Stage 3 students will be investigating drug education this term.
Have a look at some of these websites during this session and come up with some areas of interest, that you may want to explore further.
Drug Facts for Young People – Comic
It’s A fact! – You Tube video you will ahve to watch at home 🙁
Ben has spent his holidays reading in many wild places – have a look at where he was caught reading.
Thanks Ben for being a WILD READER.
Calling all Kindergarten AllStars – here is a video made especially for you by our Stage 3 students.
It will help you remember how to be safe online.
A big “Thank you” to Angelina, Erin and Rifa for making this video 🙂
Puppets Get Positive from KimPericles on Vimeo.
Stage 2, here is a great little story that we will be reading together over the next few weeks.
It’s about a superhero squirrel called Ulysses and his friend Flora Belle Buckman.
The story has many references to comics and the language and features found in comics – click here to read comics online at
Make your own comics at Make Beliefs Comics
Here is the book trailer for Flora and Ulysses for you to enjoy 🙂
Leave a comment below if you love to read comics
Stage 3 have been working to think deeply and talk about their thinking this week.
We have been using text and words to think and talk about friendship – discussing definitions about friendships and looking at some famous quotes about friendship.
Next we tried to find an image that representes friendship – and we tried to link the visual elements of the image to the idea of friendship the image was conveying.
We looked at the colours, the perspective, the size and placemant of elements in the image. It was pretty tricky at first, but we tried again in another session and came up with some thoughtful responses.
Here are some books you might like to read about friendship:
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (JK Rowling)
Wonder (RJ Pallacio)
Charlotte’s Web (EB White)
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)
The One and Only Ivan (Katherine Applegate)
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Because of Winn-Dixie (Kate DiCamillo)
The Rainbow Fish (Marcus Pfister)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Tom Angelberger)
The Hobbit (JRR Tolkien)
Stellaluna (Janelle Cannon)
Ivy and Bean books (Annie Barrows)
The Last Olympian – Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan)
The BFG (Roald Dahl)
Are there any other books about friendship that you have read and enjoyed? Add it in the comments section!
This term on our author display are favourite books by Australian author Mem Fox.
We have lots of lovely titles that are still popular after many years!
Stage 1 enjoyed hearing Possum Magic this week. Here is a reading of the book for you to watch ….
What are your favourite books from when you were little? Tell us in the comments section.
We have started reading “The Strange Case of Origami Yoda” this week and have had a few giggles with the descriptions of the characters (which are all kids).
Some people thought they would like to try and fold their own Yoda, so here is Tom Angleberger’s site – with instructions and videos to make your own Origami Yoda at home.
There are lots of other interesting things on this site – have a look and leave a comment below telling us what you think!
Here is You Tube of how to make a simple Origami Yoda!
ANZAC Day is coming up during the holidays and this week we have been looking at many of the wonderful books and stories about this special day that we have in the Library. Some people remembered the story of Simpson and his Donkey from when they were little, and Carmen was reading a novel “The Donkey Who Carried the Wounded” by Jackie French that explained this story more deeply for an older audience. We love connections and remembered stories and learning more about what has happened in our world.
There are many beautiful picture books for older readers that are new in the Library this year, as well as some very informative non-fiction books on a variety of war topics.
Feel free to come and have a look and borrow one of these lovely books to take home for the holidays, you might just be taking home a new memory!
What do you remember about ANZAC day? Share your memories in the comments section below.
We are well on the way in our Digital Citizen Project this week. All groups are busy planning exactly what they will use in their presentations.
Now …
it gets CREATIVE!
Each group is making sure that their project is attention grabbing, different and special.
Some groups are using photos, animations, movies, stories, cartoons and puppets to make their plan interesting and applicable to the age group who will be their audience.
Great work – keep on thinking 🙂
Any questions that need clearing up? Ask them in the comments section below.
We had a great time on Monday night meeting many parents and families at our “Meet the Teacher” night.
A yummy sausage sizzle was provided by our P & C group – thank you to everyone who cooked and volunteered on the night.
All of our 2014 staff were introduced and families moved to classrooms to hear all about the year ahead 🙂
Here is a quick summary of Library days and requirements for Semester 1: