Recently students in Kindergarten to Year 6 at Guyra Central School attended an information session about Otitis Media (disease of the middle ear) and Conductive Hearing Loss.
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Students in Kindergarten participated in a 35-45 minute ear health lessons which included a puppet play and ways to stop the Mucous Monster, incorporating nose blowing, healthy eating, washing hands and ear safety.
Students in Stage 1 learnt how the ear works (model ear) and five ways to keep your ears healthy; Stage 2 participated in an interactive smart board activity about how the ear works, ear infections and how they affect learning and a role play on the effects of glue ear.
Stage 3 discovered decibel levels of environmental sounds, the effects of MP3, iPods, earphones and iPhones have on hearing and watched a DVD 'If you lose it, it won't come back.'
Book Week
Last Friday saw students from K-6 participate in the Book Week assembly; it is here that all students from K-6 presented an item based on a book they have all been studying in class.
Some of the books that were presented included Piranhas don’t eat Bananas, Ollie and the Wind, My Dead Bunny and Me Huff, along with a collection of oil pastel paintings of the pages from the picture book Flight, the pictures reflected the desolate barren desert that a desperate family journey through to escape their old life.
Each year, across Australia, The Children’s Book Council of Australia brings children and books together celebrating Children’s Book Week. During this time Schools, Libraries, Booksellers, Authors, Illustrators and children celebrate Australian Children's Literature.
During this time you will often see Children's Book Character Parades and talented librarians creating amazing displays.
The school has also been lucky enough to have the Scholastic Book Fair at our school which is packed with a multitude of genres offering our students the best selection of books, featuring exclusive titles from leading Australian authors and illustrators.