Primary Classes

Primaries

YEAR 5

Back Row: Andre Lew, Callum Howarth, Richard Buckley, Alexander DiMedio, Nathanial Edwards, Adam Pentifallo, Harry Beech, Brendan Maher, Alexander Pagonis, Kevin Barry, Thomas Fisher, Isaac Moulton Second Row: Peter Lagaris, William Johns, Mitchell Clarke-Smith, Joe Giorgini, Aaron Li, Lachlan Smith, Nicholas Donaghey, Daniel Anastasio, Nathan Evans Seated: Lawrence Twirdy, Andrew Cuttler, Scott Callahan, Matthew Crosbie, Nicholas Clampett, Nicholas Cheung, Matthew Ghersi, Joshua Caruso Teacher: Mr Tim Curran Back Row: Joshua McGivern, Victor Jenkins, Anthony DeLuca, Jackson Harrington, Lachlan Pola, Frederick Jenkins Second Row: Patrick O’Grady, Kane Wilson, Brayden Maynard, Nicholas Edwards, Jordi Sahely Seated: Samuel Beckman, Daniel Leone, Henry Smith, Peter Manaveris, Joseph McClelland, Marcus Johns Absent: Wesley Agar, Evan Lianos Teachers: Mr Terry Atkins, Mrs Mary Thomas

Back Row: Mike Chen, Jordan Wilson, Fraser Nelson, Joshua Vitacca, Adam Okurowski, Jake Krelle, Jackson Wheeler, Marcus Spyrou, Costa Manaveris, Rhyard Sahely Second Row: Darcy Freeman, Rosario Iannucci, Alexander Stott, Jack Kroussoratis, James Buckley, David Steel, Daniel Ryan, Hayden McKertish, Joseph Maccora Seated: Andrew Rappos, Justin Yuan, Jordan Porozny, Aaron Gross, Jack Carlin, Charles Haley, Paul Masson, Patrick Vella Absent: Kevin Duong, Lachlan Miles Teacher: Mr Brett Wadley

A Collection of Collective Nouns By Year 5

A range of rabbits – Nat Edwards A party of Ghosts – Isaac Moulton An enemy of soldiers – Lawrence Twirdy A swarm of zombies – Josh Caruso A cloud of ships – Lachy Smith A vortex of people – Alex Pagonis A fireball of dragons – Richie Buckley A target of arrows – Callum Howarth A bridge of hobos – Scott Callahan A flake of sharks – Alex Di Medio A well of blood – Brendan Maher A pinch of crabs – Kevin Barry A rattle of snakes – Matthew Ghershi A gun of soldiers – Aaron Li A nip of crabs – Andre Lew A library of Lisa Simpsons – Matthew Crosbie A jungle of monkies – Tom Fisher A crash of cars – Nick Donaghey A sting of scorpions – Nick Clampett A flow of fish – Andrew Cuttler A battalion of bees – Nick Cheung A wearing of underwear – Mitch Clarke-Smith A river of cars – Joey Giorgini A trouble of extremists – Daniel Anastasio A shooting of soldiers – Nat Evans A covenant of elites – William Johns A slither of snakes – Adam Pentifallo An abduction of aliens – Peter Lagaris A delight of chocolates – Harry Beech and Richie Buckley

Hockey

In hocky you use a stick and ball If goalie, it helps if you are tall To score is great But it’s just fun to participate. Nathanial Edwards

Comments from Grade 4

“Grade 4 for us has been pretty good since the start of the year. Our teacher is Mr Atkins. But we call him Mr A. Mr A is an ok teacher because he always blames the class, even if we do something right. But usually he is just joking.” “Mr A is always trying to play tricks on us. Mr C is our next teacher in Grade 5; he is a great athlete. We wonder if next year we will have as much fun as we had this year.” “De La Salle has been great. At the start of the year school was very scary and Mr A was scary too. He is so funny because he tells such sick jokes. He is funny, particularly when he plays the spy game.” “When I knew he ran for a living I realized how fit he was. He is so fit and swims and rides bikes. He loves his car and drives it fast, everywhere. That is our funny teacher Mr A”. Love my dog See him jog When I’m low He licks my toes.

Josh Caruso

My Cat I love my cat She likes to scat, But she doesn’t strut When she sees my mutt! Kevin Barry

My dog is the best When she licks my chest She bites the hose Then she licks my nose. Lachlan Smith

Cats I love my cats When they lie on their mats It looks funny When they chase my bunnies. Lawrence Twirdy

Rockets

We finally launched our rockets! This exciting event took place at Caulfield Racecourse. The spectators had to stand 50m away from the launch pad (for safety reasons). Mr Curran loaded the engines and the igniters into each students rocket. And then lift off! Except for Andrew Cuttlers rocket-it lost its fins and crashed and burned. Witnessing this moment scarred the spectators! Towards the end of the morning the wind picked up and it was nearly too windy to launch any more rockets. But everyone still got a turn. (Sadly Nick and Alex’s rockets were lost).

Brown branches curl and twist, Its roots taking in all it needs to survive. It’s home for many creatures; Big and small, Yet times it’s removed from our civilised world. I am a tree, Big, thick and tall. My ears: the hollows My eyes: the bark I’m gone at Winter’s onslaught, As it swoops down slashing death. Far through the forest, His wild hooves crash and thunder. Till many a mighty branch; Is torn asunder And as he creeps to his hole by the river, My copper leaves fall And my friends the bare trees shiver And Night creeps from the ground, Hides each tree from his brother And each dying sound; Reveals yet another So cold is this; my sap runs cold, but we’re greeted by warm Spring’s breeze. His long white beard: Traps and keeps us warm; As our new birth Restores our spirituality. He throws us a cloak, To each and every one of us; As we sleep warm through tender love, His caring face, like God: as we leave This broken body and grow to be as once we were, Old as a turtle yet as young as a new-born lamb Kevin Duong

The Year 6 Excursion to Channel 9

In October De La Salle’s Year 6 went to the Studios of Channel 9. We had to wait outside until all was ready for us. We thought we were going straight in but we still had to wait! When we got in we saw everyone getting their makeup on. We had very good seats, right in the middle, but the only problem was that we had to tilt our heads to avoid the cameras, which were going this way and that. There were a few initial problems; a light was not working, which does not sound like much, but it makes a big difference when scores were going up by tens instead of fives! In commercial breaks Pete Smith would come out and entertain us by asking us questions and giving out prizes, I won a Home Alone DVD! Throughout the three recordings we saw there were errors: forgetting lines, intro music problems, and ‘lock out’, when two contestants press their buzzer at the same time. All in all it was a fantastic day and made us aware of what is involved in making a production viewed by thousands of people. Fraser Nelson and Joseph Maccora