KALGOORLIE CAMP

In Week 3 of Term 4, the Year 7 students will be going on camp to Kalgoorlie. We will be catching the Prospector train to travel to Kalgoorlie. We will be staying in Kalgoorlie for one school week. We are all extremely excited about the camp and just can’t wait!!!  On camp, the excursions, activities and attractions we will see are:

·         KCGM Superpit Viewing  Platform

·         Mt. Charlotte Reservoir

·         Royal Flying Doctor Service

·         Weather Bureau

·         Hammond Park

·         WA Museum Kalgoorlie-Boulder

·         Hannon’s North Tourist Mine

·         Bush Two Up

·         Loop Line Museum

·         Lake Douglas

·         Coolgardie Tour

·         Coolgardie Cemetery

·         Goldfields Oasis

·         KCGM Mine Tour

All forms should have been returned to the class by now.

- By Jessica

WATTLE DAY WALK

On the 1^st September, Room 22 teamed up with their spectacular buddy class, Room 17, to spread the joy of Wattle Day around our neighbourhood, by delivering ‘school-made’ letters.

 

Room 22 worked hard on their Wattle Day cards, ensuring perfection to the smallest detail. Our cards were cleverly fitted with a brush, which was painted gold and green to resemble a Wattle Tree. Inside were our own poems which we wrote ourselves, along with a short message explaining the meaning of Wattle Day.

Room 17 created their own cards with their beautiful handwriting encased in a green card with a hand-drawn cover.

So, on Wattle Day, Room 22 and Room 16 split into two groups, one led by Mrs.Munro (the awesome Room 16 teacher) and the other led by Mr.Petch (Room 22’s amazing teacher). We were also joined by four boys from Mr.Sherlock’s class, Room 15, who joined us for the week whilst Mr.Sherlock went with the year 6’s to camp.

It was a spectacular morning of delivering letters, finished off by an early morning recess. Overall, it was a remarkable experience and lots of fun.

- Rhian

 

MATHEMATICS AT LEEMING

Every Tuesday, we go to Leeming Senior High School to engage in a Maths and English extension course. There is one word to describe the Maths program: Challenging!

Our teacher, Mr Fung, has set us some very challenging tasks this term. At the end of last term and the beginning of this term we have discussed the best ways to construct a ‘Mineral Oil PC’, which is basically a computer submerged into paraffin or mineral oil. We had a hard time trying to work out ways to improve the Mineral oil PC, and finally, we had to submerge it in mineral oil whilst taking great care due to the properties of the liquid. We had a great time!

Next, we started to work on geometrical mathematics. This means that we had to work with shapes and drawings. It was very challenging, and we learnt so much. We completed questions on oblique and isometric drawings: oblique meaning that a one whole face of a figure must be shown, while isometric is like a point of view from a corner, due to the unique pattern of the 30° parallel lines.

This week, we learnt about a unique puzzle: the Soma Cube! The Soma Cube is a puzzle of seven pieces that we had to put together to make a 3X3X3 cube. We even made other shapes, like a chair, a well, a tunnel and even a castle! It was challenging, as I said before, but we had such a fun time!

-Peng

THE GOLDFIELDS

Get your tools ready, because we’re going to the goldfields. Yes that’s right. Room 22, are currently learning about the Goldfields for our camp to Kalgoorlie in Term 4. So far in our journey we have learnt about when and who founded the goldfields. Paddy Hannan discovered it and later reported discovering 8 pounds of gold nuggets to the mining warden in Coolgardie, and within a matter of days 700 gold diggers were frantically pegging out mining claims around Kalgoorlie. By 1903, Kalgoorlie’s mining had really started booming, the town boasted a population of 30,000, along with 93 hotels and 8 breweries. On our camp to Kalgoorlie we will be visiting a museum on how the mining started booming and also get to go digging for our own gold! Isn’t that amazing? Furthermore, we’ll be learning about the early days of the Goldfields and we will have the opportunity to explore lots of different towns that are now nothing but spooky deserted ghost towns.

- By Lachlan

This term at Leeming Senior High School, we have been making SUPERHERO COMICS! In our English class run by Mrs Longmire we have been working on our very own comic containing our very own superhero. In our silent reading time Mr Petch has provided us with some graphic novels for our entertainment and also so we can take inspiration from them for our own comics. A good comic should have bright, bold colours and drawings so they stand out and catch the reader’s eye. It should also have an in-depth but not overly complicated storyline, in which the hero has something happen to them, which inspires them to become a hero (or possibly even a villain.) The hero must then help civilians while fighting the villain (or vice versa), before eventually defeating the villain (or hero) in a final epic battle and saving (or destroying) the world. The comics are due on the second last day of Term 3 (Thursday 25^th September), so they should be nearing completion. Next term there will be a presentation evening, so over the holidays we must make a movie or trailer to present at the evening. It doesn’t have to be long, but it should have a short story in which the hero (or villain) takes part in.

-By Adam

DARLING RANGE LEARNING COMMUNITY PORTFOLIO

Here at Wattle Grove Primary, (the most respected and enjoyed school around all year 6 and 7 students, the upper school students have been assigned an extraordinary task. As we are departing to high school (in a matter of weeks time), this task is presents a sublime opportunity to fully prepare us for our upcoming future. The assignment goes by the stupendous name of ‘Darling Range Learning Community Portfolio’ which we have abbreviated into the simple DRLC Portfolios. We were told about this task during Term 1 of 2013. 

Each student is required to gather up evidence of awards and photos of what we are most proud of and place these into the portfolio. Each achievement is separated into multiple areas. The three main criteria in which are vital in order to achieve maximum results are: Participation, Leadership and Excellence. For each of the topics we had to include proof and information about the achievement under the categories:  At Home, At School and Within the Wider Community. We also need to include an ‘All about Me’ section, which of course, should be the introduction of our portfolio. It is essential to keep in mind that you need to express the unique traits, hobbies, interests and feelings that make you, you! 

Once all this information is gathered, Year 6 and 7 students may be required to be interviewed by our fabulous school Principal, Ms Roberts. Ms Roberts will then sort all of the outstanding portfolios and somehow make the extremely difficult decision to pass on a select few to the DRLC committee. This is all due on 25/9/14 and the students of Room 22 have spectacular work so far. We have been working extremely hard every Wednesday at school, however, we have also been autonomous and worked each day at home to strive to reach the finish in time. We shall keep going until we have completed our task to our maximum efforts and wish all other Year 6 and 7 students the best of luck. Thank you for reading.

-          By Kai