What is ‘Family Blogging Month’?

The students in our class will be encouraging their family and friends to write comments on the work we have produced.

Whenever a students’ family member leaves us a comment, the student will record it on our ‘Family Blogging Month’ comment chart using the following codes.

At the end of August, the student who has the most comments from different family members will win a prize! So the goal is to get as many different family members involved as possible.

Reading people’s comments is one of the best things about blogging. In your comments feel free to ask questions and reply to other people’s questions.

We love to read good quality comments. If you want to find out what a good quality comment is then the student’s from Mrs Yollis’ class in the US have put together a video to inform you of what a quality comment is. If you are unsure of how to make a comment on our blog then please click on our comments tab at the top of our blog.

Good luck and we look forward to reading the comments as they come in.

Thank you to 2KM and 2KJ and Mrs Yollis for this great idea.

It’s time to see who our good photographers are in our second photo competition for our blog. You are invited to submit a photo that you took while on these holidays or a recent holiday. Your photo could be a spectacular view, a famous landmark, native animals or something unusual or strange.

Your photo needs to comply with the following rules.
1. The photo must be taken by you (a student in our class).
2. The photo must preferably not have people in it. If it does you should not be able to see their faces.
3. You must seek permission from your parents first, before emailing a photo or submitting it as a post.
4. Only one photo can be submitted.

Photos can be either emailed or submitted in a post.

When emailing please put in the subject line ‘Photo Competition (your name)’
email: sbaldock@nativity.catholic.edu.au

Entries close Friday 29th July @ 5pm

Have a look at our past photo competition and the winning photo.

Where did I go for my holidays?

Matilda was sent to us by Lucy a year 10 student from Geelong, Victoria. She is doing a project on communities. Matilda visited us to find out about our community. Matilda had a few questions for us. Our answers are below along with the photos our students took of the various special places around our Campus.

1. Why is the place you took a photo with matilda special to where you live?

The new playground is special, because it is a fun place to play and to get fit. (Luke)

The classroom, because if we did not have a classroom we would have to do our work outside. If it was raining our work would get soggy. (Alicia)

The gym, because we can do basketball, running, and netball and chasey. (Sean)

We like the PAC (Performing Arts Centre), because we all gather together and show our work that we do during assemblies. (Mikayla, Millie, and Izzy)

The playground , because we have lots of space to play and have fun. (Piper and Elise)

2. If you had one wish to change the world what would it be? Why?

To have more playgrounds around the world so  more kids can play on play grounds and get fit. (Luke)

To give people more money, because people are not getting enough money to feed their children, pets or themselves. (Alicia)

To make everyone trust each other. (Sean)

We wish that everything was made out of sweets, chips and chocolate except for people, because we love sweets. (Mikayla, Millie, and Izzy)

I would make the world made out of chocolate, sweets and last of all gummy bears and that they were all healthy. (Piper and Elise)

3. What do you like about where you live?

I like where I live, because we are close to parks. We are close to the school and  we are close to friends. (Luke)

That it is beautiful and I love listening to nature. (Alicia)

Home, because I have a big play room, big bedroom and a big back yard. (Sean)

We like Australia, because we have lots of animals like Koalas and Kangaroos. (Mikayla, Millie, and Izzy)

We love our homes. (Piper and Elise)

If you want to see more of Matilda’s adventures you can visit Matilda’s blog at

http://matildas-adventures.tumblr.com/.