Grease

Scenes from Grease to help with the mega-mix. Year 5 and 6 you may choose to dress in 'Grease Style' clothing using your costumes from the 50's dance last year or you may choose 80's style costumes based on your class dance. 

Year 6B - Remember you need to have BLACK and/or WHITE under your Grease costume for your class performance to make sense.

Guest Guitarist - Hayden

Year 3 were lucky enough to have Mia's cousin, Hayden, visit their music class. Thank you Mia, that is one incredibly talented cousin you have there! Hayden taught year 3 all about making and playing guitars and was kind enough to leave them a little gift to encourage their guitar playing skills. Here is a clip of Hayden from You Tube (you'll love his sweater). Perhaps Mia could twist his arm and convince him to visit us again soon!

Planning Our Performance - Years 3, 4, 5 and 6

After some long and very exciting discussions, it has been decided that we will have an 80's - early 90's theme for our performance this year. Children in stage 3 will also be involved in a 'Grease Mega-mix'. So start raiding your mum's wardrobe for brightly patterned clothes, shoulder pads, leg warmers and 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' style pants because we are going back to the 80's. We will be choosing songs that made an impact at the time due to the message that the artist was trying to portray. The 80's was all about pop, rock, electronic music and hip-hop. There was great change happening across the globe in peoples attitudes and access to opportunities, and this is reflected in the music of the time. Think about the message that some of these artists were sending:

Roxette - Dress for Success

 George Michael - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Kenny Loggins - Footloose (1984)  (Great example of 80's style clothing and dance)

Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (From Top Gun)

Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters Theme Song (1984)

Michael Jackson - Black or White - 1991

John Farnham - You're the Voice - 1986

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - 1983

U.S.A for Africa - We are the World - 1985Roxette - Dresssed for Success

The Rock'n 50's

New photos from the 1950's dance are here! Just press the 'Music' tab. 

Poems We Like

Jacina chose this poem by Kenn Nesbit to share. Click the link: My parents sent me to the store

The Man From Snowy River 

Today we will read this well-known poem from a picture book, listen to the poem read aloud online and watch a scene from the movie. What is your response to Banjo Patterson's famous Australian poem?


Watch scenes from the movie and listen to the poem being read aloud.

Jim's Ride: A scene from the movie that might help you understand the poem a little more. 

Read the poem here

Now read the poem for yourself. Does it make more sense? Do you understand more of the vocabulary now?

Find out more: The history of the poem

Now find out a little more about the history behind the writing of this poem and the impact that it has had upon the Australian people. Did you know that Banjo Patterson and The Man from Snowy River are featured on our $10 note? 

Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Patterson

Homework Week 3 (29/7/13)

Forensic Science

 Inherited and other traits:

Task 1: Research some genetic traits that people have. Some examples include

• Darwin's point
• Hitchhikers thumb
• Widows peak
• Cleft chin

Task 2: Take a close look at yourself in the mirror. List some interesting aspects about your face (perhaps you have not noticed them before!). Some of these traits are inherited, others are individual. This is what makes you unique.

Task 3: List which of the following apply to you:
1. I have detached earlobes
2. I have a hitchhikers thumb
3. I can roll my tongue
4. I have straight hair
5. I have hair on my knuckles
6. I have a widows peak
7. I have freckles on my face
8. I have dimples when I smile
9. When I clasp my hands together my left thumb is on top
10. My big toe is longer than my other toes
11. I am right handed
12. I have a dimple in my chin
13. I can wiggle my ears

Task 4: Make a comparison graph, comparing yourself to the other people in your family. A simple bar or column graph will be fine. Which traits are the same? You might like to include your grandparents or even your great-grandparents as traits can sometimes skip a generation (bring your graph on Friday)

Task 5: Visit the following website:http://flashface.ctapt.de/
Select from a range of head, hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, chin and jaw options to form an identikit image of a face. Print it or copy and paste it to make a wanted poster.

Hope you have fun Mini-Forensic Scientists! (Due on Friday)

Great Inventions

Great inventions have been created when people have seen a problem and set about trying to solve it. They are also created to make life easier. Think about some great inventions:
* The first aeroplanes
* Electricity
* Early telephones
* Ways to make it over Niagara Falls alive (I'm serious there is a museum in Canada devoted to this).
* Early vehicles
* Clothing (think Antarctica)
* Sporting equipment
* Bicycles
* Bread making techniques
* Keeping time

Your task: Research one type of invention and its history. Write a paragraph about the invention, its inventor(s) and the way it has been developed through time. Add the paragraph to the blog. This is the link to the Collaborative Document. You can add pictures and more information here for your class mates to share. Happy thinking!