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Rehearsals for the local production of 'Chicago' have started in the PAC. Directed by local choreographer Leanne Cane, this year's Maitland Music & Arts Club musical promises to be a very different show to to 2011's 'Oliver'. The club has made good use of the MAMC facilities splitting dancing and musical rehearsals between the centre's rooms. The 'Chicago' cast and crew will move to the McKnight Theatre in June, with performances in early September. This term in Maths we have been learning Geometry. Mr Salmon gave us the task of doing a Geometric Shapes Investigation. We had to do 10 out of 18 activities by Monday Week 4. Some of our class favourites are What Am I book? , Make and Label a Cube, Make a mobile with geometric shape and many more. Mr Salmon took all our work and now has the pleasure of marking the tasks. It was a fun task and I enjoyed it. In P.E with Miss Koch we have been learning how to play European handball. It’s a cross between netball, basketball and soccer. We have learnt the rules of what to do and what not to do.
On Friday May 4th our Cross Country team of 40 students travelled to Kadina to participate in the annual Yorke Peninsula Primary event.
It has been decided this year that we will be combining our traditional Year 8 and 9 camps. This will allow us to continue to maximise opportunities for our students and provide a more productive camp environment. This year we will be attending the Police Blue Light camp at Errappa, Iron Knob, where students will have the chance to build teamwork and self confidence. Next year we will still be going to Canberra so that everyone will still have the opportunity to experience both camps. |
We've found making paper is quite easy, but a rather messy process. We started by tearing up scrap coloured paper into plastic containers. Then we soaked the scrap paper in water for several days. Today we pulped the scrap in a blender, pressed the pulp down to a thin layer on cardboard and put the sheets into the sun to dry. We'll post pictures of our finished products. For three weeks Jake, Tiana and I have been doing drum lessons with Mr. Tuck. He has been teaching us ride cymbal and this week we are learning about the snare drum. During last term Georgie, Bethany, Ezra and I all tried out for the SAPSASA netball team. We went to three trials to impress Lucy Tilbrook (The Coach) she had three others to help her pick her 2 teams. Georgie, Bethany, Ezra and I all made the team. So in week 5 of this term we get to play in a carnival in Adelaide for the whole week with 20 other girls from SYP! Things are starting to get busy for our secondary students, with exams for some senior students only four weeks away. It is a timely reminder of the efforts required for achieving the best you can while at school.
Twenty-five MAS students visited the Convention centre last week and attended the 2012 Tertiary Studies and Career Expo.The students found the day useful and received valuable information on career paths and university options. |









