I really enjoyed this great Photo Peach slideshow by the students at Chullora Public School, who know how to reduce, recycle and reuse to improve their environment:
I really enjoyed this great Photo Peach slideshow by the students at Chullora Public School, who know how to reduce, recycle and reuse to improve their environment:
What a fun day, as about 400 Penrith PS students (including the pre-schoolers in our “Play and Chat” group) joined thousands of Australian children and teachers across Australia, in schools and in public libraries, in a simultaneous reading of Rod Clement’s picture book, “Feathers for Phoebe“. Some of us watched a Youtube video clip (below), others read the book on an IWB (above, in our new school library), or using the book with buddy classes.
Here is the ALIA podcast of “Feathers For Phoebe” via Youtube:
Mr McLean reads “Feathers For Phoebe” for Stage 2.
View our Photo Peach slideshow of the event!
UPDATE:
Here is a close-captioned, Auslan version of the ALIA Youtube podcast:
And our PhotoPeach digital story:
Clifford & Phoebe at Penrith PS
I’m not sure too sure these are appropriate, but I do rather like the possibilities of these Youtube clips for complementing the National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday:
Lola the Cockatoo – “I feel pretty”
“I feel pretty”
This year, ALIA’s annual National Simultaneous Storytime event is Feathers for Phoebe by Rod Clement. Phoebe is a small grey bird who gets herself decorated in colourful feathers, and develops a new song and new moves, in order to attempt to get noticed. We plan to do this as a whole school event, probably split across four groups.
I was thrilled to notice some black-painted wooden bird templates in a local “Sam’s Warehouse” bargain store (at $4.00 each), which I’ve since painted with grey enamel. I hope to have one decorated in feathers in time for the big event on 25th May at 11.00am.
Yesterday, I found a great little mask, decorated with peacock-feathers and sequins, which should prove useful as part of Phoebe’s new look. Numerous bargain stores sell packets of assorted feathers for craft work – and then I found these cute little styrofoam birds, already decorated with sequins, gold tinsel and coloured feathers, at just $3.00 each:
Wow! Thanks Maralyn Parker and our mystery nominator!
31 March 2011: “To Penrith Public School students and teachers, especially teacher-librarian Ian McLean, hearing support teacher Kerrie Mead and kindergarten teacher and Student Representative Council organiser Lacey Ingle, for the wonderful slideshow in support of the Christchurch earthquake appeal. Creative, clever and deeply moving.”
Note that the article says “sideshow” (sic).
All Black Day: Christchurch earthquake appeal, 2011
This artwork was created by our school’s Student Representative Council, who painted their hands to resemble flowers of New Zealand and Australia. The photographs were assembled into a collage. This was part of a fundraising venture for ALL BLACK DAY, Australian schools’ contribution to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal of 2011.
Our Photo Peach slideshow for Christchurch, New Zealand, is HERE!
All Black Day: Christchurch earthquake appeal, 2011
Among the viewer comments added to the slideshow was a haiku, written for us by Room 5, Our Lady of the Assumption School:
“Earthquakes come and go
But ANZACs never give up
May the flowers bloom.”
Kaiapoi Borough School sent our community a blessing: “Kia manawanui, Kia manakitia e hoa ma.”
A student at South New Brighton School wrote, in a poem:
“… Some buildings may fall,
but we are Cantabrians and we will stand tall.”
The students and staff at Papanui School, in Christchurch, said, “Kia kaha te menemene – Keep smiling.”
UPDATE: Only one day online and we are officially #1 – “Today’s most viewed” – of over 103,100 slideshows! Over 650 visitors. Truly amazing.
This Youtube video response to All Black Day comes from Russley School, New Zealand, near Christchurch’s airport:
Giving an international, multicultural flavour to the Irish day of celebration, here’s a great St Patrick’s Day slideshow over at Photo Peach, created in 2010 by Grade 5 & 6 students at CEIP Ponte dos Brozos, a school in Arteixo, Spain!
Here’s an amazing environmental awareness Youtube video from a special needs class at Towradgi Public School. Well done to everyone involved!
K6P Item – Towradgi P.S.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Our K-2 students are about to start investigating Chinese New Year, as a part of a HSIE unit, “Celebrations”. Libby Gleeson & Armin Greder’s “Big dog” will be a feature picture book, as will Di Wu & Kathy Huang’s “Are you a dragon?”
Rabbit float on display near Central Station, 2011.
Rabbit pennants in George St, Sydney, 2011.
Chinese dragon and lanterns, SCHM.
2011 Chinese New Year pennant, George St, Sydney – notice
the numerals 2, 0, 1, 1, making the shape of a rabbit.
My photo (above) inspired a quick and easy craft activity for the students in our 2-6 hearing support unit yesterday:
2011 Chinese New Year rabbits by SCHM students.
Relive The Year of the Tiger (2010).
Relive The Year of the Rat (2008).
Relive The Year of the Rooster dragon parade (2005) on Photo Peach.
Images of Dragons! on Flickr.
Dragon parade!