Book Parade 2014

On Monday 25th August we had Book Parade Day, it was part of Book Week where we were celebrating books and reading. As a class, Room 11 picked Peter Pan and Wendy by JM Barrie to read. We read the story over a couple of weeks. It was very exciting and we loved all the different, and magical, creatures in it.

On the Monday everyone in Room 11 came to school dressed up. We had people dressed as Peter Pan, pirates, lost boys, Tinker Bell, Wendy and even the Tic Tock Croc! We then went to the Undercover Area where each class explained their book and paraded around in their costumes. It was really cool to see all of the different costumes.

We had a great time studying Peter Pan and loved dressing up!

Speaking and Listening Parent Forum

A huge thank you to all of the parents (and grandparents!) who came along to the Speaking and Listening Parent Forum yesterday afternoon. I know all of the staff members put a lot of time and effort into their presentations and I really hope you took home some new information and a great variety of activities that you can play with your children. Please ensure to have regular quality time with your children, have conversations, ask some thick questions and use the resources which were provided to help develop your child's speaking and listening skills.

Faction Carnival

Wattle Grove Primary school held their annual Faction Carnival on Thursday 11th September. It was a glorious day with all students participating in running races, team games and cheering on their factions.
Room 11 were excellently behaved all day and showed great sportsmanship by not only trying their best but congratulating people from other factions on their victories.
Special mention goes to Boston who received the Runner Up Champion Boy in the Junior Division. Boston, Ryan and Shae Lyne will now represent Wattle Grove in the Interschool Sports Carnivals on Wednesday 17th and Friday 19th September.

Here are some pictures of Room 11 in action and winning heaps of ribbons.

Room 11's Assembly

On Friday the 5th of September Room 11 and Room 14 performed our assembly. It was about sustainability and we tried to teach people to reduce, reuse and recycle. Before we actually performed on the day we did a lot of practising over the last two weeks. We had to memorise our lines, remember when to go to the microphone or hold things up, memorise the song lyrics and learn the funky dance moves. We also had to organise our own costumes. First we had to go to the Undercover Area. We sat in our rows and waited for all the other classes to arrive. Then it was out turn to shine. Most of the children got to speak into the microphone, this made us a bit nervous. We gave the audience some fascinating facts about being sustainable and some tips on how to pack a waste free lunch. We then sang our school. It was called ‘The Three R’s’ and was sung by Jack Johnson. We even performed those tricky dance moves. After our song the awards were presented. In our class Boston got a Science Award, Jake got the Values Award and Logan, Eva and Jacob received Honour Certificates. This was Jacob’s first award at Wattle Grove. All in all our assembly was absolutely amazing. We had a great time performing and think we may have been the best assembly this year!  Written by Room 11