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We have been busy learning about celebrations. We have learnt about Chinese New Year. They have big parades and they wear the colour red for luck.We have made some red lanterns and  Chinese Dragons.

We have also been learning about St Patricks day. It is an irish celebrations. They wear green and in some places even make the water green. They are celebrating and remembering St Patrick becuase he built schools and churches in Ireland after he escaped from being a slave.

Recently we received results for our 2009 Parent Opinion Survey, which was distributed to 40 randomly selected families.

While we are pleased with the improvement in responses to 11 out of 18 aspects of our work, we are concerned about parent perceptions regarding behaviour, social skills and student safety.  We would like to give you the opportunity to comment on these areas, especially if you did not get a chance to respond on the survey.

What do you think the school needs to do to improve parent perceptions regarding the behaviour, social skills and safety of our students?

(Please remember that your comments will be public.)

Planning has commenced for 2010.

Yes that’s right only 8 weeks till Christmas!!!!

To help us plan activities for next year could EVERY family please complete the Community Relations Survey.

It can be accessed by clicking on the following link:

community relations survey

 In hard copy  – please pick up from and return to the office or via the school’s website.

This survey will close in 3 weeks on 29^th November 2009 so please have your say for 2010.

A summary will be posted in the Newsletter after analysis.

Thank-you for your support.

This term our integrated unit of work in Rooms 6 and 7 is based on the theme ‘Happy and Healthy’.  During this unit the students will use a matrix of possible activities.  They enjoy having some choice in the activities they tackle and the matrix gives them this opportunity.  The activities are not homework, but many children like to do extra work at home, so we have uploaded it onto the school blog to give them the opportunity to complete extra activities, if they are keen to do this.  Families might like sharing some of the interesting links to websites with their children.

Paula, Kate & Kathy

Happy and Healthy Tasks – Term 4

Our invention is called Weapon Love Hearts. It is made out of recycling boxes, one bottle, one tissue box, one big box and one sausage box. It sends messages through its satellite dish.

The laser in the machine sends messages to anywhere anytime. It has a stop and go button which is red and green. It also has a ladder to get up into the lounge room on the upper deck. This helps you see further into space. You are able to see anything coming.

The roof bends down. When the roof is up the letters shoot out. There are blasters on the machine to help it fly. It also has a letter sorting section where the letters are put in their correct spot. There is a bridge to separate two parts of the machine. The letters come through on section and out the other.

It is made out of hair ties, cardboard and strings. The radio is made out of paddle pop sticks. The messages are sent by pressing a button and recording a voice message and then sending it on.

We have a stop and Go button. There is a big and small battery to make the machine work. To make it move and send messages to out of space, we have to press Go, to stop it we have to press stop.