Senior Camp.

With Senior Camp fast approaching I know everybody is busy getting ready. As we have a very early start on the morning we leave school for the camp please remember to set an alarm clock or two. Details of our departure and return dates and times are in a handout for parents. Parents if you need another copy please call into the school office and pick one up.

If you are a bit nervous about going on camp don’t worry I am coming with you. This will be my first school camp and the first ever camp away from my family so I am excited and can’t wait to try all of the great activities.

Look out fun, here we come!

Crazy Socks

Check out the crazy socks some 6T students wore to school today. These students were celebrating the work of our school crossing guards often called “Lollipop Ladies” in Australia. These hardworking ladies and gents keep our school children safe as they use busy “School Crossings” (not to be confused with “Zebra Crossings”) at the start and end of each school day.

Crazy socks

Harmony Day

Harmony Day has been celebrated in Australia on 21 March each year since 1999. It is a day when we celebrate the diversity of our multicultural nation. This week we celebrated Harmony Day with a special school parade. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have always lived in Australia and its nearby islands however other Australians come from very diverse backgrounds. To show respect to the Aboriginal culture and heritage of the the traditional custodians of the land we live in, our school leaders gave an “Acknowledgement of Country”. (This happens throughout Australia before an event, function or meeting takes place.) Most of the population of Australia is made up of people who came from other countries either recently or many generations ago. 6T students displayed the flags of countries that members of our class have family links with. You might be able to identify some of the flags. Harmony Day 6T flags

Times Tables Challenge Results

A hushed silence fell over our classroom this week as we went head to head with our Deputy Principal in a 7x, 8x and 9x tables challenge using the Hit The Button interactive game. The first round went to the students winning by one correct answer. The second game evened the score with a close win to the  Deputy Principal. The tie breaker went to the Deputy Principal although we gave him a good run for the honour. Congratulations to all 6t students who have achieved instantaneous recall of their times tables. Congratulations to our Deputy Principal and thank you for the challenge, it was fun.

Stories We Have Read.

Below are links to stories that we have been reading in class. These two different authors living at different times in Australia both wrote entertaining stories that all children and those young-at-heart love to read. I am sure you will agree they are Good Reads.

http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/books/fst_peas_audio.html

http://www.morrisgleitzman.com/books/fst_pet_audio.html

http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/13005/

Hit The Button

A good working knowldge of the times tables up to 12×12 is essential not only at school but for life in general. Our class has been working hard to improve our accuracy and develop an automatic recall of all the times tables.  To help us learn the facts that just won’t come to mind quickly we have been using a great little 60 second game called Hit The Button.

We sent the link to the rest of our school and heard back from the Principal and some classes. Now the challenge is really on, 6F have challenged us to a 7x showdown, 6T has challenged the Deputy Principal to 7x, 8x and 9x tables. His response is “Bring it on!” The Principal has marked the date in her diary so she doesn’t miss the action as it unfolds in just seven days time.

If you would like to challenge yourself or a friend look for the link on our page under the heading Times Tables Games which will take you directly to the site. Have fun.

You can challenge us just send us a screen shot of your best result for the times tables of your choice and we will accept your challenge and reply with our own best effort and of course we will send you a screen shot.