Monday, 17 September 2012

Bundoora Park Excursion.

Our Grade 1/2 classes had an excursion to Bundoora Park Farm last Friday. They had a wonderful day with alot of fun activities. The children made scones, feed baby goats, petted lots of animals. milked a cow, had pony rides, went on a tractor ride and played in the playground.

Making Scones

Churning Butter

Feeding the chickens

Sneaking a pat with the turkey

Time for Guinea Pig cuddles

Feeding the baby goats

Feeding the sheep
 
Milking the cow

Tractor ride to see kangaroos and emus
 
Eating our scones...yummy!
What a great day.
 
 

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Educational games for children.

Children love to play on computers, tablets and smart phones. So for todays post lets look at some websites with educational games for children. I have chosen some that looked to be fun as well as having the benefit of extending childrens learning and engage them.

http://www.starfall.com/

This site has been used in the classroom with Grade Prep/1.
The focus is reading with phonics. It suits Kindergarten, Prep, Grade 1, Special Education and English as a Second Language children.




 http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/

Games and activities in:
Vocabulary, Spelling, Word Games, Music, Typing and much more.




http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart.htm
 
A comprehensive site with links to many activities. There are things for every primary school age group here. Activities include: Maths, English, Science, Brain Games, Art and Music.

http://www.funbrain.com/
Activities for all primary school aged children with Fun arcade, Math Arcade, Reading games and books to read and more.

If you and your child have come across some great games or apps that you think others would like to try please let us know.

Monday, 3 September 2012

CPS Concert: Here / There Project


The Here/There Project was a huge success. The story and characters were all created by the children with assistance from the shows director and professional puppet maker. There was a lot of school community assistance with voices and music for the soundtrack, and help with the puppet making.A gigantic thank you to everyone that helped, and also to everyone for coming to see the childrens hard work come to fruition.
We hope you enjoyed it.






 


  
 


 





  




© Coburg Primary School 2012
Thank you to Adriana, Kelly and Adele for the photos.


Monday, 27 August 2012

Creepy Crawlies





















We had some fascinated Junior School students the other morning when they got to school and discovered that not only had a big branch broken off a tree, but that is had a huge clump of caterpillars as well.

Monday, 20 August 2012

Here/There Project DVD

The Here/There Project is on this Thursday Night (23rd August).


Please ensure that your children are dressed in the correct coloured tops for their grade.
(Dress requirement for Here/ There – Black pants & Tshirts/shirts as below
Grades P/1S – Red,  P/1K – Purple,  1/2A – White, 1/2B – Orange,
 3/4S – Blue,  3/4P – Yellow,  5/6H – Green, 5/6N – Black, 5/6C – Red)

  Seating arrangements: school students will need to be seated with their class groups for ease of flow of the production. We ask that the students please remain with their class until the show ends and that all families stay until the end of the night so as to avoid disruption and disappointment for the children who have yet to perform.  Raffle tickets will be sold on the night.  We have some terrific hampers and other prizes so please be generous in  purchasing tickets as all money goes towards helping your child’s education.
 Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7pm.
It is going to be a fantastic night.
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The Here/There Project

DVD

To celebrate the special event which is ‘The Here/There Project’ , we are having the concert professionally filmed.  DVDs are only $10 each and are available by pre-order.

Return slips and money to be placed in an envelope and returned to the class teacher.

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Family Name______________________________


Child’s Name_________________________________ Grade________

I would like to purchase DVDs for The Here/There Project


      ____ DVDs @ 10 Total $_____________


Parent signature:- _____________________________ Date:___________


Camp Doxa

Our grade 3 and 4 students had a fantastic time at Camp Doxa. There was alot of fun and sometimes challenging things to participate in. The children had a go at the Giant Swing and Trampolining, did the Ropes Course, made Huts, played games in the gymnasium and chilled out in the games room. Most of all they had a lot of FUN.