School Debating

On Wednesday June 3rd, eight people went to Tamworth Public School to learn how to debate. Josie Wilson, Alix Sills, Kiara Harvey, Jane Phillips, Taylah Cook, Jess O’Neil, April Squire and Felicity Elford all had a great day learning about the 3 m’s - Matter, Manner and Method. We all started off by learning to debate and wrote down dot points, sentences and tables. The instructors told us about how to set up a debate, how to use speakers to present arguments and how to rebut the oppositions arguments. We had to see what would we do if we ruled the world , and lots more. We also got a chance to debate and it was fantastic! The instructors were really nice too and if we got stuck they would help us. We all had a great day and our school will definitely go next year.

Written by Josie Wilson & Alix Sills

3/4Ws report on the Cross Country

On Thursday 4th of June Narrabri West Winners went to Number 2 oval for PSSA Cross Country and ran their hardest. These are the results of the PSSA runners from our school:

1st - Josie Wilson, Jack Edwards
2nd -Dylan Phillips
3rd -Josie Kirkby, Kate Brown
4th -Tom Baker, Lidia McCauley
5th -Lawson Morley
6th -Joe Baker, Will Brennan
7th -Brandon Gold
8th -Khiarni Cornish, Jenna Baxter
Others- Drew Merten 3rd last, Howard Litzow 20th, Tyler Arnold 40th, Jordan Harvey 9th , Will Alexander 18th, Emily Stiller 9th, Amber Meskill 12th, Tegan Bush 10th, Kiara Neave 9th, Jacob Shields 13th

Those people above represented our school extremely well and they had wonderful manners too. They were also pleasant to the other runners and the organisers. As excellent role models, they cheered our school on when they were running. The next level is Coolah - We wish them luck!

Written by Howard Litzow and Josie Wilson

3/4Ws plant news and other activities

3/4W has planted some winter vegetables such as: Broccoli, Cabbage, Peas sillver Beet and Brussel Sprouts in large, plastic pots outside our classroom in front of our balcony where they receive lots of sun. The seedlings took 7-10 days to germinate. 3/4W worked in groups of 4 or 5 planting a vegetable. They get watered once a week by chosen people to keep them up and running. They have really taken off! 3/4W are very proud of their plants and are having loads of fun with them!!!

Written by Gwenieve Merten & Georgie Guest

Edited by Reading Group 5

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3/4W Class Activities

On the 7th of April, 2009 3/4W started to grow some Weeping Red Bottle Brush plants. First we needed an eighth of a piece of newspaper to squash down the bottom of the little tubes. Secondly, we went outside and put dirt in the pots. Following that, we put the pots under the sprinkler so they could be moistened ready for the seeds.
The following day, we planted 135 seeds in the pots. We got the seeds from the Tankaday Challenge. Hopefully they will germinate in 21-28 days. But we don’t expect them all to grow. If we have enough we will be able to take some home or maybe sell at the Fete. Most of them will be planted in the school. We had lots of fun doing it and are keeping our fingers crossed for a good result! If they germinate, they will grow to about 5 metres high and will attract birds. This term we will be looking at seeds and the growth of plants. Already Mrs. Woolford has organised for us to grow a mini vegetable garden near the classroom for us all to be involved in. We will keep you up to date with how our garden is going. We hope to grow peas, beans, spinach, brussel sprouts and broccoli. Yummy vegetables !! Maybe we will be able to have a cooking day at the end to use some of the goodies we grow!!

Our COGs unit is about the early sea explorers of Australia. We will be researching 4 explorers to discover who was the most noted for discovering the Great Southern Land. Today we have begun using Master Slides in our Power point documents getting ready to present a major project revealing all that we have learnt in our research time in reading lessons.