Category Archives: Special Days

GalaDay

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It was Gala Day at Craigburn today. The older students of the school had spent many hours organising and preparing their stalls. There was so much variety! The children in Room 4 spent a lot of time just looking at all the wonderful products that were available.
When it was time to start spending it was very difficult to choose what to buy! We all had a fantastic time shopping.
Back in the classroom, we showed each other what we had bought. There were lots of yummy cakes and lollies!
Room 4 would like to say a very big thank you to all the students who were involved in the Gala Day. It was wonderful. You all should be very proud of your efforts.

Gala Day on PhotoPeach

Kangaroo Visits Craigburn Sports Expo

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The most amazing thing happened during our Sports Expo today. A kangaroo came hopping onto the oval! We all stood there watching in amazement. It was a large kangaroo and it stayed on the oval for quite awhile, until it hopped across the road into someone’s yard. It made a fun day even better!

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The Sports Expo involved the classes in the Junior Primary participating in a variety of sports presented to the children by a group of wonderful instructors. The sports were: Soccer, Taikwondo, Cricket, Wheelchair Sports, Basketball, Athletics as well as using a HUGE Earth Ball.

Many thanks to the great instructors who have given their time all week to provide the students at Craigburn Primary School with an introduction to some fantastic sports. Room 4 would also like to say a HUGE thank you to Mrs. Pettman for organising a wonderful week for everyone.

 

 

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Open Night

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It was fantastic to see so many students, parents and grandparents at Craigburn’s open night. There were wonderful conversations happening when children were sharing their learning. They were so proud to show their families all the fantastic work they have been doing!

Here are some of the lovely comments we received on our Padlet (wall wisher) describing the thoughts of the some of the families and friends who visited our classroom.

Have a look at this Picture Trail to see how enthusiastic everyone was to share in their learning.

Open Night on PhotoPeach

Book Week

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Friday was our Book Week dress up day. The theme of Book Week was “Read Across The Universe”, but the children could dress up  as any story book character.

Have a look at the great characters that came to school! Many thanks to all the parents who helped their children look fantastic.
Book Week Dress Up on PhotoPeach

Good on you Mrs.K and Mrs.Nelson for dressing up as fabulous astronauts!
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Pyjama Day

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Today was a very funny day. We all wore our pyjamas to school,even Mrs.K! There were all sorts of different colours and styles. We all looked fantastic.
We gave a gold coin donation to our World Vision child.
It was a fun way to enjoy Friday.

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The Australian Museum Of Childhood Visit.

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This term Our Inquiry topic is ‘Playing with Time.’ Through this unit we have been exploring how toys have changed or stayed the same over time. We have been investigating the passage of time and relating it to our lives and the lives of our families in the past. This Inquiry is a component of History in the new Australian Curriculum. To help us explore this topic we had Alan from the Australian Museum of Childhood come to visit us.

He brought along many types of toys so that the children could experience through hands on learning activities toys and games used in the past and the present.

All the Year Ones had such fun being able to hold and play with toys they had not previously seen. It gave them a real appreciation of the types of toys used in ‘the olden days’. Many thanks to Alan for running this interesting session.

 

Toy Museum on PhotoPeach

Career Day

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It was Career Day at Craigburn Primary School. The older students had to dress up in clothes that depicted what they might like to be when they grew up. For the Junior Primary students, they could also dress-up like that or come in fancy dress.

We had lots of people dress up! Flynn came as an architect, Giverny came as a David Jones assistant, Otis was a soccer player and we had two pop stars.

Others came as super heroes, princesses, fairies, guards and gymnasts or calisthenics people.

Have a look at us wearing our special clothes!

Channel 10 News Van

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Wow,what an exciting afternoon we had today. The Channel 10 news crew came to Craigburn Primary to look at some of the great things our school does. They visited some classes, talked to the students and we were able to watch what happened on the news later that night.

Andy was the man in charge of the van that sent the live news feed back to Channel 10. He was very friendly and he was happy to show us his van and how the footage taken at Craigburn was sent back to the station.

We were able to go inside the van and look at the many buttons, phones and other interesting things that technicians need to present the news.

We were able to put on the headphones that the producers speak in to.

We were very fortunate to get the opportunity to speak with Andy and we send him a very big THANK YOU for spending time with us and allowing us to see how things work behind the scenes.

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National Simultaneous Storytelling

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After Recess today it was time for Simultaneous Storytelling.

Many thanks to Oakleigh State School for providing this information about
why this time is so significant and the many benefits that this type of storytelling has:

“National Simultaneous Storytime is an important annual campaign that aims to encourage more young Australians to read and enjoy books. Now in its 13th successful year it is a colourful, vibrant and fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy using an Australian children’s book that explores age appropriate themes and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Years 1 to 6.

Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country.
By facilitating National Simultaneous Storytime we aim to;
promote the value of reading and literacy;
promote the value and fun of books;
promote an Australian writer and publisher;
promote storytime activities in libraries and
provide opportunities to involve parents, grandparents, the media and the wider community to participate in and enjoy the occasion.”

This year the wonderful book called ‘The Wrong Book’ by Nick Brand is the chosen story.

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Together with Room 3 we read about the author, and discussed the story. We read the story together on Mrs. K’s i-Pad. It was such a funny story!

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Were you able to read or listen to the story today?

We can’t wait until next year for another simultaneous storytelling!