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Dear 5/6 parents and students, Some reminders for this week: Parent Information evening is happening this Wednesday with a welcome at 6pm in the gym. Family Life Notes (blue) were handed out on Friday. Please return this this week. African Drumming notes (yellow) were handed out last week. Please return this week. Pyjama Day is […]

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The Scientific Method This week the 5/6 students followed the scientific method to ask and answer some scientific questions.  Given the fantastic weather on Thursday the students were able to conduct two experiments outside.  Before conducting their experiments they formulated an aim and a hypothesis. After the experiments were completed they wrote up their results

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Inter-School Sports Practice – Soccer The 5/6 inter-school soccer squad has been involved in some very positive training sessions, with some fine examples of leadership and sportsmanship being shown.  We are looking forward to the start of the competition early next term. The 5/6 Team

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Ride to School Day Congratulations to Sofia and Joe for presenting the hands up data from last week’s Ride to School. Overall there has been an increase in active transport for people travelling to school.  A great result.

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Sound Mind, Sound Body, Sound Community Yesterday the Carlton Football Club returned for their final session with the 5/6 Neighbourhood.  The focus was nutrition and how our eating choices can impact on our wellbeing and overall health.      The 5/6 Team

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WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING KOFI KUNKPE Traditional Master Drummer In Term 2 students will have the opportunity to participate in a series of 7 sessions with Kofi Kunkpe, experiencing traditional drumming, dancing, songs and culture from Ghana and other West African countries. This experience will commence with a performance by Kofi and other West African artists, and a cultural presentation to help

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Literacy In Literacy this week the students built their understanding of sugar in drinks and the related health effects.  When reading the information texts they applied the strategy of scanning to detect key information. In spelling the students used feedback from their Literacy books to begin updating their personal spelling lists and looking for common

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Are you ready for National Ride2School Day 2016? National Ride2School Day is back again for 2016! National Ride2School Day is Friday March 4 and is set to be the biggest celebration to date. Please remember to come to school on Friday using active transport, cycle, scoot or walk and make a contribution to a more sustainable Melbourne. The

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