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Children at Rochedale State School have a choice of two
languages to study - French or Chinese. They begin in Year 6 and continue to
Year 7 at our school, and Year 8 in High School.
All classes have a weekly Music lesson and have the
opportunity to be in the School Choirs or learn an instrument.
Physical Education is also a big part of our curriculum and our
kids compete in State Swimming Carnivals and Athletics Championships as well as
playing inter-school sports. Some of our
children have gone on to represent Queensland in these sports.
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Throughout the year, we'll bring you pictures and sports' results as well as
some Music, French and Chinese work.
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2007 - Chinese |
 In 2007, Chinese extended from Years 2 to 7.
Once again the students learnt about Chinese New Year and coloured some
calendars and made some new Year banners. Click on the image for some of the
work we did. |
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2006 |
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French |
 In
2006, French students took part in a lot of interesting activities including
a visit from a young French university student who participated in their
French lessons. Clément from Rouen in France shared lots of stories about
the cuisine and culture of his native Normandy. Click on the image for the
French report, |
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Chinese |
 2006
in the Chinese Calendar is the Year of the Dog. Year 7 Chinese students once
again took part in a
colouring competition to celebrate Chinese New Year, with the winners
being placed on our web site. Here's the winning entries from Ricci (7F)and Sheila-Ma (7B).
Click on the image to see their calendars and learn about the Year of the
Dog. |
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2005 - Chinese |
 Once
again this year Chinese students took part in a
colouring competition to celebrate Chinese New Year, with the winners
being placed on our web site. Here's the winning entries from
Jessica B. (7B) and Sean B. (6L). Click on the image to see their
calendars and learn about the Year of the Rooster. |
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2004 |
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Chinese
Trip |
French Page |
 As
the culmination of the Chinese Cultural and Language Studies Program for
2004, Year 7 students from Rochedale State School had the opportunity to
visit Sunnybank on 7 June, 2004. Click the photo for our photos. |
 Here's
our French page for 2004, with some new photos of the masks our classes
made for Shrove Tuesday as well as our work from previous years. |
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Chinese |
 Once again this year Chinese
students took took part in a
colouring competition to celebrate Chinese New Year, with the winners
being placed on our web site. Here's the winning entries from Victoria (6C), Jessica (7C) and Janarra (7S) . Click on the image to see their
calendars and learn about the
Year of the Monkey. |
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2003 |
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Art Samples |
Chinese |
 Here
is a page made by the Queensland Art Teachers Association (QATA)
featuring the work of some of our children at Rochedale State School.
Click on the picture to have a look at our great Art work. |
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8 September, 2003, Year 7 Chinese students from Rochedale State School
had the opportunity to visit Sunnybank. This included a tour of the
Sunnybank Shopping Plaza and a big Yum Cha Chinese lunch at the Chinese
Restaurant. Click the photo for some pictures. |
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Sports
Premiers |
French Page |
 In
2003, Rochedale State School fielded many sporting teams, both girls and
boys in sports such as Cricket, Netball, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis and Q
League. All teams displayed a great deal
of team spirit and fair play and were a credit to our school with their
efforts and behaviour. Of these teams, three were fortunate and played well
enough to win the Premiership for their grade. They were - Senior and Junior
Q League and the Junior Soccer team. Click the photo for our reports on
these teams. |
Here's our French Page
with some great Projects and Links to other French Pages. Come and read
about all the great activities we do in our French classes, including
our travel buddies, email projects and schoolwork. Have
a look at our Mardi Gras masks we made this year.
Click on the picture to read all about our French work. |
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Challenge
Room
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Chinese |
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Every Wednesday and Thursday lunch hour, children at
Rochedale State School can make use of the many challenging and
enjoyable games provided for their use. The Challenge Room as it is
called, is held in Mrs Crew's room where this is plenty of room for the
many children who come along in their lunch hour. Children can choose from games such as Chess, Checkers,
Backgammon, Draughts as well as several construction sets which they
really enjoy.
Click here
for some photos of the children enjoying the Challenge Room. |
 Once
again this year Chinese students took took part in a colouring competition
to celebrate Chinese New Year, with the winners being placed on our web site.
Here's the winning entries from Brooke and Stephanie. Click on the image to see
their calendars and learn about the Year of the Ram. |
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2002 |
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Chinese |
French Fashion Parade |
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Chinese
students took once again took part in a
colouring competition for Chinese New Year this year, with the winner
being placed on the web site. Here's the winning entry from Luci
and Brooke in Year 5. Click on the
image to see their work and read about Chinese New Year.. |
 On the Tuesday before Easter, all of the Year 6 classes
participated in a French parade. The fashions were not haute couture,
but all the commentaries were prepared by the mannequins in French. Disco music was played over the speaker system in the
hall as each model pranced, danced, skated or skipped on to the stage.
Click on the model for our photos. |
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2001 |
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Chinese |
Chinese |
 Chinese
students took part in a colouring
competition for Chinese New Year this year, with the winner being placed
on the web site. Here's the winning entry from Kelvin in Year 7. Click
on the image. |
 Year 5 and 6 students at Rochedale State School had a great
opportunity to learn how to play Chinese Tai Chi during 4th Term this
year. Click on the photo of Master Jane Wu and Mr Poon to have a look at our
photos. |
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2000 |
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Junior Sports
Star |
Chinese |
One of our Year 7 students has been awarded Junior
Sports Star for the month of September for her sporting achievements.
Click on the photo read the report. Full name and photos used with parents'
consent. |
 Students who
study Chinese have done some excellent projects during First Term of
2000. Here's some information on the Great Wall of China from Shaun and
Robert, and a great card that Shaun made for Chinese New Year. Click on
the pictures to see the children's work. |
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Sports Report |
Band and Choir
Concert |
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Our Netball teams have performed
extremely well this year.
Click here
to read their report. |
 On Tuesday, 27 July, the children of the school were
treated to a concert by the children in these choirs and those learning
an instrument. They played very well and kept the children entertained
for at least an hour. Click on the photo for some more photos of their
performance. |
