Marine Discovery Centre

On Thursday the 24th of November 2016 the 5/6 classes went to the Marine Discovery Centre! We first went to board the buses, There were two. One small one and a normal sized one, since our class is the smallest we got to go on the small coach! We listened to music, sang songs and of course, Talked. 

We stopped at the Star of The Sea School because the Marine Discovery Centre was connected to the primary school. When we got there a lady named Jacinta introduced us and let us in. We were seated and then watched a video that was on the screen. It was about a guy who had found the the egg shell of a Port Jackson Shark but wanted to find out what is was (cause he didn’t know what egg it was) but then a sea-gull came in (a puppet) and said go to the Marine Discovery Centre to find out! So he went and found out what it was!

After they told us we were just going to go out and walk to the beach close by. The beach we went to was Henley Beach and we went beach combing, which is basically when you find different shells and stuff from the sea. We found cuttles, cockle shells, razor shells (which are very sharp) and lots of sea weed. It was extremely fun and I enjoyed every part of it! We were out there for about an hour and the last ten minutes or so we made sand castles! Yasssssssssss!

After we had lunch and then we went back inside the centre to do the 6 activities. We learnt how to see whether the fish you catch is legal or not. We learnt about, and saw the Port Jackson Shark. We learnt about the Kaurna stories and how they tell them. And other activities that I forgot…

Overall, I really enjoyed the day even though it was tiring and that we had to leave. I really loved the people there ’cause they were ever so nice and helpful so thank you so much if you are reading this and I really appreciate the work you put into the day! 

By Jessica xoxo   

Staff Interview

This week for the Student Blogging Challenge the task is to make a post about something about school. I have chosen to Interview a Staff Member of my choice.

So I have chosen to Interview Mrs Heaney From OSHC who also does Rainbow reading and other stuff around the school.

1- What do you do/teach?

1- I suppose I supervise staff and children and I make sure we are meeting the requirements of the national quality framework. 

2- Why have you chosen this job? Tell me 3 reasons 

2- I love working with children.  I love helping them to be successful at school.  It’s really important to me that we provide a special place for children to come to after school and I want to be a part of it.

3- What times do you go and leave the school?

3- I come to the school at 8:30 and I leave at 6:30.

4- What do you enjoy about this job and why?

4- Working with Children.

5- If you were asked to choose a job another teacher had which would it be?

5- I wouldn’t trade because I love the opportunity to work with small groups of children.

6- How long have you been at the school?

6- 13 years

7- What do you like about being around students?

7- I love their enthuthiasiam, honesty and and their sense of fun.

8- How many other people work with you?

8- It’s always changing but thankfully I’ve had the opportunity to work with all the teachers in the school over the years.

9- If you weren’t at school right now, where would you be?

9- I would be traveling overseas.

This was written on Monday the 21st 2016

Mercy

This Term our focus is Mercy. Mercy means to help or to give or even to share things with others.

Some examples are like, Giving to those in need of help or Helping a younger one when they are sad or need someone to look up to.

I think the school chose Mercy as the focus maybe because it’s the  International Year of Mercy. It finishes on the 20th of November 2016.

Here is the Prayer for Pope Francis taken from the Dynamic Catholic website

Comments On Teacher’s Blogs!

This week for the Student Blogging challenge, we have been given the task to put Quality Comments on some teachers blogs! Here is one I have done!

Mrs Smith-

Hey Mrs Smith,

Wow, that was a very well done post! I enjoyed reading it and have learned what to do in emergencies. This has made me aware of how many different situations you can be in and how lucky I am to not have to be going through this stuff. I also like the creativity of using the zombie apocalypse. I like the idea of the survey as well! My blog is- jessica56ma.edublogs.org
and my teacher’s is- mrpastrosclass.edublogs.org hope to see a reply soon from you. Keep up the good work! bye

From Jessica <3

The Box!

This is a story that we did as a practice story for naplan, so you may see more stories called the box.

In Switzerland in a nice, neat home there was a girl called Evie. She lived with her mum, dad and brother and her cat Bartholomew. she was a Yr 6 and her brother Adam was a Yr 9. She loved the way her life was and grew to be very happy. One day all of a sudden her brother was acting really strange, like he was more quiet than usual and he was more lonely at school.

One day when Evie came home from school she walked past Adam’s room to see if he was ok, but when she did she saw him under his bed locking something up, then he stormed out of his room and mum drove him off. Evie was shocked and did not know what to think. When she went into her bedroom there was a note, it said ‘ Dear Evie, Today you have seen the last of me, I love you very much but I can’t stay, go look in the the trays I’ve used in the school….. It will help you.

Evie was breathing heavily but she went back to the school to do what he said. When she looked in the first tray, she found a box with 3 padlocks on it. Then she realised she had to find 3 keys  to open it. She looked in the the teacher’s tray and there they were, the 3 keys.

When she got home she opened the box and in the box there was a book and in the book there was a note that said ‘Thank you for finding it, all my secrets are in this book’ Evie did not know what to feel, she flipped to page 67 and there it said ‘ Evie, I’m not your brother, I’m not in Yr 9 and I’m not related to you.

Sorry 🙁

Harry Potter!

Hello, I’m Jessica. I started reading Harry Potter around the start of Term 2, and after the first one, I fell in love with the series and I would read them whenever I could like in the library, in class or even at home for fun! So this post is about why you should read Harry Potter. Also there are SPOILERS!

So Harry Potter is basically about a boy whose and parents are wizards, so therefore since he is their child he is also a wizard. But it was dark times when Harry was a baby and there was a Dark Lord, recruiting anyone he could, to the dark side. His name was Vol– Vol-, I’m sorry, usually we don’t speak of his name and when I do, people shudder at the sound of me saying it, but, here I go. Voldemort! There I said it but usually people say He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, But I must be brave for my readers! Anyway, so Harry‘s mum was muggle ( non magic folk ) born and so she had a sister who was a muggle as well, and her sister thought she was a freak. So, back to the point, one night Vol– Voldemort went to Godrics Hollow ( Where the Potters lived ) and threatened Lily and James ( Harry‘s mum and dad ) to kill them and Harry if they didn’t come to the dark side. But they said no, so he started saying curses at them and Harry‘s parents put up quite a fight though. Fist Harry‘s dad, James, died while Lily was protecting Harry but Lily died as well. But when Vol-Vol-Voldemort went up to Harry and tried to kill him, his mother’s love was so strong the curse rebounded on He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and Harry Potter, became the boy who lived.

So I think you should at least try to read Harry Potter and live with the magic, ’cause reading the book is like watching a movie, or being in your own world where magic can fix every thing! I’ve already finished the Harry Potter series but I’m now reading Quittidtch through the ages, and have read, The Tales Of Beedle The Bard. I would like to thank J.K Rowling for writing the books and Thank you for reading!

By Jessica xoxo <3  

Comments I’ve Done!

Here are some comments I’ve done on other people’s blogs! <3

1- Lateysha’s Blog.

Hey Lateysha,

I really like how you described how you felt and had the courage to say what you didn’t like. You sound very creative and I hope you got my letter. I also liked how you have added lots of detail and time into it. My teacher’s blog is mrpastrosclass.edublogs.org and if you go down the class roll, there is one called Jessica’s Page. Hope to hear from you soon!

Jessica <3

2- Bailey’s Blog.

Hey Bailey,

Wow, thats so cool how you were able to go to the creek for a day, and learn about it. I really like how you described how you felt, and I really understood it. I think your blog is amazing! Keep up the good work. If you go to my teacher’s blog mrpastrosclass.edublogs.org and go down the class list, you will find one called Jessica’s Page. Click on that and you’ll be on my blog. Also, whats your favourite thing about a blog and why? Hope to hear from you soon!

From Jessica <3

3- Ella’s Blog.

Hi Ella,

Oh my, you have written so much! Wow, your day sounded so fun and it is so cool you could do archery. I like how you wrote about to whole 3 days and made it interesting and described what you did and how you felt. Was the archery hard at all? If you go to my teacher’s blog at mrpastrosclass.edublogs.org and go down the class role, you will find one called Jessica’s Page. Click on that and you will be on my blog.

Hope to hear from you soon!

From Jessica <3

4- Mr O’Tool.

Hi Mr O’Tool,

My name is Jessica and, wow, I’m blown away by your blog. I Think the Olympic symbols your class have done are amazing and that they have put a lot of effort in them. You all ready know my teacher’s blog mrpastrosclass.edublog.org and my blog is on the class role and is called Jessica’s Page. Keep up the good work!

From Jessica <3

Make sure to check out Mr O’Tool’s class blogs!

By Jessica <3

Mindfulness

For the past 3 weeks our class has been visited by a very nice lady called Jan Carey. Jan Carey has been going around schools in Australia, to teach about how your class room should be Mindful, calm and relaxed. When she came to our class, she taught us how to be relaxed and focused in school and at home.

I have been using Mindfulness, about 3 times a week before I go to sleep and lately I’ve been having better sleep and I’ve been a lot more happier.

Heres how to get your body calm and relaxed,

1– Stop, sit or lie down and relaxed and firstly close your eyes and feel, and focus on your feet for a couple seconds

2– Now bring your mind to your ankles and then to your heels

3– Now bring it high up to your nose, feel the cold air come in and warm air come out

4– Now lower it to your chest, feel it go up and down as you breathe

5– Now put your hand on your stomach and feel it go up, and down, up and down

6-Now slowly open your eyes, do you feel calm and relaxed?

I would just like to say, thank you Jan Carey for coming to our school and teaching us how to be in the present moment.

This was written by Jessica 16/9/16

Code of Respect!

>> Think First <<

Respect Others

– Be aware of other people’s rights

– Treat everyone equally, the way you would like to be treated

– Use your manners at all times

– Lend a hand when needed

Respect Yourself

– Be safe and happy

– think positively – love yourself

– Motivate and challenge yourself – growth mindset

– Take pride in your appearance and what you say and do

Respect Learning

– Dream big and achieve your goals

– Have a go and take risks

– Do your best

– Have fun – enjoy your learning

Respect The Environment

– Think about the earth

– care for our space

– Save water and energy

– Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thank you so much if you read the whole thing, it took me forever. This is what the 5,6 and 7 team came up with in term 1. We always try to follow these rules.

Honesty!

Honesty is our term 3 focus and we have been talking about how we can be honest. Honesty is basically just being your self, cause when your not honest your not your self. When someone is not honest to me, I really just feel as if their trying to be someone else. Not being honest means, I guess your just really trying to impress someone, and, sooner or later your not going to be trusted by many.

You want to be honest cause of these reasons

– You’ll have more friends

– someone will know eventually

– Your not going to be trusted

– If your lying about someone else then it’ll soon come to them

– KARMA 

These are the reasons you don’t want to be known as a fake. Please be yourself and love yourself the way you are cause everyone is different but the same!

By Jessica xoxo