Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Stage 3 Sphero World Cup Soccer Championship









Stage 3 Sphero World Cup Soccer  Championship

Japan v Senegal or 'pink v blue'

After a tense and exciting battle with a number of off-sides, 2 x yellow cards, one player lost under the stage and another player even shooting out the door of the hall! 


The final score was similar to the Japan v Senegal 
Score of 2:2 - our draw was 3: 3!



Sunday, 24 June 2018

500 Word Writing Competition


So you love to read books by your favourite authors?  
Think you could come up with an awesome story too?

THEN THIS IS THE COMPETITION FOR YOU! 
Ask your parents first!!!!

THE CHALLENGE: Use your awesome storytelling skills to create a 500-word short story of your own.
There are three categories:
7 - 8 YEARS
9-10 YEARS
11-12 YEARS

PRIZING UP FOR GRABS: The winner in each category will receive signed copies of their mentors' books and a personalised congratulatory video also from their mentor.
The winning story in each category will be turned into a physical book for you to keep (ten copies per winner).
Each winning story will be published in ‘Just Kidding’ magazine alongside an interview with the author.
Let your imagination run free and write about something you like. Remember your story can be about absolutely anything you like.
The only criteria is to keep your story to under 500 words in totalIf you think your story should include illustrations, you can send them in too.
Use the online entry form https://www.justkidding.com.au/nwc to submit your story 
or 
you can email your work to mystory@yarramedia.com.au   - remembering to include your name, your age, your address, contact number and email.

Check out the terms and conditions here: 
https://www.justkidding.com.au/copy-of-terms-conditions 

ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST 31ST 2018
Good luck!

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Dyslexie font

Dear Parents,
I wonder if you've noticed that some of the work coming home from school is printed in a different font.  This font is called Dyslexie font and is designed for people with dyslexia to make reading, learning and working easier.  
Every letter is uniquely shaped and increases the ease of reading for people with dyslexia.
It was designed by a Dutch dyslexic student who felt it helped him to read more easily.
We've installed it on our computers for everyone to use - it's very subtly different.



Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Northern Beaches Young Writers' Competition

Attention all budding authors! Here is an opportunity for you to stretch your writing skills and enter a local writing competition. For details follow the link:


Thursday, 14 June 2018

Stage Debating

This afternoon Year 5 and 6 held the second round of our debating tournament. Mrs Cutmore and Mr Scott were very impressed by the level of improvement from last week's round. Each team was a little more prepared, and each team tried that little bit harder with rebutting an argument. Well done Year 5 and 6!
For next week, use your planning time with your teammates wisely. This is important to writing a good line of argument. This is real collaboration - working effectively with people who are not your besties. Also each speaker needs to give more evidence for their reasons, making your thoughts and ideas deeper and your points clearer.

Looking forward to next Friday and the next round of debates.

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Stage Maths

Everyone in Year 5 loves Tuesday Maths. During our Maths time on a Tuesday Year 5 and Year 6 join together to work in specific groups with a teacher. Mr Scott, Mr Marrett, Mrs Groch, Mrs Duffy and Mrs Cutmore all take a group which targets specific skills and concepts. We all stretch our learning dispositions each time we meet.




Thursday, 7 June 2018

Word Mania - Literacy Planet - Practice Rounds open NOW!

Get ready for an awesome competition that will take your 
spelling skills to new levels.

The Word Mania Practice Rounds are now open with the competition 
starting from 30 July 2018.




Our school, and all our students are registered 
- you only have to log in and play! 

You can check out how Year 5 sits on the Practice Rounds Leader boards here


Play and raise funds for the Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation! 
LiteracyPlanet will donate $40 for every million words built during Word Mania 2018!


Word Mania has been shown to improve the variety of skills involved - including phonics, spelling, vocabulary and word knowledge - on average by 36%






Extreme Reading - where are your favourite places to read?

I wonder where you settle down to read a good book? 
The lounge, the family room, your bedroom or do you have more unusual places to pick up a book?


Send your images to bayviewoffice@stlukes.nsw.edu.au with your name and class for a chance to win a Star Reader prize bag