Bonjour! and Gidday!
A great big AllStar and Australian welcome
to our special Scottish visitor -
Nounours!
We can’t wait to show Nounours all about our Australian heritage and the special things about our city of Sydney.
We are looking forward to Nounours learning about Australia and the AllStars too 
Nounours has already met Sandy our Scottish otter, as well as Koko Koala and Kanga & Roo. Lots of fun is on our way!
Soccer Stars Surprise Selectors!
I have copied this post from Naomis blog - thanks N!
Michael, Hafiz, Penelope, Souad and I surprised selectors, at the district soccer trials yesterday. With great excitement we went and showed them what we’ve got :!:
We’ll set off on Friday next week, along with Souad and Penelope, from two other classes. We have been wished lots of luck and hope for lots of luck too : P
Here are some of the stats of all the players, from our school, going to the next level:
Name Foot Used Position
Naomi Both Midfield, sweeper
Hafiz Right Sweeper
Michael Both Midfield, forward
Souad Right Midfield
Penelope Right Forward
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE
Congratulations to all reps, you played strong and hard today, and you all showed great spirit and commitment. Well done
Great news for Naomi, Michael and Hafiz - who have all been selected for the regional team.
They will have to play a couple of games and have the chance to be selected for the NSW state team. We wish them all the best for these HUGE games next term.
We are extremely proud of all our reps - go you good guys!!!
Here are some questions for you:
Have you ever played soccer?
Do you play for a soccer team?
Do you like soccer?
Naomi
What Are These Kids Doing?
It may not look like it, but the AllStars were all very busy and on task last Wednesday!
What sort of task would involve this sort of behaviour? 
Our Voices of the World February Task - that’s what 
We were discussing, planning, making and then setting up and taking photos for this month’s task on numbers. Great fun, great learning, great teamwork!
Here is our finished product - what do you think?
Sorry
A little word that means so much!”Sorry” was said in a very special place in Australia today …….
Sorry is a word not often heard in Parliament. Nevertheless, today Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized on behalf the present Government to the Indigenous people of Australia.
Many people believe the apology is long overdue, but are glad that it finally came.
Ramiz & Timothy
The “Stolen Generation” were remembered today by all of Australia.
Natalie & Lilly
The Government (in the 1900’s) had done the wrong thing to Indigenous people. They took the children away from their parents just because they didn’t have full Aboriginal background, never to see their parents again! That’s why they are called the “Stolen Generation”.
Momtahina & Nadine
The Government at the time thought they were doing the right thing ….. but Australia wants to say sorry……
Sharon & Kesaia
Today, on the 13th February, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said “Sorry” to the Stolen Generations. We thought it was fair, kind and brilliant; as well as this it was a relief to Indigenous Australians.
Justin & Winson
Reconciliation: a long word as its a long story ….. A long time ago , from the 1930’s the Government took the aboriginal children because they thought that it was the right thing to do. But nowdays we think that in most ways it was bad. Because of this our new Prime Minister said “Sorry”.
Dushan & Marshall
Summer Holidays
We made it!
After the frantic rush of end of the year we are finally on school holidays
Congratulations to everyone for your hard work, commitment to your learning, your sense of humour and for tolerating my (out of tune, but very enthusiastic) singing (and dancing) over the year!
For those AllStars who are moving on to High School at the end of January, thank you for the past two years. I know that you will all continue to grow and learn about yourself and your world, all of the rest of the AllStars will miss you sooooo much so please keep in contact and share your High School experiences with us back here on the AllStars blog.
Years 4 and 5, you will be moving up into Years 5 & 6 - some of you are school leaders already, we are all proud of the way you were ready to take up the challenging role of a school leader. Congratulations to everyone of you, we know that you will do a great job next year.
Here are some of my memories of the past year:
rubber gloves, crazy hair, funny hats, the Harbour Bridge birthday, ANZAC letters, dodgeball, chickens in the War, flags, garbage bags, PS2, buddies, Sandy, choose your own maths, Australia wiki, blogging, orange oranges, storyteller, jumping ropes, PWii, tennis, Samorost, Xcountry, eyes, science, vinegar on the ceiling, commenting, sculptures, junk, drawing, Ned Kelly, “Are We There Yet?” , debates, forensics, microscopes, experiments, cricket, visitors, games, BST, camp, water fights, Macbeth, history, MissionMaker, leadership, parties, pizza!, spiders, music, laughs, boogie, Gay Gordons, laptops, Voki, presentations, tunnel …..
Have I left anything out?
AllStars, enjoy the break, think about what/ how/ why you want to learn next year. Keep in contact through our blog - I’ll be posting over the holidays ( our videos of the Gay Gordons, Heel Toe Polka, Yr 6 Farewell etc) so keep looking in when you get the chance.
Have a great holiday,
Love MrsP
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Camp Photos
Here they are - our first taste of this year’s camp.
Looks like fun …………
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Dragon Alert!
Here is a Rockyou show of the dragons we made a couple of weeks ago:
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Leadership 2007
Over the last week or two we have been participating in a variety of Leadership sessions:
Year 3 have been learning about how to be a tolerant and considerate person.
Years 4 & 5 have been learning how to be a good leader.
Year 6 have been working through a transition to High School programme.
We have all been working with groups of people from different classes - this helps us to get to know other people here at school that we wouldn’y usually have the chance to work with.
In Leadership Training we cover topics like
- Public Speaking - “Speak Up”
- Responsibility - “Stepping Up!”
- Confidence - “You Grow When You Have a Go!”
- Organization - “Think Team”
- Team Skills - “Showing the Way”
After this training, the Year 5 students have the opportunity to apply for a student leadership position for next year. They have to fill in the application and attend an interview. If they are chosen as school leaders they will present a speech at Assembly and the school will vote for the 2008 School Captains.
Good Luck to everyone in Year 5 who applies
Dragons are Lurking!
Today we have been investigating dragons - it seems that many places and people right around the world share stories, myths and legends about dragons.
Do you know any stories about dragons? What are dragons like in the stories that you know?
Do you believe that they are/were real?
Do you think that dragons are related to these two “real” Australian dragons -
Please join our conversation about dragons
USA visits AUS - Americans DownUnder
AllStars have done it again!
Last week we entertained a group of over 20 educators from the US.
Although we have told other groups what we do on our blog - this time we were able to show people. We moved into the Computer Lab and everyone sat at a computer so we could show the visitors our individual work.
First Timothy and Momtahina showed a presentation about the work we do on our blog and why we blog. Then the visitors walked around and spoke with us. Everyone was working on something different - such as “Samarost”, MissionMaker, Toondoo, Webbliworld, Voki, our individual blogs and Scratch. The visitors were very interested in our work, our explanations and the interactivity of what we were doing.
They asked about how long we spent in the computer room, they spoke about how they hadn’t seen a class using these applications to learn before - they were very friendly and kind - we loved their accents
Some of the AllStars helped to set up the morning tea for the visitors too. We got cups, bowls, folded serviettes, moved the chairs, got out the food and sorted the lollies, chips and drinks. Thank you people - the visitors had a wonderful morning tea. The visitors loved the ANZAC biscuits and cornflake cookies - yum, yum!
Ramiz and Yilmaz had the opportunity to guide the visitors around the school. They got to see what the other classes were doing - Mrs Jenkins’ class were using videos in their room - this was fun:)
We took lots of photos - thanks for visiting us - we all had a great time
Our visitors said that they would look up our blog when they returned home - let’s keep a look out for “red dots” from the US.
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