Year 5 and Year 6 News by Martin Winney

Care for Learning in Year 5 and 6

As assessment rolls on it has been great getting into classrooms and celebrating the fantastic achievements of our Year 5 and 6 students. I have had the opportunity to read some well-crafted diary entries from Year 6 and some great Storm Boy analyses. It has also been great to see the work Year 5 students are doing to get ready for their Market Day, real-world learning task. This task helps prepare students develop financial skills needed later in life. It has also been great to observe students using the scales and bump-it-up walls to help assist them when they are finding the learning difficult. I spoke to some Year 5 students this week that said they helped their teacher create the bump it up wall, using their own work, and it helps all of their class improve their work.

Year 6 Graduation and Excursion

Over the next three weeks we have Year 6 Graduation and the Year 6 Excursion on our calendar. This week I am organising the seating plan for the Graduation night. A vast majority of students have been sat with one of their four seating preferences and for the small group that it was difficult, I have met with them to ensure they are ok with their seat. For Graduation please ensure your tickets are paid for by Monday 23November. The excursion on December 1 and 2 is also fast approaching. If you have not done so, please pay for your excursion as soon as possible. This excursion is in place of the cancelled Year 6 camp.

Have a good week
Martin
mwinn7@eq.edu.au