Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Year 6 Scrapbook

Term 4 is Scrapbooking Time for Year 6
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During Term 4 Year 6 will create a Primary Years Scrapbook.  This is a much loved tradition at Sacred Heart and is a wonderful activity to help you reflect on your primary school years before you move into high school next year.

You will need to buy a scrapbooking (K-Mart, Spotlight, Riot Art & Craft) or photo album or use one from home to create your Primary Years Scrapbook of memories.  Alternatively, you might like to use a book with blank pages like an art book or a display folder.  The choice is yours. 


This scrapbook is going to be about your journey and time at Sacred Heart Primary School (or other primary schools if you have attended more than one school).  Throughout the process you can use photos, drawings, pieces of work, certificates, poems or anything that describes your time at this school.  You will then need to write a reflection about each year in your primary school journey to include on the page for that year.

Image result for school scrapbooking ideasDuring the school holidays   Purchase/source book and browse through photos at home to find some you would like to use in your scrapbook.  This will save lots of time during term and is a fun holiday activity as well!  We will also scour our school drive for any photos of our year group and saved those into our Student Work folder, so you can print those at school, email them to yourself to print at home or save onto a USB to print at a photo outlet.

Homework Schedule
The scrapbook will be constructed as a homework task throughout Term 4 and will continue until Week 8.

You will need to complete one page (usually a double page spread) for each school year per week during Term 4 as part of your weekly homework.  The schedule is as follows:
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Wk 1        Complete cover and title page
Wk 2        Kindergarten
Wk 3        Year 1
Wk 4        Year 2
Wk 5        Year 3
Wk 6        Year 4
Wk 7        Year 5
Wk 8        Year 6

You are to bring your scrapbook to school each Friday so your teacher can check your progress.  We will share our scrapbooks at the Spirituality Day coming up later in the term.  It is important not to fall behind as it is very difficult to catch up.

Display each year in a neat and interesting way, creating a wonderful reflection of yourself and your years at primary school.  Be as imaginative or creative as you like and enjoy reflecting on your Primary School Years.

Mrs D, Ms Rudd & Mrs Williams

Sunday, 11 September 2016

School Life Survey

Image result for school lifeThis week we will think about all the positives and negatives of school life.

Please complete the School Life survey by clicking on this link.

Make sure you consider each question deeply and provide as much information in your answer as possible.

Make sure your answers are your own.

Honest and detailed answers help us to improve life at school for everyone.

Thank you.

Friday, 2 September 2016

Space!

Science - Two Week Assignment - Due Week 10 
Read the fact sheet about Galileo Galilei. Think about the contributions of past astronomers. Compare one astronomer from the past, and their findings, research, contributions and understandings of the Solar System to that of a modern day astronomer/scientist. Please refer to some great links/sites on the home page of the Blog to assist you in your research.   
This research can be presented anyway you choose. For instance, as a children’s book, as an online information book, a Website, a 'Prezi' or an 'iMovie'.  All assignments will be presented in Week 10.
     Marking Criteria for Science Astronomer Assignment Term 3

Criteria
Possible Marks
Mark
Title
/2
Use of labelled diagrams/pictures
/4
Use of descriptive language/words
/5
Inclusion of many interesting facts
/5
Presentation
/5
Bibliography
/3
Research
/5
Spelling, grammar & punctuation
/3
Effort
/8
Total
/40

To assist with your research project on space exploration please see links to some wonderful sites below:

Space.Com - Famous Astronomers

Famous Astronomers

Modern Astronomers

Schools AtoZ

Celebrating Space Exploration

Space Discovery for Kids

ESA Kids

Planet Quest Historical Timeline of Space Discovery

Spacekids Timeline 

Discoveries of Space Timeline

Space Exploration Timeline

50 Years of Spaceflight

Exploration Timelines

Space Exploration and Astronomy

There are many more resources on the Internet, but these might be a good start!