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Archive | March 2013
Tiger Fashion
It’s amazing just how popular our Tiger Tales blog is becoming! Today we snapped fashionista and teacher Miss Elley wearing a Tiger Tales inspired garment. Does this mean we will soon be seeing Tiger fashion on the international runways of Paris or Milan? Or perhaps it will be the inspiration for a new school uniform? One thing’s for sure and that’s the amazing progress and accomplishments the OC have made this year in making our new class blog such a success! Be on the lookout for more Tiger fashion and thanks for subscribing to Tiger Tales.
Miss Elley – Tiger Tales subscriber and fashionista!
Meet Dr Jarad
Today we had our first visit from our class mathematician Dr Jarad Martin who is a Radiation Oncologist at the Mater Hospital. Dr Jarad very generously gave up some of his time today to meet and work with students on some challenging mathematical problem solving. Students explored a variety of mathematical concepts and theories such as Factorial Equations (n!) and Pythagoras Theorem and looked at the uses and importance of prime numbers.
Heather, Mitch, Liam and Callum with Dr Jarad
The OC would like to thank Dr Jarad for joining us today and sharing his amazing mathematical skills and knowledge. We look forward to working with him next term.
Awesome Ethan!
Star of the Week Profile
Hi my name is Ethan and I like sport, movies and playing with my brother. I joined the OC this year from Morpeth and have made lots of friends at Tighes Hill. I have a brother, a sister and a cat named Basil. I enjoy swimming, soccer and basketball. I look forward to being in Year 6 next year. I would love to be elected as a school leader. ‘
Friends – Mitch, Callum, Ethan, Chris, Rory, Allan and Noah
Meet Dr Graeme
Today we had our first visit from our class scientist Dr Graeme Puxty as part of the Scientists in Schools program. Dr Graeme, who works at the CSIRO at Mayfield, talked with students all about the important research and work he does in his position. We learned all about the greenhouse effect and some of the ideas and projects scientists are working on to achieve sustainability. Dr Graeme also showed us a prototype of a very small transparent solar panel that they are developing at the CSIRO. Very cool!
Ethan, Eva, Mitch and Peyton with Dr Graeme Puxty
Earthquake Explorers
Students have been learning about earthquakes during our science lessons with Miss Staniland. Today we learned about tectonic plates and how the moving plates cause earthquakes. We used balls of playdoh to represent the plates and experimented by moving them in a variety of ways to explore the different types of earthquakes.
World Education Games
This week students have been participating in the World Education Games via Mathletics to celebrate World Literacy Day (Tuesday), World Maths Day (Wednesday) and World Science Day (Thursday). This has involved a variety of online challenges where students play against other students from different countries all over the world. Students have enjoyed participating in these challenges and have achieved some terrific results!
Delightful Demaris
Star of the Week Profile
Hi my name is Demaris and I came from Mount Kanwary to join the OC. I like my teacher and my friends at Tighes Hill. I enjoy dancing and music and am trying out for Star Struck this year. My favourite colour is pink. I have a puppy called Chester. I love mangoes. I have an older brother who is 15. I am looking forward to our excursion to Bathurst later this year.
Matilda, Demaris and Jasmine
March Yearbook
Attached is this month’s Yearbook task. Well done to all the students who have handed in February’s tasks. The quality so far has been excellent.
Plinky Question – Term 1 Week 6
If you were supreme ruler of planet Earth for a day, what changes would you make and why?
