We have been extremely busy over the last few days posting on our own individual blogs. We have changed the presentation themes  and written about a couple of things that we have done this year so far.

Please click on our names to the right under “07 AllStars”, read our work, and please leave a comment.

We would love to hear what you think!

We are talking about the five “Keys to Success”:

• Confidence
• Getting Along
• Resilience
• Organization
• Persistence

We investigated some successful Australians from the last century to see which keys to success they used.

We have made posters of the following people:

Sir Don Bradman – cricketer

Paul Jennings – author

Cathy Freeman – runner

Mandawuy Yunupingu – Aboriginal Elder

Christina Stead – author

Banjo Patterson – Writer

Shane Warne – cricketer

Kieran Perkins – swimmer

Ian Kiernan – Yachtsman 1994 Australian of the Year

Each of these people has been/ is very successful at what they do and we can learn how they used the “Keys to Success” to help them become successes in life.

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Author visits Us!

Have you read “Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls” or “Scary Stories for Brave Boys and Girls”, ? If you haven’t, then look for them in your nearest Library; even though they sound bad or unpleasant, they are actually very funny and entertaining.

Author Christopher Milne read one of his stories (Wheelchair Wally)to us today and then told us about his life and how he started writing for children. He told us that he had to keep trying  to get his work published and to pursue your dreams whatever happens. Christopher persevered even when he wanted to give up and he has now won a Book Award – The Young Australians Best Book Award.

Some people bought copies of his books and Christopher signed them for us. We thought that the stories were incredibly interesting even though they were very short. We are glad that the author came to visit!

Today we celebrated Harmony Day here at school. The SRC (Student Council) organised the day: we dressed in yellow or orange and sold yellow and orange fruit at recess and lunch.

Everyone wrote a little bit about harmony and what it means to them. You can read more of what each person has written on their own blog.

Today is Harmony Day

When children’s smiles are as bright as a sunshine ray.

Today we work together

To make the world much better.

Where children have some fun,

Dressed in colours like the sun.

Friendship is celebrated today

Where lots of children like to play.

Naomi & Sharon

Harmony

Harmony means peaceful.

Everyone is cheerful.

It is when you share.

It is when you wear yellow and orange.

We work together to make a fun day.

We are all like bright suns.

We are happy as can be

We all chat like good friends do.

We all sell yellow and orange fruit and orange ribbons too!

At the end of the day we are as cheerful as can be!!

By Celia

Harmony is ….

Peace together, a light that shines so bright ……Timothy

Working together … Hant

People are involved ….Kesaia

Uniting as one …. Yilmaz & Martin

Working together to acheive amazing feats …Ramiz

Pulling out the good in everyone ….. Nadine

As bright and peaceful as sunshine …Sokeina

Getting involved … Dushan

Sandy has arrived!

Today when we got to school we received a little yellow package from the office. Guess who was inside – SANDY!!!!!! Sandy is a little brown otter, sent by our blogging friends Class P6 S/J and their teacher, Mr Johnston, from Sandaig Primary School in Scotland.

Everyone was very excited to finally see Sandy, it seemed we had been waiting for ages. We took photos of Sandy and us, everyone wanted to hold her to say “Hello”.

A big THANK YOU to Mr Johnston and the Sandaig P6S/J kids, we promise to take care of Sandy and show her all around our school and community.

Sandy is extremely cute and cuddly. We didn’t realize that otters had such large whiskers and we LOVE the fluffy white fur around her mouth.

Sokeina and Momtahina have found out some information about Otters:

• otters have long, slim streamlined bodies of grace and flexibility

• they have short limbs

• they have webbed paws

• they have sharp claws to grasp prey

• fish are their primary diet

• some otters eat small mammals and birds

• otters have special adaptations to live in very cold waters

We look forward to sharing pictures with you and Skippy. Thanks again.

Our buddies from the Kinder/Year 2 class visited us again today! The Allstars hooked up the new Playstation 2 and Eye-Toy -a big “Thank you” to Derek Robertson from the LTS Consolarium in Dundee, Scotland for inspiring Mrs P and Mrs Dyer because they are now very keen on using console games in the classroom – we think this is   8)  !

We paired up with our buddy and we all took it in turns to play fitness games with the Eye-Toy on the iWB. The session was a bit rushed because everyone had to have a turn, but by the end there was lots of huffing and puffing and laughing.

Right at the end we all joined in together and did a group obstacle course – running, jumping, balancing, dodging. Lots of moving and laughing! Here are some thoughts from the AllStars buddies: 

Sokeina: I thought today was really fun and my buddy was having the time of his life. We got to play on the eye toy it was really fun. My buddy’s name is Danny and he was really confused when we were playing on the eye toy because he didn’t know what to do. I think that we should teach them about the eye toy a bit. Today was the best day of my life. 

Mikhaila: I thought today was amazing! The eye toy was so much fun. But my buddy was really confused  and she didn’t know what to do. 

Dushan: My buddy didn’t always take turns. He played with me when it was my turn.   

Timothy: Today was a terrific day! My buddy and I played with Ramiz and RJ. I wish we had more time to play. 

Nancy: My buddy is a Year 2 student, it was fun because she listened carefully and I didn’t have to get frustrated. My buddy was pretty good at playing Eye-Toy. I wish we didn’t have to rush! 

Naomi: My buddy was confused with the colours and needed to listen more. I think we should have more time on it while the buddies are with us. 

Clement: My buddy didn’t understand the words when we played the game. I will need to know the game and teach my buddy before he plays. 

Ramiz: I found it hard to understand what my buddy said to me. But when we got to the Eye-Toy he was pretty good. 

Nadine: My buddy had no clue what was happening when we played eye toy. She kept on copying my moves, but when she did, she was good and I was really proud of her. She helped me win and she was pushing really hard on herself. I enjoyed playing eye toy a lot with my buddy. 

Sharon: My buddy had a lot of fun. It was boring when we had to wait because my buddy kept on wanting to play other games and then saying they were boring. I had a lot of fun playing the eye toy I think my buddy did too!!!

Ramiz says:

1. I can open my eyes underwater. I can do this because I have very good eyesight.

1. I can walk through my house with my eyes closed and not bump anything. I can do this because I have lived in my house for six years.

1. I can dislocate my thumb!! I have no idea why I can do this!!

1. After a operation in 2006 I did not eat for 2 days in a row

1. When I was 3 years old I drank 3 bottles of beer I thought it was coke so that is why I drank it!!!!

Guess which one is fake!!! 

Kesaia:

1. I can make two or three people be my friend on my second day at a new school! I am always nice to people.

2. I can run for 4 whole minutes! Because I am fit and I run every day after school.

3. I can play all of the Ps2 games and I can play Eye-Toy.

4. I can sing “Irreplaceable” without stopping.

5. I can walk on water and do a back flip!

Momtahina:

This seems weird but it is true!-

1.        I am a hypo freak because I totally love driving my family and friends crazy and I love jumping all over the place.

2.        Once I read books 11 hours straight because my mum went out, my dad was sleeping, my sisters and brother were fighting so I was bored so I read.

3.        I don’t know my parents age – I never ask them and even if they tell me I never keep track ! You know I really cant be bothered to even ask them because I am not interested.

4.        I’ve watched  Harry Potter about 38 times this year because I can never get enough of it.

5.        I can play the piano with my forehead perfectly.

Dushan:

1. I can do a gymnastic trick which only a few people in this school can do (I don’t train in Gymnastics and I don’t even know the name of the trick!)

2. I can sing the Acon song (Smack That) 10 times faster than the original.

3. I can do a front flip into the pool ( only 40 cm above the water).

4. I can make an extremely high note singing.

5. Once I got run over by a car and broke my right foot and left arm.

Mikhaila

1. Once I read books for 6 hours because I was bored and I had nothing to do!

2. I’ve watched the movie “Nightmare Before Christmas” 89 times because it is my favourite movie and it never makes me bored.

3. I can sing the chorus of “Hit Me Up” 10 times without stopping because  I love that song and I know it off by heart.

4. I can water ski while my tongue is in my nose because I learnt how to jetski when I was 8.

5. I’ve directed 7 movies, produced 4 movies and written 2 movies (that I’ve made at home!).

Today we had a problem to solve in Maths – Capacity & Volume.
We had to make a 3D regular shape of 25 cubic cm using centicube blocks.

When we tried it individually, we couldn’t work it out. We tried and tried.
BUT
When we worked together in a group, we shared our ideas and came up with a solution!

Here’s what we came up with – one of the shapes is irregular and two are regular. Can you see which is which?

                       By Martin, Ramiz and Timothy                

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Why was everyone wearing rubber gloves today? Why were people walking around with large garbage bags?

Well, today was “Clean Up Australia Day” for schools in Australia. Everybody went out and picked up all sorts of rubbish from around the school. We found a car wheel rim, a tile, a screw driver, a hose, a ring, lots of plastic straws, litter, chip wrappers, lolly wrappers, ancient tissues and even someone’s homework!The school looks really clean and tidy now. . .

Perhaps cleaning is better than schoolwork!!
What do you think?