Where the Wild Things Are – The Movie
Posted by: Mrs. Haller on: October 14, 2009
I don’t know about you but I can’t wait for the ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ movie. It was one of my favourite books when I was a little girl. What about you do you like it? Are you planning to see the movie?
Offical Website
Wikipedia Page
Here is a link to an interview with Sendak, who is the author and some clips of the movie.
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Let the wild rumpus start!
By Ramin Setoodeh and Andrew Romano | NEWSWEEK
Published Oct 9, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Oct 19, 2009
http://www.newsweek.com/id/216997/output/print
Book Feast 2009
Posted by: Mrs. Haller on: September 23, 2009
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Today Oriel, Alannah, Caitlyn, May and I ventured out into the dusty city to attend Book Feast at the DET Head Office.
At Book Feast we got to sit and have lunch with Vashti Farrer and ask her lots of questions about writing, books and what inspires her to write.
We also listened to Duncan Ball read from his new book ‘My sister has a big black beard’, Mr Andrew White’s storytelling and Mr Rickard Harland read to us. After lunch we all (including me) got to meet and speak with lots of fantastic authors and illustrators.
It was an interesting and inspiring day.
Next week at assembly the girls who attended will show some photos and tell you more.
What a wonderful book week! Thank you.
Posted by: Mrs. Haller on: August 27, 2009
I feel that book week 2009 was a great sucess and that comes down to all the effort that parents, students and staff went to. Thank you all very much.
The book fair was also an astonishing sucess raising over $800 worth of books for the school library. It was my first attempt at holding a book fair and I thank everyone for bearing with me. It was so inspiring and excouraging to see how excited the children were about buying a book to add to their collection at home.
Now I think I will collapse! 
Mrs. H
BOOK WEEK – Book Safari
Posted by: Mrs. Haller on: August 5, 2009
Each year, many schools and public libraries from all over Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians develop activities, offer competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading. 2009 Short List
At Canterbury the following events will be taking place.
- Jungle Bungle Performance at 2pm on Monday the 17th of August. Give your money and permission note to your classroom teacher ASAP.
- Book Parade 9.30 on Monday the 24th of August. Parents welcome to stay around to see wonderful array of characters.
- Book Fair @ 10.30-11.30 and 3.30-4.30. Any purchases made will help raise money for new library books.
- K-2 Author Visit at 12.30 on Tuesday the 25th of August. Give your money and permission note to your classroom teacher ASAP.
NAIDOC 2009
Posted by: Mrs. Haller on: June 15, 2009
“Honouring our Elders, Nurturing our Youth.”
Today we celebrated the achievements of our Aboriginal students in a special NAIDOC Assembly. Next week we are continuing our celebration of Aboriginal history and culture in special storytelling sessions. which will be held in our school library.
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
I have complied a list of online resources for you to access to learn more about Aboriginal History and Culture, NAIDOC week and reconciliation.
- NAIDOC
- Reconciliation Australia
- Australia Museum
- Barani (Learning Object)
- Australian Screen, Beyond Sorry- This Child is Zita & Back to Country.
- Apology to Stolen Generations
- Q&A about the National Enquiry and Bringing Them Home Report
- Australian Screen, Art from the Heart – Painting the Dreamtime, What is Aboriginal Art?
- Lift Off – Indigenous Children Collect Body Paint
- Collaborating for Indigenous Rights 1957-1973
Please feel free to leave a comment about the website list and or suggest some other websites that you have found interesting and would like to suggest to your school mates.
MS Readathon, June 1st – 30th.
Posted by: Mrs. Haller on: May 25, 2009
Today we had a spokeswomen from MS Australia come to Canterbury to speak to us about multiple sclerosis which is, an unpredictable and mysterious disease of the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). The students learnt who MS Australia are and what they do to help MS sufferers and their families and more importantly, how we can help.
If you would like to take part in this year’s readathon please visit – https://www.msreadathon.org.au/join/start.asp to register and get started.
To visit the MS Australia Reading Zone visit – http://www.msreadathon.org.au/flick/
Go to MS Info 4 Kids to find information and resources for kids with a parent with MS, or for any young carer or person with an interest in MS.
Some facts about MS:
- MS affects over 18,000 Australians and more than 2,500,000 people around the world, and is most common in young adults.
- It’s usually diagnosed between 20 and 40 years of age.
- About three times as many women as men have MS.
- It is more common in cooler climates.
- MS is not contagious.
- Symptoms can be mild or severe and come and go unpredictably.
- It affects each person differently.
- The cause and cure of MS is unknown.
Term 2 DC Green Author Visit
Posted by: Mrs. Haller on: May 5, 2009
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2009 Book Week – Book Safari
Posted by: Mrs. Haller on: July 24, 2008
2009 Book Week – Jungle Bungle
This year we are going on another wonderful book week musical adventure. Keep an eye out for the note that will go home early in Term 3. Make sure you bring your note and money on nice and quickly.
