Morning tea

Last week our cooks made these mini quiches
using our eggs and spring onions. They made
a very tasty morning tea on Friday.
Well done everyone.

Solar Panels celebration

Today we had a special Assembly to celebrate
the solar panels which have been installed
on our school roof.

Some of our grade 4 students played, "Here
comes the Sun" on their recorders while the
2's and 3's sang. You sounded great everyone.

National Water Week

This week are are celebrating National Water Week.

Gnomes and toadstools

This afternoon this assorted bunch of Celebrity
Gnomes turned up in the orchard.

From gardeners, to the Beetles, a clown and
even Santa they are very colourful.

Here we are painting a toadstool.

We worked out in the orchard under our
shady trees, it was delightful.

Toadstools were even spotted in our gardens!

Cheesy muffins

These clever cooks make these delicious muffins
during Thursday Activities. We ate them on
Friday for morning tea. Very delicious.
Thank you cooks!

MU7 Endangered animal projects

"My project is on the Tasmanian Devil,"
Jamie.

Sophie did her project on the Mountain
Pygmy Possum.

Hanna's project was on the Orange
Bellied Parrot.

"My project is on the Tasmanian Devil,"
Brayden.

Gemma did her project on the
Western Quoll.

The Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat was
the topic Ella chose. 

Maddie's project was on the Tiger Quoll.

Julia choose the Gouldian Finch
for her project.

The Inland Taipan was the animal Beau
chose for his project.

The Dibbler was the fascinating
animal Maia chose for her project.

The Tasmamian Devil was the choice
of Rhiannon for her project.

Harry proudly shares his
Tasmanian Devil project.

A lego landscape by Jasper
accompanied his project on the Bilby.

Bowen also chose the Bilby for his
project.

Can you see a Large-eared Horseshoe
Bat hiding in this diorama made
by Lucy?

Ella shared her Shark Bay Mouse
project with us.

For her project Evelyn chose the Tree
Kangaroo.

Sean chose the Koala for his endangered
animal project.

The Forest Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
was Cooper's topic.

Lily's fascinating project was on the
Corroboree Frog.

The Orange Bellied Parrot was the choice
of Agatha for her project.

Heather's project was on the Koala.

This fascinating project on the Derwent
River Sea Star was Josie's project choice.

Our musical item at Assembly

We performed our Beat Concert pieces at the whole school Assembly.
The younger students really enjoyed our playing.

Endangered species of wild fauna

Tania Parks came to talk to us about Endangered Species of fauna that
are sometimes brought into Australia across our borders when people
arrive via planes or boats. The trade includes food products, exotic leather
 goods (snake skin boots, watch straps, back scratches, elephant hide
handbags),wooden musical instruments (drums),timber (teak),
tourist souvenirs (conch shells, red coral, mounted scorpions/butterflies)
and medicines (ivory and snake wine). The levels of exploitation of
some animals and species are high and the trade and habitat loss can
bring some species close to extinction.  A recent example is the illegal
trade in Africa of ivory - tusks of elephants.