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Anthony’s Message

canterblog — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:33:25 +0000

Here’s Anthony’s Message

WHAT IS ACID RAIN

Acid rain is a result of air pollution. When any type of fuel is burnt, lots of different chemicals are produced. The smoke that comes from a fire or the fumes that come out of a car exhaust don’t just contain the sooty grey particles that you can see - they also contains lots of invisible gases that can be even more harmful to our environment.

Power stations, factories and cars all burn fuels and therefore they all produce polluting gases. Some of these gases (especially nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide) react with the tiny droplets of water in clouds to form sulphuric and nitric acids. The rain from these clouds then falls as very weak acid - which is why it is known as “acid rain”.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND WATCH ANTHONY’S VIDEO IN THE VIEWER

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canterblog — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:07:56 +0000

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Flypaper

canterblog — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:02:58 +0000

I have discovered a great new online application which makes it easy to create rich interactive multimedia with very little technical knowledge. When they are completed you can convert your multimedia creations easily to video which allows them to be uploaded to podbean or another blog.

Unfortunately, once converted they lose all there interactivity.The video on the bottom of the Why podcast page was made with Flypaper and converted to MP4 . I’ve tried embedding code directly into the html of this page but I can’t make it work . On other blog hosts such as edublogs it may possible to upload with interactivity intact .

The flypaper logo below links to the website which will allow you to explore and possibly create with this amazing tool!

Try the tables flashcard game by clicking on the image below and imagine all the ways you could adapt the editable model. Students could create and upload flashcards which relate to unit of work

Evanna’s Message

canterblog — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:20:07 +0000

Given 2 minutes to speak to the world this is what Evanna had to say

Photostories

canterblog — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:52:10 +0000

Photostory 3 is a program which allows you to blend movement over still photos with audio and narration to create narrated stories. Read more on the We Tell Stories Page.

You can download windows Photostory 3 from the microsoft website .

Click on the graphic above to go there

View an introduction to Photostory 3 by clicking the download button below

Local Places

canterblog — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:50:21 +0000

I have just added a new page on Local Places which is the term 2 COGS unit at our school.

Student explore the local natural and built environments through the lense of a variety of KLA’s.

You will find links to some seriously useful resources and links on this page .

Click on the image of the Cooks River below to got to the page

Dannielle’s poem

canterblog — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:31:47 +0000

Here’s Danielle’s poem I accidentaly deleted it ,… Sorry Dannielle

But now it is back .

Sarah’s Acrostic Poem

canterblog — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:20:10 +0000

Here is Sarah’s poem along with the artwork of many of her classmates.

Amani’s poem

canterblog — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:14:28 +0000

Some children in our school were so inspired by Grandparents Day that they have been writing poetry about there grandparents

Here is Amani’s poem

Zena’s Poem

canterblog — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:57:35 +0000

Here in video form are Zena’s impressions of the day.

Grandparents Day

canterblog — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:52:17 +0000

Our school honoured the contribution of grandparents this week with our anuual Grandparents Day Concert. included in this weeks post are some reflections and responses to the day.

Coco’s Reflections have been presented as a short video

Greek poem 2

canterblog — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:33:53 +0000

Here is another one of our talented students reciting her poem in Greek. She has worked very hard to learn it all by heart. Have a brilliant time on Sunday and enjoy the festival ! Click on the listen button to hear her recite her poem accompanied by a bouzouki.

Good Luck Girls

canterblog — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:31:25 +0000

Here is Yanna reciting her Greek poem with music added…hope you like it

Our Shoes

canterblog — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:48:46 +0000

Children like to write and read about things they really love. It seems that many of our students are very fond of their shoes.

Some children have been writing,reading,publishing,photograhing ,drawing pictures and making videos about their shoes.

The video shows some of the wonderful wo rk they have been doing

click on the black school shoes to view our video

Exciting News

canterblog — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:46:55 +0000

Our students perform in front of thousands

Next weekend two of our students will be participating in A Greek Festival at Darling Harbour. Our students will be reciting some poems that they have been learning in Greek School in front of an audience of thousands.

One of the truly wonderful things about our multicultural society is that we have the opportunity of sharing with and learning from each other on a daily basis. We don’t have to travel to far away places to learn about the world. The cultures,traditions,beliefs,music, languages and foods of our neighbours, friends and classmates enrich our lives every single day.

It’s one of the great things about BEING AUSTRALIAN

The 26th annual Greek Festival of Sydney will launch with a special two day long celebration at Darling Harbour on the 29th and 30th of March. Why not go along with your family, take your appetites and your dancing shoes for two days of music, fine food and Greek festivities.

Entry is free of charge for all. click on the greek flag to get more information

To get you in the mood listen to Triphi-triphinitsa a Greek Children’s song

Τριφι-τριφινίτσα Και παλληκαριτσα, Τ’ άλογο σου ’πιάσα, μέσα ’κει στα πράσα. η εγώ η εσύ η ο μπάρμπα Τζίτζικας. Ζίζικας ελάλησε μαύρη ρώγα ’γυάλισε μαύρη και φαρμακερή. Τσάκα το καλό παιδί.

English Translation

Triphi-triphinitsa And little championess, I caught the horse for you Yonder among the leeks; Either you or I or Uncle Tzitzikas The cicada chirped The blackberry shone Black and venomous. Seize the pretty child.

This music comes from this great Website with music lyrics and downloadable mp3 from around the world

click on the link to got there

TOO EASY

canterblog — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:02:22 +0000

Wow it worked .

Hard to believe, incredible, inconceivable, wonderful, extraordinary, fantastic, very pleasing and downright awesome !

All we need now is an audience !

More on Dorothea McKellar You heard a little of one of her poems in the last episode .Would you like to here an old recording of the same poem being sung ?Why ofcourse you would ! Just click on the link below to hear the song

Testing One Two Three

canterblog — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:58:03 +0000

Hi,

We are group of kids,teachers and others who live,work,play and learn together in Sydney’s inner south west.

We are always talking about texts at school. When we compose texts we need to consider both audience and purpose. We’ve been learning a lot about publishing through making our own webpages on our school intranet. (thanks to you Stu !)

The podcast project is an attempt to give our work an even bigger audience and to have some fun at the same time.

Stage 2 abd 3 at our school are exploring the meaning of being Australian and will be using the podcast as away of sharing our ideas with the WORLD ! And maybe even getting some feedback………..are you tuned in ?

Today’s test run includes a video which uses images and music to complement the wonderful Dorothea McKellar poem ”My Country”. The video was produced using Photostory 3 for Windows. This program is easy and intuitive and best of all can be downloaded for free. Why not have aplay with it yourself?

Dorothea McKellar is the person in the picture. You can find out more about her by following the following links

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/people_places/

http://www.infogunnedah.com.au/tourism/dorothea.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Mackellar

http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an2293529e

If you like our podcast please leave us a comment …we are all either young or young at heart and need a pat on the back.

To leave your comment click on the small comments button below and type your comment…..it’s that easy !

So here goes and thanks for listening

Right click on the download button below to see our first video