Anne - Great Ryrie Primary School

The Annex News/Homework Sheet
11th May 2015
Happy Birthday
Interschool Sport
Natural Disasters
Happy Birthday to the following stu- Congratulations to the AFL Football,
dents who celebrate their birthdays Soccer, Girls, Boys and Beginners
Netball, Volleystars and Mixed Softball
during the next two weeks of May:
teams for their wins against Antonio
Aaron Hook — 11th
Park on Friday, 1st May !
Heath Murphy — 11th
Currently we are in the Immersion stage of
The scores were:
Alicia Recinos — 16th
our topic. Students have been watching
Football - 61-49 (win)
Youtube videos to gather information about
Tyrese Pomponio — 22nd
Natural Disasters that have occurred in the
Hot Shots Tennis– 209-246 (loss)
past, while practising their note-taking
Girls Netball - 31-15 (win)
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skills. These videos such as ‘Top Ten NatuBoys Netball - 32-13 (win)
ral Disasters’ produced by National GeoTransition to Year 7
graphic, have been highly engaging as well
Beginners Netball - 25-2(win)
as educational. We are all greatly looking
Year 6 students are reminded that their Soccer - 17-1 (win)
forward to furthering our knowledge of
Application for Year 7 Placement
Girls Softball - 15-18 (loss)
natural phenomena and what causes them
forms are due back to their class
during our planned excursion to IMAX and
Mixed
Softball
12-9
(win)
teacher by Friday 22nd May. Please
Melbourne Museum on Thursday 28th May.
contact your class teacher or Mrs Frith, Volley Stars - 3-0 (win)
In order to protect our environment and
if you are having any problems filling in
reduce costs, we will be travelling by train
the form.
Congratulations also to the Netball, to the city. Permission forms will be coming
Softball and Volleystars teams on their home this week and should be returned to
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wins against Good Shepherd on Friday, school as soon as possible.
NAPLAN
8th May!
NAPLAN testing for Year 5 students will
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begin on Tuesday 12th May with LanThe scores were:
guage Conventions and Writing, each
Football - 16-46 (loss)
Pre-Service Teachers
taking 40 minutes to complete. LanHot Shots Tennis– 261-410 (loss)
guage Conventions will be held before
Mrs Sandra Hill from Swinburne University
Recess and Writing after Recess. On
Girls Netball - 32-12(win)
has been working in Room 19 with Mrs Frith
Wednesday 13th May, Year 5 students
for the last two weeks and will remain with
Boys Netball - 15-7 (win)
will do the Reading paper and on Thursus in the Annex for another two weeks.
Beginners Netball - 12-8(win)
day 14th May, they will complete the
Welcome to Great Ryrie, Mrs Hill.
testing with Numeracy. Both of these
Soccer - 1-6 (loss)
Recently classes in the Annex were each
tests will take place in the first session.
visited by two pre-service teachers from
Girls Softball - 15-6 (win)
Year 5/6 teachers have helped the
Deakin Academy. Each pre-service teacher
Mixed Softball - 22-18 (win)
students to become familiar with the
gave a short literacy lesson to a small
format and timing of these tests and
Volley Stars - 2-1 (win)
group of students, an activity which was
wish them all the best.
Next Friday, 15th May, Great Ryrie will enjoyed by all who participated.
be playing against Holy Spirit. Hot
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Shots Tennis, both Softball teams and
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Volley Stars will play away. On Friday
ICAS Information Technologies
Heathmont College
22nd May we will be playing against
will be held on Tuesday 19th May at 9:00 Croydon Hills. Soccer, Volley Stars, On Friday morning. 15th May, at 9:10am we
am in Mrs Frith’s room, Room 19. Year 5 Hot Shots Tennis, Girls Netball and
will welcome back some of our ex-students.
students who will be completing this
Beginners Netball will play away.
They will be coming as ambassadors for
assessment are: Aaron Hook, Lucas
Heathmont College to speak with their
Football will be played at Aquinas.
McPherson, Heath Murphy, Ash
School Captains to all the Year 5/6 stuNewnham and Mackenzie Skinner. Year
Good luck to all Great Ryrie teams! dents about what is happening at Heath6 students also taking part are: Josh
mont College.
Bird, Sylvia Dang, Hannah Murray and
On Tuesday afternoon Year 11 Psychology
Kieren Tiwikawala. Good luck to these
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students from Heathmont College will be
students.
The Running Competition
coming to conduct a range of Maths activi****
ties with a selection of students from 5/6F.
Starts this week and finishes at the
Science Talent Search.
end of Week 10 Term 2. Each week a
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There is still time to enter. Please see class will win a point for having run
the most laps. The class that has the
Mrs Frith for details and entry forms.
Quote For the Fortnight
most points at the end of Week 10 will
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be the winner. Students, please wear
appropriate running shoes and be
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
prepared to do your best to get fit.
Benjamin Franklin
Please keep reading your books.
HOMEWORK
Due Friday 22nd May
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 good standard.
Open-ended Task
This fortnight your task is to be creative. You are
required to produce a piece of writing or art work
no larger than A3 size which depicts a mood or
creates atmosphere associated with one or more
natural disasters. You may use one medium such
as pencil, paint, crayon, cardboard, textiles or clay
or a combination of more than one. On the other
hand you could write poetry, drama or prose.
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. 87 + 56 =
2. What is the next number in the Fibonacci Sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5. 8. 13 ?
3. John has a stamp collection. One third of his
stamps are from India. He has 36 of them. How
many stamps are there in his collection altogether?
4. A television program starts at 14:45 and ends at
15:20. How long does it go for?
5. 63—45 =
6. If 6x+3 = 15, what is the value of 6x –3?
7. How many sides does a nonagon have?
8. What is the square root of 144?
9. If two angles of a triangle measure 35° and 65,°
how much does the third angle measure?
10. What is the place value of 3 in 1.234?
General Knowledge Quiz
1. Where is the island of Maui?
2. What makes cakes rise?
3. Which famous tennis tournament takes place in
South West London every summer?
4. What kind of animal has appeared at the beginning of MGM movies since April 1924?
5. Which blood group can be given in a transfusion
to any other blood group?
6. What would a Fletcher do as his job?
7. How many arms has a squid?
8. Who invented the first ball point pen?
9. Which letters in Scrabble are worth 10 points?
10. What name is given to a painting done on a
newly plastered wall?
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