Welcome to 2014

Somehow it seems that we are half way through term one already! I'm not sure how that has happened so quickly, but it can only mean that everyone's been busy!  We've covered a lot of ground so far with information nights, interviews, bush dances and the fun run and it has been great to see so many parents  involved.
We've now had time to catch our breath and get the 1/2 blog up and going once again.  Our aim with the blog is to keep our junior school community involved and aware of the work that is happening in the classroom.  We realise that students aren't always full of information about their days, so hopefully you'll be able to use our posts to start discussions at home.
By browsing through last years posts you'll see the type of information we send out.  You will also notice at the bottom of this post is a 'comments' section.  The students love seeing comments from parents and friends so please leave your thoughts and questions so that we can reply.
On the right of the webpage you will also see a 'subscribe to blog' section.  By adding your email address you will receive all new posts straight to your inbox and be kept up to date without even trying!

So welcome to 2014, it promises to be a great year, so please follow along our way!

Cars have taken over our Maths lessons lately and have helped us with measuring length and estimating.  This week we have been looking at garages to store our zooped up machines.  Our first lesson had us estimating how many cars would fit into different sized 'garages'.  Yesterday we had to become engineers and construct our own garage that would fit exactly 4 cars in it.  Some of us were spot on, and others have a bit of work still to go.  Read on to find out how we went.

A Day At The Races

The Jazz festival may have wrapped up, but that didn't mean the good times were over for us this week!  With only one day of school before another day of the junior school decided to let their hair down and head to the races!

We've got the Blues!

Wow, what a big weekend of Jazz and blues in Wangaratta this weekend!!  All the students had been busy in the lead up with heaps of art projects that were put up across the town.  We also had some of our grade 1/2 students performing! Great job guys!  Just thought we would share a few pics sent through from one of our local businesses that got some health tips from 1/2L to help them 'Jazz Up' peoples health.
Did you see any of our other masterpieces around town? What did you think?

As everyone by now should know, Mrs Fahey is retiring into the good life at the end of term and Mr Murphy will be our new acting principal for term 4.  But who exactly is this Mr Murphy?  We've seen him around, but the 1/2's wanted to know a little more.  So we sat down and came up with a few questions that would give us an insight into our newest staff member.  The good news is that Mr Murphy has passed the test with flying colours (although we think his jokes might need a bit of work!).  Read on discover a little about Mr Murphy...

Emily Eye Finger

On Tuesday the 3/9 we went to the Performing Arts Centre.  We saw an act called Emily Eye Finger.  My favourite part was when the Mummy came out.  I liked it because it looked funny and scary.  Danny was the character in the act that I like the best.  I think that it was one of the best acts ever!

Written by Hannah

Cyber Safety... it's important!

Late last term we held a fantastic Cyber Safety Presentation along with ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority).  The night highlighted how to manage the risks associated with living in the digital age and broadening our knowledge of websites and apps that are commonly being used socially, including games, and social platforms.