A Carson Street School

Newsletter, written by the

students, for the students

Hi everyone! We hope that you are all keeping well, whether you

are back learning at school or have been doing some fun learning

from home. Things have been very different recently but we are

excited that life is getting back to normal again and hope that,

with everyone washing their hands and staying home when they

are sick, we will see you all again very soon.

Thank you to Dallas for our ‘like words-cool’ new logo, which the

journalists voted as being much better than Sarah’s attempt!

We hope you enjoy the second edition of The Rainbow Reporter,

full of fun articles, written by your friends.

Learning From Home

Being at home was no excuse

for Amalie, Alisa and Imogen to

stop their learning. Amalie

joined in with the community

rainbow spirit by creating her

own beautiful piece of art for

display. Alisa had lots of

outdoors fun with a clever

homemade bubble wand.

Imogen kept in touch with her

neighbours by driving her cool

wheels. Great work girls!

Greengum Reviews

Minnie loves the keyboard. She

thinks it is ‘I like this– pretty-

excellent-cute-great-lucky’.

Ameliah is not sure about

the toy spider. She said ‘I

don’t like this-mean-silly’

Nate thinks this monster

truck is ‘I like this–

favourite-fun’.

Imogen loves these

shoes. She wants

you to know they

are ‘ I like it-not-

naughty-good-best

-favourite-please-

please-please-ok!’

If you’re looking for something new to play with, Greengum have

some top reviews that might help you to make a decision.

Nate Reviews...His Sister

On a recent visit to Greengum, Sarah asked Nate to review a

toy. He was happy to do this, but only after he had provided

a review of his absolute new favourite thing...Baby Evie.

Nate said ‘help-uh oh-more to say-I like this-yummy-beautiful-

that’s all I have to say about that.’

He confirmed that he helps when she does an uh oh and that he

thinks she is yummy and beautiful.

Congratulations Nate, and to your Mum, Dad and big brother, on

the arrival of little Evie. We are sure you will be an awesome big

brother to her Nate.

Interview with...Mr Saleo Where do you go besides home and school?

(Wayne)

‘I like to go for bike rides. I ride to the beach

and back which is fun.’

Do you like butterflies? (Talia)

‘I don’t just like butterflies, I love them!

When I was travelling around Australia

in a caravan we went to a butterfly

park and there were butterflies flying

all around everyone.’ Do you play music?

(Russell)

‘I used to play the guitar

but I’m not very good. I

like to listen to music,

especially from the 90’s.’

Are you happy with your bag? Are you

happy with your tissues?

(Musa)

‘The only bag I have is a backpack that I

use to go hiking, so when I am wearing it,

yes I am very happy.

I don’t really have to use tissues a lot but

yes I am happy with the ones we have.’

Do you like ‘Head, Shoulders,

Knees and Toes’ and ‘Row

Your Boat’? (Minnie)

‘If I had to pick one it would

be ‘Row Your Boat’ because I

like kayaking. I think it is

great fun.’

Do you go to the dentist?

(Ameliah)

‘I do go…but I don’t like going!’

(Asked whilst homeschooling in Term 1) Are you at school? (Adrien)

‘I didn't stop coming to school because I wanted to make sure it was ready

for anyone who wanted to be here. ‘

We Have Something To Say…

About Coronavirus Uh oh!!! We can’t have visitors to our school at the moment to read

the thoughts we put up on our communication board in The

Rainbow Room. To help out, we have put your thoughts here, so

you can share them at home with your families.

Parents and Carers, this is Term 2’s discussion about the children’s

thoughts on Covid-19. Their responses might be important for you

to talk about at home. Their Term 1 thoughts on likes and dislikes

will be sent home to you by the end of term.

Please note, not all students want to contribute to the discussion

and that is ok. We are here listening for when they do want to chat.

We have not included the comments of those students without

newsletter/ media permissions.

I don’t know

NORMAN

You need a health appointment.

JION

Where did it come from?

CHRISTOPHER S

I wanted to do something else and go to

the shops, not stay at home! AMALIE

I missed my friends. I went to

school from Nan’s house.

ADRIEN

I couldn’t go to the park. I got grumpy.

ELLAINE

I think it was cheeky. I think it was

great to be at home. SOPHIA

I feel sad about the coronavirus because everyone is going to get sick. I was

frustrated because I couldn't go out lots and sometimes the police fine people for

going outside. A

I felt hate. EMILY

We Have Something To Say…

About Coronavirus

Why did we have it?

ADAM

I was tired at home and needed to

move. MUSA

It was good, good being at

home. TALIA People were tired. It’s

not fair. EINAS

The coronavirus is bad and people are

dying. It’s really sad. I was a little bit

happy and a little bit sad to stay at

home. It was a little bit confusing not

to go out lots. SAMUEL

I don’t know about it.

TYLER K

I felt sad about it.

ZACK

It was scary.

RIDHAN

I couldn’t cuddle Nanna and Poppy. EVIE

There was some screaming,

there was some celebrating. I

believed and had faith and now

we can celebrate.

CHARLOTTE

It was bad and scary, I

don’t know. I don’t know.

FARIS

It was cheeky that we couldn’t go out.

DAMIEN

Staying at home was bad, mean, too

hard and difficult. MINNIE

I didn’t want to stay at home. It made

me tired. WAYNE

Not being able to go out lots was

sad. IMOGEN

I think the coronavirus is bad. I felt sad. I

stayed at home a lot. I didn’t mind staying at

home but I missed learning. I felt sad not

going outside. I watched a movie about a tiger.

KEN

I was sad. People were hurt and hot. It’s not

fair. MAHOOR

The skate park was closed so I was sad. I felt frustrated and angry. RYAN

Reading Corner

It was yummy. I liked the actions

and movements.

Ameliah– aged 6

It is boring because it is about

dinosaurs.

Amalie– aged 8

I didn’t like this book. It was

silly.

Talia-aged 8

Review of ‘Bumpus

Jumpus Dinosaurumpus!’

by Tony Mitton and Guy

Parker-Rees

It was good!

Tyler– aged 5

Out and About With Adrien

We may have had to stay at home a little more than usual but

we can still go for a nice walk to get some fresh air and daily

exercise. Our reporter on the scene, Adrien, gave his opinion

on the playground and park near his home, when he was

home schooling. Once he came back to school, he gave his

opinion on the school playground too.

Now that more things are open, you might be going out a bit more.

If you would like to send in a review of somewhere you have been,

you can be a guest Roving Reporter by emailing your review and a

photo to sarah.oneill2@education.wa.edu.au

Adrien thinks the park

near his house is

“Something’s Wrong– I

don’t like it-Boring!”

Adrien said that the school

playground is ‘I want to

show you something-new’

and agreed that the school

playground is much better.

Have You Heard About Our

STEM Room?

We are very lucky to have an exciting STEM room at school that

all classes can go and explore. We sent a team of top reporters in

to investigate and report back. Over to you REACH class...

“I like when you tap the sea animals, it makes noises, it’s exciting and you feel like you’re in the ocean!”

Samuel

“noises-water-happy”

Ken

“I like noises when you hit, sounds like (makes the noise) walrus noise-fart!” (giggling) Austin

Have You Heard About Our

STEM Room?

“My favourite was making the rainbow fish. I love playing with the connectors (magnetic tiles) “

“It’s cool! My favourite was the green light tornado and the red alarm.” Ryan

See You In Term 3 for another exciting edition

Faction Update The Faction Event for Term 2 was a Faction Quiz. Students answered

questions on Literacy, Numeracy, Values, STEM, and Entertainment, as well

as getting points for attempts to spell their name.

It was a tight race but the final scores have been added to Term 1’s total

and you can see the leaderboard below. How did your team do?

If things stay Covid-19 free in WA, we will be holding a Faction Sports Carnival

in Term 3. More information will come out next term with plenty of notice for

you to invite your own personal cheer squad along to watch!

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