Monthly Archives: November 2015

Uluru Handback – Year 7 Finished Presentations

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What do you think of these presentations? It would be great for the students to get some feedback. Please feel free to click on the title of the post and leave a comment in the box provided at the very end of this post. 🙂

 

A News Report By Amilia
uluru newspaper Amilia

Uluru Hand back blog post. By Ben
This year it is the 30th anniversary of the hand back of Uluru and Kata Tjuta. Today on my blog, we will be looking at the hand back of Uluru and Kata Tjuta to the Aboriginal people and the journey towards it. I will look at some FAQs and try to help answer them.

Q. When was Uluru first discovered?
A. Aboriginal people have been living around Uluru for thousands of years. The beginning of the European oppression was in 1873, when Ernest Giles first sighted the monument. The name was vandalised to Ayers rock after SA governor Sir Henry Ayers.
Q. When was Uluru handed back?
A. In 1985, Uluru and Kata Tjuta were rightfully handed back to the Aboriginal group of that area. They were then leased to the director of National parks for 99 years.
Q. But when was the land ‘taken away’?>
A. In the early 1900s, an Aboriginal reserve was created around Uluru and local people can remember being herded into this area. Then, in 1958, the Northern Territory government realised the tourism value of this land. They exploited an Aboriginal landmark by robbing Kata Tjuta and Uluru from the reserve and disrespecting Aboriginal peoples’ rights and beliefs.
Q. Less than 20 years seems like a fast turnaround, how was Uluru handed back so quickly after it was removed from the reserve?
A. Well, when Uluru was finally handed back, the obnoxious Northern Territory government didn’t agree with it and it was a federal over-ruling that lead to the hand back that the Aboriginal people deserved. They even hired an aircraft to fly over, to press their self-righteous view on all Australians.

Looking back, it is obvious that this was a vital moment in Australia’s history and it was around this time, that people began to change their views on Aboriginal people’s culture. I have added a link to a music video of the song ‘Beds are burning’ by Midnight Oil. This is advocating about handing the land back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejorQVy3m8E

References
https://bobinnes.wordpress.com/tag/ayers-rock-handover/
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2008/07/aye_20080705_1800.mp3
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/our-spirit-becomes-one/3670358

Uluru Handback By Cathy
Uluru Handback Cathy

Uluru Handback By Peter
Uluru Peter

The Uluru Handback By Shriya
Uluru HandbackShriya

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Uluru handback report By Shriya

Check out this website made by Sophie, Ruby and Aeriel:
http://uluruhandback.weebly.com/

Here is an Emaze presentation by Louisa and Naurah:
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A Podcast from Francesca:

Year 1/2 PowerPoint Stories

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We’d love to hear what you think. Click on the title of the post and leave a comment for these budding authors. 🙂

By Stan – Room 2

By Mira – Room 5

By Finley – Room 1

By Ed – Room 2

By Matilda – Room 2

By Gia-Lac Room 2

By Matthew – Room 2

By Alisha – Room 1

By Hibah – Room 1

By Joshua – Room 1

By Sucre – Room 6

By Shea – Room 6

By Katelyn – Room 6

By Emily – Room 6

By Belce -Room 6

By Erin – Room 2

By Maya – Room 2

By James – Room 2

By Lee Anne – Room 2

By Lilyana – Room 2

Rosanne Hawke Visit – By Nilly

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On the wednesday 19 of August a woman called Rosanne Hawke came in you to our school.  You may know her. 

One of her books is Wolfchild but she was not talking about that one.

She showed us her scrap book with all of her ideas. One she was talking about

was Kerenza and all the other characters like

Wennea, Kitto, Nanny, Ma, Da, Harry and Jacob and so on. 

 I think it was lovely for Rosanne to come in.

The Adaptations Of The Sugar Glider – By Nikita

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The Adaptations of a Sugar Glider
By Nikita
The Sugar Glider, also known as Petaurus Breviceps, are small marsupials (a marsupial is an animal that carries its young in a pouch after it is born) that live in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, but are native and live in Australia. Sugar Gliders are not only found out in the nature, but also can be kept as pets. The matured (fully grown and developed) Sugar Gliders can reach about 6 inches long, and adult Sugar Gliders weigh about 6 ounces. Sugar Gliders are mostly black and white, but sometimes they have grey on them.
Massive Eyes
The Sugar Glider has adapted to having huge eyes so that they can see well in the night, and so that they can spot when predators (animals that hunt other animals) are near. This helps them survive in the bush much better. Thanks to the big eyes, Sugar Gliders can protect their babies easier.
Big Claws
The Sugar gliders have adapted in a way in which they have long, pointy claws. This makes climbing around and clinging to trees easier. Their claws are substantial (which mean that its claws are strong, large and solid.) and being able to climb trees in this way, helps them hide from land predators.
Prehensile Tail
Having a prehensile tail, (a tail which can do a lot) means that they can carry things with it. This tail also helps to steer the Glider when its gliding, (to fly smoothly without flapping its wings; although Sugar Gliders don’t have wings) and helps it to balance.
Gliding Skills
The Sugar Gliders have developed a skill to glide from tree to tree. They adapted in this way to get across large areas of land faster, and to avoid the land predators below.
Sugar gliders have adapted well to the Australian conditions, and have taken on some pretty amazing and useful skills. These creature have adapted to many things and more, and can stick out of land predators way.

Climate Zones – Year 3

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Groups get together to share their information. Each student to read aloud/ explain their slide.
Provide feedback by:

  1. asking clarifying questions
  2. explaining the features that you thought were effective
  3. comparing the different climate zones
  4. use a highlighter to show which elements of the rubric were completed effectively

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Uluru Handback – Organising our notes/ ideas

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Presenting Ideas
Uluru Handback

Animal Adaptations – Year 5

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An example: Emperor Penguins

http://ngkids.com.au/animals/emperor-penguins

Animal Feature How this feature helps the animal

Causal Language:

Meaning Subordinating Conjunctions Example
Cause
reason as, because, since, as a result of Because it is very difficult to see a tsunami in the open ocean, it is hard to predict their arrival.
The forest floor is dark and damp as it is heavily shaded by the levels above.
purpose so that, in order to, so as to, in order that The honey bee _______ so that__________.
Manner
means (how?) by, through, with By decomposing dead leaves and branches, insects and micro-organisms help to enrich the soil.
comparison (like what?) as if, as though, as, like Like other digging marsupials, wombats have a pouch that faces backwards.