Student Voice

Book week

Inspired by the book, "The Concrete Garden' by Bob Graham, the year 3 students created their own concrete garden in front of their classrooms.

1L Maybe a Miracle Recounts

Year 2 Writing Projects

Year 6 Marine Mammal Recounts

Violet and Jerry

Daniel

Marine Mammal Foundation

On Thursday 22nd of August, Matt from the Marine Mammal Foundation came to our school, to educate us on dolphins and pollution. He told us how people thought the Burranan dolphins were Bottle-Nosed dolphins, for a long time. In 2011, they found out that they were two different species! But unfortunately, the Burran dolphins are critically endangered. They are only 120 in Port Phillip Bay and another 65 in other parts of Australia.

Matt also taught us about pollution. Imagine you are a dolphin, gliding effortlessly in the clean, blue ocean. Then you see a delicious jellyfish floating around. You take a bite only to realise, your scrumptious snack is an unappetising bit of cold plastic. Then it gets stuck, you can't eat, and eventually will die. This is what happens to the dolphins, seals, penguins, and fish. Matt said that the date on a plastic bottle is when the actual bottle expires and not the drink. This makes it dangerous and unsafe to drink out of a plastic bottle, too many times.

You can donate money to animals, put rubbish away, and recycle and reuse things! This was a fun and educational lesson on animals and pollution!

Aashna 6H

The naval incursion was intriguing. We found out that there are 120 burranan dolphins left in the wild. All dolphins also have an organ called the melon that they use for echolocation under the water. Unfortunately, this echolocation is often interrupted by plastic and the dolphin eats the plastic, thinking it’s fish

The burranan dolphins can be told apart by the nicks and scratches on their dorsal fins. They are so unique, that if you look closely, they are all exquisite!

Caleb

On Thursday, the 22nd of August the grade sixes had a special marine mammal incursion where we learned all about marine animals including a species of dolphins only discovered in 2011, the Burrunan dolphin! Matt, the person who came that day to teach us about marine animals, first started showing us two types of skulls, one being a Bottlenose dolphin and the other being a Burrunan dolphin which

Elise

Snapshot writing

Slowly holding up the stinky, bony, creepy skull, Matt told us about the new species of marine mammals. The Burranan dolphin, which was mistaken as a Bottle Nose dolphin in 2011, was founded by Dr Kate.

Telling us all about marine animals, Matt says that the fin of EVERY dolphin is different and has marks from wrestling and playing with his friends. It made me feel sad seeing the dolphins’ skulls and fins because there are ONLY 120 dolphins in port Phillip Bay and Gippsland Lake.

The beautiful range of colors spread up to lighter grey, darker grey, and light, white color on the side of the eyes. We also learned that they had a little bump on their nose, which was made for echo location, called the melon.

Echolocation helps the dolphin catch and eat food, fish and sometimes even plastic. Plastic affects the dolphins and sometimes gets stuck in nets, or they eat it. Matt showed us a picture of 2 plastic bags inside a now-dead dolphin. I hope that people do not litter.

Fiona M 6H

House Captain Award

WEEK 5 HOUSE CAPTAIN AWARD