The Annex News/Homework Sheet
16th March, 2015
Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate their birthdays
during the next two weeks and in the
holidays.
12th—Chloe Nicol
14th—Thomas Dellow
Buddy Picnic.
Interschool Sport
On Wednesday the Year 5/6’s and the
Foundations had a great time at the
buddy picnic. It was great to meet the
parents/guardians and to get to know
them.
Congratulations to Olivia Tolliday, who
made it through to the Regions Final in
backstroke on Friday.
Well done on a great effort against Croydon Hills last week for Interschool Sport.
The results were:
HOMEWORK
Open-ended Task—
Due Friday 27th March.
Please complete all of the following tasks.
Here is a great opportunity to be one of
the first players ever to take part in the
inaugural Great Ryrie Chess Tournament. Play against other Great Ryrie
students and try to win Gold, Silver or
Bronze in your age group, or the ‘Star
of the Tournament’ Trophy.
Hot Shots Tennis 312—290
GRPS
Remember you have two weeks to complete all
tasks. Therefore the teachers are expecting your
work to be of a particularly good standard.
Volley Stars 1—2
CHPS
Inspirational People
Basketball Mixed 19 -24
CHPS
Basketball Girls 6-28
CHPS
T-ball Mixed 13 –15
CHPS
Write about someone who inspires you. Why do
they inspire you, what makes them inspirational?
Include pictures, quotes etc, of your person.
Present your work on a poster, PowerPoint etc.
T-ball Girls 23-18
GRPS
7th—Angelina Vida
For further information and entry forms
see Mrs Frith in Room 19 or the front
office.
Cricket 63 –62
GRPS
12th—Renee Egan
Rotations
Rounders Mixed 16 –11
GRPS
Find an article in the paper or on the internet that
talks about a person that has done something
inspirational. Write a summary of the article and
bring it to class to share.
Rounders Girls 30– 8
GRPS
Maths Quiz
Science Challenge
Last week on Thursday the Year 5/6’s
started rotations. They all had a great
time and are excited to keep doing it
throughout the year. The rotations are:
16th—David Mu
16th—Isabelle Di Biase
18th—Dylan Bermingham
24th—Noah Fanner
27th—Olivia Collyer
28th—Robert Ceu Pa Chung
5th April—Jesse O’Neil
We have been invited to take part in the
Heathmont College Science Challenge
on Tuesday 24 March from 9:00am to
10:15am. The team, which has yet to be
chosen, will consist of two year 5 students and two Year 6 students, who
have an interest in Science. Morning tea
will be provided by Heathmont College.
Parents will be required to transport
their own children to and from the
Science Challenge.
Science At The Speed Of Light
The Australian Synchrotron accelerates
electrons around a circle the size of the
MCG at nearly the speed of light to
create a light beam one million times
brighter than the sun. This light is used
to examine a wide range of matter from
our food to famous paintings and even
the flu virus. On Monday 30 March from
2pm – 4pm the Australian Synchrotron
will be inviting the public to take part in
free fun talks and a tour of the synchrotron. Children must be accompanied by
an adult. Registration is required at
http://
bit.lyScienceattheSpeedofLight_Speaker
Series
Attention Chess Players!
We had some very pleasing results
against Holy Spirit last week.
Mr MacCartney– Kitchen Garden,
Hot Shots Tennis 394—274
GRPS
Miss Beddome– Design & Creativity,
Volley Stars 2—1
GRPS
Mr Greeves- ICT,
Basketball Mixed 18 -24
Holy Spirit
Mrs Frith– Science,
Basketball Girls 14-18
Holy Spirit
Mr Kim– Cyber safety,
T-ball Mixed 21 –13
GRPS
Mrs Gordon– Literacy
T-ball Girls 26-20
Holy Spirit
Transition
Cricket 53 –38
GRPS
Important dates for the 2015 Transition
process are:
Rounders Mixed 15 –9
GRPS
Rounders Girls 22– 10
GRPS
Wednesday 18 March—Transition resources are sent to government
schools
1.
2320 hours = ? am/pm
2.
3/4 of 40 =
3.
0.2 + 0.05 =
4.
Double 950 =
5.
95mm = ? cm
6.
A millennium = ? years
7.
4000—1650 =
8.
If your new car uses 1.5L for every 3km,
how much fuel will it use if you drive
18km?
9.
How many degrees in a right angle?
10.
$55.60 + $342.80 =
General Knowledge Quiz
1. Which of these is an antonym of freeze?
a)
melt
b) cold
c) icy
Tuesday 21 April—Transition package is
sent home to parents
Important Dates:
Friday 22 May—All Applications for
Year 7 Placement forms are to be
returned to school.
17th —House Cross Country
2. Sumo wrestling is a sport that originated in which
country?
19th —3 Way Conferences
3. What are plankton?
20th —Multicultural Day (wear orange)
4. When the weather is humid, there is lots of what in the
air?
Wednesday 19 August—Primary schools
notify parents of placement offers
24th —Year 5/6 First Aid Training
Monday 24 August— Parents may lodge
non-placement appeals with secondary
schools
26th—Crazy Hair Day
7. What do people mean when we say that people are as
27th —End of Term
thick as thieves?
13th April—Curriculum Day
8. What is the longest river in Australia?
Tuesday 8 December—Orientation Day
for Year 6 students at government
secondary schools.
Saturday 21 March—Heathmont College
Tour 9:30am —11:30 am. Details on their
website.
25th — Annex Birthdays (March)
14th April—Term 2 starts
5. What is the capital of USA?
6. What does a bird have that no other animal has?
9. List Australia’s state/territories in order from smallest to largest in relation to size of population. (Please
write down the population)
10. What precious stones are found in oysters?
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Parent/Guardian signature
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Year 6 Student Leadership 2015
Indonesian Captains
School Captains & JSC
Visual Art Captains
Sport Captains
House Captains
Buddy
Picnic
Kitchen Garden Rotations
This week the key ingredient for
cooking was potatoes. We made
4 delicious recipes:
Potato Salad, Potato Fritters,
Mexican Potatoes and Boston
Bun.
Performing Arts Captains