The Annex News/Homework Sheet
22nd February 2017
Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrate their birthdays during the next
two weeks.
February
20th—Kodi Montebrown
20th—Isaac Pene
23rd—Fidel Smolenaers
Year 6 Student Leadership
Interschool Sport
The last couple of weeks have seen the Year 6 students
work hard on speeches and posters for a variety of
leadership positions. The teachers are very proud of the
all the students and the effort they have put in to produce speeches and posters that were of a very high
quality. Congratulations to the students who were successful in receiving a leadership position for 2017.
Well done to all the students who competed in the Swimming
Carnival today. There were some great results on the day.
27th—Iangku Lian
Thankyou to all the parents who have offered to help out
with interschool sport. Without your assistance we wouldn’t
be able to run the program so we really appreciate it.
Important Dates
March
28th—St John’s Ambulance First Aid
2nd—Jaxxon Blakemore
28/2-3/3—Maroondah Youth & Wellbeing Project/Survey
6th—Anthony Westerveld
2nd March– Family Picnic Day
We will be having our first Annex Birthday Party for
all the students who celebrated their birthday in
January and February this Thursday 23rd in the
Annex staffroom at recess.
10th March—Buddy Picnic
16th March—School Fun Run Fundraiser
Mrs Rouda announcing our School Captains for 2017 at
assembly today. From L-R
Buddies—The annual Buddy Picnic will be held on
Wednesday 10th March. This is an opportunity for
the Year 5/6 students to have lunch with their new
buddies and their buddies parents.
School Vice Captains- Isaac Kirchner and Dinali Tirikawala
School Captains—Mason Aronleigh and Lara Farley
Maroondah Youth Wellbeing Project/Survey
Parents should have received a notice informing
them about the upcoming survey that the Year 5&6
students will undertake next week. This is the second
year we have been involved in the survey. The data
and feedback we received from last years survey
has been very beneficial and we plan to use the
results to help improve the students wellbeing.
If you don’t want your child to participate in the
project, please return the form that was with the
notice to your teacher by Wednesday 23rd February.
If you have any questions about the project please
see Mr MacCartney.
Jim Asimakopoulos speaks to Year 6’s about being
a Role Model
Last Thursday the Year 6’s were honoured to have Jim
Asimakopoulos come in and talk
to us about some key roles in
being a leader. Although Jim had
cerebral palsy he doesn’t have
self-pity and he didn’t want
anyone to feel sorry for him. Jim
was extremely inspirational and
touching. While he was talking
some of the students and teachers shed a few tears. One quote
that stood out for me is,
‘Remember to tell people what
you CAN do and not what you
CAN’T do.’ by Amber Truong
20th & 22nd March—Year 6 Leadership Days with schools in
our Cluster
As a team, we value your support and welcome any assistance in the classroom or in specialists,. If you have the
time at the start or end of the day (20-30 minutes) to listen
to students read we would value your help.
It has been great to have so many parents come up and
introduce themselves in the first couple of weeks. We encourage strong partnerships between school and home, so
if you have any concerns or questions please do not hesitate
to ask.
HOMEWORK
Open-ended Task— Due Friday 3rd March 2017
Each week it is expected you will do the following:
1.
Read for at least 15 minutes per night and record what you have read in your ‘My Home Reading’ book
2.
Complete your weekly maths activity, as organised by your teacher.
3.
Complete the following Open-ended task. Remember you have two weeks to complete all tasks. Therefore the
teachers are expecting your work to be of a particularly good standard.
Identity
Who do you identify with? Do you belong to a club or group? Prepare a 2-3 minute talk about the organisation which you
belong to, highlighting your participation in it. Bring along some of your uniform, trophies, photos and memorabilia to enhance your talk.