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The Lost Thing

NED KELLY BALLAD by 6W

In writing we have been learning all about Australian bush ballads.  6W wrote this wonderful ballad retelling the story of the famous Aussie bushranger Ned Kelly.  We hope you enjoy it!

The Life of Ned Kelly by 6W

Born in the Southern State of Vic; his last day was there too

The Kellys worked together but they started with no clue.

Red Kelly died a broken man, leaving Ned alone,

Young Ned was next in line to take his poor father’s throne.

(Catie & Bri)

Red Kelly, Ned’s old Dad, started out in jail,

But then he moved to Melbourne to use a hammer and a nail.

Ned was just like his Dad, stealing to survive;

Panning, sheering, boxing, cutting – just to stay alive.

(Trent & Luka)

Ned Kelly was brought up wrong by a criminal,

He killed a few policemen though that was minimal.

Ned Kelly and his gang were very deadly men.

Good thing he’s not around because that was way back then!

(Leah)

Ned’s gang got together, to plan their coming skip

He thought they were desperate; all they wanted was this trip.

They fought the chief with all their grief, for all they knew was crime

Ned, Dan, Steve and Joe were running out of time.

(Maddy & Claudia)

His heavy armour shimmers in the dark night sky.

With his heavy coat of mail, he will never die.

Down into the village you can hear him clash and clang.

He thought that iron shield would never let him hang.

(Edgar & Kai)

Ned Kelly was a brave man in his Armour made of tin.

Then he strode around Glenrowan town like a walking bin.

With his chest plate and his helmet like a big black shield.

He thought his Iron mail would stop him getting killed.

(Thomas, Ryan & Tyler)

The next planned robbery was the Bank of New South Wales,

He would never give up and never ever fail.

For robbery and violence, Ned was thrown in jail,

He fought single handed dressed in iron mail.

(Carla & Alice)

The squatters followed Ned Kelly to Glenrowan close behind

He ran into a wood shack, so he was hard to find

Ned Kelly fought the troopers, but the wood shack got burnt down

One of them got behind him and shot him out of town

(Steph, Grace & Lauren)

When the Kelly Gang heard the train arrive they knew their plan had failed,

All they could do was stay alive and try not to get jailed.

Ned Kelly was covered in black armour from head down to his waist,

But his knees were vulnerable to the troopers who gave him a lead taste.

(Luke & Liam)

Famous for it bloodiness, a great Aussie battle,

It started from stealing from rich blokes – gold, horses and cattle.

They took over Glenrowan Inn and threw a huge bash.

Tom was after the reward for the Kelly’s were made of cash.

(Adam & Sean)

Ned was hiding at the back of the old town house,

He sat there with his gang of thieves, as quiet as a mouse.

The police came in plentiful and quickly closed in;

Ned stumbled out wearing his old rusty tin.

Ned Kelly, oh he tried to run away and flee,

But unfortunately he was sadly shot in the knee.

Ned Kelly, oh it wasn’t fair, he was so very young.

But sadly he was an outlaw, and so he swung.

(Patrick & Riley)

Ned Kelly went to court and asked for mercy there,

The judge didn’t buy it and gave him quite a scare.

He had nothing else to do until he got hung,

He was put on the podium and up there he was strung.

(Renae)

Ned Kelly lost all those he loved the day that he got caught,

The day Ned got shot in the knee was the day that that he got taught.

The judge gave Ned a sentence that would leave him scared and stung,

Ned Kelly said his final words the day the he was hung.

(Rachel & Ella)

Ned Kelly was a criminal before he got hung

Ned Kelly laid like a puppet before he’d gotten strung

Ned Kelly laid under the ground before he turned to bones

Now he lays quiet and still underneath the stones.

(Nik & Tom)

The Australian Gold Rush

Get ready for our trip to Bathurst, the home of the first Australian Gold Fields, by finding out all about the Gold Rush era of the mid 1800s in Australia.

Here are some great activities to help you build your knowledge about the Gold Rush:


Homework Week 4 - Amazing Gold Facts
Visit the Discovery Channel's website here and the  SBS interactive site about gold here to find some amazing facts about gold (The Patents link has lots of good facts and vocab). Make a list of the words to create your own word bank with words that are relevant to gold. Create a wordle or Tagzedo about Gold and print it out and bring it in to glue into your HSIE book

Class Reading
Visit the SBS's amazing site  to learn all about the Gold Rush era in Australia.  Click on the Discovery link and learn all about Edward Hargraves, who was instrumental in starting the Gold Rush in Australia.



Independent Reading
Read the Australian Gold Rush timeline that you have been given.  Highlight the most important events.  Use the reading to add gold vocabulary to your Wordle.

Paired Research Activity
Use the above amazing site to visit in pairs.  Note take and create a personal KWL chart in your HSIE book.  What do you Know about the Gold Rush in Australia already?  What do you Want to know?  This will help you to have some questions in mind that you would like to answer during our trip to Bathurst.  When we get back from Bathurst, you can fill in the last section, what have you Learnt?  The site contains heaps of interactive links, maps, stories etc to click on and learn about the Australian gold rush and some of the characters associated with it.  A fantastic resource for you to use.
 


Class Viewing - What's Happening Now?The modern take:
New use for old Gold mines - watch this quick BTN video about old gold mines and whats happening with them now.

Ned Kelly Series by Sidney Nolan

View the wonderful paintings by Sidney Nolan that tell the story of the infamous bush ranger Ned Kelly.  There are 26 of the 27 paintings in the series available to view on the National Gallery of Australia's website (here). Each painting has an historic note about the event in Ned Kelly's life that the painting depicts as well as some of the artist's reflections about the paintings.  What do you think of Ned Kelly?  Hero or villain?

Year 6 Scrapbook Instructions

Year 6 Scrapbook

Homework Schedule

This homework will continue until Week 9.  You are required to buy a book or use what you have at home to create your Primary School scrapbook.  You might like to use a book with blank pages like an art book to stick things on or a display folder or a scrapbooking album (K-Mart, Spotlight, Riot Art & Craft).  The choice is yours. 

This scrapbook is going to be about your journey and time at Sacred Heart Primary School (or other primary schools if you have attended more than one school).  Throughout the process you can use photos, drawings, pieces of work, certificates, poems or anything that describes your time at this school.  You will then need to write a reflection about each year in your primary school journey.

Wk 1        Cover page

Wk 2        Kindergarten

Wk 3        Year 1

Wk 4        Catch up week 
Wk 5        Year 2

Wk 6        Year 3

Wk 7        Year 4

Wk 8        Year 5

Wk 9        Year 6

You are to bring your scrapbook to school each Friday so your teacher can check your progress.  You will share your scrapbook at the Spirituality Day coming up later in the term. 

Display each year in a neat and interesting way, creating a wonderful reflection of yourself and your years at primary school.  Be as imaginative or creative as you like and enjoy reflecting on your Primary School Years.

Mrs McNally, Ms Rudd & Mrs Williams

Explore World Book! Week 10 Literacy Group Activity

Research – World Book

Explore World Book using the Scavenger Hunt booklet provided.

Open World Book from the side menu 'Our Favourite Websites' using our user name shcs11 and password school.  

Click on the Kids balloon icon. 

Follow the instructions on the scavenger hunt booklet.  Do not write on the booklet – use your Literacy book to record answers.

Have fun!!

Decimal Games

Practise your skills with decimal numbers by playing some of these great games:

http://www.coolmath-games.com/decimals-cruncher/decimals-cruncher-division.htm

http://www.math-play.com/Fractions-Decimals-Percents-Jeopardy/fractions-decimals-percents-jeopardy.html

http://www.math-play.com/Decimals-Jeopardy/decimals-jeopardy.html

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-decim.html