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October 19, 2009

What's On in Sport

 

Cricket (Small).jpgYear 4-7 Sport on Fridays:

WACA Cricket Clinics: Jess Moyes, Cricket Development Officer, will run a series of cricket clinics on Friday mornings with our boys and girls inter-school cricket teams. On Friday 6th November these teams will compete in the Warrior/Fury Inter-School Cricket Competition held at Harmony Fields.

Dance: Nadia Schimmel, a dance instructor from Peppermint Dance Studio in Maddington will workshop talented dancers from Years 4-7 on Friday mornings for 5 weeks. The final session will be held at Nadia's studio in Maddington. Nadia is an ex-student who is providing this service for free just to give something back to the school community.

Cycling: On Friday mornings, Miss Anderton, will take a group of cyclists and train them in cycling skills and safety. Students who choose to participate in this activity will need to bring their bikes on Fridays. Don't forget your helmet.

Posted by Mr Wilson at 3:24 PM |

September 25, 2009

Animated Film Festival 2009

Congratulations to all of the talented film-makers who participated in the 2009 Orange Grove Animated Film Festival. You can check out their amazing films below: If you can't view the video (for example if your school blocks youtube), you can download the video by subscribing to our podcast.

Posted by Mr Fuller at 8:41 PM |

September 14, 2009

Year 4 / 5 Sleepover

sleepover.jpgThe Year 4 / 5 class had a fantastic time at our school sleepover last Friday night. The boys slept in the classroom while the girls pretended to be asleep in the library. Early on Saturday morning, we went for a bushwalk around Orange Grove and returned just in time for a delicious pancake breakfast. Yum!

Thanks to the many helpers who made this special evening possible.

Posted by Mr Fuller at 3:28 PM |

August 4, 2009

Room 3 Update

Room3Update040809.jpgRead the latest edition of the Room 3 Update (PDF format) to learn about what will be happening this term in the Year 4 / 5 class. 

Some of our exciting plans include forming our own country (complete with Parliament, courts and laws), having a healthy banquet every week and sleeping overnight in the classroom!

Posted by Mr Fuller at 10:12 PM |

June 27, 2009

An interview with Andy Griffiths

Andy_Griffiths.jpgAndy 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.

Posted by Mr Fuller at 9:15 PM |

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.
Mikayla's Remipide Project

Posted by Mr Fuller at 3:06 PM |

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.

Owen_maze.jpgSome kids play video games; At our school, students build them!

Posted by Mr Fuller at 2:15 PM |

June 12, 2009

So You Think You Can Dance!

Jemma ArmstrongJemma Armstrong who competed in So You Think You Can Dance (Australia) and achieved top 10 status has been teaching dance to the Year 4/5 and Year 5/6/7 classes. The students have thoroughly enjoyed the dance lessons and have made sensational progress in their dance skills-we have some great movers!!

Our thanks to Jemma for sharing her dance expertise and really engaging the students.

Posted by Mr Wilson at 11:46 AM |

May 24, 2009

Podcast episode 20 released

flag.jpgThe Year 4 / 5 class has recorded a new podcast episode! In the new episode, our very own 'Podkids' teach the world all about ANZAC Day. The episode includes a fascinating interview with the veterans who visited our school on ANZAC Day.

Be sure to tune in at www.podkids.com.au.

Posted by Mr Fuller at 5:26 PM |

March 20, 2009

AFL Football Clinic

The students from the Year 4/5 and 5/6/7 classes participated in an AFL Football Clinic on Wednesday,18 March. The clinic was run by two players from the Perth Demons Football Club and a West Coast Eagles player! The kids learnt a lot of skills and had a terrific time. The players who ran the clinic said our student's behaviour was better than any other school group they have coached this year. Well done Kids!

Mr Wilson

Deputy Principal/PE Teacher

Posted by Mr Wilson at 2:09 PM |

March 15, 2009

New podcast episode released

Thumbnail image for podkids_itunes_art.jpgThe Year 4 / 5 class have just released episode 19 of their award-winning podcast 'Podkids Australia'. This episode focuses on space and teaches listeners about the planets, moons, asteroids and comets that make up our Solar System.
Have a listen (MP3 format, 20 MB) or subscribe at www.podkids.com.au.

Posted by Mr Fuller at 1:25 PM |

February 4, 2009

Room 3 Update - Year 4 / 5 newsletter

Room3Update020209.jpg
The Year 4 / 5 class is learning about space this term. Inside the latest
Room 3 Update (pdf format), you will learn about our forthcoming astronomy night and trip to Scitech.

This newsletter also contains information about parent-teacher interviews and a parent information night to be held on Tuesday 10 February.

Posted by Mr Fuller at 7:20 PM |

December 2, 2008

Year 4 / 5 Assembly

Celebrations assembly pictureLast Friday, the Year 4 / 5 class presented a wonderful assembly looking at 'celebrations from around the world'.

If you missed the assembly, you can listen to a recording of the assembly in the form of a podcast episode. You can download it from the school's podcast website at www.podkids.com.au.

Posted by Mr Fuller at 8:12 PM |

January 21, 2008

A special message from Mr Fuller

Posted by Mr Fuller at 7:52 AM |

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