Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Hello everyone.

A special day for the Indian Community. Room 6 were very luckily to have Jaskeerat and Shika come to talk to them about the special significance of this day.

Do you like their amazing dresses?

Please feel free to come and see Room 6's marvelous assembly starting at 2.30pm.

See you there!
 

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Hi everybody.

Very shortly we will be designing a superhero.

Check out this link:

http://marvel.com/games/play/31/create_your_own_superhero


Thursday, September 17, 2015

Frosty Feet

What a busy few weeks. The students have been writing about freezing their toes off on icy grass. Holly's amazing writing is below.


                     
“Do I have too?” moaned Ella.
It was one of the coldest, most horribliest and most FREEZING Thursday mornings and Room6 went to Antarctica. Yay! You are probably asking yourself why we did go outside in the FREEZING… FREEZING… FREEZING cold. It was because Mr C was being mean.
On the cold grass everyone was jumping up and down like they were getting eaten by105 sharks.
“ Ha! Ha! Ok, everyone go inside and warm your little feet up,” laughed Mr C, “Ha! ha!”
“Well that wasn’t sooooo bad,” murmured Ella to her friend Holly as they limped back into class.
I thought it was time for a nice bath.
By Holly Burnside





Sunday, September 6, 2015

Silly Apple Bites

Last Friday, Room 6 made these funny fruit and seed critters. Here is the link to try them yourselves.

http://www.forkandbeans.com/2015/08/06/silly-apple-bites/ 

When they finished making them they had to write an explanation to explain how the silly apple bites were made.






What do you think?

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

 Faster than a speeding bullet?

Today Room 6 investigated how sound travels through air. George and Emily attempted to capture the sound of the clapper passing through a gas (the air) but it was traveling too fast. Ask a student from Room 6 what they did. Great science Room 6!
Yesterday, the whole school participated in a Tug-of-War.
Of course the mighty Green House triumphed!
Here are some pictures from the event.






Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Today we have been experimenting and learning about friction.
Cars went down a ramp onto a range of different surfaces like tinfoil, carpet, lino, lunch-wrap and rubbish bags, to find out which surface provided the most friction.
Have a look at our photos of the scientists in action.






Lachie was testing a Mazda 323 and George tested a Lambeg...Lanbor.... a Morris Minor.

The crumpled tinfoil provided the most friction. So far we have learned about; Friction, Levers and Light.





Thursday, August 13, 2015

How cold is it? Room 6 were challenged to go outside in bare feet and stand on the icy ground.

Lots of moaning and groaning, mumbling and grumbling but we did it!

Wait for the fantastic art and writing to come!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Hi everyone.

Room 6 students are certainly very much involved in sporting activities. One of the boys recently competed in the "Tough Day" and it look as if it must have been an extremely tough day.

Please send any sporting photo's to Mr C's email as he would love to share them on the class blog.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Hi everyone. It's time to start preparing an extract for reading in the prose competition.

I wondered if my story of when I was injured working as a bricklayer in Ireland would be a good passage to read? What do you think?



I am writing in response to your request for additional information in Question 3 of the accident reporting form. I put "Poor Planning" as the cause of my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation, and I trust the following details will be sufficient.

I was working as a bricklayer. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I found I had some bricks left over which when weighed later were found to weigh 120kgs.

Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley which was attached to the side of the building at the sixth floor.

Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to insure a slow descent of the 120kg of bricks. You will note on the accident reporting form that my weight is 85kg.

Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building.

In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel which was now proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explains the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collarbone, as listed in Section 3, accident reporting form.

Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley which I mentioned in Paragraph 2 of this correspondence. Fortunately, by this time, I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of the excruciating pain I was now beginning to experience.

At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground, and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of the bricks, the barrel weighed approximately 25kg. I refer you again to my weight.

As you might imagine, I began a rapid descent down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and severe lacerations of my legs and lower body.

Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately only three vertebrae were cracked.

I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move and watching the empty barrel six stories above me, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the rope.