Triathlon Part 2

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Our Triathlon Experience

We have been writing recounts to record our Triathlon experience. We had heaps of fun! The best part of the day was a lot of parents and grandparents turned up to watch and encourage our students.

Our recounts have been made into movies using Windows Live Movie Maker and our brand new Easi Speak Microphones.


This is Keagan's recount but everyone is working hard to complete theirs and post them to their Kidblogs. Please have a look and leave us a comment. We love comments!

Pick Me!

I really enjoy seeing the students working together focused and cooperative.
As the senior class in our school, all the students are required to apply for positions of responsibilities. At this time of the year they work hard to impress us. They will do anything for you to ensure they get the best positions and hopefully chosen to be Head boy, Head girl or House Leaders.
All the students have been working together to create a format for their own CV. They have explored some CV's, written one for Hiccup and now they are working together to decide what they should put in their own. The CV’s will also form a part of their digital portfolio
As for the staff, it is a tough time choosing the right person for the lead positions as they are all so talented and we know some hopefuls will have their hearts broken.

Interesting Things About Me

In our first week of school we are learning to use new tools to support our learning. We are creating our own Avatars using:

We are also using:

To record reflections on our learning.
As it is our first week of school, a lot of our learning is about how we can work effectively in our new learning community. Have a look here at how we have used these tools to share interesting things about ourselves.

A new start for Room 3

Room 3 will be back to school on the 3 February. We have a great year planned with more blogging and comments for kids being a priority for us. Our experience with Nabby 3 last year was a great experience and you can read about that here.


Since my students have been blogging and commenting they have found a meaningful audience for their own writing. This has inspired the most reluctant readers and writers to participate. As a teacher that has been very heart-warming. I will continue to develop this and add more challenges to inspire more blog posts.


I start back with 14 year 6s, who I taught last year as year 5s and 17 new year 5's. I am looking forward to being a part of their learning journey.


Happy New Year everyone!

Oh No! We Painted the Windows!

That's right! We painted our windows because we ran out of wall space.

In term 3 we explored traditional Indian art and dance. We discovered Rangoli patterns through Ms Sherning our art teacher. We had no wall space left so we painted the windows!

Lennox said, " Ms Matthews, I can't believe Mr Taylor let us paint the windows it is so much fun!"

More Camp Fun

Here it is as promised.
I have managed to load up a showcase of some of the photos into a photo story for you.
Room 3 students are also creating their own photo stories or movie on camp. This will also include a recording of their camp recount. This you will be able to view on their kidblogs over the next week. There is a link on the side to find those.
The goal of their movie and recount is to be evidence of them 'Managing Themselves'.
This was the big learning focus on camp as well as having FUN!
Grab some popcorn, pull up a cushion and enjoy!