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12 Binghi 152 Term 1, 2011 JUNIOR SCHOOL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS This year we had two records broken, both by Lucy Fenwicke: 10 years 50 freestyle - (previously held by Sandra Barratt with 38.15 set in 1997) Lucy’s time was 37.86 and the Open 100m freestyle – (previously held by Tahlia Paull with 1.28.68 set in 2009) Lucy’s time was 1.23.77 – nearly 5 seconds faster! Congratulations Lucy– a fantastic effort! The McCready Cup, given to the highest pointscorer, went to Lucy Fenwicke and Lachan Alford – both on 80 points. Our Champions were: Sub Junior Champions: Sophia Rutledge and Sam Meehan Junior Champions: Lucy Fenwicke and Angus Alford Senior Champions: Claudia Meehan and Lachlan Alford mad scientists abound Our Science Activity Day was a great hit with the children. Much fun was had by all and a whole lot of Science learning and experimentation was the focus of the day. Our guest presenters, Effie and Chris Howe and CSIRO gave us superb activities which were fantastic yet educational.
TAS TO TEZ David Wu, Nicholas Bohlsen, Dan Lethbridge, Sam Jeyakumar, Oscar McBean with teachers Alex Portell and Lana Bromwich took in downtown Osaka during the TAS Junior School visit to TEZ school in Japan Teacher Lana Bromwich, Joshua Miron, Ben Rowe and Isaac Gerdes inspect young chickens in their incubator JAPAN A HIT A 14 year link between schools in Armidale, Australia and Osaka, Japan, were strengthened during a cross-cultural visit in the December school holidays. A group of primary students from The Armidale School (TAS) gained many new insights when they were hosted by Tezukayama Gakin Elementary School (TEZ), Osaka. Tezukayama is a large independent primary school of around 700 students, all from one of Japan’s largest cities. During the eight-day visit the nine TAS students were billeted with host families. While some spoke very little English, they took their young guests on various adventures including visits to Universal Studios, a baseball game, Kayakuan Aquarium, Tennoji Zoo, as well as participating in a range of shared classroom activities. The visitors also took in impressive world heritage cultural sites at Kyoto including the Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji), and the water temple in the Kyoto hills, and the Kiyomizudera (Pure Water Temple). “It was also amazing to see the lengths to which the host families went to accommodate us and organise so many fantastic experiences for our students,” said TAS Junior School teacher Alex Portell who accompanied the students. “The activities they experienced, the cultural differences they overcame and embraced and the new friends they made are sure to be engrained in their memories forever, and it also made them more appreciative of their circumstances in Australia.” … a few weeks later, Isabel Newton, Isaac Gerdes and Sophia Rutledge find they are now old enough to handle. CHICKS A MAGNET TO YOUNG TAS STUDENTS Year 1 students at TAS Junior School have become very clucky in the past few weeks as they have carefully incubated dozens of chickens in their classroom. As part of a science unit Am I Alive, the class monitored their eggs daily, ‘candled’ their growth and actually watched them hatch, giving them an impressive first-hand understanding of the lifecycle of a chicken. By the time their 70 chickens were hatched the children had a thorough understanding of what living things need in order to survive. The chickens were then given new homes with caring owners. What a busy class! Binghi 152 Term 1, 2011 13
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