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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: April 2010
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Thursday, April 29, 2010. Year 5´s food revolution! This week we are inquiring into the effect that food and drink have on our physical and mental state. We have used a variety of resources, including videos, books, models and websites to show the long term effects of out eating choices. We have addressed the growing problem of obesity and how to be a critical, rather than passive, consumer. In maths we continue our work with fractions, we have introduced the concept of mixed nu...
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: Powerful presentation time..
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Thursday, May 20, 2010. The children have been finishing their Summative Assessment this week, culminating in their group presenations at the end of the week. We have been really impressed with the committment, creativity and cooperation shown by all the groups throughout the process. Each group will be assessed using a rubric and a report will be sent home in the near future. Next week we will begin work on angles, followed by area and perimeter. 24th May - Arts Week. Http:/ ww...
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: Protractor Power!
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Thursday, May 27, 2010. On Thursday and Friday we will be introducing the new unit and beginning the process of ´interviewing´prospective candidates for different positions on a newspaper staff. Then the four new mewspaper staffs will set out on the daunting, yet ultimately rewarding journey, of producing quality journalism with all of the juicy stories around St. Dominic´s. 24th May - Arts Week. 3rd June - Public holiday. 3rd June - Public holiday. 10th June - Public holiday.
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: February 2010
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Thursday, February 25, 2010. I have a dream.". The children have begun their Summative Assessment for this Unit of Inquiry. They have each chosen a challenging human rights topic that they are personally interested in finding out about. The children need to be ready to present their speech in class time on Wednesday 3rd March. How to Give a Powerful Speech. The good speeches are remembered long after the speech has been delivered. 183; Open your speech with some shocking statist...
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: December 2009
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Thursday, December 17, 2009. 5T´s Xmas songs. 5G´s Xmas ´blues´ song! Jingle all the way. We have finally reached the end of our first term. We have completed our first two units of Inquiry and the children have been working hard. Term 1 reports will be mailed to your address and the summary of your child's progress in Unit 2 (On the Move) will be sent home in January. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing you all and working with you in 2010! Please brin...
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: Hooray for Health Hikes!
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Thursday, May 13, 2010. Hooray for Health Hikes! It´s Up to Me Summative Assessment Guidelines. Task: In groups of 3 or 4 create a public service presentation on a healthy living topic. A) Choose a topic e.g. Obesity, Eating Disorders, Food Production, Businesses (Food or fitness), Food and Fitness science, Modern Lifestyle, Media Pressure. You may choose another topic if it is approved by a teacher. B) Within your project you must present the following information on your topic:.
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: Hot off the press!!
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Thursday, June 17, 2010. Hot off the press! This week the children have continued to search out the juicy news around St Dominic´s, trying to find interesting and informative stories to report on. The teamwork has been impressive in both classes, as both Editors and Reporters have risen to their jobs well. Stay tuned for part 2 of our ´Health Idol´ show this Friday in assembly. All parents are very welcome of course. 24th May - Arts Week. 3rd June - Public holiday. Http:/ www...
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: October 2009
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Thursday, October 22, 2009. The Fantastic Forces Festival! The children are very excited to see how their models will do in the Forces Festival today. We wish them all luck! After reading and assessing all the children´s science journals, the end of unit report will be sent home after the holidays. Please take the time with your children to review and discuss their report and their assessment journal. Most of the children have been given 4 revision challenge sheets, in order to ...
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog: November 2009
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St Dominic´s Year 5 Blog. Monday, November 30, 2009. Anyone for a burger? Apologies for the delay of Year 5´s class news from last week. This week we have been focusing on using the `Burger Model`to plan and organize the notes. We have continued to reinforce the grid method of multiplication with larger numbers (up to three digits), as well as some problem-solving. Monday, November 23, 2009. Thursday, November 19, 2009. This week has seen 5T and 5G diving into Where´s Wally magazines, creating exten...
