English

Poetry Writing

One of our main focuses in English this term is poetry writing. Check out some of the fantastic Cinquian poems we wrote in Week 2.

Nature Playground

The first week of Term 3 saw the grand opening of our new Nature Playground. This use of space is a fantastic new feature to our ever changing school and we thank the P&C for all of its efforts in allowing this to happen. Room 8 was lucky enough to have their first play on Friday, and as you can see by the pictures below, we all had so much fun trying out all the terrific features.

Student Councillors

Semester Two Student  Councillors

Congratulations to Luke and Isabella. They have been voted in as the new Student Councillors for Semester Two. We know they will be fantastic ambassadors for Room 8!

Competition

Christmas Float Competition

The students in Room 8 will be entering The West Australian, Channel 7, Media Education and ED! Magazine design a Christmas Float Competition this term.

Grab your drawing gear and have some fun creating everything we need to design our Christmas Castle float - like towers, turrets, and spires… all with a festive twist!  
Let your imagination go wild – what else would you find in a Christmas Castle? Jousting elves? Princesses with swords? Gingerbread knights?
You can either draw the elements separately, or combine your ideas to create a bigger picture.
We’ll choose our favourite bits and pieces from everyone’s designs and put them together to build our new float for The West Australian, Channel 7, Media Education and ED! Magazine.
WIN!
Students could win $100 and an invitation to accompany our float in this year’s Pageant, as well as a cool shirt to wear! 

The design will be done in class time but some children may need to finish off at home if they have not completed their entry by Week 6. 

Due to cultural/religious reasons, some children may choose not to include Christmas symbols in their design.

Holiday tasks

Holiday Tasks

The two week holiday break has come so quickly this term! 

For those children wishing to do some revision work and brush up on their skills over the break, new Study Ladder tasks have been set. They can also continue with Typing Club.

We also encourage everyone to read as much as possible and complete their Lexile quizzes.

Of course, the most important thing is to have a good rest and enjoy plenty of relaxing family time.

                                               

Class news

Year Level Challenge

Term 2 Year Level Challenge will be held on Tuesday, Week 9.

All the children have been given a copy of their study notes and should be revising them as part of their nightly homework. Some clever people have laminated their notes and are keeping them in their homework folder.

This term, we will be looking for improved scores from Term 1 Year Level Challenge.

Cyber Safety

Cyber Safety Report by Georgia

It is vital that every child knows how to be safe online. This is why I want to tell you about Cyber safety.

Technology has increased immensely over the years and it isn't all good. People are getting scammed and bullied online. 

Now, one way to lower the risk of scamming and bullying is to go on age appropriate sites. For example, we are not allowed onto Facebook until we are sixteen. Many of us go onto it every day when we are not supposed to. 

Another tip is to make your passwords difficult for others to guess. So don't have 'password' or 'qwerty'. If you want 'password', put some numbers for letters, like a 5 for the s, or a 0 for the o. These tips will lower the risk of being scammed.

 Never trust anyone online that you have not met in person. You never know, you could be talking to a 36 year old pretending to be an 11 year old child.

The final tip is, NEVER give your parent's credit card details to anyone online!

In conclusion, always be safe online!