Electing a New Pope

It is a pretty exciting time in the Catholic Church at the moment.  We have been finding out about the process of electing a new Pope.  Have a look at what we have discovered.

How a New  Pope is Elected

By Angelica, Sarina, Jasmine

The cardinals are lined up into rows, there are 117 cardinals around the world voting to be a pope. The cardinals are locked in a room. This meeting is called a conclave .

The doctor and cook go with them into the conclave. The cardinals are only allowed to drink and eat bread and water.

The cardinals pick their candidate and write it down on piece of paper and put in secret ballot 4 times a day. They do this 2 times in the morning and 2 times in the afternoon in the Sistine Chapel.

To choose the pope the candidates need 2/3 of the votes. They burn  the ballot papers and and use the colour of the smoke it signal the result to the public.

Black smoke= No result
White smoke = new Pope

If they pick a Pope they use a chemical to form white smoke.

When they have chosen the Pope, the Pope chooses his Papal name and signs the paperwork.  Then he appears on the Vatican's main balcony to deliver his apostolic blessing.

Check out the list of ALL Popes:   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes

Gabby N has created an excellent presentation explaining how a new Pope is elected.

Boy Overboard Chapter 4

Boy Overboard Chapter 4

By Clare

Year 5 have continued reading Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman.  In chapter 4,Bibi stepped in a mine while going back home.  Jamal ran to Bibi once he heard the news from Yusaf.  Jamal said to Bibi to take her foot off slowly and he will put his foot on.  Jamal told Bibi to go back home with Yusaf.  A few minutes later after Bibi and Yusaf left, Bibi came back and gave Jamal a big  hug, Bibi pushed Jamal off the mine luckily the mine didn’t explode and they were safe and sound.  Year 5 have created some comics on what happened in chapter 4.

Here are some of the Comics that Year 5 have made:

By Gabby and Clare

By Luke and Ashleigh

By Tracey and Sarina

Boy Overboard Chapters 2 and 3

We have continued to read Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman.  To re-read our post on chapter 1 click here.  When we left last time Jamal and his friends were playing soccer.  Bibi joined them and kicked the ball out onto the desert. 

Summary of Chapters 2 and 3

In chapters 2 and 3, Bibi went to get the soccer ball so Jamal followed her. They spotted a tank in the desert. To make matters worse, the soccer ball was stuck under the tank. Then Bibi started throwing rocks at the tank. Jamal told Bibi to go check on Yusuf and on the way there she stood on a mine. By Christian E & Mikayla

In chapters 2 and 3, Bibi kicked a ball into the desert and it went past a tank, so Bibi started throwing rocks at them. Jamal was really scared of dying because the tank aimed their guns at them both. Jamal told Bibi to go home, but Bibi said that she had already left a note saying that she has gone to play soccer with Jamal and his friends. By Luke and Ashleigh

In chapters 2 & 3 Jamal and Bibi went to get the soccer ball behind the crater but they realised it was stuck beneath the tank. Bibi wrote a note to her parents saying she was playing soccer. Jamal was scared they would get caught and their parents would panic. Then Jamal pulled the ball out from under the tank and heard Bibi screaming and the goalie told him “Bibi stepped on the mine”. By Sarina and Tracey

We found out about some of the rules that the children in Afghanistan in the novel must follow. These rules are called edicts. We then used google drawings to create posters of some of the edicts.

By Georgia and Jack

 By Sarina and Tracey

What do you think of the edicts?  Do you think they are fair?  Should Australia have similar edicts?

                                                                                                                                        

Our Cultural Heritage

Google Maps

By Sarina and Tracey

Year 5 have finding out about our cultural heritage.

Miss Lee created a google map where we placed a pin point of where our ancestors came from.  We realised some of our cultural backgrounds are the same and others are different.  Check out our class map below.



View Year 5 Cultural Background in a larger map


What country does your family come from?

Do you have any traditions related to your cultural background?  What are they?