Mr Shiell's Classroom Blog

Howdy guys. I hope you are all enjoying your 2012 grades. Mr Shiell has just started his a new blog with his 2012 class at Northern Bay College. Please have a look and leave a comment. Here is the link.

http://12dblog.global2.vic.edu.au/

Regards

Mr Shiell

Well its the end of the year. I hope you have had as much fun as I have and I also hope you learnt a few things along the way. You have been a fantastic grade and I have enjoyed being your teacher. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for being a fantastic grade.

Mr Shiell

Have you enjoyed our under the sea topic?

What have you learnt?

What else would you like to learn?

Last night Mr Shiell went to a fundraising event for the Sea Sheperd Conservation Society. Mr Shiell has supported this organisation for a long time now and is a passionate believer in what the do. They travel the world protecting the worlds marine wildlife. They are best known for defending the whales against Japanese Whalers in Antarctic Waters. Each summer Japanese Whalers travel to the Antarctic Waters to kill Whales. This year they intend to kill over 700 whales. Sea Sheperd are sending three ships to stop them and have succeeded in saving over 1800 whales in the past 6 years.

If you would like to learn more about Sea Sheperd, click on the link below.

http://www.seashepherd.org/

My family had a great night. We were able to meet Captain Paul Watson, the founder of Sea Sheperd and Greenpeace, crew member from the Steve Irwin(Sea Sheperd Ship) and the odd sportsman.

Do you think we should kill Whales? Why? Why Not?

Thank you for all the gifts. We had enough to fill six boxes which was a fantastic effort. These boxes will give joy to those children that receive them.

Click on the link to find more about this project.

http://samaritanspurse.gotdns.org/

Over the coming weeks we will be able to track our boxes and see what countries they have been sent to.

Thank you for all your donations.

The 96 grade 2 students who attended the activity night had a great time. They walked down to the Leopold Sportmans Club for tea and then returned to school to watch a wonderful magic show from Dazzling Dan the Magic Man. Next they had a disco and dance off where everyone danced enthusiastically. The night finished with the movie Gnomeo and Juliet.

What was the favourite part of the night? Why?

The family blogging challenge starts today. Over the next three weeks we will have a competition to see which one of your families can make the most comments on the blog. Comments from yourself, parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles, aunties, grandparents and friends will all count. There will be prizes for the top 5 places.

Spread the word to your family and friends.

Good luck and may the best blogger win.

Hi everyone.

I hope you had a great holiday. Boy did those 2 weeks go fast. I had a great time over the holidays. We went camping at Halls Gap in the Grampians and went on some nice walks. Then in the middle weekend I was lucky enough to go to the AFL grand final and see the mighty cats win the premiership for the third time in 5 years.

In the second week I played a bit of tennis, went for a few surfs, got busy in the garden and did some preperation for term 4. Last Friday I went and saw a band called the Huxton Creepers play live. They were one of my favourite bands when I was much younger. They haven’t played together for 20 years but have got together to do a few shows. I went along for a look and had a fun night.

Have a look at some of my photos below.

Tell me what you did on the holidays.

Over the past term we have been learning about Dinosaurs. The students showed how much they have learnt by carrying out interviews last week. We hope you enjoy them.

Untitled from Jeff Shiell on Vimeo.

I hope everyone had fun at the Leopold Primary School Fun Festa. The weather wasn’t the nicest but at least the rain stayed away for most of the day. Our lolly stall was a great success and Mr Shiell froze to death in the dunking tank. Well done to all those students who were accurate with their throws and dunked Mr Shiell into the chilly water.

What was your favourite part of the day? Why?