Happy Birthday

Wattle Grove Primary School celebrated their 100th Birthday on July 19th 2015. The staff, students and parents enjoyed a special assembly on Friday to mark this occasion. We were entertained by the delightful Junior Choir, congratulations to Mrs Robeson for organising this. 

We also had the pleasure of listening to the talented Year 6 Guitar Students.

The assembly ended with the cutting of the 'Wattle Grove Birthday Cake'. It looked amazing in the traditional green and gold colours. One of the school's oldest and youngest members helped cut the cake. 

The Year 6 students were lucky enough to try a piece. 

We look forward to many more centenary celebrations throughout the year.

Happy Birthday!

Paper Planes

Room 9 ended Term 2 with a variety of activities based on the movie 'Paper Planes'.

After watching the movie the students tried making their own paper planes. These were then put to the test outside. They took part in a throwing competition to see which type of plane would travel the furthest. 

The distances were measured and compared. 

It was interesting to see which type of plane was the most effective. 

The students also looked at writing film reviews. Everybody had something positive to say about the movie. 

Room 9 wrote instructions of how to make their plane and even had an attempt at making their own 'You Tube' style video.

It was a great way to end the Term. You must watch the movie 'Paper Planes' and don't forget to look out for our teacher, Mrs McIlwraith, who appears briefly towards the end of the movie.

Rainforests

We finally completed projects on different Rainforests from around the world this week and were excited to present them to our peers. 

We have been working in small groups during Information Technology, developing a display board, sharing facts about the location, climate, weather, species, layout and human impact on our chosen Rainforest. 

We not only gained knowledge of different Rainforests, but also learnt a great deal about team work and collaborative skills. 

We got to present our ideas to the class during a Speaking and Listening activity during Literacy.

Congratulations to everyone on a super effort.

We even turned our classroom into a Rainforest. We now work underneath the canopy.

Buddy Book

Room 9 shared an afternoon with their Buddies from Miss Ryan's Kindy class earlier this week.

The Year 5 and 6 students had created books about Space. These were books to share with their buddy, teaching them about colours, shapes, numbers and words.

It was a great experience for Room 9 to write a book, illustrate the pictures and share it with the Kindy children.

Both classes had fun. 

I was very impressed with the quality of the writing and drawings from the students of Room 9. They had worked extremely hard to produce their book. 

They enjoyed playing the role of 'Teacher' for the afternoon.

 The Kindy students were well behaved and answered questions about their book.

We look forward to sharing time with our Buddies in the near future. 

The children got to keep their book to take back to class with them. 

Eagles

The Year 6 students of Room 9 enjoyed an afternoon of AFL with Corey from 'The West Coast Eagles'. 

They all got to train like an Eagle on Tuesday, learning new skills and tricks of the trade. 

It was great to see the children enjoying themselves and keeping fit at the same time. Thanks Corey for a fantastic session.

Training can be tough at times!