Welcome!

Welcome back to school everybody! I trust you have all had a relaxing holiday break. I always look forward to coming back to Wattle Grove Primary and it was lovely to be greeted by so many happy faces on the first day of school. The children have settled in well and are keen to learn lots of new things this year. I am looking forward to working with you this year.

Have a great weekend,

Miss B

Presentation Night 2015

The students of Room 12 gave a very funky, very cool performance at the annual Wattle Grove Primary Presentation night. They did such a great job with their hip hop routine "Like It Like That." I was so very proud of their efforts. Thank you for your assistance with the costuming for the night, they looked fantastic!

Congratulations to the following award recipients:

Academic Excellence Book Awards

Francis (Year 2)

Cameron (Year 3)

Classroom Endeavour Awards

Shayla (Year 2)

Farin (Year 3)

Junior Sport Award

Toby (Year 3)

Author's Corner

I have been most impressed the progress the students have made in writing this year! The VCOP Big Write topic for this week was Christmas themed. There were lots of brilliant, entertaining narratives produced but Room 12 agreed that Lilly's was one of the best. Below is her work for your enjoyment.

The Wake Up on Christmas Eve ~ Lilly (Year 2)

"Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!" yelled Santa, in his jolly voice.  He was just about to land on the roof tops in Brook Road. But then, all of a sudden... Crash! The sleigh went down into the middle of the street. Jemma and Emma, Carly and Jake, Anna and Stella all woke up from the crash. Even the pets woke up! They all rushed out to the middle of the street. "Santa!: they called out, surprised and excited. "Oh dear. Oh dear. Why do these reigns always get tied up?" muttered Santa. "Oh no! Children!" Never mind, their parents will never believe them.

Santa, today  (or should I say tonight) was no longer jolly. He still had his big, red, fluffy coat and hat but his face had fallen. Presents had gone everywhere (which the elves were trying to clean up) and the reign were tangled (which had caused the crash). "We'll help you!" cried the kids, more excited now. All the girls' hair was messy and they were all in their favourite pjs. "Oh all right," replied Santa, a little while later.

It was a hot, Aussie night and the flying cows were tired. It smelled of fresh air and you could hear the fans from inside the bedrooms because the windows were open. All you could see was the bright, silver moon hung over a pillow of fluffy clouds.

"So what can we do Santa?" the kids asked.
"Well," he hesitated, "You can give the flying cows some hay while the elves get the reigns untied." But then, the flying cows took off!

They went whizzing through the sky. "Woo hoo! Yeah!" they mooed. But then, "Arghhh! We're falling!" they mooed again. They could talk? The kdis burst out laughing. They hadn't got very far. They raced a street and found them....in the middle of the street!

And just in case you're wondering, the cows were fine! Also, the children get extra presents from Santa. And Santa was right, their parents didn't believe them.

The end.

Christmas Creations

With the money the students raised from their 'Sensational Slushy' stall, earlier this year, the students purchased air dry modelling clay. They had lots of creative fun, carefully crafting their Christmas clay master pieces.

This very clever little ornament was designed and created by Daniel and was admired by students and teachers alike!

Term 4 Principal's Challenge

Congratulations to the following students who performed spectacularly in the Term 4 Principal's Challenge:

Top 5 :
Shajin (Yr 2)
Francis (Yr 2)
Emily (Yr 3)
Elaha (Yr 3)
Yash (Yr 3)

Top 5 Most Improved :
Emily (Yr 3)

2015 Reflections

This week, I gave the students a sample of their writing from Term 4 last year, to compare with Term 4 this year. The students couldn't believe how much they had improved and were very proud of themselves, as I am of them.

Aliyah (Year 2):

"I have improved my writing by using paragraphs instead of having a big blob of writing on the page."


Muzafer (Year 3):

"I have improved my writing by checking it makes sense and adding more sentences into my paragraphs."

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following students, who received awards at last week's whole school assembly:

Merit Certificates:
Cameron & Lilly

















Music Award:
Toby

Lexile Certificates:
Elaha (Blue)
Haziq (Bronze)
Muzafer (Bronze)
Cameron (Silver)
Toby (Silver)

















Principal's Challenge:
Top 5- Year 2
Francis and Shajin

Top 5- Year 3
Emily, Yash & Elaha

Top 5 Most Improved- Year 3
Emily

Room 12 were also the winners of the final senior art award for 2015. Well done to my creative,
clever kiddies!