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!

Life at School Survey

Please complete the Survey Monkey here to share with us your ideas about Life at School at Sacred Heart.

The answers must be your own to give us the best information about how to provide a happy, safe and successful school environment for all students, so please complete the survey by yourself. 

Thank you for your cooperation!

It's Electrifying : Count Alessandro Volta

Literacy Groups : Week 4

Learning Intention : We are learning to navigate and read digital texts to find information.

Use the websites below to investigate Count Alessandro Volta.

What is he famous for?

Create a timeline to show the major achievements in his life as a Scientist.

Include at least 5 interesting facts about Count Volta.

Include a picture of Count Volta if you can.

Record your findings in your SCIENCE book.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/volta.html

http://www.famousscientists.org/alessandro-volta/

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/al/Alessandro_Volta

http://reekoscience.com/science-tips/alessandro-volta-volts-battery

Literacy Group & HSIE Activities

Literacy Groups Week 5

Choose one person to research from the list of Federation People below:

Frank Anstey Edmund Barton Andrew Inglis Clark Edith Cowan Annette Bear-Crawford Alfred Deakin Vida Goldstein Sir Samuel Walker Griffith Henry Bournes Higgins Livingston Hopkins	Charles Cameron Kingston Henry Lawson Louisa Lawson Sir William McMillan Edward William O'Sullivan Sir Henry Parkes Banjo Patterson Sir John Quick Rose Scott Catherine Helen Spence

Briefly recount their contribution to Federation in your HSIE book.  Print out a picture in black and white to include if possible.

Use the links on our Australia as a Nation post, try Worldbook Online or try a Google search.

Literacy Groups Week 3
Watch the short YouTube describing major events in Australia's history.  Take notes of the dates and events and create a timeline in your HSIE book entitled Significant Events in Australia's History.

HSIE Week 3
In pairs, view the Federation timeline at Timetoast

Re-create the timeline in your HSIE book, entitled Federation Timeline,  listing the events in point form.

Choose one event to display on an information card.  Experiment with fonts, colour, page margins, and page boarders to create an clear, attractive and informative card.  See the Henry Parkes card as an example. Your card should be about half an A4 page in size. Save in your file on the O Drive for your teacher to print in colour.

Identify any technical language related to Federation that we may not know the meaning of.  Create a word bank definition card for our HSIE wall.  See the debate and premier word definition card as an example. You should use a large point size for your word cards. Print these out in black and white.

See here also for extra information.

Australia as a Nation

In Term 2 Year 6 will be studying key events and people who influenced the development of Australia up to Federation and beyond.

We will be learning about the development of Australia as a nation, particularly after 1901.

Key inquiry questions:

• Why and how did Australia become a nation?
• How did Australian society change throughout the twentieth century?
• Who were the people who came to Australia? Why did they come?
• What contribution have significant individuals and groups made to the development of Australian society?

Below are some websites that may be helpful in our studies:

The Path to Federation

Australia's Federation

Parliamentary Education Office



TIMELINES:

Significant Events in Australia's History - Timeline

Australian Profile Timeline - Detailed

Our Shared History - Impact of European events on Indigenous people

A good simple summary of Federation

Skwirk - Affect of Federation on Indigenous people


Indigenous Traditions

Our Shared History - Impact of European events on Indigenous people

For and Against Federation

Six colonies - Descriptions

School A to Z

Flags of Australia

Flags of Australia

Historical Flags of Australia

Symbols of Australia

We know our history!

6W presented some wonderful Historical Recounts about famous Antarctic Explorers.  The variety of presentation mediums was fantastic with students presenting posters, diaries and journals, picture books, newspaper reports and even television interviews!  Here are some examples of the wonderful efforts the students made in presenting their research.