Picasso Cow Presentation Day 2015

Picasso Cow Presentation Day

by Peter and Jack P.

At 9:30am in the morning we got on the bus to go to the RSL in Blacktown. Once we got on the bus it took about 1 hour to get there. We helped get the cow of the trailer, we got it into the RSL.  The only choice to get the cow up to the area was to get it into the elevator. It just fitted! Peter and I helped it getting it out of the elevator. Once we got the cow into its place,  we had recess. 

Then the Presentation Day started! 

The first activity was a Quiz for every school. One student from each school had to go up onto the stage so we chose Amelia to represent our school. Each school had to choose a sound as a buzzer. We gave Amelia a Cat sound. Amelia made it into the grand final but we didn't win but at least we had fun. 

We played this game where we throw the ball in the air until the music stops. Who ever had the ball when  the music stopped, had to read out what it said on the ball. Each  word on the ball was an activity. After the Quiz there was a milking challenge. Two people were needed for the activity.  They didn't actually milk a cow. They milked a teat on a bottle. It looked funny! 

 After all the milking we all did an activity together we had to make a own milkshake. We didn't win that because we forgot to put some healthy stuff in there. After that then they announced the cow that won. A school called Emu plains won the Picasso cow presentation. We were close to winning because we look a little bit like them. 

We enjoyed watching the activities and the free Yogurt and Milk they were really tasty.

What did you learn from our Picasso Cow project? What could we do to improve? 

Genius Hour Kidmeet

How fast has this term disappeared?

This final week of the term sees the culmination of many hours of work and  enthusiasm that each of the students have done. The projects have been as unique and creative as each of the students who created them. The students have showcased very well and should be proud of the effort that has gone into them. We hope that you enjoy looking at each of their work and making a comment to encourage them.

Aidan's Coding

Extreme Nail Art

The Solar System by Brock

Volcano Experts!

Some Highlights

Some of our great presentations

Which presentation did you enjoy the most? What was the best thing about Genius Hour? Why? 

What we Believe

In English we have been looking at what makes writing and words powerful. For writing and words to be powerful or have an impact on the way others think, we need to link them to what we believe and have a hope for.

The students were asked to write about things that they believed in. They were asked what they thought would change the world. There were many different ideas, that each student came up with. Some ideas were for flying cars or hovering houses, others were for people to be kind to one another. We certainly need to have a hope for the future and it is encouraging to see so many creative and thoughtful ideas.

The students then had to turn their writing into a digital publication. We chose pictures that would match the words that they had written. We discussed how images help our our words to have a greater impact.

Matching Images To Words - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires

After finding images that went with their writing, each student then turned their writing into a digital speech. We used the Tellagami app which the students used to be an avatar for their speech. The images were used as a background for the speech. The students made a few different Tellagami's with different speeches. These were saved to the Camera Roll in the iPad. We then used the iMovie app to put all of the Tellagami's together to create one video.

Please watch some of our students work. The results look fantastic!

Grace's Speech

Rebekah's Speech

What did you enjoy the most about this activity? What is something that you believe strongly in? Do you have a hope and a dream for the future?

Genius Hour Kidmeet

Our Genius Hour projects are drawing to a close for this term. Each student in Stage 3 has shown a lot of initiative and interest in their projects. We would like to show everyone what we have learned. In Week 10 we are holding a Kidmeet@MACC to showcase our Genius Hour presentations. We are inviting all parents, Grandparents, aunts and Uncles to come and watch. Each student should have the following note, but if they don't please feel free to come along and find out what we have been doing!