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July 3, 2009

Minister Conroy

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On the last day of term, we had an wonderful time talking with our special visitors. We will keep you posted.

July 1, 2009

Monday Times 8



Our scary Assembly, filled with frightening creatures.




Science: Fairy Tale experiments -  Babes in the Wood, how to keep warm if you are lost in the bush.




 Monday times 8.pdf


Monday Times 7



This week we celebrate the winners of our school wide Spelling Competition.







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Monday Times 6



ANZAC Day service and an Activity Day to celebrate our country and to thank all the ANZAC service men and women.



 Monday times 6.pdf


Monday Times 5



A Fun Day at school and a visit to Whiteman Park.



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June 27, 2009

An interview with Andy Griffiths

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Andy Griffiths is Australia's top-selling children's author. He has written some of the country's most loved children's books, including Just Crazy, the Day My Bum Went Psycho, the Schooling Around series and the Bad Book.


The Year 4 / 5 class had been reading some of Andy's books, so we contacted him to see whether he would be willing to be interviewed by the students. Andy kindly obliged, taking part in a telephone interview from his home state of Victoria.

Andy shares a number of amusing anecdotes about how he became a writer and where his inspiration comes from. You can listen to a recording of the interview in Episode 21 of our school podcast, Podkids Australia.

June 21, 2009

Orange Grove Animation Festival

The countdown has begun for the second annual Orange Grove Animation Festival. Last year's festival was a huge success and this year's event is set to be even bigger and better!

For students interested in taking part, Mr Fuller will be holding two information sessions this week. These sessions will explain the rules of the competition and will help students start planning their projects.

Student Information Session: Lunchtime, Tuesday 23 June in Room 3

Parent Information Session: After school, Tuesday 23 June in Room 3

For children who decide to proceed,
application forms
(with payment if appropriate) are due this Friday 26 June.




Much of this project will be completed during the school holidays. If assistance is needed during this time, feel free to contact Mr Fuller by email: ogpsanimationfestival@gmail.com

OGPS in Federal Parliament!

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Orange Grove Primary was recently the subject of a speech in Federal Parliament. Our local member, Ms Sharryn Jackson, discussed our school's laptop program and described it as an "extraordinary achievement".

For more information, read the full transcript of Ms Jackson's speech or read about other occasions when our school has been mentioned in the nation's capital.

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June 16, 2009

Newsletter 8 - 2 June

Meet our special visitors.
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Newsletter 9 - 16 June

Read more about our champion spellers!!
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June 14, 2009

Australian Animal Research

Year 5 student Mikayla has been researching the extremely rare Bundera Cape Range Remipede. This animal is so recently discovered that there is practically no information available about them.

To complete her project, Mikayla had to directly contact the curator of the West Australian Museum. She then presented her findings to the class (and now the world) as a slideshow.

Creative Students

This week, students in the Year 4 / 5 class have been using the Scratch programming language as a tool for enhancing creativity while learning vital maths, logic and technical skills.

For example, Year 5 student Owen has created this maze game. Click on the picture to play Owen's game online.

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Some kids play video games; At our school, students build them!

June 12, 2009

Year 6/7 Camp

CampOn the 6th,7th,8th May the students from Years 6& 7 went on a camp to Point Walter.They students experienced a range of team building and challenging activities. The activities included orienteering, canoeing, rafting, fying fox, archery and mountain bike riding. We were very impressed with the students willinglness to 'have a go' and the way they worked as a team to overcome challenging situations.

First Aid Lessons

Royal Life Saving SocietyMat from the Royal Life Saving Society recently ran a two hour workshop on basic first aid with the Year 5/6/7 class. The students learnt DRABCD as well as treatment and bandaging of various wounds. The session was very informative and will hopefully arm the students with the skills to cope with many first aid situations.

Contact us

Boyle Lane Orange Grove 6109 (map).

(08) 9459 3601 (phone)
(08) 9459 5758 (fax)

orangegrove.ps@det.wa.edu.au

Podcast

Listen to the Room 3 podcast at www.podkids.com.au

The latest episode is: Podkids Australia Episode 21 (June 2009)

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Albert's latest adventure is: My Adventure at Emilka?s House

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