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Welcome to 4VL’s class blog

April 27, 2012 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

It is exciting to welcome 4VL to our blogging classrooms at St Martin’s!  We are going to enjoy visiting your blog and seeing all the fabulous learning you do in 4VL with Mrs Van.  Happy blogging!

Click on the image below to visit 4VL’s blog (or go to the sidebar).  You might like to leave them an encouraging comment…

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ANZAC Day…Lest We Forget

April 21, 2012 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

A few years ago I taught an ANZAC Day unit with the Grade 6 classes and I  shared with them one of my favourite poems called Ninety Years Ago by Rupert McCall who is one of our modern Australian poets.  Rupert McCall wrote this poem to commemorate the 90 year anniversary of the Landing at Gallipoli.  He shared his poem on ANZAC Day on the beach at Anzac Cove at Gallipoli just as the sun was rising over the water. To this day it is still one of the most moving ANZAC Day moments I have ever watched.  You can read Rupert’s poem Ninety Years Ago below…

One of the Grade 6 students, Christopher B was so inspired by the poem that he wrote his own version of Ninety Years Ago and you can listen to it here Ninety Years Ago – adapted by ChrisB

 

Gallipoli 098photo © 2008 Robin | more info (via: Wylio)

 

This is a book trailer for the book  Simpson and his Donkey written by Mark Greenwood 

What does ANZAC Day mean to you?

 

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Welcome to Prep D and Prep CV’s class blogs

April 19, 2012 by · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

It’s VERY exciting to welcome Prep D and Prep CV to our blogging classes at St Martins!  They have both started their class blogs this term. The Prep students will be able to share lots of great things they do at school with their family and friends on their class blogs.  I’m sure they will also make lots of blogging buddies with classes both here at St Martin’s and at other schools…

Prep D and Prep CV would love you to visit and leave them a comment! 

Click the Prep D blog header to visit their class blog

Click on the Prep CV header to visit their class blog

Happy blogging!

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Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) is visiting Australia!!

April 18, 2012 by · 4 Comments · Uncategorized


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Jeff Kinney the author of the incredibly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be making his first ever visit to Australia in May!

I’m guessing Jeff is going to be mobbed by kids everywhere he goes! I hope Jeff has been doing lots of exercises to build up the muscles in his writing arm for all of the books he is going to be signing…

Book your ticket to see Jeff Kinney at the Melbourne Town Hall HERE

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Hugless Douglas and the Big Sleep

April 18, 2012 by · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

What a wonderful surprise when I looked in the box of new  books  delivered this week…a brand new adventure for one of our favourite book characters…. Hugless Douglas and the Big Sleep.

Hugless Douglas has been invited to a sleepover by his friend Rabbit.  Hugless Douglas manages to get a bit lost on the way and has to climb a tree which unfortunately snaps and Hugless Douglas almost squishes Little Sheep!  To make up for this he invites Little Sheep to the sleepover (and perhaps a few more sheep than he realises!)

It’s very funny to see how Rabbit tries to fit Hugless  Douglas and his extra friends into his rather small burrow!  Things get VERY squashy and there’s no room left for poor rabbit to read everyone a bedtime story.   You are going to love reading how the problem is solved….

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