Author Zoom

On Friday 28th August, year 5 were graced with the Zoom pleasure of famous author, Kimberely Bradley. Over the year, year 5 have been reading some of her incredible books in Modelled Reading. We have flipped through the pages of ‘The war that saved my life’ and ‘The war I finally won’. These books were super intriguing and full of surprise. Kimberley was kind enough to answer all of our questions and give us some behind the scenes knowledge of how she created the stories. She showed us that with lots of time and effort, you can achieve your goals. She truly is an inspiration!

East Timor Talk

On Monday 31st August, a lady called Tamara came into Year 5 to educate us on East Timor, specifically the village of Soibada. We couldn’t believe that East Timor is one of the poorest countries in Asia and yet is only 1 hour away from Darwin! 

Tamara taught us and showed us videos about the lifestyle of those that live in Soibada and explained how the children get their education. We were surprised to hear that they only get 1 pencil for the entire year! 

Tamara started a charity many years ago, ‘Friends of Soibada’; this charity helps to raise funds for Soibada. These funds go to educating the people and making jobs. Tamara expressed how the Soibada people don’t want ‘handouts’ they want opportunities to better their village. 

Year 5 was truly inspired and wanted to take action. As a whole grade we had a ‘Crazy sock day’ where we brought in a donation and created posters that Tamara took to send over to Soibada. A few students went above and beyond and showed their social justice attributes by completing their own ‘24 Hour Famine’. Both groups did an incredible job raising money and awareness for Soibada and each raised well over $500!

The biggest point we learnt from this experience was that we are incredibly lucky children and that even though we may be young, we can make a difference in our world.