2009+Term+4

Lovely to have a visit from Veronica, with her baby, Alana, at the end of last term.

**The Coffs Harbour Busker's Festival** was held in the first week of the holidays. On the Wednesday, the Mall was closed off and shows were held all day. Can you see the college in the background? We had a great view from Training Room 1. Did YOU see any of the performances??? See more photos at the official website: []

**The Balloon Boy** http://www.reuters.com/ article/newsOne/ idUSTRE59E5H720091018
 * article about the balloon boy with short video
 * information about the movie "Danny Deckchair" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Danny_Deckchair
 * true story about the man "Lawnchair Larry" which is the inspiration for the 2 movies "Danny Deckchair" and "Up" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Walters
 * Official website of the Disney animated movie called "UP" [] with short trailer
 * If you don't think this could really happen, see this result on "Mythbusters" http://mythbustersresults.com/ pilot3
 * In April 2008, a Brazilian priest disappeared when he attempted a similar "Balloon flight" - see YouTube video of the news story: []

Link to website: [] EarthDay - But what Can I do?? - Upper Intermediate Lesson from www.selfaccess.com

Remembrance Day in Britain - Woodlands Junior School site Remembrance Day in Australia - Australian Culture Website
 * 11/11 REMEMBRANCE DAY  **[[image:http://images.whereilive.com.au/images/uploads/2009/11/11/c981220a946295d0437af626ff3982ea_resized.JPG caption="Melbourne pays tribute to war heroes on Remembrance Day"]]

= Excursion to Still Life Exhibition at the Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery = on 18th November, 2009 Here is a picture of our class, listening to a talk by the director of the art gallery Leigh Summers. Click on the picture to see more photos of the excursion. Wendy took photos of all the students next to their favourite painting. Click HERE to see these pictures and find out WHY the students liked them. Look at all the photos of the gallery excursion here on flickr

National Gallery of Art - Fun Interactive online ACTIITY - Make your own Still Life Some Still Life Paintings are very realistic, and others are very abstract, like this one by Picasso: