Healthy Smoothie Competition Day - TAKE ONE!

The highly anticipated Healthy Smoothie Competition Day was met with fun and frivolity by most, but for others it seemed like doom and disaster had hit! Two teams were unable to whizz up their wondrous concoctions when unexpectedly and inconveniently, the main accessory (the blender) died. A mad hunt for a second blender ensued but, alas, it was to no avail.

This means the competition continues! We will have to wait with bated breath until next Friday when the final two teams get their chance to dazzle the judges with their delicious drinks.

Here we are preparing our advertisements for the smoothie. Action shots of the 'creation stage' will be withheld until all the teams have been able to submit their entries. Stay tuned!

The Big Brekky. Wednesday 16 June.

 

Building reflectiveness through the review process.

Reviewing is an important part of the writing process.  This message was as relevant to the Year 5 students as it was to their Cottage buddies. Our students spent time reviewing the narratives which they had scribed for their buddies in a previous session. Reading the text out loud was a very effective way of identifying incomplete sentences and grammatical errors.  The stories were then published and some delightful illustrations were added.

Healthy Living Day and The Great Smoothie Challenge!

Yesterday, Year 5 took part in a "Healthy Living Day" where we discussed factors that influence our health - those which we can control and those we can't. Our focus for the day was food and exercise.

We researched and graphed the recommended serve sizes for our age and gender. Using the food and activity journal we completed for Home Learning this week, we analysed whether our daily food intake and activity levels were within the suggested range. Some of us needed to include more veges in our diet, some needed more fruit, others were not having enough dairy. It turns out, Mrs Ward needs to get herself moving!!

At the end of the day, a challenge was set - to design the healthiest, tastiest smoothie that will help people achieve their daily recommended fruit and vegetable servings.

As a class, we designed a rubric for the "Great Healthy Smoothie Challenge" and decided that in order to make the test fair, each smoothie would need to be tasted by the same person.

So, now it's been confirmed...we have an amazing panel of guest judges (Mr Scott, Miss Willis and Mr Rovere) coming in to taste our delectable drinks in Week 9. Surely, they will be bouncing away, full of vim and vigour with how healthy these smoothies are going to be!

Which team will be the winner of this momentous event? WATCH THIS SPACE!!

YUM!

Year 6 Big Brekky - Wed 16th June