy Planet website from the right hand menu, Our Favourite Websites.

It’s Electrifying School Zone Lights Project

Schools need to move students from school to home safely. 

Design a plan that will enable drivers to recognise the location of our school.

·         Use a circuit in your design that provides light energy (Can you make your lights flash??)

·         Include a switch in your circuit

·         Provide a scaled model of roads and crossing.

·         Include times on signage that correlate with NSW school zone times.

·         Provide a labelled diagram of the light/s mechanism including scientific symbols to illustrate your circuit.

We will have a whole day on Friday of Week 10 to create your working model at school.

Design your plan for homework in Week 10 and bring your plan to school by Thursday to use when constructing your model. (There will be no other homework in Week 10).

You will also need to provide your own materials for both the road and crossing model (perhaps some little cars and people too!) as well as the circuitry materials.  JayCar at Mona Vale or Brookvale can provide electronic materials for Science projects very cheaply (but you will have to go there!). 

Please be prepared!! as we do not have the materials at school to contribute to this assessment.

Marking Criteria

Criteria	Mark
Use of circuit (including switch) in design & effectiveness of circuit	/5
Clear depiction of street scene including roads & crossing	/3
Extra additions to model to enhance street scape	/2
Clearly labelled diagram illustrating circuitry used including the use of scientific symbols	/5
General neatness, creativity, aesthetics and presentation	/5
Total Marks	/20
Comments

Good Samaritan Sisters Project

Year 6 Religion Research Project Assessment : School and Home Task

Outcomes : CD S 3.3b, GRHD S 3.1a, SS 3.5b  

The Good Samaritan Sisters have helped to build discipleship in Australia and were the founding order of Sacred Heart Mona Vale.

Choose a way of telling their story in light of discipleship. Your project should include the following sections:

1.       Research the Good Samaritan Sisters and their work in Australia and create a presentation to share your research.  Include the following points in your research:

o   The story of the Good Samaritans

o   The historical setting; what was happening that may have called them to discipleship?

o   What was similar and different about the way they viewed life from the way we view life today?

o   What challenges did they face? Can they be related to challenges in today’s society?

o   How do you think they lived out the message of the Scriptures? Do you think they may have interpreted the scriptures in a different way to us according to some of their actions? Maybe Luke 10:29-37

Marks                                   /10

2.       Choose a scripture that captures their mission, print it out and explain your choice.

Marks                                   /5

3.       Create an artwork to accompany the scripture.

Marks                                   /5

4.        Reflection

o   How are the Good Samaritan values of Community, Balance and Compassion lived out in our school community?

o   What impact does their life story have in today’s world?

o   What can you learn from them about living your life as a disciple of Jesus?

Marks                                   /5

You may present your story of the Good Samaritans in any format, such as a poster, written recount with pictures, booklet, PowerPoint, Prezi, Glogster, iMovie etc. You may work in pairs or by yourself.

Total Marks                                        /25

Year 6 Public Speaking Competition

The 2015 Brother Tony Whelan Public Speaking Competition

Year 6 students will be participating in the Brother Tony Whealan Public Speaking Competition in Term 3.

All Year 6 students will choose from a variety of provided topics and prepare three minute speeches on those topics. All students should prepare two topics from the 10 topics provided below. Students will present speeches over Weeks 1 and 2 of Term 3 and two finalists will be selected from these presentations to represent Sacred Heart Mona Vale at the Peninsula North Cluster Public Speaking final.

The Peninsula North Cluster Public Speaking final will be held on Tuesday 18th August at Sacred Heart Mona Vale School Hall at 9:00am. The two finalists from Sacred Heart along with finalists from five other North Cluster Catholic schools will present their three minute prepared speech and a one minute spontaneous speech at the Cluster Final. Two finalists will then be selected on this day to proceed further in the Competition.

Topics for this year's speeches are as follows:

1. "Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
-- Francis of Assisi

2. Cultural Kaleidoscope

3. Survival Strategies

4. Every refugee has a name, a story and a dream.

5. Ice

6. A way of telling the story

7. Motion in the Ocean.

8. Accidental discoveries.

9. Animal communication.

10. Space 

Rules
· No microphones will be used by speakers.
· No props to be used by speakers.
· Small palm cards are encouraged.
· Adjudication for speeches will be consistent with the Guidelines and the below Adjudicator’s Score Sheet.

Content
Began in an interesting manner.
Central theme evident and logical sequence developed.
Supported opinion with facts and examples.
Appropriate use of language.
Strong ending, as close as possible to the time allowed.
Delivery
Visual: Stood straight and tall. Good eye contact
Unobtrusive use of notes. Gestures which assist in conveying a message.
Vocal: Clear and appropriate use of voice. Varied expression.
Pace not too fast.
The ability to establish a rapport with the audience.

5 = outstanding   4 = very good   3 = good   2 = OK, but could improve   1= Needs practice in this area

Good luck to all our participants!