Is Ned Kelly a Hero or Villian?

We posed this question to the senior unit community and gave them 3 choices.
There were 35 repondents and the results were
Hero - 2%
Villian -  25%
Combination Stirfry - 71%

So from the people who voted they thought he was both a Hero and Villian.

Thanks to all those who participated and we hope you join us for future polls.

Collective Nouns

Hey everyone
We now have a collective noun wall and would love for you to contribute to it.
Post your favourite collective noun

http://padlet.com/wall/sucollectivenoun

Calculator Fish

As part of the Unit of Inquiry learning at home activities, calculator fish has been one of the choices. While it has been played at school we thought it would be valuable to put the rules up for everyone see. The game is very similar to regular fish. It is best played with 3 or more players.
On a calculator type in a 3 digit number where each digit is different. eg 367 or 295 etc.
Don't show your number to anyone.
Now start asking have you got a..... any number you want that is a single digit.
If they haven't got it, go fish.
If they have got the number then they need to give it up.
Here's how it goes
Player One has the number 273
Player Two has the number 516

P1 starts and ask if they have a 4. P2 responds with go fish.
P2 asks if P1 has a 7. P1 says yes and it is in the 10's
P2 adds 70 to their number making a new number of 586
P1 subtracts 70 from their number, creating a new number of 203
This continues until one player is zeroed out.

It is great for place value  understanding and can be extended to use larger numbers.
I hope it makes sense and that you have a try at home.
If you are struggling for a calculator you can use phones, ipads and computers.
Have fun!

Check out the New Look

As we continue to develop the blog site you will notice changes happening to it. We hope you like them. Keep coming back to see the changes both big and small.

Check out the poll running at the moment. Have a vote and see what others are thinking.

A Thought on Learning

We all learn differently and this is important for us all to remember.
Here's a little cartoon that helps to remind me about this point.

While we all have a common goal in a learning, how we get there is different.

Way2Go Survey

Our school is participating in the "Way2Go" transport survey.
Information from this survey will help the community get an understanding of the transport needs of the community.
For this to be successful we want all parents to be involved in the survey. It only takes 5 minutes to complete.

You can access the survey at this address
http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/way2go/schools/way2go

Information about the survey can be found on this page as well.

Lessons From Geese

At the parent information evenings we showed a clip called "Lessons from Geese"
It was a clip that helped to show how we want to work together in the Senior Unit.
For those who missed the night or just want to see it again here it is.