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The Annex News/Homework Sheet
25th May 2015
Happy Birthday
HOMEWORK
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Due Friday 5th June
Happy Birthday to the following stu- Kingswood College—Scholar Chef
dents who celebrate their birthdays Kingswood College is currently looking
during the rest of May:
for their next ScholarChef.
John Hartweger— 27th
Emma Hastas — 29th
Lachlan Sanchez-Legg—56M
Madilyn Bailey—56K
Joshua Bird—56M
Mitchell Northe—56G
To be in the running for a Hospitality
Scholarship at Kingswood College,
Year 6 students are invited to send in
or e-mail a five minute movie of themselves cooking their favourite recipe
and telling why they love cooking. Please see the Annex pin up board
for further details.
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Our Annex Birthday party for May
will be on this Wednesday 27th May
during the first half of recess. We
look forward to celebrating with all the
students who have their birthdays in
May.
Word from the Chaplain
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Calm down strategies
Take slow, deep breaths.
Listen to music.
Laugh.
Sing your favourite Song.
Talk about something different.
Think of your favourite activity.
Sit in comfy chair.
Smile!
JSC News
The JSC has been working hard to come
up with a new fundraiser for this term.
They want to make people aware of
brain cancer. They have chosen
‘Beanies for Brain Cancer’ as the fundraiser this term. On June 18 th students
are asked to donate a gold coin and
come to school in a beanie. There will
be a competition across each year level
for the class that can raise the most
money for this great cause.
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ICAS Science
The ICAS science competition will take
place in Mrs. Frith’s room at 9:00am on
Wednesday 3rd of June. The following
students are the students who have
entered the competition:
- Heath Murphy (56G)
- Ash Newnham (56F)
- Hannah Murray (56F)
- Sam Rhodes (56F)
- Sylvia Dang (56B)
- Mackenzie Skinner (56K)
- Kieren Tirikawala (56K)
- Casey Tucker (56M)
- Angelina Vida (56M)
- Alan Silverwood (School Chaplain)
Please complete all of the following tasks .
Remember you have two weeks to complete all
tasks. Therefore the teachers are expecting your
work to be of a particularly high standard.
Open-ended Task
IMAX / Museum Excursion
Thursday 28th May 2015
Remember! We have our ‘Natural Disasters’
excursion to the Museum and IMAX on this
coming Thursday 28th May 2015.
A reminder that we will be meeting at
Heathmont Station to catch the 8:51am
train. Teachers will be there by 8:30am.
Please arrive at the platform by 8:45am to
avoid missing the train. We will be arriving
back to school for normal dismissal time.
We expect students to be on their best
behavior and that they are representing
Great Ryrie Primary School at all times.
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Photo Day—Wednesday 27th
A reminder for all that photo day is on this
coming Wednesday 27th of May. Make sure
Premier’s Reading Challenge
you are looking your best for the day. You
are expected to wear clean school uniform
Please keep reading your books.
“Reading is to the mind, what exer- with girls expected to tie their hair back.
Check with your teachers for photo times
cise is to the body” J. Addison
for your class.
Interschool Sport
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Well done and congratulations to all
the students who have continued to
put in their best effort in interschool
sport. Unfortunately, our round
against Holy Spirit had been cancelled the previous week due to the
wet weather.
Last Friday, we played against the ever
competitive Croydon Hills Primary
School. We are pleased to announce
that we won 6 of the 9 sports events.
The results are as follows:
Football: 20—29 (loss)
Hot Shots Tennis: 303 - 249 (win)
Girls Netball: 28—12 (win)
Boys Netball: 9—14 (loss)
Beginners Netball: 11—5 (win)
Soccer: 9-2 (win)
Girls Softball: 9—8 (win)
Mixed Softball: 4—7 (loss)
Volley Stars: 3-0 (win)
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In this fortnightly open ended task, your task is to
get creative with Maths! You are required to
produce an artwork using various angles and 2D
& 3D shapes. You may choose to make geometric
drawings, create mobiles, dioramas, posters, draw
tessellations, or use ICT. You may choose one
medium or you many choose to combine 2 or
more. Use your imagination and creativity.
Please remember that this section of the homework should take the equivalent of 20—30 minutes
per night for eight nights a fortnight and the
standard of work produced should reflect this.
. Maths Quiz
1. 321 x 6 x 0 =
2. What is the next number in the following sequence: 1, 2, 2,4,8,32, ___
3. True or false? A scalene triangle has more
degrees than an isosceles triangle.
4. Three cubed minus three squared= (express in
a number sentence)
5. Round 459.49 to the nearest 1.00?
6. How many millilitres in a third
of a litre?
7. What is the product of 6 and 9?
8. Is 0.73 > 0.642?
9. 18 grapes have a mass of 54 grams. How many
grams for 500 grapes? If grapes are $5.00/kg,
how does the 500 grapes cost?
10. How many cups of 125mL cups in 5L of water?
Production Logo Design
General Knowledge Quiz
Congratulations to Charlotte Jackson
(56K) for winning the logo design for this
year’s production ‘Aladdin Trouble’. Also, a
well done to all who have entered the
design competition.
1. What does GMT stand for and what is it?
2. In what year was Canberra made the capital
city of Australia
3. Which river flows through Brisbane?
4. What is the highest mountain in Victoria?
5. Name the instrument that measures or gauges
the wind.
6. Name the countries that border Burma?
7. Name a large Australian flightless bird starting
with c?
8. Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world.
True or False?
9. What to 25, 16 and 9 have in common?
10. What are tributaries?
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Quote For the Fortnight
Watch your thoughts, they become words;
Watch your words, they become actions;
Watch your actions, they become habits;
Watch your habits, they become character;
Watch your character, for it becomes your
destiny.
- Frank Outlaw -
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