PAC PRESENTATION NIGHT AT LEEMING S.H.S.
The Presentation Night will be held in the Leeming Senior High School Library on Tuesday, 4 November at 6.30pm. It will be a wonderful opportunity to see the work that the children have produced during their time at Leeming. Please sign and return the permission slip by Monday, 3 November. Thank you

ROLAND LEACH POETRY AWARD

Congratulations are in order for two members of our class. Well done to Bella, who was highly commended for her poem ‘The Ballard of the Wattle.’ A beautiful poem inspired by Wattle Day.

Furthermore, well done to Amos who was the winner for his age category with his poem ‘The Weavers.’ A beautiful poem made of 13 rhyming four-line stanzas, which is a tricky concept within itself. We are also immensely proud to announce that Amos was the overall winner of the competition which was open to the ages of 7-25. The ceremony was a celebration of wonderful, creative young minds from all over the state, creating works of art in the genre of poetry. Congratulations to both of our worthy winners; we are all so very proud of you!

View the winning entries here: 
 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pjO7u5K5KpfcA5O-uOenVCwRxZKykiK5TizIKnsU2sc/edit?usp=sharing

INTRODUCING Ms HEYDON

Hello, my name is Nikeah Heydon.

I am a student teacher from Edith Cowan University in Joondalup.

I have commenced my third year practicum in Mr Petch’s Year 7 PAC room.

As a part of this placement, I will be conducting a number of lessons with the students.

I will be with the class for 6 weeks, with my last day being at the conclusion of Week 7, Term 4.

I look forward to learning off them and gaining some experience. I am passionate about teaching children and I cannot wait to start my dream job.

They truly are a brilliant class and I think I am extremely fortunate to work with them.

- Ms Heydon

 POETRY LAND – ASSEMBLY ITEM

We’re about to take an exciting trip to poetry land,

However, we realise that this has not been well planned.

Buckle your seat belts and enjoy the view,

We’re going to a unique place and we’re taking you.

Now poetry land is such a special place,

It’s astounding, it’s astonishing, it’s really quite ace.

This is the opening verse to Room 22’s Poetry themed assembly extravaganza, which we performed on the 17^th of October 2014, the first assembly of the term. Topics for the assembly were in full flow, with everything from superhero skits to commemorate our work at Leeming to the extremely creative idea of singing pop music in different languages, but the topic that prevailed was the ‘Welcome to Poetry Land.’ Which categorised our work on poetry, from the simple aspects of rhyme to the trickier personification, imagery and vocabulary. However, our assembly was still lacking the ‘creative touch’ used to make our assembly special, so we came up with something else- we decided we would do the assembly IN RHYME! This seemed like a difficult task at first, but we were able to get into groups deciding on what topic we wanted to do and write some very sensational poetry to serve as the script for our assembly. The plot of our assembly follows the poetry journey of a boy named Peng as he learns each aspect of poetry- from writing his first rhyme to mastering the difficult aspects of vocabulary. Along the way, we were also secretly teaching the audience all about writing great poems- while rhyming all the way! Congratulations to Room 22 on a truly fantastic assembly- we should be so proud!

- Bella

In just week one of term number four,

Room 22 dropped jaws to the floor.

Putting on a play of rhyming grandeur,

With every student acting totally mature.

Delivered in rhyme, and full of fun,

The audience sat still until it was done.

In the planning, everyone had a say,

As it slowly formed, much like clay.

All about poetry, as I’m sure you know,

Nice and smooth, not taut like a bow.

Following the path of a lad named Peng,

You know, that kid with the last name Sheng.

Packed with wisdom about poetry,

And completely serious, well, mostly.

Teaching you imagery, rhyme as well,

Fortunately; Peng caught on just swell.

- Sean

TERM 4, WEEK 1 UPDATE

School resumes for students on Tuesday 14^th October. I hope you all have enjoyed the break and have made the most of your holidays. Term 4 will be super busy as we have Dance (please hand in your permission slips and money by Wednesday 15^th October), Swimming, Camp, our Assembly Item (Friday 17^th October), a new Science unit on Physical and Chemical change, a novel study, the DRLC Portfolio presentations, Graduation and much, much more. It will be a blast.

SCHOOL REVIEW

Furthermore, I am proud to announce that Wattle Grove Primary has been shortlisted as one of four finalists for the 2014 School of the Year. It is a wonderful honour and we share it with three other schools. Thank you to parents and students who have helped Wattle Grove Primary achieve this commendation. We have quite a busy start to the year as both School Review and Education Award members will be visiting our school.