WELCOME TO MUNDOO STATE SCHOOL!
We are a small school situated in a semi-rural area, 6km from Innisfail. Innisfail has a population of approximately 10,000 people and is 90km south of Cairns, North Queensland.
2011 was a great year for the students of Mundoo. What were just some of the highlights?
high standards set, strongly supported and achieved in Literacy and Numeracy
an excellent level of teacher and teacher-aide support per child
a numeracy coach to provide extra support to teachers and to students
Auslan is our Language Other Than English (LOTE)
a beautiful new library with state of the art facilities including thelatest wireless network system
a bank of wireless enabled laptops for the provision of more flexible learning
piano lessons for each child using our class set of piano keyboards
the development of self-confidence and public speaking skills through our Speaking and ListeningandPerforming Arts Programs
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Hello Fairy!
Wednesday, 31 August 2011 12:40
The following stop motion video was made independently and entirely (with the exception of added music & school logo at the end) by Gabrielle and Rylee at the Wednesday afternoon Film Club. They are both in grade two. It shows how accessible the stop motion software is when combined with a laptop webcam. They placed a white board on wheels in front of the laptop, started the stop-motion program, moulded their characters out of plastercine, and created what you see below.
Rainbow Facts by Year 1
Wednesday, 24 August 2011 16:37
Students throughout the school have been learning the art of stop-motion animation using SAM. Here are the Year Ones with "Rainbow Facts".
Auslan ABC
Monday, 15 August 2011 15:30
Students throughout the school have been studying AUSLAN. Some of the Prep/Yr1 students are shown here saying their ABCs.
Stop Motion Animation at Mundoo
Wednesday, 27 July 2011 13:15
Students have been creating short stop motion animations using our new laptops. The laptops come with an inbuilt camera making the whole stop motion process a lot easier.
The short clip below was made independently from start to finish by Year 7 students, Ashleigh and Max.
Year 567 Terrariums
Thursday, 23 June 2011 14:42
The Year 567 class have made Terrariums as part of their science unit. Some of them are pictured below. For more pictures please go to the Year 7 blog or click here.
Rachael's Terrarium
Friday, 10 June 2011 09:58
My terrarium is like a garden because it has a gnome and the gnome is looking after my plants and my worm. I think the worm died.
REACH - Regional Excellence in Arts and Culture Hubs - promotes quality Arts Education practice in schools across Far North Queensland and Mundoo State School is one of the 12 "Hub" schools.
The Showcase Awards for Excellence in Schools provides Queensland State Schools the chance to shine in the spotlight and the opportunity to share in more than $370 000 in grants. The Showcase program features eight categories which cover the phases of learning, academic excellence, inclusive or innovative practices, leadership and partnerships with industry or the community. The winners were announced at a Showcase gala dinner at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Friday October 29.
Mundoo Movie Makers
Friday, 12 February 2010 05:11
Click here to view movie Mundoo students are learning how to make movies as part of Mundoo State School's long running Speaking program. The program has been running now for over twenty years and has students presenting a major project, book reviews, news articles, short performances, and new for this year, one minute movies. We are making movies using Flip cameras and Windows Movie Maker. (The size of the movie above is about 2mb so may take a while to load depending on your connection. )
Cool School
Tuesday, 18 May 2010 01:11
The Year 3/4/5 class are taking a novel approach to energy conservation. For the next few weeks students in the class will be trying out a different kind of fridge – a chest freezer that uses a special gadget* to keep the inside temperature between 4-7 degrees celcius.
This Science & Sustainability project began at the beginning of term with students investigating the behaviour of hot and cold air. They learnt that cold air is heavier than hot air and whereas hot air rises, cold air sinks. So when you open the door of a traditional upright fridge, the cold air falls out the bottom (and you get cold feet). It takes a lot of energy to replace that cold air. A chest freezer however does not have that problem and is also better insulated than an upright fridge. It could potentially be ideal for storing school lunchboxes, as well as save the school energy and money.
The class have measured and compared the energy use and inside temperatures of both fridges. Early figures show that after 30 hours of use the upright fridge, with an inside temperature of 10ºc, had used 1.4kWh but the chest fridge, with an inside temperature of 5ºc, had used 0.7kWh. Students will continue monitoring both fridges, looking also at the user-friendliness of the chest fridge, and will report at the end of term whether or not the trial of the chest fridge was a success.
*Freezer-to-fridge gadget donated and created by Dr Chalko at www.mtbest.net
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