Year 5 Celebration of Learning – Student Reflections
‘On Thursday morning, Year 5 had their Celebration of Learning. We started by reciting the poem, ‘Core of My Heart’ by Dorothea Mackellar. Then we showed our parents our Wild Weather fact card, our informative writing about a natural disaster, our STEM playground and our STEM name tag, which we made using Makers Empire. We also showed them our progression of our Art paintings on bushfires. Finally, we finished off with a Canadian folk song that shocked our parents! They were enormously proud of all our work this semester.’
– Lucie Elias and Carla Cagliostro
‘On 12 June, Year 5 had a wonderful Celebration of Learning. We all looked for our guests, and when we finally found them, our faces lit up. Most of us had special guests and even if someone didn’t, they could join up with a friend. It was a wonderful morning, and we showcased some of our learning skills and activities, such as Mathematics, English, STEM, Collaborative Learning Projects (CLP), and finally our Group Library Book Trailers. It was so much fun, and it would always be a memorable occasion with our special guests. Celebrations of Learning happens because we want to showcase what we have learnt and where we have improved.’
– Nina Bai
‘In The Daphne Line Hall for the Celebration of Learning, we began the session with a poem ‘Core of My Heart.’ After the poem, we were with our parents and shared things we learned to our parents. We had to share our Writing, CLP, STEM, Art, and Maths. For Writing we shared about paragraphs we wrote about our chosen natural disaster. For CLP, we shared about our natural disaster card. For STEM, we shared about the name tags we had made by 3D printing, and we also shared about the Sun Safety Playground that we planned on a piece of paper. For Art, we showed our parents our bushfire artwork and the foreground, mid-ground, and background. Finally, we shared about the Area Model we did in Maths. To conclude the celebration of learning, we sang and danced a Canadian song with some unaware dancing parents! This was an extraordinary day of learning, sharing, dancing, and singing.
Year Five began their Celebration of Learning this morning, with the poem, ‘Core of My Heart,’ by Dorothea Mackellar. After the poem, we were with our parents and shared things we have learned this semester. We had to share our Writing, CLP, STEM, Art, and Maths. For Writing we shared paragraphs about our chosen natural disaster. For CLP, we shared a Wild Weather fact card we had made about a drought. For STEM we shared the 3D printed name tags we had made. We also shared our sun safety playgrounds that we had planned on a piece of paper. For Art, we showed our parents our bushfire artwork, where we had painted the foreground, mid-ground, and background of a scene from a bushfire. Finally, we demonstrated how we could solve problems using the Area Model in Maths. To conclude the Celebration of Learning, we sang and danced a Canadian song with some kind parents! This was an extraordinary day of learning, sharing, dancing, and singing.’
– Nancy Liang and Charlotte Mok
‘The Year 5 Celebration of Learning was such an excitement. Everyone looked around, look for their families, and when they did, their faces lit up. Even if your special guest did not attend you could always join a group and share all your fabulous learning. It was an amazing morning, telling my mum about all my learning, whether it was Writing, Mathematics, Music, or STEM. Year 5 has been a journey so far, and showing our parents what we have done during our Semester 1 was surely unforgettable.’
– Sienna Nguyen
‘Our Celebration of Learning was lots of fun! There were plenty of things to show our parents that it was hard to try and show them all to them, in the hour that we had – shows how much we learn! I bet that our parents loved the poem, and it was fun reciting it. I hope they had fun (and a good laugh) watching our dance. Some were even included in it. Celebration of Learning is a wonderful time to show our parents what we have learnt, and when we do, we get a warm feeling inside us. I can’t wait to see how much we have grown for our Celebration of Learning next semester.’
– Hayley Lam
‘Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed this semester’s Celebration of Learning that took place on Thursday 12 June. Year five showcased work from subjects such as Writing, CLP, Visual arts, STEM, Library, and Mathematics. We also showed our parents learning such as a recital of ‘Core of my Heart’, by Dorothea McKellar, and a live music performance and song. It meant so much to Year five to see how many of our guests showed up for this incredibly special event.
‘We showed our special people important things we had learnt, as education is an important part of our lives. It meant a lot for our parents and guardians to show up, as we also learn by having support and love from our special people. As Mahatma Gandhi said, ‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever.’ Learning is not always about academics, it is also about learning the life lessons we need to be able to grow.’
– Beatrice Bastin-Loy
‘This is my first year at MLC School. Already I have learned so many new things. Celebration of Learning is a chance to showcase those new concepts and abilities to your parents. It is also a time to connect with your family over learning. Because learning isn’t just about being the best. It isn’t about getting good marks. It’s about learning new concepts and enjoying learning them. Celebration of Learning is a chance to be proud of our work and share the learning journey that we have been through to get there. And sometimes learning is hard, and you want to give up. But there is always a way out.
During Celebration of Learning, we shared our work from Writing, where we showed our informative writing. We demonstrated Mathematics skills, teaching our parents how to do an area model. We showed our parents our work in STEM, in which we had made 3D printed name tags. And we got our family to complete Two Stars and a Wish – two things that they thought we did well, and one thing they thought we could improve on.
I enjoyed Celebration of Learning very much, and I think my Mum did too. She is proud of my work. I’m already looking forward to our next one.’
– Layla Montgomery
‘This term on a Thursday Year 5 had their Celebration of Learning in week 7. In the Year 5 Celebration of Learning we displayed lots of things we have been learning about in the past semester in the DLH. The teachers and parents saw 5W, 5N, 5O and 5C recite a poem called, ‘Core of My Heart’, by Dorothea Mackellar. We had lots of challenging work to show, and we felt confident to show our achievements. Year 5 have been working on a song and dance called Land of the Silver Birch. It is about Canada, its lovely nature, and animals. It was great morning with our parents spending time with them. It was also a wonderful experience for those who are new. The Celebration of Learning was splendid.’
– Sadie Wilson and Maiya Rozario
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