We were so lucky to have the author Phil Cummings speak to us today. He told about where he gets his ideas for books from. As soon as he gets an idea he has to write them down. Do you know he has even written the outline of a story on a Qantas sick bag?! It might take up to a year to write a book and then many years until it is ready to be published.He needs Persistance and Resilience because the publishers often send Phil’s work back to him with corrections he needs to make. Phil can’t draw very well so he has to find an illustrator to draw the pictures for him. Phil said that sometimes it takes avery long time before he has just the right word to add to a story. Phil Cummings told us some wonderful stories and he made us laugh a lot! We can’t wait to read some more of his wonderful stories!

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Today was a very special day. It is the beginning of many exciting things planned for Craigburn Primary as we celebrate it’s 30th birthday. We had an assembly for the whole school and many people attended. It’s hard to believe that the school has been here that long. There have been many wonderful additions along the way to make Craigburn an exctiting and inviting place to be. 

We had Parents and Grandparents in the audience as well as past members of Governing Council. Ian Evans our local Member of Parliament also attended.

It was particularly exciting for one of the the students in our class, because his Mum has had a connection to Craigburn since it began. She was very proud to cut the birthday cake.

Mrs. Rayner helped us sing a great song to celebrate Craigburn’s birthday and you can see most of the song here.

Please watch PhotoPeach for all the fun things that happened! We loved the cup cakes that every student got at Recess time! They were delicious!
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To all our Mums we wish you a very happy Mother’s Day. Enjoy being spoilt. You deserve it!

March 31st is Earth Hour. We need to do all we can to care for our planet. Will you turn out your lights for just one hour to show your support for such an important cause?
Participate in the world’s largest single campaign for the planet: Earth Hour. It starts by turning off your lights for an hour at 8:30 pm on March 31, 2012 in a collective display of commitment to a better future for the planet.

We will ask our families to turn off their lights on Saturday night and to look at the stars and remember how lucky we are to live on such a wonderful planet. Thank you to the Blogging Challenge for reminding us of this important date.

Today we very fortunate to have a remarkable person visit us at Craigburn. His name is Lorin Nicholson.

• Lorin is Australia’s pre-eminent youth motivational speaker and one of the nations leading guitarists.
• He has a large focus on optimism and resilience
• Despite being legally blind since birth, he is one of the country’s most successful independent recording artists and has been a finalist in the Australian Country Music Awards, being runner-up to the legendary Tommy Emmanuel.
• In 2009, Lorin was also a nominee for Australian of the year and later went on to win a Queensland community service award for his outstanding contribution to the community.
• Lorin has also just recently achieved the seemingly impossible, as he along with brother Dean created Australian history, by becoming the first blind persons to ride pushbikes over 4100 kilometres across Australia from Perth to Sydney.
• – Over the past eight years, Lorin Nicholson‘s inspiring school performance, called SEE SHARP has been presented in over 1000 schools throughout Australia, New Zealand and the USA, to over half a million people and has received rave reviews from around the globe, including three awards for Excellence from the New South Wales Education Department.

• Lorin incorporates his amazing guitar work and extraordinary life experiences into his award-winning “SEE SHARP” presentation which addresses such issues as:
• Choice & Attitude
• Overcoming negativity & Peer Pressure
• Teasing/Bullying
• Respect & Inclusion
• Resilience & Perseverance
• Confidence and Self Esteem
• Setting and Achieving Goals

His website is  http://www.lorinnicholson.com/    Please visit his site to find out more about him.

What a wonderful performance he gave us. It was all about never giving up and believing in youself. He talked to us about the importance of friends and including others. He told us about his life and the remarkable things he has done. We loved the assembly. Thank you so much Lorin for coming to Craigburn Primary School.

Whoo-hoo it’s February 29th. We get an extra day to learn in our classrooms and with our friends around the world!

As we are part of a huge number of schools around the world who will be blogging today, one of our Quadblogging  buddies suggested that we write 29 great things about our schools. 

So room 4 has thought long and hard about this and here are our top 29 terrific things about Craigburn Primary School.

1. Our school is very clean.

2. We have a lovely oval.

3. There are koalas in our trees.

4. We have lots of computers to share.

5. We have lovely playgrounds.

6. We have pets in our classroom.

7. We love to do rubbish pick up because we get to go on the oval. Sometimes we collect lots!

8. Music is fun and we love to play music.

9. P.E. is fun because we get fit.

10. We have friends.

11. We like learning.

12. Our SRC Reps tell us what is going to happen in our school.

13.We all like the school discos.

14. We have big gum trees and lots of bushes.

15.We’ve got lovely classrooms because we put lovely things in them.

16. When we have Play in our room everyone must co-operate.

17. We have nice buildings and they are big.

18.The things we do are fun.

19. Without  Mr.Wait, Mr. Luke,  Mrs. Gillespie and the teachers this school wouldn’t be as good as it is.

20. In German we get to play games.

21. There are smiling faces where ever you go.

22. Mrs. Kolenberg reads good books.

23. Daily 5 is fun.

24. We have lovely bendaroos.

25.We are lucky to have lots of equipment.

26. Play is fantastic because you get to make,relax, do the home corner, construct and do make believe!

27. Mrs. Kolenberg is cool.

28.We love to read books and Craigburn has lots of them.

29. Craigburn is a great place to learn!

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