Wow! This year has gone so fast! I have learned so much and I feel much more confident in certain subjects. I have achieved stuff that I would never thought I would do at school before. I had the year 5 production, captain speech ( which took a lot of courage ), making dioramas from sovereign hill, year 5 market ( which took some teamwork ) and coding. So much fun all packed into 1 term! 

My favourite highlight of this year was the year 5 production. It took a lot of courage to say my lines to the audience, I thought that I would forget my lines. I also had to say a speech to thank Helen for making props and costumes for our show. It was scary speaking in front of the audience. There was a red sentence saying for Helen to come and collect a present from the teachers, but the teachers said not to say the red part, because they didn’t have a present for Helen. I was scared that I would forget what the teachers said and say the red part but fortunately I didn’t say it. 

The thing this year that took the most courage was my house captain speech. I had to plan what I was going to say, write it and then say it to the whole house. I really am glad that I had a go and I think I am now more confident with public speaking. 

I am also more confident in maths, spelling and writing. I am more confident in spelling because I feel like I now know how to spell more words. It helps me with my writing. I am more confident in writing because I now feel better in writing sizzling starts. I feel confident in maths because I not only know how to work out problems, but I have multiple strategies to work with to solve maths sums.   

I really enjoyed the year 5 market. It was fun making the products, selling them and making our stall stand out. It really got us to work as a team and use communication, collaboration and connectedness. It was the first time that I had run a market stall and I actually really enjoyed it. 

Overall, I think that 5Q was the best year for me at Carey and I wish Miss Quodling was my teacher every year! I have had a lot of fun with the people in 5Q and I have learned so much. I have learned that I can do anything if I put a lot of effort in. I also know that I am actually not that bad at speaking lines on stage! I loved this year and wish I could do it all over again!

From Georgia  

This year, my favourite book chat book was Toad Rage, written by Morris Gleitzmen. I would say it belongs in the humour and fantasy genres. I found it humorous at times however it wasn’t as funny as I was expecting it to be. I think it had a some fantasy in it because a cane toad doesn’t really have a lifestyle of a human. It is set in a make believe world where toads live. It also had some true facts because people are killing cane toads because they are a pest in Queensland because they are poisonous.

This book is about a Toad called Limpy, who goes on an adventure to find out why humans hate cane toads. He is sick of watching all of his family and relatives getting squashed by the cars on the highway. When they dry out, Limpy scrapes them off the road and stakes them all in his bedroom. He doesn’t know why humans don’t bother to stop the car and let the cane toads cross, instead they just run over them. 

I enjoyed this book because I found it was really interesting to step inside the life of a cane toad, and see things from a cane toads perspective. I felt like I was reading a diary of a cane toad!

Overall, I really enjoyed this book and if you ever get a chance to read it, I hope you enjoy it as well. It is a really informative experience to step inside the life of a cane toad and learn how they live. 

Tell me about your favourite book!

Sovereign Hill was an amazing camp. It was so great to experience what life was like in the Gold Rush era. I loved it! 

One of the positive learner attributes I used throughout Sovereign Hill was imagination. When we were dressed up in our olden day costume we really had to step into character and act as a child living in the late 1800’s. Children were meant to be seen, and not heard, and girls had to stand with their hands clasped infront of their cloaks, and boys had to stand with their hands together infront or behind their backs. I thought that it was very unfair and very strict!

The teacher randomly chose students to stand up and answer her questions. I had to show courage and stand up, even when i wasn’t sure what the answer was.

Really when I think about it, i actually used all the positive learner attributes during my camp!

I loved dressing up and wearing the olden day costume, and I loved having my hair plaited each day by my teachers. But I didn’t like the pantalets because they let a lot of cold air through, and if I could have worn 2 pairs of tracksuit pants, I would have! It was freezing!

The main thing that I learnt from the past was that life was really hard and difficult. People didn’t have much and lived in very poor conditions and slept in tents. Only a few people, such as those in Government, were rich and lived in houses. 

I enjoyed the school program. I liked learning how to write in copper plate handwriting with a pen and ink. It was really fun!

I thought it was interesting how the schools turned into a church on the weekends. Everyone went to church on Sundays, and always wore their best outfit. 

The Aura light show was fascinating, but hard to believe. I had never really thought about how the world began. I certainly didn’t think it started by a flash of light! 

Sovereign Hill was a great experience, and I feel like I’ve learnt so much about our history. I loved getting into character and attending the school to feel exactly what it would have been like to be a child in the Gold Rush era. I really recommend a visit to Sovereign Hill with your family and friends.

Would you be interested in visiting Sovereign Hill?

On Tuesday we had our year 5 market! I loved it and it was a huge success! My group is called ‘Luckey’. We made Grass heads, Lego keyrings and bead keyrings! My group sold all of our products!! Here is a poster reflection about it!!

This term we have a Year 5 Market. We all get into groups and make products to sell. We also ‘upcycle’ things which means use materials that would usually be thrown away. Here are our advertisements for our products:

Read to find out about our Nativity Play!

My class did a nativity play and preformed it to parents, year 3’s and at an aged care home. We each got in pairs and wrote on script for one scene. We then put it all together to make our script. Our class went through the characters and we all got a part. I got the part of the narrator. I had a folder with the script in it. I stranded on the side of the stage when I was reading my part. I really loved going through the play with our costumes. Even if my teacher did have a grizzle sometimes. It was still lots of fun!! 

When we preformed it to our aged care buddies, we went to wish them a Merry Christmas. After a few music preformences we caught the bus back to school.

I felt happy and relaxed at the same time when I was reading the script. I really enjoyed preforming the play. I think I learnt what happenes in the Christmas story.

Do you know what happenes in the Christmas Story?

From Georgia

I Find out what an avatar is!

Hi Brilliant Bloggers,

Check out my avatar below. I made it to represent me online without giving my identity. The purpose of an avatar is to show picture of you online. My avatar doesn’t look exactly like me but it gives viewers an idea of what I look like. For instance I have brown and gold hair, brown eyes and I like to draw so I a suit on because l think professional drawers wear suits. 

What does your avatar look like?

 From Georgia