Abhi's Japanese Day

  Japanese Day

                              

On Friday the 19^th October we had a special day called... Japanese Day!!! We got to do different Japanese cultural activities. We got to draw, cook, and play Japanese sports and do drumming with Koetsu’s dad.

We got to have a drawing instructor to tell us how to draw 3D images on our piece of paper. I drew myself as a strong, ripped body builder! The secret to make your picture more muscular was to make him/her have a fat neck. This was called “manga” in Japanese.

The 2^nd thing we got to do was “undookai” the Japanese name for sports. We got to play paper, scissors, rock and do a relay. I liked the realy a lot because there was a lot of challenging things you had to do in the relay.

The 3^rd activitie was my least favourite... it was the sushi activitie. I couldn’t make or eat the sushi because I was allergic to it. But it didn’t matter because this has happened to me hundreds of times before and I was okay with it.

The last activitie was my favourite... it was DRUMMING with Koetsu’s dad! I got to play the small drum and I followed along quite easily with Koetsu’s dad. I also got to play a Japanese gong which I played pretty good as well. I had a wonderful time that day and I hope everybody else did too.

By Abhi

japanese day

Japanese Day

On Friday the 19^th of October we had Japanese day and I was one of the captains for group 7. I was the captain of the passports and the number. My favourite activity was the cartoon drawing. Serena, Grace and I won the poster competition. We got a price each. At the end of the day we had some Japanese food and we all had a great time. by Emma

 

Investment Challenge

Every week we have 2 computer sessions and last week we started the investment Challenge.  We all started off with 100,000 thousand dollars and had to choose what companies we invested in. We had to choose one Industry Company and one mining company. Once you picked your companies you put your company’s names, how much money you gave them, the amount of each share and the number of shares you got in the company.

Each week we will check the progress of the company’s and at the end of the term we will see who made the most money out of the year5’s and 6’s.

By Serena :)

Class Newsletters

 Class Newsletter

Just recently our class has decided to make a new magazine/newsletter with the latest news and events coming up in 5A. It is called “5A latest ripple”. Most of us are all going to contribute our own piece. This month we are creating a Halloween edition which includes a spooky Calender, Scary comics, Halloween puzzles, super maths challenges, celebrity corner, creepy stories and much more!

It is being published on the 31^st of October 2012 (Halloween). Next month we will make a “Gold” edition and in December we will make a “Christmas” edition. We are all really excited to publish it and we hope everyone enjoys it as it was a lot of fun creating it! ;)

By: Grace 5A <3

Subway Surfers Victory

Subway Surfers Victory

On the 30^th of October Mrs Hamilton was showing us a video on the iPad when Mrs Hamilton opened an app called Subway Surfers. I wanted to play it so Mrs Hamilton let me, because the iPad was connected to the IWB (interactive whiteboard) so everyone could see me play. I was trying to beat Mrs Hamilton’s husband Paul’s score. His score was 160,000 and something. When I was playing I was sweating so much and apparently everyone else was so stressed out. I think I actually beat my own actual score. My score was 274,227!!! points. I died when I rolled down and smashed into a hurdle. When I died everyone was so disappointed. By Chris 5A

Japanese Day

Japanese Day

On Friday the 19^th of October Kerrimuir Primary School had an astonishing event called ‘Japanese Day.’ We didn’t have assembly like other Fridays; instead we had the opening ceremony for the Japanese Day. The ceremonial event consisted of Koetsu’s Dad Toshi playing his well-known tune on the drums.

After the Ceremony we got into our groups and off we went to our activities, drumming was my first activity with Toshi. I had a lot of fun with this activity and I think the other did as well.

I also got to make Okonimiaki which is a scrumptious Japanese vegetable pancake which contained, yep you guessed it Vegetables! We had to use chopsticks to eat it with which was quite challenging at first but when you get used to it, it’s quite effortless.

Next my group got to participate in the Undokai events including a Sack Race, Dodge ball, an Obstacle course and a running event. My preferred event was probably Dodge ball.

At the end of the rotations we had the closing Ceremony, Oh and I almost forgot in the opening Ceremony there was a Costume Competition. I can’t quite remember who won but I know that Zac Dooley won it for the senior boys.

By Torbin.          

Hoop Time Regionals

Draft Basketball regional’s Hoop Time

On Monday 15/10/12 of October some of level 4 went to Hoop Time Basketball regionals! We went to basketball regionals because we won all of our games except the grand final so we got to go. We lost 3 out of 4 games but I think we all played well. We shot a lot of goals especially Zac and Holly but everyone else were great defenders. After we had the presentation and everything we got to go to McDonalds!   We only got McDonalds because we all played well and we were fair. We got chocolate Sundays and frozen cokes. When we came back from hoop time we got to have free time which was fun because only the people that did hoop time got to. We all loved hoop time and we want to do it again

From James   

One week ago the whole school spent most of the day doing Japans stuff. The reason why we were doing Japans stuff because it was japans day my favourite activate was the Japans drumming  it was pretty fun the best when it ended was eating the sakata

Japanese Day

                     Japanese Day

On Friday the 19^th of October 2012 we had Japanese day it was a whole school event. There were 12 teams, each team had to captains that were in charge. My first activity was the Japanese cartoon drawings after that we were making sushi. Then there was snack, also everyone got a passport, people who lost their passport they can’t get in the raffle. In each class there was a girl and a boy raffle. My third activity was Japanese drumming next was Japanese games. It was a fun day. My favourite one was the drumming I had two turns it was great. 

By : Emily   

Japanese day

On Friday is Japanese day and we had lot of fun. The Japanese teacher chose some group and chose some captain the Japanese teacher as the grad 5 and 6 be the leader and asked the 5 and 6 looked after they buddies because the Japanese teacher put the buddies in the team we are in group 4 and I’m the number captain .Number captain job is to looking after the group number very group has a group number because if the little buddies missing you can hold up the number and the buddies see the buddies they can find the team they was.

by Jacky

International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Avast, me hearties!
to day be International Talk Like A Pirate Day!(September 19) Ever since Dave Barry mentioned us in his nationally syndicated newspaper column in 2002, what once was a goofy idea celebrated by a handful of friends has turned into an international phenomenonthat shows no sign of letting up so get your parrot and Talk Like A Pirate September 19

By Juli-arrrrrrrrrr Jephsrron                                                   

K.P.S. Hoop Time!

One day grade 5 and 6 did hoop time!

Hoop time is when 4 teams in each school come together to play basketball. If you win more than 5 games you can get in the finals and win a basket ball.

Well all the K.P.S. teams did great and 3-4 teams made it to grand final. 2 teams lost in the finals and the other team tied. 2 days later Mrs. Hamilton announced something very exciting, 1 team made it to region! That team was called the K.P.S. koalas, everyone in the koalas where screaming with joy. The people that where in the koalas where Jordy, Daniel, Zac, Lucy, Nikita and me. As well everyone that played hoop time got a McDonald’s voucher. You got to choose a chicken rap or a cheese burger. By James

Team player badminton

 This year we are doing badminton. It is very fun. We have two people in our team .We make a team name and tell the teacher. When all the teams tell the teacher, then the teacher makes a big list. We have all the teams name and you can look the list which team you against next. If you win against the team you challenged, the next team. And keep going to the final match if you win the final then your team is the champion of the level 4.         

By Jacky 5A

book reviews

Kerrimuir has recently had their book fair. Book fair is when schools buy books from a book company such as scholastic, and then people in the school come and buy the books. My class and I bought some books let’s see what they recommend!

The look by Sofia bennet

Viewed by Sarah Dunne, Grace Wills and Alice barrah

It’s about a girl whose 15 years old and she gets offered a modelling job she thought she was really ugly and she could not understand why she got the job. She takes the offer and becomes a model!!

 five stars

Geronimo stilton kingdom of fantasy by scholastic

Viewed by abhi jay

Knew from the start that it was no ordinary day, but I certainly didn't expect to find a golden staircase in my attic. Up at the top, there was a door. And beyond the door was a world I never could have imagined -- the Kingdom of Fantasy!

Along with my guide, a frog named Scribble hopper, I set off on an incredible adventure to save the Queen of the Fairies. But along the way, I had to face giant scorpions, witches, sea serpents, pixies, and dozens of other creatures that I had only ever heard stories about. Holey cheese, what a journey! Could I save the Queen . . . and my own tail?

 five stars

Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood

Viewed by Serena Jones and Gwyneth fowler

The Follow Your Bliss Bakery has a remedy for everything. Stone Sleep Snickerdoodles can cure sleepwalking, and Fluffy White Macaroons once lifted a neighbour right out of a well. When the Bliss parents go on a business trip, they leave the key to their magical Bliss Cookery Book with 12-year-old Rosemary, and things go haywire. “Aunt” Lily (a distant cousin) shows up, charming Rosemary’s siblings, but Rosemary senses Lily’s true aim: to steal the book. The only way to test Lily’s trustworthiness is to whip up some of the magical recipes and observe her reactions.

Hoop Time

On Tuesday the 7^th of August the grade 5 and 6 went to Hoop Time. It was at Nunawading basketball stadium it had 6 courts. There were 4 teams. The name of the teams was rookies, kangaroos, koalas and the All Stars. I was in the all stars it was full of boy basketballer’s. We made the grand final but we lost the score was 18-6 we all played well. The team members were Isaac, Dylan, Abhi, Joel, Nicholas and the pro at basketball Mr. Jamie Simpson. Mr. Jamie Simpson scored 21 points in the whole of hoop time. It was a FANTASTIC DAY!!!!!

                                                   By Jamie