Year 5/6B

Year Six students today learnt a little about the Australian Stock  Exchange also known as the ASX. We talked a little about why companies ’float’ their shares on the stock exchange.

Below is a link to a Behind The News segment about Facebook and the stock exchange. It may  add to your understanding of some of what we talked about today.

By the way…what decisions have made in relation to your investments? 

So how does electricity find its way to our homes so that we can turn on a light…?

Many of you were able to talk about this be using words such as power station, power poles and power lines.

So…how does electricity make its way from this mysterious building called a power station to our homes?

Let me know what you have learnt?

Below are some links that will assist you to explore this and many other questions you will may have.

This week I would like you to take the cybersmart quiz with mum or dad. It will only take about twenty minutes.Take the time to discuss some of the issues covered by the quiz.

Let me know how you went.

In other words….how cybersmart are you?

Have you ever wondered about who or what is responsible for the mysterious appearence of crop circles. Is it the work of little green men from Mars?

This term we will focus on creating our own crop circle designs….with a few design criteria of course.

Here is an image ( courtesy of Google Maps ), of what I saw from my flight from the Gold Coast today  ( central NSW, north of Griffith) flying at an altitude of about 11,000 metres.

What do you think? How is this possible?

Once again…you be the detective.

What do you know?

You will be asked to respond to this question after the holidays ( which, by the way, I hope you are enjoying immensely.)

Below are a few a couple of links to websites  worth investigating.

I couldn’t resist…Caroline, this is for you!

Where In The World…?

In class we are investigating the history of immigration to Australia.

Next week we are going to ‘map’ the journey that some of your  past relatives may have taken ‘across the sea’ many years ago.

So…I need you to take on the role of detective and interview your mum, or dad, or both. Find out what you can about your family’s immigration history.   Happy hunting!!!

Oh…and leave a comment on this post to let me know what you discover.

Odosketch is a fantastic and fun way for you to explore your raw, artistic talent.

We are going to use this tool to create images of Australian icons. What will you draw to represent life in Australia?

 Our class blog tagline is ‘for communicating, presenting, sharing and reflecting’. Often we also need to acknowledge and celebrate the effort you have applied to a task so …awesome effort 5/6 B!

Double click on the image below to view the students’ poems.

After our participating in our class discussion, what are your thoughts? Contribute to this ‘wall’.

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