Grade 5T – The Fabulous Fives @ Menzies Creek P.S.

Wow! What a great week we have had. The Father /Special Friend & Daughter night and Mother/Special friend  & Son Breakfast were great. It was fabulous to see so many people involved throughout both events. There were lots of hamburgers, salad and icecream consumed on Monday and Friday’s breakfast was a feast! Pancakes galore! Everyone seemed to be having a great time and enjoying the opportunity to chat and share some special time together.

It was also fabulous to see the wonderful reading and game sharing between all the grade 5’s and their buddies! Super efforts everyone.

Our comments on special activities:

The breakfast was great we all liked it. Tom H

The mother son breakfast was really fun! We all made our superheros but mum had to go early because she had to go to work to teach her students. So i walked mum to the car and i started to play with my friends outside on the basketball court. Philip

I had fun with my Dad at the dinner. We did lots of fun stuff. My Dad is Mr. Incredible and he is always there for me. Alana

 Grade 5’s also had another wonderful Japanese class with Masami. Click here to hear them singing a favourite Japanese song.

THANK YOU grade 5! I was so pleased with the wonderful effort many of you have put in to your homework activities. The family trees, video interview, powerpoint presentations, character profiles and sport origins were great. Keep this up girls and boys. It certainly shows when you put in time and effort on your projects. It is important to aim high and do your best and feel proud of your finished piece of work.  You are all such capable students,  so don’t leave your projects to the last minute and rush to get them in. I am really looking forward to seeing your next activities.

 This week we have our very special activities for  Literacy  &  Numeracy Week beginning with our Father/ Special Friend/ Daughter barbeque commencing at 6:30p.m on Monday 1st. During this activity the girls will be discussing and writing about  how they see their dad/special friend as a super hero!  They will also have the opportunity to show their dad or visitor some of the great work they have done this term!We are looking forward to enjoying many different activities throughout the week and they should be a lot of fun.

MATHS GAMES ON OUR BLOG!   3×4 =    5×6 =    7×5=

Don’t forget to have a look at our new links on our blogroll where you can practice your times tables in a fun interactive way!  There is also a great site on problem solving. You need to put your thinking caps on as some are a bit of a challenge! Good luck and have fun working on your math skils.

Congratulations to all the girls who participated in the EDEC girls footy last Thursday. You were wonderful!  You were all stars on the day and you went in hard and tried your best. It looked like you were having a lot of fun in the mud and slush and enjoying the opportunity to try something different. It was great to see your confidence building throughout each game and you were certainly getting better as the day progressed. WELL DONE !

Grade 5 have had another wonderful week full of great activities and fun. Everyone participated brilliantly in the Olympic events held at school last Tuesday. It was a busy but fun morning! A big thank you to Mr. Armstrong for organising the morning’s activities.

I could not have been more pleased with the great effort students put in on their J-Rock writing! It was a delight to read about their experiences and everyone really put in a super effort to describe their feelings and the atmosphere surrounding J-Rock. I would encourage parents to read the wonderful work on display in the corridor if they have the opportunity.

A special welcome to Miss Wild, who is visiting us for a couple of weeks. We are delighted to have her helping us in our classroom.

We are now looking forward to our special Literacy & Numeracy week activities beginning on Monday 1st September.

WOW! What a fabulous time we all had at J-Rock last night! Everyone was in fine form and put in their best performances. THANK YOU grade 5. I was so proud of all of you and you were brilliant throughout the day as well as in the evening. Congratulations on your commitment, enthusiasm, encouragement and creativity! What great SCARF students you are!

The photos of the night will be wonderful and you can look forward to seeing those at a later date.

What a fabulous effort by all at last nights J-Rock full dress rehearsal. Everyone worked so well together and the end result was sensational! Thank you to all parents and helpers on the night. It was great to see it so well attended. Now we can really look forward to the real thing thing next Thursday!

I was so proud of all grade 5 students at the Lightning Premiership on Tuesday. Everyone participated so well, tried their best and showed great sportsmanship. What else could we ask for?  WELL DONE!

J-Rock this year was awesome.  i was a scientist and i was with all my friends.  We did a rehearsal and it was really fun.-Ben

In the lightning premiership we beat Macclesfield by lots! – Tom

We are well into the final count down for our ‘Rock It To Space’ performance at Vodafone arena on the 14th August. Well done everyone . Rehearsals are going well.

GRADE 5- Please make sure you have brought back your permission slip for J-Rock and you have your costumes ready for the dress rehearsal this Friday. This rehearsal will be instead of assembly this week.

The Lightning Premiership is also fast approaching and students are keen to practice for this event.

Please make sure you have returned your permission slip by Monday 4th August.

J-ROCK DRESS REHEARSAL AT SCHOOL FRIDAY 1st

J-rock dress rehearsal today was really fun .In j-rock I’m a bad alien and I finally got to wear my costume.  - Melanie

J-rock rehearsal today was really fun. Everyone was in their costume and they looked really cool! I am a Bibble and it was great to be in my purple and pink costume. We had our first official audience with the grade preps and the grade ones.   – Olivia

Today I got to see our first full dress rehearsal and it was really cool to see them in their costumes. Im working backstage  for J-rock 2008.  – Callum

Today the preps and grade ones watched our dress rehearsal and they thought it was great. I’m a scientist and so are all my friends. We are all looking foward to j- rock!    – Blake

Grade 5 students have certainly made a wonderful start to the term. They have continued to be so enthusiastic about our J-Rock performance and rehearsals are progressing very well.

 We have begun the term with a focus on Resilience and the need to ‘bounce back’ when life can be a bit of a challenge! We have had some wonderful discussions and I am so proud of all students. They have shared some  great ideas, offering some well thought out advice to enable all of us to ‘bounce back’. Many of their thoughts are on display in the corridor or near the office and I am sure you will be impressed wih their ideas. The ability to be resilient is such an important life skill and grade 5 are certainly showing an increased awareness of this skill.

Our visual arts focus this term will include a study of Chinese art forms, particularly shadow puppets. This focus will also link in with our investigation of China during the Olympic Games. There are a number of great websites that demonstrate the intricate detail involved in the creation of these puppets.

 We have been looking at various images and using paper and card to create different people, creatures and even dragons.

Welcome to Grade 5T’s class blog at Menzies Creek Primary School. We are new to this and we hope you enjoy viewing our latest learning adventures. We also hope that this blog provides a place for communication between  students , parents,  family, our community and teachers. We encourage parent involvement and feedback that will support our learning. This space will be used to post information about what we are learning in 5T and about our progress. We will be able to publish some of our work on the blog and get feedback from our peers and family! We hope that we will gradually develop our own blogs which are linked to the class blog. Check out the ‘pages’ section where you will find references and links to items of interest for parents and students. We look forward to your comments and feedback.

from Mrs T and the Fabulous Fives!