Year 6 White

Mr Tony Maxfield Year 6 White

What an amazing year – and to share it with such a quality group of boys who are well on the way to becoming young Men for Others. I will let the boys tell you about our year: Mr Tony Maxfield Year 6 White My favourite things we did in Year 6 White were prospecting for gold on the Kalgoorlie camp, doing the team building games with Mr Thompson at the Leadership retreat and hatching our fluffy class chicks and caring for them. Thanks for a great year, Mr Max. Kuba Jayamaha

My favourite activity by far was hatching our class chickens. It was awesome seeing them break out of their shells, taking their first breaths and standing for the first time. It was very touching. Kalgoorlie camp was also excellent, not only the gold but the amazing history of this unique setting. Our Asia Travel Expo was a great learning experience. It was like we really had jobs selling holidays to people. Thanks for everything, Sir. Finn Gismondi

I really liked reading the Parvana novels. Parvana and Parvana’s Journey were very interesting. I did not know anything about how hard life was in Afghanistan for so many people. I also liked all of our class because they were all so friendly. Damon Winterburn

The best thing about Year 6 was meeting new friends. I had not been in a class with many of the boys. The Kalgoorlie camp was a great week, we all learnt so much about gold and mining. This year I improved in all my subject areas. Mr Max, thanks for being a great teacher and helping me through Year 6. Jeremy Clarke

The things I enjoyed the most were the Kalgoorlie camp, challenging myself in spelling and I loved the true story, Shackleton’s Forgotten Men. I improved my maths so much this year. Mr Max, I loved the way you taught me in such a fun way, especially maths and reading. Zayne Gardiner

I liked reading our literature text, Shackleton’s Forgotten Men. It is amazing what Antarctic explorers faced every day to stay alive. I also really enjoyed Christian service at the Second Avenue Aged Care Facility. The residents and staff were very nice people. This year I have improved my reading and writing. Poetry was a lot of fun too. Thank you for being my teacher, Mr Max. You helped me to understand things. Thomas Smith

I really enjoyed our class discussions this year and getting ready for Year 7. I loved looking after our class chicks, our Parvana and Shackleton novels. Mr Max has prepared us well for next year. Carlos Tan

Year 6 White Back Row: Flynn Tyson, Benjamin Fritz, Patrick Scally, Finn Gismondi, Jeremy Clarke, Sebastian Smith, Julian Leone, Sholto Foss Middle Row: Taylor Hannah, Matthew Loo, Alex Devilee, Tex Gorski, Mr Tony Maxfield, Liam Cooper, Michael Timms, Jensen Yeo, Ryan DeCelis Front Row: Jayden Nguyen, William Gardiner, Antonio Galipo, Nathan DeFonseka, Thomas Smith, Carlos Tan, Damon Winterburn, Kuba Jayamaha, Marcus Petrillo Absent: Hayden Windus

What a year! Our class, 6 White, has done so much. We have been on two camps, the Leadership retreat at Dwellingup and the Kalgoorlie camp. Also we hatched and parented some chicks in class. My favourite excursion was to the Perth Mint because we learnt so much about WA history and gold. I would like to thank you once again, Mr Max, for such a brilliant year and I can’t wait for high school. Flynn Tyson

Getting in Mr Max’s class was the best thing: he helped me to understand more about my school work and reading. I loved Kalgoorlie camp and hatching our class chickens. Dear Mr Max, thank you so much – I wish you could teach me in high school. Marcus Petrillo

My personal favourite activity this year was hatching our chicks. I was one of the lucky ones to adopt two chicks and take them home. They are huge now. Jayden Nguyen

My favourite part of Year 6 was the Kalgoorlie camp. We learnt about WA’s gold rushes and its history. I also really enjoyed looking after our class chickens. I have improved most in my oral reading. Patrick Scally

Hatching the chickens in class was my favourite thing – they were so loving. At our Kalgoorlie camp we prospected for gold. I found some gold – it was exciting. Thanks to Mr Max, I will definitely get through high school. Michael Timms

I really liked the novels that we read in class together. My favourites were Parvana, Parvana’s Journey and Shackleton’s Forgotten Men. I liked the way you challenged me with my maths this year. Ryan DeCelis

The best things about 6 White were hatching the chickens, the Kalgoorlie camp and sharing time with the residents at Second Avenue Aged Care for Christian service. In class I loved maths and our history work. Thank you for such an amazing year. Jensen Yeo

My most favourite thing this year was hatching our chickens because they were so cute. I also loved our epic class discussions on our Parvana and Earnest Shackleton literature novels. At first I was a bit scared about being in Mr Max’s class, but now I would not have it any other way. Thanks, Sir. Nathan De Fonseka

When I started Year 6 I was very nervous – new teacher, new class and different peers. I particularly enjoyed the Leadership retreat and our Kalgoorlie camp. I’ve really improved in all subjects, especially maths. Reading the Parvana novels and Shackleton’s Forgotten Men made me really realise how the world has changed and how hard life can be for some families in other countries. Thank you, Mr Maxfield, for such a wonderful year. Alex Devilee

Wow! This year in Mr Maxfield’s class: where do I start? I guess my highlights were the Kalgoorlie camp where we learnt about gold and Western Australian history. We also hatched and looked after baby chicks. That was a very exciting an interesting experience. Thank you for being such an awesome teacher. Ben Fritz

Thank you so much for being a wonderful teacher this year. You helped me a lot with my reading. I also really enjoyed going to the Second Avenue Aged Care Facility and meeting the residents. My favourite resident was the Italian man. We spoke together in Italian. He had tears in his eyes when we had to leave. Thanks again, Mr Max. Antonio Galipo

I really enjoyed all of Year 6, especially Science with Mrs Turich in the laboratory, all of Mr Maxfield’s stories about history and our literature reading about Parvana and Shackleton’s Forgotten Men. I am looking forward to high school. Thank you, Mr Max. Liam Cooper

The best things about Year 6 were, being in 6 White, reading Shackleton’s Forgotten Men and having Mr Max as my teacher. I really improved my handwriting this year. Thanks for making the year so much fun. Taylor Hannah

The best things about Year 6 were Kalgoorlie camp, our class chickens and being in 6 White. I improved my reading, handwriting and responsibility. We all had a great year. I particularly liked reading and discussing the literature novel about Shackleton. Thank you, Sir. Hayden Windus

We had a great year in 6 White. It was a very busy year and we learnt lots. I loved the Kalgoorlie camp, Leadership retreat and reading Shackleton. I also liked our guest speaker, Mr Williamson, who spoke to us about Anzac spirit and the Vietnam War. I improved my maths this year. Thank you for preparing me for Year 7. Julian Leone

The best things about Year 6 were having Mr Max as my teacher, going to the Senior School library and getting a taste of Year 7 classes for next year. I really improved my maths, thanks to Mr Max. Thanks you so much for all that you have done for me. Sholto Foss

I really loved our literature novels this year, Parvana and Shackleton’s Forgotten Men were amazing. I improved in all subjects this year and also in responsibility. Thank you for teaching me so many amazing things this year, especially in literature and history. Sebastian Smith

The things I loved the most this year were the history lessons, the fun activities we did and everything about 6 White. I really improved in my organisation. Mr Max, you are the best teacher I’ve ever had. Matthew Loo

I really loved the Kalgoorlie camp, the swimming and athletics carnivals. It was really good going to the Second Avenue Aged Care Facility. Some of the ladies are from Poland and only spoke Polish so I looked up some Polish words on my laptop so I could talk to them. We also sang Christmas carols and gave them Christmas cards and poems. Dear Mr Max, I hope you had a great year with the class and me. Tex Gorski