Homework

Homework

Homework is due every Monday. 

Diaries

Diaries are due every Monday. Students must read at least 4 times a week for 30 minutes each time. Book titles and pages/times are to be written down in diaries and signed by parents each day. Activities on the left hand side of the diary also need to be completed each week.

Expectations

It is expected that every student completes these weekly tasks. Failure to do so or to an adequate standard will result in students making up time at recess or lunch to complete these tasks. Repeat offenders will receive a strike.

Homework

Term Three, Week Five.

Oral presentation Term 3 - Due Monday 31st August 

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week. Don't forget to enter the book title, pages or time read, into your diary, and have a parent sign this for you.

Inquiry

You are about to embark on your first oral presentation for the year.  You will have an opportunity to interview someone who has immigrated to Australia. This could be a family friend, grandparent or even parent. Secondly, you will then compare their immigration story to another individual who has immigrated to Australia prior to 1950, i.e. Chinese immigrants during the Gold Rush, European immigrants post war. All of the information can be found below including the rubric in which you will be marked against.

This week you should decide on who you are interviewing, come up with a set of interesting questions you would like to ask, set a time for your interview, decide how you are presenting your information and create the front page of your visual presentation.

This project will be your homework over the next 3 weeks.

Homework

Term Three, Week Four. DUE Monday 10th August.

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week. Don't forget to enter the book title, pages or time read, into your diary, and have a parent sign this for you.

Literacy/Inquiry

This week you will be watching the below video on Clickview, you may need to login. The video is about the Australian gold rush. You will write a summary which has the key information, think along the lines of who, what, when, why and how. 
https://www.clickview.net/primary/videos/19102427/who-when-where-and-why?context=series&contextId=27043160  

Mathematics

Please complete the Mathletics tasks that your teacher has set for you.

Homework

Term Three, Week Two. DUE Monday 27th JULY.

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week. Don't forget to enter the book title, pages or time read, into your diary, and have a parent to sign this for you.

Literacy/Inquiry

Complete the biography template found below. 

You can choose to complete the template on either:

An Australian athlete competing at the upcoming Commonwealth Games 

or

Any player who has competed in the FIFA World Cup

This link will help you find information about the Australian Athletes competing in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. It may not have all the information you need but you may need to do your own research. 

https://commonwealthgames.com.au/glasgow-2026/glasgow-2026-australian-team/ 

Mathematics

Please complete the Mathletics tasks that your teacher has set for you.

Homework

Term Two, Week Nine. DUE Monday 22nd JUNE.

This week will be a lighter week of Homework, due to our musical next week. 

Reading and Mathletics only.

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week. Don't forget to enter the book title, pages or time read, into your diary, and have a parent to sign this for you.

Mathematics

Please complete the Mathletics tasks that your teacher has set for you.

Homework

Term Two, Week Seven. DUE Tuesday 8th JUNE.

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week. Don't forget to enter the book title, pages or time read, into your diary, and have a parent to sign this for you.

Mathematics

Please complete the Mathletics tasks that your teacher has set for you.

Literacy

Read the KidsNews article - 'Kids to get free show tickets in a bid to introduce them to the theatre'. Complete the Quiz questions (All questions are to be written neatly into your homework books, and all answers are to be completed in full sentences).

Please also complete the 'Number 2 Extension activity' - 'Think of an idea for a play or musical that you think all kids would love to see. Write an outline of the story, a description of the main characters and an outline of what makes your play or musical great for kids'. 

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/arts/kids-to-get-free-show-tickets-in-a-bid-to-introduce-them-to-the-theatre/news-story/fd13b076989dff05b9fc337ce7e12fd5

The Resilience Project

FAMILY ACTIVITY: CHARADES 

• Take turns as a family to choose an emotion and act it out using facial expressions and body language. 

For example, crossing your arms to suggest anger. 

• Have other family members guess the emotion being acted out. 

• After each turn, chat about situations when you might see that emotion in real life and what you could do if you noticed that emotion in yourself or someone else.

Homework

Term Two, Week Six. DUE MONDAY 1st JUNE.

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week. Don't forget to enter the book title, pages or time read, into your diary, and have a parent to sign this for you.

Mathematics

Please complete the 'Dream Bedroom' Maths task at the attached link.

Literacy

Interview with a world record holder
Imagine that you are a journalist that is about to have the opportunity to interview Sabastian Sawe prior to his run in the upcoming Berlin Marathon (or choose your own athlete). Think about other athlete interviews you have seen on television, and the types of comments and questions athletes are presented. Prepare for your interview by writing down your introduction, praise for the athlete, and interesting and insightful questions you would ask him. You could ask about how he got to this point, his preparation for the race, how he is feeling, his goals, etc.

The Resilience Project

Looking at Gratitude. What is it? Why is it important?

Activity:

Gratitude Jar: Each evening, have family members write down one thing they are grateful for and put it in a jar. Read them together on Sunday mornings. 

Homework

Term Two, Week Five. DUE MONDAY 25TH MAY

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week. Don't forget to enter the book title, pages or time read, into your diary, and have a parent to sign this for you.

Mathematics.

Please complete the Mathletics tasks that your teacher has set for you.

Comprehension

Please read (or listen to) the Kidsnews article below, and complete the Quiz questions. 

All questions and answers are to be written neatly into your Homework books.

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/sport/marathon-record-holder-could-run-even-faster-at-berlin-marathon/news-story/07cd1d389382e7129afddd520e57a9b6

The Resilience Project

Mindfulness

Please answer the following questions in your Homework book.

What is Mindfulness?

What are some ways you can practice Mindfulness?

What is your favourite way to practice Mindfulness?

What Mindfulness activity helps you at school and at home when you're experiencing strong emotions?

Ask your family members what their favourite ways of practising Mindfulness are; mindfulness colouring in, completing puzzles, going for a walk, breathing exercises, listening to music, or something else.

You can also add some photos of these activities, if you would like to. 

Homework

Term Two, Week Two. DUE MONDAY 4TH MAY

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week.  Don't forget to enter this into your diary and get a parent to sign this for you.

Literacy

Complete the Collective Nouns worksheet, below. Please do not write the answers on the sheet - Complete these neatly into your Homework book.

Maths

Please complete the Matharoo task that you have been set below.  If you feel like a challenge you can complete any of the others as well.

Term Two , Week One. DUE MONDAY 27TH APRIL

Welcome back to an exciting term.  Remember that we are expecting a high standard of homework from everyone, so let's start off on a good note.  Please find the tasks you need to complete below.  Any questions please see your teacher.  Don't forget your reading needs to be completed this each week as well.

Maths

Please complete the Mathletics tasks that your teacher has set you.

Literacy

Please complete the editing task that you can find below.

Term One Week Nine, DUE MONDAY  30th MARCH

Reading

Harmony Day was celebrated over the weekend and we have a reading passage and some comprehension questions for you to complete.

Inquiry

You need to download and complete a wordsearch.  Once you have finished your challenge is to find the hidden message with the left over letters.

Musical

This week we have got a lyrics challenge.  Make sure that you read the lyrics carefully and add in the correct words.  We strongly suggest singing the songs whilst you do the activity as this will help you remember them.

Term One Week Eight, DUE MONDAY 23rd MARCH

Reading

This week we have a comprehension task for you to complete on Resilience.  Some of the tasks you will be able to complete on the sheet and the others you will be required to complete in your Homework Books. Remember we are still expecting excellent presentation skills.

Maths

Please complete the Matharoo task that you have been set below.  If you feel like a challenge you can complete any of the others as well.

Inquiry

This week we would like you to go and source an article about our Australian Government.  Once you have it we would like you to summarise it into your own words.

Musical

The time has come that NEXT week you will have some musical homework lyric learning challenge, so be prepared!

Term One Week Six, DUE MONDAY 9th MARCH

Reading

This week we have a comprehension task based on the Australian Government for you to read and answer the questions.  We have noticed a slight dip in the presentation of our homework so please remember that our expectations are the following:

• you have a heading in your books

• all answers must be written on the lined pages in your books

• all answers are in full sentences

• your handwriting is neat and legible

• before submitting your homework please make sure that you have checked all of your spelling for any errors

Maths

Please complete the Mathletics tasks that your teacher has set you.

Inquiry

We have made a crossword for you to complete this week and you can select the appropriate level between one star through to three stars.  It is quite tricky so you may need to do some research - but make sure you are getting answers for the Australian Government not the American system.

The Resilience Project

A couple of weeks ago we completed a session on Joy and there was an additional activity that you could do at home.  As leaders in the school we would like you to lead this conversation at home and play the 'Glad Game' at home.  Please write a short summary so you can share it with your peers when we correct our homework about how you felt when you did this.

Term One Week Five, DUE MONDAY 2nd MARCH

Reading

We have had a number of questions about some books that students in Grade Six like to read.  As we are completing surveys can you please follow this link to complete a quick set of questions about what you would like to read.

Maths

There are two tasks that you need to complete this week so please read carefully.

1. You will be analysing some of the data from the survey that we completed last week in our survey.  Choose a level below and complete a series of questions and complete the graph that it asks you to.  

2. Survey your family/team mates/friends about two topics.  One must fall under the numerical data - (How tall are you? How many siblings do you have? How many games of netball/football/soccer have you played?), and the other must be categorical data - where the answers fall into a category (such as What month were you born? Which country were you born in? What is your favourite position to play in Netball?)  Be creative.  You may display your data using excel or drawing your graphs in your book.  Please follow this link to see how to make a pie chart https://www.clickview.net/primary/videos/4256415/pie-charts-drawing-and-reading 

IMPORTANT NOTE - If you are in Miss J's or Mrs Weaver's group we do expect that you are doing a pie graph for at least one of them.  Also that you are adding in percentages for Miss J's group.

The Resilience Project

This week we would like you to talk to your family about the 'Ripples' task you did this week in your Resilience Project.  Then create another diagram based off one of your parents/grandparents/aunt or uncle/special person and how they showed kindness and empathy to those around them.  Please spend some time on this making it look appealing.  There is the template of the Ripples task we completed in class below, that you can use and decorate or you can create your own.

Term One Week Four, DUE MONDAY 23rd FEBRUARY

Reading 

This week you have a Theatre cloze and spelling activity worksheet below.  You may choose which one you would like to complete.  However, make sure you are selecting one that challenges you or you may wish to do to two.

Maths

Please log onto Mathletics and complete the five activities that your teacher has set for you.  We expect you to get around 70% correct for each one.  If you are having trouble please speak to your teacher.

The Resilience Project

Last week we were looking at poetry as a form of expression for our own emotions.  We would like you to write another Ode of your choice in your Homework books.  As always presentation is the key, but this one is to be handwritten and decorated, as you already have a digital task this week. Below you will find the poster to help you along your way.

Term One Week Three, DUE MONDAY 16th FEBRUARY

Welcome to your first set of homework tasks for the year.  Each week you will have tasks to do under each heading.

Reading 

You must read for at least 30 mins four times a week.  Don't forget to enter this into your diary and get a parent to sign this for you.

The Resilience Project

This week you will need to answer some questions around G.E.M.  Please make sure that you have read all of them and answer these in full sentences.

Maths

This week your have to complete the maths task that you have been assigned to below.  You will also need to complete a survey that we will be using to collate to collate some data and use in the future.

Getting to Know Us

Please click on the survey below and answer all of the questions.  It should take around 10-15mins to complete, you can use your LUNCH TIME Lab time if you are having trouble accessing this at home.