Year 5 LIFE Week

In Week Six, the entire College participated in LIFE Week. The week was filled with excursions and activities to do with our question in Big Ideas. We are focusing on early colonial settlement of Australia with the aim of answering our question, "How Far Have We Come?"

On Monday, 22 August, we travelled to Fremantle. There, we hopped on a ferry to arrive in Perth City. We followed the footsteps of our Year Level patron, Ursula Frayne. In Perth City, we walked to some of the locations Ursula Frayne had visited. We went home that day very tired but inspired.

On Tuesday, we prepared for our Year 5 Museum. We stepped into the shoes as someone from the 1800's to the mid 1900's in Australian history and wrote letters as these people, presenting them through videos using things like the green screen. Everyone then prepared one of the 4 pillars of democracy: Fairness, Equality, Justice and Freedom.

On Wednesday, we put the last few things into place for our museum. At 11:30am our parents started to arrive to view our creations. They also had a look at our democracy tables. After all the students had taken their parents on a tour around the classroom we enjoyed a shared lunch together. In the afternoon we used the Food room to make biscuits together.

On Thursday, we went to Maylands to explore Peninsula Farm which is a house that has been around since the development of the Swan River Colony. As we arrived, the ladies there explained the history and heritage of the location. Once we had discussed it we settled down for recess. We split up into two groups and walked around the site. We were amazed about how the English people lived, lucky we don’t have rations anymore! We walked down to the grass patch and started to sketch the building to end the experience for the day.

Finally, on Friday we spent the day with the Year 1s. They have the same patron as us, Ursula Frayne. We spent the day doing team-building activities together. We also spent time looking at the journey that Ursula Frayne took when she came from Dublin. After lunch we tidied up from the museum and worked on our LIFE WEEK slideshow.

Altogether, the week was very fun and successful and we are all eagerly waiting until next year's LIFE Week. 

By Ashton and Tiah

Year 5 students