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In Area 11 we like to give everything a go especially new ideas that might look difficult at first.We are using this blog to publish some of our writing, to post from home and to record some of our learning at school.
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Article posted October 10, 2009 at 03:30 PM GMT0 •
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During the second part of Term 3 we worked in groups to research and then make a powerpoint presentation about an aspect of mining and then we presented them to the rest of the class.
Article posted August 30, 2009 at 04:21 PM GMT0 •
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Today we started off in pairs again but we did a star relay.That meant that only one person from each pair ran at a time then they came back and gave the map to their partners.
I think we are all getting better at reading the maps!
Two groups tied for first place in the Star Relay.
They were Nic and Tom and Jo and Gemma.
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Article posted August 18, 2009 at 04:17 PM GMT0 •
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On our first orienteering day Mrs Post from Orienteering WA told what orienteering was and the important things we need to know for our orienteering sessions. We watched a short video and learned about how to hold the map and how to read it. We also saw what the checkpoint signs looked like.
When it was time to start it was drizzling a little but we didn't get too wet.
Here is Nic's report about our first day.
Today my class did Orienteering. My favourite part was when it was raining and when we had to run around in circles. I was partnered up with James. We had to go back to HK because the pins fell out. That was a real bummer. The lady gave as all a map of the school.
It was really fun!!
Arijana also wrote a report.
Every Tuesday we do Orienteering with Mrs Post from Orienteering WA. Mrs Post showed us lots of maps that she has from her experience in Orienteering. Mrs Post also taught us that we should always look at the LEGEND (which tells us where the things is like if that area is black it says on the legend it's a building. After she taught us how to read a map she put a DVD on which played this funny tune that goes like this "Turn your body 'round the map, turn your body 'round the map!". That was stuck in everyone's heads.
Then we paired up and I was Jillian's partner. Finally she set us of. We ran to the first checkpoint HA the HB, HC, HD, HE, HF and so on until HL which was the last checkpoint then we went back to Mrs Post who checked our maps.
Unfortunately in checkpoint HK the pins had fallen out so she made us go back but it didn't work.It was such a shame!
Article posted August 18, 2009 at 04:17 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted August 12, 2009 at 04:26 PM GMT0 •
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Today people came to our school for Book Week. They came to perform a show called Jungle Bungle. The Actors names were Tim and Nicole but their main characters were Oliver(Ollie for short) and Claire.
Claire always is prepared and she's not much of an adventurer, Ollie however is a true adventurer. He taught us how to sing a song. Claire and Ollie are really good at singing.
Ollie invited some people to come and act as a band the people were Nick, Elizabeth, Emily(Nick's sister) and someone else.
There were other characters like Captain Congo from Captain Congo and the Crocodile King, Will from How to Heal a Broken Wing, Sunday Chutney from Sunday Chutney and Kev from Special Kev.
We were given a challenge from Tim to read at least three of the books that they were sponsoring.
Ollie was always the new kid and Claire was trying to be his friend. Ollie asked Claire to come to his house but behind Ollie's back garden there was a Jungle that's where all the adventure happened.
Some people even went on a Safari with Claire and Ollie.
It was wonderful and we all learned a lesson "Doesn't matter if you're unusual everyone is special in their own way!"
Everyone should see Jungle Bungle and I know that everyone will absolutely love it because
IT WAS PHENOMENAL!
Report by Arijana
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Article posted August 6, 2009 at 12:28 PM GMT0 •
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Today Tetrafide came to the school and played lots of different Percussion instruments. There were four men that played them. Neville, Marcus Josh and Josh. (One of the Joshes had to be called "Shaggy Josh" so we did not get mixed up) First they did some things on tall wooden sticks. They didn't tell us what it was called, but it was definitely very good. Once that was over, the four men played 'Cuba'. It was quite interesting. Then came my personal favourite, "Stinkin' Garbage" played on some metal bins. It was loud, interesting and fun to listen to. They then showed us another piece called 'Luggage' using only vocals and no other instruments. It was a funny piece. Once 'Luggage' was over, they went silly using the vocals by Marcus beat boxing to the sound of 'Billie Jean', and then it turned into the 'Dance Now'. The last piece was the best. Very loud and funky, it showed they wanted to go with a bang, and bang they did. It was so loud it made everything vibrate. I think that this was the best concert I had ever seen. I would very much recommend other schools to see this. It was phenomenal. Absolutely amazing. Would I like to see it again? Yes.
Report by James.
Article posted August 6, 2009 at 12:28 PM GMT0 •
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Article posted August 3, 2009 at 07:52 AM GMT0 •
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Olivia and Nic were awarded the class merit certificates at the end of Term 3 and Thomas the music award from Mrs Robinson. Brendon and Jillian were the first award winners for Term 3 and Bhavya won a music award.
James received a special award for gaining a distinction in the ICAS Computer test.
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Article posted August 3, 2009 at 07:44 AM GMT0 •
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The beginning of Term 3 has seen our class receive two special awards.
On Friday we were awarded the Virtues award for Term 2 and we have won $50 for the class to use in any way we wish. We will be talking about that at our next class meeting!
We also won the Panda award again for our work with Mrs Zhang and our student teacher Miss Mew.
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