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YEAR 5 TALK TO NASA
On Tuesday
our year 5 students were able to link directly with the NASA space
facility in America through our video conferencing facility.
The program
was run by Andy Thomas ,an Australian astronaut who has been on a
number of space shuttles .He talked to the children and showed
pictures about what it was like in space.
Gunnedah Netball Carnival
Last Sunday,
Gunnedah South entered 5 teams in the local netball carnival. All
the girls who participated had a great day. The Red Devils team were
undefeated until their last game, however still came home
runners-up. A special thanks must go to those parents who
volunteered to help coach and manage a team, and to our very much
appreciated umpires Ev Chapman, Courtney Riley, Emma Chapman, Karina
Murray and Lea Jones. Mr Bevan Sharman put up the tent for all to
take refuge in and all the parents who helped in the canteen made it
a hugely successful day. As it was reported to me , a big part of
the enjoyment of participating in these carnivals is sitting with
your friends under a blanket and eating together.
Rosemary
Thomson
Public Speaking
Krystal
and Allison both received Highly Commended awards when they
represented our school at Narrabri last Wednesday and competed in
the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking competition. Krystal
spoke about “learning from others”, while Allison’s speech was on
“Australia, the lucky country”. Both girls were also required to do
an impromptu speech for 50% of their marks. Congratulations on doing
so well girls!
Presentation
of a cheque for $11,378 .31to the Children’s Cancer Institute of
Australia.
NEW INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD
Thanks to
support from the Sidney Myer Foundation and the Gunnedah Shire
Council class 6W have an interactive whiteboard to support student
learning
Peer
Support Training
On Tuesday 17th July, Year 6 attended the Peer
Support Training Day to become Peer Support Leaders to the school.
This experience will help in their
leadership of school wide peer groups that aim at encouraging a
cooperative and caring community. Year 6 will run
their peer session every Friday.
Work in
the classroom
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Year 2 using the interactive
whiteboard to learn about bridges and how to increase rigidity and
strength.
Year 2 building
bridges out of straws for their Science Unit Built Environments.
Students learning
about struts, chords, trusses and force.
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