Design and Technologies – Fairground Rides

For Design and Technologies this term, we have been learning about fairgrounds rides and how they use the belt pulley system to rotate. Over the term, students have carefully planned and designed their fairground ride. On Monday of Week 8, Sept 9, students will be constructing their fairground ride. This week students were sent home with an individual list of materials and tools they require to build their fairground ride. We kindly ask that parents provide students with these or similar materials and tools, so they are able to build their project.

We thank you greatly for your support and assistance.

Cross Country

We could not be prouder of the outstanding effort the students put into running the Cross-Country on Monday. Congratulations to Ayden for placing 1st and Charlotte for placing 4th in the Intermediate race. You all should be extremely proud of yourselves for giving it your best.

Book Week

For 2019, the theme for Book Week is ‘Reading is my Super Power’. Check out the Reading Superheros we have in Room 27.

Book Week from KirstyMcKercher

Semester Two Student Councillors

Congratulations to our new Student Councillors for Semester Two. We have no doubt you will take on the responsibility of Student Councillor with enthusiasm, respect and dedication. We are grateful to have you represent Room 27.

Poetry Recital

Dear Parents,

In Week 4, the Year Four children are asked to recite a poem to their peers. This could be a poem they have written themselves. It would be good if the student could recite the poem from memory. The timetable for the Room 27 poetry recital in week 4 is below:

Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Roentgen Alice Ella-Grace Shania Ayden Jana Charlotte	Noah Cassius Steel Lachlan Chanelle Sophie Tyam	Layla Benjamin Jake Sienna-Rose Gazal Leah Shianne	Connor Indiana Francis Keaton Thomas Anjali

In Week 4, students will ONLY have SPELLING homework to complete so they can rehearse their poem. There is NO Maths or Reading homework.

Each recital should be no longer than 2 minutes. Children will need to focus on their voice and expression, movement, action and enthusiasm. Props and sound effects can also be used.

Each class will select their top two finalists and they will move forward to the Year Level Challenge in Week 5. The overall Year Four winner will recite their poem at the Book Week Parade in Week 6.

If you have any questions about the poetry recital, please come and see us.

Kind regards,

Miss McKercher and Ms Martin.

NAIDOC Week

In Week 2, Wattle Grove Primary School celebrated NAIDOC Week. In Room 27, we completed a few tasks and activities to celebrate, learn and understand the importance of NAIDOC Week. On Monday, we researched a significant Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person using the laptops and we displayed our research on a Word Document. On Tuesday, each group were provided with a different NAIDOC themed book and students completed a Book Review on their book. On Wednesday, we met with our Buddies, Room 7, where we painted a boomerang and created a crepe paper Aboriginal flag. Room 27 did a fantastic job of guiding our Pre-primary and Year 1 buddies to use their fine motor skills to tear and scrunch up the crepe paper to decorate their Aboriginal flags. Well done Room 27!

NAIDOC Week from KirstyMcKercher

Happy Holidays

It is hard to believe another term has come and gone. We would like to congratulate the students of Room 27 for all of their hard work and dedication they have shown to their learning this term. Thank you also to all of the parents and caregivers for supporting your child with their learning tasks. In recognition of our busy term, below are some of the fantastic events as written by students of Room 27. Have a safe and happy break and we will see you all back in Term Three!

Room 27's Awesome Assembly

In Week 5 Room 27 and Room 12 conducted the assembly. It was great fun performing! We got the song and took it home to practise. It was called ‘Eye of the Driver.’ It took me a few days to learn the song and we had actions to go with the lyrics. Finally, the day had come to perform our amazing song. I was a bit nervous but when I sang the song it ended up being great fun! Some people got to speak about road safety into the microphone. We all wore bright coloured clothing, which meant that drivers could see us and we even had some students riding safely on their scooters across the middle of the assembly area! It was an awesome time.

By Alice

RAC Incursion

It was awesome to learn more about road safety on Thursday of Week 7. Room 27 loved the RAC incursion and the person that was telling us about it all was Brandon, he was an RAC employee. He even let us try and see what it was like to drive a car and be a distracting passenger. He showed us the need for wearing a seatbelt and the result of not wearing one! Brandon also showed us a video of a truck rolling down a humungous hill. It had fake people called ‘Crash Test Dummies’. The driver had his seatbelt on but the passenger did not and the results were deadly. Brandon gave us all a certificate for participating and a bag tag that lights up when car lights shine on them so that drivers can see people walking or riding at night.

By Lachlan

Constable Care Incursion

On Monday Week 7, Room 27 went on a fun and educational incursion for Constable Care. There were two people who ran the show, their names were Luke and Dawson. Dawson was having some trouble with a guy named ‘Skater Dan’. Dawson’s friend, Luke, was concerned that Dawson was acting really down and upset. So Luke helped Dawson and they told his Mum. I learnt that there are ways to block people on your online games and to never chat to a stranger online.

By Ayden

Superb Super Scientist

In Week 6 Room 27 held the Super Scientist competition. There were lots of epic experiments! My favourite mind-blowing experiment was Waterproof Sand by Gazal. My science experiment was Magic Milk. I was very eager to try it out. First, you pour milk into a plastic plate and then put food colouring into the plate. After this, get some dish soap and drop into the milk and then….ZOOM! The milk runs away from the dish soap! This happens because the proteins in the milk reacts to the oil in the dish soap.

By Francis