WALT: identify and use personification in our writing.

This term we have been learning about different kinds of figurative language.  Libby has created a slideshow to demonstrate the use of personification.

Book Character Day

We all came dressed up as our favourite book characters on Friday. Everybody made a great effort and we all looked great. The teachers were very creative too!

Galilee's onomatopoeia

If you have a spare ten minutes have a look through our slideshow - hopefully you can follow the links.

more onomatopoeia......

Jono created a stunning video to show me he knows how to use onomatopoeia.  Well done Jono!

Onomatopoeia....

In Galilee, we are learning about using figurative language in our writing.  This week we are having a go at onomatopoeia.  Mackissah really gets how to use it to evoke the reader's interest and senses.

Year four Shantytown camp...

We had a lot of fun at out Shantytown overnight camp.  The highlight for all of us was spotlight, it was so exciting!  Not everyone had a fabulous night sleep  but we all had an amazing time.

Thank you to all the parents that came along to help us out.

First, we listened to the safety brief.

We had fun eating together in the Cafe.

These are the fabulous parents that came on camp with us.

We got to have a go on  the playground.

We had blindfolded pillow fights.

The next morning, we all dressed up in olden day clothes.

We got to go for a ride on the train.

We played games from the olden days.

Mrs Bellis and Mrs Swinburn were a bit sneaky, they hid and gave some of us a big surprise.

We did some cool mathematical challenges.

We learned about Kehu - Superman of the West.

We dug a hole and planted Saint Patrick's School's very own tree at Shantytown.

Twilight Athletics

Last night we had Twilight Athletics at Anzac Park. We were very worried about the weather, as we had already postponed once. It turned into a beautiful evening and we had so much fun.

Mission Market Day

Last Friday we had Mission Market Day. The Year 7 & 8 learners had great stalls, face painting, white elephant, food stalls and many games. Mrs Bellis and her fairy wings won the "Guess the number of jellybeans" competition. Everybody had lots of fun and the money raised was donated to Caritas for Mission Work. 

We made $602.70

Opinions....

This fortnight we have been justifying our opinion for our writing activity.  We had to watch two videos of children who were sparring for a Taekwondo tournament.  We had to decide if we thought children should or should not do taekwondo.  Mrs Bellis was interested in our opinion because it was her boys sparring but she has a friend who thinks taekwondo is a bad idea for children.

This is what Lofa thinks:

 

This is what Nathan thinks:  

This is what Pyper thinks:

 

Not many children took the other point of view but Ysabel has a pretty sound argument: 

 Why children should not do taekwondo. 

 Reason 1. I don’t think children should do taekwondo, it’s not safe because you can get hurt badly. 

Reason 2. One day when children are young adults or adults they might get into a fight with someone else and they get hurt badly, and break a bone. 

 Reason 3. I know it’s self defence, but people can get really, really hurt by fighting. It’s not very appropriate for children, because it might encourage them to start fights. 

 Kaylee agreed with Ysabel: 

Why shouldn't kids be allowed to play taekwondo… 

 Reason 1. If you're in a tournament and you get badly hurt it could make you not want to do sports anymore. 

 Reason 2. When you're practicing with a partner you might injure them and then it will make you feel bad and like it was your fault. 

 Reason 3. Taekwondo is about fighting and it’s better to not be around violence because if you're in bad mood you might use violence instead of working it out. 

Maddy structured a very well thought out argument in favour of taekwondo:

Some sports are rough, most are about teamwork, but others are all about fighting. Taekwondo is a sport where the opponent's strike each other with kicks to score points.

Taekwondo is a thriving sport, which like any other sport, is good to be a part of. It can help people to be fit and even have a better impact on life. They learn new things and even make new friends. It helps build people’s confidence and sportsmanship too. It also is from a different culture, so you might just learn a bit about that culture or country.

Taekwondo centres are great, because people can meet with other people. They are also apart of a community, where people have good sportsmanship and love to compete. They learn neat things too, like different kicking techniques and maneuvers. This is great when it comes to self defence (if they ever need it), because then they can protect themselves or others.

Taekwondo is an interesting sport, due to the way you supposedly win. The opponent’s literally kick each other to achieve victory, but they do have protective padding on. Some people may think this as a violent sport where kids shouldn’t compete, but it really is a great sport to take part in.

If people like Taekwondo, they should have the right to enjoy it. It’s a sport that expresses confidence and courage, along side sportsmanship and self defence.

We have great writers in Galilee....

 What do you think?