Freo Fanatics

There is a small contingent of dedicated Freo Fans in Room 20 who are hoping and wishing for a successful Grand Final game. They have had to put up with a lot of criticism over the years, especially from Eagles fans such as Mr Petch. However, this weekend from 12.30pm, our critics are going to be silenced once and for all as they witness one of the best grand final victories ever performed by a West Australian team. Go Freo!

- Abigail

Secrets of the Afterlife Excursion

In Week 3 of Term 3, 2013 (wow, that’s a lot of threes!) Rooms 6, 10, 15, 18 and 20 departed from the school bound for a fabulous excursion at the Museum of WA to explore the new and wonderful exhibit, Secrets of the Afterlife. It was a long and extremely crowded trip (3 to a seat!) and many students were extremely happy to step off the cramped, rattling buses and stretch their legs. Once inside, we began to look around the vast, open lobby and marvelled at the gigantic dinosaur relic gazing upon us. Next, we split into two groups and explored the various relics and marvellous exhibits that were just some of the wondrous secrets and items concealed through the museum’s rotating door.

The Secrets of the Afterlife exhibition is part of a larger collection of artefacts from the world – renowned British Museum. With this in mind, we felt extremely important and privileged to lay our eyes on a fraction of one of the best and most wonderful Ancient Egyptian exhibits of all time. As we walked in through the door, we saw, to our utmost amazement, the Ancient Egyptian Creation myth, which we had learnt about in class, depicted upon a sheet of papyrus. From this moment on, we knew it was going to be an awesome day learning about the Ancient Egyptian culture and beliefs.

-Bella

Ancient egypt excursion from Room20

Robotics with the Robogals...

Robogals is an organisation that encourages girls to participate in Science and Technology.

Earlier on, a few weeks ago in fact, a group of Robogals visited our school on the 17^th September 2013 to give some of our girls an insight into the world of engineering. They helped us to learn how to programme Lego robots on software called ‘Lego Storm’. We had a fantastic day learning about robotics and the different areas of engineering. It was also very inspiring to chat to the university girls who are following their dreams into a world of Science and Technology.

Furthermore, Robogals is running a competition open for all girls in Primary and High School. The competition requires girls to create a video about an interesting science experiment or investigation while learning all about scientific inquiry and concepts.

Some the girls from our class will be participating in this event. You can follow us on the ‘Robogals Science Challenge’ website. Please be sure to vote for the Wattle Grove students.

- Mikayla & Alyssha

Robogals from Room20

Principal's Challenge

Every term, the students of Wattle Grove Primary School work hard (well, most of them, as far as I know) to imbue themselves with the lines and lines of valuable information that are given out to them. Then, at the end of each term, the great day arrives when the principal (or deputy) appears in each classroom and gives the test – the test of memory, the test that shows who has devoted themselves to study.
For me, Amos, the Principal’s Challenge is a wonderful way to improve memory skills. The idea of pushing your mind to the limit, and then being tested on your efforts, is an absolute delight for me. 
It was probably the delight of scoring full marks in the first Challenge that motivated me to work hard for the other Challenges. And the improvement that Room 20 has had, comparing Term 3’s Challenge with the last, is magnificent, if not divine. It was a pleasure to see my classmates strive to achieve that top mark, as well as the number of one hundred percents that surfaced. Congratulations all, I am very proud of your efforts.

-Amos