Origami Whale Adventure

We have been making origami whales!

We read about the idea of making these whales at the “Origami Whale Project” site - and how they were used to raise awareness of the slaughter of whales internationally. Did you know that since 1986 over 30 000 whales have been killed by whalers from Iceland, Norway and Japan?

Everyone folded the paper carefully and we strung the whales up on string to make a curtain of beautiful coloured whales in our room.

You can all make a virtual origami whale and send it off to the Japanese Prime Minister - just click here and off it goes!

Inspiration From Hokusai

We were inspired by the painting by Hokusai, and used crayon scratching to make these artworks of waves.

We hope you like them…….

Mind Map - Natural Disasters

How cool is this?

Last week we tried out a mind mapping tool called mind42.com to organise our thinking about Natural Disasters.

We had just been introduced to Natural Disasters through some wonderful hands on science activities from the CSIRO and we thought that we would like to investigate further.

This is what we came up with - have a look at the map above - you can move themap, make the text bigger/smaller, open and close the nodes. WOW

AllStars - leave a comment about the area you would like to investigate.

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

Crazy Camp Causes Chaos!

3 days ago our crazy campers went camping. Here are a few things we did back here at school:

Water Fight War Begins“Cannonball!!” “Quickly I need ammunition.” These are just a few of the quotes used in the water war of water. Water balloons were thrown, hit and broken in the war. Water bombs cooled off the AllStars and other kids in this shirt drenching war of water. Medals were given to the wettest and driest soldiers. The battle was hard but in the end all were wet and happy.

Dragons Take Over Belmore!?! RROOOAAAARRRRR! AllStars were baked in the making of devilish dragons. Some were water dragons and others were land, but all were unique in their own way. Me, myself and I were astonished at all the creativity in the AllStars and look forward to seeing a real life one someday.

Mulan Movie Is Most Meaningful Mulan is a movie with the most humorous dragon, a lucky cricket, a stallion and a young girl set out on the most unforgettable journey. The AllStars watched this movie and were sucked in to all the adventures throughout the movie. They also hope to see Mulan 2 someday.

I would like to add some questions here, so please feel free to speak your mind: What are your feelings on the movie Mulan?

Would you feel guilty if you were Mulan’s father?

Do you believe in dragons?

Have you ever taken part in a water fight? If so how was it?

This is the dragon I made!

By Naomi

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 -

Lake Eyre Dragon

Sea Dragon

Please join our conversation about dragons