Lead Yourself into the Future

February 26, 2020

Lead Yourself into the Future

Last week, we had a lead yourself into the future day. The day was about collaborating with other students and working as a team.

Every year, Carey has a Lead Yourself into the Future Day for the year 6’s from both the Kew Campus and the Donvale campus.

I found that the Lead Yourself into the Future day was both challenging and exciting. We were allocated groups to work in and put with a teacher. The teacher we had was Mrs. Burr and the teachers, also called LEADERS of that specific group, was to guide and help the students throughout the day. Students from Kew and students from Donvale were all mixed up and put into groups.

Throughout the day, we were given challenges to do as a team. The first challenge we had to do was to make the tallest newspaper tower. That challenge was full of both stress and excitement.

After that we had a session on your smart and permeative brain, build a cup tower without using you hands challenge and a plank challenge with our group.

My favourite challenge was the paper tower challenge as it used many Carey PLA’s. For example, resilience, collaboration and knowledge. We needed resilience because on our first try we couldn’t get the tower to stand up. Collaboration was used when making the tower because we needed somebody to tape it together, somebody to roll the paper up and others to help with the making.

Altogether the Lead Yourself into the Future day was a huge success I enjoyed it very much.

Lions

December 5, 2019

“Roar!”

The sound can be heard from miles away. “Thump, thump, thump.” The ground starts to rumble. The large mammal pins its prey down. Its strength unlike any other in the cat family. Can you guess the animal?

The Lion.

Lions live in the Grassy Plains or the Open Savannah where the environment may contain of dried grass.

The Lion is a fascinating creature as its the only animal in the cat family with a mane and a tail with a tassel. An adult Lion can weigh between 175kg to 190kg. The appearance of its body and heavy mane makes it look very tough. Although the Lion is very big, its difficult for the Lion to catch its prey as the Lion is made for strength and not speed. The Lion is able to use its strength against the prey. A Lioness, a female lion, is faster than the Lion as it has a better figure and is lighter that the Lion. A fully grown Lioness can weigh between 110-130kg.

Although Lions eat meat they prefer to eat wildebeest, Warthogs, Buffalo, Zebra, Antelope, Giraffe and sometimes Carrion.

The Structural Adaptations of Lions are that the Lions thick coat helps the Lion to blend into its surroundings. The Lions mane helps keep the Lion warm but it can give the Lion away to its prey. The Lions jaw helps it rip its prey as is bite force is 4 times stronger than an average human. The baggy skin beneath the Lions stomach, helps it when the Lion is kicked under the stomach, as it helps the Lion feel little pain.

The Behavioural Adaptations of a Lion can be that Lions sleep for 16-20 hours a day. They usually hunt at dawn or dusk but they can adapt to their prey and change their sleep schedule. Lions communicate by vocalisations, head rubbing, licking, facial expressions, chemical markings and visual markings. Lions are known for their roar but they also growl, meow, snarl and purr.

Sources of information:

ThoughtCo.com

https://cbs.umn.edu

My Favourite Book Chat

November 26, 2019

My favourite book chat book this year has been the book 47 degrees.

This book is by Justin D’Arth and its in the historical fiction and adventure genres.

The book is based on the 2009 Black Saturday Bush Fire. The book is about a girl and her father escaping the Black Saturday Bush Fire and they are faced with many difficult decisions. The girl and her father are trying to get to melbourne where her mother and younger brother are as her brother hurt his arm before the fore started.

I really enjoyed reading this book as it was a fast paced action book but also very moving and it pulled some of your heartstrings. It sometimes gave you small facts about the Black Saturday Bush Fire but they were hidden between the story line. I also enjoyed reading this book as it was based off of true incidents that happened to the author.

I really liked reading this book and hope that of you read it too that you will like it.

What types of books do you like to read?

Chinese New Year

November 20, 2019

Chinese New year

On Chinese New ,

My family and I have fun.

We invite friends over,

For dinner or lunch.

We receive red envelopes,

Flowing with good luck.On Chinese New Year,

Its celebrated not on

The New Years first day,

But close to the end

Of January where in

Australia, its a red,

Scorching summers day.

The iced drinks help cool me down

While also having fun.

We celebrate the

Chinese new year as its a

Of good luck.

Camp Toonallook

October 31, 2019

Camp Toonallook

“Bump, bump, bump.” The road was very rocky. The bus came to a halt and slowly let open the heavy doors.”Wohoo!” My legs are a little stiff after the 4 hour drive. Toonallook, HERE I COME!

On the first full 24 hour day, we were split into 2 groups. We were given challenges. I believe that the most challenging activity for me was bike riding around Raymond Island. It was difficult as there was sand piled up beneath your bike.

I didn’t have a favourite activity but I really enjoyed Kayaking and hand catching jellyfish. Kayaking was really fun but Ned-my partner- kept stopping while paddling so I ended up splashing him with water with my paddles. Jellyfish catching was also really fun as the jellyfish didn’t sting you but but they were really gloopy. I caught jellyfish with my hands while they were swimming past the jetty. Originally we were fishing for fish but we ended up fishing for jellyfish.

PLA’s I believe that I showed were Courage, Collaboration, Resilience, Communication and Courage. I used courage when catching the jellyfish with my hands, collaboration and communication when kayaking and resilience when bike riding.

We had a expo night where we slept outside in tents in groups of 2 or 3. I was in a tent with Joanna and Isobel. I REALLY enjoyed the expo.

Just before we left for home, we did the Toona challenge. (We also did the shoe game on the first day.) We were giving challenges to compete against the other team and use teamwork to win. Both the shoe game and the Toona challenge were really fun!

Overall, Camp Toonallook was very enjoyable, fun and entertaining. I enjoyed this camp a lot and look forward to going again.

Do you enjoy camping? Where do you camp?

My Avatar Challenge

October 11, 2019

This is my Avatar. I made it on Avatar Maker. It makes a replica of your self and turns you into a avatar.

My avatar has dark hair as I have dark hair. I chose grey eyes because I have grey eyes. My avatar’s skin colour is the same colour as mine. I chose a light green background and a light blue jacket because they are my favourite colours.

The Hard Road Ahead

September 5, 2019

Throughout this term, we have been learning about The Hard Road Ahead. We researched and learnt about the Eureka Stockade, and also learnt about the history of Australia. We got to go to Sovereign Hill and we made a diorama following what Sovereign Hill looked like.

I learnt a lot about the Gold Rush in this unit, for instance; life in the 1850s was difficult as you had to pay a gold licence so you could mine. On the other hand, if you couldn’t find gold when you mined, most likely you won’t be able to pay for a gold licence which prevented you from mining and then you were arrested and sent to jail.

Another thing I learnt was the Eureka Stockade was led by a man named Peter Lalor. I believe that the Eureka Stockade started when miner James Scobie was killed by James Bently. James Bently was a wealthy man who owned the Eureka Hotel and he was sent to court as miners said he killed James Scobie. Although he should have been sent to jail for murdering James Scobie, he was good friends with the judge and the government sent him free. The miners were furious and decided to have a meeting as justice for James Scobie. The miners soon burnt down the Eureka Hotel and 3 miners were sent to jail for burning the hotel down. This made the miners even more furious, including the fact that the government didn’t have fair rights for the miners and they were treated with disrespect. The miners then formed what is now called the Eureka Rebellion.

Important dates in the gold rush were 1851 was when gold was first discovered in Ballarat and in 1854 on the 3rd of December, the miners had the battle with the soldiers where 22 miners-including a woman- died. 8 soldiers died in the battle as well. On the 3rd of December, the Eureka flag was raised for the first time.

For the diorama, my partner was Harry and we decided to do the Rees and Benjamin watch and clockmakers. They sell interesting victorian styled jewellery and clocks

During this unit, many subjects were brought in. For instance, maths was included as we needed to learn about location for our diorama. Literacy was bought in as we needed to read books to find information and we needed to do a compare and contrast also to find information.

PLAs I believe I used were, collaboration, communication and reflection. I believe I used collaboration and communication during the planning and making of the diorama. I believe that I used reflection when writing about the diorama and reflecting on what I had learnt during this unit.

One challenge was getting everything done on time as I had the flu for a week and wasn’t able to go to school. My partner had put a lot of effort into the diorama which helped us get it done on time.

My favourite highlight was making the diorama as it included you using creativity and art skills. I really liked how we were able to use different materials and create shops.

I really enjoyed this experience and hope I get to do something similar in the future.

What subjects would you use to make a diorama?

Book Week

August 27, 2019

Recently the CBCA book awards were given out. We had to judge each book and write notes about it. I would like to share what I think a information book needs and what book I liked best.

What makes a good information book?

I believe that you need clear information, realistic pictures and information sources to make a good information book. You need clear information, otherwise the book can be confusing and hard to understand. I also believe that you need realistic pictures-that are not taken of the internet-to help make the book interesting and not just facts that can bore people out. You also need information sources for the reader so it proves that your facts are true and not copy write. The information source also helps the reader if they want to find out more about the book or the subject.

My favourite book was ‘Bouncing Back’ because it included fascinating pictures and true information that helped me draw a picture in my mind. I really liked the moral of the story and how it pulled my heartstrings. The story made me think about how we could work together to keep the environment clean so that animals are safe and healthy. I really enjoyed the book because the story was written in the perspective of a bandicoot and that really made me think more about my actions. I liked how the story ended on a good note.

What do you think a good information book needs?

Sovereign Hill Camp

August 1, 2019

This term on the 22nd of July, Year 5 went on a camp to Sovereign Hill. We got to experience being children from the 1850s and what there daily lifestyle was during our time there.

We were put into costumes that were what the children from the 1850s would wear. The clothes were a little uncomfortable but they did keep you warm.

Our school was called St. Alipius and it was the first school on the diggings. We had Ma’am as our teacher and she was both really funny and kind. The boys and girls were separated and split in half. On one side of the room it was filled with girls and on the other side, it was filled with boys. I really liked doing the education program except for the part when the girls were directed to play with one kind of toy and the boys another. The girls always had to be ladylike and weren’t allowed to do what the boys were doing.

Some PLA’s I used when doing the education program were communication, creativity, knowledge and courage.

I really enjoyed the whole experience and hope to go to Sovereign Hill again. I learned what it was like being a kid in the 1850s and what their challenges were.

Would you want to experience what being a kid in the 1850s felt like or what they did?

Haiku Poems

August 1, 2019

Haiku. What is Haiku? Haiku is a type of poem that consists of only one rule. The rule is that you must have 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line and 5 syllables in the third line.