Good authors have a talent in creating a picture in the reader’s mind using descriptive language. When writing, take the time to describe the setting and scenes properly. Don’t TELL your reader everything, SHOW them through your vocabulary. Rather than saying – It was raining heavily. Write – Heavy droplets pounded against the window pane as the…
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Visit some of the sites below to create fun comics, images and pictures. Blabberize makes photos with moving mouths that you can add speaking to! Make your own comics without logging in at Make Beliefs Comics. Make your own mindmap at Popplet! If you make something, download and save it and email it to Miss…
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The Waratah is the national emblem of New South Wales. It is a large red flower, native to Australia. An Australian artist, Margaret Preston made several artworks depicting the Waratah, usually as a painting, a lino cut or a wood cut. Many artists have sought to create artworks using the distinct…
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Last week 5/6J Students had their first attempt at using Popplet to create a mind map. We were brainstorming what life was like in the 1800s in Australia. Check out our Popplets below. We were experimenting with ways to build a Popplet and ways to organise information. We found it frustrating when we couldn’t delete…
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W.A.L.T – recognise the features of a still life artwork – arrange shapes using the foreground and background W.I.L.F I can name 4 things that are found in still life artworks I can recall the name of 3 artists who painted still lifes I can describe the shape of objects in still lifes I can accurately draw…
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Morning Routine is that great time of day (in the morning – obviously) where we practise practise practise skills and learn new facts and vocabulary! Here are some photographs of our whiteboards after morning routine is finished. Share something you have learned in Morning Routine by adding to the Padlet boards below! …
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NAPLAN will be held next term! Eek! That will come around fast. But how well do you know the NAPLAN tests? Take the quiz below to find out. Loading… There are a few sites online that let you practise for NAPLAN. Click here to practise the NAPLAN Spelling test. Click here to practise the NAPLAN…
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A great time had by all at the swimming carnival this year!
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Last week 5/6J were learning about using colloquial language (slang, local sayings) in texts. Colloquialisms can make persuasive texts and other forms of writing more entertaining and make the reader relate to the author. We watched some videos of people using colloquialisms. Here were two of our favourites. Why don’t you leave a…
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In HSIE, one of the questions we are trying to answer is Why did people come to Australia to live after 1800? Look at these photos of people emigrating to Australia. What can you tell from the pictures? Leave us a comment, why do you think people came to Australia in the 1800s?
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For the next six weeks we are reading and writing about persuasive texts. Look at these posters and read them carefully. Visit this site to play a game on writing arguments. Here is a great list of phrases to use in persuasive texts. Visit the page here! A persuasive text can also be called…
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W.A.L.T – recognise the features of a still life artwork – show depth using oil pastels and baby oil W.I.L.F I can name 4 things that are found in still life artworks I can recall the name of 3 artists who painted still lifes I can describe the shape of objects in still lifes I…
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Last term 5/6J wrote their own poems on space. Check them out below!
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Most of 5/6J went to Milson Island in October for Camp. Wow we had a great time. Check out Bosco’s Diary and then see our photos and videos!
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Early in December Stage 3 got to go to the Sydney V8 supercars races. Here are some photos and videos of what we did and what we saw. A great day!
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