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The School Cross Country

A great day was had by the 5/6 students as they competed in the school cross country at Princes Park on Wednesday.  There were some fantastic results and a lot of determination.  

Learning Experiences

This week in Literacy

Our writing session focused on the structure of a persuasive text.  The areas discussed was the opening paragraph, topic sentences, elaborating on arguments and the concluding paragraph.   The function of the opening paragraph is to provide background information about the issue or problem and to also state the writer’s position on the issue. Topic sentences are used to introduce a paragraph.

Writers elaborate on arguments by providing the reader with examples, reasons and facts. The

concluding paragraph is used to restate the writer's position and to summarise the arguments.  It can also be used to offer possible solution to the issue or problem.

Our reading session also focused on the features of a persuasive text.  After reviewing an example text the students were given a text to analyse.  Their task was to identify the purpose of each paragraph, the main ideas and supporting arguments, the title and predict some of the key words which were missing from the text.  

Please discuss these ideas with your child.

The 5/6 Team 

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Tomorrow, assembly will run from 2:00 to 2:25pm, with final dismissal from neighbourhoods at 2:30pm.


The 5/6 students will be singing during tomorrow's assembly. They have been practising the following song with Deb Kayser, throughout this term:

My Island Home

Neil Murray/ v.4 Christine Anu
1. Six years I've been in the desert
And every night I dream of the sea.

They say home is where you find it.

Will this place ever satisfy me?

2. For I come from the salt water people.

We always live by the sea.

Now, I'm out here west of Alice Springs

With a wife and a family.

CHORUS

And my island home, my  island home,

My island home, is waiting for me.

BRIDGE

In the evening when the dry wind blows

From the hills and across the plains

I close my eyes and I'm standing

In a boat on the sea again.

And i'm holding that long turtle spear,

And I feel I'm close now, to where it must be.

And my island home

is waiting for me.

3. My home is Australia.

We are bound by the sea.

Though I may travel far across the ocean

It will never forget me.

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Circus practice is going well with clear improvements being made.

What's Happening

On Friday the 27^th of March at 2:00pm we will have our final assembly for Term 1.  During this assembly all Junior School Council members will be presented with their badges.  This will be an important moment for our student leaders and parents are encouraged to attend.