Badminton

Badminton

Since the London Olympics has started, the teachers of level 4 had an idea to bring the excitement and the feeling to K.P.S by starting a badminton competition. By the time the teachers had announced and had mentioned that there was a badminton competition, we all were very excited.

So one normal weekday we would come to school as usual and study all day and then go home... well, not today. When the music had gone and the level4s came in to the building, we were all surprised at what we were seeing. There it stood a big stand with a net on it-like a tennis net, only higher. We were all wondering what it was.

Later, the teacher explained to the level 4 students what it was and what is was for. Then we knew. It was a badminton net for us to play with, and to do competitions. The first thing we had to do before we got to have fun with the badminton court was to pair up with someone so we could play another pair, and also once we had paired up, we chose a team name. So I paired up with Torbin and named our selves R.I.P. Other teams chose funny names too.  When the blue grid was full with team names and the players, we made a fixture that worked just like the Australian Open. First to 7 would win, and on the other hand the loser would no longer be in the competition.

The fixture looked like this

By Jade

Olympic Village

This Term Level 4’s project was to make an apartment for two athletes. The apartment had to have two bedrooms, one kitchen, and one living room. You could add other stuff but you had to have a reason why you wanted to put in extra room. One of the biggest challenges was that you had to fit it all into a shoebox! One person from each grade got put into a group to design the apartment. The apartment had to be cost efficient and sustainable.

We had about a week and a half to finish the apartment and most people finished. I was in a group with Lucy (6C) and Nyang Nayang (5/6A). I did most of the furniture and some of the constructing. My favourite bit of the project was putting the floorboards in, (I know I’m weird), with Paddle Pop sticks. My group didn’t get a shoebox till technically, the SECOND last lesson!!

We three didn’t really meet the expectation of the cost efficient rule; we spent a lot of money! We made most of our furniture out of cardboard and Paper, and some TBA cubes.

In the end we finished. Our apartment looked a little rushed, but overall it looked good!  

By Sarah

Hoop Time

Hoop Time is where basketball teams from different schools play each other. On the 7^th of August some of the grade 5,6s went to Hoop time. My team was the future star koalas. In my team there was Zac, Daniel, James, Lucy, Nikita, and me. I was very excited.

All the Kerrimuir teams won the first two rounds. Our team went very well and we made it in to the grand final. I was quite surprised. Unfortunately we lost in the grand final by a goal 5-3. All together we won 4 games, drew 1, and lost 1.

Although we didn’t win in the grand final, the good thing is that we made it in to the next level region. In my opinion our team was very, very lucky.

By Jordy

Level 4 Hoop Time

  Hoop Time

The level 4 hoop time people went to the Nunawading stadium on the 7^th of August 2012 on Tuesday to play basket ball with other schools. I was in the Rookie team Kerrimuir Kings. My team mates were Jade, Ashim, Alice, Sarah, Jemima and I. Before the first game I was feeling so excited and my heart was thumping so quickly.

  All the teams in Kerrimuir won the first two games. Our team never lost any games but sadly we got two draws so we couldn’t get to the grand-final. We did well at least we went to the semi-final. If we won instead of draw in the semi, we would’ve been in the grand-final.

 The other teams went in the finals but they all lost. But one team, the Kerrimuir Koalas lost the grand-final but made it to the regions any way. They were lucky.  

By Koetty            

Hoop Time

On Tuesday the 7th of August; grades 5 to 6 participated in a basketball competition called Hoop Time. Our school would be competing against other schools. Everybody who payed and brought back their form got to go and there were 2 emergencies. We were separated in to 3 teams the rookies, future stars and the all stars. The rookie team are the people who never have played basketball. The future stars are the people who play basketball. The all stars are the people who play basketball and are really good and have some skills. I was in the all stars. The teams were tough but every Kerrimuir team except 1 future stars team made it to the grand final. Unfortunately every Kerrimuir team that made it to the finals lost. My team lost 16 to 10. But the good thing is we tried our hardest. Every team had a coach and our team’s coach was Jamie’s dad Brett Simpson. But surprisingly the team that DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE GRAND FINAL GOT INTO THE REGIONAL BASKETBALL FINALS. Everybody in that team was really happy and all the other teams were proud of them too.

                                                    By Abhi

                                                    

K.P.S Dancing

K.P.S dancing

Mostly every Monday we did some dancing in the multipurpose room.

The kinds of dances we do are nut bush,

Bus stop and Macarena. Not everyone knew how to do the bus stop. Mr Chaffer taught us how to do it.  I knew how to do the nut bush and the Macarena. We danced with the music to the moves.

By Emily

Olympic day at Kerrimuir P.S

Olympic day at Kerrimuir P.S

On Friday the 10^th of August Kerrimuir primary school had their own Olympics day. We each got put in different countries and wore our countries colours to school. I got put into Iran. All the teachers set up activities and we all went around to the activities. My favourite activity was the running relay. At the end of the day we found out the results, India came 3^rd, Malaysia came 2^nd and Iran came 1^st!! The winning teams got a medal.

This was a group doing balloon volley ball.

By: Serena

Buddies- Origami Olympic Rings

Every second week all the preps come into our building and we have buddies. The Olympics was on so we all agreed on making some origami Olympic rings with our buddies. We made them with square pieces of paper and helped our buddies make them. To make them it required folding, sticking and cutting.  All of our Olympic rings looked fantastic and we all had fun spending time with our buddies!

Here is what they looked like.

By: Grace

Charlotte wins Aussie of the Month!

Well done Charlotte on winning Aussie of the Month for April!  You're a star :)

Super Egg & the Kerrimuir Gift

 Last term, the last day.....is..... SUPER EGG and the KERRIMUIR GIFT!!!

   Our class was great and guess what we won both of them, Jade for the Gift (running) and James for the Super Egg.

   For the Super Egg it was a very close match with Super Egg she was a very round so it rolls more easily but James’ egg was much heavier so it won ,fair square.

   As the Super Egg finished the Gift came around the corner. The grade 3s started then the 4s, preps, 1s, 2s, 5s and 6s. Jade was the winner for the boys in grade 5 so he went in the big race with the winning teacher and other winning students. On your marks ready set go!! Jade ran so fast and came first even though he was near the end. He got a nice certificate as well. Since the Super Egg and the Gift is annual event I hope next year is as good as this year.



James the winner



by Jannice Chiu  5a



mrs. hamilton  and her star egg



Koetsu, Azumi, Jordy & Chris

James and Jade our winners!

Twilight Sports

On the 27^th of March most of the students of Kerrimuir Primary School came to the oval at around 6:00pm and came to do some sports.

 The sports that we were doing were the teddy bear race was for the preps, they had to carry a teddy bear on their back and run to the finish line. The balloon race for the grade 5\6, they had to run to the end of the line with a balloon when they got to the finish line they had to blow up the balloon, tie it up then pop it and run back to the end. The three legged race for the preps and the buddies they had to tie a bandanna around their legs so it became three legs, then they had to run to the end. A jumping race for the friends and parents they had to connect arms and jump very far and if someone disconnected arms or fall over they had to start again. A relay race for the parents and one of the parents fell down. The waddle race was with a ball between the grade 4 students’ legs and run all the way to the end without dropping the ball between their legs. The grade 2’s did the egg and spoon race they had get a hardboiled egg from home then put it on a spoon and run\jog\walk to the finish line. The grade 3’s did the sack race they had to run with a sack on them to the finish line. The school and house captains\vice captains had to set up the whole thing! There was also food and drink. It was really fun.                         By Chris Moutafis

Mental Maths

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week, we have to do a worksheet on General maths. There are only 20 questions on the sheet, and we are given about 5 minutes to complete them. Because we are learning about graphs, when we finish, we have to draw up a graph. But it’s not just for you; it’s for everyone on your table!

For example, the first week we did it, I had the scores of Charlotte, Serena, Emma and myself on my line graph. To tell the lines apart from each other, we were all different colours. But for some people there was a problem; what happens when people get the same score? Well, we couldn’t put the dot somewhere else, because it wouldn’t tell you the right score. So we had to do a dot with half one colour, half the other colour. On one of the days, three people on my table got the same score! That was probably my favourite dot.

The ‘Y’ axes was the scores (1-20), and the ‘X’ axes was the days. The aim was to improve or maintain your score each day. We are now doing our third week of mental maths, and are pretty good at the system now.

By Alice

Buddies in Term 1

In Year 5 we are fortunate to be part of the Better Buddies program!  Each one of us is paired with a Prep student.  Each Thursday we spend time with our buddies doing different activities.  Some of these include: reading picture storybooks to the preps, writing a "Recipe for Friendship", playing tabloid sports and making buddy cubes.  In the last week of Term 1 the Year 5 students gave a special buddy bear to their prep buddies.  We love being in the Better Buddies program!

5A wins Specialist Cup!

Congratulations to ALL the students in 5A for achieving great success last week.  You have been working very hard to earn the Specialist Cup.  What a wonderful bunch of students :)

Impact Leadership Conference

This Monday 30 students from Years 5 & 6 will be travelling by train to the Melbourne Convention Centre to attend the 2012 Impact Leadership Conference.  We are all looking forward very much to attending the conference and hearing the speakers throughout the day.  There may even be a chance to meet some well-known young leaders!  Make sure you bring a small bag containing your snack, lunch, water bottle, hat, notepad and pens.

For those who are staying at school on Monday, I hope you have a wonderful day with the students from 6C!  I'd love to hear all about your special day.

See you all soon,
From Mrs Hamilton