Archives for August, 2011

Public Speaking

This week saw us begin our public speaking program. Each day every student will have a one minute speech to deliver. We are recording all of our speeches so that we can look back later on in the year to see how much we have improved. Read full article »

Premiere : Great Barrier Reef Documentary

After months of hard work we have finally completed our documentary displaying everything we have learnt about our Great Barrier Reef. What do you think? Read full article »

Videos Of Everything

Here are some video snippets of what we have been doing in the Conjola's. Firstly, the video below is a remake of the story 'The Fisherman and His Wife'. It is an old tale that we are retelling for our connected classroom lesson with three other schools from around the state. What do you think?   We have been learning about multiplication in Read full article »

Lights, Camera, Action!!!!!

Hey Guys, I am so sorry it has taken so long to go up. I was having trouble with my internet. Hope you can still get some inspiration from the following images. Read full article »

Conjola’s Week in Review

Story 1: stage 2 dancing Thursday's     Every Thursday after assembly Miss Karamaneas and Miss Georgiou. Are teaching stage 2 dances. The first dance they started to learn was called the Zorba. The Zorba was from the country Greece. At first we had a little trouble but then we could understand the dance. On our last time we had some boys from Read full article »

Interviews Begin

Hello Guys, Here is the interview timetable for this week. Please make sure your parents get a close look at it so that there are no mix-ups on the day.                       It has been almost a week since we planted our vegetables and it will be very interesting to see how they are coming along. Tomorrow you will have the chance to adopt Read full article »

Dancing and Planting

On Thursday afternoon, Miss Karamaneas taught us a new dance. It is turkish and involves all the boys and girls linking arms in lines. It was a whole lot of fun. Does anyone recognise the superstar below?? This week we have also started planting our very own vegetable garden. We have planted many different types of vegetables and can't wait for Read full article »

Merrylands East is a great place to learn!

Last term we learnt about expositions. They are texts we write to convince people of something. We decided to use all our knowledge to create a video on why our school is so fantastic. We wrote short expositions on what made our school then put it together to make a film. Tell us what you think! Read full article »

Interview Times

Hello Parents,  I know how busy you are so I have decided to trial a new program for this terms interview. Many of you are desperate to know more about your children's progress yet are finding it difficult to arrange a time for interviews. In the past, notes have been sent home with a time that you had to come and, Read full article »

Hello. Hows it Growin?

Hello All, It has been one week since we all planted our seeds and I am desperate to see how everyones are progressing. Could you please send in all your photos ASAP. I would love to put them up on the blog for everyone to see. You should of also spent time filling out your journal and sketching their growth. House sport Read full article »

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100 Word Challenge

‘The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.’ Ursula K. Le Guin We ask children to write in school but often there is no apparent purpose that they can see other than pleasing their teacher! This can prompt some very reluctant writers in our classrooms. The 100 Word Challenge seeks to address this problem.