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Following Instructions
This week in language I have asked the students to watch a short video once through (Sevens) and then attempt to follow the instructions. We have also attempted the other...
Winter Carnival 2012
Last Friday saw the running of the annual Winter Carnival. Once again, our students did themselves proud by displaying great sportsmanship in all their games. Congratulations to all those who participated....
Descriptive Writing
This term we have been focussing on improving our descriptive writing. To complete our unit, students were asked to write a narrative based on the topic – Out in...
Our Art Work
In Art this term with Mrs Gray, we experimeted with FAUVISM, a style which features vivid colour and free form. Wassily Kandinsky on PhotoPeach...
Frozen Science
This term for Integrated Studies we have been looking at Antarctica and it has been a lot of fun. Many of the activities we have done for Science can...
Can you name the most commonly used words in the English language?
Click here to test yourself You have 12 minutes to think of as many as you can. When your time is up, post a comment about how well...
Pangrams
For homework this week the students were given the task of writing a pangram. It is a sentence that contains all the letters of the alphabet. The most famouse...
Class Poem
Last week we used the ‘jigsaw’ method to create a class poem. We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it. A HARSH CONTINENT Sun...
Back at School
Meanwhile back at school, while the year 6 and 7’s were on camp, I had the responsibilty of doing all the year 7 jobs with 2 other year 7’s....
Western Force visit Cooinda
Three players from the Western Force came to Cooinda to teach us the three main skills of rugby. Mike taught us how to catch the ball. The technique was...