Welcome everyone to term two. We’ve hit the ground running in all our classes and students are getting some quality work done.

5/6 English

The year 5/6 English class have started the term with a novel study. We are reading A Ghost in my Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang. This story is set in modern day China, with some links to the past which we are also studying in HASS. We are completing a mix of activities that go along with the book including drawing, diary entries, change the ending and perspective paragraphs.

5/6 HASS

During HASS this term we are completing a project on Ancient China, which is supporting our knowledge and understanding of our class novel for English.

We have also begun to look at Economics, with some activities on wants and needs, and supply and demand. There has been some lively discussion centered around deciding what is a want and what is a need.

7-10 English

We began term two focusing on authors purpose, looking at why authors write, what they are hoping to achieve with their writing, and who they are aiming their writing at. This is culminating in designing a menu which employs the purposes of persuade, entertain and inform.

This week we will start our unit of work on Shakespeare. This year we are studying The Taming of the Shrew, one of Shakespeare’s few comedies. This will be paired with the movie Ten Things I Hate About You, which is based on the play.

7-10 HASS

The focus for HASS this term has been Economics. We have looked at markets, supply and demand and macro and micro economics. Next week we will turn our attention toward business, and general ‘how to adult’ skills which will incorporate budgeting, resume writing, career exploration, taxation and superannuation.

SACE English

Our stage one SACE English students are working toward completing their second and third assessment tasks. Task two is a comparison and analysis of how the same message is conveyed to different audiences, task three is a creative writing task focusing on one important moment or memory.

5-10 Art

We began Art this term with shading skills, how to grade colour and different shading techniques such as hatching and swirling. Students produced some great work as they practiced and annotated their work in their visual art diaries.

This week we started a little art history, looking at the life and achievements of Pablo Picasso. Students will have a play with drawing some portraits in his style, and aim to complete a final piece using oil pastels.