November 2017 archive

26
Nov
2017

#GRAWildRobot Reflection

categories: Literacy

Well, that’s it. We have come to the end of our first ever Global Read Aloud. This book made us laugh, almost cry, question characters’ actions, and link the themes with real world events.

Read the statement below and leave a comment with your thoughts about one of the key themes in the book – CHANGE.

‘Conflict can be a catalyst to cause a character to change and adapt. Think about Roz across the story of the Wild Robot. What incidents have caused her to change Pick one incident and explain how Roz changed, explain why it caused her to change.’

23
Nov
2017

Bumblebee Performance

categories: Weekly Updates

Last Friday, we had our Bumblebee choir finale. All year 3 and 4 students are aprt of the Bumblebee choir. Our director Mrs Collins chooses lots of interesting songs, some slow, some fast and some in between.

During our last concert we sung 4 songs. One of the choir’s and audience’s favourite was If I Were a Rich Man from the musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’

Listen here for a taste:

What has been your favourite song to sing in Bumblebee?

14
Nov
2017

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

categories: Weekly Updates

On Friday the Year 4s travelled by bus to the magnificent Hamer Hall to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. 

First video playing from Missstirtilas on Vimeo.

Frank Woodley and the MSO

Narrated by the hilarious comedian Frank Woodley, he introduced us to the different sections of an orchestra, the instruments and how they are portrayed or viewed by one another. We learnt about many famous ‘dead’ composers and how through music we keep them alive. 

At the end we were treated to use our own /musical instrument’ to become part of the orchestra. Watch the video below to see if you can guess what our instrument was supposed to represent in the piece. 

Second MSO from Missstirtilas on Vimeo.

If you could play any instrument, what would you play and why?