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My 6 year old nephew Will, has worked out why dogs sniff people.

“It’s because people have bones inside their skin and dogs love bones. How cute is that!

We had the very great pleasure on Monday November 3rd, to welcome the Lyndoch Day Trippers to our college. The year 7 students conducted interviews with these amazing people, which you can see on the “Lyndoch Day Trippers” page on our blog. Below are some photos from today’s fun. Thank you to Helen and Jan for bringing the Day Trippers out to see us. Thank you also to Wilma, Nancy, Gerald, Betty, Michael, Pat, May and Val for sharing your unique stories with us. We learnt so much about the tapestry of your lives and we will cradle your precious memories in our hearts and minds for a long time.

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Mr Ardito’s class are very curious about Australian holidays and customs – they have questions about whether we celebrate Armistice Day, Groundhog Day and Halloween. Go to Mr Ardito’s class blog and leave a answer to their questions, with your user name and link to your blog – then his students may come and visit you! They would also like to know about Australian Rules football and instant messaging in Australia. Remember you are in an open forum – don’t post your phone numbers, email addresses or chat adresses on blogs.

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How would you feel if the ground beneath your feet in your front garden was being washed away? How would you feel if your vegetable garden was flooded with salt water? How would you feel if your family had to move away because their home was being washed into the sea? These children are from a small island, part of the Carteret group, a few hundred kilometres north east of Cape Tribulation. They are among some of the world’s first environmental refugees – people who must relocate as their island becomes uninhabitable due to rising sea levels.

The islanders have fought for more than twenty years against the rising ocean, building sea walls and planting mangroves. However, storm surges and high tides continue to wash away homes, destroy vegetable gardens, and contaminate fresh water supplies. It has also been estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands could be largely submerged and entirely uninhabitable. Carteret Islanders are on the frontline of climate change.

Find out more at: http://www.tulelepeisa.org/ and http://www.starr.tv/.

• Go to Google Earth to find the Carteret Islands and Tulele Piesa. How far from the coast of Australia are these islands? (in kilometres)
• After watching the short movie on starr tv, write a post on your blog about how you would feel if it was your home being affected.
• Do you know what many of the world’s scientists believe is responsible for causing climate change?
• Suggest how might you be able to make a difference to the lives of these children.

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Most year 7 students have signed up to the On Line Science fair wiki this week. Your task is to choose a science investigation that will suit your interests and that you will be happy to spend the next four weeks or so researching and experimenting with. If you go to the Science Buddies site and follow the link to the Topic Selection Wizard, you can do a survey that wil help you narrow down the projects that may interest you.

You need to check out the timeline for Hawkesdale students and copy the dates into your school planner. Each Friday in November, one section of the project is due to be submitted. The first requirement is that you submit your project idea – the question and hypothesis that you wish to investigate and how you propose to do test your hypothesis.

Whatever resources you use, make sure you copy the links into a References section or Bibliography. Include the date accessed and the author, as well as the title and publisher of books and magazines.

Go to: http://voicethread.com/share/227508/ to add your comments.

Check out our new spelling program. We will be trialling this for the next few weeks. Check out the homework page to see what you have to do.