Year 6 had an extremely busy end of term with Week 10 seeing the children celebrate their learning about Federation with an expo type presentation day, the Eagle Tag and NRL Gala Days and our school crossing construction day on the last day of school.
All the children worked really hard this term and have produced wonderful results across their learning areas.
Enjoy these slide shows that display some of the wonderful work they did.
Federation Day Spectacular on PhotoPeach
Year 6 Gala Day on PhotoPeach
Science Project Day : School Zone Lights on PhotoPeach
Science Day Part 2 on PhotoPeach
Science Day Part 3 on PhotoPeach
Monday, 6 July 2015
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Literacy Planet Word Mania 2015 Competion
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.
Friday, 19 June 2015
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
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Mark
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Use of
circuit (including switch) in design & effectiveness of circuit
|
/5
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Clear
depiction of street scene including roads & crossing
|
/3
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Extra
additions to model to enhance street scape
|
/2
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Clearly
labelled diagram illustrating circuitry used including the use of scientific
symbols
|
/5
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General
neatness, creativity, aesthetics and presentation
|
/5
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Total Marks
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/20
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Comments
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Monday, 15 June 2015
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
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Year 6 Public Speaking Competition
The 2015 Brother Tony Whelan Public Speaking Competition
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
· 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
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Began in an
interesting manner.
|
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Central
theme evident and logical sequence developed.
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Supported
opinion with facts and examples.
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Appropriate
use of language.
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Strong
ending, as close as possible to the time allowed.
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Delivery
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Visual: Stood straight and tall.
Good
eye contact
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Unobtrusive
use of notes.
Gestures
which assist in conveying a message.
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Vocal: Clear and appropriate use
of voice.
Varied
expression.
|
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Pace
not too fast.
|
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The
ability to establish a rapport with the audience.
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5 = outstanding 4 = very good 3 = good
2 = OK, but could improve 1=
Needs practice in this area
Good luck to all our participants!
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Life at School Survey
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!
Monday, 11 May 2015
It's Electrifying : Count Alessandro Volta
Literacy Groups : Week 4
Learning Intention : We are learning to navigate and read digital texts to find information.
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.
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