Last week of Term

Hi followers!  How was your week?  Today is the last day of Term three and sure been a busy one for the primary school.  Their school fete was the highlight of this term and their brand new school hall was finally opened for use.  I am sure this year's graduates of year 7 will be happy to be the lucky students to use the hall for their graduation ceremony in December. Rachel will be there for her graduation in 2012.

 

Besides the normal commitments I had to do, it sure was a busy one for me with a couple of school events on as well as booking activities for Monique to do over the school holidays.  Most of her activities are sport related which I am sure it will be a load of fun for her.  Some events are free or have a small reasonable fee to attend.  In the second week, Rachel has been booked in again to do her weekly sports program but at a different venue this time.  These events have been organised by our LCC.

 

Yesterday morning I was only at the primary school for an hour or so to view their science expo.  All classes had a science related activity on for other students or visitors to be involved with.  Rachel's class had fun with bubble making.  Even I had fun by having a go with blowing bubbles for only a short time.  Monique's high school had a couple of teachers in as special guests:  They had a couple of different demos to show but it seems the elephant toothpaste as everyone's favourite. Another popular area was the popcorn making.  This demo was completed by a junior grade. The teacher gave alot of students (who waited in line) some free popcorn.  The adults used a machine to make it! While the popcorn machine was doing its job, the teacher would explain to students of how popcorn works.  Do you know?

 

Here's a quiz or two for you to work out:  Which one sinks and which one floats?

Apple, banana, carrot, little twig, big wooden block, rubber ball, foam ball and a hard boiled egg.  Now if you are a Science geek, tell me why these things do the way they do? 

 

How can you measure out exactly four litres of water from using a five litre jug and a three litre jug? You can use as much water as your need but remember the water must total four litres exactly.

 

And here is something you could try with your kids over the school holidays.  We all learnt this at the science fair yesterday. Get an empty 600ml water bottle (that kids use at school to drink water from) and have four coins of a 20 cent size and a $20 note (actually you could use any plastic note really).  Add the note then the four coins on top of the opened water bottle.  The trick is to remove the note away from the coins and bottle without knocking them over.  But the catch is to use only one finger and don't cheat.  Tell me how it goes afterwards.  Good luck and have fun! We had Monique to have a go last night and she was so close on successing too!

 

I was back at the school in the afternoon to watch the presentation of commericals made on video in Rachel's class.  This term students had to create a new theme amusement park (as their assignment) and an advertisement was created to show the audience about a new park has been opened. Well..I wouldn't say these students are experienced actors but it was worth watching it for entertainment value. Afterwards we looked at their created map of their theme park.  Some students have good artist talents through  Most of the students used the same ride ideas from Dreamworld.  The teachers did say they will mark this assessment over the holidays so it will be interesting to see what the results will be after the holidays. 

 

Rachel's school had their first assembly in their new hall this morning. After all the dramas they had this year to get the new hall completed months ago, it only just opened to use this week.  At long last!!  Students and teachers were over the moon this AM.  I went in and had a look during assembly.  It looks good! You can smell the new timber used too but I guess that will wear off as time goes on.

 

This morning I received my newsletter edition via email from the high school.  It seems the school done very well with this year's NAPLAN tests.  Apparently it was mentioned in the Courier Mail that the high school is one of the top nine schools listed for QLD.  I haven't heard on how Rachel's primary school went as yet with their NAPLAN results.

 

In just less then two hours, QLD state schools will be over for two weeks.  To all the mums with kids, enjoy your precious time with them. If you planning to travel over these holidays, please make sure your destination will be a safe one. And for the kids, have fun and don't forget to keep up on reading!!