Week Eight's homework grid. A lot of work is due over the coming weeks; stay on top of it!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday's Excursion
Hope that you all had a good day on Friday. The performance of Hitler's Daughter was brilliant, and it seemed as if the entire audience was carried along by the story. If you want to leave feedback for the show, or find out more information, follow the link.http://monkeybaa.com.au/hitlers-daughter.html#
On another note, who knew that one of our teachers was on such good terms with the Premier?
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Brian Falkner
Author of The Real Thing, The Tomorrow Code and Brainjack, to name a few, Captain Brian Falkner spoke to us today about his writing and how he comes up with his ideas. Have a look at his website HERE and remember, don't push the button.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Welcome to the Dentist
Been fun watching the dentist assemble his van using the dentist drill.
Remember, stay still in the chair!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
You're dropped!
Lieutenant Eggbert, that is. Well done on your egg drops today. Did your's survive? Or, more importantly, did yours make the video?
Another new country...
Another day, another new country visiting this humble blog. Welcome to.....New Zealand.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
And Another
Just to keep fresh posts going, a visit from the Russian Federation. Good luck to the debaters tomarrow. And to the unfortunate eggs.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
What if our country was invaded?
Today we read Home and Away by John Marsden and discussed what we would do if Australia was invaded. We discussed the plight of refugees and how the current political leaders have said they will deal with the issue of "boat people".John Marsden presents two views on this scenario in his book and the upcoming film, "Tomorrow When the War Began".
Eggbert Presentation
Present your capsule.
What materials did you use?
Why? (ie: what are the properties of these materials and what makes them beneficial to the task?)
Tests - What were the results of your testing?
Did you make any modifications? Why / why not?
Hypothesis - What will happen tomorrow (when you drop the egg)? Why do you believe this? (Use scientific terminology)
What materials did you use?
Why? (ie: what are the properties of these materials and what makes them beneficial to the task?)
Tests - What were the results of your testing?
Did you make any modifications? Why / why not?
Hypothesis - What will happen tomorrow (when you drop the egg)? Why do you believe this? (Use scientific terminology)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Homework Grid - Week 6
Here it is! And to keep you entertained, here's the Ketchup Song (thanks to AT)
Gold, Gold, Gold!
Congratulations to our super Senior Girls' Choir on their gold medal performance. Best of luck with the Choral choir.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Cyber Safety
Although I can't validate the authenticity of this story, the lesson it teaches is quite real. Take the time to read it.
After tossing her books into the lounge, she decided to grab a snack and get on-line. She logged on under her screen name ByAngel213. She checked her Buddy List and saw GoTo123 was on. She sent him an instant message:
ByAngel213:
Hi.. I'm glad you are on! I thought someone was following me home today. It was really weird!
GoTo123:
LOL You watch too much TV. Why would someone be following you? Don't you live in a safe neighborhood?
ByAngel213:
Of course I do. LOL I guess it was my imagination cuz' I didn't see anybody when I looked out.
GoTo123:
Unless you gave your name out on-line. You haven't done that have you?
ByAngel213:
Of course not I'm not stupid you know.
GoTo123:
Did you have a basketball game after school today?
ByAngel213:
Yes and we won!!
GoTo123:
That's great! Who did you play?
ByAngel213:
We played the Hornets. LOL. Their uniforms are so gross! They look like bees. LOL
GoTo123:
What is your team called?
ByAngel213:
We are the Top Cats. We have tiger paws on our uniforms. They are really cool.
GoTo1 23:
Did you score?
ByAngel213:
No I play defence. I got to go. My homework has to be done before my parents get home. I don't want them mad at me. Bye!
GoTo123:
Catch you later. Bye
Meanwhile.......GoTo123 went to the member menu and began to search for her profile. When it came up, he highlighted it and printed it out. He took out a pen and began to write down what he knew about Angel so far.
Her name: Shannon
Birthday: Jan. 3, 1985
Age: 13
State where she lived: New South Wales
Hobbies: basketball, chorus, skating and going to the shops. Besides this information, he knew she lived in Charlestown because she had just told him. He knew she stayed by herself until 6:30 p.m. Every afternoon until her parents came home from work. He knew she played basketball on Thursday afternoons on the school team, and the team was named the Top Cats. Her favourite number 7 was printed on her jersey. He knew she was in the eighth grade at the St Mary's High School . She had told him all this in the conversations they had on-line. He had enough information to find her now.
Shannon didn't tell her parents about the incident on the way home from the park that day. She didn't want them to make a scene and stop her from walking home from the ball games. Parents were always overreacting and hers were the worst. It made her wish she was not an only child. Maybe if she had brothers and sisters, her parents wouldn't be so overprotective.
By Thursday, Shannon had forgotten about the footsteps following her.
Her game was in full swing when suddenly she felt someone staring at her. It was then that the memory came back. She glanced up from her position to see a man watching her closely.
He was leaning against the fence behind base and he smiled when she looked at him. He didn't look scary and she quickly dismissed the sudden fear she had felt.
After the game, he sat on a bench while she talked to the coach. She noticed his smile once again as she walked past him. He nodded and she smiled back. He noticed her name on the back of her shirt. He knew he had found her.
Quietly, he walked a safe distance behind her. It was only a few blocks to Shannon's home, and once he saw where she lived he quickly returned to the park to get his car.
Now he had to wait. He decided to get a bite to eat until the time came to go to Shannon 's house. He drove to a fast food restaurant and sat there until time to make his move.
Shannon was in her room later that evening when she heard voices in the living room.
'Shannon, come here,' her father called. He sounded upset and she couldn't imagine why. She went into the room to see the man from the park sitting on the lounge.
'Sit down,' her father began, 'this man has just told us a most interesting story about you.'
Shannon sat back. How could he tell her parents anything? She had never seen him before today!
'Do you know who I am,Shannon ?' the man asked.
'No,' Shannon answered.
'I am a police officer and your online friend, GoTo123.'
Shannon was stunned. 'That's impossible! GoTo is a kid my age! He's 14. And he lives in Sydney !'
The man smiled. 'I know I told you all that, but it wasn't true. You see, Shannon , there are people on-line who pretend to be kids; I was one of them. But while others do it to injure kids and hurt them, I belong to a group of parents who do it to protect kids from predators. I came here to find you to teach you how dangerous it is to talk to people on-line. You told me enough about yourself to make it easy for me to find you. You named the school you went to, the name of your ball team and the position you played. The number and name on your jersey just made finding you a breeze.'
Shannon was stunned. 'You mean you don't live in Sydney ?'
He laughed. 'No, I live in Taree. It made you feel safe to think I was so far away, didn't it?'
She nodded.
'I had a friend whose daughter was like you. Only she wasn't as lucky. The guy found her while she was home alone. Kids are taught not to tell anyone when they are alone, yet they do it all the time on-line. The wrong people trick you into giving out information a little here and there on-line.. Before you know it, you have told them enough for them to find you without even realizing you have done it. I hope you've learned a lesson from this and won't do it again. Tell others about this so they will be safe too?'
'It's a promise!'
That night Shannon and her Dad and Mum all knelt down together and thanked God for protecting Shannon from what could have been a tragic situation.
After tossing her books into the lounge, she decided to grab a snack and get on-line. She logged on under her screen name ByAngel213. She checked her Buddy List and saw GoTo123 was on. She sent him an instant message:
ByAngel213:
Hi.. I'm glad you are on! I thought someone was following me home today. It was really weird!
GoTo123:
LOL You watch too much TV. Why would someone be following you? Don't you live in a safe neighborhood?
ByAngel213:
Of course I do. LOL I guess it was my imagination cuz' I didn't see anybody when I looked out.
GoTo123:
Unless you gave your name out on-line. You haven't done that have you?
ByAngel213:
Of course not I'm not stupid you know.
GoTo123:
Did you have a basketball game after school today?
ByAngel213:
Yes and we won!!
GoTo123:
That's great! Who did you play?
ByAngel213:
We played the Hornets. LOL. Their uniforms are so gross! They look like bees. LOL
GoTo123:
What is your team called?
ByAngel213:
We are the Top Cats. We have tiger paws on our uniforms. They are really cool.
GoTo1 23:
Did you score?
ByAngel213:
No I play defence. I got to go. My homework has to be done before my parents get home. I don't want them mad at me. Bye!
GoTo123:
Catch you later. Bye
Meanwhile.......GoTo123 went to the member menu and began to search for her profile. When it came up, he highlighted it and printed it out. He took out a pen and began to write down what he knew about Angel so far.
Her name: Shannon
Birthday: Jan. 3, 1985
Age: 13
State where she lived: New South Wales
Hobbies: basketball, chorus, skating and going to the shops. Besides this information, he knew she lived in Charlestown because she had just told him. He knew she stayed by herself until 6:30 p.m. Every afternoon until her parents came home from work. He knew she played basketball on Thursday afternoons on the school team, and the team was named the Top Cats. Her favourite number 7 was printed on her jersey. He knew she was in the eighth grade at the St Mary's High School . She had told him all this in the conversations they had on-line. He had enough information to find her now.
Shannon didn't tell her parents about the incident on the way home from the park that day. She didn't want them to make a scene and stop her from walking home from the ball games. Parents were always overreacting and hers were the worst. It made her wish she was not an only child. Maybe if she had brothers and sisters, her parents wouldn't be so overprotective.
By Thursday, Shannon had forgotten about the footsteps following her.
Her game was in full swing when suddenly she felt someone staring at her. It was then that the memory came back. She glanced up from her position to see a man watching her closely.
He was leaning against the fence behind base and he smiled when she looked at him. He didn't look scary and she quickly dismissed the sudden fear she had felt.
After the game, he sat on a bench while she talked to the coach. She noticed his smile once again as she walked past him. He nodded and she smiled back. He noticed her name on the back of her shirt. He knew he had found her.
Quietly, he walked a safe distance behind her. It was only a few blocks to Shannon's home, and once he saw where she lived he quickly returned to the park to get his car.
Now he had to wait. He decided to get a bite to eat until the time came to go to Shannon 's house. He drove to a fast food restaurant and sat there until time to make his move.
Shannon was in her room later that evening when she heard voices in the living room.
'Shannon, come here,' her father called. He sounded upset and she couldn't imagine why. She went into the room to see the man from the park sitting on the lounge.
'Sit down,' her father began, 'this man has just told us a most interesting story about you.'
Shannon sat back. How could he tell her parents anything? She had never seen him before today!
'Do you know who I am,Shannon ?' the man asked.
'No,' Shannon answered.
'I am a police officer and your online friend, GoTo123.'
Shannon was stunned. 'That's impossible! GoTo is a kid my age! He's 14. And he lives in Sydney !'
The man smiled. 'I know I told you all that, but it wasn't true. You see, Shannon , there are people on-line who pretend to be kids; I was one of them. But while others do it to injure kids and hurt them, I belong to a group of parents who do it to protect kids from predators. I came here to find you to teach you how dangerous it is to talk to people on-line. You told me enough about yourself to make it easy for me to find you. You named the school you went to, the name of your ball team and the position you played. The number and name on your jersey just made finding you a breeze.'
Shannon was stunned. 'You mean you don't live in Sydney ?'
He laughed. 'No, I live in Taree. It made you feel safe to think I was so far away, didn't it?'
She nodded.
'I had a friend whose daughter was like you. Only she wasn't as lucky. The guy found her while she was home alone. Kids are taught not to tell anyone when they are alone, yet they do it all the time on-line. The wrong people trick you into giving out information a little here and there on-line.. Before you know it, you have told them enough for them to find you without even realizing you have done it. I hope you've learned a lesson from this and won't do it again. Tell others about this so they will be safe too?'
'It's a promise!'
That night Shannon and her Dad and Mum all knelt down together and thanked God for protecting Shannon from what could have been a tragic situation.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
War Breaks out in the World Game
Breaking news: Reports have come back about a brutal SOSE lesson where all out fighting broke out over a paperclip and a pair of scissors. Dary firmly says that it was NOT her fault that Hesko doesn't have an arm anymore.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Positions Vacant
As requested, here are copies of the Position Descriptions for UFL. They are linked to last year's site, so ignore the reference to Frankville.
CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE
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