Back to School for Term 4 and straight into Talk for Writing

In English the Room 17 students will be creating their own stories about conflict and war.  Before we get to that stage we looked at some historical objects provided by the Army Museum of Western Australia.

http://www.armymuseumwa.com.au/

http://www.armymuseumwa.com.au/

Photos from School Camp

Here are photos showing some of the activities from last week's school camp.  We had a fantastic week and I really hope your children have told you all about the great fun they had.

Just a quick reminder to parents and carers that 3 Way conferences for Room 17 will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon next week (22nd, 23rd & 24th June).  There are currently 21 parents and carers who have used the online system to book their interview slot.  I strongly encourage everybody to participate in this opportunity to discuss your child's education.

Mr Axton

School Camp Presentation

If you would like to view a pdf version of the school camp parent information session presentation, then please click the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2p1OOBi5A7OX2pFUTJfTWd0b1k/view?usp=sharing

Camp Information Session

Hi,  I hope everybody is enjoying their long weekend.  This is just a quick reminder that Miss Zoghbi and I will be holding an information session about camp for parents:

Wednesday 3rd June
08:00 - 08:30
Room 15

You are very welcome to attend.

Excellent Work

Should humans colonise Mars?  This has been the subject of our persuasive writing text this term.  The students were asked to design living quarters for people on Mars, and there were some fantastic creative designs.  Below is a picture of an outstanding piece of work by Abigail Graham.

Buddy Activities

Room 17 is buddies with Room 6 in Year 1.  This week we were completing our 'Space Buddy' pictures.  How focused everybody is!

Year 6 Excursion to Parliament House and the Constitutional Centre

The state government sits!

Before the visit

The opposition party

Federal or State responsibility?

The Sergeant at Arms keeps control

Madame Speaker

The debate begins

Year 6 Excursion

As part of the learning program for History, the Year 6s will be visiting the Constitutional Centre in West Perth.  Students will learn about the purpose of both houses of state parliament, the roles and responsibilities of different MPs and how a bill becomes law.

The excursion will take place on Tuesday 5th May and will last for the full day.  A letter was issued yesterday to Y6 students which contains full details.

Please note -  the permission slip on the bottom of the letter has a 'cut and paste' error and refers to last year's Fremantle Prison trip.  Please just cross out Fremantle Prison and put Constitutional Centre.

National Young Leaders Conference

At the beginning of March the first semester prefects attended the National Young Leaders Conference at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre.  During the day we were treated to a number of interesting speakers including Andy Griffiths.  As you can see we travelled down by train.

Assembly next week

Room 17 and Room 6 will be hosting next week's all school assembly on Wednesday 1st April at 9am.  The theme of our assembly is friendship.  We hope that you are able to take time from your busy lives to attend.  As an extra incentive there will be a special door prize for 1 lucky winner.

Welcome to Room 17's blog

Room 17 now has a blog!  Visit here to find out what the students of Room 17 have been doing and learning.