Soaring Experiment

Paper  Plane  Experiment

By Jack, Chica and Ashleigh

On the 25th of March we had an experiment for our Sinking, Sailing and Soaring topic. We made paper planes so we could fly it and record who could fly the furthest. Each pair had to choose a design they thought would fly the furthest. Each pair flew their plane twice, we measured and then recorded the distance.  

Jack, Chica and I would like to say a big 'Great Job' to everyone who participated in our competition. Congratulations to our first place winners Chica and Jack for their great effort on scoring a massive 16.25m. Have a look at the results table below.

Team	First Flight	Second Flight
Kathleen and Gabby N	5.5 m	6.5 m
Charbel and Jason	8.23 m	11 m
Michael V and Dylan	4.6 m	2.51 m
Christopher and Samuel	7.33 m	13.75 m
Mahrae and Lily	7.67 m	13.5 m
Meg and Angelica	3.34 m	3.7 m
Sarina and Jasmine	4.76 m	8.4 m
Gaby and Christian B	12.85 m	5.24 m
Tracey and Clare	9.54 m	7.25 m
Michael N and Luke	5.3 m	14.6 m
Ashleigh and Emma	5.98 m	6.2 m
Mikalya and Georgia	9.5 m	7.25 m
Christian E and Jack	5.29 m	16.25 m

Football Gala Day

Football Gala Day

By Christian E
    

On Thursday 14th March Years 5 and 6 went to Gillman Reserve to play touch football.  Firstly, we chose how we wanted to play. Then we all got in our groups. After that we split up into 6 fields and played different teams. After a couple of games we took photos and then we walked back to school. Thanks to Ryan and Mr Fieni for the great day!

Subtraction

Subtraction Card Game

By Luke and Christian E

Year 5 have been learning about how to subtract big numbers with a strategy.           

First you  grab a deck of cards and put  them into rows. Then starting with the ones you minus them one by one, until you finally have your answer.

Sporting Achievements

Recently some students from Year 5 were lucky enough to participate in inter-school sport trials.  Three girls from our class went to the netball trials and three boys went to the NRL trials.  Check out their posts about the days.

NETBALL TRIALS

By Georgia and Mikayla

On Wednesday 20th February, 6 girls were selected from C.T.K for netball trials to represent Sydney.

The people who were selected were:

Mikayla 

Georgia 

Emma 

Jessica 

Jacqueline 

Grace

There were around 10 Catholic Schools and there was 6 games played by very talented girls. It was a very fun day people made some new friends along the way.

Every girl tried very hard to get through but unfortunately only one girl got in and that was Georgia.

NRL Trials

by Jack, Christian E and Dylan

The NRL was on Monday 25th of February 2013.  It was held at Liverpool in Hoxton Park RD. There was a club there and a sports centre, they split us into two age groups; under 11’s and under 12’s. There were 4 teams for each age group. We had to play tackle footy.  We had 2 losses and 1 tie but no wins. It was hard with the big kids in the other teams.

Congratulations to all students who tried out at school, went to the trials and who got through. Year 5 are very proud you all!

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?

                                                                                                                                        

Bulldogs Visit

BULLDOGS VISIT

By Mahrae, Meg and Christian E

On Monday 11th of February a couple of Bulldogs players came to our school and talked to us about bullying.

We watched a video about bullying, we learnt that bullying can happen anywhere. We also learnt that bullying can happen when you are any age and in any sort of way.

They also had a few competitions were the kids got to go against the bulldogs.There were push up competitions, another one was passing the ball around your body to another person, passing the ball around body versus one of the Bulldogs players and many many more.

Some kids had the opportunity to ask the Bulldogs a question such as:
How many people are in the Bulldogs?
Did you play for any team before the Bulldogs?
How long have you played for the Bulldogs?
Everyone found out that Trent played for Manly before Bulldogs and many other interesting facts.

Thank you to Mr Fieni for organising the visit!