On Saturday the 1st of November our parish – St Mary’s had their Derby Day Fete. There were lots of rides such as the Music Trip, Tea Cups, and Slides. I believe that everyones favourite was the Music Trip because the line was so long.

As the day went on, they started drawing raffles and many people won money and vouchers. Afterwards there was bidding for all the donations. It was very windy that day and a lot of the tents and jumping castle had to be taken down or moved.  Inside of the food tents there were pancakes (they were the best), hotdogs, chocolate covered nuts and fruit, slices, cakes, hot drinks and cold ones.

The Harley rides around the river and foreshore were a lot of fun. There were two motorbikes to choose from but they were both really exciting. The fete this year was great fun for catching up with all of your friends, going on rides, looking through the donations, and enjoying the food and entertainment made a day with friends even better. All the work and effort put into this should really be recognised because without it we would have no fete.

The art gallery was beautiful. Just the sight of the floor to ceiling water feature and the coloured glass structures, were as calming and soothing as if we were at home or somewhere familiar.

The first thing we went to look at was the dome. It was designed by Rory Hyde. Rory Hyde had the idea to use 945 bins to make a dome structure. Eventually we went into the sound room. It was the noisiest of all in the exhibit. The person who thought of this idea was Marco Fuscinato. He was inspired to make a structure capturing light and sound. He must have had a lot of creativity in him to design this.

As time went by, looking at all sorts of art and design, it came to lunch time. We all lined up and were given a brown paper bag, containing a ham and cheese sandwich, an apple, a gingerbread man and a bottle of water. We sat down to enjoy our lunch in the largest hall in the southern hemisphere. (The Great Hall)

After lunch, we had a workshop in the amazing art gallery. We were told to make an artwork. For this we applied our knowledge of foreground, middle ground and background. All of the people in grade 6 did a great job, for they all created something fantastic and each one was an original.

Our day at the gallery was very enjoyable. By seeing all the artwork and hearing about how it was made, this experience left us only thinking positive thoughts about our grade 6 excursion to the National Gallery of Victoria  .

By Cleo + Adele

Try to solve the following Challenges. In your reply please write the number of the problem that you are answering and show all of your working out. Good luck!!

#1. A transport company delivered 78 plates to a shop. It charged $1.50 for every plate delivered. It had to compensate $9.50 for every broken plate. If the company collected $73 from the shop owner, how many plates were broken?

#2. A whole number, N, lies between 35 and 45. When N is multiplied by 0.45, the product is another whole number. Find the value of N.

#3.  Kevin multiplies a number by itself and then adds 10. His answer is 23.69. What is the number?

A very warm welcome to all students and staff at both St Robert’s and Koulumestari Primary Schools! We are looking forward to a joint collaboration between our two schools!