Yummiest home learning I've ever seen!

Thanks Paris D. for sharing the lovely baking that you made for home learning.  My kids and I can't wait to dig in for dessert :)

Chloe's inter-regional cross country team

Chloe, thanks for sharing the photo of you and your cross country team.  We are so proud of your running efforts this year!

Celebrity Mufti Day tomorrow

Gold coin donation for Battens Disease.

Adventure Week Options - Reminder

Year 7/8 Adventure Week Options

This is a reminder that we need your preferred options for Adventure Week – Mon 7^th, Tues 8th, Wed 9th and Thurs 10th December.

A cost is associated with some activities.  Please read the options carefully and select your preferred activities.  These activities are on a “first in, first served” basis (e.g. Sushi and screen printing on Wed afternoon are now FULL).  

The Jellie Park Pool Day cost of $14.00 has already been added to Term 4 Costs (there is no additional cost for this).  We will be running a BBQ over the coming weeks to help alleviate some of the costs for these activities. 

Can the following people please email their preferences through to Mrs P or return the notice asap (we only need you to select from the options that have a tick box next to them):

Maisie, Paige, Torian, Cooper, Sam C., Nathan, Lydia, Nyah, Holly R., Quincy, Max N., Jake, Alexandria, Max Co., Nina, Mia, Sebastian and Baxter.

Monday 7th Dec	Tuesday 8th Dec	Wednesday 9th Dec	Thursday 10th Dec
Year 7/8 Jellie Park Pool Day ($14.00 - bus, pool entry and hydroslides), 9:30am-2:30pm Bus pick up from school at 9am.  Return by 3pm.	Year 8 Amazing Race around town, ($10.00 - bus fare), 9am-3pm (10 groups of 5).  Need 10 parent helpers. Year 7 Activity Day, Orienteering at school – (NO COST) - 4 groups 40 minutes per group (rolling starts), 9am-11am 9:00am - Room 18 9:20am- Room 19 9:40am - Room 22 10:00am - Room 23	Year 7/8 Activity Day 9:00am-11:00am o  Proactive Self Defense – Miss McGowan - ($4.00) 10 SPOTS LEFT o  Photography – Mr Roberts (NO COST) o  Screen Printing – Mrs Pateman (NO COST - Bring a tshirt/pillow) o  Team Building – Mr Pateman (NO COST) 5 SPOTS LEFT	Year 7/8 Groynes Break-up, Belfast, ($25.00 – high ropes and bus), 8:15am-3:45pm, Need 3-4 parent helpers per class. 9:00am-11:00am Group 1 (Room 23) Kayaks – Mr Pateman + 4 adults Group 2 (Room 18) High Ropes Group 3 (Room 22) Cricket/Touch/Food
	11:30am-12:30pm o  Year 7 Cake Decorating – Miss McGowan – ($3.00) 7 SPOTS LEFT o  Year 7 Team Building – Mr Pateman – (NO COST)	11:30am-12:30pm All Year 7/8s in class	11:00am-1:00pm Group 1 (Room 23) Cricket/Touch/Food Group 2 (Room 18) Kayaks – Mr Pateman + 4 adults Group 3 (Room 22) High Ropes
	1:30pm-3:00pm Year 7s in class	1:30pm-3:00pm o  Screen Printing – Mrs Pateman (NO COST - Bring a tshirt/pillow) FULL o  Sushi – Miss McGowan ($3.00) FULL o  Music and Ukulele– Mrs Roberts (NO COST) o  Hip hop dance workshop with Reality Dance Crew – Mr Pateman ($5.00)	1:00pm-3:00pm Group 1 (Room 23) High Ropes Group 2 (Room 18) Cricket/Touch/Food Group 3 (Room 22) Kayaks – Mr Pateman + 4 adults ------------------------------------- Group 1 – Miss McGowan - Rm 23 (25sts) + Rm 19 (11sts) = 36 Group 2 – Mrs Pateman - Rm 18 (27sts)+ Rm 19 (9sts) = 36 Group 3 – Mr Roberts - Rm 22 (28sts) + Rm 19 (7sts) = 35

EPAC/Dance Troupe Performance

Today the Senior Extension Performing Arts groups performed 4 shows:

9am for the Year 0-4

10:30am for a local kindy

11:30am for the Year 5-8, and 

1:30pm for another local kindy. 

The show was really enjoyable!  Well done!

Dance Troupe - Dance 1

Dance Troupe - Dance 2

EPAC Nursery Rhymes - Louie as Humpty Dumpty

EPAC - Max Cr. as a sheep

EPAC - Eliza as Hickery Dickery Dock

EPAC - Final scene

EPAC - Final scene

Young Writers Workshop

A few weeks back, 3 talented writers from each Year 7/8 class were selected to attend a two-day Young Writers workshop at school.  The workshop focused on how to create an effective radio play.  They worked on character creation, writing dialogue, completing a story rather than letting it hang unfinished, caring for the audience's needs and creating sound effects. 

This afternoon, the group went to Plains FM from 4-5:30pm, to record the radio play that they wrote in Week 1.  

Over the next couple of weeks, Plains FM is going to work on adding sound effects and tidying things up.  In about two weeks, the play will be broadcast for all to hear.  It will be broadcast during school hours so that the whole school can tune in (likely after lunch) and then again at night (so families can listen together).

There will also be a podcast on the Plains FM website for us to download and enjoy forever!

The play is absolutely hilarious!  I particularly like the character named Mr Callaghan! 

Stay tuned for the broadcasting date and time!

Clara, Loui, Conal, Lachlan, Rosa, Adam, Dominic, Eliza, Ben, Holly R., Evelyn and Rosie

Plains FM link to other radio plays http://plainsfm.org.nz/news/radio-plays-create-buzz/