The Sacrament of Reconciliation

Reconciliation is a Sacrament of Healing. On Saturday morning, five students from Middle S celebrated this sacrament with the support of their families.

Middle S and our Garden Store

Alex – yesterday, there was a mini fair and we did a garden store. At the garden stall there was drink bottles, plants, vegetables and brain food containers. I think the brain food containers were quite popular and the drink bottles sold out first.

Piers – when we were working at our garden shop we did it in shifts. When it wasn’t our shift, we got to buy stuff at the other ‘shops’.

Adam – each class sold different items like toys, books, food, and games. With the chocolate throw the further away you threw your coin the bigger the chocolate you could win. It was also very fun

Will – All of Middle S were surprised at how much money we raised.

Jasmine – we all helped to sell the plants at our stall and we raised a lot of money.

Jamie – I think we worked as a team and I thought we did a really good job of selling our plants and decorations

Kitty – The most popular stalls was the chocolate throw and the lolly stall

Maddy & Riley – they were raising money for a girls’ home in Laguna in the Philippines. They want to build a playground.

Jack – I think the chocolate throw raised the most money because it’s a game that people seemed to really want to play and it was a good ‘deal’.

Middle S on twitter

This week Middle S has been sharing our learning around chance and probability,via our twitter account. If you would like to visit us there, you can click on the twitter wall on the right hand side of this page, or visit us at https://twitter.com/middles2013

Do you have any stories or examples of chance and probability that you could share?

Footy day!!

Sue deGennaro, the Illustrator

We got to do 3 drawings of characters from "Button Boy" - Adam

Sue told us about how long it takes her to draw a really good picture - Kitty

She told us that if you have done a drawing it's good to go back a few days later to improve on it - Jack

Until Sue came I thought I wasn't a good drawer but now I am a good drawer - Piers

It was really surprising how good she was at drawing and when I started drawing my pictures I thought I was getting better instantly, but now I've created a new way of drawing my characters - Ruby

I really enjoyed drawing the pictures because it had lots of detail and it was really interesting the way she did it - Jasmine

Sue deGennaro told us it takes 10 months to draw a book, so the whole time we're in school she is working on a book - Riley

Sue showed us how to draw people tilting or running to make them more interesting. When I started drawing I knew that my pictures were getting better - Jamie

Sue talked to us about when we visualise in our head what we're going to draw. When we draw it, it doesn't always become the reality of what we thought it would be. I think her pictures are good enough for what she thought in her head - Maddy

When I first saw Sue she looked like a really good illustrator and when she showed us the copies she was better than I thought she was. When she showed us how to draw the pictures I thought they'd turn out bad, but they turned out well - Alex

Australian Historical Figures Showcase

Today, Middle S had the pleasure of visiting the Seniors classes in the Discovery Centre. Only, when we got there we were greeted by, not the grade 5/6's, but many different people from Australian history. We learnt many new things by asking these people questions about themselves (questions' boxes was a great idea!). Here are some photos of people in Middle S who "know" these famous Australian people very well. 

Who would you most like to meet from Australian history?

(Find out more at...

http://juniorsblackburn.edublogs.org/ and http://www.themiddlematters.blogspot.com.au/)

Book Week Parade

A few photos from Middle S in today's Book Week parade.
What do you think the theme of this year's parade was?