Orange Grove Primary School

Look how much our silkworms have grown.  We have three cocoons already.

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The Playgroup parents and children enjoyed a story-time and play session on Wednesday morning. The session was run by Haw Shin Wai, a Speech Therapist from Therapy Focus, and was based around connecting words and meaning through the use of Nursery Rhymes. The children had fun singing Incy Wincy Spider and other songs and making glittery spiders.

The parents received some helpful ideas from Shinn about how to further develop their child's language abilities. A great time was had by all. 

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After spending the last year in a cupboard the first silkworm eggs are starting to hatch. Spring is in the air. Watch this space for further developments.

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Our Visit to the Orchestra

On Monday our class went the high school to see the orchestra play.

They played the kangaroos hopping music and Bananas in Pyjamas.

We had to tip toe and run when they played the troll music.

We had a turn to play an instrument.

We were all happy and enjoyed the concert.

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On Tuesday 7th April all the lower school had a wonderful excursion to Whiteman Park. In the morning we were able to touch lots of different Australian animals and after lunch we watched the farm show. We saw  a sheep being shorn and Hannah's mum was very good at whip cracking.

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Our silkworms have been growing rapidly over the break and the children are waiting expectantly for them to spin their cocoons.The year ones are producing an amazing power point presentation on the silkworm's life cycle. Our veggie garden has also been growing well and the snow peas are very popular. There is also much anticipation about our excursion this term. We are off to Cicerellos to learn about sea life. We're also going to have fish and chips for lunch when we are there.Yum! 

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Welcome back to school everyone.  We hope you all had a great holiday and are well rested and ready for the final busy term for 2008. At the end of last term, the Year 1/2 class worked very hard gathering facts and data from informational texts, internet sites and other sources to produce a written project, as well as a diorama of a native Australian animal, in its natural habitat.  These dioramas are now displayed in the school Library and Office for those who would like to see them.

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Here we are with the scarecrows we made for technology. We had to draw a design and think of ways to scare away the crows. We put them in our new vegetable garden.

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The Pre-Primary / Year Ones proudly showed off their bridges that they had contructed as part of their technology project.  Everyone was impressed, even Mrs Nottle!

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Welcome back everyone. Hope you are all rested and ready for our next year of learning. The children worked so well in their first week despite the P.P.s first day being very hot and their next day being wet, restricting their outside play. Year One homework will start week 2.

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