Welcome to 5LFM the latest radio station to hit the air waves!
We have produced our very first podcast- 5LFM- and this week’s topic is ‘Protecting Our Planet’.
Leftover students from the orienteering worked in teams to create radio segments based on our class topic. We have included a rap, an interview with an expert, a Spring Gully news report an dour very own song.
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Click here to listen to our first ever radio podcast. You may need to turn the sound down as it is a little scratchy. We did not use headsets this time around so we still have a few audio issues.
Last week we were fortunate enough to have Linda Beilharz come and speak to our class. Linda was the first Australian woman to walk from the edge of the Arctic to the South Pole. In a couple of weeks Linda will be setting off on her next journey- a trek across the ice caps of Patagonia.
Linda taught us many interesting things about her journeys. We learnt that she trains by walking though the bush and pulling a tire behind her, it can be very hard to see in the snow where there is a snow storm and you have to keep moving the equipment or it will get snowed in. We were fascinated by the way you had to go to the toilet (in the snow) and also to hear the story about the bear she lost on her last journey.
Linda also spoke about how she likes to challenge herself and the qualities needed to work in a team similar to hers.
We were super lucky to have Linda come to speak to our class as she is leaving in under 2 weeks. For more information on Linda and her journeys you can visit www.icecapjourneys.com.au or www.journeysforlearning.com.au. We will be tracking Linda’s prgress online as she will update her blog when she is on her trip.
Video footage of her presentation will be coming soon.
Last night we had our very first Skype night. It was a huge success with loads of families coming to share in the international event.
The night was kicked off with hot English chips and sauce before the Royal Scone Off got under way. Parents were asked to taste each of the scones the students had made during the day- each using a different recipe. They then voted using the interactive whiteboard’s polling system. The room went silent in anticipation before the Royal Scone Off winners were finally announced. Congratulations to the 2 groups who took home the chocolates.
The socnes were put aside and the call began. We were fnally face to face with our friends from Temple Ewell. Our first impressions were that they were younger than us and they the cutest little English accents!
We asked loads of questions and found we had a few things in common: we love McDonalds and we have all heard of Nintendo Wii.
A HUGE thanks to all the families for coming along to this amazing event. Also a big thanks to the parents who helped make the day a success by helping with the scone making, collecting the hot chips and allowing us to use their kitchen tools.
FINALLY! The event we have all been waiting for…We will be talking face to face with our friend from Temple Ewell in England.
We have been communicating with our English friends from the start of the year. They have sent us a wonderful parcel of information with pictures and letters and stories and we have made one for them. We will now get to see these lovely people we have been talking to.
This Thursday evening we will indulge in English style food whilst talking to our foreign friends. The Temple Ewell kids will be getting to school early to enjoy an Australian breakfast while we will need to come to school at 5:30pm to speak to them. Any offers of assistance to help make scones (or anything English) would be greatly appreciated.
We may even be able to talk to a school from Spain on the same night- now that’s global connection!
On Friday we had our second international Skype call. This time to Bangkok, Thailand. We were much more prepared this time! With the help of Mrs Devlin we worked on our questioning skills to ensure our questions drew out more information than they did in our first call. This time we prepared a short introduction on our school and had a list of questions with people ready to ask them. After a few technical difficulties (video without sound) we were on our way.
Part of the reason we are calling other schools around the world is to teach us more about ourselves- What does it mean to be Australian? What makes us ‘us’? Our call to Bankok certainly pointed our some major differences in our lives. The school we called was actually an International school so they had 52 different nationalities of students attending the school. Didn’t we get a shock when they asked us how many nationalities we had at our school!
We also learnt about their food, sports, school and famous places. Next stop looks to be China at this stage.
On Friday morning we had our first ever Skype call: to Tennessee, America. (Skype is a free video calling program available for download on the internet. You can call anyone in the world so long as they have a Skyoe account and it is totally free) They met at school at 6pm Thursday evening, which was 9am Friday morning for us. We communicated with Ms. Lanning’s fifth grade history students. We found out that they had their first African American President, what they liked to eat (hamburgers, pizzas, nachos and hot dogs), TV shows they watched (The Simpsons and Family Guy), and we taught them what an echidna, vegemite and AFL was.
Although we were a little bit nervous and had a bit of stage fright at first- we soon warmed to the conversation and improved our questioning along the way. We will be making a digital portfolio demonstrating our learning from our Skype calls. The world is our oyster and our next stop will be Bangkok or even China.
Tristan competed in his first Track cycling season this year as part of the Bendigo Cycling club and graduated from ‘J’ cycle to Junior Track in December. Tristan has shown great enthusiasm for the sport and has been very successful, regularly receiving 2nds and 3rds in club competition.
Last night Tristan competed in the Alf Norris memorial wheel race. He came first in the under 11/13 C grade heat. He claimed his first ever win in a heat, but he topped this 10 minutes later, by coming first in the final of the under 11/13 A, B and C grade, winning the award. Tristan was presented the award by Alf’s son and has a lovely big trophy to show for his efforts!
On Tuesday the 10th of March all grade 5’s went on a excursion into Bendigo. We were looking at famous statues in Bendigo for our topic for this term famous Australian people and Australian history. We went in small groups of six going around Bendigo doing a ’statue’ hunt. We were able to have small groups thanks to all the parents that volunteered to help on the day.
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