Here are a selection of our Groovy guitars inspired by Picasso! They are on display in our library!

Yes it’s that time again, for all year 5 students in the country to complete the NAPLAN tests in literacy and numeracy. It seems a strange thing to partake in, as we rarely do silent, no helping, no talking tests at school.

But it is a very important way to assess ALL the students in the country the same way, to see how Australian students are learning and to see what are our students’ needs (yes I hear you 5/6J, you want laptops!).

So a big GOOD LUCK to the year 5 students in 5/6J this week as they sit these very important tests.

Please remember to read ALL instructions, take your time – there are no prizes for finishing first!  And above all, just do your best.

Want some last minute practice? Click here to see practice tests from previous years and here for online practice.

Want some good news – NO HOMEWORK FOR WEEK 4!

I want you to be well rested and stress free year 5, so year 6 you get to enjoy a break too. Go to bed early, eat a nutritious breakfast, keep reading every day, and if you love doing homework, go online at studyladder or mathletics, read and comment on awesome blogs, or visit some great educational games sites.

With NAPLAN on next week, let’s brush up on our knowledge of persuasive texts. Year 5 have to write one, and they probably will read one too in the Magazine.

Click here to see some different activities about persuasive texts. Some are harder so explore a few!

Check out these photos of 5/6J’s groovy and wacky hairdos! 

Well done guys!

Hi 5/6J and visitors!

Are you on School holidays and are looking for things to do?

Here are some ideas!

1. Visit  our wallwisher wall, and post a sticky note about your hols! Click here to see the last wall we made. Don’t forget to type your name up the top of your sticky note.

2. Change your avatar for edublogs, then leave a new comment. Forgot how to log in? Visit your email account to get the password. Access the student portal here. Maybe while you are there you could send Miss B an email or email another person in our class!

3. Click on a past post or link in our blog to visit other sites around the web, other school blogs, games sites and other fun things.

4. Visit Bosco’s blog and ask him a question, or type the next entry in his never ending story!

5. Visit www.studyladder.com.au or www.mathletics.com.au and finish your tasks and play other games

6. Check out the KSPS website and blog, click the links in the side bar of our blog!

Enjoy the holidays!

Finally it’s uploaded! Here is the movie that we showed at our Assembly a few weeks ago, where we showcased our fabulous Picasso faces.

Click here to read our previous post about Picasso, and about our next artwork, Groovy Picasso guitars.

Click here to read our accompanying facts and information!

HERE ARE SOME WORD CLOUDS THAT 5/6j MADE A FEW WEEKS AGO IN READING GROUPS!

WE MADE THESE WORD CLOUDS AT WWW.ABCYA.COM.

VISIT THAT SITE BY CLICKING THE LINK ON THE SIDE OF OUR BLOG!

What a busy term it has been! With only 4 days remaining, let’s recap some of the most recent events in March and those occuring next week.

HARMONY DAY

Last Wednesday we celebrated Harmony Day by wearing something orange and donating a can/packet of food to the Penrith Food kitchen.

YOUNG LEADERS DAY

Our student leaders attended the Halogen’s Foundation Young Leaders Day at the Entertainment Centre on Monday. A great day with great speakers, including comedian Ahn Doh.

CROSS COUNTRY

On Tuesday we held our cross country, with nearly all 5/6J members running the whole 3 km! Here is the map of the course, 4 times round the whole school and twice round the oval. Astute 5/6J members will notice that this Google image is quite old, missing the new hall, equipment and classrooms!

LIGHT UP BLUE DAY

Yesterday we held ‘Blue Day’ for autism awareness. we wore blue mufti and were able to purchase merchandise and blue food (secret blue Twisties – crazy!) from the canteen. The Year 9 drama class from Kingswood High School came and presented a puppet show with some great tips on interacting with friends, especially those who may have autism.

EARTH HOUR

Today we had earth hour, which is held around the world tomorrow night. The theme this year is to go beyond 1 hour, today in 5/6J we had the lights off for the whole day!

JANE MCGRATH FOUNDATION – Pink Day @ PSSA

Today our cricket and tee ball teams wore pink wristbands to support our local schools fundraising for the Jane McGrath Breast cancer day. Our school contributed a donation on behalf of our 5 teams who played at Jamison Park.

ANZAC CEREMONY

Next Tuesday all of stage three will be attending an early Anzac Ceremony at the Penrith Paceway. This free event is held by Penrith RSL. Here is a photo from last year’s Anzac Ceremony.

WACKY HAIR DAY

Next Thursday we will be holding Wacky Hair Day to raise money for Stewart House. This will coincide with mufti day, our Easter Hat Parade and our Easter raffle. A great way to end them term!

Click on the picture of one of the games below to practice your spelling patterns and vocabulary!

COCONUT VOWELS – Coconuts with words in them fall to the beach. You must match missing vowel patterns to the correct word coconut. If a coconut reaches the surfboard before you blast it, your stage will end.

TURTLE DASH – Fill-in missing vowels to complete the word to move your turtle. How quickly you correctly complete the spelling word determines how quick your turtle will go. The fastest turtle will win the race, and you can compete against other people!

MUST POP WORDS – The object is to type as many words as possible using the letters that drop into the game. Do not let more than 50 letters drop into the game or it is game over!

SPELLING BEES – You build beehives by correctly spelling the given computer-voiced words. EITHER CLICK THE LETTERS OR TYPE THEM. Whoever builds the highest beehive in the time allowed wins. 1-4 players can play at once. Be sure your volume is on!

LETTER BLOCKS – Create as many words as possible by clicking and connecting letter blocks. The more words you spell, the more points you get. It’s a bit like Tetris!

This week you will make a word cloud.

This is a word cloud that I made:

When you visit the link below, you need to type a list of words in the blank box. Choose one of these topics: Hot, Cold, Cloudy, or Rainy and list as many different words you can to describe that kind of weather. Type each word on a new line. Get the spelling right!

When you go to the next page, you get to change your layout to make your word cloud, by clicking randomise, font, colour and layout options.

When you are happy with your word cloud, save it to the DESKTOP

CAUTION – DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME, LEAVE IT AS MyCloud.

THEN … Click your MyCloud on the desktop once, then again slowly, and add your name to it, so it will say ‘MyCloud Miss B’ but with your name.

So now you are ready to make a word cloud. Click here.

If you still have time after making a word cloud go and write a comment on one of the other blog posts.