Warrandyte High Visit – reporting from the Middle School News reporters –

Zoe & Summer

On Tuesday the 18th of May, 17 Warrandyte High students visited our school. It was such an honour to have so many students to teach us shot-put and long jump to help prepare us for athletics.

At the start of the day, 3/4R and 3/4N made their way to the multi. Sally made a friendly welcoming and the Warrandyte High P.E teacher, Katie, introduced her students to us. Then the group of students split Forbes and Yarra into one group, Brackenburry and Anderson into the other.

Next, we had to do a fun warm up. The game we played was octopus. After that Brackenburry and Anderson started learning shot put in the 3/4 playground. They told us to put our right foot back if we were right-handed and put the shot put on our necks. From there we put our elbow back, pointed to where we wanted it to land and pushed it forward. We started by practicing with light balls and slowly built up to a real shot-put. After, our practice, we did some competitions with who could through the furthest shot-put, it was real FUN.

INTERVIEWS

“I think it was a great opportunity for past W.P.S students to come and teach us some of their skills they learnt in primary school”- Summer W.P.S student Brackenburry

“They’re very helpful and we learnt a lot from them”- Olive W.P.S student Brackenburry

“They’re good role models and they made it fun”- Kye & Blake W.P.S students Brackenburry

“Everyone had an awesome time and they set it out beautifully”- Charlie W.P.S student Anderson

Forbes and Yarra soon finished octopus and then we started to do stretches. After, we got told to get with a partner and relax. Our partner would push us, and we would put a foot in front of ourselves and that would be our take off leg for long jump. Then we made our way to the long jump pit, and we did a couple of warmups. We were taught to run, then jump on your take off leg without crossing the line and land with two feet. If you are going to fall, fall forward not backwards, a tip from the high school students! Then we had two competitions and a grade 4 girl, Sonia, won both.

INTERVIEWS

“I’m so glad they came; it was such a privilege to be a part of the experience. I learnt so much and I can’t wait to see them again”- Zoe W.P.S student Forbes

“It was so good to have someone close to your age teaching you knew things. I’m excited for next week”- Layla W.P.S student Yarra

“I liked how we learnt something new”-Bryn W.P.S student Forbes

“I enjoyed it because we got to meet new older kids, and I had fun. It was awesome”- Archie W.P.S student Yarra

“It was a great chance to have role models as teachers and I loved learning from them. It was fun to be a part of”-Sonia W.P.S student Forbes

Teachers Interview

“I think it was an awesome morning and a great learning experience for the kids and the high school students. I can’t wait to have them back next week”-Nikki W.P.S teacher Brackenburry

“I enjoyed seeing my past students coming back and teaching our current 3/4 students. It was funny for me to see Erin and Alayna, who were once 3/4 students, now teaching”- Rick W.P.S teacher Yarra

“It was fun and it had a community feel to it”- Julian pre-service teacher

It was such a pleasure to have the students coming to our school. We can’t wait for them to come back next week. We thank all the students who came to our school to teach us.

By: Zoe.R grade 4 & Summer.C grade 4

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