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Dear Parents,

I am dedicating this page to you. I will endeavour to provide information here about the topics we are focusing on in class.

This term we are looking at:

//**Society and Environment**//-
 * Natural systems**
 * natural systems - food chains, environmental balances, eg. Broome camels - does this tourist attraction have positives and negatives for the local environment and economy?
 * tectonic plates, earth layers
 * Western Australia Icons


 * Political system**
 * the local government system - what it is, how people vote, what democracy is, and how our system is different to other countries governing systems
 * God's vs man's ideals on laws - ten commandments - God's rules vs Man's rules
 * difference between rules and laws
 * rights and responsibilities
 * historical systems


 * Economic system**
 * monetary systems - production cycles - developing a product and the costs involved, weighing costs against sale prices, profit percentages

//revising-//
 * mapping features- rivers, topography
 * mapping coordinates
 * key codes

//**Art**// - colour, photography, local artists, historical changes in art (art appreciation) Music - Class concert

//**English**//- //**writing**//: poetry, descriptive writing, debating 4. drafting 5. publishing 6. grammar - sentences, simple, complex, compound, clauses - conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, spelling rules, prefixes, suffixes, root words, Latin/Greek origins
 * 1) revising - letter, explanation, & procedure writing - formal requirements
 * 2) editing- capital letters, full stops, commas, exclamation & question marks, spelling, dictionary use
 * 3) planning - graphic organisers - prioritisers, flow charts


 * //reading://** increasing fluency and comprehension
 * Readers' theatre - with so many dramatically inclined students - drama is going to play a large part of our focus.

revising-
 * adverbs, adjectives, verbs, nouns
 * syllabification - how to apply it

//**Maths**//- revising-
 * measurement
 * decimals
 * fractions
 * area
 * multiplication
 * percentages
 * coordinates
 * angles
 * Roman numerals


 * //Technology and Enterprise-//** Shhhh.. I'm not going to say on here (I can't tell you, especially the kids) everything....


 * //Bible Literature -//**


 * //Health//**- perseverance, integrity.