Christmas Shopping Budget

KMART


http://www.kmart.com.au/catalogue


BIG W


https://www.bigw.com.au/bigw-catalogues#view=catalogue2&saleId=14895&page=1


TARGET


https://www.target.com.au/catalogues

Geography - The Gap - Local Area Information

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gap,_Queensland


https://www.realestate.com.au/neighbourhoods/the%20gap-4061-qld

History of Railways in Australia

Use these websites to research the history of railways in Australia:

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/rail/trains/history.aspx 

http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/railways-in-australia

How the Gold Rush changed Australia

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-gold-rush


http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/story.php?storyid=70


https://www.goldoz.com.au/cultural-and-social-impacts-of-gold/


http://isabellasaustraliangoldrush.weebly.com/what-impact-did-the-gold-rush-have-on-australia.html

Plan your day at the Ekka!

https://www.ekka.com.au/

Life on the Goldfields

Use the website below to the answer the questions provided to you in class.


http://www.kidcyber.com.au/gold-rush-in-australia/?rq=goldfields

Gold interactive map

http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/GOLD_MAP.html

Gold rush interactive games

https://www.australianhistorymysteries.info/casestudies/goldrush/


http://www.myplace.edu.au/TLF_resources/L702/description.html

Goldrush in Australia

Gold in Australia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8suJWjxRmg (2 mins)



Goldrush in Australia

https://youtu.be/VglWWR9SfCA (6 mins)


Gold in Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VglWWR9SfCA (21 mins)

Term 3 2016 History Gold rush in Australia

Healthy Habits Research

https://www.healthyactivekids.com.au/kids/


http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/home/fact-sheets.aspx


http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/breakfast.html


http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/water.html?ref=search

Religion

Fruits of the Spirit

Poetry

Space Missions

Choose two missions into space and research the similarities and differences using the links below.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/mission/index.html




http://discovery.nasa.gov/impact.cfml




http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/mission/index.html




http://discovery.nasa.gov/next.cfml

Trace space back to you - inventions you might use everyday.

Use the following links to research household items that have their origins in space research and exploration:

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/ten-nasa-inventions/

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/games/levelfour/KC_Spinoffs_Hidden_Pictures.html

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasacity/index2.htm

Preparing to visit The Brisbane Synagogue

What to Expect at a Synagogue

The Synagogue

Science

Use the following links to research the planets in our solar system.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/definitions.html

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/dictionary.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774869.html

Science

Survival in the desert

St. Patrick's Day

Classroom Activity:

http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/IMG/didapages/patrick/index.html



Letter Writing

Letter Writing Tips!


http://auspost.com.au/education/letterwriting/students/index.html

Science Week 6

Survival in Extreme Environments


Classroom Research Activity: Polar Bears


http://www.kidzone.ws/sg/polarbear/polar_bear.htm


http://animals.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/mammals/polar-bear/


http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/polarbear.html


http://www.ngkids.co.uk/animals/polar-bear-facts

History week 6

Classroom Activity: Comparing the daily life of Europeans and Aboriginal people



Aboriginal life in the past. Watch and read from different sources to gain an insight into what life was like for Aboriginal people. Take notes on key information.

                        Aboriginal life http://www.aboriginalheritage.org/history/history/

                        Aboriginal history http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGLL7M1CqfY

                       

European life in the past. Read from different sources to gain an insight into what life was like for convicts. Take notes on key information.   
     

           

 A day in the life of a convict http://www.hht.net.au/discover/highlights/kids_fact_sheets/a_day_in_the_life_of_a_convict

Descriptions of convict life http://www.convictcreations.com/history/description.htm  

The history of Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1788%E2%80%931850)

 

English

Adjectives

Religion

Saint Mary of the Cross Mackillop

Timeline of Mary's Life

http://www.marymackillop.org.au/_uploads/rsfil/000413_abba.pdf

Mary's Story

http://www.marymackillop.org.au/marys-story/beginnings.cfm?loadref=146

Science

Create a Creature


http://ec-web.elthamcollege.vic.edu.au/snrlibrary/learn_objects/science/los/L1123/index.html

History week 5

Classroom Task: We are going to investigate the impact of settlement on the environment. Use the information below to make comparisons between the environment past and present.

Use the text below to identify other changes that may have occurred.

http://virtaus4.tripod.com/volume8/history/british_settlement.htm 

History week 5

Geography

Continents

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-166560/Earths-seven-continents-are-Asia-Africa-North-America-South-America

Science

Examine the behavioural adaptations of the striped possum.

http://rainforest-australia.com/striped_possum.htm

Maths

Polygons

English

Grammar Focus: Plural Nouns

Maths

Transformations

History

Reasons for the establishment of more British colonies in Australia after 1800.

A focus on Moreton Bay.



Classroom Research:
Use the following sources to research the Moreton Bay penal colony:


http://www.brisbanehistory.com/convict_era.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Brisbane,


http://kidcyber.com.au/topics/australia/john-oxley/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Logan

Science

Animal Adaptations

Maths

Calculating Area

Religion

The Year of Mercy

English

Nouns


Home Activity: Can you list the different types of nouns and give an example of each?

Science

This term we will be exploring how living things adapt to their environment in order to survive.


Do you know of any animals that adapt like the water holding frog?

History

Colonisation

Welcome Year 5!