School Fete

Wattle Grove Primary School will be holding their School Fete this Thursday afternoon from 1pm. All classes have been busy planning and organising their stall to raise funds for their class. Each student can bring $7 on the day to take part in many exciting events. Room 9 have been planning a Large Hamper Raffle where students can win 1 of 2 baskets full of goodies. One including art and craft supplies and one containing sport and games equipment. Tickets are only $1 each or 3 for $2.

We are also having a 'Guess The Name Of The Teddy' where you pay $1 to guess the name of 1 of 3 bears. If the name is correct, you take him home. Finally, we are having a 'Guess The Amount Of Lollies In The Jar' for 50c a guess. We are hoping to make a huge profit in order to purchase new equipment for our class. Good luck to everybody on the day.

We are also asking that children dress up on the day in traditional costume from 100 years ago. Get creating.

You have got to be in it to win it!

Books Light Up Our World

Congratulations to Ava from Room 9 who came second in a Book Cover Competition.

Her design was chosen from hundreds of entries. Students were asked to design a cover related to the 2015 Book Week Theme of 'Books Light Up Our World'. 

I was lucky enough to go to see Ava be presented with her prize and award on Friday at the Forrestfield Library.

I was extremely proud of her achievements, so were her parents who came along to the event.

Congratulations to Miss Randall for working hard with the Year 6 students on this project. Wattle Grove received 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for Year 6.

Class Awards

Well done to Joshua, Ava, Alyssa and Dillon who received awards today in assembly. They have been working hard within all lessons and put in 120% into everything they do. 

Lapathon

Students, Parents and Teachers of Wattle Grove took part in Lapathon this afternoon. Luckily the weather changed just at the last minute to allow us to enjoy an afternoon of fundraising. All students demonstrated great enthusiasm and ran many laps around the oval to raise money for new i-Pads for the school. 

The students had lots of energy at the beginning of the race and stayed committed throughout. 

I managed 3 laps of the oval and felt tired so I am extremely proud of all the students, some even managing 30 laps!

Refreshments were needed half way round.

Everybody kept going right until the end. Half an hour is a long time to keep running. 

Some students took over stamping the cards whilst I had a quick jog round!

Congratulations to everyone. Good luck with your sponsor money. 

Icy-poles were enjoyed by all.

Let's hope we have raised enough for lots of i-Pads for our school.

Congratulations to everyone who took part and thank you to all those who helped set up for the event.

Class Councillors

Alyssa and Sai were voted  as class councillors for Semester 2 in Room 9. They both gave a wonderful speech to convince their peers as to why they should be voted for the job. They have already made a great start supporting their peers and running successful class council meetings. We are sure they will do Room 9 proud.

Student Reps

Congratulations to Ava, Dechlan and Emma, Year 6 students from Room 9, on becoming Student Representatives for Term 3. 

They are looking forward to working hard and supporting their fellow students over the next few weeks.  

We wish them all the best in their important role.

Catapults

Congratulations to all those students who made catapults as part of a home project. They had to build a catapult of a specific size and dimensions. It needed to be able to shoot a ping pong ball through a small window from a distance of 3 metres. 

They looked absolutely amazing. 

It was wonderful to see a variety of materials being used. From wood to straws, pencils to paper. 

We would also like to say a big thank you to any parents who supported their child during this difficult task.

There was a great deal of Maths and Science involved during this Design and Technology project and all the students who participated did an exceptional job.

The students enjoyed taking part in a competition last week to see who could get the ping pong ball through the window. 

It required skill and patience.

The students also had to create a Coat of Arms and keep a journal of their project. This included designs, materials, information of how they made it and photographs to show the process.

The catapults and journals are now displayed in the wet area of Block 2. Please come and have a look. 

All students who took part should be very proud of their achievements and I am impressed with the amount of time and effort they spent on their design.

Phil only just got his catapult through the door!

A big congratulations to Alyssa and Lucy who were the only two members of the class who managed to get the ball through the window.