Dear Parents,

Yet another rewarding year in my role as Head of

Teaching and Learning at MRSS. Our students have

truly upheld the schools mo"o “Only the Best" both

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Some highlights of Term 4 ……

Prep Book Buddies ini�a�ve

Year 11 students from Holland Park High School make

reading fun for our prep students.

Student Safety Session

Constable Bray and Constable Essery—MRSS‘s ‘Adopt a

Cop’ discussed safety situa.ons that chil-

dren might encounter in the home, at

school or in their environment and strate-

gies that they could use to keep them-

selves safe.

From the Head of Teaching and Learning’s Desk

TERM 4 CULMINATION NEWSLETTER

M A R S H A L L R O A D S T A T E S C H O O L

December 2017

Disgusting Sandwiches! 2

Save the Earth! 2

Persuasive Letters 3

Re-purposed creations 3

Design a Cereal Box 3

Novel & Film Comparison 4

Say it with Art 4

Analysing texts 4

Contents

inside this issue

Prep

Dear Gerald,

How did you feel

when the animals

teased you? I feel sad

when someone is

mean.

From Georgia

Dear Sam,

I liked the parrot because

it had beau.ful feathers.

What colour is your dog?

From Catalina

By Xena

Art below by Bailey and Steph, inspired by Impressionist Artist, Claude Monet

May you and yours enjoy a

very Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year.

In Science during term 4, Year 2 students learned about

Earth’s resources. They learned that water is an important

resource and that it needs to be conserved.

Unit 1 Culmination News

Page 2

Term 4 Curriculum Newsletter

Year 1

How to Make a

Disgusting Sandwich

By Ivy Ferrar

Ingredients:

• Slimy fresh squid

• 2 slices of old bread

• 1 tub of sloppy wasabi

• 1 whole piece of capsicum

How to Make It:

• Put 1slice of old bread on the plate

• Splat slimy fresh squid

• Spread 1 tub of sloppy wasabi

• Slap 1 whole piece of capsicum

• Put the other slice of old bread on top

• Eat and enjoy!

Year 1 students created a fun PowerPoint presentation for their procedural text assessment piece entitled :

“How to Make a Disgusting Sandwich”, based on the book, “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch”, by Ronda & David Armitage.

Below are PowerPoint presentations by Ivy, Remi and Amelie

How to Make a

Disgusting Sandwich

Remi

Ingredients:

� 2 Slices of dry bread

� 1 Bit of rotten lettuce

� 3 Dollops of vegemite

� 8 Rotten grapes

How to Make It:

� 1 Put the dry bread on the plate

� 2 Spread the vegemite on the bread

� 3 Slip the rotten lettuce on the vegemite

� 4 Squish down the rotten grapes

� 5 Place the bread on top

� Eat and enjoy!

How to Make a Disgusting Sandwich

By Amelie

What You Need

• Smelly Socks

• Mouldy bread

• Fork

• Plate

• Juicy slug

• Pile of dirt

How to Make It

Eat and enjoy! YUCK

1. Put bread on a plate.

2. Sprinkle dirt on bread.

3. Place socks on top of dirt.

4. Mush the slug on to the sandwich with the fork.

5. Put the other piece of bread on top.

6. Cut it up

7.Feed it to the seagulls.

How do we use water?

1. Drinking

2. Shower

3. Water slide

How do people conserve water?

1. By turning taps off after using

2. Having a water tank

3. Using a water bottle

4. Quick showers

Why is drinking water most

important?

• Because it hydrates us and

keeps us healthy.

Why is turning taps off after using the best strategy?

• Because if you don’t turn it off properly, it would

leak and waste fresh water

Below: Planning a talk on how to conserve water. By Zachary

In English, students in year 2 created an

information text on the Blossom Bat.

To support the text, students drew an

illustration with labels.

Northern Blossom Bat

Right: by Rowan

Year 2 SAVE THE EARTH

Students designed posters to create awareness on

how to save Earth’s natural resources!

Above:

By Luke N

Above:

By Edie F

Unit 1 Culmination News

Page 3

Term 4 Curriculum Newsletter

Year 4

Years 3 & 3/4

By Kai H

The task for Year 4 was to design a breakfast cereal package—

research, plan and write a script to promote their products.

Below are webs from Amelie’s (with an excerpt from her write

up) and Emily’s designs.

Twinkle Bombs are health filled, with

delicious, wholegrain goodness with five

essential vitamins and minerals all in one

bowl! All these amazing nutrients will give

you the boost you need to start your awesome

day! Eating this delicious cereal will make

you the fastest, toughest kid you can be

because of all the twinkerific vitamins!

Well? What are you waiting for? You simply

cannot miss out on this! Go and grab a pack

before they are all gone! You have just seen

how perfectly crafted this cereal is. You

learnt how super healthy they are, containing

all that wholegrain goodness, vital vitamins

and marvellous minerals. While being

healthy, it is also the most scrumptious cereal

you will ever taste, with rich, creamy flavours

exploding in your mouth with every spoonful.

Fun, exciting prizes can be won by

purchasing just a couple of boxes. You can’t

fail to love this absolutely, adorable cereal!

Dear Ms Robinson,

We should have an annual event each year that

celebrates our families…

Families are loving and caring because if you are hurt

or if someone is being mean to you, they will help

you. If you are sick they will give you medicine and

take you to the doctor. They are always there for

you…

Families teach you how to swim, ride a bike and how

to read. They teach you big things like how to drive a

car when you are older…

Families look after you because every day when you

are young, someone in your family is always there; it

could be your mum, dad, grandparents or someone

else in your family. Even during the night, they

check on you to make sure you are alright…

In conclusion, I definitely believe that families are

very, very important because they are loving and

caring, they teach you things and most of all, they

look after you. So, can’t you see how important

families are?

The task for students from year 3 was to write

a persuasive letter to Ms Robinson.

Below is an excerpt from Ben Q’s letter

Kangaroo Paw

Inspired by Nicholas Harding

By Halle

Above:

Coding using

Scratch

Excerpt by Kai H

Aboriginal Art

By Bhavy Native Flowers

by Holly

Families are obviously significant because they care for

us. In my life, my extraordinary mum takes me to the

doctor or she goes to the pharmacy to get medicine if I am

sick. In the story, ‘When I was Little Like You’, Mary’s

grandmother would collect delicious, tasty berries and

make medicine out of them when they were sick. Don’t

you want to thank families that care for you?

Persuasive letter excerpt by Helena H

As part of Year 4 Design and

Technologies, students repurposed

used clothing into new items in

order to reduce waste and achieve

sustainability.

Repurposed projects included:

A pillow from an old jersey—

by Christopher

A dog toy from old jeans— by Isabel

A dog collar from an old shirt—

by Zoe

A teacher’s tool belt from old jeans—

by Robin

A mask from old jeans— by Alison

A Nerf belt from an old belt and

sweater— by Remi

We have been reading some books in class called ‘The Burnt Stick’, ‘When I

was Little Like You’ and ‘The Red Piano’. After reading them, it made me think

that everyone must celebrate their beautiful family. They help you when

you’re terribly sick, they support your passion and they teach you things. We

absolutely must celebrate our families!

Persuasive letter excerpt by Will J

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Term 4 Curriculum Newsletter

Year 6 & 5/6

Year 5

Australian author, Jackie French’s novel, Somewhere Around

the Corner, is, in my opinion, one of the best books she has

written and is definitely worth the long read. Jackie French

uses beautifully elaborated writing to describe each and

every character and setting crystal-clearly to provide a

detailed image to the reader. The text’s humour lies mainly

in the colloquial language littered everywhere throughout the

book to make the story not as miserable, as it would have

been in the Great Depression, where most of the story is set.

The plot structure of the text is mostly very slow-paced,

causing the novel to be slightly longer than is preferred.

However, I feel that there is a reason for this. I think that this

is so that the readers understand every detail of the main

characters, Barbara and Young Jim and what is happening

around them, even though she can sometimes go a little

overboard…

In summary, Jackie French’s novel Somewhere Around the

Corner is an amazing book to read if you have the spare time.

It is great for further understanding of the time period of the

Great Depression and overall, just extremely entertaining to

read. I sincerely hope that a movie is made from this master-

piece, so I can enjoy this vividly detailed and exciting book

even more.

Above: Aliyah’s and Lily’s Birdhouse

Year 6 Task: To read and comprehend different historical context and

analyse and explain language features.

Excerpt below from Charlotte D’s presentation

Students were expected to identify needs and opportunities to

support wildlife in the school environment.

Generate and communicate design ideas using graphical

representations and technical terms.

Select and use appropriate materials and equipment to safely

make a product which supports wildlife to coexist in the school

environment.

“Say it with Art”

Mixed Media art piece expressing a

personal view about an environmental

issue.

Below Left: by Hazel

Below Right: by Angus

The tone of the book, Somewhere Around the Corner has many

different emotions, the main ones being serious, funny, sad, happy

and sometimes scary.

Jackie French uses great text structures from how the plot

develops to how the chapters are presented. The chapter titles

give a one to three word summary of the chapter. The plot of the

story starts as a normal day and turns into many adventures.

French uses all types of language features especially similes.

Excerpt from Imola’s presentation

Students were required to interpret a novel and the film

adaptation of the novel, and make comparisons between the

two texts. State a preference for either the novel or film

adaptation. Excerpt below by Lizzie

The character, Edmund, is portrayed similarly in the novel

and film. In the novel Edmund is a bratty, selfish boy that

envies his older brother and betrays his siblings. You first

read about Edmund betraying his siblings when he meets the

White Witch. C.S. Lewis uses deep, descriptive language “to

pay Peter back for calling him a beast” (page 96) to tell the

reader how Edmund is using his selfish ways and thinking

about if he was a prince.

Similarly, the film uses panning

shots and close-ups to show

Edmund’s selfishness in his

eyes. Adamson used these

shots to emphasise Edmund’s

strong and vile character.

When the witch suggests that

Edmund could be a prince, his

eyes light up and you feel

hatred for him. Both the novel

and the film depict Edmund

similarly.