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Year 5
5AF Links Print
Please take a look at these links about vortices:
Try: vortex ring collision of two different colours!!
http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/toroidalvortex.htm science behind fluid vortex rings and links to Mt Etna and dolphins
 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xacj5a_smoke-ring-vortex-science-experimen_tech says ‘as the smoke is pushed through, the volume decreases and pressure increases forcing out the smoke which travels faster in the centre than around the edges, creating a doughnut-shaped, smoke ring!’
What is the most consistent design for a vortex plane?
 
5AF Homework Print

For homework this week you need to take your Handwriting book home to complete a page each night.  Don't rush!  Always practise handwriting carefully and neatly.

Please also click here for instructions on Christmas craft suggestions.

Challange words for this week are vortex, friction, kinetic, inertia and  scientific.
 
5AF Homework Print
To aid our studies of the history of Australia from an Indigenous perspective, we have used a series of posters designed by Aboriginal artists that explore different eras and portray a range of issues. 
You are to create the next poster in the series to communicate your new understandings. The theme for this poster will highlight a ‘2009 and beyond’ perspective for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
You will be required to orally present your poster to the class, informing them of the main ideas and key messages portrayed in your poster based on your knowledge of previous events in Australia’s history studied.
All creative work on your poster is to be completed in the classroom. All rough drafts and writing of the oral presentation will be completed in the classroom also. For homework this week you are required to take your written work home to create your palmcards and to thoroughly rehearse your oral presentation. Practise the elements in particular that make an interesting and informative presentation:
- Speak clearly. The audience needs to hear your story. Ensure you speak fluently and at a steady pace to assist the audience in making sense of your poster.
- Be aware of body language. Practise appropriate body movements and think of strategies to eliminate any distractions for the audience. Use facial expressions to help get your point across.
- Make eye contact. Remember your audience is there to listen to you. Don’t ignore them, engage them! Palm cards with dot points of ideas can prompt you to remember what to say next.
- Enhance your presentation. Can you include ‘extras’ to ensure your speech, and more importantly the message, is most memorable?
 
5AF Homework Weeks 4 and 5 Print

Please click here to view the new homework grid for weeks four and five.

The challenge words for this week are mangy, tussock, nudging, smoulder and flinched.
 
5AF Link Print

One more link...

http://www.australianhistorymysteries.info/ahm2/interactives/referendum/referendum.html
 
5AF Links Print

Please select the link below to view the short video of Faith Bandler;

http://dl.screenaustralia.gov.au/module/1025/
 
5AF Challenge Words Print
The challenge words for this week are reproachfully, resentfully, peculiar, unconcerned and shuddered.
 
5AF Links Print

Please click below to select video clips on the Australian Parliament;

http://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/story/s2364653.htm (The Balance of Power)

http://www.peo.gov.au/multimedia/videos.html (What is Parliament?)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/story/s2358481.htm (Governor-General)

Please be patient while the videos load.
 
5AF Homework Weeks 1 and 2 Print
Compulsory tasks as usual and Handwriting pages 30 and 31.
Plus, there's more...
Our class has been invited to participate in a new exhibition involving aircraft
at the Gallery of Modern Art!

APT6 SPECIAL INVITATION
The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6)

WHEN: December 2009
WHERE: Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery

The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT6) will officially open at the Gallery of Modern Art and the Queensland Art Gallery in December 2009. It will include more than 100 artists from 25 countries across the Asia Pacific region.

For APT6, Brisbane-based, Philippines–born artists Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan will produce an enormous suspended sculpture titled In–Flight (Project another country) 2009. The work will take the shape of a huge aeroplane, constructed from thousands of small handmade planes.

We have been invited to contribute to the making of the art work by creating small aircraft from found objects and materials. Approximately 7000 planes will be needed!
 
We will need to make sure that our aircraft are completed by the end of week four (Friday 30 October) as all planes will be collected from our school by Gallery staff. Your homework for weeks one and two will involve creating your aircraft at home.
 
Use your Technology Scrapbook as a journal to record your designs, thoughts and ideas (see Technology Task sheet). This book needs to be returned daily.
 And there is a prize... The class which makes the most planes will be awarded a special preview of the art work before it officially opens to the public, as well as a chance to meet the artists. Free bus transportation will be provided.
 
5AF Challenge Words Print

Year 5 camp will be coming up very shortly and we need to make sure that we have the correct paperwork for all children.  Please check that you have submitted 2 forms; the permission slip and the Medical Consent Form.  Please check that both forms have been completed and handed in to Miss Fry, Mrs Allmond or Miss Rasmussen.  Thanking you!

The Challenge Words for this week are  freedom, economic, contemporary, assimilation and  purposefully.

 
 
5WH e-learning site Print

Hi to all 5WH families,

This page will no longer be used to update 5WH class activities.

 

BUT!!!!

 

I am really excited to tell you that 5WH has now fully migrated to our e-learning site on the Learning Place. All students have login ID's and passwords as the class e-site is password protected for your child's safety.  This last week, students have had the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the site and have been asked, as part of their homework, to take you on a tour of the e-learning site. Here you will find not only homework and spelling but also activities, programs and ideas to help with your child's learning. Parent information and articles, study tips and a discussion board for the students use are also included. Assignments and assessment criteria sheets, as well as learning resources will be added to this site as applicable. The students are able to easily email each other and myself and have their own wiki.

A word of advice that has already been given to the students is that I can read everything posted and emailed via this site. Should email or the discussion board be used inappropriately (including inappropriate language, bullying etc), I will withdraw the access of offending students. However, the students in 5WH have indicated responsible use of ICT's this year and I am sure this pleasing attitude will continue.

Parents, please feel free to access the site regularly with your children. If you have any concerns, questions or issues, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Jill Wells

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