School News
Walk-a-thon
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the walk-a-thon last Friday. The students and staff walk a total of 2400kms. So far the school has raised nearly $10 000. Amazing effort!
The following students were awarded a free milkshake from Ink Espresso for completing the most laps in each class.
Rm 3 - Lachie, Rm 4 – Chris, Rm 5 – Hayden, Rm 5a – Harry, Rm 10 – Willis, Rm 11- Jess , Rm 13 – Blake, Rm 14 – Raheim, Rm 16 – Jasper, Rm 17 – Sailor, Rm 19 – Byron, Rm 20 – Ayden, Rm 22 – Liam, Rm 23 –Hensley, Rm 26 – Max, Rm 27 – Naish, Rm 29- Josh, Rm 30 – Marcus, Rm 31 – Jackson, Rm 32 – Sam, Rm 33 – Bradley.
The following classes will receive a healthy lunch next term for completing the most laps (av per child): Rooms 5, 19, 23, 30 & 11. Teachers will choose a suitable day in term 4 to celebrate their effort.
Awards to be presented at the week 2 assembly in term 4
Most money raised:
1st prize (bike)
2nd prize (jnr bike)
Random prize draw for any student who returned sponsorship forms by Friday 29th September (minimum of $5)
3rd prize (Adelaide Crows signed football)
4th prize (Adelaide 36'ers signed basketball)
5th -15th (Prize pack)
UNSW English Competition
This year 13 students participated in the UNSW ICAS English Competition. We received 1 Distinction: Bethany C , 8 Credits: Zach H, Lili K, Scarlett, Xander V, Nicholas S, Colby T, Taiga W, Josh W and 2 Merits: Liam G, Matthew S. Congratulations to everyone who participated.
Tjupurru
On Wednesday, the 13th of September, Tjupurru came in to our school to present “Didjeribone” to us. It was a whole school event to enhance our journey towards a reconciled Australia. Tjupurru showed us an instrument he had invented and learnt to play over many years. It combined the didjeridoo with the trombone to create an instrument that could make different sounds and key changes.
He showed us how to play different songs and tunes on the didjeribone and he also showed us other ways to make sounds and music using people.
It was an entertaining way of learning about the merging of two cultures and two different instruments. Both students and teachers were entertained and impressed with the talents of Tjupurru.
Aboriginal Learners in STEM Congress 2017
On Tuesday, 2 students from Largs Bay School got the opportunity to participate in the inaugural Aboriginal Learners in STEM Congress. The congress was run by YASTSA (Young Aboriginal STEM Thinkers of South Australia). The aim of the YASTSA program is to encourage young Aboriginal people to develop their interests in STEM projects, activities and learning. STEM learning is extremely important to our children’s education; it provides students with skills to understand the world around us and solve problems using complex thinking.
At the Congress we were able to hear a talk by Christopher Ferguson, an astronaut who was on the last mission to the moon, and also ask him questions, we participated in a robotic coding activity as a part of the Aeronautical Expo working alongside people from NASA and university students. The teachers got to learn how the STEM subjects are linked to Aboriginal culture while participating in a mathematical activity. We ended the day by forming into groups and participating in different activities; one of the activities was to build the tallest, most stable structure using two items.
I enjoyed playing with the robots (spheros), doing the coding and making them do jumps. I was also interested in listening to the astronaut talk about how your body can change dramatically in such a short time in the zero gravity; your body loses bone density and you can get poorer vision. Rome
I liked when we got in to groups with students from other schools to do activities. My group’s activity was to build the tallest, most stable and most creative tower/structure. I also liked playing with the spheros and coding them to move around. I found the astronaut, Chris Ferguson’s speech very interesting. He talked about how it will become more common to travel in to space. He told us how we could be going to Mars in 20 years. I learnt then that we will have to wait 3 years in Mars before we could get to come back to earth as the 2 planets need to be aligned and Earth will be on the other side of the sun by the time you are ready to come back to Earth. Jade
Environment Group News
On Tuesday of this week, The Environmental Officers hopped on a bus driven by Mr Tate to experience the work undertaken at a nursery specialising in indigenous plants. Pete from Provenance Plants has been a strong supporter of our environmental programs for a number of years. He invited the students to his nursery so that they could have a hands-on experience of the work required to grow our indigenous plants from seed and cuttings. During the morning, students were provided of a tour of the nursery, including the temperature-controlled greenhouses. They sowed seeds from the Ruby Saltbush, replanted Coastal Daisy Bush seedlings into pots and learnt about seed collection and storage. A big thanks for a great day to Pete (and Wonky the Dog) for a terrific learning experience.