Book Week!

This term in library, we have judged books that were shortlisted for the Eve Pownall Award 2018. All the books include lots of information and most of them are based on non-fiction. 

Things that make a good information book are:

  • Lots of information
  • Suitable and Appropriate pictures
  • Contrast between colours
  • Appropriate colours

My favourite short-listed book was ‘The Happiness Box’ because there were attractive visuals and    detailed information. The book was also presented in a interesting manner, with a picture of the actual hand-written book attached at the end.

What was your favourite book? And why?

Amazing camp at Sovereign Hill

I had a really good time at Sovereign Hill Camp in Ballarat.

On the first day, we went to a museum first and did some activities. There was touch screens, voting, drawing, and other things. We even got to see the actual Eureka flag! After, we went back on the bus and once we got to where we were staying, we had lunch. For the rest of the day, we had free time across Sovereign Hill. During this time, I felt excited to see things sacred to the battle and learned a lot about Eureka history and what happened after the stockade.When we got to Sovereign Hill, we had free time across the museum to do some of our research. After dinner, we found out who was sharing a cabin with us. When I got to bed, I couldn’t wait until tomorrow! 

The next day, everyone of year 5 got to be ‘part of the museum’. We first dressed into 1850 costumes and after a tour of the museum, we went to the school we were ‘attending’. It was very enjoyable listening to the teacher make up things as excuses or people. At school, we also got to learn things we don’t usually get to learn, such as sewing (for the girls) and drawing (for the boys). It was extremely wonderful when I saw my normal teacher dress up as the confectioner and another teacher from my school dress up as a worker from the clothing store. After school, we got to have free time and I could finish my research. After dinner, we went back to our cabins to prepare for the Aura Light Show.

The Aura Light Show was very enjoyable. There was 3 parts to it and all were equally amazing. The first part was a 3d explanation of how the galaxy was formed. It showed earth’s past and how gold was formed. The second part was outside. We went on a glowing train to get to the right destination. When we got to there, there was a story of bungle the eagle for us to watch. Next, we walked to a theatre where it opens to a outside stage. This part shows what happened in the 1854s, Ballarat.

The next day was our last. We had school, but instead of staying in the classroom all day, we went to different types the shops, such as the blacksmith, the confectionery, and some more. After school, we went to have one last look at Sovereign Hill and switched out of our costumes. We thanked Ma’am (the teacher) and headed to the bus.

Sovereign Hill is a great place to go to camp.

Would you want to attend costumed schools? 

CCL Highlights

 All of CCL’s activities were amazing, but my favourite was making bookmarks. You could use any colour, any accessories and any type of paper. Once your bookmark was made, you could either laminate it or just keep it. Mostly everyone who did this enjoyed it. 

The day before we did all these fun activities, the famous and artistic illustrator Mark Wilson came to our school, and he taught us amazing things. One thing I learnt was how to draw a quoll.

If you could meet Mark Wilson, what would you ask him?

Year 5 Market Reflection

Year 5 Market Reflection

When the doors of Metcalfe Hall first opened, a burst of excitement spread around the school as fast as a late business man spreading Vegemite on bread. Everyone was ready for this day, especially the Year 5 students. The have prepared since the end of March and yesterday was the day it all payed off.

As the first customers walked into the colourful Metcalfe Hall, I started to wonder:What if they don’t like our products? What if no-one buys them? To my surprise, a huge, happy chatter started as smaller children looked around our colourful displays and started to buy them. Soon, the smaller children’s time was up and older children began to come and buy the market’s hand-made products. We were even allowed to buy things! 

At the market, there were some bestsellers. One was pillows. The fabric that they were made from were beautiful, bright patterns that were eye-catchy. This product was very popular and was sold out quickly. At the end of the day, lots of people were carrying a pillow! Another bestseller was pom-poms. The pom-poms came in different colours and were made into different products. Pom-pom head bands were one. Pom-pom key rings were also one. Even though these pom-pom products were popular, just normal pom-poms were the crowd’s favourite. As advice for year 4s, I suggest you do pom-poms and pillows, since they are very popular.

Our team started of as a good start, but we still argued a bit. Finally, we agreed on some products  that were hard to make but were worth it. A challenge was hydro dipping because we couldn’t get spray paint until the second last week. A highlight of the market was when James and Robyn turned up. This was really special because our market was all about James. 

Our group was really happy when visitors like student parents complimented on our work or even bought things from our market stall. A PLA is when we used collaboration. We used collaboration when almost all our products were sold, so we had to collaborate and sell the last things. If I could do something differently, I would use more care making products. 

At the market, I learned that if you want success, you have to work together, if it is a group project.

The Dippers update

This post is about what we have been doing in the past 5 weeks.We have made a few jars ready for us to put orbeez in.We need to make more chip packet keyrings and ball and strings.If you could kindly donate some more tennis balls, chip packets or jars that would be extremely kind of you.Some more visitors would be nice too.Good job too everyone in the group for trying things at home.