ANZAC Day

On thursday our class went to Brayshaw park to learn about war. We got to put on amy,navy and air force coats and jackets also we got to learn to march like soilders. Once we got inside we sat down and got to hold bullets, grinades, guns, hard hats and a water container. While that was happening we watched a flim of war

Sawcut Gorge

On tuesday the year 7's went to Sawcut Gorge. The first thing we had to do was walk through the river, Great!
We followed orange markers through the bush and when we came to a river there were rocks stacked on top
of each of other.We left our bags at a shaded area. Then we walked to the gorge. The hills started to cave in and it looked like a saw had cut through the rocks and it was worth it!!

This is the year 7's at sawcut gorge on tuesday 27 march

Buddies

This year our buddies are room 3 Mrs Nulls class. Last week we helped them proof read and edit their speach. And playing games of never ending tag and other games.We also made together paper cut outs of their families.

Grief, Change and Loss

Our topic is Grief,Change and loss.We had looked at a book called Brodie.It was about a boy who had cancer and was sick for a while and he ended up dying.So we had to write a story about the passing of a loved one. Some of us had never experienced Losing someone. So they made up their own. This next story is Mackenzie's (year 6) about losing her cat called Stella.

STELLA
It was 11 o clock on Mothers day 2009. Mum, Dad, Rylee ,Lachy & I were just about to go out for Mothers Day lunch. Next thing we heard was a loud 'Miaow' It sounded like a squeaky gate. Dad went out and looked around the padio.He came back with a worried look on his face,then quitly he said We might need to take Stella to the vet"

We all got out of the car and went to go see stella. We couldn't really see anything because there was so much blood. Next thing I knew I felt sick with worry. While Dad tried to put Stella in the cage,we went around the house to figure out what had happened. Mum found a metal rake lying by the gate so we thought she had ran into it.

When we got to the vet, us kids stayed in the waiting room and my Sister bawled her eyes out. My Mum came out and said " She's not looking good. We have a decision to make. We either pay around $1000 for her to have an operation, she will need to be on medicine for 3 months and she'll still be in pain or we can put her down and she can sleep in the garden'. 'Mum what is wrong with her anyway,said my sister with a sniff. Just come in to see 'We went in and what we saw was gruesome. Can you guess ? Blood blood and more blood.She has done some serious damage and has almost cut her tounge off and crushed her jaw.'Then my sister lost it .She burst into tears. Mum sent us back out to the waiting room.

Later on Mum came out and said "We're going to put her down". At first us kids just nodded at the shock of not having Stella walking around the house anymore. Then a tear ran down my face. Mum quickly changed the subject ."Come on ,let's get to that lunch",she said putting an arm around me.

When we got to the restaurant we forgot all about Stella (I supposed thats good and bad.)Now she is in the garden to rest in peace,with our other cats that have died.
By Mackenzie Hall.

Swim Safe Posters

A couple of weeks ago we studied aquatics so we made some swim safe posters. Posters are made up of an image and a message. At first some of us were making information explanations by using a statement, not a message. Once they were finshed we had to say what our purpose of our swim safe poster was. Say what our visual features were and what the image and the text had in common with each other. this is an example Taylor's Visual features on her poster...

The PURPOSE of my swim safe poster is to send the message that...
wearing a fitted life jacket when you are on a boat is a sensible, safe precaution.
My VISUAL FEATURES that support my message are...
a family photo of Finn, Sophia and I are each wearing our life jackets.
The message and the images work together to suggest...
that no matter what everyone who is in a boat needs to take the precaution of wearing a life jacket.

Swimming

In term one week three room 8 went swimming at the town pool we went into three
different groups with Taylor, Connor & Nicky. We did Breathstroke, backstroke, freestyle
diving. We had an awesome time!!!!