KWS MAGAZINE May - August 2010 Issue No. 86 - Kinross Wolaroi ...

Our Published AuthorMyraLim Hurt(pictured), aYear 6 student,has written andpublished her firstbook entitled ‘Allthat I Am'. A beautifulbook illustrated bywell known author andillustrator Sally Heinrich, itis a free verse poem of a littlegirl, accompanied by her dog,who contemplates the worldthrough all her senses and dreamsof growing up.A successful book launch was held recently at theOrange City Library and in Singapore, Myra's birthplace.Champion Public SpeakerYear 4 student Charlotte May (pictured) faced some stiff competition to take out firstplace at the Central West CWD public speaking competition. 43 other studentsfrom around the region prepared and performed a two-minute speech on one ofthree topics: “I Wish I Never”, “My Sport” and “ “Too Quiet”.Charlotte chose ‘I wish I never said yes to teaching my brother to ride a bike'. Justlike riding a bike Charlotte says, “I think if you want to be really good at somethingyou have to like doing that thing. I like doing public speaking, its fun!”Teamwork Solves Murder MysteryKWS Year 5 students put their investigative skills to the test to solve a puzzlingmurder. As part of the online environmental game for students in years 5 to 10,Murder under the Microscope, the class used research, analytical abilities and teamwork to solve a difficult ‘eco' crime.Teams of students (investigators) from across the state registered online to solve thechallenging case—involving the murder of an animal or a plant in the environment.The students gradually uncovered a stream of information to identify the villain, thevictim and the crime site. At a set time all the teams submitted their accusations,with the winner judged on correct answers and time lodged. A total of 1165 groupstook place in the competition and the KWS Year 5 team took out 10th place - only 7seconds behind first place.So who did it? The villain was Rising Temperatures, the victim was the Weedy SeaDragon and the crime site was Genoa River.Angus Crossing and India Kermode ponder the puzzling facts18