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Welcome to the Communication Leadership Team page for 2019! We will be bringing you news from around the school each fortnight, showcasing the wonderful learning that is happening in each learning area and reporting on exciting events!

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5/6 Camp Report

This week the Communication Team is reporting to you from our Grade 5/6 camp to Canberra

The Mint

The Australian Mint is the place where make coins for Australia. Coins which are in circulation last for up to 30 years. The Australian Mint also make coins for other nations in the Pacific, such as Samoa. When making coins they use robots to make the work faster.

By Toby Hyland

Parliament House

Parliament house is the most stunning place I have ever seen. The marble hall was just amazing but that was nothing compared to the trove of learning that I unlocked that day. The Senate's pinkish red was to symbolize the red gum tree flowers the different shades of red were like the beautiful Australian sunset. There is a magnificent chair for the governor general and a smaller chair next to it for another important person. Then there was the clerks and the two sides. If possible even more amazing was the house of representatives the colour there was a greeny colour for the gum leaves. Then we had a really cool roleplay about how a bill is made in the house of reps the bill was about how kids should do 3 hours of team sport a week. I thought the liberal party put up a good fight but the government won in the end. I was really sad to leave but it was fun anyway.   

By Charlotte Seddon

The War Memorial

The War Memorial must be the most chilling place we went to. It was amazing the effort they went to to retrieve the artifacts of war. We learnt so much about war and the hardships that the soldiers of war went through. You would never have thought about how many soldiers died or were taken by the opposition. The War Memorial has taken so much effort to learn about and inform people about the terrible events that happened in war. It was eerie looking at the smiling faces of the soldiers before they went to war, the artifacts retrieved from the battlefields, hearing about what happened & seeing the effect on their families. I would highly recommend taking a visit The Australian War Memorial.   

By Luke Martin

Questacon

On grade 5-6 camp we went to Canberra and we went to Questacon. The first thing we did was go down the vertical slide. Most of us went down but some didn't because they were too scared but that's ok. Then we went to different rooms all about different things. It was very fun and the store was amazing too.

By Kayla Macartney

The Electoral Commission

When we went to the Electoral commission at Canberra in old parliament house we did a little election on  fruit like oranges and banana and other fruits and we learnt learnt how the elections work and how to vote.

By Declan Leask

Black Mountain Tower

The Black Mountain tower also known as the Telstra tower provided us with some of the best views you could ever see. You could see all of Canberra !!  Some of us got to go up to the second highest level which wasn’t enclosed.  And let me tell you it was windy.  We were all worried about blowing away. But the views definitely got better the higher we went. We could see Parliament house the War Memorial and heaps of others, and to top it all off we went when it was dark and the city was lit up like a Christmas tree and so gorgeous. If we thought that was windy then boy were we wrong. The final level had people literally blowing away!!  Walking back down the stairs was a challenge, we were being forced down there.. Overall it was a great night and I would definitely recommend going back.

By Maggie Davis

Deep Space Centre

I think the most informative visit was the Deep Space Communication Centre. This one was 1 of 3 in the world. The other two are in Spain and Florida, USA. It taught us heaps about the things people have to deal with in space and why it is important. Space has plenty of fascinating things that you can learn about in the DSCC . All technology that uses internet had to be turned off because it could actually disrupt signals sent back from space! The DSCC is a great place in Canberra and is somewhere that anyone can learn from.

By Lachie Sinclair

Australian Institute of Sport

On camp we went to Australian Institute of Sport aka the AIS. We went to the gymnastic, swimmming and  volleyball center. It was so fun looking at all of the different sports and watching the people train. When we were done looking at all of the sport center we got free time, also we went to the shop to get something. We also went swimming at night it was so fun because we got free time and got to play around. That's the end of the Australian Institute of Sport.      

By Narkita Smith

AIS

The AIS was amazing!! We got to see all the male gymnast train in ways like front flips and backflips they were also on this bar thingy. Next we went to see the male volleyballers train and they were tall!! The tallest was 213 cm tall and they were hitting it hard, I even got to touch the ball. The next thing we saw was the open gym for all athletes there were track and field paralympians training and the female volleyball team training. The last thing we saw was the swimming pool for the athletes.

By Will Emanuelli

Bowling

This activity was fantastic. Students competed against each other and teachers had loads of fun too. Even though it was only one game, students were exhausted by the end of the game. There were strikes galore and it was the perfect way to spend our last night in Canberra.

By Tate Gawne

Parliament & Civics Education Rebate

Students from our school have recently undertaken an education tour of the national capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy.

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $30 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.

Lost Property

We have a number of items in lost property, here is a few of those.  If you are missing items, please check the lost property near the artroom. 

Any items that are not collected before the end of term will be sent to Vinnies.