Figurative Language Poster

Idiom, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, similes and personification. These are all language features which we call figurative language. In reading we have been learning about these language features and how authors used them in their writing to make their work engaging and add interest for their audience.  We made posters either with paper pencils or flowers with examples and definitions of the language feature.Here is our figurative language poster.

Science Road Show

Last week on Thursday the year 5 and 6 students of Good Shepherd
School went to Edendale Primary School to experience the Science
Roadshow! We learnt so much about ice and fire, the human body
and other things that are related to science. We enjoyed watching the
hosts do fascinating experiments like dropping an 8 ball into the metal
stick with a hoop attached to it, before they dipped it into the liquid
nitrogen the ball could thread through the hoop, but after they dipped
the stick into the liquid nitrogen the ball couldn’t fit!

We had a lot of fun, and recommend that everyone goes to the
Science Roadshow if they get a chance.  

Zip Zap Avenue

Lights, Camera, Action!

Last week Good Shepherd School performed, ‘Zip Zip Zap Avenue’.  We
packed the school hall with our family and friends as the rain fell. Most of
GSS students were in the holding classrooms covered in make-up and
sitting in our toy costumes.   

Zip Zip Zap Avenue is a about a Toy Shop that comes alive once one of
the main characters, the Shopkeeper closed up the shop and turned off
the light.  The toys would then come alive when all the people were asleep,
like the the families that visited the toyshop looking for the perfect gifts.
This certain night at the toyshop the celebration was for Buzz the Bee,
he had left the shelf of the toy shop and all his friends came out to celebrate
him with dances.  The main toy friends were Thing 1, Thing 2, Tiki, Spiderman,
Cabbage Patch Doll, Woody, Strawberry Shortcake, and a Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtle. The main characters introduced the classes as they came in as their
selected toy and danced for buzz.

The first dance was the boys and girls of Room 3 and 4 who were transformers,
this was a great and powerful way to start the show.  Room 5 then twirled onto
the stage as Barbie and Ken dancing to Barbie girl. Things got a little spooky
as the trolls of Room 7 came out in the middle of the night to the song Thriller.
 We weren’t too scared for long as the fairies in Room 3 and 4 came out
dancing away in their gorgeous fair dresses. And just when you thought
things couldn’t get any cuter the teddy bears from Room 1 and 2 went on their
teddy bear picnic.  Room 8 then showed us what teamwork is with their
awesome lego outfit and very cool song … Everything is awesome! Next up
were the Kiwi toy, with great costumes for the kiwi birds and the wonderful
performance of the Poi Dancers. And finally it was our turn, Room 6
spun onto the stage as Rubix Cubes dancing to You Spin Me Right Around.  

It was a fantastic experience for us all, we learnt a lot about performing and all the
work that goes on in the background.  We was a wonderful opportunity and it
wouldn’t of been possible without the support of everyone working together
just like the lego blocks.  

Book Week

Book Week!

It's week 8 and it is the bookworms favourite week of the year!

Book week! A lot of things happened this week. The library

was jam packed full of books and other cool stuff like pencils

and rubbers, authors and poets were visiting the school,

the book parade was on Friday where we were able to

show off our costumes of our favourite book character!

Monday saw us in groups competing against one another

as we did a literacy quiz! There were 30 questions and

three topics. Each question we got right earned us a point!

And, we all had to pick a topic where we DOUBLED our

points.

The next day Tasman Flinn visited the school. We all sat in the

hall and sat on the chairs while she showed us her poems

and talked about poetry.

Then on Thursday, all of us year 5 and 6s went to Room 2 so

we could see Chris Gurney. She talked about her books and

how to make a book. And she picked a few volunteers to act

out a play, based off her own book called “Cindy And The

Lost Jandal” (Miss Down’s favourite book).

Then on Friday, we all dressed up in our favourite book

characters, and finished off the week with the book

parade! Where we showed off our amazing costumes

on the stage.

We all had so much fun during book week. Thank God for books!

Seed Crackers

Seed crackers

In Room Six we have been learning about how we can stay healthy and
have a well balanced diet.  For a healthy class treat we made seed crackers.

Here is our recipe

Ingredients:

½ cup Sunflower seeds

½ cup Pumpkin seeds

¼ cup Sesame seeds

¼ cup Poppy seeds

¼ cup Linseed/flaxseed seeds

¼ cup chia seeds

½ tsp sea salt

1 cup water

1 sprinkle of flaky sea salt, to sprinkle

Directions:

Heat oven to 170C. Place all the seeds and the salt in a bowl, pour in water
and mix to combine. Leave for 15 minutes for the chia and flax seeds to soften
and bind everything together.  Tip out onto a baking paper-lined oven tray and
spread out as thin as possible (around 4mm thick) and sprinkle with some flaky
sea salt. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the tray from the oven and slice into
crackers, then return to the oven to cook for another 20-30 minutes until crisp
and golden. Remove to a rack to cool then store in an airtight container.  
Now your crackers are ready to eat.

On the last week of school we are going to be having a Healthy Food Party -
Veggie Con on Monday the 2nd July, everybody will bring healthy food for
us to eat as a shared lunch.  

Check out our blogs for family favourites or healthy recipes we searched.

Royal Jelly

The Royal Jelly

On Tuesday 29 of May the whole of Good Shepherd gathered in the hall to watch a show called “The Royal Jelly”. It gave us a lot of facts about bees and was really funny.  Also three students were lucky enough to participate in the show answering questions from the “mayor”. Over all the show was fun and interesting and we all learned a lot.

Emelias Banana Bran Muffins!

Emelias Banana Bran Muffins!

Ingredients:

¾ cup std plain flour                         50 g butter

¾ cup wholemeal flour                      1 egg

¾ cup brown sugar                             1 ½ cups mashed bananas(3)

½  cup baking bran                               1 tsp vanilla

2 tsp baking powder                            milk as required

2 tsp cinnamon

½ cups sultanas

Heat oven to 200’c

Measure dry ingredients into a large bowl, add sultanas.

Mix in sugar to combine. Melt butter in another bowl, put in the egg,

mix well with a fork. Add banana, vanilla and milk. Stir dry ingredients

into liquid, pour together. Divide bowl 12 pans, well coated non stick

spray. Bake 10-15 minutes. Then they are ready to eat!

Food Pyramid

A well balanced diet!

During our health inquiry we have been learning about a well balanced diet.  We created a definition using a solo define map.  Here is our definition:

A balanced diet is eating the right types of food that gives your body the nutrients to function correctly.  To get proper nutritions from your diet you need to eat a healthy diet that contains the proper proportions of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.  You need to eat a well balanced diet to maintain good health and to help you feel your best.

We also have learnt about the food pyramid, proportions, and the eatwell plate.

Here is a picture of my food pyramid which includes the food groups and servings sizes. You must eat a balance of all food groups to maintain good health.

Cross country

Cross Country

It was the Fifth of June. Everyone a bit blue after the end of a long 4 day
weekend, and here we are, starting the week off with cross country!
Everyone came in their sports uniform. And from the morning up
until lunch time, us students were running the Cross Country track.\
We raced in year levels, so the year 1's raced with each other and so on.
Those young bunches got to only run 1 lap. While us big kids had to run
2 and a half laps! Doesn't seem that much until you add the fact we
had to jog all the way up Telford Ave and back twice! It was fun being
competitive and racing your friends and other people. Everyone was bursting
with positive energy.Lining up before heading to the track is where the
nervousness starts to kick in. We made our way to the netball court
and stretched, a bit after that the year 6 girls started running. A few minutes
later it was OUR turn to run the track. We all lined up

and Mrs Mcleod told us where to go, then after that, we were off. Everyone
seemed extremely exhausted at the end, but finishing the race was so relieving.
Congratulations to all the children who came in the top 3 and represented their
houses well. And thanks to all the parents who helped motivate and keep us
children on track.