The new 2008 5/6C class blog can be found at http://56c2008.edublogs.org.

We’ll be keeping this 2007 blog open too, because we learned a lot from making it and it will be a good reference to see how far we’ve come later on.

Comments posted to this site will still be read, so feel free to continue to add your ideas and questions!

I hope that the jolly fat man in the red suit comes down your chimney (or in through the door if you don’t have a chimney) tonight leaving something special for you.

An incredibly talented artist named Julian Beever sure knows how to use chalk on a footpath! Follow the hyperlink to see more of his amazing art, all drawn on flat everyday concrete and stone surfaces. 

 Mind boggling, isn’t it?

 I  wish the pics would

go where I

want.

Mrs C would like some suggestions from other grades of books they think we should read, especially books by Australian authors.

Fern - a brilliant speech; humorous, sentimental and thoughtful all at once. You’ve set a high standard for others to live up to.

Zac, Damien, Brayden and Alex - you were the backbone of a wonderful program and ticket team. The results were very professional looking and the organisation and help you gave to get the task done was invaluable.  A successful mission, boys.

Becky - it was so great to see you up the front in the dance, taking part and smiling! Keep it up next year; I’ll be listening  for news about you from high school.

Imogen - how brave are you? Solo music to an audience of over 400 people. Well done and make sure you hold on to that “can do” attitude.

Nick - you win the firm handshake award - or would if there was one! Your folks must have been so proud of the confident way you walked across the stage to receive your certificate.

Hannah - another speaker of a high calibre. You even managed to smile and speak clearly at the same time. Great job.

Matt - you organised yourself well in your Sovereign Hill speech and acted confident.I don’t know if you actually felt that way, but if you were nervous you hid it well.

Great work kids. Makes me wish I’d kept you down so I could have you all again next year! Grade fivers - your classmates and grade six students from other grades have set a high benchmark for you to aspire to next year.

See the wonderful Graduation Quilt below:

It’s not long now until the end of the school year. Half of our class will be moving on to high school, and the other half will be moving on to grade 6 next year, so there are many exciting, fun and sometimes scary times ahead.

 Before that, though, we have the Summer holidays. Five whole weeks without a single day of school. So, what are your plans? Are you going anywhere? Have you set yourself any goals? How will you prepare for next year?

 Post your answers as a comment.

Check out our right hand side bar for our new poll. Thanks to Freya for the suggestion.

Our grade six students are preparing for their Graduation to be held at the local theatre on December 18. All students are making a PowerPoint slide which will be projected onto “the big screen” behind them as they are individually presented with their group photo and certificate. The graduates are also preparing items to share highlights of our year, such as visits to DECA and Sovereign Hill, as well as items like poetry recital.

 The 2007 Graduates’ Quilt will be unveiled on Graduation night. Each student made a square that represented them and included their name. Miss W volunteered to take on the task of putting the whole thing together - with 75 students graduating, that’s no mean feat! Well done Miss W - you’re a star and we appreciate your work.

 We’ll post a photo of the quilt after Graduation Night.