From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri Apr 27 16:01:27 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Introductions Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C30CC@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello fellow rappers Welcome to the Possum Magic Book Rap! My name is Mrs Scheffers and I am the Teacher Librarian at Caddies Creek Public School, in western Sydney. I 'll be co-ordinating this book rap. I'm sure we're all going to have such a fun time, sharing our ideas and feelings about this award winning book! I'm already feeling very excited and I can't wait to get started! This week, your rap task is to send an introductory class message, which describes your class / group and your school. You may wish to tell us about the location, size and any special features of your school. Please send your introductory messages to: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au In the subject box, please write "Introducing " then the name of your class / group and school. (eg. Introducing Class 1W from Caddies Creek PS). After you have read other schools' introductions, you may wish to plot them on a class wall map. I look forward to reading your introductory messages and to learning more about you and the schools you are from. Happy rapping, little possums! Mrs Scheffers Rap Co-ordinator -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070427/dc49e009/attachment.html From clarencetown at hotmail.com Mon Apr 30 09:21:18 2007 From: clarencetown at hotmail.com (Stacey Graham) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Mixed age group at Clarence Town Message-ID: Hello everyone, we attend Clarence Town Public School. This is our first book rap, we are excited to see where everyone is from and to use the new computer lab. We come from all different classes. Clarence Town is a small town about one hour from Newcastle. We live in the country and there are lots of native animals here - we sometimes have a koala on our school playground! Our town is on a river where lots of people like to camp. On the weekends we like to have sleepovers, swim in the river and play on our computers. Soccer and rugby are very popular. Our school has about 160 students. They are nice kids. We are lucky because our school is very new. Since we live in the coutry, lots of people have their own chickens to lay eggs for them, cows and horses. Some people even have alpacas! We are excited to hear about your schools! _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Silverchair: Young Modern – listen to full tracks plus win gig tickets! http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=772&referral=competitionpage&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/silverchair From Anne.Hodge2 at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Apr 30 15:32:32 2007 From: Anne.Hodge2 at education.nsw.gov.au (Hodge, Anne) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1S from Beaumont Road P.S. Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC03B1260B@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello everyone, We are in Year 1S and there are 22 of us. Our school is Beaumont Road Public School. It is in Killara in Sydney. There are about 300 children in the school. At school we love doing science and computers. At weekends we play soccer and tennis, go swimming and do athletics. We read Possum Magic last term when we were learning about nocturnal animals. It will be fun to do some different things now. This is our first bookrap, and we are very excited to find out where everyone else comes from. Year 1S -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070430/46439c17/attachment.html From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Apr 30 15:50:18 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing class 2/1B from Manly Village Public School Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156324@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Our school is Manly Village Public in Manly, a ferry ride from the city of Sydney. We are very lucky to live on the coast in a place that is known world wide for its wonderful beach. Our school is only 50 metres from the beach. We go there for our cross country and beach carnival. We have about 430 students in 18 classes. Our school is very old. It was built in 1858. We are a composite 2/1 class with 11 students in year 1 and 14 students in year 2. This is a special extension class. We can see the ocean from our window as we are on the first floor and on hot days we can feel the sea breeze. We love reading books. We have lots of indoor plants in our room. Our favourite sports are soccer, swimming, Eagle Tag. Many kids at our school do Nippers which is where we learn to be life-savers. This is really important as we spend lots of time swimming at the beach. We have a special gymnastics program at our school too. We are very excited to be taking part in the book rap. This is the first time our school has participated. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070430/7244cc04/attachment.html From MICHELLE.LARK at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 08:08:42 2007 From: MICHELLE.LARK at education.nsw.gov.au (LARK, MICHELLE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2L from Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4345C83@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Dear Rappers, We are class 2L from Caddies Creek Public School located in Glenwood, N.S.W. Our teacher is Miss Lark and we have 21 students in our class. Our school motto is based on our school initials - CCPS - Care, Challenge, Persist, Succeed. The main colour of our uniform is navy blue with maroon. In our classroom we earn raffle tickets for following instructions and the class rules. We draw 4 raffle tickets every Friday and the winners receive a prize. Some of our favourite things are books, bean bags to sit on to read our books, activities, turtles (not real ones!) and our 3 computers in the classroom . We are feeling happy and excited to be doing our very first Book Rap on Possum Magic with Mrs Scheffers, our librarian . We will also be looking at other books written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas in class . We can't wait to read your emails! Happy rapping, The 2L Lovely Possum Magic Rappers @ CCPS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/29e19033/attachment.html From ANTHONY.MOYES at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 08:16:52 2007 From: ANTHONY.MOYES at education.nsw.gov.au (MOYES, Anthony) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2A from Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D41964D6@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers, We are class 2A from Caddies Creek Public School. There are 13 boys and 10 girls in our class and Mr Moyes is our terrific teacher. At our school we are lucky enough to play lots of different sports. On Wednesdays we have Year 2 sport, which involves practising many important skills. During RFF lessons we do some fitness and the Primary students play PSSA sport. We have 6 Zebra Finches in a cage in our classroom, they are a bit noisy but we've got used to them. Our students enjoy playing Maths games and creating artworks. 2A's classroom is a demountable building at the very back corner of the playground. We have air-conditioning, 3 computers and a book corner. We have enjoyed reading Possum Magic and are feeling very happy about doing this "Book Rap" with you all. We hope you enjoy reading our introductory email, >From the 2A Amazing Possum Magic Rappers@CCPS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/3b93d18c/attachment.html From trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au Tue May 1 12:54:17 2007 From: trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au (trees 6) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Room 6 EPPS Message-ID: <53875.172.18.0.153.1177988057.squirrel@edsuite.decs.sa.edu.au> Hello, We are Room 6 Year 1's at East Para Primary School which is in a North East suburb of Adelaide. My class are Year 1 students and while this will be their 1st rap I have been involved in other raps in previous years. Possum Magic is one of our favourite stories, hence the reason we've joined this year and we are involved in find out more about Australain,our native animals and comparing them with our epals in USA, Scotland, Germany and Japan. Other rappers may be interested in joining the epals project too: www.epals.com We look forward to hearing more about other rappers too. Our school has 400 students from Reception to Year 7. Our class has 22 students in it- most of us are 6 years old. >From Mrs Furnell and Room 6 Rappers From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 13:25:23 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Stage 1 students of Penrith Public School Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7DB@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums! We are a small group of Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) students from Penrith Public School. We are from different English classes. At this school, we are in home classes and split up to have different teachers for English and mathematics. Our school is on a busy main road, High Street, that passes through Penrith in western Sydney. Penrith is almost at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Our main building had its 90th birthday this year so we had a Reading Picnic in the playground to celebrate. The building is the same age as Taronga Park Zoo, and 40 years older than "The Cat in the Hat". (We celebrated his birthday, too.) Our school colours are blue, red and white and we have four core values: Learning, Cooperating, Respect and Environment. We can win Good Ones and Gold Certificates for following the core values and our school rules. There are 392 children at our school. We are looking forward to reading "Possum Magic" and your rap responses with our teacher-librarian, Mr McLean. 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Our school is beautiful, we are surrounded by bushland and have a fantastic new fitness track on our large playground.We have a special room at our school called the Quiet room. It is a special place to relax. We enjoy playing sport such as soccer, football, tennis and hockey. Many children enjoy playing in the sandpit with trucks.Duranbah School is about 30km from the Queensland border but on the coast. See if you can find us! We have a special art shed at our school where we can enjoy art like clay, painting and paper sculpture.Our teacher Ms Young read Possum Magic to us today-we thought it was a fun book.This term we are investigating Australia so this book will help us to learn more about Australian animals, food and places. Guess what? Our teacher has just told us that we are going to the Currumbin Bird Sanctury this term to look at many Australian animals and to listen to Possum Magic being read with real possums! 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/21f9afe8/attachment.html From Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 19:18:04 2007 From: Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au (MAR, RENAE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap introduction from 1M and Mrs Mar Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D43FED24@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers! We are Rappers from 1M at caddies Creek Public School. There are 23 children in our class. Our teacher is Mrs Mar. Caddies Creek Public School has about 680 st6udents and is still growing. We started with 155 students in 2003. Our school is near Parklea Markets in Glenwood, Sydney. We have a toy castle in our room which we love to play with on Fridays. We have a laptop and a data projector in our classroom so we can check your e mails at anytime.We enjoy going to the computer lab, maths games, art and "Free play Friday" (if we have all our work completed). Last term we were lucky to have frogs and tadpoles in our classroom. After school and on the weekends we like to play on the computer, with our pets, play basketball, soccer and tennis. We are feeling happy about doing the Rap and we think we will be clever at answering the Rap Points. Bye for now Rappers from the 1M Magical Rapers @ Caddies Creek Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/b7f2dfb1/attachment.html From Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 22:33:50 2007 From: Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au (Gorham, Gail) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1 from Annandale North P.S. Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC038DBFED@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Everyone We are a Year 1 reading group at Annandale North P.S. There are 21 of us in this group and we come from three different Year 1 classes at our school to do reading activities for a short time each day. Our school is on Johnston St in Annandale. This is in the inner west of Sydney. There are 340 students from Kindergarten to Year 6 at our school and there are both boys and girls here. Our school is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. We don't have much playground space at our school but there is a park across the road. We are having a frog pond put in to one area of our playground right now. We also have a gymnastics programme at our school that we really enjoy. After school we like to play soccer and cricket. Some of us like to go to swimming lessons and dance class. We all really like to read, especially chapter books and maze books. This is the first time any of us has done a book rap and we are really looking forward to hearing from schools from different places. Year 1 ANPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/89f2d324/attachment.html From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 10:38:15 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap introducing class 2C from Manly Village Public school Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156325@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello we are the 'Magic Aussie Possums' from Manly Village Public School in Manly, Sydney. We are a year 2 class and we are taking part in our very first Book Rap with our Teacher Librarian, Mrs Neill. We love reading and we are very excited to be able to rap with students from all around Australia. We have a map in the Library and we are locating all the schools as we read the emails. We have a Computer Lab at our school so we will all be able to check our own emails. We also have a Smart Board in the Library which is lots of fun. Our teacher Mrs Smith is teaching us recorder. Lots of famous people have attended our school. Our Library and Technology Room is named after Sir Roden Cutler, a former Governor General of our state NSW and winner of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery. One of our parents, Belinda Murrell is a children's author. She has written the Sun Sword Trilogy. You may have her books in your school library. We are looking forward to our first activity next week Class 2C -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/89ca41b8/attachment.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 11:14:57 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap introducing 1/2M Message-ID: Dear Rappers, We go to Coffs Harbour Public School. We are in 1/2M. Our teachers name is Mrs Mifsud. Coffs Harbour is a city near the beach. Can you find it on the map? We enjoy going to the library where Mrs Howlin reads us interesting stories. In the computer room Mrs Grace is helping us make a movie. It is alot of fun. All these teachers are helping us with the book rap. It was fun this morning reading the introductions from other schools. We think it will be fun doing the book rap. Your beachside rappers 1/2M Coffs harbour Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/0022c80a/attachment.html From library at stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au Wed May 2 13:26:44 2007 From: library at stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au (library@stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1 Green at St Clare's, Narellan Vale Message-ID: <20070502032645.4D0F41FD08@adm1-mta.cn1.myschools.net> Hello everyone, Narellan Vale is an outer suburb of Sydney near Camden. There are 29 children in 1 Green with 16 girls and 13 boys. We have a large grassy playground and a big shaded, asphalt area for assembly. Our school is 14 years old but Narellan has just celebrated 180 years of white settlement. There is a large library here and we love borrowing and we love reading. There are lots of classrooms because we have 621 children at St Clare's. We love our Art lessons and we have just created some caterpillars. Thank you for all your stories - we have enjoyed finding out about your schools. The children of Year 1 Green. --- library@stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au http://www.stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au/ From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 13:29:30 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2L -Hassall Grove P.S. Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA14@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers, We are 2L at Hassall Grove Public School near Blacktown in Sydney. Our teacher is Mrs. Howard and we have 23 children in our class. Our school is very big. We have 830 students at Hassall Grove. We love to write recounts on Mondays in our class. We are very excited about the Possum Magic Book Rap. We will talk to you soon. Happy Rapping from 2L -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In our item we are reading the book and doing actions for the words as well as using an Australian map to show where the Possums travelled. In our HSIE books we have glued in a map of Australia and put on the capital cities, states and also the oceans. We are feeling excited and proud to be taking part in the Rap. We are looking forward to sending many spectacular e-mails and receiving yours. Goodbye for now, Rap again soon >From the 2N Nice Native Possum Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/88b985a9/attachment.html From RHONDA.PARNIS at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 13:55:12 2007 From: RHONDA.PARNIS at education.nsw.gov.au (PARNIS, Rhonda) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1C Message-ID: <3EABBD9285DC944689D075A8C1CC1C7218496E@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello everyone, We go to Sherwood Grange Primary School. Our school is in Merrylands in Sydney's western suburbs. Our teacher is Mrs Parnis in the Library. There are 22 children in our class and 284 in our school. There are 11 classes in our school. We have an oval and 2 other playgrounds as well as a basketball court to play on. We hope to learn more about Australi and possums as well as emailing to all over Australia during this bookrap which is our first! 1C -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/be3d32ab/attachment.html From RHONDA.PARNIS at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 13:56:14 2007 From: RHONDA.PARNIS at education.nsw.gov.au (PARNIS, Rhonda) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1M Message-ID: <3EABBD9285DC944689D075A8C1CC1C7218496F@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello everyone, We go to Sherwood Grange Primary School. Our school is in Merrylands in Sydney's western suburbs. Our teacher is Mrs Parnis in the Library. There are 22 children in our class and 284 in our school. There are 11 classes in our school. We have an oval and 2 other playgrounds as well as a basketball court to play on. We hope to learn more about Australi and possums as well as emailing to all over Australia during this bookrap which is our first! 1M -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/03a93d61/attachment.html From Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Wed May 2 14:47:03 2007 From: Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au (Rachel McSeveny) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2M Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Dear rappers, We are 2M at Caddies Creek Public School. There are 24 students in our class and our teacher is Miss McSeveny. At school our class enjoys doing Maths, Drama, Music and Computers in our classroom. We enjoy skipping, rugby league, going to the library and handball at lunchtime. Out of school we enjoy dancing classes, swimming lessons, cheerleading, playing with our toys and playing sport. Our class is very keen to start doing this book rap. We are looking forward to learning about "Possum Magic", reading emails and having lots of fun. Goodbye fellow rappers, >From the Magnificently Mysterious 2M rappers @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/fa5ed16d/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 16:00:11 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1E Eastern Creek Public School Message-ID: Hello, We are 1E at Eastern Creek Public School. We have 25 children in our class, 19 girls and 6 boys. We wear a green and white uniform. Our school is near Eastern Creek Raceway and the Lighthorse Interchange on the M7. We are very excited about being in the rap. Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/7eba93b0/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 16:02:22 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1/2C at Eastern Creek Public School Message-ID: Hello, Our class is 1/2C and we have 24 children in our class. We have 10 boys and 14 girls. We are kind, caring and always share. Our school is in western Sydney near the Rooty Hill Rural Fire Station, the M7 and Eastern Creek Raceway. We can't wait to begin rapping. 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We have a book corner and we use chair bags to keep our things in. We like reading Possum Magic because Grandma Poss can do magic and she turned Hush invisible. We are feeling happy about doing the book rap. We are looking forward to reading your e-mails. From the 1H Happy, Heavenly rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/801271df/attachment.html From ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 3 09:23:38 2007 From: ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au (ALLEN, Elisa-jane) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:36 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2/3A from Queanbeyan Public School Message-ID: <1161AB0875980244A8BEB35F1EBE710D58898B@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers! We come from Queanbeyan Public School. Our class name is 2/3A and we are kind and caring people. Our class has students from year 2 and year 3 in it. There are 26 students altogether. In our class we work hard in all areas and enjoy our learning. We make new friends and have fun. We are doing this book rap with Ms Allen, our class teacher, and Mrs Turner, our teacher/librarian. We are really happy about doing our very first book rap. We have about 750 students in our whole school. Our school is quite old because the first building was built in 1877. Our school uniform is maroon, white and grey. We live in Australia, in New South Wales, in Queanbeyan. Queanbeyan is three hours in a car from Sydney and twenty minutes in a car from Canber ra. See if you can find us on a map! The Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In our class we work hard in all areas and enjoy our learning. We make new friends and have fun. We are doing this book rap with Ms Allen, our class teacher, and Mrs Turner, our teacher/librarian. We are really happy about doing our very first book rap. We have about 750 students in our whole school. Our school is quite old because the first building was built in 1877. Our school uniform is maroon, white and grey. We live in Australia, in New South Wales, in Queanbeyan. Queanbeyan is three hours in a car from Sydney and twenty minutes in a car from Canberra. See if you can find us on a map! The Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is covered so we can walk around our school when it is raining. There are 13 demountable classrooms in our school because our school is very big and has grown very quickly in the four years it has been opened. 2/6A has a special new playground in the Support Unit. It has a rockclimbing wall. It has two slides and a twirly pole. Our class is near the front of the school. It is a brown brick building and has wide windows. Class 1D will be reading more Mem Fox books and 2/6A will be finding out more about possums. Students in 1D enjoy doing maths, handwriting and singing. Students in 2/6A like to use the computer. Every day we write in our diaries and we type them on the computer and publish our stories. We are very excited to be part of the Book Rap. We are looking forward to reading your emails, finding out where you all live in Australia and making class displays. It has been rap-tastic rapping with you. Rap ya later. >From the 1Delightful Rappers & 2/6Amazing Rappers @ Caddies Creek Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070503/68ebc2f1/attachment.html From ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 3 10:37:30 2007 From: ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au (LARGE, Alison) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1/2E from Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D42CC179@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers, We are class 1/2E from Caddies Creek Public School, which is in Glenwood Sydney. There are 23 children in our class altogether, 14 Year 1 students and 9 Year 2 students. Our teacher is Miss Large and our helper is Mrs Corbett. At Caddies Creek we have children from many different countries. In our class we have children from Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Poland, Africa, China, Italy, Sri Lanka, India, Mauritius, England and Pakistan. Class 1/2E enjoys doing puzzles, reading books, playing games, using the computers, art, singing and dancing. Our class has 2 goldfish and 1 white fish in a fish tank. We have lots of fun in our classroom. Everyone is feeling very happy and excited about being part of the Book Rap. Bye for now Rappers, from the Excellent 1/2E rappers @ CCPS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070503/0c21126a/attachment.html From Felicity.McMaster at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 3 11:50:08 2007 From: Felicity.McMaster at education.nsw.gov.au (MCMASTER, Felicity) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Hello from Kinder Koalas Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC03C410E2@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello everybody. We are the Kinder Koalas and we are all in Kindergarten at Coolah Central School. Coolah is located between Mudgee, Dubbo and Tamworth in central west NSW. We have 17 people in our class. There are 5 girls and 12 boys. Our teacher is Mrs Simmons and we are doing this possum magic wrap with Mrs McMaster our librarian. This is our very first book rap and it great look at all the emails from other rapper. See you next week. >From Kinder -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If we do our work well we get to use the computers. We have a map of Australia that we are going to paint and a beautiful picture of Grandma Poss and Hush. In 3/5S we have musical instruments and we enjoy handwriting. We also love to read books. We are feeling really special because we are allowed to join the Rap. We are looking forward to reading everyone's emails, and finding out where everyone is on the map as well as working with all the students in our group. We will rap with you on Friday. >From 1W Wizardly Rappers, 1/2P Perfect People Rappers and 3/5S Spectacular Student Rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are very happy and excited about doing the book rap and looking forward to reading your emails. Do you know that our favourite part of Possum Magic is when Grandma Poss turned Hush invisible and when they travelled around Australia to find a spell to turn Hush visible again? Bye for now. >From 1S Superstar Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070503/7fe76942/attachment.html From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 3 16:22:35 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1D at St Kieran Catholic Primary School Message-ID: <36035.203.36.44.15.1178173355.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Book Rappers, We are Year 1D at St Kieran Catholic Primary School in Tuart Hill, Western Australia. Tuart Hill is north of the city of Perth in WA. We've got thirty people in our class. We like to go to the Library and borrow and read books, do collages, run and do sport. Possum Magic is a very good book because it has a very good colourful cover. We are happy to do this Book Rap because we can send our message to other schools. We like to read Emails from other schools. Year 1D at St Kieran in Perth. From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 3 17:00:26 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1B at St Kieran Catholic Primary School Message-ID: <49023.203.36.44.17.1178175626.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Book Rappers in Australia, We are Year 1B at St Kieran Catholic Primary School in Perth Western Australia. Our school is in Tuart Hill. There are 29 people in our class. We like doing Art, Dance, Footie, other sports, Library, Italian, holidays, swimming, playing games, watching movies, going to gym and having free play. We like PossumMagic because the characters travel around and get to do different stuff and eat some foods that aren't in Western Australia. We like doing the Book Rap because we get to speak to other schools in Australia. The Book Rappers from Mrs Barrett's and Mr Diek's Library class. From NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 4 08:57:48 2007 From: NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au (JOHNSON, Neroli) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 3/4S from Manning Gardens PS Message-ID: <4F34DC507E2C734C8831CBFA77D41B4125E9F2@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers! We are in class 3/4S.Mrs Smith is our teacher. We are the first class at our school to try rapping. Our school has 230 boys and girls, a new pre-school, classes K-6 and a special Support Unit. Do you have a support unit or pre-school at your school? We are really looking forward to reading your emails. We made a special possum box to carry your emails from our library to our classroom. from 3/4S the Magic Garden Possums in the Manning! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/6bad4c0d/attachment.html From ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 4 10:59:59 2007 From: ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au (Feneley, Elizabeth) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Class 2N from Marayong Public School Message-ID: Dear everyone, Our class is called 2N and we come from Marayong Public School. Our school is in Marayong, which is near Blacktown in western Sydney. We have over 500 students in our school. Our school is quite old but we are getting a nice, new hall- so our school is full of machinery and workers at the moment. Our school colours are green and gold and our school motto is 'Learn by Doing'. Our teacher is Mrs Nolland and we have a lovely classroom. There are 24 students in our class- there are 15 boys and 9 girls. We like art and craft, playing with friends, music and coming down to the library. We love doing 'Footsteps', which is a special dance class running at our school. We are looking forward to reading your emails. This is 2N's first Book Rap. >From 2N. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/2bd3fc51/attachment.html From year.23t at ntschools.net Fri May 4 11:07:04 2007 From: year.23t at ntschools.net (year 23t) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 2/3 T from Sadadeen PS Alice Springs Message-ID: <8EFC3364B2363B47AB56331606107F1C1B7663@DRWNT-EV2.ntschools.net> Hello everyone We are year 2/3 T. We go to Sadadeen Primary School in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Alice Springs is in the middle of Australia and we live in a desert. There are lots of things to do here; some of us play netball and soccer. Some of the boys ride motorbikes. It is fun to go outbush on the weekends and visit waterholes or go hunting for bush tucker with our families. In our class we have 11 boys and 7 girls. At our school we have about 200 students. The name of our school came from an Afghan cameleer who used to bring supplies to the people living here with his camels before trains and planes We are just learning how to use email and it is really good to see all the mail waiting for us each day from other rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This week we read "Possum Magic" and he pretended to make us all invisible like Hush. Mrs Brady couldn't see us hiding under the library table. >From SCLB, Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/f0c72e36/attachment.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 4 14:28:55 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Co-ordinator's message about Rap Point1 Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3101@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possum Magic Rappers What a wonderful job you all did sending your rap introductions! The response has been overwhelming with over 30 classes / schools from across Australia (city and country N.S.W., Western Australia, Queensland and the A.C.T.) participating in this very special book rap! It's been so exciting reading about your different schools' locations, sizes and special features. It's interesting to discover how similar or different some schools are! I'm sure some of you have had great fun locating the various schools on your rap maps! If you haven't yet posted your introductory e-mail, it's not too late! We'd love to read about your class and have you join us on this thrilling Possum Magic adventure! Just post your introduction whenever you get the time. Reading all of the book rap e-mails can be an enormous job, because of the large number of classes taking part. Your class / group may wish to select about 5 schools or particular classes to focus on, for the remainder of the book rap. Now that we've introduced ourselves, it's time to tackle the first rap point! Rap point 1 Term 2, Week 3: week beginning 7 May 2007 Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made wombats blue and kookaburras pink. She made dingos smile and emus shrink. a) What other bush magic do you think Grandma Poss could perform? Create a verse that describes Grandma Poss' magical powers. Use Mem Fox's writing style to help you. For example: She made goannas fly and bilbies frown. She made wallabies swim and cockatoos brown. But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. What adventures Hush had! b) Invent two or three other enjoyable adventures for Hush whilst she was invisible. For example: Because she couldn't be seen she could tickle old wombat. Post a class response to the rap at: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au In the subject box, please type Rap Point 1 from, then your class and school. (eg. Rap Point 1 from Class 2A Caddies Creek PS) Your class might wish to respond to the comments from other rappers via the rap. I look forward to reading your fantastic Rap Point 1 responses! 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/076e10e2/attachment.html From srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au Fri May 4 15:13:40 2007 From: srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au (Sally Rasaiah) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1 from Kambala School Message-ID: <9D3F537E-C323-462A-B5E6-B8FD29A83781@kambala.nsw.edu.au> Dear friends We are in Year 1 in Massie House at Kambala. There are 8 classes in Massie House from Prep to Year 2. Our school is a girls' school in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney. We can see Sydney Harbour from our windows and watch boats and ferries going past. Kambala is a very old school and it is having its 120 year anniversary this year. Our classrooms are very nice and our classes are kind and caring. We are doing this book rap with Mrs Rasaiah in the library and we are excited about doing a book rap with other schools. We especially like reading about where the schools are in Australia and putting them on a big map. from 1H and 1J -- Caution: This email (including all attachments) is intended solely for the addressee. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Kambala. From Mary.Bonello2 at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 4 17:52:42 2007 From: Mary.Bonello2 at education.nsw.gov.au (Bonello, Mary) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Class 2B from Plumpton P.S. Message-ID: <7821E8FE6FD37A4EB22F46E0E0FFC5626C2122@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello, We are in 2B and we go to Plumpton Public School. Our school is located in the western suburbs of Sydney and our uniform is black and yellow. We are proud of our school and we try to be (bee) a learner, be respectful and be safe. Our teacher is Miss Bonello. We share our library time with 2K and read lots of great books. During our library lesson Mrs Bailey our librarian read Possum Magic. We wished we could be invisible like Hush. We look forward to reading your emails. >From 2B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/07f7f4dd/attachment.html From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 7 13:48:04 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 - 2L Hassall Grove P.S. Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA17@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers, Hope you like our poem. She made snakes shake and Kangaroos talk She made Tasmanian Devils laugh and Barramundi walk. Hush could go on these adventures if she was invisible She could ride on a crocodile's back. She could hop into a kangaroos pouch and go for a free ride. We will rap next week. Bye from 2L Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070507/e7a901f6/attachment.html From PAULINE.BENTHAM at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 7 14:23:28 2007 From: PAULINE.BENTHAM at education.nsw.gov.au (BENTHAM, PAULINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1/2B from The Meadows PS Message-ID: <2333F4223E781042AB0731C92ED083B65DE21E@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Possum Rappers, Our class is 1/2B. We have 23 students in our class. There are 11 girls and 12 boys. Our teacher is Mrs Bentham and Mrs Brettle our librarian is helping us with the rap. Our school is located in Seven Hills in Western Sydney. We love our school because we love to read books and have fun reading. We do lots of activities in our class. We like reading books by Mem Fox. >From The Meadows Rappers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070507/d6a87179/attachment.html From JULIE.GRAZOTIS at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 7 14:30:36 2007 From: JULIE.GRAZOTIS at education.nsw.gov.au (GRAZOTIS, Julie) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap introduction Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC03955B73@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possum magic friends, We are Year 1 and 2 students at Werrington P.S. This is our first book rap. We read Possum magic, have you? We liked the part when Hush was invisible. >From 1/2T Julie Grazotis Teacher Librarian Werrington P.S -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We hope you enjoy reading our response 2/1B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070507/9be066c6/attachment.html From MELINDA.KENT1 at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 10:34:03 2007 From: MELINDA.KENT1 at education.nsw.gov.au (KENT, Melinda) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap FW: Introducing Year 1/2 from Ashford Central School References: Message-ID: ________________________________ From: KENT, Melinda Sent: Thu 3/05/2007 10:43 AM To: possummagic07_rap@itusw1.itbcorpweb.det.nsw.edu.au Subject: Introducing Year 1/2 from Ashford Central School Hello Rappers, We are class1/2, from Ashford Central School which is located in north-western NSW, close to the QLD border. Our town has a population of 500. We are a central school with classes from kindergarten to Year 12. The primary kids are called "yellow shirts" and the secondary kids are called "white shirts". Maybe you can guess why!!!! We have 170 students at our school, and 22 are in our class. Our school moto is "Play the Game". As a whole we really enjoy art, maths games and going to the computer lab. On weekends we do an assortment of activities which include, motorbike riding, playing cricket, fishing, horse riding, helping mum and dad round up sheep and catching up with friends. We are looking forward to participating in this rap and meeting everybody from different schools. We already enjoyed listening to Miss Kent read Possum Magic. Talk soon The Year 1/2 Rapping Possums and Miss Kent (TL) This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here is our group response to Rap Point 1: a) Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made kangaroos backflip and grey nurse sharks fly. She made goldfish mean and wallabies dye (themselves yellow and green). But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. What adventures Hush had! b) Because Hush couldn't be seen she could ride on quolls' tails. Because she couldn't be seen she could tickle scaly, angry crocodiles. Because she couldn't be seen she could jump onto a Tasmanian tiger's back. Because she couldn't be seen she could be here in the library right now! >From Stage 1 English at Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Anyway back to Rap Point 1: We had a bit of a struggle coming up with some creative ideas but here is what we managed to write: (after Mrs Scheffer's horror when the computer ate our first draft and we had to try and remember what we had written) It is slightly different from the original but 2L decided that they like this one better anyway!) A) Adventures: Because she couldn't be seen Hush could ride on wallabies. Because she couldn't be seen Hush could swim past crocodiles. Because she couldn't be seen Hush could tickle a koala. B) Bush Magic: Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made blue-tongued lizards dance And koalas gold. She made cockatoos cackle And wallabies wrinkly and old. We are really having a lot of fun with this. Looking forward to reading your creative ideas too! The 2L Lovely Rappers @ Caddies Creek PS and Miss Lark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Looking forward to reading the book rap messages good bye, from Year 2 Raving Rappers. -- From milbrulong-p.school at det.nsw.edu.au Tue May 8 15:12:56 2007 From: milbrulong-p.school at det.nsw.edu.au (School, Milbrulong-p) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 Message-ID: <1DC0410153C00F4EBC54EB33EF645AB41218BD@ITFEXCH7.is-mail.det.win> Here are our poems She made fish breath out fire and bilbies skate She made snakes knot and kangaroos late. that was David's She made kangaroos slide and goannas hug She made parrots white and lizards smug from Ashleigh She made echidnas smooth and lizards brave She made koalas dance and snakes wave. from Vicki From Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Tue May 8 15:17:09 2007 From: Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au (Rachel McSeveny) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 2M Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: Dear Rappers, We hope you like our ideas for Rap Point 1... Adventures She made wallabies spiky And crocodiles sing. She made echidnas burp And red back spiders spring. Bushmagic Because she couldn't be seen she: * could sneak other animal's food. * could always win at hide-and-seek. * could walk past dangerous creatures. Happy Rapping, 2M (Caddies Creek Public School) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/ddb020b2/attachment.html From lyn.howlin at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 15:35:03 2007 From: lyn.howlin at education.nsw.gov.au (Lyn Howlin) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 11/2G Coffs Harbour Public School Message-ID: <000601c79132$a0ebaaa0$45e60d0a@coffsharbp.schools.nsw.edu.au> We had fun writing our lines. We hope you like them too. She made koalas dance and bilbies sing. She made emus laugh and platypus swing. >From 1/2G the funky rappers Coffs Harbour Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/4d5a4e23/attachment.html From lhunt at larp.lism.catholic.edu.au Tue May 8 15:38:18 2007 From: lhunt at larp.lism.catholic.edu.au (Lachlan Hunt) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from Year 2, St. Joseph's, Laurieton Message-ID: <1178602698.8364529clhunt@larp.lism.catholic.edu.au> Hi Happy Rappers, Here is Rap Point 1. We only had enough time to complete part a) as we are only rapping in our library time with Mrs Aldridge.Here is our group response to Rap Point 1: Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made sharks walk and crocodiles fly. She made possums do acrobatics and cockroaches die. But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. -- From lyn.howlin at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 15:39:02 2007 From: lyn.howlin at education.nsw.gov.au (Lyn Howlin) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 1/2 C Coffs Harbour Public School Message-ID: <000601c79133$2f4d8e80$45e60d0a@coffsharbp.schools.nsw.edu.au> Hi All, . Here is our rhyme about Grandma's Bush Magic. She made Koalas swim and platypus cry. She made crocodiles climb and kangaroos fly. >From the 1/2C Rappers at Coffs Harbour Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/330416b2/attachment.html From Jane.McKenzie3 at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 17:41:21 2007 From: Jane.McKenzie3 at education.nsw.gov.au (McKenzie, JANE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1Q from Quirindi Public School Message-ID: Hello possum rappers We are 1Q from Quirindi Public School (QPS). QPS is about 60km south of Tamworth. OUr school has 327 students with 14 classes. Our school colours are maroon, grey yellow and white. This is the first time we have done a book rap and we are looking forward to hearing what everyone writes about Possum Magic. Our librarian Mrs McKenzie is going to do the book rap with us during our Information Centre lessons. We like playing sport, using computers and learning new things. We are very lucky to have two teachers and two teacher aids in our class. >From 1Q -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/0fe11b99/attachment.html From Jane.McKenzie3 at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 17:44:42 2007 From: Jane.McKenzie3 at education.nsw.gov.au (McKenzie, JANE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1C from Quirindi Public School Message-ID: Dear rappers We are from Quirindi Public School and we are in Year 1. There are over 300 students at our school. We wish we could see the beach from our classroom! We love our school and our beautiful teacher Miss Cotton. Our librarian Mrs McKenzie will be doing the book rap with us when we go to the Information Centre. We are looking forward to reading all the things others have to say about Possum Magic. We have read the book and think Mem Fox is a great writer and the illustrator Julie Vivas has done an amazing job! >From 1C -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/9a391da2/attachment.html From EMILY.CATTELL at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 18:59:38 2007 From: EMILY.CATTELL at education.nsw.gov.au (CATTELL, Emily) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1C from Plumpton Public School Message-ID: <7821E8FE6FD37A4EB22F46E0E0FFC5621BC40B@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello! We are 1C from Plumpton Public School. Our school is located in Western Sydney and there are 540 students at our school, 21 being in our class. At Plumpton we aim to be safe, respectful learners. Our teacher is Miss Cattell and we go to the library for team taught library lessons every Thursday with Mrs Bailey, our librarian, as well as 1B and Miss Barker. Mrs Bailey read Possum Magic to us and we loved it! We wish we could be invisible just like Hush. We're every excited about doing this book rap and look forward to our new challenges each week. We look forward to reading your responses. >From 1C and Miss Cattell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/a57c7b7a/attachment.html From KRISTY.MACMURRAY at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 12:26:24 2007 From: KRISTY.MACMURRAY at education.nsw.gov.au (MACMURRAY, KRISTY) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Class 2K from Plumpton Public School Message-ID: <7821E8FE6FD37A4EB22F46E0E0FFC5622FD97C@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello, We are in Year 2. Our class is called 2K. We go to Plumpton Public School. It is located in Western Sydney in the Mt Druitt District. P.P.S has about 540 students. In 2K we have 24 students. Our school uniform is yellow, black and red. They are the traditional Aboriginal colours. Our teachers name is Ms Mac Murray. During Library we will be reading books which we will e-mail you about. Today we read Possum Magic with our Librarian Mrs Bailey. We loved listening to the story and esspecially liked when Hush was invisible. We share our library time with 2B and Miss Bonello, it is great fun. Thank you for reading our e-mail. 2K -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/31d627f4/attachment.html From ANTHONY.MOYES at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 12:53:21 2007 From: ANTHONY.MOYES at education.nsw.gov.au (MOYES, Anthony) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 - 2A Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D41964E7@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> G'day fellow Rappers, We hope you enjoy our Rap Point 1 reponses. Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made Brown Snakes rainbow and Geckos large. She made Platypuses feathery and Kookaburras charge. Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: ? Could steal a dingo's dinner ? Could ride on a wallaby's back ? Could hide in a kangaroo's pouch ? Could get knocked off a branch by a parrot We look forward to rapping again soon, >From the 2A Amazingly Awesome Possum Magic Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Rap point 2 Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: * could sneak behind Tasmanian Devils * could fly on the back of an Eagle * could tease a crocodile Till next time, from 1/2E Excellent Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/cf3ef807/attachment.html From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 13:48:25 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2S and 2N - Hassall Grove P.S. Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA1D@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers, We are the possums in 2S and 2N at Hassall Grove Public school. We are in the western suburbs of Sydney. We are one of the biggest schools in N.S.W. We have 830 students in our school. Our teachers are Mrs Aboui, Ms Nayda and Mrs Aleemullah. Possum Magic is a great book because we like Hush being invisible. Happy Rapping from 2N and 2S Possums. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/1b2eb3ff/attachment.html From Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 16:45:01 2007 From: Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au (Gorham, Gail) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from Year 1 at Annandale North PS Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC038DBFEE@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers We all wrote our own verses to describe things that Grandma Poss could do. Then we all voted and these are our favourite two. Grandma Poss made bush magic She made possums fly and crocodiles small. She made echidnas cry and wallabies tall. She made taipans jump and pythons walk. She made crocodiles short and fruit bats talk. We had lots and lots of ideas about what Hush could do while she was invisible. These are some of them. Because she couldn't be seen she could swim with crocodiles without being eaten. Because she couldn't be seen she could pull lizards' tails. Because she couldn't be seen she could have rides on emus Because she couldn't be seen she could fly on fruit bats. We had heaps of fun doing this. Hope you enjoy our ideas. Year 1 Reading Group at Annandale North Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/4d2e49fa/attachment.html From Natasha.EYLES at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 20:30:19 2007 From: Natasha.EYLES at education.nsw.gov.au (EYLES, Natasha) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1/2E from Plumpton Public Message-ID: <7821E8FE6FD37A4EB22F46E0E0FFC5626DF3A6@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi all!!! We are in 1/2E at Plumpton Public in western Sydney. We have about 530 people at our school and our school has just started sponsoring a girl from Africa. Our teacher is Mrs Eyles. We go to the library every Tuesday with 1/2F and our librarian is Mrs Bailey. We like listening to her read books to us. We LOVE Possum Magic and we are very excited to be involved in our first book rap. We have just thought up lots of other things that Hush can do when she is invisible - it was fun. >From 1/2E -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. >From ESL Rappers at Penrith Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/df1d1977/attachment.html From JENNIFER.DEZIUS at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 09:36:42 2007 From: JENNIFER.DEZIUS at education.nsw.gov.au (DEZIUS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing K/1 Bundarra Central Message-ID: Dear Book Rappers We are the boys and girls from Bundarra Central School K/1 class. There are 16 pupils in our class. Our teachers are Miss Williams and Mrs Robinson. Our library teacher is Mrs Dezius. Bundarra has some houses and a long bridge over the Gwydir River. Our school has lots of library books and a flying fox. There are special autumn trees that give us lots of shade. We can see cows in the paddocks and have some school sheep. from K/1 BCS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/beaebc21/attachment.html From KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 10:01:47 2007 From: KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au (DENZEL, KELLESI) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possummagic07 Message-ID: <3E6DCFB45F51234586EA75CFF9C0C6F31F83EB@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Rap Point 1 From 2/6A & 1D @ Caddies Creek PS. Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made bilbies back flip And brown snakes walk. She made goannas giggle And koalas talk. She made kangaroos sing And koalas dance. She made budgies purple And pelicans prance. Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: ? Could walk on crocodiles' backs. ? Tickle Tasmanian Devils ? Sail on a black swan's back ? Nibble a numbat's nose ? Swing on an ibis' beak Happy Rapping! >From 1Delighful & 2/6 Amazing @ Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/891cb9e8/attachment.html From JENNIFER.DEZIUS at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 13:49:10 2007 From: JENNIFER.DEZIUS at education.nsw.gov.au (DEZIUS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1/2 Bundarra Central School Message-ID: Hi Rappers We are class 1/2 from Bundarra Central School with 18 children. Our teacher is Mrs Baker and our library teacher is Mrs Dezius. We love art, reading, singing and mathematics. At our school we have special teachers who help us to learn and care for us. We have a huge hall where we watch performances, have discos, have breakfast club and our assemblies. We sometimes have theme days which raise money like; crazy hair days, favourite footballer and other dress-up days which are really fun. We have 150 students at our school. It is a central school with K-12, so we are pretty special. Bundarra is a country town with 400 people and our school is on the banks of the Gwydir river. We are in north-western NSW between Uralla and Inverell. Bye for now from 1/2 at BCS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/bf771620/attachment.html From srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au Thu May 10 15:17:20 2007 From: srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au (Sally Rasaiah) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 Year 1 Kambala Message-ID: <20E055A6-13B1-44CC-B3EC-E499F0252B83@kambala.nsw.edu.au> I J decided that Grandma Poss could make koalas swim and kangaroos talk and she could make emus dig holes and kookaburras walk! We thought that it would be a funny sight to see kookaburras walking around instead of hopping. 1H had many ideas for what naughty things Hush could do when she was invisible. Some of our ideas were that Hush could sneak up and steal other animals? food and maybe have a safe ride on a snake?s back. If Hush was at school she could swap everyone?s homework around, hide in schoolbags, and take books out of the library without Mrs Rasaiah seeing her. Mrs Rasaiah thought that would be dreadful! -- Caution: This email (including all attachments) is intended solely for the addressee. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Kambala. From SUSAN.HURST at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 15:46:54 2007 From: SUSAN.HURST at education.nsw.gov.au (HURST, SUSAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap rap 1 fom 1H CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D447152F@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Rap 1 from 1H at Caddies Creek Public School. rap 1A Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made koalas scaly And platypi white She made cockatoos whisper And echidnas skite. rap1B Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: because she couldn't be seen she could: * tickle the legs of the cassowaries. * tie knots in bilbies tails * hide from tasmanian devils * massage goannas' backs We have enjoyed reading your raps. We hope you enjoy ours. 1H the happy rappers at CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/ed5eebb9/attachment.html From trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au Thu May 10 15:48:30 2007 From: trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au (trees 6) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 1 EPPS Message-ID: <42601.172.18.0.153.1178776110.squirrel@edsuite.decs.sa.edu.au> We haven't had a lot of time this week BUT we finally got to have some fun with our imagainations. Some of our verses: She made emu's dinosaurs and koala's black. She made kangaroos dragons and kookaburras quack! She made penguins hats and sealions fly. She made echidnas soft and Redback's cry. She made bats laugh and wallabies climb. She made possums take photos and platypus tell the time. I'm sure we will come up with many more! We will let Hush have some new adeventures and post them soon. >From the East Para Rappers South Australia From EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 16:12:35 2007 From: EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au (SILVINO, EVELYN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 responses of 1S from Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Hello Rappers! We enjoyed reading the wonderful verses you have posted for Rap Point 1. They sure did inspire us to come up with some other ideas. Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made crocodiles yellow And platypuses fly. She made blue tongue lizards feathery And Tasmanian devils cry. Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she could have piggy-back rides on koalas. Because she couldn't be seen she can pull bilbys' tails. Because she couldn't be seen she could be safe from red-back spiders, which is why Grandma Poss had made her invisible in the first place. Whew! That was fun. So we are looking forward to reading your work again and posting our next one, too. Au revoir! 1S Superstar Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/46fbdd20/attachment.html From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 10 16:16:34 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Grandma Poss Bush Magic Message-ID: <56037.203.36.44.12.1178777794.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Rappers, We hope you like our beautiful poem. She made kangaroos fly and snakes climb. She made koalas jump and crocodiles tell the time. Our Adventures for Hush Because she couldn't be seen she could fly away and then come back. She could tickle a crocodile. She could jump really high on to a bridge and then jump from that bridge on to another bridge. >From Year 1D Rappers at St Kieran CPS in Tuart HillWestern Australia From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 10 16:51:24 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Grandma Poss and her Magic Message-ID: <32966.203.36.44.15.1178779884.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Rappers, Here is our fantastic poem about Grandma Poss. She made a possum invisible and she made rabbits hop on the roof instead of the grass She made kangaroos jump upside down and she made alligators run fast. Some Adventures For Hush She made Hush eat people food not animal food. She made Hush's tail brown when he ate the vegemite sandwich. They went all around the world looking for yummy food. >From Year 1B at St Kieran Catholic Primary School in Tuart Hill Western Australia. From NATALIE.LONGSTAFF at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 09:37:51 2007 From: NATALIE.LONGSTAFF at education.nsw.gov.au (LONGSTAFF, NATALIE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap FW: Rap Point 1 2N@ccps References: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4415765@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4415766@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> ________________________________ From: LONGSTAFF, NATALIE Sent: Tue 8/05/2007 1:53 PM To: possummagic07_rap@ituws1.itbcorpweb.det.nsw.edu.au Subject: Rap Point 1 2N@ccps Hello Rappers: 2N had a lot of fun being creative with our Rap point this week here is what we have come up with- Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made Green Tree Frogs yellow And Red Bellied Black Snakes happy. She made Tasmanian Devils silent And Blue Tongue Lizards snappy. Our other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: ? Could hide the frog's lillypads ? Could fly on eagle's backs Could say "boo" to the koalas Hope you enjoy our responses looking forwadr to reading some of yours The 2N Nice Native Possum Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070511/b00d3c82/attachment.html From ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 09:39:48 2007 From: ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au (Feneley, Elizabeth) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1, Marayong Public School Message-ID: Hi everyone, Class 2N had a lot of fun thinking about Hush's adventures! We wrote the following verse: She made magpies skip and red-back spiders dance. She made emus talk and echidnas prance. We imagined lots of fun things that Hush could do now that she was invisible. Two of them were: - She could go for a ride in a kangaroo's pouch - She could tickle a koala's back. We're looking forward to reading more of your ideas too! >From 2N, Marayong Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070511/9928837c/attachment.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 11:21:54 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from SCLB at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7E6@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Here is our response to Rap Points 1 (a) and (b): Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made bilbies have snail eyes and red kangaroos turn brown. She made bull ants change size and cane toads frown. But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. What adventures Hush had! Because she couldn't be seen, she couldn't be poisoned by cane toads. Because she couldn't be seen, she could slide down Sydney Harbour Bridge. Because she couldn't be seen, she would always win at hide and seek. We had fun thinking up these answers. Class SCLB, Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070511/961d1bab/attachment.html From Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 11:39:02 2007 From: Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au (Askew, Lachlan) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap introduction Message-ID: <84759800D58370469178E62D7184237C03694984@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers We are in 1D at Blaxland East which is in the Blue Mountains. We have 20 students in our class. There are 351 children in our school. We love the story of Possum Magic. Cheers 1D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Have a good weekend everyone From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 16:14:23 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Co-ordinator's message and Rap Point 2 Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C311A@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello rappers, What a wonderful time we've had reading about Grandma Poss' magical powers and the fun things that Hush could do when she was invisible! I know that both Mem Fox and Julie Vivas would be very impressed to read all of your fantastic ideas. Imagine how big the book of Possum Magic would be if we were able to include all of your ideas in it! This week we will be extending Grandma Poss' and Hush's tour of Australia to include a visit to your town. How exciting! Why would they like to visit your town? What special food would they eat and how would Grandma Pos and Hush react? Where will they go next after visiting your town? I know you will be really busy thinking of your responses to Rap Point 2 and I can't wait to read them. So here we go! Rap Point 2 Term 2, Week 4: week beginning 14 May 2007 It was there in the far north of Australia, that they found a vegemite sandwich. Grandma Poss crossed her claws and crossed her feet. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. "A tail! A tail!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. A brand new, visible tail. a) Write your own version of what would happen if Grandma Poss and Hush visited your town. Tell us about your town's location, a popular food, and how Grandma Poss and Hush would react when Hush tasted your food. What part of Hush's body, if any, might reappear? b) What would Grandma Poss and Hush do next? Give us your ideas about where they would go and what might happen. Post your response to the rap at: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au Include your reasons for choosing this particular food. Your class might wish to respond to comments from other rappers via the rap. Happy rapping wonderful possums! Mrs Scheffers (Rap Co-ordinator) Teacher Librarian, Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070511/1141523f/attachment.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 16:15:36 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from Class 1M Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C311B@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi there enthusiastic Rappers 1M came up with some amazing ideas. There were so many that we had to have a vote to see which ideas we liked the best. Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: Rap Point 1A She made red kangaroos orange And redbacks grow tall She gave green pythons legs And Tasmania tigers small Rap Point 1B Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: ? could swim on a platypus' back ? could look inside a dingo's mouth ? could dance near a crocodile We really like our ideas. Hope you like them as much as we do. Bye for now >From the Magical 1M Rappers...and Mrs Mar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was amazing to receive an email from a school with only 7 kids as well as some of the schools near us with 700 kids. We can't wait until next week to rap again. 1/2 Turtles. Telopea Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070512/92bd0fe2/attachment.html From library at stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au Mon May 14 07:51:23 2007 From: library at stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au (School Librarian) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from St Clare's, Narellan Vale Message-ID: <52264.210.8.54.34.1179093083.squirrel@www.stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au> Hello everyone, Here is our combined response: Grandma Poss made koalas sleep forever and Kangaroos climb. She made tiger sharks grow legs and Crocodiles eat apple pies. She made Tasmanian devils collect pebbles from a pebble patch and Port Jackson sharks walk. She made echidnas with coloured spikes AND Plovers come in to the Library to read books!! We have some resident plovers in our playground and they quite often come right up to doors and windows of the school library and peek in. We have enjoyed reading all your adventures and the naming of Australian bush creatures. >From the classes at St Clares. From ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 14 13:12:48 2007 From: ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au (ALLEN, Elisa-jane) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from the Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS Message-ID: <1161AB0875980244A8BEB35F1EBE710D58899A@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers! This is the Aussie Possies of 2/3A?s Rap Point One Response: Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made Tasmanian devils speak Chinese, She made frogs swim through the seven seas. She made baby koalas stay up and go nuts, And she made bilbies run through trees. We also thought of some more adventures that Hush could have while she was invisible. Because she couldn?t be seen, Hush could sunbake on a crocodile?s back. Because she couldn?t be seen, Hush could tickle people Because she couldn?t be seen, Hush could read Grandma Poss?s magic books and practice her magic secretly. Because she couldn?t be seen, Hush could take a free trip to Hawaii on JetStar. Thanks for rapping! The Aussie Possies of 2/3A Queanbeyan Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070514/78ee0b97/attachment.html From JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 14 17:29:07 2007 From: JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au (DEIGHTON, JANET) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possommagic intro - trying again Message-ID: Hi Rappers, Our school is Northmead Primary School. It is between Parramatta and Baulkham Hills, in Sydney. We have 560 students at our school and we think it is a happy place to be. We have a great playground with big old trees that lose their leaves in winter. We are have a new big play gym for the primary as the infants already have one. Our tennis court that can become a basketball court is being renovated. We are excited about the bush tucker garden that our environment group is making. It will have its own water tank and an Aboriginal person will visit when it is finished to paint Aboriginal designs on some of the rocks in the garden. We are looking forward to rapping with everyone and finding where in Australia our fellow rappers live and go to school. Bye for now! Year one students at Northmead Primary. 1A 1B 1C 1H -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070514/77310e4d/attachment.html From JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 14 17:36:35 2007 From: JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au (DEIGHTON, JANET) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:37 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from 1A 1B 1C 1H Northmead PS Message-ID: Hello rappers, Here is our combined response from Northmead year 1 classes Grandma Poss made snakes spikey and bandicoots skip She made cassowaries juggle and crocodiles laugh. She made kangaroos slippery and black swans giggle She made koalas rainbow coloured and cockatoos polka dotted!! >From the rappers at Northmead 1A 1B 1C 1H -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070514/b3331cf9/attachment.html From JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 14 19:31:28 2007 From: JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au (DEIGHTON, JANET) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from 1A 1B 1C 1H Northmead PS Message-ID: Hi there Rappers, Here is our combined response from Northmead year one classes Rap Point 2 It was there in busy, bushy, Northmead, that they found a Northmead canteen slushie. Grandma Poss crossed her claws and crossed her feet. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. "A head! A head!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. A brand new, visible head. a) Write your own version of what would happen if Grandma Poss and Hush visited your town. Tell us about your town's location, a popular food, and how Grandma Poss and Hush would react when Hush tasted your food. What part of Hush's body, if any, might reappear? ? We chose the Northmead canteen slushie because it's a big favourite at our school. ? We thought Grandma Poss and Hush would shiver and shake after eating their slushie. ? We thought Hush's head would be the first to feel the effects of the food and so the first to reappear. b) What would Grandma Poss and Hush do next? Give us your ideas about where they would go and what might happen. They would go to - * Canberra to meet the Prime Minister * Forster to catch crabs * The Blue Mountains to go camping * Jamberoo for go-carting >From the year one classes 1A 1B 1C 1H at Northmead PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lots of people fish from the wharf or from small boats on the harbour. After eating fish and chips in Manly, Grandma Poss closed her eyes and waited anxiously. Slowly but surely two ghostly eyes appeared floating in the air, along with two soft furry ears and two pairs of sharp claws!! After eating fish and chips in Manly,Grandma Poss and Hush went to Uluru where the aborigines performed a corroboree around them and used their special magic to make the legs and arms appear. Next they went to Canberra and visited Questacon. The scientists mixed up a special potion and then Hush's body became visible. On to Inverell in New south Wales where Hush found some magic sapphires that gave her a head and tail. Now all that was left for Hush to do was to go skiing at Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains to show off her beautiful new body and have a relaxing holiday. We really enjoyed using our imagination to do this activity and we learned a lot about Australia at the same time. 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We look forward to reading your responses. >From 1C and Miss Cattell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070515/670c5a91/attachment.html From trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au Tue May 15 20:15:28 2007 From: trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au (trees 6) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 2 EPPS Message-ID: <1265.58.179.235.34.1179224128.squirrel@edsuite.decs.sa.edu.au> Hi everyone, We had lots of fun imagining what would happen to Hush if she visited us. We live in a suburb of Adelaide and while we have been lucky to get some rain recently it has been very dry over summer. Everything is starting to look green again and that is great. In summer it gets very hot and it can be windy. Around our school we have lots of native trees to keep us shaded. If Grandma Poss and Hush visited us we would give her some chocolate milk which would make just her feet appear- imagine how funny that would look. Then we would give her some fruit and we would also see her head gradually appear- just feet and a head running around.Next we would give her some vegetables to make her tail appear and last of all some lollies to make her body appear. We look forward to hearing all about Hush's adventures when she visits you all. >From EPPS Room6ers From MELINDA.KENT1 at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 10:25:20 2007 From: MELINDA.KENT1 at education.nsw.gov.au (KENT, Melinda) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap 1 Message-ID: Hello Rappers, Here is the verse we created, we think we did a great job! She made kangaroos fly and snakes walk. She made koalas cry and dingoes talk. Hope you all like it. We enjoyed it so much we a writing more today!!!! 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Brand new, visible lips. 2A thought that after that, the two possums might have done a tour of Sydney, including climbing the Harbour Bridge and going to Bondi Beach. We've never seen a possum swimming before! >From the 2A (Too Amazing!) Rappers - Caddies Creek PS Rap again soon! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070516/de8c1f2a/attachment.html From HELENA.CAMPBELL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 12:47:37 2007 From: HELENA.CAMPBELL at education.nsw.gov.au (CAMPBELL, Helena) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap INTRODUCTION Message-ID: <1E5413058F7CAC4E8F6C6B387207105529B851@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Introduction This is Eden Primary School in New South Wales. We 270 kids in the school .My class is 3/4D my teacher name is Mrs Dykes. She made emus pink She made crocodiles green She made wombat long She made snakes shrink -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070516/7d95c2f6/attachment.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 13:28:49 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from Stage 1 at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7ED@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums! Here's our response to Rap Point 2: After eating steak and salad near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Hush and Grandma Poss rode on their bicycle to Circular Quay Station to catch a train to Penrith, in western Sydney. Grandma Poss bought two tickets, one for her and one for the bike. Hush was still invisible. Because she couldn't be seen, she didn't need a ticket! They had a great train ride. Grandma Poss kept Hush on her lap so she wouldn't disturb the other passengers. The train driver drove the train through many different stations, for over an hour, until the train arrived at Penrith railway station. The possums rode their bike to Stafford Street, where they smelled wonderful things cooking. They saw a Chinese takeaway food shop. It had a red roof and a sign with a big prawn on it. Grandma Poss sent invisible Hush into the shop. She climbed over the counter. Hush picked up a tray and filled it with noodles, fish dumplings, omelettes, fried rice, teriyaki chicken, honey soy pork, crispy prawn crackers, green tea jelly and crunchy fortune cookies. The workers in the shop screamed when they saw a tray of food floating by itself. They hid under the table. The customers waiting for their food orders hid their faces behind their magazines. Hush brought the tray of food outside and across the road to a children's play area. They sat on a piece of play equipment that had two metal poles and a round section. It worked a bit like a swing, a seesaw and a razzle-dazzle, and it moved up and down very quickly. The possums ate their Chinese takeaway while they sat on the equipment. As it spun around, they held on tight. Everything went blurry. Suddenly, Hush's bottom turned visible! "Hooray!" they shouted. Soon Grandma Poss and Hush were back on their bike. They pedalled through Emu Plains until they reached a town called Glenbrook. As they passed Glenbrook Public School, the road started to get too steep for the bike. They stopped at a service station and bought some apple and blackcurrant Pop-Top drinks because they were so thirsty. Grandma Poss held out her paw to hail a taxi. They loaded the bicycle onto the back of the taxi and said to the driver, "To the Blue Mountains, please!" >From Stage 1 students at Penrith Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Happy Rapping Everyone, Rap again soon 2Nice Native Possum Rappers @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070516/aa4c3b2a/attachment.html From DIANNE.YOUNG2 at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 15:18:46 2007 From: DIANNE.YOUNG2 at education.nsw.gov.au (YOUNG, Dianne) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 Duranbah Public School Message-ID: Hello Rappers We have had fun talking about Possum Magic this week.We have made a tree home out of a box and found a puppet that looks just like Hush! Last week when we had a fun run in the bush at our school we saw a real live possum. Kindergarten are certain that it could be Hush! This is what we thought could happen to Hush if she came to Duranbah. It was there in the far north of New South Wales that they found some lettuce on Zion and River's farm. Grandma Poss flicked her tail and wriggled her ears. Hush breathed slowly and began to eat. "Green! Green!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. The lettuce had turned Hush green. Hope you liked our verse Bye from Duranbah rappers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070516/54abbb07/attachment.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 15:39:06 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re: Rap Point 2 Duranbah Public School Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7EE@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Dear Duranbah rappers, We were wondering, when your cute Hush puppet turns invisble, does it look just like a human hand? Best wishes from Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They couldn't believe their eyes when a pink possum tongue appeared!! Imagine how funny that would look! After leaving Manly they headed out to Dubbo to visit the zoo, then on to the Hunter Valley where they ate some deicious grapes, but nothing happened. Finally they visited the Blue Mountains where the Three Sisters worked their magic and the rest of Hush's body appeared!Hush and Grandma Poss finished their journey having a wonderful time at Dream World in Queensland. We are looking forward to reading your responses 2C Magic Aussie Possums -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are lots of yummy things to eat at Bar Italia but we think that Hush would try the gelato (an Italian ice cream that comes in lots of special flavours). We think that the gelato would be so cold and delicious that her stomach and her body would appear first. After visiting us we thought they might go to: Eat oranges in Orange NSW Ride down to Wagga Wagga, because it has such a good name Take the train to Dubbo to visit the Dubbo zoo so Hush could spend time with other possums or go to the nocturnal area at Taronga Zoo for a good sleep. Trek to Alice Springs because they don?t visit it in the book and its really special. Hope you enjoy our ideas. We are really having fun reading yours. The rappers at Annandale North -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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"Two big, round eyes!" shouted both possums at once. For there they were: brand new, flashing eyes. After that, we decided that Grandma Poss and Hush would come back to one our houses for a party! They can meet our families! Rap again soon, Mrs Bradley and ESL students at Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070517/10ef783f/attachment.html From KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 17 14:57:41 2007 From: KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au (DENZEL, KELLESI) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Possummagic 07 rap point 2 Message-ID: <3E6DCFB45F51234586EA75CFF9C0C6F31F83FA@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi from 1Delightful and 2/6 Angels. It was there in the town of Glenwood, near Blacktown in NSW that they found a chocolate fountain. Each possum grabbed a stick with a strawberry on it and dipped it in. Grandma Poss' whiskers wriggled and wavered. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. "Eyelashes! Eyelashes!" shouted both possums at once. For there they were. A pair of long, curly black eyelashes. After their chocolaty treat, the possums headed off by train to Circular Quay. They boarded the ferry to see who they may meet. At the zoo they meet their cousins. They decided a night of rides at Luna Park was just the thing to celebrate their reunion (although it was a bit weird riding next to Hush as she only had a set of blinking eyelashes showing!) Have a raptacluar education week Rappers. Lots of choco lately smiles from 1Delightful and 2/6Angels @ Caddies Creek P.S. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070517/1eedc053/attachment.html From srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au Thu May 17 15:29:57 2007 From: srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au (Sally Rasaiah) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 Kambala Message-ID: <1ADA5FDB-CE2D-441E-BD63-8E41FFCEFCE1@kambala.nsw.edu.au> In the library we plotted the cities, which Grandma Poss and Hush visited, on a map of Australia and then matched the food that they ate to each of those cities. Some of us had relatives in those cities and we wondered if they ate that special food too! If the possums came to Rose Bay, 1H decided that they should try some birthday cake from a bakery here. Hush would then have a very fat, visible tummy. 1J thought that Grandma and Hush could hop onto the sea-plane that lands and takes off near our school and go to Manly. They could then catch a ferry back home. -- Caution: This email (including all attachments) is intended solely for the addressee. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Kambala. From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 17 15:59:33 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Point Two Message-ID: <40898.203.36.44.17.1179381573.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> DEAR RAPPERS, IF From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 17 16:19:20 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Point Two Message-ID: <34533.203.36.44.17.1179382760.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> DEAR RAPPERS, If Grandma Poss and Hush came to Perth they could go to KMart and shop for clothes. They could have fun by going to Adventure World. If they wanted to watch Meet The Robinsons they could go to the Innaloo Cinemas. If they wanted to play games they could go to Mackenzie's house and play on his Game Boy or they could go to Whiteman Park and play on the monkey bars and the Steam Trains. If Grandma Poss and Hush came to Perth they could eat some of our beautiful strawberries, popcorn, fish and chips, pears, corn, sushi, water melon, pavlova and cheeseburger. They would say that our food is yummy, fantastic and delicious! >From the 1D Rappers at St Kieran CPS in WA From NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 17 16:30:32 2007 From: NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au (JOHNSON, Neroli) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 3/4S Manning Gardens Message-ID: <4F34DC507E2C734C8831CBFA77D41B4125E9FE@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers, Here are some individual responses: Grand Poss made magic . She made kangaroos gold and koalas green. She made parrots red and wombats blue. Grandma Poss made tree magic. She made tiger snakes with legs and bilbies talk and emus jump. Grandam Poss made star magic. She made goannas and she made tiger snakes. She made koalas slide and parrots bark. Grandma Poss made star magic. She made wombats have diamonds and kangaroo`s colourful. She made goannas purple and parrots nice. Grandma Poss made star magic. She made wombats red and koalas pink. She made parrots jump and goannas bark. Grandma Poss made dust magic. She made rats enormous and dragons big. She made koalas red and wombats bark. Grandma Poss made tree magic. She made goannas orange and kookaburras purple. She made snakes with legs and echidnas smooth. Grandma Poss made fox magic.She made goannas orange and kookaburras purple. She made snakes with legs and echidnas smooth. Grandma Poss made tree magic. She made bilbys pink and kangaroos purple. She made wombats diamonds and parrots black. Wouldn't it be lovely to have some of Granma Poss' magic powers?? We have enjoyed hearing from everyone out there and finding out where your schools are on the map! Till next Rap point... The 3/4S Manning Garden Rappers! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070517/949adc70/attachment.html From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 17 17:00:12 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Point Two Message-ID: <42773.203.36.44.17.1179385212.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Possum Magic Book Rappers, If Grandma Poss and Hush came to Perth they could go to Fraser's Restaurant in Kings Park. They Grandma Poss and Hush could go and visit some new friends near Hillary's Beach. Grandma Poss and Hush could go to Fremantle Harbour for a swim or see the animals in South Perth zoo or run in our St Kieran Cross Country Carnival. If they like to watch footie they could go and watch the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco or the Dockers at Fremantle. We have 523 students in our school. Some of the foods Grandma and Hush could eat are doughnuts, watermelons, Hungry Jacks, vegetables, strawberries, pineapples, strawberry milkshake, apples,vanilla icecream, blueberry pie, vegemite sandwiches, icy poles and bananas. They would say our food is yummy, good food, great eating, delicious and the strawberries were the best. >From Year 1b Rappers at St Kieran CPS in Tuart Hill WA From Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 08:32:14 2007 From: Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au (MAR, RENAE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 2 from 1M @ CCPS and Mrs Mar Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D43FED2A@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi there Rocking Rappers, Are you all having as much fun as we are?? We had a wonderful time in the computer room checking all your emails. Here is our version of what would happen to Grandma Poss and Hush if they came to Glenwood. Part A It was there in a new suburb in Western Sydney, that they found vanilla ice-cream with chocolate topping. Grandma Poss' whole body began to shake. Hush closed her eyes and began to munch. "A belly! A belly!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. A big, round belly had appeared. Part B After that Grandma Poss and Hush went ten pin bowling at Castle Hill to celebrate. Thanks for reading our e mail. Happy Rapping from the 1M magical Rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/55bcf4ab/attachment.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 12:35:23 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from SCLB at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7F2@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums! Here is SCLB's group response to Rap Point 2: Grandma Poss and Hush wanted to ride from Sydney to Penrith on their bicycle. Grandma Poss had to buy a map. It said to go west on the motorway. When they got to High Street they saw Penrith Public School. The children were shouting, "I can see a possum riding a bike!" Grandma Poss saw lots of children dressed as pedlars, lots of adults, and lots of games and activities. The students said, "We are having a Pedlars' Fair. Come and have some food!" Mr McLean was wearing a jester's hat and he sold Grandma Poss some Pedlar's Pennies. Some of the food Grandma Poss bought with her Pedlar's Pennies included: cupcakes; a bag of lolly snakes and frogs; green, red and white lollypops; chips; a toffee apple; bananas; and a gingerbread man. Hush was still invisible. Because she couldn't be seen, Hush could steal people's hats! Because she couldn't be seen, she could knock over the skittles. Because she couldn't be seen, she could sneak a sip of people's drinks. Grandma Poss made Hush eat some of the food. Suddenly, Hush's face turned visible! "Yay!" they said. Soon it was time for Grandma Poss and Hush to leave Penrith Public School. They used an old umbrella to sail away on the Nepean River. >From Class SCLB students at Penrith Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They would go to the Stanhope Leisure Centre and take some swimming lessons, eat doughnuts and go to the gym afterwards! >From the 2L Lovely Rappers @ Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/24c4f08b/attachment.html From year.23t at ntschools.net Fri May 18 14:06:31 2007 From: year.23t at ntschools.net (year 23t) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap rap point 2 Sadadeen Bush Mob Message-ID: <8EFC3364B2363B47AB56331606107F1C1B7677@DRWNT-EV2.ntschools.net> Rap point 2 a. If Grandma Poss and Hush came to Alice Springs they would visit the Ross River Camel Farm and take a camel to dinner along the lovely dry river bed. They would eat steak cooked on the campfire and hunks of damper cooked in the camp oven. Wow two ears and a nose would appear. Their meal would be finished with honey ants found deep in the ground and sugar bag from the native bees. Wow all of Hush's head has appeared. b) After eating such a delicious meal at Alice Springs Grandma Poss and Hush would head north up the Stuart Highway to their next stop at Ti Tree. There they would find grapes and mangoes from the Ti Tree farms. >From Sadadeen Bush Mob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/7b23daee/attachment.html From Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 14:33:53 2007 From: Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au (Askew, Lachlan) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possummagic rap point 2 Message-ID: <84759800D58370469178E62D7184237C03694986@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers This is what we came up with from the Blue Mountains Grandma Poss and Hush left the place in the bush they knew best on a bicycle to find a way to get Hush seen. They travelled to a place called Blaxland which was a lovely village at the foot of the Blue Mountains. There were so many laughing kookaburras and gum trees that Grandma Poss and Hush felt at home. They cycled along Old Bathurst Road passed Blaxland East School until Grandma Poss saw a cake shop. In that cake shop were some delicious foods. Grandma Poss asked for a bag filled with blueberry biscuits, banana bread, blackberry biscuits and bacon buns. These foods were favourite foods of students at Blaxland East. Blaxland people love to have big bags of biscuits, bread and buns to eat as they are very sporty in this village. Some shoppers that came into the cake shop were very surprised to see Grandma Poss buying the food, but because they love Australian animals and are very polite, they didn't stare. Grandma Poss rushed out to the bicycle and gave some of the buns, biscuits and bread to Hush. Hush nibbled slowly and then they both watched and waited to see what would happen. Guess what! Hush's mouth appeared. There it was. A mouth. A mouth was all that could be seen. A mouth that had plump, juicy red lips shining in the sun. Then they jumped on their bicycle and continued on their way up the mountain. They stopped at Woodford, Lawson and Leura where they nibbled on treats found there. Only Hush's tail was invisible by the time they reached Katoomba. Grandma Poss and Hush found a cafe and ate scones with jam and cream while marvelling at the sight of the Three Sisters. Not long after the first bite that tail appeared and Hush was finally visible. Cheers were heard all around and with full stomachs they headed bak home. We hope you enjoy this adventure 1D from Blaxland East -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/585a0813/attachment.html From ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 15:45:16 2007 From: ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au (Feneley, Elizabeth) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 2N, Marayong Public School Message-ID: Hi fellow rappers! You sure came up with some great responses this week! We had fun reading them all today. We decided that if Grandma Poss and Hush came to Marayong, which is located near Blacktown in the west of Sydney, he might enjoy a healthy snack of mangoes and mandarines! We imagined that the good vitamins he got from eating his fruit could help his mouth to reappear. "A mouth, a mouth!" Grandma Poss would happily exclaim. >From Marayong, we thought they might travel east towards the city of Sydney, where they could meet mummies and dinosaurs at the Museum. They might share some interesting food with Hush!! >From 2N, Marayong Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/ed5075e5/attachment.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 15:50:52 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Co-ordinators' Message and Rap Point 3 Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3134@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello there clever little Possum Magic Rappers, Congratulations on the great job you did answering Rap Point 2! Grandma Poss and Hush would have been kept very busy travelling around the various parts of Australia, visiting your local school communities. What memorable experiences they would have had, tasting the delicious range of foods you suggested and seeing the main tourist attractions. I'm sure they would have grown rather plump by now and would be totally exhausted after all their fun adventures! Imagine how thick the book Possum Magic would be if we were able to add all your ideas! Illustrator Julie Vivas would be kept busy for a long, long time, but I'm sure she would have a fun time illustrating your wonderful thoughts! There were so many different, creative and entertaining responses! I'm sure you all had a most enjoyable time reading other schools' ideas. Some rappers provided Grandpa Poss and Hush with the local food speciality whilst other classes voted for their own favourite foods. Grandma Poss and Hush would have been kept SO, SO busy visiting all the other exciting places that you thought of too! They must have travelled many extra kilometres by now, all over Australia! If you haven't yet posted your Rap Point 2 response, it's not too late. Please still send it to the rap - we'd love to read your version of the story. The address to post your reply to is listed at the bottom of this message Now get ready to tackle our last rap point - Rap Point 3! Term 2, Week 5: week beginning 21 May 2007 a) What is your favourite page in the story? Why? Post your response to the rap. Your class might wish to respond to the comments from other rappers via the rap. Don't forget to send your Rap Point 3 e-mails to: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au I look forward to reading your opinions about your favourite pages. Will we all agree on the same page or will we all have different favourite pages? The decision will be very difficult! Keep up the great work everyone and happy rapping! Mrs Scheffers (Rap Co-ordinator) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/e069a45b/attachment.html From clarencetown at hotmail.com Sun May 20 12:04:14 2007 From: clarencetown at hotmail.com (Stacey Graham) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Clarence Town rap point 2 Message-ID: Sorry we are a bit late this time! We really enjoyed reading about the special foods available in your areas - especially the food from the middle of Australia (we would really like to go on a camel ride) One sunny afternoon, lazing by the river in Clarence Town, Hush and Grandpa Poss ate some hot, salty chips from the takeaway shop Suddenly several shiny, sharp, gleaming white teeth appeared! "You look glorious you gorgeous possum!" Grandma Poss exclaimed! Hush looked at her reflection in the wide sluggish river and chattered away this way and that excited by the pearly whites looking back at her! THEN They hitched a ride on a horse float on the way to Randwick Racecourse Hush loved the feel of her new teeth and couldn't stop talking to Hush and Izacat the horse, but the twists and turns on the country roads eventually lulled her to sleep..... (much to the relief of Izacat and Grandma Poss!) Three hours later she awoke to the noise and traffic of Sydney. The Clarence Town Rappers _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Missy Higgins new album On A Clear Night – stream full tracks now! http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=781&referral=hotmailtaglineMay&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/playlist.aspx?sectionid=2465§ionname=artistfeature&subsectionid=9150&subsectionname=missyhiggins&categoryid=2577 From NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 09:04:37 2007 From: NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au (JOHNSON, Neroli) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 Class 3/4 Manning Gardens PS Message-ID: <4F34DC507E2C734C8831CBFA77D41B4125EA03@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi everyone, Wouldn't Grandma Poss and Hush have fun if they came to Taree! We thought they could eat anything from a flathead fish to a delicious chocolate and strawberry ice-cream. Our response was: It was in the Manning River at sunny Taree that they found oysters. Grandma Poss held her breath and curled her tail. Hush shut her eyes and began to eat. "A half a nose! A half a nose!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. A brand new half a nose. from the Magic Garden 3/4S Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/206d1dbc/attachment.html From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 14:00:04 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 - 2A and 2V - Hassall Grove PS Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA21@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Here is our response for Rap Point 2: Hassall Grove is a very friendly and safe surburb in sydney near Blacktown. We have lots of houses close to our school. We will take Hush to the school canteen and buy her a banana, a bag of popcorn and an Australian green and yellow slushie. Yum! Yum! She will say this food is DELICIOUS and suddenly her belly button will appear. Hip, Hip Hooray!! Talk to you next week The Silly Billies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/8ec1f009/attachment.html From ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 14:03:25 2007 From: ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au (ALLEN, Elisa-jane) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from the Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS Message-ID: <1161AB0875980244A8BEB35F1EBE710D5889A0@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers! We hope everyone had a really fun Education Week! We did. Here is our Rap Point 2. ?Next stop, Queanbeyan!? said Hush. Grandma Poss and Hush went to Star Q Deli on Monaro Street. Grandma Poss told the waiter she wanted a table for two, even though the waiter could only see her. Grandma Poss ordered hot chips. The waiter came with the chips. Hush grabbed a chip and ate it. Her tail appeared! The waiter fainted. Hush was so excited that Grandma Poss used her magic to make a rainbow appear from one side of Queanbeyan to the other. Everyone went looking for a pot of gold! We think Canberra should be in the story because it is Australia?s capital. It?s also very close to us. We decided Grandma Poss and Hush should visit Canberra next but just for a holiday. They need to relax! While they are there, we agreed Hush and Grandma Poss should visit Parliament House to watch the video on how democracy works. We feel they should go to the Australian War Memorial to learn about Australia?s involvement in different wars. We think they should then go to the Big Splash water park. Hush could get in for free! Then they will be relaxed enough to keep looking for the right foods to make Hush visible. Have a terrific week! The Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/1a28a7c2/attachment.html From ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 15:14:27 2007 From: ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au (LARGE, Alison) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possummagic07 Rap point 2 from 1/ 2E CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D42CC180@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Howdy Rappers, Here is Rap point 2 part A from 1/ 2 E excellent rappers: It was there in Glenwood in Western Sydney that they found chocolate chip ice-cream. Grandma Poss covered her eyes with her tail. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. 'YOUR EYEBROWS, YOUR WHISKERS' shouted Grandma Poss. For there they were her eyebrows and whiskers. Here is Rap point 2 part B from us: Later that day they made there way up the M4 to the Blue Mountains. First they went rockclimbing on the Three Sisters. Then walked through the bush to a waterfall. Finally they went on the Cable Car across the valley and had 5 rides on the Scenic Railway. Have you ever been to the Blue Mountains? Are they really Blue? What do you think? By for now 1/2 E Excellent rappers from CCPS Thanks Alison -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/3305b1c7/attachment.html From Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 15:22:08 2007 From: Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au (MAR, RENAE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 1M and Mrs Mar @ CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D43FED2B@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi there Rockin' Rappers, We were very proud of our work that was displayed for Education Week. It was a display about how we care about ourselves and others. What did you all do for Education Week? This week's Rap Point has been fun. Our class formed groups to work in. Each group had a book so we could look through the pictures. Our job was to discuss which picture was our favourite and to give reasons why. We liked soooo many pictures. Our teachers were very impressed by with our reasons. When we came together as a whole group we shared our ideas. Then we voted. Here are our top two pictures with 1M's marvellous ideas. Our second favourite picture is the page where all the animals are all eating the same foods that made Hush visible. They did this every year on Hush's birthday. We liked this page because the foods looked delicious. We liked how the animals all huddled together to eat. It showed how they were all such good friends. It is a special day because it is Hush's birthday and a day to remember all the adventures of their travels around Australia. But our most favourite page is the page where Grandma Poss makes a magic spell. We love this page because it is magical and we are the Magical Rappers from 1M. It is also very clever how the drawings show Hush disappearing. We think it is a very beautiful picture with sparkles, stars and colourful magical dust flying down from the sky. It looks like grandma is very powerful because her hands are held up high. The pile of spell books makes Grandma Poss seem very wise too. Have a great time Rapping! >From 1M Magical Rappers and Mrs Mar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/e421606d/attachment.html From EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 16:43:08 2007 From: EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au (SILVINO, EVELYN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Response to Rap Point 2 of 1S Superstar Rappers from Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Hi there fellow Rappers! It was a busy last week for Caddies Creek Public School because of Book Week. We were fortunate enough not to have missed reading your mails as well as giving our thoughts and ideas about Rap Point 2. It was a hilarious voicing what we imagined Grandma Poss felt and did while waiting for which part of Huss body will magically appear. We had to vote on the ideas and here are some of those we agreed on: It was there in Glendenning, west of Sydney in New South Wales, that they found Freddo Frog chocolate. Grandma Poss shook her bottom and bit her claws. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. "A bottom! A neck!" shouted both possums at once. For there they were. A brand new, visible bottom and a neck. After that Grandma Poss and Hush went to Featherdale Wildlife Park at Doonside and the Koala Park, west of Sydney, to visit and say hello to their friends. They also tried to drop by Caddies Creek Public School Library to check if they can catch up with Julie Vivas in case she visited the school for Book Week. Alas, she was not there... but Julie Millard, another illustrator, was visiting sometime in Term 3. Our class always looks forward to going to the Library to meet with Mrs. Scheffers for Possum Magic Rapping. So until our next rap....... The Superstar Rappers of 1S @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/8c710526/attachment.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 22 08:44:16 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from Class 2L Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C313A@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Good day to you Rappers!! 2L had a fabulous discussion about the illustrations in Possum Magic yesterday. We worked cooperatively together, in small groups, to decide which page/s we liked the best. We listed them all and then took a vote, as a whole class, to decide on the overall favourite. 2L's overall favourite page in the book is the one where Grandma Poss is sitting on the branch with her hands in the air doing her magic, where you can see all of the magic sparkles floating across the page. 2L really liked seeing Hush invisible for the first time, the sparkly stars swirling around the page and just how colourful the whole page is. They liked the flipping pages of the books with the magic coming out, the cute little mouse in the corner and the fact that everything on the page really looks like it's moving! We can't wait to read what you decide your favourite page is. We are having SO MUCH FUN with this Book Rap! Until next time Rappers!! The 2L Lovely Rappers @ Caddies Creek PS and Miss Lark :) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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At the end of the day they would be feeling very exhausted, dizzy but happy!! It's been great reading your emails, >From 2M Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070522/f6b14d56/attachment.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 22 13:50:01 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from Stage 1 at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7F6@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums, Here are our responses to Rap Point 3. Two of us liked the illustrations on the pages of "Possum Magic" where the possums are in Darwin eating their Vegemite sandwiches. We liked this page because of the excited way Grandma Poss is jumping in the air as Hush's tail appears. One of us liked the double page with the snake. Hush is hanging right over the snake, but it can't see her because Hush is invisible. Two of us liked the pages where the possums are sailing across the Tasman Sea in an umbrella. We like the way Hush sits up on the handle of the umbrella. We also noticed that Grandma Poss has tied her bike shoes to the back of the umbrella like an anchor. Three of us liked the illustrations on the last double page, where the animals are all sharing food. The possums look very cute in that picture. Mr McLean likes the picture where Grandma Poss is making her bush magic. He wonders how Julie Vivas made the coloured paint spatter like that to make it look like real glitter. The most popular illustration was the one where Grandma Poss and Hush are dancing "Here we go round the lamington plate". Five of us like this page the best. It's a very cute picture, and the possums are doing things that real possums don't usually do. Grandma Poss looks like she's a dancing cowgirl. Two of us like the illustration because lamingtons are our favourite food - we looooooooove lamingtons! >From Stage 1 Rappers at Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070522/5cee1734/attachment.html From lhunt at larp.lism.catholic.edu.au Tue May 22 14:05:39 2007 From: lhunt at larp.lism.catholic.edu.au (Lachlan Hunt) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possum magic_07 rap point2 St. Joseph's, Laurieton Message-ID: <1179806739.837b323clhunt@larp.lism.catholic.edu.au> Hello Happy Rappers, It was here at lovely Laurieton beaches that they found lovely water melon for sale. Hush held the water melon up to her mouth and began to eat. She nibbled it and the juice ran out of her mouth onto her body and it reappeared. Next they went to Sandbar caf? to have a cappuccino. When she drank the cappuccino all the milk went onto her lips so she licked them and her tongue and lips appeared. Hush and grandma Poss decided to go ice skating at the Big Banana to see if the cold ice could make her toes and legs appear. Goodbye Fellow Rappers from year 2 Raving Rappers. -- From PAULINE.BENTHAM at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 22 19:20:22 2007 From: PAULINE.BENTHAM at education.nsw.gov.au (BENTHAM, PAULINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 1/2B The Meadows Public School Message-ID: <2333F4223E781042AB0731C92ED083B65DE22B@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi, We are a little late with our rap this week as we were busy last week with our Open Day in Education Week. We had lots of fun thinking of other places that Poss and Hush could go. We all liked the one that Zac wrote. It was there in the town of Seven Hills that Hush found chicken pasta. Hush curled her tail around her head and wished to be visible. Her little pink nose appeared slowly. Next she went to Sydney to see the Harbour Bridge. She was swinging at the very top of the bridge. On the Harbour Bridge she found a bird to eat and her little eyes began to appear. We better get busy with our next rap now so that we are not late this time. The Meadow Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070522/c0933bda/attachment.html From Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:36:48 2007 From: Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au (Gorham, Gail) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC038DBFF0@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi fellow Rappers We are having a lot of fun reading the responses everyone else is giving to the rap points. We really enjoy it when students at other schools have the same ideas as us. There was a hotly contested battle in our Reading Groups this week to decide on our favourite page. We divided up into groups and each group chose their favourite page and then had to come up with reasons to convince everyone else that their page was the best choice. Each group presented their reasons and it really seemed to work as almost everybody changed their mind (or maybe that just goes to show how many really great pages there are to choose from in the book). When it came to the final vote the page that won was the pages where Grandma Poss performs bush magic on all of the different animals. We liked the way that the wombat was looking at its new blue fur like it was thinking "What is happening here???" The kookaburras looked like they were asking themselves the same question. One of us liked the way it looked as if Grandma Poss' tail was patting the birds. We also thought the dingo had a great smile. Some of us especially liked the way Grandma Poss was handing upside down with the magic coming out of her hands. There was lots of action. We are already enjoying reading some of the page choices done by other schools. You have made some really good points. Rapping On The marvellous rappers of Annandale North Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/e24410f1/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:44:43 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from 2/3B at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hi again, 2/3B invented some more adventures for Hush. Here are a few of our favourites. Because she couldn't be seen she could jump on bears stomachs while they were sleeping. could ride on birds when the birds are flying high in the sky. could ride in a kangaroo's pouch. could sneak into people's houses for vegemite sandwiches. could stay safe from tigers. could stay safe from cows. from 2/3B at Eastern Creek Public School Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/808980d3/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:49:56 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 1E at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: 1E thought Grandma Poss and Hush would like to visit Eastern Creek Public School because we are a friendly school with lots of big trees for them to rest in. We made this poem about their visit. Grandma Poss and Hush ate Eastern Eggs and Watermelon at Eastern Creek. Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/c0889ee5/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:52:35 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 1/2C at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hi everyone, 1/2C had lots of fun thinking about our favourite foods and how Hush what part of Hush would become visible when they visit Eastern Creek. Grandma Poss and Hush ate Mango and ice cream at Eastern Creek. Slowly Hush's tail began to appear. Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/165bd0f2/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:57:11 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 2H at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Dear fellow rappers, 2H decided Hush needed something quick and easy to nibble when they had a rest in our huge gum trees in the back playground. We thought about E for Eastern Creek and E for Easter eggs and that the Easter bunny and bilbies have long ears. When Grandma Poss and Hush visited Eastern Creek they ate a McDonalds Happy Meal and Eastern Eggs. Suddenly Hush's ears appeared and we all cheered very loudly. Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/3cdda022/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:59:50 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:38 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 2/3B at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: 2/3B would love to have a visit from Grandma Poss and Hush and we would have a special welcome party because it would be the final place to visit on their journey. Grandma Poss and Hush came to a happy place with shady trees called Eastern Creek. They ate strawberries and a welcome cake. Suddenly Hush's whole body could be seen. We all cheered and had a big party to celebrate. Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Don't you think the lamingtons Julie Vivas drew look good enough to eat right off the page? >From the ESL students at Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/4b78531b/attachment.html From Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 11:39:47 2007 From: Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au (Walmsley, Therese) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 1/2P, 3/5S and 1W at CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4335B1D@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi to all the Rappers If Hush and Grandma Poss came to Glenwood in Western Sydney, New South Wales, what a time they would have!!! Mangos are a delicacy in these parts and we just know that whilst Grandma Poss waited for Hush to chomp into this juicy tropical fruit she would hold her take a deep breath ....... And her whole body would shake whilst she waited for something to happen to Hush. We are convinced that Hush's arm pits would suddenly appear and everyone would be extremely happy! Afterwards, we think Grandma Poss and Hush would go to Jambaroo - where they 'would control the action'. We think their favourite ride would be the water slides. Till next time, as Scooby Doo would say: "rappy rapping!!" From 3/5S, 1/2P and 1W @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/59ca9d60/attachment.html From Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 11:56:10 2007 From: Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au (Walmsley, Therese) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 1/2P, 3/5S and 1W at CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4335B1E@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Wow, already we are at Rap Point 3! We had many discussions about what page we could happily choose as our favourite. Koala chomping away whilst sitting on Hush's tail was very popular, so was Hush sliding down the Kangaroo's body, another good one was the snake page - it was so colourful and Hush is funny and maybe just a bit scared hanging down over the snake like she is. The best one by far was the Grandma Poss' magic page. It had so many beautiful stars and you can clearly see the magic - Julie Vivas did a great job of that. Also Hush is becoming invisible and not many of us have seen that happen. The mouse is sweet as it is lying down and Grandma Poss looks very powerful as she lifts her arms and hands right up in the air. No wonder she can make possums invisible! WELL - until our Rap Wrap Up - bye from 1/2P, 3/5S and 1W @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/72bb2944/attachment.html From ANTHONY.MOYES at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 12:46:32 2007 From: ANTHONY.MOYES at education.nsw.gov.au (MOYES, Anthony) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 - 2A (Amazing Rappers) Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D419650C@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello fellow rappers, After much discussion in groups, then as a class, we voted and decided that our favourite page of Possum Magic was "Grandma's magic page", the one where she is first making Hush invisible. Some of the reasons why we chose it were: * Harry, Alex and Reshma noticed that the colours in the outline of the invisible Hush are the same colours as Grandma Poss' magic (look closely!), * We like the way Grandma Poss was holding out her arms and casting the magic, * We thought it was funny the way that there is a mouse in the ilustration, sitting against some magic books. We have read some of your Rap Point 3 Responses and we like: * What 1/2P, 3/5S and 1W at CCPS said about the same page as us and their colourful email fonts, * What the ESL students at Penrith PS said about singing the line "Here we go round the lamington plate", * How 2L at CCPS described how thwy worked out their favourite page. Happy Rapping! >From the 2A (Too Amazing) Possum Magic Rappers at Caddies Creek PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A leg!" jumped both possums excitedly Suddenly there was a fabulous new furry leg. b) After visiting Bundarra we think Grandma Poss and Hush would * go to a party at Bundarra Central School and eat some cake and a tail appears * eat a choc-chip biscuit at the Bundarra goat races and her head appears * on a plane they go to Antarctica to eat some ice and the rest of her body appears and they live happily ever after. 1/2 rappers Bundarra Central School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Happy Rapping 2N and 2S -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/b3c9faa6/attachment.html From NATALIE.LONGSTAFF at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 14:12:26 2007 From: NATALIE.LONGSTAFF at education.nsw.gov.au (LONGSTAFF, NATALIE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 2N @ccps Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D441576B@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> It was a very close call when trying to choose our favourite page. We liked the kangaroo page because Hush is tickling the kangaroo and the kangaroo is giggling and the other animals don't know what's going on. But our MOST favourite page was the MAGIC page. We think that the little mouse if funny and we like the stages showing how Hush became invisible. We also love the magical, colourful stars. Till next time Rappers, 2Nice, Native Possum Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/bdb1ad57/attachment.html From trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au Wed May 23 14:33:45 2007 From: trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au (trees 6) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 3 EPPS Message-ID: <47839.172.18.0.153.1179894825.squirrel@edsuite.decs.sa.edu.au> We liked the page with the kangaroo because: :it looks funny with Hush sliding down his tail :it looks fun to slide down the kangaroos tail :the kangaroo is Brandons favourite Australian animal :the other animals look puzzled as to where Hush is. We REALLY enjoyed doing the book rap with you all Thankyou from EPPS Room 6ers From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 15:08:52 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 3 from class 2/1B from Manly Village Public School Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156361@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers, After lots of discussion we voted for our favourite page in the story. We liked the page where Grandma Poss sprinkled the magic sparkles to make Huss invisible. We loved the way Julie Vivas made the sparkles look like they were moving and curving and changing colours. She was able to create a feeling of movement with the pages in the magic book blowing open like a small wind was passing by. We also loved the way Julie Vivas made Huss become invisible in the illustration with colours gradually disappearing from her body as she became invisible. We looked at lots of other books illustrated by Julie Vivas and we think we would be able to recognise her art work if we saw it again. We love the way she uses water colour for her illustrations. We are looking forward to reading about your favourite pages. 2/1B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/2cc3ca80/attachment.html From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 15:38:22 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 3 from class 2C from Manly Village Public School Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156362@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi rappers, Our favourite page is the one with the snake. We thought the snake looks like it is coming out of the page towards the reader ready the STRIKE!! It looks very real, especially its flickering tongue. We also noticed that Hush has wound her tail around the branch above the snake and is holding on to it just to make sure that it doesn't dangle down near the snake. We loved the beautiful colours that Julie Vivas used for the snake. We are looking forward to seeing which was your favourite page 2C Magic Aussie Possums. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/919bea79/attachment.html From ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 24 10:50:20 2007 From: ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au (Feneley, Elizabeth) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 - Marayong Public School Message-ID: Hi everyone, 2N liked lots of the pages in 'Possum Magic' - it was a hard choice! When we voted, however, the majority of students liked the page where Grandma Poss is making Hush invisible using her special bush magic. We really love the colours on this page, especially the way we could see the magic powers coming from Grandma Poss' fingertips! We also liked watching the stages of Hush becoming invisible. It made us feel excited and we could imagine how fun it would be if we became invisible too!! What adventures we would have... We have started to draw our favourite pages from the book so they go up on display in our library. We can't wait to read about which pages you liked! >From 2N, Marayong Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070524/97a83849/attachment.html From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 24 16:20:44 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Point three Message-ID: <38363.203.36.44.14.1179987644.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Rappers, Ryley's favourite page is the one where Mem Fox made the snakes fly because it is funny. Katie liked the page where the kangaroos got to fly. Jessica likes the front cover because it has lovely illustrations. Muhau likes the page where emus became pink because he hasn't seen any pink emus yet. Amber likes the page where Julie Vivas made flamingos pink because the page looks pretty. Kristian's favourite page is when Grandma Poss makes Hush invisible because I like it when you can be invisible. from Year 1D Rappers From EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 24 16:40:54 2007 From: EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au (SILVINO, EVELYN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Response to Rap Point 3 by 1S of Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Hi there fellow Rappers! It was an excellent exercise having our class sit in different groups and choosing our favourite illustration in the book. In the groups, each member expressed their opinion and then agrees on one favourite page. The groups put in all their ideas and we listened to all the reasons why the illustrations have been picked by the groups. Then we voted on the illustration we like the best. Our class chose the illustration where the snake was slithering while Hush was hanging down so close on the path of the snake. Here are some of the reasons why that page was chosen: * The snake looks hungry with its tongue jutting out of its mouth; * It really looks like it is moving or slithering because of the way its shape was drawn; * Its eyes are colourful and looks scary; * We like the way Huss was drawn just hanging down so close to the snake and how she looks so scared; * Huss really looks scared with her big eyes bulging out and looking closely at the snake. Again, that was fun. Reading your responses to Rap Point 3 provided us insight on how much you also enjoyed this activity. Rap on till next... J 1S Superstar Rappers @ CCPS * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Callum's favourite page was when Hush asked to be invisible. >From St Kieran's year 1B rappers in Tuart Hill, Western Australia. From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 25 12:29:49 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from SCLB at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7FE@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums, Here are SCLB's responses to Rap Point 3. Three of us like the illustrations on the pages where Grandma Poss is making her bush magic. The kookaburras turning pink look funny, and so does the emu who goes down little. The smiling dingo looks very happy. Two of us like the picture where Grandma Poss is waving her arm to make all the colours and stars. One of us likes how this picture shows four Hushes on the branch - as she slowly turns invisible. Mr McLean wonders how Julie Vivas made the coloured paint spatter to make it look like real glitter. One of us likes the page where Hush is sliding upside down on the kangaroo's back. Hush is using the kangaroo like a slippery dip. The animals are looking around for who is calling out, "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!", but Hush is invisible. One person likes the page where Hush's face becomes visible again after eating the lamington. He likes seeing how happy Grandma Poss is: dancing, jumping and throwing her arms up in the air. One of us likes the page with the snake wriggling towards us. Maybe Hush is saying, "Aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!"? One person just couldn't make up his mind. We also had one person away today. We tried to guess what his favourite page might be but we couldn't agree. We will have to ask him next week. >From SCLB rappers at Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070525/4213f9ca/attachment.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 25 12:59:00 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Co-ordinator's Message and Rap Wrap Up References: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C313F@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3140@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi rappers What a great time we've all had this week discussing and voting on our favourite pages in Possum Magic! The combination of author Mem Fox's imaginative text and illustrator Julie Vivas' beautiful artwork has made Rap Point 3 a most difficult task for us all. The most popular pages seem to be where Grandma Poss is making Hush invisible (I love the sparkling magic dust and colourful stars!), the snake (I really like the way the snake is slithering off the page towards the reader!) and the kangaroo page (What fun invisible Hush is having!). It has been very interesting reading what the rappers from all across Australia think. Congratulations to you all on a great job! Sadly, it is now time for our final book rap activity; the Rap Wrap Up. (I know this is a bit tricky to say!) This week, could you please send an e-mail to the rap telling us what you have enjoyed about participating in this book rap? Also, could you please tell us what new skills you have developed? Post your final group response to: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au This week, you may all have many more "in school" rap activities planned. Are any of you having a Possum Magic party? I know classes at my school are having a Possum Magic Rap Wrap Up party and students will be enjoying making and eating vegemite sandwiches, pavlova and lamingtons. YUMMY! Maybe you have made a display in your room or library? We'd love to hear about it in your e-mail. I can wait to read your Rap Wrap Up ideas! Happy rapping everyone! Mrs Scheffers (Rap Co-ordinator) Teacher Librarian Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070525/8696c6fc/attachment.html From HELENA.CAMPBELL at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 28 07:51:15 2007 From: HELENA.CAMPBELL at education.nsw.gov.au (CAMPBELL, Helena) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap RAP POINT 2 - EDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL Message-ID: <1E5413058F7CAC4E8F6C6B387207105529B879@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Rap point 2 from Eden Public School. Two students have been chosen to submit their work this week. Bradley Cole 3/4C It was there on the Far South Coast of Australia that they found a Martin's pie. Grandma Poss crossed her eyes and her little toes. Hush breathed slowly and began to eat. "Oh two paws. Great!" shouted both possums together. There it was two new paws. (b) "I think Grandma Poss and Hush will go to the Gold Coast to the museum and look at the whales". "They would have a look at the whales and when they left the museum they got a whale pen each". POSSUM MAGIC by Mem Fox RAP POINT 2 - Madeline Newton 3/4W It was there and then in Eden on the Far South Coast, New South Wales they found a sausage sandwich Grandma Poss crossed her eyes and Crossed her ears. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat 'An eye an eye ' shouted both possums at once For there it was a brand new, visible eye. Next they would go to the whale festival and go on the dodgem cars -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The way the colours have been used you can see the magic coming out of the spell books and across the page. The mouse on the edge of the branch leaning on the books is very cute. We were wandering if the mouse turned invisible too, just like Hush. What do you think? We can't wait to read all of the Wrap up emails this week to see if you all had as much fun as we have had. Till next time Bye from 1/2 E Excellent rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Finally, one editor suggested that Mem Fox make her book more Australian, so she changed the Hush character into a little possum instead, and "Possum magic" was born! The book sold immediately with this new idea. I think Julie Vivas added the mouse character to remind them of Mem Fox's patience in trying to sell this now-famous picture book. Best wishes, Mr McLean @ Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070528/03d373d6/attachment.html From JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 28 19:29:05 2007 From: JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au (DEIGHTON, JANET) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 3 from Northmead year one classes Message-ID: Hi there Possum Rappers, After all four year one classes voted, we finally decided that we liked the page with the snake for these reasons. * The snake looks scary, like it was going to eat us because it was looking straight at us. * The snake has angry eyes that slant down and a colourful rainbow body. * Hush is afraid and climbs the branch when the snake's tongue is out. * Hush is almost upside down and invisible on the branch - rather exciting! * Hush is about to fall on the snake which make us feel scared for her. We are thoroughly enjoying all the rapping between our schools. 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Here we go round the gum tree until the home bell rings. from 2H Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070529/71d2011d/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 29 09:30:59 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 1E at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hello to everyone, Another fun time deciding our favourite page. It took a long time to describe our favourite pages and we had to think really hard about the reasons. We looked at all the pages and finally voted that our favourite page was the one where Grandma Poss uses her magic to change the animals. We liked this page because we have never seen blue wombats or pink kookaburras before and thought it would be fun to change colours. Also it was funny to think of seeing a dingo smiling. from 1E Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070529/92858c6a/attachment.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 29 13:46:36 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Wrap up from Stage 1 at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF802@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello possums! Most of us in this "Possum Magic" rap group would be interested in doing another book rap because it was fun and we missed out on regular English lessons. Three of us said we would not like to do another rap, but only because we want to keep doing this one! We are sad to be sharing our thoughts for the Rap Wrap up because the rap has been exciting, fantastic, good, and super. Some of us feel very happy and proud of ourselves because we have made new friends from other English classes during the Rap. Coming to the Rap we sometimes missed our turn to have "News". The "Possum Magic" Book Rap made us feel smart. >From participating in this Rap, we have learned about Australian places and foods, possums, and how to send an email on the computer. We learned that it was easy to share our ideas with other schools using email. We also learned that real possums don't dance, do magic or eat lamingtons. We enjoyed Mem Fox's story of "Possum Magic", especially the snake page, and when the possums shared their food and danced. We are glad that Hush was able to turn visible again. We also liked seeing a video of "Possum Magic" where the book's illustrator, Julie Vivas, had drawn extra illustrations - and they even moved like a cartoon! The Book Rap did meet most of our expectations, but one of us thought that a Book Rap was where children came to the library and learned how to wrap books with plastic! The Book Wrap was good stuff, and very exciting and interesting, even though we usually missed our "News" time, but we didn't mind. Only one of us thought the Book Rap was a little bit boring sometimes. One of us thought it would be dumb, but he really liked this rap group. We would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Scheffers at Caddies Creek PS for running the Book Rap. >From Stage 1 Rappers and Mr McLean at Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We also found the mouse in the umberella going with Grandma Poss & Hush to Hobart which we hadn't seen before. We also discovered Hush disappeared and reappeared in exactly the same order - first her tail, then her body and lastly her head. We decided there was somethind special about each page so we made up a rhyme for when Hush and Grandma Poss visit Eastern Creek. Here we go round the lunch box, the lunch box, the lunch box. Here we go round the lunchbox, Until the lunch bell rings. >From 2/3B Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We have learned how to send emails and especially loved playing around with the different fonts and sizes and colours. Most of us had never received emails before so that was lots of fun too. We also learned that Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge was the name of Mem Fox's father! We read that in Mem Fox's autobiography. Thankyou Mrs Scheffers for coordinating the rap and to all the schools for making it so much fun. Goodbye from 2/1B and 2C Manly Village PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070530/78457cde/attachment.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 30 12:02:23 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap RE: Response to Manly Village PS Rap wrap up message References: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156367@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF805@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Classes 2/1B and 2C from Manly Village PS said: >We also learned that Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge was the name of Mem Fox's father! Hi Manly Village PS, What interesting information! Did you know that, in 2002, there was a Book Rap about the book, "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge"? The student responses for that Rap are archived at: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoollibraries/listserv/wilfrid/maillist.html Best wishes, Mr McLean and Stage 1 students, Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070530/d556b604/attachment.html From KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 30 13:12:28 2007 From: KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au (DENZEL, KELLESI) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 1D and 2/6A Message-ID: <3E6DCFB45F51234586EA75CFF9C0C6F31F8402@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi there fellow Rappers, We really enjoyed reading all your favourite pages and we were really surprised at how many of us all had similar answers. It seemed to us that a lot of people liked the page where Grandma Poss uses her magic to make Hush invisible. As a class, we really liked that page too! We even have a huge mural of it up in our classroom complete with glitter and disappearing possums! To answer the Rap Point, we got ourselves into groups and we each chose our favourite page. If we did not all have the same favourite page, we had to listen to each other's ideas and work out as a group what our answer would be. We discussed that the "grown-up" word for this was compromise (and sometimes we did not like this!!!) After each group worked out our favourites, we then discussed it as a class and we came up with our favourite pages. The votes were very close and our top three pages are: In 3rd place: "The Snake Page" because we liked the patterns on her skin and the scared look on Hush's face as she hangs dangerously close to the snake. The Runner up was: "The Magic Page" because we liked the stars and sparkles and Hush becoming invisible. We thought the mouse was cute. We really liked the floating magic and the way it flows out of the books, out over the mouse and touches Hush with all its beautiful, magical colours. Our ultimate favourite and the winner of the "2007 1D & 2/6A Favourite Possum Magic Page" goes to...... (drum roll please) Grandma's magic spells on each of the animals. We loved the colour. We loved the realistic pictures (except for the colours!), we loved the poems, we loved the action and we loved the thought of all those animals having been changed by Grandma Poss' magic. Have a very Magic Week Rappers with lots of invisible adventures, Love 1Delightful and 2/6Angels. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Things like: * how to find the emails using the internet favourites * the fact that Mr Moyes can use the smart board very well * that a Book Rap can be lots of fun * how many different and interesting schools there are in NSW and Australia * that our Reading can be improved through Rap activities * how to work and cooperate in groups for different tasks. Thank you for rapping with us. We hope to rap with you again in 2008. >From 2A (Too Amazing!) Possum Magic Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We decided that we enjoyed- * doing our assembly item on Possum Magic * reading all the e-mails from all the different schools * looking closely at Julie Vivas' illustrations * reading and working together and sharing our ideas with all our fellow rappers * and also getting right into the story of Possum Magic We also decided that some of the things we learnt by doing the Book Rap were- * using all the book rap lingo * how to open and read other schools e-mails * more about the story of Possum Magic * what other schools thought about the rap points * how to co-operate and work together on the computers * and we learnt so much about all the different schools, their locations and what their schools are like compared to ours. Thank You all very much we have really enjoyed rapping with you all Bye for now, hope to rap again with you,maybe next year >From the 2Nice Native Possum Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We especially liked hearing Mem Fox read her book in the way she probably heard it in her head as she wrote it. We liked using the technology in the library, especially the Smart Board. The thing we liked the most was reading everyone's emails each week and sharing your ideas. We particularly liked reading the ones from Manly Village as we are very jealous that you live so close to the beach! During our time Rapping, we learnt many things. We learnt how to find and open emails. We had to learn how to log on to the computer and log on to the portal- this took us weeks to learn but we can now do it! (Not bad for year 1!) We learnt what a Book Rap was (apparently it is not a really fast song about a book!), what a Rap Point was and how to answer Rap Points. Compromising and co-operating were skills which we learnt during completing the activities. We learnt about other schools and where they lived and what their schools are like. We liked learning about your ideas on Possum Magic. We learnt to read Possum Magic together and to learnt to think about our own opinions and ideas on the book. 2/6A took a class survey of what their favourite magic foods were. When they did this, they learnt about each food, they tasted each food and they learnt how to tally up results and make graphs. WoW! What an amazing list of achievements! We have had a blast. We hope you have had as much fun as us. We would like to thank YOU for reading our emails, and thank Mrs Scheffers for making the Rap happen. Have a great year filled with many adventures. If any of you figure out how to make yourself invisible, let us in on the secret! Over and out fellow Rappers. from 1Delightful and 2/6Angels @ Caddies Creek PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We love the way the illustrator has blended the colours in the magic and has still made Hush visible to us. We also like this page because it meant that Hush and Granma Poss could go on many adventures. from the 3/4 Magic Garden Rappers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/c2d044a9/attachment.html From RHONDA.PARNIS at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 31 12:53:01 2007 From: RHONDA.PARNIS at education.nsw.gov.au (PARNIS, Rhonda) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap wrap up from Sherwood Grange Message-ID: <3EABBD9285DC944689D075A8C1CC1C7218497E@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi everyone, We are sad to finish this rap but have really enjoyed it ! We liked reading the great story Possum Magic most of all but also liked going on the computer and reading all the messages from around Australia. It was fun thinking about where the schools were and seeing that there were other 1Cs and 1Ms in different schools to ours. Thankyou to everyone for writing such great messages! See you next rap! 1C and 1M from Sherwood Grange -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/f50416e0/attachment.html From Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 31 13:24:36 2007 From: Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au (Askew, Lachlan) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possum magic rap point 3 Message-ID: <84759800D58370469178E62D7184237C03694987@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers We like the page where Grandma Poss made Hush invisible because it looks magical. We also liked when Hush slid down the kangaroo's tail and when he koala sat on Hush's tail. But the one we liked the most was the snake page because it was colourful, and because the snake slithered and because one boy in our class has snakes at home. Nearly every page in the book was liked by someone which goes to show what a great book Possum Magic is. from 1D at Blaxland East -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/f340f787/attachment.html From Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Thu May 31 15:10:11 2007 From: Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au (Rachel McSeveny) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap wrap up from 2M at CCPS Message-ID: G'day Rappers, 2M has enjoyed and leant so many things about this Book rap. Here they are: Things we have enjoyed about the book rap: * working with a buddy * writing and reading other emails * discussing our favourite pages in the book * thinking of ideas for each Rap Point * we liked the song 'here we go round the lamington plate' in the book * discussing the book with each other * finding out about other schools in Australia * we liked working cooperatively * we enjoyed all of it! What we have learnt from taking part in the book rap: * we learnt about a lot of different schools in Australia * we learnt more about the Australian food in the book * we learnt about what a Rap Point is and how to do a Book Rap * we learnt how to go on the internet and go to the website at CCPS to read the emails * we learnt how to work cooperatively * we learnt more about 'Possum Magic'. * we learnt how to read better * we learnt about what other schools thought about the book. It was lovely doing the book rap with you all! Bye fellow rappers Thank you for rapping with us! >From 2M -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/f98d1ff6/attachment.html From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 31 15:15:00 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap-up - 2A and 2V - Hassall Grove PS Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA27@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Thank you Mrs. Scheffers and all the rappers around Australia for a great book rap. We have enjoyed the rap.We learnt to co-operate with each other and we loved reading all of your emails. We did lots of talking which was great. We liked looking at the illustrations close-up. We didn't realise there was so much detail in Julie Vivas' paintings. Looking forward to rapping with you all next time. 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We also worked out how to finish off our Email message. We also learned about other places in Australia by using the atlas on our Smartboard. >From Year 1D at St Kieran CPS in Western Australia. From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 31 16:58:10 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Wrap Up Message-ID: <43760.203.36.44.13.1180594690.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Possum Magic Book Rappers, We learned how to access our mail to read our Email messages. We learned how to send an Email message about Possum Magic.. We learned what we needed to do to make a good Email message. We learned how to make poems about Possum Magic. We also used a map on the Smartboard to find out where the different schools were. We also learned how to go on different Web Sites. We found out about different foods around Australia. >From Year 1b Possum Magic Book Rappers. From Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au Fri Jun 1 08:11:03 2007 From: Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au (Walmsley, Therese) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Rap Up from 1/2P 3/5S and 1W @CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4335B20@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi everyone, here is our final communication for this wonderful BookRap. Here are some things we have enjoyed about the book rap: * Working as a team * Looking at the emails on the computer * Using the smartboard * Looking for the best pages * HowGrandma Poss used magic in the book * Having three classes work together * Loved the pictures * Reading and discussing the book * Talking about food What we have learnt from taking part in the book rap: * Writing ideas about books * More about the book * About places in Australia * How to read the book and look closely at the pictures * How to read the emails on the computers * Internet Explorer * How to use the smartboard Well, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR RAPPING WITH US, WE HOPE WE CAN RAP AGAIN SOON. PS. We would love to go on an excursion to Manly Village Public School because you can see the ocean from their classrooms! >From 1W Wizardly Rappers, 1/2P Perfect People Rappers and 3/5S Spectacular Student Rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Here are some of the things we enjoyed about the Book Rap: * reading the emails from other schools and learning about how they are different to ours, especially the lucky people at Manly Village right near the beach!!) * finding our favourite pages * looking at the map of Australia and learning the places * working in groups * doing a book rap for the very first time * working with Mrs Scheffers in the library * listening to Mem Fox read her own story on CD What we have learnt from taking part in the book rap: * all the capital cities in Australia * how to work together in a group * all about Australian animals * Rap lingo - the rap language * now we know what a Book Rap is ! J A big thank you to Mrs Scheffers!! Yahooooooo!!!!! >From the 2L Lovely Rappers @ Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We also liked the video and the "Glossary of Australian Foods" at the end. >From participating in this Rap, we have learned about Australian places and foods, possums, using our brains, and how to send emails to other schools on the computer. Thank you to Mrs Scheffers at Caddies Creek PS for running the Book Rap. >From Class SCLB and Mr McLean at Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070601/414b2c45/attachment.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri Jun 1 14:42:07 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Final message from Rap Co-ordinator Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3148@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Possum Magic Rappers! Congratulations everyone on your wonderful work throughout this exciting book rap! Judging by your Rap Wrap Up comments, you have all learnt and developed so many new skills, whilst having great fun sharing your thoughts with other schools. I have been most impressed with your clever and creative ideas! It's been great having over 30 schools from across Australia taking part; including Western Australia, South Australia and the A.C.T. For many of you (and your teachers), this has been your very first book rap. You should all feel very proud of yourselves and what you have achieved! It's sad that our book rap has come to an end! If you haven't yet sent any of your Rap Point or Rap Wrap Up responses, you can still post them sometime within the next week. I hope you will join us all again in any future book rap programs! Happy future rapping! Mrs Scheffers Rap Co-ordinator Teacher Librarian Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Going to the computer lab to read the e-mails ? All of the rap ? Working together What we have learnt from taking part in the book rap: ? the illustrations can show different parts and moods in the book ? more about the book ? we learnt about Australian food ? how to do a book rap ? to look carefully at the illustrations ? learnt how to make a class decision ? learnt about Mem Fox's style of writing ? how to go on the internet. Thank you for rapping with us. We have had lots of fun. Goodbye from the 1H heavenly, happy rappers: at CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/665b8e3c/attachment.html From ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Jun 4 14:22:38 2007 From: ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au (LARGE, Alison) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Possummagic_07 Rap wrap up from 1/2 E@ CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D42CC183@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Howdy Rappers, We are so sad to be at the end of the book rap because we have really enjoyed being a part of it. 1 / 2E Rap Wrap Up The best things about the book wrap was reading the emails each week, we especially liked imagining that our school was right across the road from the beach.(You lucky ducks Manly Village) One of the other best things was answering the rap points, we liked working together to respond to the questions and it really made us think about the book. When we prepared our rap points we did lots of voting which was fun. We also enjoyed the group work that we did to decide on our favourite page (rap point 3), we worked well together and were happy to compromise with each other. This activity also allowed us to really take a good look at the illustrations and we can see the similarities in other Julie Vivas books. Another great part of the book rap was sharing our ideas with our classmates and other schools; it was especially good to get a response about the last rap point from Penrith PS. (Thanks) We have learnt lots of things during the book rap. We learnt more about Possum Magic, Mem Fox and Julie Vivas. We have learnt, how to work and compromise in groups. We also learnt how to find the emails on the internet and enjoyed reading them on our computers and on the wonderful smart board in the library with Mrs Scheffers. Before we joined we had never heard of a book rap so we learnt about what it is and how it works.We can't wait to do another one! We alson learnt interesting things about Australia like foods, native animals and Australia's Capital Cities. We also got to use the smartboard in the library, it is a great piece of technology that we love using. Thanks for such a great book rap, we can't wait till the next one. A very big thank you to the super Teacher Librarian Mrs Sheffers for co-ordinating the rap. Bye rappers from 1/ 2E Excellent Rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/b1f11c3f/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Jun 4 14:41:29 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Up from 2H at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hello magic possums, We all loved doing this book rap. These are some things we liked about rapping: *doing the exciting activities together *reading other school's emails *drawing fun pictures about Possum Magic *using the smart board with Mrs Mead *making our own poems We have learnt about children from other schools. Some children in our class have found thier friends are also doing the book rap in other schools. We have learnt how to go onto the internet and read emails from other schools. We also learnt how to look at illustrations more closely. We would love to be involved in another book rap in the future. Until then. Bye from 2H at Eastern Creek Public School Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/69c3eafc/attachment.html From EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Jun 4 16:05:26 2007 From: EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au (SILVINO, EVELYN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap up from 1S Superstar Rappers @ Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Greetings Rappers! It doesn't seem too long ago and now we've reached the conclusion of our Possum Magic Rapping. We enjoyed every moment since we began this. We are not going to be sad because we know we can do this again next year. What did we actually enjoy about this book rap? We surely enjoyed reading emails from the different schools near and far. Every time we meet it's always exciting to put our ideas to answer the Rap Points. The voting exercise is always helpful when we have to agree on choices especially when we had to choose a nickname to identify our class electronically. Most of all, it was fun to work in groups to discuss and agree on our favourite pages from Possum Magic. We also learnt so much from this experience. We are more confident in using the internet and the process by which we access the emails. Most of our classmates who have internet access at home can actually find their way to the Possum Magic website. We can read the emails and share them with our families. Our class was able to think more about the story of Possum Magic and look at the illustrations in detail and discuss how Julie Vivas drew her pictures. We also got to know other classes in different schools and learn about them through the ideas they put forward in their Rap Points answers. We got the opportunity and learnt how to use the smart board located in our Library. It is great to be reading and getting good at it as well as learning new and unfamiliar words. We are definitely going to miss going to our library to do book rap with Mrs. Scheffers, but as we said in the beginning, we look forward to rapping with you again next year! J Superstar Rappers of 1S @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/3f089e2e/attachment.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Tue Jun 5 13:41:34 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 Message-ID: Hello Rappers, 1/2M had a difficult time deciding on our favourite page. We liked the page with the snake because the snakes fangs were sticking out and that made it look scary. We also liked the beautiful colours that Julia Vivas used on the snake. Our next favourite page was where Grandma Poss was sprinkling her magic. We loved the colourful stars and sprinkles. We are looking forward to drawing our favourite page to hang in the library. 1/2M Coffs Rappers Lyn Howlin Teacher Librarian Coffs Harbour Public School P: 02 6652 3355 lyn.howlin@education.nsw.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070605/103f512a/attachment.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Tue Jun 5 13:46:38 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 Message-ID: Hi there Possum Rappers, We really liked the snake page because it was scary & colourful. Julia Vivas was very clever when she made the eyes look so scary. We thought the snake looked venomous. We were frightened for Hush because we thought the snake would eat her if she could see her. Funky Rappers of Coffs Harbour Public School Lyn Howlin Teacher Librarian Coffs Harbour Public School P: 02 6652 3355 F: 02 66aaaaaaa lyn.howlin@education.nsw.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070605/928f38a8/attachment.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Tue Jun 5 13:49:58 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 1/2N Coffs Harbour Public School Message-ID: Hello Rappers, We voted for the snake page because it was colourful and bright. We liked the many colours that Julia Vivas used in her illustrations. We really enjoyed choosing our special page. It has been fun reading all your thoughts about your favourite page. 1/2N Happy Rappers of Coffs Harbour Public School Lyn Howlin Teacher Librarian Coffs Harbour Public School P: 02 6652 3355 lyn.howlin@education.nsw.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070605/9a45211d/attachment.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Tue Jun 5 14:51:24 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Up from 2/3B at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hi there rappers, We enjoyed being a part of the Possum Magic book rap. We liked all the activities, reading Possum Magic again and again and writing poems about dancing around the lunch boxes. We liked reading the emails from other schools around NSW and Australia especially the Sadadeen Mob in Alice Springs and the Silly Billies at Hassall Grove. We learnt how to send emails and found it fun working with other schools. We liked using the smart board and learning about the other schools around Australia. We will definitely be ready for another book rap. Bye for now from 2/3B Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070605/994ca082/attachment.html From srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au Wed Jun 6 07:39:10 2007 From: srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au (Sally Rasaiah) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 and Wrap Up from Kambala Message-ID: <5FC7A37A-3813-488A-B398-E48788E4217C@kambala.nsw.edu.au> Hello everyone We are a bit late posting our final Rap response and farewell message as we have had a very busy week! On Open Day we completed our Possum Magic booklets with the help of our families and friends and explained all about the Book Rap to them. They thought it was an exciting activity. We illustrated our favourite page and described why we chose that page. There were a lot of girls who chose the page with the dingo, and the snake was one of our favourites too. We have enjoyed reading the emails from all over Australia and have learned much about other schools and places. Now that the rap is over, we will keep reading books by Mem Fox and have a closer look at the illustrations in the picture books that we share. We have had a great time, see you in the next rap, 1H and 1J -- Caution: This email (including all attachments) is intended solely for the addressee. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Kambala. From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed Jun 6 10:28:17 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Up from 1/2C at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hi rappers, We all enjoyed the book rap. We especially liked reading the ideas from all the other schools and thought the fancy writing and colours were cool. We also liked the rap names of the other classes. We learnt how a book rap works and how much fun it is to read emails from other schools. We love using the smartboard because it makes it easier for us to read the emails together. We would love to do another book rap soon. from 1/2C at Eastern Creek Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We loved hearing from all the other schools- especially when they told us about where they were from. We liked seeing if they had similar or different answers to our answers for each Rap Point. We're sad the Rap is finished, but we've had a great time! >From 2N, Marayong Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070606/4bc69a7f/attachment.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Thu Jun 7 09:09:37 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Wrap Up from ESL students at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF80A@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Farewell Rappers! Before everyone closes the book "Possum Magic", we would like to share our final thoughts about rapping this book. As new learners of the English language, we have enjoyed: * listening to the CD * looking at the illustrations * reading all of your ideas about the book * making the food that Hush ate * making a Vegemite sandwich for Mr McLean (and he's still visible, so it worked!). We have learnt: * all the capital cities on a map of Australia * information about some Australian animals * that many schools enjoyed "Possum Magic", just like us * to listen to other people's ideas. Most of what we achieve with Mrs Bradley (ESL teacher) and, of course, Hush, has helped us in class with lessons on: * Australia - Our identity * English: writing text types - Procedures, Narratives Hope to rap again soon. Wrapping Up, Stage 2 and 3 ESL Rappers and Mrs Bradley at Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After that it would be a chocolate milkshake at Kitty's a great little cafe and Hush's tummy would show. How funny feet, tail and tummy walking around. A bite from all types of pizzas at the Pizza Hut would make the head vivilbe. They would travel to MacCarthur Square and move around teh food court tasting all types of things, like yoghurt, marshmallows, bread, burgers and donuts and this would make all of Hush visible. We had fun imaging this and are now working on rap point 3 From 2/3K Infleburn Public school -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070607/20435cd6/attachment.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Thu Jun 7 20:55:49 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:15:39 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 1/2M Coffs Harbour Public School Message-ID: Hello Rappers 1/2M had a difficult time deciding on our favourite page. We liked the page with the snake because the snakes fangs were sticking out and that made it look scary. We also liked the beautiful colours that Julia Vivas used on the snake. Our next favourite page was where Grandma Poss was sprinkling her magic. We loved the colourful stars and sprinkles. We are looking forward to drawing our favourite page for the library. 1/2M Coffs Rappers Lyn Howlin Teacher Librarian Coffs Harbour Public School P: 02 6652 3355 lyn.howlin@education.nsw.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That boy will be surprised at the end of the movie when he sees his empty box and wrappers and doesn't remember eating them (we know that Hush would pick up her rubbish though). You can see Grandma Poss' bike in the exit door. Maybe there was no parking left? We think it's great how all of the people have accepted a single possum (because Hush is still invisible) into their cinema.We wonder what movie they're watching? Maybe it's Shrek 3! The second reason we picked that page was the artwork. We loved the colours in the background of the dark theatre. We don't get to see a lot of backgrounds in Possum Magic's pictures and our class was amazed by how many colours they could see in it. We use watercolours, so we know how hard that can be! We thought Julie Vivas showed a lot of her talent in that picture because it looks so real. Until next time, Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070609/8c865b0e/attachment.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri Apr 27 16:01:27 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:29 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Introductions Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C30CC@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello fellow rappers Welcome to the Possum Magic Book Rap! My name is Mrs Scheffers and I am the Teacher Librarian at Caddies Creek Public School, in western Sydney. I 'll be co-ordinating this book rap. I'm sure we're all going to have such a fun time, sharing our ideas and feelings about this award winning book! I'm already feeling very excited and I can't wait to get started! This week, your rap task is to send an introductory class message, which describes your class / group and your school. You may wish to tell us about the location, size and any special features of your school. Please send your introductory messages to: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au In the subject box, please write "Introducing " then the name of your class / group and school. (eg. Introducing Class 1W from Caddies Creek PS). After you have read other schools' introductions, you may wish to plot them on a class wall map. I look forward to reading your introductory messages and to learning more about you and the schools you are from. Happy rapping, little possums! Mrs Scheffers Rap Co-ordinator -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Since we live in the coutry, lots of people have their own chickens to lay eggs for them, cows and horses. Some people even have alpacas! We are excited to hear about your schools! _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Silverchair: Young Modern – listen to full tracks plus win gig tickets! http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=772&referral=competitionpage&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/silverchair From Anne.Hodge2 at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Apr 30 15:32:32 2007 From: Anne.Hodge2 at education.nsw.gov.au (Hodge, Anne) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:29 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1S from Beaumont Road P.S. Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC03B1260B@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello everyone, We are in Year 1S and there are 22 of us. Our school is Beaumont Road Public School. It is in Killara in Sydney. There are about 300 children in the school. At school we love doing science and computers. At weekends we play soccer and tennis, go swimming and do athletics. We read Possum Magic last term when we were learning about nocturnal animals. It will be fun to do some different things now. This is our first bookrap, and we are very excited to find out where everyone else comes from. Year 1S -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070430/46439c17/attachment-0001.html From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Apr 30 15:50:18 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:29 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing class 2/1B from Manly Village Public School Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156324@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Our school is Manly Village Public in Manly, a ferry ride from the city of Sydney. We are very lucky to live on the coast in a place that is known world wide for its wonderful beach. Our school is only 50 metres from the beach. We go there for our cross country and beach carnival. We have about 430 students in 18 classes. Our school is very old. It was built in 1858. We are a composite 2/1 class with 11 students in year 1 and 14 students in year 2. This is a special extension class. We can see the ocean from our window as we are on the first floor and on hot days we can feel the sea breeze. We love reading books. We have lots of indoor plants in our room. Our favourite sports are soccer, swimming, Eagle Tag. Many kids at our school do Nippers which is where we learn to be life-savers. This is really important as we spend lots of time swimming at the beach. We have a special gymnastics program at our school too. We are very excited to be taking part in the book rap. This is the first time our school has participated. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some of our favourite things are books, bean bags to sit on to read our books, activities, turtles (not real ones!) and our 3 computers in the classroom . We are feeling happy and excited to be doing our very first Book Rap on Possum Magic with Mrs Scheffers, our librarian . We will also be looking at other books written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas in class . We can't wait to read your emails! Happy rapping, The 2L Lovely Possum Magic Rappers @ CCPS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Our students enjoy playing Maths games and creating artworks. 2A's classroom is a demountable building at the very back corner of the playground. We have air-conditioning, 3 computers and a book corner. We have enjoyed reading Possum Magic and are feeling very happy about doing this "Book Rap" with you all. We hope you enjoy reading our introductory email, >From the 2A Amazing Possum Magic Rappers@CCPS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/3b93d18c/attachment-0001.html From trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au Tue May 1 12:54:17 2007 From: trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au (trees 6) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Room 6 EPPS Message-ID: <53875.172.18.0.153.1177988057.squirrel@edsuite.decs.sa.edu.au> Hello, We are Room 6 Year 1's at East Para Primary School which is in a North East suburb of Adelaide. My class are Year 1 students and while this will be their 1st rap I have been involved in other raps in previous years. Possum Magic is one of our favourite stories, hence the reason we've joined this year and we are involved in find out more about Australain,our native animals and comparing them with our epals in USA, Scotland, Germany and Japan. Other rappers may be interested in joining the epals project too: www.epals.com We look forward to hearing more about other rappers too. Our school has 400 students from Reception to Year 7. Our class has 22 students in it- most of us are 6 years old. >From Mrs Furnell and Room 6 Rappers From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 13:25:23 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Stage 1 students of Penrith Public School Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7DB@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums! We are a small group of Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) students from Penrith Public School. We are from different English classes. At this school, we are in home classes and split up to have different teachers for English and mathematics. Our school is on a busy main road, High Street, that passes through Penrith in western Sydney. Penrith is almost at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Our main building had its 90th birthday this year so we had a Reading Picnic in the playground to celebrate. The building is the same age as Taronga Park Zoo, and 40 years older than "The Cat in the Hat". (We celebrated his birthday, too.) Our school colours are blue, red and white and we have four core values: Learning, Cooperating, Respect and Environment. We can win Good Ones and Gold Certificates for following the core values and our school rules. There are 392 children at our school. We are looking forward to reading "Possum Magic" and your rap responses with our teacher-librarian, Mr McLean. Most of us already know the picture book really well. Your rapper friends, Stage 1 students of Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/f54b3139/attachment-0001.html From DIANNE.YOUNG2 at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 15:47:16 2007 From: DIANNE.YOUNG2 at education.nsw.gov.au (YOUNG, Dianne) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introductions from Duranbah Public School Message-ID: Hello Rappers We are excited to join this rap and discover more about Possum Magic and Mem Fox.Our school is called Duranbah Public School. We are a small school of 46 students. Our school has two full time teachers and a part time teacher. The Principal at our school teaches the Primary class.Our class, K/1/2 has 22 students in it! Our school is beautiful, we are surrounded by bushland and have a fantastic new fitness track on our large playground.We have a special room at our school called the Quiet room. It is a special place to relax. We enjoy playing sport such as soccer, football, tennis and hockey. Many children enjoy playing in the sandpit with trucks.Duranbah School is about 30km from the Queensland border but on the coast. See if you can find us! We have a special art shed at our school where we can enjoy art like clay, painting and paper sculpture.Our teacher Ms Young read Possum Magic to us today-we thought it was a fun book.This term we are investigating Australia so this book will help us to learn more about Australian animals, food and places. Guess what? Our teacher has just told us that we are going to the Currumbin Bird Sanctury this term to look at many Australian animals and to listen to Possum Magic being read with real possums! 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/21f9afe8/attachment-0001.html From Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 19:18:04 2007 From: Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au (MAR, RENAE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap introduction from 1M and Mrs Mar Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D43FED24@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers! We are Rappers from 1M at caddies Creek Public School. There are 23 children in our class. Our teacher is Mrs Mar. Caddies Creek Public School has about 680 st6udents and is still growing. We started with 155 students in 2003. Our school is near Parklea Markets in Glenwood, Sydney. We have a toy castle in our room which we love to play with on Fridays. We have a laptop and a data projector in our classroom so we can check your e mails at anytime.We enjoy going to the computer lab, maths games, art and "Free play Friday" (if we have all our work completed). Last term we were lucky to have frogs and tadpoles in our classroom. After school and on the weekends we like to play on the computer, with our pets, play basketball, soccer and tennis. We are feeling happy about doing the Rap and we think we will be clever at answering the Rap Points. Bye for now Rappers from the 1M Magical Rapers @ Caddies Creek Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/b7f2dfb1/attachment-0001.html From Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 1 22:33:50 2007 From: Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au (Gorham, Gail) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1 from Annandale North P.S. Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC038DBFED@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Everyone We are a Year 1 reading group at Annandale North P.S. There are 21 of us in this group and we come from three different Year 1 classes at our school to do reading activities for a short time each day. Our school is on Johnston St in Annandale. This is in the inner west of Sydney. There are 340 students from Kindergarten to Year 6 at our school and there are both boys and girls here. Our school is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. We don't have much playground space at our school but there is a park across the road. We are having a frog pond put in to one area of our playground right now. We also have a gymnastics programme at our school that we really enjoy. After school we like to play soccer and cricket. Some of us like to go to swimming lessons and dance class. We all really like to read, especially chapter books and maze books. This is the first time any of us has done a book rap and we are really looking forward to hearing from schools from different places. Year 1 ANPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070501/89f2d324/attachment-0001.html From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 10:38:15 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap introducing class 2C from Manly Village Public school Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156325@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello we are the 'Magic Aussie Possums' from Manly Village Public School in Manly, Sydney. We are a year 2 class and we are taking part in our very first Book Rap with our Teacher Librarian, Mrs Neill. We love reading and we are very excited to be able to rap with students from all around Australia. We have a map in the Library and we are locating all the schools as we read the emails. We have a Computer Lab at our school so we will all be able to check our own emails. We also have a Smart Board in the Library which is lots of fun. Our teacher Mrs Smith is teaching us recorder. Lots of famous people have attended our school. Our Library and Technology Room is named after Sir Roden Cutler, a former Governor General of our state NSW and winner of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery. One of our parents, Belinda Murrell is a children's author. She has written the Sun Sword Trilogy. You may have her books in your school library. We are looking forward to our first activity next week Class 2C -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you for all your stories - we have enjoyed finding out about your schools. The children of Year 1 Green. --- library@stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au http://www.stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au/ From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 2 13:29:30 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2L -Hassall Grove P.S. Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA14@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers, We are 2L at Hassall Grove Public School near Blacktown in Sydney. Our teacher is Mrs. Howard and we have 23 children in our class. Our school is very big. We have 830 students at Hassall Grove. We love to write recounts on Mondays in our class. We are very excited about the Possum Magic Book Rap. We will talk to you soon. Happy Rapping from 2L -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In our item we are reading the book and doing actions for the words as well as using an Australian map to show where the Possums travelled. In our HSIE books we have glued in a map of Australia and put on the capital cities, states and also the oceans. We are feeling excited and proud to be taking part in the Rap. We are looking forward to sending many spectacular e-mails and receiving yours. Goodbye for now, Rap again soon >From the 2N Nice Native Possum Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Class 1H enjoys: painting, creative activities, news, reading groups and using computers. We have a book corner and we use chair bags to keep our things in. We like reading Possum Magic because Grandma Poss can do magic and she turned Hush invisible. We are feeling happy about doing the book rap. We are looking forward to reading your e-mails. From the 1H Happy, Heavenly rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070502/801271df/attachment-0001.html From ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 3 09:23:38 2007 From: ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au (ALLEN, Elisa-jane) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2/3A from Queanbeyan Public School Message-ID: <1161AB0875980244A8BEB35F1EBE710D58898B@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers! We come from Queanbeyan Public School. Our class name is 2/3A and we are kind and caring people. Our class has students from year 2 and year 3 in it. There are 26 students altogether. In our class we work hard in all areas and enjoy our learning. We make new friends and have fun. We are doing this book rap with Ms Allen, our class teacher, and Mrs Turner, our teacher/librarian. We are really happy about doing our very first book rap. We have about 750 students in our whole school. Our school is quite old because the first building was built in 1877. Our school uniform is maroon, white and grey. We live in Australia, in New South Wales, in Queanbeyan. Queanbeyan is three hours in a car from Sydney and twenty minutes in a car from Canber ra. See if you can find us on a map! The Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In our class we work hard in all areas and enjoy our learning. We make new friends and have fun. We are doing this book rap with Ms Allen, our class teacher, and Mrs Turner, our teacher/librarian. We are really happy about doing our very first book rap. We have about 750 students in our whole school. Our school is quite old because the first building was built in 1877. Our school uniform is maroon, white and grey. We live in Australia, in New South Wales, in Queanbeyan. Queanbeyan is three hours in a car from Sydney and twenty minutes in a car from Canberra. See if you can find us on a map! The Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is covered so we can walk around our school when it is raining. There are 13 demountable classrooms in our school because our school is very big and has grown very quickly in the four years it has been opened. 2/6A has a special new playground in the Support Unit. It has a rockclimbing wall. It has two slides and a twirly pole. Our class is near the front of the school. It is a brown brick building and has wide windows. Class 1D will be reading more Mem Fox books and 2/6A will be finding out more about possums. Students in 1D enjoy doing maths, handwriting and singing. Students in 2/6A like to use the computer. Every day we write in our diaries and we type them on the computer and publish our stories. We are very excited to be part of the Book Rap. We are looking forward to reading your emails, finding out where you all live in Australia and making class displays. It has been rap-tastic rapping with you. Rap ya later. >From the 1Delightful Rappers & 2/6Amazing Rappers @ Caddies Creek Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070503/68ebc2f1/attachment-0001.html From ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 3 10:37:30 2007 From: ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au (LARGE, Alison) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1/2E from Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D42CC179@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers, We are class 1/2E from Caddies Creek Public School, which is in Glenwood Sydney. There are 23 children in our class altogether, 14 Year 1 students and 9 Year 2 students. Our teacher is Miss Large and our helper is Mrs Corbett. At Caddies Creek we have children from many different countries. In our class we have children from Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Poland, Africa, China, Italy, Sri Lanka, India, Mauritius, England and Pakistan. Class 1/2E enjoys doing puzzles, reading books, playing games, using the computers, art, singing and dancing. Our class has 2 goldfish and 1 white fish in a fish tank. We have lots of fun in our classroom. Everyone is feeling very happy and excited about being part of the Book Rap. Bye for now Rappers, from the Excellent 1/2E rappers @ CCPS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If we do our work well we get to use the computers. We have a map of Australia that we are going to paint and a beautiful picture of Grandma Poss and Hush. In 3/5S we have musical instruments and we enjoy handwriting. We also love to read books. We are feeling really special because we are allowed to join the Rap. We are looking forward to reading everyone's emails, and finding out where everyone is on the map as well as working with all the students in our group. We will rap with you on Friday. >From 1W Wizardly Rappers, 1/2P Perfect People Rappers and 3/5S Spectacular Student Rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are very happy and excited about doing the book rap and looking forward to reading your emails. Do you know that our favourite part of Possum Magic is when Grandma Poss turned Hush invisible and when they travelled around Australia to find a spell to turn Hush visible again? Bye for now. >From 1S Superstar Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070503/7fe76942/attachment-0001.html From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 3 16:22:35 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1D at St Kieran Catholic Primary School Message-ID: <36035.203.36.44.15.1178173355.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Book Rappers, We are Year 1D at St Kieran Catholic Primary School in Tuart Hill, Western Australia. Tuart Hill is north of the city of Perth in WA. We've got thirty people in our class. We like to go to the Library and borrow and read books, do collages, run and do sport. Possum Magic is a very good book because it has a very good colourful cover. We are happy to do this Book Rap because we can send our message to other schools. We like to read Emails from other schools. Year 1D at St Kieran in Perth. From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 3 17:00:26 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 1B at St Kieran Catholic Primary School Message-ID: <49023.203.36.44.17.1178175626.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Book Rappers in Australia, We are Year 1B at St Kieran Catholic Primary School in Perth Western Australia. Our school is in Tuart Hill. There are 29 people in our class. We like doing Art, Dance, Footie, other sports, Library, Italian, holidays, swimming, playing games, watching movies, going to gym and having free play. We like PossumMagic because the characters travel around and get to do different stuff and eat some foods that aren't in Western Australia. We like doing the Book Rap because we get to speak to other schools in Australia. The Book Rappers from Mrs Barrett's and Mr Diek's Library class. From NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 4 08:57:48 2007 From: NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au (JOHNSON, Neroli) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 3/4S from Manning Gardens PS Message-ID: <4F34DC507E2C734C8831CBFA77D41B4125E9F2@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers! We are in class 3/4S.Mrs Smith is our teacher. We are the first class at our school to try rapping. Our school has 230 boys and girls, a new pre-school, classes K-6 and a special Support Unit. Do you have a support unit or pre-school at your school? We are really looking forward to reading your emails. We made a special possum box to carry your emails from our library to our classroom. from 3/4S the Magic Garden Possums in the Manning! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/6bad4c0d/attachment-0001.html From ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 4 10:59:59 2007 From: ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au (Feneley, Elizabeth) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Class 2N from Marayong Public School Message-ID: Dear everyone, Our class is called 2N and we come from Marayong Public School. Our school is in Marayong, which is near Blacktown in western Sydney. We have over 500 students in our school. Our school is quite old but we are getting a nice, new hall- so our school is full of machinery and workers at the moment. Our school colours are green and gold and our school motto is 'Learn by Doing'. Our teacher is Mrs Nolland and we have a lovely classroom. There are 24 students in our class- there are 15 boys and 9 girls. We like art and craft, playing with friends, music and coming down to the library. We love doing 'Footsteps', which is a special dance class running at our school. We are looking forward to reading your emails. This is 2N's first Book Rap. >From 2N. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/2bd3fc51/attachment-0001.html From year.23t at ntschools.net Fri May 4 11:07:04 2007 From: year.23t at ntschools.net (year 23t) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Year 2/3 T from Sadadeen PS Alice Springs Message-ID: <8EFC3364B2363B47AB56331606107F1C1B7663@DRWNT-EV2.ntschools.net> Hello everyone We are year 2/3 T. We go to Sadadeen Primary School in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Alice Springs is in the middle of Australia and we live in a desert. There are lots of things to do here; some of us play netball and soccer. Some of the boys ride motorbikes. It is fun to go outbush on the weekends and visit waterholes or go hunting for bush tucker with our families. In our class we have 11 boys and 7 girls. At our school we have about 200 students. The name of our school came from an Afghan cameleer who used to bring supplies to the people living here with his camels before trains and planes We are just learning how to use email and it is really good to see all the mail waiting for us each day from other rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This week we read "Possum Magic" and he pretended to make us all invisible like Hush. Mrs Brady couldn't see us hiding under the library table. >From SCLB, Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/f0c72e36/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 4 14:28:55 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Co-ordinator's message about Rap Point1 Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3101@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possum Magic Rappers What a wonderful job you all did sending your rap introductions! The response has been overwhelming with over 30 classes / schools from across Australia (city and country N.S.W., Western Australia, Queensland and the A.C.T.) participating in this very special book rap! It's been so exciting reading about your different schools' locations, sizes and special features. It's interesting to discover how similar or different some schools are! I'm sure some of you have had great fun locating the various schools on your rap maps! If you haven't yet posted your introductory e-mail, it's not too late! We'd love to read about your class and have you join us on this thrilling Possum Magic adventure! Just post your introduction whenever you get the time. Reading all of the book rap e-mails can be an enormous job, because of the large number of classes taking part. Your class / group may wish to select about 5 schools or particular classes to focus on, for the remainder of the book rap. Now that we've introduced ourselves, it's time to tackle the first rap point! Rap point 1 Term 2, Week 3: week beginning 7 May 2007 Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made wombats blue and kookaburras pink. She made dingos smile and emus shrink. a) What other bush magic do you think Grandma Poss could perform? Create a verse that describes Grandma Poss' magical powers. Use Mem Fox's writing style to help you. For example: She made goannas fly and bilbies frown. She made wallabies swim and cockatoos brown. But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. What adventures Hush had! b) Invent two or three other enjoyable adventures for Hush whilst she was invisible. For example: Because she couldn't be seen she could tickle old wombat. Post a class response to the rap at: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au In the subject box, please type Rap Point 1 from, then your class and school. (eg. Rap Point 1 from Class 2A Caddies Creek PS) Your class might wish to respond to the comments from other rappers via the rap. I look forward to reading your fantastic Rap Point 1 responses! 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We especially like reading about where the schools are in Australia and putting them on a big map. from 1H and 1J -- Caution: This email (including all attachments) is intended solely for the addressee. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Kambala. From Mary.Bonello2 at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 4 17:52:42 2007 From: Mary.Bonello2 at education.nsw.gov.au (Bonello, Mary) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Class 2B from Plumpton P.S. Message-ID: <7821E8FE6FD37A4EB22F46E0E0FFC5626C2122@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello, We are in 2B and we go to Plumpton Public School. Our school is located in the western suburbs of Sydney and our uniform is black and yellow. We are proud of our school and we try to be (bee) a learner, be respectful and be safe. Our teacher is Miss Bonello. We share our library time with 2K and read lots of great books. During our library lesson Mrs Bailey our librarian read Possum Magic. We wished we could be invisible like Hush. We look forward to reading your emails. >From 2B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070504/07f7f4dd/attachment-0001.html From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 7 13:48:04 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 - 2L Hassall Grove P.S. Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA17@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers, Hope you like our poem. She made snakes shake and Kangaroos talk She made Tasmanian Devils laugh and Barramundi walk. Hush could go on these adventures if she was invisible She could ride on a crocodile's back. She could hop into a kangaroos pouch and go for a free ride. We will rap next week. 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We hope you enjoy reading our response 2/1B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070507/9be066c6/attachment-0001.html From MELINDA.KENT1 at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 10:34:03 2007 From: MELINDA.KENT1 at education.nsw.gov.au (KENT, Melinda) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap FW: Introducing Year 1/2 from Ashford Central School References: Message-ID: ________________________________ From: KENT, Melinda Sent: Thu 3/05/2007 10:43 AM To: possummagic07_rap@itusw1.itbcorpweb.det.nsw.edu.au Subject: Introducing Year 1/2 from Ashford Central School Hello Rappers, We are class1/2, from Ashford Central School which is located in north-western NSW, close to the QLD border. Our town has a population of 500. We are a central school with classes from kindergarten to Year 12. The primary kids are called "yellow shirts" and the secondary kids are called "white shirts". Maybe you can guess why!!!! We have 170 students at our school, and 22 are in our class. Our school moto is "Play the Game". As a whole we really enjoy art, maths games and going to the computer lab. On weekends we do an assortment of activities which include, motorbike riding, playing cricket, fishing, horse riding, helping mum and dad round up sheep and catching up with friends. We are looking forward to participating in this rap and meeting everybody from different schools. We already enjoyed listening to Miss Kent read Possum Magic. Talk soon The Year 1/2 Rapping Possums and Miss Kent (TL) This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is our first book rap and we think it will be fun. from David, Ashleigh, and Vicki From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 13:19:40 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from Stage 1 English at Penrth PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7DF@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums! Here is our group response to Rap Point 1: a) Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made kangaroos backflip and grey nurse sharks fly. She made goldfish mean and wallabies dye (themselves yellow and green). But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. What adventures Hush had! b) Because Hush couldn't be seen she could ride on quolls' tails. Because she couldn't be seen she could tickle scaly, angry crocodiles. Because she couldn't be seen she could jump onto a Tasmanian tiger's back. Because she couldn't be seen she could be here in the library right now! >From Stage 1 English at Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/ceca33fa/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 13:46:09 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 Class 2L Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3116@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Good morning rappers, In our introductory email, I forgot to inform you that 2L are a remedial class with limited skills in Literacy. We are doing great things in our classroom to improve this! We also had a visit from the Director General to our classroom last week and it was a real thrill for the class to show what they are now able to do since the beginning of the year!! Anyway back to Rap Point 1: We had a bit of a struggle coming up with some creative ideas but here is what we managed to write: (after Mrs Scheffer's horror when the computer ate our first draft and we had to try and remember what we had written) It is slightly different from the original but 2L decided that they like this one better anyway!) A) Adventures: Because she couldn't be seen Hush could ride on wallabies. Because she couldn't be seen Hush could swim past crocodiles. Because she couldn't be seen Hush could tickle a koala. B) Bush Magic: Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made blue-tongued lizards dance And koalas gold. She made cockatoos cackle And wallabies wrinkly and old. We are really having a lot of fun with this. Looking forward to reading your creative ideas too! The 2L Lovely Rappers @ Caddies Creek PS and Miss Lark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Looking forward to reading the book rap messages good bye, from Year 2 Raving Rappers. -- From milbrulong-p.school at det.nsw.edu.au Tue May 8 15:12:56 2007 From: milbrulong-p.school at det.nsw.edu.au (School, Milbrulong-p) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 Message-ID: <1DC0410153C00F4EBC54EB33EF645AB41218BD@ITFEXCH7.is-mail.det.win> Here are our poems She made fish breath out fire and bilbies skate She made snakes knot and kangaroos late. that was David's She made kangaroos slide and goannas hug She made parrots white and lizards smug from Ashleigh She made echidnas smooth and lizards brave She made koalas dance and snakes wave. from Vicki From Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Tue May 8 15:17:09 2007 From: Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au (Rachel McSeveny) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 2M Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: Dear Rappers, We hope you like our ideas for Rap Point 1... Adventures She made wallabies spiky And crocodiles sing. She made echidnas burp And red back spiders spring. Bushmagic Because she couldn't be seen she: * could sneak other animal's food. * could always win at hide-and-seek. * could walk past dangerous creatures. Happy Rapping, 2M (Caddies Creek Public School) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/ddb020b2/attachment-0001.html From lyn.howlin at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 15:35:03 2007 From: lyn.howlin at education.nsw.gov.au (Lyn Howlin) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 11/2G Coffs Harbour Public School Message-ID: <000601c79132$a0ebaaa0$45e60d0a@coffsharbp.schools.nsw.edu.au> We had fun writing our lines. We hope you like them too. She made koalas dance and bilbies sing. She made emus laugh and platypus swing. >From 1/2G the funky rappers Coffs Harbour Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/4d5a4e23/attachment-0001.html From lhunt at larp.lism.catholic.edu.au Tue May 8 15:38:18 2007 From: lhunt at larp.lism.catholic.edu.au (Lachlan Hunt) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from Year 2, St. Joseph's, Laurieton Message-ID: <1178602698.8364529clhunt@larp.lism.catholic.edu.au> Hi Happy Rappers, Here is Rap Point 1. We only had enough time to complete part a) as we are only rapping in our library time with Mrs Aldridge.Here is our group response to Rap Point 1: Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made sharks walk and crocodiles fly. She made possums do acrobatics and cockroaches die. But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. -- From lyn.howlin at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 15:39:02 2007 From: lyn.howlin at education.nsw.gov.au (Lyn Howlin) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 1/2 C Coffs Harbour Public School Message-ID: <000601c79133$2f4d8e80$45e60d0a@coffsharbp.schools.nsw.edu.au> Hi All, . Here is our rhyme about Grandma's Bush Magic. She made Koalas swim and platypus cry. She made crocodiles climb and kangaroos fly. >From the 1/2C Rappers at Coffs Harbour Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/330416b2/attachment-0001.html From Jane.McKenzie3 at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 17:41:21 2007 From: Jane.McKenzie3 at education.nsw.gov.au (McKenzie, JANE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1Q from Quirindi Public School Message-ID: Hello possum rappers We are 1Q from Quirindi Public School (QPS). QPS is about 60km south of Tamworth. OUr school has 327 students with 14 classes. Our school colours are maroon, grey yellow and white. This is the first time we have done a book rap and we are looking forward to hearing what everyone writes about Possum Magic. Our librarian Mrs McKenzie is going to do the book rap with us during our Information Centre lessons. We like playing sport, using computers and learning new things. We are very lucky to have two teachers and two teacher aids in our class. >From 1Q -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/0fe11b99/attachment-0001.html From Jane.McKenzie3 at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 17:44:42 2007 From: Jane.McKenzie3 at education.nsw.gov.au (McKenzie, JANE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1C from Quirindi Public School Message-ID: Dear rappers We are from Quirindi Public School and we are in Year 1. There are over 300 students at our school. We wish we could see the beach from our classroom! We love our school and our beautiful teacher Miss Cotton. Our librarian Mrs McKenzie will be doing the book rap with us when we go to the Information Centre. We are looking forward to reading all the things others have to say about Possum Magic. We have read the book and think Mem Fox is a great writer and the illustrator Julie Vivas has done an amazing job! >From 1C -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/9a391da2/attachment-0001.html From EMILY.CATTELL at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 8 18:59:38 2007 From: EMILY.CATTELL at education.nsw.gov.au (CATTELL, Emily) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1C from Plumpton Public School Message-ID: <7821E8FE6FD37A4EB22F46E0E0FFC5621BC40B@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello! We are 1C from Plumpton Public School. Our school is located in Western Sydney and there are 540 students at our school, 21 being in our class. At Plumpton we aim to be safe, respectful learners. Our teacher is Miss Cattell and we go to the library for team taught library lessons every Thursday with Mrs Bailey, our librarian, as well as 1B and Miss Barker. Mrs Bailey read Possum Magic to us and we loved it! We wish we could be invisible just like Hush. We're every excited about doing this book rap and look forward to our new challenges each week. We look forward to reading your responses. >From 1C and Miss Cattell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070508/a57c7b7a/attachment-0001.html From KRISTY.MACMURRAY at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 12:26:24 2007 From: KRISTY.MACMURRAY at education.nsw.gov.au (MACMURRAY, KRISTY) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing Class 2K from Plumpton Public School Message-ID: <7821E8FE6FD37A4EB22F46E0E0FFC5622FD97C@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello, We are in Year 2. Our class is called 2K. We go to Plumpton Public School. It is located in Western Sydney in the Mt Druitt District. P.P.S has about 540 students. In 2K we have 24 students. Our school uniform is yellow, black and red. They are the traditional Aboriginal colours. Our teachers name is Ms Mac Murray. During Library we will be reading books which we will e-mail you about. Today we read Possum Magic with our Librarian Mrs Bailey. We loved listening to the story and esspecially liked when Hush was invisible. We share our library time with 2B and Miss Bonello, it is great fun. Thank you for reading our e-mail. 2K -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/31d627f4/attachment-0001.html From ANTHONY.MOYES at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 12:53:21 2007 From: ANTHONY.MOYES at education.nsw.gov.au (MOYES, Anthony) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 - 2A Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D41964E7@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> G'day fellow Rappers, We hope you enjoy our Rap Point 1 reponses. Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made Brown Snakes rainbow and Geckos large. She made Platypuses feathery and Kookaburras charge. Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: ? Could steal a dingo's dinner ? Could ride on a wallaby's back ? Could hide in a kangaroo's pouch ? Could get knocked off a branch by a parrot We look forward to rapping again soon, >From the 2A Amazingly Awesome Possum Magic Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/10a710c2/attachment-0001.html From ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 13:24:57 2007 From: ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au (LARGE, Alison) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 1 and 2 from 1/2E CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D42CC17D@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Howdy Rappers, It has been so great reading the introductory emails, we are having fun looking for you all on our map of Australia. Rap Point 1 Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made Crocodiles tiny And wallabies chat. She made red bellied black snakes spotty And rainbow lorikeets wear hats. Rap point 2 Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: * could sneak behind Tasmanian Devils * could fly on the back of an Eagle * could tease a crocodile Till next time, from 1/2E Excellent Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/cf3ef807/attachment-0001.html From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 13:48:25 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 2S and 2N - Hassall Grove P.S. Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA1D@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers, We are the possums in 2S and 2N at Hassall Grove Public school. We are in the western suburbs of Sydney. We are one of the biggest schools in N.S.W. We have 830 students in our school. Our teachers are Mrs Aboui, Ms Nayda and Mrs Aleemullah. Possum Magic is a great book because we like Hush being invisible. Happy Rapping from 2N and 2S Possums. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/1b2eb3ff/attachment-0001.html From Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 16:45:01 2007 From: Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au (Gorham, Gail) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:30 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from Year 1 at Annandale North PS Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC038DBFEE@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers We all wrote our own verses to describe things that Grandma Poss could do. Then we all voted and these are our favourite two. Grandma Poss made bush magic She made possums fly and crocodiles small. She made echidnas cry and wallabies tall. She made taipans jump and pythons walk. She made crocodiles short and fruit bats talk. We had lots and lots of ideas about what Hush could do while she was invisible. These are some of them. Because she couldn't be seen she could swim with crocodiles without being eaten. Because she couldn't be seen she could pull lizards' tails. Because she couldn't be seen she could have rides on emus Because she couldn't be seen she could fly on fruit bats. We had heaps of fun doing this. Hope you enjoy our ideas. Year 1 Reading Group at Annandale North Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070509/4d2e49fa/attachment-0001.html From Natasha.EYLES at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 9 20:30:19 2007 From: Natasha.EYLES at education.nsw.gov.au (EYLES, Natasha) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1/2E from Plumpton Public Message-ID: <7821E8FE6FD37A4EB22F46E0E0FFC5626DF3A6@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi all!!! We are in 1/2E at Plumpton Public in western Sydney. We have about 530 people at our school and our school has just started sponsoring a girl from Africa. Our teacher is Mrs Eyles. We go to the library every Tuesday with 1/2F and our librarian is Mrs Bailey. We like listening to her read books to us. We LOVE Possum Magic and we are very excited to be involved in our first book rap. We have just thought up lots of other things that Hush can do when she is invisible - it was fun. >From 1/2E -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. >From ESL Rappers at Penrith Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/df1d1977/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.DEZIUS at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 09:36:42 2007 From: JENNIFER.DEZIUS at education.nsw.gov.au (DEZIUS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing K/1 Bundarra Central Message-ID: Dear Book Rappers We are the boys and girls from Bundarra Central School K/1 class. There are 16 pupils in our class. Our teachers are Miss Williams and Mrs Robinson. Our library teacher is Mrs Dezius. Bundarra has some houses and a long bridge over the Gwydir River. Our school has lots of library books and a flying fox. There are special autumn trees that give us lots of shade. We can see cows in the paddocks and have some school sheep. from K/1 BCS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/beaebc21/attachment-0001.html From KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 10:01:47 2007 From: KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au (DENZEL, KELLESI) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possummagic07 Message-ID: <3E6DCFB45F51234586EA75CFF9C0C6F31F83EB@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Rap Point 1 From 2/6A & 1D @ Caddies Creek PS. Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made bilbies back flip And brown snakes walk. She made goannas giggle And koalas talk. She made kangaroos sing And koalas dance. She made budgies purple And pelicans prance. Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: ? Could walk on crocodiles' backs. ? Tickle Tasmanian Devils ? Sail on a black swan's back ? Nibble a numbat's nose ? Swing on an ibis' beak Happy Rapping! >From 1Delighful & 2/6 Amazing @ Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/891cb9e8/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.DEZIUS at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 13:49:10 2007 From: JENNIFER.DEZIUS at education.nsw.gov.au (DEZIUS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Introducing 1/2 Bundarra Central School Message-ID: Hi Rappers We are class 1/2 from Bundarra Central School with 18 children. Our teacher is Mrs Baker and our library teacher is Mrs Dezius. We love art, reading, singing and mathematics. At our school we have special teachers who help us to learn and care for us. We have a huge hall where we watch performances, have discos, have breakfast club and our assemblies. We sometimes have theme days which raise money like; crazy hair days, favourite footballer and other dress-up days which are really fun. We have 150 students at our school. It is a central school with K-12, so we are pretty special. Bundarra is a country town with 400 people and our school is on the banks of the Gwydir river. We are in north-western NSW between Uralla and Inverell. Bye for now from 1/2 at BCS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/bf771620/attachment-0001.html From srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au Thu May 10 15:17:20 2007 From: srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au (Sally Rasaiah) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 Year 1 Kambala Message-ID: <20E055A6-13B1-44CC-B3EC-E499F0252B83@kambala.nsw.edu.au> I J decided that Grandma Poss could make koalas swim and kangaroos talk and she could make emus dig holes and kookaburras walk! We thought that it would be a funny sight to see kookaburras walking around instead of hopping. 1H had many ideas for what naughty things Hush could do when she was invisible. Some of our ideas were that Hush could sneak up and steal other animals? food and maybe have a safe ride on a snake?s back. If Hush was at school she could swap everyone?s homework around, hide in schoolbags, and take books out of the library without Mrs Rasaiah seeing her. Mrs Rasaiah thought that would be dreadful! -- Caution: This email (including all attachments) is intended solely for the addressee. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Kambala. From SUSAN.HURST at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 15:46:54 2007 From: SUSAN.HURST at education.nsw.gov.au (HURST, SUSAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap rap 1 fom 1H CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D447152F@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Rap 1 from 1H at Caddies Creek Public School. rap 1A Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made koalas scaly And platypi white She made cockatoos whisper And echidnas skite. rap1B Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: because she couldn't be seen she could: * tickle the legs of the cassowaries. * tie knots in bilbies tails * hide from tasmanian devils * massage goannas' backs We have enjoyed reading your raps. We hope you enjoy ours. 1H the happy rappers at CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/ed5eebb9/attachment-0001.html From trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au Thu May 10 15:48:30 2007 From: trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au (trees 6) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 1 EPPS Message-ID: <42601.172.18.0.153.1178776110.squirrel@edsuite.decs.sa.edu.au> We haven't had a lot of time this week BUT we finally got to have some fun with our imagainations. Some of our verses: She made emu's dinosaurs and koala's black. She made kangaroos dragons and kookaburras quack! She made penguins hats and sealions fly. She made echidnas soft and Redback's cry. She made bats laugh and wallabies climb. She made possums take photos and platypus tell the time. I'm sure we will come up with many more! We will let Hush have some new adeventures and post them soon. >From the East Para Rappers South Australia From EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 10 16:12:35 2007 From: EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au (SILVINO, EVELYN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 responses of 1S from Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Hello Rappers! We enjoyed reading the wonderful verses you have posted for Rap Point 1. They sure did inspire us to come up with some other ideas. Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made crocodiles yellow And platypuses fly. She made blue tongue lizards feathery And Tasmanian devils cry. Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she could have piggy-back rides on koalas. Because she couldn't be seen she can pull bilbys' tails. Because she couldn't be seen she could be safe from red-back spiders, which is why Grandma Poss had made her invisible in the first place. Whew! That was fun. So we are looking forward to reading your work again and posting our next one, too. Au revoir! 1S Superstar Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070510/46fbdd20/attachment-0001.html From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 10 16:16:34 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Grandma Poss Bush Magic Message-ID: <56037.203.36.44.12.1178777794.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Rappers, We hope you like our beautiful poem. She made kangaroos fly and snakes climb. She made koalas jump and crocodiles tell the time. Our Adventures for Hush Because she couldn't be seen she could fly away and then come back. She could tickle a crocodile. She could jump really high on to a bridge and then jump from that bridge on to another bridge. >From Year 1D Rappers at St Kieran CPS in Tuart HillWestern Australia From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 10 16:51:24 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Grandma Poss and her Magic Message-ID: <32966.203.36.44.15.1178779884.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Rappers, Here is our fantastic poem about Grandma Poss. She made a possum invisible and she made rabbits hop on the roof instead of the grass She made kangaroos jump upside down and she made alligators run fast. Some Adventures For Hush She made Hush eat people food not animal food. She made Hush's tail brown when he ate the vegemite sandwich. They went all around the world looking for yummy food. >From Year 1B at St Kieran Catholic Primary School in Tuart Hill Western Australia. From NATALIE.LONGSTAFF at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 09:37:51 2007 From: NATALIE.LONGSTAFF at education.nsw.gov.au (LONGSTAFF, NATALIE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap FW: Rap Point 1 2N@ccps References: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4415765@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4415766@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> ________________________________ From: LONGSTAFF, NATALIE Sent: Tue 8/05/2007 1:53 PM To: possummagic07_rap@ituws1.itbcorpweb.det.nsw.edu.au Subject: Rap Point 1 2N@ccps Hello Rappers: 2N had a lot of fun being creative with our Rap point this week here is what we have come up with- Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: She made Green Tree Frogs yellow And Red Bellied Black Snakes happy. She made Tasmanian Devils silent And Blue Tongue Lizards snappy. Our other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: ? Could hide the frog's lillypads ? Could fly on eagle's backs Could say "boo" to the koalas Hope you enjoy our responses looking forwadr to reading some of yours The 2N Nice Native Possum Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070511/b00d3c82/attachment-0001.html From ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 09:39:48 2007 From: ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au (Feneley, Elizabeth) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1, Marayong Public School Message-ID: Hi everyone, Class 2N had a lot of fun thinking about Hush's adventures! We wrote the following verse: She made magpies skip and red-back spiders dance. She made emus talk and echidnas prance. We imagined lots of fun things that Hush could do now that she was invisible. Two of them were: - She could go for a ride in a kangaroo's pouch - She could tickle a koala's back. We're looking forward to reading more of your ideas too! >From 2N, Marayong Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070511/9928837c/attachment-0001.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 11:21:54 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from SCLB at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7E6@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Here is our response to Rap Points 1 (a) and (b): Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made bilbies have snail eyes and red kangaroos turn brown. She made bull ants change size and cane toads frown. But the best magic of all was the magic that made Hush INVISIBLE. What adventures Hush had! Because she couldn't be seen, she couldn't be poisoned by cane toads. Because she couldn't be seen, she could slide down Sydney Harbour Bridge. Because she couldn't be seen, she would always win at hide and seek. We had fun thinking up these answers. Class SCLB, Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070511/961d1bab/attachment-0001.html From Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 11:39:02 2007 From: Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au (Askew, Lachlan) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap introduction Message-ID: <84759800D58370469178E62D7184237C03694984@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers We are in 1D at Blaxland East which is in the Blue Mountains. We have 20 students in our class. There are 351 children in our school. We love the story of Possum Magic. Cheers 1D -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Have a good weekend everyone From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 16:14:23 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Co-ordinator's message and Rap Point 2 Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C311A@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello rappers, What a wonderful time we've had reading about Grandma Poss' magical powers and the fun things that Hush could do when she was invisible! I know that both Mem Fox and Julie Vivas would be very impressed to read all of your fantastic ideas. Imagine how big the book of Possum Magic would be if we were able to include all of your ideas in it! This week we will be extending Grandma Poss' and Hush's tour of Australia to include a visit to your town. How exciting! Why would they like to visit your town? What special food would they eat and how would Grandma Pos and Hush react? Where will they go next after visiting your town? I know you will be really busy thinking of your responses to Rap Point 2 and I can't wait to read them. So here we go! Rap Point 2 Term 2, Week 4: week beginning 14 May 2007 It was there in the far north of Australia, that they found a vegemite sandwich. Grandma Poss crossed her claws and crossed her feet. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. "A tail! A tail!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. A brand new, visible tail. a) Write your own version of what would happen if Grandma Poss and Hush visited your town. Tell us about your town's location, a popular food, and how Grandma Poss and Hush would react when Hush tasted your food. What part of Hush's body, if any, might reappear? b) What would Grandma Poss and Hush do next? Give us your ideas about where they would go and what might happen. Post your response to the rap at: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au Include your reasons for choosing this particular food. Your class might wish to respond to comments from other rappers via the rap. Happy rapping wonderful possums! Mrs Scheffers (Rap Co-ordinator) Teacher Librarian, Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070511/1141523f/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 11 16:15:36 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from Class 1M Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C311B@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi there enthusiastic Rappers 1M came up with some amazing ideas. There were so many that we had to have a vote to see which ideas we liked the best. Our new verse about Grandma Poss' magical powers: Rap Point 1A She made red kangaroos orange And redbacks grow tall She gave green pythons legs And Tasmania tigers small Rap Point 1B Other enjoyable adventures for Hush: Because she couldn't be seen she: ? could swim on a platypus' back ? could look inside a dingo's mouth ? could dance near a crocodile We really like our ideas. Hope you like them as much as we do. Bye for now >From the Magical 1M Rappers...and Mrs Mar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was amazing to receive an email from a school with only 7 kids as well as some of the schools near us with 700 kids. We can't wait until next week to rap again. 1/2 Turtles. Telopea Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070512/92bd0fe2/attachment-0001.html From library at stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au Mon May 14 07:51:23 2007 From: library at stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au (School Librarian) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from St Clare's, Narellan Vale Message-ID: <52264.210.8.54.34.1179093083.squirrel@www.stclares.woll.catholic.edu.au> Hello everyone, Here is our combined response: Grandma Poss made koalas sleep forever and Kangaroos climb. She made tiger sharks grow legs and Crocodiles eat apple pies. She made Tasmanian devils collect pebbles from a pebble patch and Port Jackson sharks walk. She made echidnas with coloured spikes AND Plovers come in to the Library to read books!! We have some resident plovers in our playground and they quite often come right up to doors and windows of the school library and peek in. We have enjoyed reading all your adventures and the naming of Australian bush creatures. >From the classes at St Clares. From ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 14 13:12:48 2007 From: ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au (ALLEN, Elisa-jane) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from the Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS Message-ID: <1161AB0875980244A8BEB35F1EBE710D58899A@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers! This is the Aussie Possies of 2/3A?s Rap Point One Response: Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made Tasmanian devils speak Chinese, She made frogs swim through the seven seas. She made baby koalas stay up and go nuts, And she made bilbies run through trees. We also thought of some more adventures that Hush could have while she was invisible. Because she couldn?t be seen, Hush could sunbake on a crocodile?s back. Because she couldn?t be seen, Hush could tickle people Because she couldn?t be seen, Hush could read Grandma Poss?s magic books and practice her magic secretly. Because she couldn?t be seen, Hush could take a free trip to Hawaii on JetStar. Thanks for rapping! The Aussie Possies of 2/3A Queanbeyan Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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She made kangaroos slippery and black swans giggle She made koalas rainbow coloured and cockatoos polka dotted!! >From the rappers at Northmead 1A 1B 1C 1H -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070514/b3331cf9/attachment-0001.html From JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 14 19:31:28 2007 From: JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au (DEIGHTON, JANET) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from 1A 1B 1C 1H Northmead PS Message-ID: Hi there Rappers, Here is our combined response from Northmead year one classes Rap Point 2 It was there in busy, bushy, Northmead, that they found a Northmead canteen slushie. Grandma Poss crossed her claws and crossed her feet. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. "A head! A head!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. A brand new, visible head. a) Write your own version of what would happen if Grandma Poss and Hush visited your town. Tell us about your town's location, a popular food, and how Grandma Poss and Hush would react when Hush tasted your food. What part of Hush's body, if any, might reappear? ? We chose the Northmead canteen slushie because it's a big favourite at our school. ? We thought Grandma Poss and Hush would shiver and shake after eating their slushie. ? We thought Hush's head would be the first to feel the effects of the food and so the first to reappear. b) What would Grandma Poss and Hush do next? Give us your ideas about where they would go and what might happen. They would go to - * Canberra to meet the Prime Minister * Forster to catch crabs * The Blue Mountains to go camping * Jamberoo for go-carting >From the year one classes 1A 1B 1C 1H at Northmead PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If Grandma Poss and Hush visited Manly we think they would enjoy lovely fresh fish and chips from one of the many cafes we have near the beach. Lots of people fish from the wharf or from small boats on the harbour. After eating fish and chips in Manly, Grandma Poss closed her eyes and waited anxiously. Slowly but surely two ghostly eyes appeared floating in the air, along with two soft furry ears and two pairs of sharp claws!! After eating fish and chips in Manly,Grandma Poss and Hush went to Uluru where the aborigines performed a corroboree around them and used their special magic to make the legs and arms appear. Next they went to Canberra and visited Questacon. The scientists mixed up a special potion and then Hush's body became visible. On to Inverell in New south Wales where Hush found some magic sapphires that gave her a head and tail. Now all that was left for Hush to do was to go skiing at Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains to show off her beautiful new body and have a relaxing holiday. We really enjoyed using our imagination to do this activity and we learned a lot about Australia at the same time. We are looking forward to reading your responses and learning more about where you live. 2/1B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070514/129b9c5b/attachment-0001.html From Samantha.Thornhill at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 15 12:32:06 2007 From: Samantha.Thornhill at education.nsw.gov.au (Thornhill, Samantha) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 1 week 3 Message-ID: <37250E4AA9E07B45ACB87B64E3BC61312DE298@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Dear Rappers, The 1/2 Turtles have come up with lots of great adventures for Hush while she is invisible. These are some of them:- * With a jar of hair gel, Hush could give an echidna a new hair do. * Hush could climb onto a kookaburras back, and hold on tight as the kookaburra flies away and see lots of amazing sights. * Hush could tickle the koala with the echidna's spike. See you later Rappers! from the 1/2 Turtles at Telopea -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We look forward to reading your responses. >From 1C and Miss Cattell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070515/670c5a91/attachment-0001.html From trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au Tue May 15 20:15:28 2007 From: trees.6 at epps.sa.edu.au (trees 6) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 2 EPPS Message-ID: <1265.58.179.235.34.1179224128.squirrel@edsuite.decs.sa.edu.au> Hi everyone, We had lots of fun imagining what would happen to Hush if she visited us. We live in a suburb of Adelaide and while we have been lucky to get some rain recently it has been very dry over summer. Everything is starting to look green again and that is great. In summer it gets very hot and it can be windy. Around our school we have lots of native trees to keep us shaded. If Grandma Poss and Hush visited us we would give her some chocolate milk which would make just her feet appear- imagine how funny that would look. Then we would give her some fruit and we would also see her head gradually appear- just feet and a head running around.Next we would give her some vegetables to make her tail appear and last of all some lollies to make her body appear. We look forward to hearing all about Hush's adventures when she visits you all. >From EPPS Room6ers From MELINDA.KENT1 at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 10:25:20 2007 From: MELINDA.KENT1 at education.nsw.gov.au (KENT, Melinda) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap 1 Message-ID: Hello Rappers, Here is the verse we created, we think we did a great job! She made kangaroos fly and snakes walk. She made koalas cry and dingoes talk. Hope you all like it. We enjoyed it so much we a writing more today!!!! 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Brand new, visible lips. 2A thought that after that, the two possums might have done a tour of Sydney, including climbing the Harbour Bridge and going to Bondi Beach. We've never seen a possum swimming before! >From the 2A (Too Amazing!) Rappers - Caddies Creek PS Rap again soon! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070516/de8c1f2a/attachment-0001.html From HELENA.CAMPBELL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 12:47:37 2007 From: HELENA.CAMPBELL at education.nsw.gov.au (CAMPBELL, Helena) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap INTRODUCTION Message-ID: <1E5413058F7CAC4E8F6C6B387207105529B851@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Introduction This is Eden Primary School in New South Wales. We 270 kids in the school .My class is 3/4D my teacher name is Mrs Dykes. She made emus pink She made crocodiles green She made wombat long She made snakes shrink -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070516/7d95c2f6/attachment-0001.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 13:28:49 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from Stage 1 at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7ED@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums! Here's our response to Rap Point 2: After eating steak and salad near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Hush and Grandma Poss rode on their bicycle to Circular Quay Station to catch a train to Penrith, in western Sydney. Grandma Poss bought two tickets, one for her and one for the bike. Hush was still invisible. Because she couldn't be seen, she didn't need a ticket! They had a great train ride. Grandma Poss kept Hush on her lap so she wouldn't disturb the other passengers. The train driver drove the train through many different stations, for over an hour, until the train arrived at Penrith railway station. The possums rode their bike to Stafford Street, where they smelled wonderful things cooking. They saw a Chinese takeaway food shop. It had a red roof and a sign with a big prawn on it. Grandma Poss sent invisible Hush into the shop. She climbed over the counter. Hush picked up a tray and filled it with noodles, fish dumplings, omelettes, fried rice, teriyaki chicken, honey soy pork, crispy prawn crackers, green tea jelly and crunchy fortune cookies. The workers in the shop screamed when they saw a tray of food floating by itself. They hid under the table. The customers waiting for their food orders hid their faces behind their magazines. Hush brought the tray of food outside and across the road to a children's play area. They sat on a piece of play equipment that had two metal poles and a round section. It worked a bit like a swing, a seesaw and a razzle-dazzle, and it moved up and down very quickly. The possums ate their Chinese takeaway while they sat on the equipment. As it spun around, they held on tight. Everything went blurry. Suddenly, Hush's bottom turned visible! "Hooray!" they shouted. Soon Grandma Poss and Hush were back on their bike. They pedalled through Emu Plains until they reached a town called Glenbrook. As they passed Glenbrook Public School, the road started to get too steep for the bike. They stopped at a service station and bought some apple and blackcurrant Pop-Top drinks because they were so thirsty. Grandma Poss held out her paw to hail a taxi. They loaded the bicycle onto the back of the taxi and said to the driver, "To the Blue Mountains, please!" >From Stage 1 students at Penrith Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Happy Rapping Everyone, Rap again soon 2Nice Native Possum Rappers @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070516/aa4c3b2a/attachment-0001.html From DIANNE.YOUNG2 at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 15:18:46 2007 From: DIANNE.YOUNG2 at education.nsw.gov.au (YOUNG, Dianne) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 Duranbah Public School Message-ID: Hello Rappers We have had fun talking about Possum Magic this week.We have made a tree home out of a box and found a puppet that looks just like Hush! Last week when we had a fun run in the bush at our school we saw a real live possum. Kindergarten are certain that it could be Hush! This is what we thought could happen to Hush if she came to Duranbah. It was there in the far north of New South Wales that they found some lettuce on Zion and River's farm. Grandma Poss flicked her tail and wriggled her ears. Hush breathed slowly and began to eat. "Green! Green!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. The lettuce had turned Hush green. Hope you liked our verse Bye from Duranbah rappers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070516/54abbb07/attachment-0001.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 16 15:39:06 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re: Rap Point 2 Duranbah Public School Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7EE@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Dear Duranbah rappers, We were wondering, when your cute Hush puppet turns invisble, does it look just like a human hand? Best wishes from Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They couldn't believe their eyes when a pink possum tongue appeared!! Imagine how funny that would look! After leaving Manly they headed out to Dubbo to visit the zoo, then on to the Hunter Valley where they ate some deicious grapes, but nothing happened. Finally they visited the Blue Mountains where the Three Sisters worked their magic and the rest of Hush's body appeared!Hush and Grandma Poss finished their journey having a wonderful time at Dream World in Queensland. We are looking forward to reading your responses 2C Magic Aussie Possums -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are lots of yummy things to eat at Bar Italia but we think that Hush would try the gelato (an Italian ice cream that comes in lots of special flavours). We think that the gelato would be so cold and delicious that her stomach and her body would appear first. After visiting us we thought they might go to: Eat oranges in Orange NSW Ride down to Wagga Wagga, because it has such a good name Take the train to Dubbo to visit the Dubbo zoo so Hush could spend time with other possums or go to the nocturnal area at Taronga Zoo for a good sleep. Trek to Alice Springs because they don?t visit it in the book and its really special. Hope you enjoy our ideas. We are really having fun reading yours. The rappers at Annandale North -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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"Two big, round eyes!" shouted both possums at once. For there they were: brand new, flashing eyes. After that, we decided that Grandma Poss and Hush would come back to one our houses for a party! They can meet our families! Rap again soon, Mrs Bradley and ESL students at Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070517/10ef783f/attachment-0001.html From KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 17 14:57:41 2007 From: KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au (DENZEL, KELLESI) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Possummagic 07 rap point 2 Message-ID: <3E6DCFB45F51234586EA75CFF9C0C6F31F83FA@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi from 1Delightful and 2/6 Angels. It was there in the town of Glenwood, near Blacktown in NSW that they found a chocolate fountain. Each possum grabbed a stick with a strawberry on it and dipped it in. Grandma Poss' whiskers wriggled and wavered. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. "Eyelashes! Eyelashes!" shouted both possums at once. For there they were. A pair of long, curly black eyelashes. After their chocolaty treat, the possums headed off by train to Circular Quay. They boarded the ferry to see who they may meet. At the zoo they meet their cousins. They decided a night of rides at Luna Park was just the thing to celebrate their reunion (although it was a bit weird riding next to Hush as she only had a set of blinking eyelashes showing!) Have a raptacluar education week Rappers. Lots of choco lately smiles from 1Delightful and 2/6Angels @ Caddies Creek P.S. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They could then catch a ferry back home. -- Caution: This email (including all attachments) is intended solely for the addressee. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Kambala. From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 17 15:59:33 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Point Two Message-ID: <40898.203.36.44.17.1179381573.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> DEAR RAPPERS, IF From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 17 16:19:20 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Point Two Message-ID: <34533.203.36.44.17.1179382760.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> DEAR RAPPERS, If Grandma Poss and Hush came to Perth they could go to KMart and shop for clothes. They could have fun by going to Adventure World. If they wanted to watch Meet The Robinsons they could go to the Innaloo Cinemas. If they wanted to play games they could go to Mackenzie's house and play on his Game Boy or they could go to Whiteman Park and play on the monkey bars and the Steam Trains. If Grandma Poss and Hush came to Perth they could eat some of our beautiful strawberries, popcorn, fish and chips, pears, corn, sushi, water melon, pavlova and cheeseburger. They would say that our food is yummy, fantastic and delicious! >From the 1D Rappers at St Kieran CPS in WA From NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 17 16:30:32 2007 From: NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au (JOHNSON, Neroli) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 3/4S Manning Gardens Message-ID: <4F34DC507E2C734C8831CBFA77D41B4125E9FE@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers, Here are some individual responses: Grand Poss made magic . She made kangaroos gold and koalas green. She made parrots red and wombats blue. Grandma Poss made tree magic. She made tiger snakes with legs and bilbies talk and emus jump. Grandam Poss made star magic. She made goannas and she made tiger snakes. She made koalas slide and parrots bark. Grandma Poss made star magic. She made wombats have diamonds and kangaroo`s colourful. She made goannas purple and parrots nice. Grandma Poss made star magic. She made wombats red and koalas pink. She made parrots jump and goannas bark. Grandma Poss made dust magic. She made rats enormous and dragons big. She made koalas red and wombats bark. Grandma Poss made tree magic. She made goannas orange and kookaburras purple. She made snakes with legs and echidnas smooth. Grandma Poss made fox magic.She made goannas orange and kookaburras purple. She made snakes with legs and echidnas smooth. Grandma Poss made tree magic. She made bilbys pink and kangaroos purple. She made wombats diamonds and parrots black. Wouldn't it be lovely to have some of Granma Poss' magic powers?? We have enjoyed hearing from everyone out there and finding out where your schools are on the map! Till next Rap point... The 3/4S Manning Garden Rappers! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070517/949adc70/attachment-0001.html From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 17 17:00:12 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Point Two Message-ID: <42773.203.36.44.17.1179385212.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Possum Magic Book Rappers, If Grandma Poss and Hush came to Perth they could go to Fraser's Restaurant in Kings Park. They Grandma Poss and Hush could go and visit some new friends near Hillary's Beach. Grandma Poss and Hush could go to Fremantle Harbour for a swim or see the animals in South Perth zoo or run in our St Kieran Cross Country Carnival. If they like to watch footie they could go and watch the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco or the Dockers at Fremantle. We have 523 students in our school. Some of the foods Grandma and Hush could eat are doughnuts, watermelons, Hungry Jacks, vegetables, strawberries, pineapples, strawberry milkshake, apples,vanilla icecream, blueberry pie, vegemite sandwiches, icy poles and bananas. They would say our food is yummy, good food, great eating, delicious and the strawberries were the best. >From Year 1b Rappers at St Kieran CPS in Tuart Hill WA From Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 08:32:14 2007 From: Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au (MAR, RENAE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 2 from 1M @ CCPS and Mrs Mar Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D43FED2A@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi there Rocking Rappers, Are you all having as much fun as we are?? We had a wonderful time in the computer room checking all your emails. Here is our version of what would happen to Grandma Poss and Hush if they came to Glenwood. Part A It was there in a new suburb in Western Sydney, that they found vanilla ice-cream with chocolate topping. Grandma Poss' whole body began to shake. Hush closed her eyes and began to munch. "A belly! A belly!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. A big, round belly had appeared. Part B After that Grandma Poss and Hush went ten pin bowling at Castle Hill to celebrate. Thanks for reading our e mail. Happy Rapping from the 1M magical Rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mr McLean was wearing a jester's hat and he sold Grandma Poss some Pedlar's Pennies. Some of the food Grandma Poss bought with her Pedlar's Pennies included: cupcakes; a bag of lolly snakes and frogs; green, red and white lollypops; chips; a toffee apple; bananas; and a gingerbread man. Hush was still invisible. Because she couldn't be seen, Hush could steal people's hats! Because she couldn't be seen, she could knock over the skittles. Because she couldn't be seen, she could sneak a sip of people's drinks. Grandma Poss made Hush eat some of the food. Suddenly, Hush's face turned visible! "Yay!" they said. Soon it was time for Grandma Poss and Hush to leave Penrith Public School. They used an old umbrella to sail away on the Nepean River. >From Class SCLB students at Penrith Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They would go to the Stanhope Leisure Centre and take some swimming lessons, eat doughnuts and go to the gym afterwards! >From the 2L Lovely Rappers @ Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/24c4f08b/attachment-0001.html From year.23t at ntschools.net Fri May 18 14:06:31 2007 From: year.23t at ntschools.net (year 23t) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap rap point 2 Sadadeen Bush Mob Message-ID: <8EFC3364B2363B47AB56331606107F1C1B7677@DRWNT-EV2.ntschools.net> Rap point 2 a. If Grandma Poss and Hush came to Alice Springs they would visit the Ross River Camel Farm and take a camel to dinner along the lovely dry river bed. They would eat steak cooked on the campfire and hunks of damper cooked in the camp oven. Wow two ears and a nose would appear. Their meal would be finished with honey ants found deep in the ground and sugar bag from the native bees. Wow all of Hush's head has appeared. b) After eating such a delicious meal at Alice Springs Grandma Poss and Hush would head north up the Stuart Highway to their next stop at Ti Tree. There they would find grapes and mangoes from the Ti Tree farms. >From Sadadeen Bush Mob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/7b23daee/attachment-0001.html From Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 14:33:53 2007 From: Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au (Askew, Lachlan) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possummagic rap point 2 Message-ID: <84759800D58370469178E62D7184237C03694986@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers This is what we came up with from the Blue Mountains Grandma Poss and Hush left the place in the bush they knew best on a bicycle to find a way to get Hush seen. They travelled to a place called Blaxland which was a lovely village at the foot of the Blue Mountains. There were so many laughing kookaburras and gum trees that Grandma Poss and Hush felt at home. They cycled along Old Bathurst Road passed Blaxland East School until Grandma Poss saw a cake shop. In that cake shop were some delicious foods. Grandma Poss asked for a bag filled with blueberry biscuits, banana bread, blackberry biscuits and bacon buns. These foods were favourite foods of students at Blaxland East. Blaxland people love to have big bags of biscuits, bread and buns to eat as they are very sporty in this village. Some shoppers that came into the cake shop were very surprised to see Grandma Poss buying the food, but because they love Australian animals and are very polite, they didn't stare. Grandma Poss rushed out to the bicycle and gave some of the buns, biscuits and bread to Hush. Hush nibbled slowly and then they both watched and waited to see what would happen. Guess what! Hush's mouth appeared. There it was. A mouth. A mouth was all that could be seen. A mouth that had plump, juicy red lips shining in the sun. Then they jumped on their bicycle and continued on their way up the mountain. They stopped at Woodford, Lawson and Leura where they nibbled on treats found there. Only Hush's tail was invisible by the time they reached Katoomba. Grandma Poss and Hush found a cafe and ate scones with jam and cream while marvelling at the sight of the Three Sisters. Not long after the first bite that tail appeared and Hush was finally visible. Cheers were heard all around and with full stomachs they headed bak home. We hope you enjoy this adventure 1D from Blaxland East -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/585a0813/attachment-0001.html From ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 15:45:16 2007 From: ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au (Feneley, Elizabeth) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 2N, Marayong Public School Message-ID: Hi fellow rappers! You sure came up with some great responses this week! We had fun reading them all today. We decided that if Grandma Poss and Hush came to Marayong, which is located near Blacktown in the west of Sydney, he might enjoy a healthy snack of mangoes and mandarines! We imagined that the good vitamins he got from eating his fruit could help his mouth to reappear. "A mouth, a mouth!" Grandma Poss would happily exclaim. >From Marayong, we thought they might travel east towards the city of Sydney, where they could meet mummies and dinosaurs at the Museum. They might share some interesting food with Hush!! >From 2N, Marayong Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/ed5075e5/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 18 15:50:52 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Co-ordinators' Message and Rap Point 3 Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3134@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello there clever little Possum Magic Rappers, Congratulations on the great job you did answering Rap Point 2! Grandma Poss and Hush would have been kept very busy travelling around the various parts of Australia, visiting your local school communities. What memorable experiences they would have had, tasting the delicious range of foods you suggested and seeing the main tourist attractions. I'm sure they would have grown rather plump by now and would be totally exhausted after all their fun adventures! Imagine how thick the book Possum Magic would be if we were able to add all your ideas! Illustrator Julie Vivas would be kept busy for a long, long time, but I'm sure she would have a fun time illustrating your wonderful thoughts! There were so many different, creative and entertaining responses! I'm sure you all had a most enjoyable time reading other schools' ideas. Some rappers provided Grandpa Poss and Hush with the local food speciality whilst other classes voted for their own favourite foods. Grandma Poss and Hush would have been kept SO, SO busy visiting all the other exciting places that you thought of too! They must have travelled many extra kilometres by now, all over Australia! If you haven't yet posted your Rap Point 2 response, it's not too late. Please still send it to the rap - we'd love to read your version of the story. The address to post your reply to is listed at the bottom of this message Now get ready to tackle our last rap point - Rap Point 3! Term 2, Week 5: week beginning 21 May 2007 a) What is your favourite page in the story? Why? Post your response to the rap. Your class might wish to respond to the comments from other rappers via the rap. Don't forget to send your Rap Point 3 e-mails to: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au I look forward to reading your opinions about your favourite pages. Will we all agree on the same page or will we all have different favourite pages? The decision will be very difficult! Keep up the great work everyone and happy rapping! Mrs Scheffers (Rap Co-ordinator) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070518/e069a45b/attachment-0001.html From clarencetown at hotmail.com Sun May 20 12:04:14 2007 From: clarencetown at hotmail.com (Stacey Graham) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Clarence Town rap point 2 Message-ID: Sorry we are a bit late this time! We really enjoyed reading about the special foods available in your areas - especially the food from the middle of Australia (we would really like to go on a camel ride) One sunny afternoon, lazing by the river in Clarence Town, Hush and Grandpa Poss ate some hot, salty chips from the takeaway shop Suddenly several shiny, sharp, gleaming white teeth appeared! "You look glorious you gorgeous possum!" Grandma Poss exclaimed! Hush looked at her reflection in the wide sluggish river and chattered away this way and that excited by the pearly whites looking back at her! THEN They hitched a ride on a horse float on the way to Randwick Racecourse Hush loved the feel of her new teeth and couldn't stop talking to Hush and Izacat the horse, but the twists and turns on the country roads eventually lulled her to sleep..... (much to the relief of Izacat and Grandma Poss!) Three hours later she awoke to the noise and traffic of Sydney. The Clarence Town Rappers _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Missy Higgins new album On A Clear Night – stream full tracks now! http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=click&clientID=781&referral=hotmailtaglineMay&URL=http://music.ninemsn.com.au/playlist.aspx?sectionid=2465§ionname=artistfeature&subsectionid=9150&subsectionname=missyhiggins&categoryid=2577 From NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 09:04:37 2007 From: NEROLI.JOHNSON at education.nsw.gov.au (JOHNSON, Neroli) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 Class 3/4 Manning Gardens PS Message-ID: <4F34DC507E2C734C8831CBFA77D41B4125EA03@DET-MAIL-EVS04.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi everyone, Wouldn't Grandma Poss and Hush have fun if they came to Taree! We thought they could eat anything from a flathead fish to a delicious chocolate and strawberry ice-cream. Our response was: It was in the Manning River at sunny Taree that they found oysters. Grandma Poss held her breath and curled her tail. Hush shut her eyes and began to eat. "A half a nose! A half a nose!" shouted both possums at once. For there it was. A brand new half a nose. from the Magic Garden 3/4S Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/206d1dbc/attachment-0001.html From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 14:00:04 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 - 2A and 2V - Hassall Grove PS Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA21@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Here is our response for Rap Point 2: Hassall Grove is a very friendly and safe surburb in sydney near Blacktown. We have lots of houses close to our school. We will take Hush to the school canteen and buy her a banana, a bag of popcorn and an Australian green and yellow slushie. Yum! Yum! She will say this food is DELICIOUS and suddenly her belly button will appear. Hip, Hip Hooray!! Talk to you next week The Silly Billies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/8ec1f009/attachment-0001.html From ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 14:03:25 2007 From: ELISA-JANE.ALLEN at education.nsw.gov.au (ALLEN, Elisa-jane) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from the Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS Message-ID: <1161AB0875980244A8BEB35F1EBE710D5889A0@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers! We hope everyone had a really fun Education Week! We did. Here is our Rap Point 2. ?Next stop, Queanbeyan!? said Hush. Grandma Poss and Hush went to Star Q Deli on Monaro Street. Grandma Poss told the waiter she wanted a table for two, even though the waiter could only see her. Grandma Poss ordered hot chips. The waiter came with the chips. Hush grabbed a chip and ate it. Her tail appeared! The waiter fainted. Hush was so excited that Grandma Poss used her magic to make a rainbow appear from one side of Queanbeyan to the other. Everyone went looking for a pot of gold! We think Canberra should be in the story because it is Australia?s capital. It?s also very close to us. We decided Grandma Poss and Hush should visit Canberra next but just for a holiday. They need to relax! While they are there, we agreed Hush and Grandma Poss should visit Parliament House to watch the video on how democracy works. We feel they should go to the Australian War Memorial to learn about Australia?s involvement in different wars. We think they should then go to the Big Splash water park. Hush could get in for free! Then they will be relaxed enough to keep looking for the right foods to make Hush visible. Have a terrific week! The Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/1a28a7c2/attachment-0001.html From ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 15:14:27 2007 From: ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au (LARGE, Alison) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possummagic07 Rap point 2 from 1/ 2E CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D42CC180@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Howdy Rappers, Here is Rap point 2 part A from 1/ 2 E excellent rappers: It was there in Glenwood in Western Sydney that they found chocolate chip ice-cream. Grandma Poss covered her eyes with her tail. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. 'YOUR EYEBROWS, YOUR WHISKERS' shouted Grandma Poss. For there they were her eyebrows and whiskers. Here is Rap point 2 part B from us: Later that day they made there way up the M4 to the Blue Mountains. First they went rockclimbing on the Three Sisters. Then walked through the bush to a waterfall. Finally they went on the Cable Car across the valley and had 5 rides on the Scenic Railway. Have you ever been to the Blue Mountains? Are they really Blue? What do you think? By for now 1/2 E Excellent rappers from CCPS Thanks Alison -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/3305b1c7/attachment-0001.html From Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 15:22:08 2007 From: Renae.MAR at education.nsw.gov.au (MAR, RENAE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 1M and Mrs Mar @ CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D43FED2B@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi there Rockin' Rappers, We were very proud of our work that was displayed for Education Week. It was a display about how we care about ourselves and others. What did you all do for Education Week? This week's Rap Point has been fun. Our class formed groups to work in. Each group had a book so we could look through the pictures. Our job was to discuss which picture was our favourite and to give reasons why. We liked soooo many pictures. Our teachers were very impressed by with our reasons. When we came together as a whole group we shared our ideas. Then we voted. Here are our top two pictures with 1M's marvellous ideas. Our second favourite picture is the page where all the animals are all eating the same foods that made Hush visible. They did this every year on Hush's birthday. We liked this page because the foods looked delicious. We liked how the animals all huddled together to eat. It showed how they were all such good friends. It is a special day because it is Hush's birthday and a day to remember all the adventures of their travels around Australia. But our most favourite page is the page where Grandma Poss makes a magic spell. We love this page because it is magical and we are the Magical Rappers from 1M. It is also very clever how the drawings show Hush disappearing. We think it is a very beautiful picture with sparkles, stars and colourful magical dust flying down from the sky. It looks like grandma is very powerful because her hands are held up high. The pile of spell books makes Grandma Poss seem very wise too. Have a great time Rapping! >From 1M Magical Rappers and Mrs Mar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/e421606d/attachment-0001.html From EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 21 16:43:08 2007 From: EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au (SILVINO, EVELYN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Response to Rap Point 2 of 1S Superstar Rappers from Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Hi there fellow Rappers! It was a busy last week for Caddies Creek Public School because of Book Week. We were fortunate enough not to have missed reading your mails as well as giving our thoughts and ideas about Rap Point 2. It was a hilarious voicing what we imagined Grandma Poss felt and did while waiting for which part of Huss body will magically appear. We had to vote on the ideas and here are some of those we agreed on: It was there in Glendenning, west of Sydney in New South Wales, that they found Freddo Frog chocolate. Grandma Poss shook her bottom and bit her claws. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat. "A bottom! A neck!" shouted both possums at once. For there they were. A brand new, visible bottom and a neck. After that Grandma Poss and Hush went to Featherdale Wildlife Park at Doonside and the Koala Park, west of Sydney, to visit and say hello to their friends. They also tried to drop by Caddies Creek Public School Library to check if they can catch up with Julie Vivas in case she visited the school for Book Week. Alas, she was not there... but Julie Millard, another illustrator, was visiting sometime in Term 3. Our class always looks forward to going to the Library to meet with Mrs. Scheffers for Possum Magic Rapping. So until our next rap....... The Superstar Rappers of 1S @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070521/8c710526/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 22 08:44:16 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:31 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from Class 2L Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C313A@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Good day to you Rappers!! 2L had a fabulous discussion about the illustrations in Possum Magic yesterday. We worked cooperatively together, in small groups, to decide which page/s we liked the best. We listed them all and then took a vote, as a whole class, to decide on the overall favourite. 2L's overall favourite page in the book is the one where Grandma Poss is sitting on the branch with her hands in the air doing her magic, where you can see all of the magic sparkles floating across the page. 2L really liked seeing Hush invisible for the first time, the sparkly stars swirling around the page and just how colourful the whole page is. They liked the flipping pages of the books with the magic coming out, the cute little mouse in the corner and the fact that everything on the page really looks like it's moving! We can't wait to read what you decide your favourite page is. We are having SO MUCH FUN with this Book Rap! Until next time Rappers!! The 2L Lovely Rappers @ Caddies Creek PS and Miss Lark :) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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At the end of the day they would be feeling very exhausted, dizzy but happy!! It's been great reading your emails, >From 2M Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070522/f6b14d56/attachment-0001.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 22 13:50:01 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from Stage 1 at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7F6@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums, Here are our responses to Rap Point 3. Two of us liked the illustrations on the pages of "Possum Magic" where the possums are in Darwin eating their Vegemite sandwiches. We liked this page because of the excited way Grandma Poss is jumping in the air as Hush's tail appears. One of us liked the double page with the snake. Hush is hanging right over the snake, but it can't see her because Hush is invisible. Two of us liked the pages where the possums are sailing across the Tasman Sea in an umbrella. We like the way Hush sits up on the handle of the umbrella. We also noticed that Grandma Poss has tied her bike shoes to the back of the umbrella like an anchor. Three of us liked the illustrations on the last double page, where the animals are all sharing food. The possums look very cute in that picture. Mr McLean likes the picture where Grandma Poss is making her bush magic. He wonders how Julie Vivas made the coloured paint spatter like that to make it look like real glitter. The most popular illustration was the one where Grandma Poss and Hush are dancing "Here we go round the lamington plate". Five of us like this page the best. It's a very cute picture, and the possums are doing things that real possums don't usually do. Grandma Poss looks like she's a dancing cowgirl. Two of us like the illustration because lamingtons are our favourite food - we looooooooove lamingtons! >From Stage 1 Rappers at Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070522/5cee1734/attachment-0001.html From lhunt at larp.lism.catholic.edu.au Tue May 22 14:05:39 2007 From: lhunt at larp.lism.catholic.edu.au (Lachlan Hunt) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possum magic_07 rap point2 St. Joseph's, Laurieton Message-ID: <1179806739.837b323clhunt@larp.lism.catholic.edu.au> Hello Happy Rappers, It was here at lovely Laurieton beaches that they found lovely water melon for sale. Hush held the water melon up to her mouth and began to eat. She nibbled it and the juice ran out of her mouth onto her body and it reappeared. Next they went to Sandbar caf? to have a cappuccino. When she drank the cappuccino all the milk went onto her lips so she licked them and her tongue and lips appeared. Hush and grandma Poss decided to go ice skating at the Big Banana to see if the cold ice could make her toes and legs appear. Goodbye Fellow Rappers from year 2 Raving Rappers. -- From PAULINE.BENTHAM at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 22 19:20:22 2007 From: PAULINE.BENTHAM at education.nsw.gov.au (BENTHAM, PAULINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 1/2B The Meadows Public School Message-ID: <2333F4223E781042AB0731C92ED083B65DE22B@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi, We are a little late with our rap this week as we were busy last week with our Open Day in Education Week. We had lots of fun thinking of other places that Poss and Hush could go. We all liked the one that Zac wrote. It was there in the town of Seven Hills that Hush found chicken pasta. Hush curled her tail around her head and wished to be visible. Her little pink nose appeared slowly. Next she went to Sydney to see the Harbour Bridge. She was swinging at the very top of the bridge. On the Harbour Bridge she found a bird to eat and her little eyes began to appear. We better get busy with our next rap now so that we are not late this time. The Meadow Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070522/c0933bda/attachment-0001.html From Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:36:48 2007 From: Gail.Gorham at education.nsw.gov.au (Gorham, Gail) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Message-ID: <4D0C42BD338D8D449C5C9F994653F3FC038DBFF0@DET-MAIL-EVS01.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi fellow Rappers We are having a lot of fun reading the responses everyone else is giving to the rap points. We really enjoy it when students at other schools have the same ideas as us. There was a hotly contested battle in our Reading Groups this week to decide on our favourite page. We divided up into groups and each group chose their favourite page and then had to come up with reasons to convince everyone else that their page was the best choice. Each group presented their reasons and it really seemed to work as almost everybody changed their mind (or maybe that just goes to show how many really great pages there are to choose from in the book). When it came to the final vote the page that won was the pages where Grandma Poss performs bush magic on all of the different animals. We liked the way that the wombat was looking at its new blue fur like it was thinking "What is happening here???" The kookaburras looked like they were asking themselves the same question. One of us liked the way it looked as if Grandma Poss' tail was patting the birds. We also thought the dingo had a great smile. Some of us especially liked the way Grandma Poss was handing upside down with the magic coming out of her hands. There was lots of action. We are already enjoying reading some of the page choices done by other schools. You have made some really good points. Rapping On The marvellous rappers of Annandale North Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/e24410f1/attachment-0001.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:44:43 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 1 from 2/3B at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hi again, 2/3B invented some more adventures for Hush. Here are a few of our favourites. Because she couldn't be seen she could jump on bears stomachs while they were sleeping. could ride on birds when the birds are flying high in the sky. could ride in a kangaroo's pouch. could sneak into people's houses for vegemite sandwiches. could stay safe from tigers. could stay safe from cows. from 2/3B at Eastern Creek Public School Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/808980d3/attachment-0001.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:49:56 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 1E at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: 1E thought Grandma Poss and Hush would like to visit Eastern Creek Public School because we are a friendly school with lots of big trees for them to rest in. We made this poem about their visit. Grandma Poss and Hush ate Eastern Eggs and Watermelon at Eastern Creek. Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/c0889ee5/attachment-0001.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 08:52:35 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 1/2C at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hi everyone, 1/2C had lots of fun thinking about our favourite foods and how Hush what part of Hush would become visible when they visit Eastern Creek. Grandma Poss and Hush ate Mango and ice cream at Eastern Creek. Slowly Hush's tail began to appear. Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Don't you think the lamingtons Julie Vivas drew look good enough to eat right off the page? >From the ESL students at Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/4b78531b/attachment-0001.html From Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 11:39:47 2007 From: Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au (Walmsley, Therese) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 2 from 1/2P, 3/5S and 1W at CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4335B1D@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi to all the Rappers If Hush and Grandma Poss came to Glenwood in Western Sydney, New South Wales, what a time they would have!!! Mangos are a delicacy in these parts and we just know that whilst Grandma Poss waited for Hush to chomp into this juicy tropical fruit she would hold her take a deep breath ....... And her whole body would shake whilst she waited for something to happen to Hush. We are convinced that Hush's arm pits would suddenly appear and everyone would be extremely happy! Afterwards, we think Grandma Poss and Hush would go to Jambaroo - where they 'would control the action'. We think their favourite ride would be the water slides. Till next time, as Scooby Doo would say: "rappy rapping!!" From 3/5S, 1/2P and 1W @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/59ca9d60/attachment-0001.html From Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 11:56:10 2007 From: Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au (Walmsley, Therese) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 1/2P, 3/5S and 1W at CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4335B1E@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Wow, already we are at Rap Point 3! We had many discussions about what page we could happily choose as our favourite. Koala chomping away whilst sitting on Hush's tail was very popular, so was Hush sliding down the Kangaroo's body, another good one was the snake page - it was so colourful and Hush is funny and maybe just a bit scared hanging down over the snake like she is. The best one by far was the Grandma Poss' magic page. It had so many beautiful stars and you can clearly see the magic - Julie Vivas did a great job of that. Also Hush is becoming invisible and not many of us have seen that happen. The mouse is sweet as it is lying down and Grandma Poss looks very powerful as she lifts her arms and hands right up in the air. No wonder she can make possums invisible! WELL - until our Rap Wrap Up - bye from 1/2P, 3/5S and 1W @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some of the reasons why we chose it were: * Harry, Alex and Reshma noticed that the colours in the outline of the invisible Hush are the same colours as Grandma Poss' magic (look closely!), * We like the way Grandma Poss was holding out her arms and casting the magic, * We thought it was funny the way that there is a mouse in the ilustration, sitting against some magic books. We have read some of your Rap Point 3 Responses and we like: * What 1/2P, 3/5S and 1W at CCPS said about the same page as us and their colourful email fonts, * What the ESL students at Penrith PS said about singing the line "Here we go round the lamington plate", * How 2L at CCPS described how thwy worked out their favourite page. Happy Rapping! >From the 2A (Too Amazing) Possum Magic Rappers at Caddies Creek PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A leg!" jumped both possums excitedly Suddenly there was a fabulous new furry leg. b) After visiting Bundarra we think Grandma Poss and Hush would * go to a party at Bundarra Central School and eat some cake and a tail appears * eat a choc-chip biscuit at the Bundarra goat races and her head appears * on a plane they go to Antarctica to eat some ice and the rest of her body appears and they live happily ever after. 1/2 rappers Bundarra Central School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We REALLY enjoyed doing the book rap with you all Thankyou from EPPS Room 6ers From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 15:08:52 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 3 from class 2/1B from Manly Village Public School Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156361@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Rappers, After lots of discussion we voted for our favourite page in the story. We liked the page where Grandma Poss sprinkled the magic sparkles to make Huss invisible. We loved the way Julie Vivas made the sparkles look like they were moving and curving and changing colours. She was able to create a feeling of movement with the pages in the magic book blowing open like a small wind was passing by. We also loved the way Julie Vivas made Huss become invisible in the illustration with colours gradually disappearing from her body as she became invisible. We looked at lots of other books illustrated by Julie Vivas and we think we would be able to recognise her art work if we saw it again. We love the way she uses water colour for her illustrations. We are looking forward to reading about your favourite pages. 2/1B -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/2cc3ca80/attachment-0001.html From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 23 15:38:22 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 3 from class 2C from Manly Village Public School Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156362@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi rappers, Our favourite page is the one with the snake. We thought the snake looks like it is coming out of the page towards the reader ready the STRIKE!! It looks very real, especially its flickering tongue. We also noticed that Hush has wound her tail around the branch above the snake and is holding on to it just to make sure that it doesn't dangle down near the snake. We loved the beautiful colours that Julie Vivas used for the snake. We are looking forward to seeing which was your favourite page 2C Magic Aussie Possums. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070523/919bea79/attachment-0001.html From ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 24 10:50:20 2007 From: ELIZABETH.WILKIN at education.nsw.gov.au (Feneley, Elizabeth) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 - Marayong Public School Message-ID: Hi everyone, 2N liked lots of the pages in 'Possum Magic' - it was a hard choice! When we voted, however, the majority of students liked the page where Grandma Poss is making Hush invisible using her special bush magic. We really love the colours on this page, especially the way we could see the magic powers coming from Grandma Poss' fingertips! We also liked watching the stages of Hush becoming invisible. It made us feel excited and we could imagine how fun it would be if we became invisible too!! What adventures we would have... We have started to draw our favourite pages from the book so they go up on display in our library. We can't wait to read about which pages you liked! >From 2N, Marayong Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070524/97a83849/attachment-0001.html From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 24 16:20:44 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Point three Message-ID: <38363.203.36.44.14.1179987644.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Rappers, Ryley's favourite page is the one where Mem Fox made the snakes fly because it is funny. Katie liked the page where the kangaroos got to fly. Jessica likes the front cover because it has lovely illustrations. Muhau likes the page where emus became pink because he hasn't seen any pink emus yet. Amber likes the page where Julie Vivas made flamingos pink because the page looks pretty. Kristian's favourite page is when Grandma Poss makes Hush invisible because I like it when you can be invisible. from Year 1D Rappers From EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 24 16:40:54 2007 From: EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au (SILVINO, EVELYN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Response to Rap Point 3 by 1S of Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Hi there fellow Rappers! It was an excellent exercise having our class sit in different groups and choosing our favourite illustration in the book. In the groups, each member expressed their opinion and then agrees on one favourite page. The groups put in all their ideas and we listened to all the reasons why the illustrations have been picked by the groups. Then we voted on the illustration we like the best. Our class chose the illustration where the snake was slithering while Hush was hanging down so close on the path of the snake. Here are some of the reasons why that page was chosen: * The snake looks hungry with its tongue jutting out of its mouth; * It really looks like it is moving or slithering because of the way its shape was drawn; * Its eyes are colourful and looks scary; * We like the way Huss was drawn just hanging down so close to the snake and how she looks so scared; * Huss really looks scared with her big eyes bulging out and looking closely at the snake. Again, that was fun. Reading your responses to Rap Point 3 provided us insight on how much you also enjoyed this activity. Rap on till next... J 1S Superstar Rappers @ CCPS * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070524/4dfcbab0/attachment-0001.html From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 24 16:58:20 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap point Three Message-ID: <54165.203.36.44.13.1179989900.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Possummgic Book Rappers, Imani's favourite page is when Grandma Poss and Hush cme to Perth because I like it and because we live in Perth. Prudence's favourite page was when Hush turned invisible. Alessandro's favourite page was when they ate vegimite. Anika's favourite page was when grandmother poss read them books. Michale's favourite page was when she made magpies glow at night. Nicolas' favourite page is when Hush is black. Adelle's favourite page was when she travelled around the world to eat. Callum's favourite page was when Hush asked to be invisible. >From St Kieran's year 1B rappers in Tuart Hill, Western Australia. From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 25 12:29:49 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from SCLB at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF7FE@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Possums, Here are SCLB's responses to Rap Point 3. Three of us like the illustrations on the pages where Grandma Poss is making her bush magic. The kookaburras turning pink look funny, and so does the emu who goes down little. The smiling dingo looks very happy. Two of us like the picture where Grandma Poss is waving her arm to make all the colours and stars. One of us likes how this picture shows four Hushes on the branch - as she slowly turns invisible. Mr McLean wonders how Julie Vivas made the coloured paint spatter to make it look like real glitter. One of us likes the page where Hush is sliding upside down on the kangaroo's back. Hush is using the kangaroo like a slippery dip. The animals are looking around for who is calling out, "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!", but Hush is invisible. One person likes the page where Hush's face becomes visible again after eating the lamington. He likes seeing how happy Grandma Poss is: dancing, jumping and throwing her arms up in the air. One of us likes the page with the snake wriggling towards us. Maybe Hush is saying, "Aaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!"? One person just couldn't make up his mind. We also had one person away today. We tried to guess what his favourite page might be but we couldn't agree. We will have to ask him next week. >From SCLB rappers at Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070525/4213f9ca/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri May 25 12:59:00 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Co-ordinator's Message and Rap Wrap Up References: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C313F@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3140@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi rappers What a great time we've all had this week discussing and voting on our favourite pages in Possum Magic! The combination of author Mem Fox's imaginative text and illustrator Julie Vivas' beautiful artwork has made Rap Point 3 a most difficult task for us all. The most popular pages seem to be where Grandma Poss is making Hush invisible (I love the sparkling magic dust and colourful stars!), the snake (I really like the way the snake is slithering off the page towards the reader!) and the kangaroo page (What fun invisible Hush is having!). It has been very interesting reading what the rappers from all across Australia think. Congratulations to you all on a great job! Sadly, it is now time for our final book rap activity; the Rap Wrap Up. (I know this is a bit tricky to say!) This week, could you please send an e-mail to the rap telling us what you have enjoyed about participating in this book rap? Also, could you please tell us what new skills you have developed? Post your final group response to: possummagic07_rap@list.schools.nsw.edu.au This week, you may all have many more "in school" rap activities planned. Are any of you having a Possum Magic party? I know classes at my school are having a Possum Magic Rap Wrap Up party and students will be enjoying making and eating vegemite sandwiches, pavlova and lamingtons. YUMMY! Maybe you have made a display in your room or library? We'd love to hear about it in your e-mail. I can wait to read your Rap Wrap Up ideas! Happy rapping everyone! Mrs Scheffers (Rap Co-ordinator) Teacher Librarian Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070525/8696c6fc/attachment-0001.html From HELENA.CAMPBELL at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 28 07:51:15 2007 From: HELENA.CAMPBELL at education.nsw.gov.au (CAMPBELL, Helena) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap RAP POINT 2 - EDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL Message-ID: <1E5413058F7CAC4E8F6C6B387207105529B879@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Rap point 2 from Eden Public School. Two students have been chosen to submit their work this week. Bradley Cole 3/4C It was there on the Far South Coast of Australia that they found a Martin's pie. Grandma Poss crossed her eyes and her little toes. Hush breathed slowly and began to eat. "Oh two paws. Great!" shouted both possums together. There it was two new paws. (b) "I think Grandma Poss and Hush will go to the Gold Coast to the museum and look at the whales". "They would have a look at the whales and when they left the museum they got a whale pen each". POSSUM MAGIC by Mem Fox RAP POINT 2 - Madeline Newton 3/4W It was there and then in Eden on the Far South Coast, New South Wales they found a sausage sandwich Grandma Poss crossed her eyes and Crossed her ears. Hush breathed deeply and began to eat 'An eye an eye ' shouted both possums at once For there it was a brand new, visible eye. 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Grandma Poss used her apron as a sail. How clever!!!! >From the 2L Rappers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070528/2c2ebaac/attachment-0001.html From ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 28 12:05:18 2007 From: ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au (LARGE, Alison) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possummagic07_ Rap point 3 1/2 E CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D42CC182@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Howdy Rappers, We are so sad to see that the book rap is coming to an end, this weeks rap point was great fun. It really encouraged us to work together and some of us had to 'compromise' which isn't always easy. Rap Point 3 1/2E's favourite page is the page where Grandma Poss is using her magical powers(we love the sparkles) to make Hush invisible. We like it the best because you can see how Hush disappears step by step, starting with her tail, then her body and finally her head. The spell books look like they are opening all by themselves. The way the colours have been used you can see the magic coming out of the spell books and across the page. The mouse on the edge of the branch leaning on the books is very cute. We were wandering if the mouse turned invisible too, just like Hush. What do you think? We can't wait to read all of the Wrap up emails this week to see if you all had as much fun as we have had. Till next time Bye from 1/2 E Excellent rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Finally, one editor suggested that Mem Fox make her book more Australian, so she changed the Hush character into a little possum instead, and "Possum magic" was born! The book sold immediately with this new idea. I think Julie Vivas added the mouse character to remind them of Mem Fox's patience in trying to sell this now-famous picture book. Best wishes, Mr McLean @ Penrith PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070528/03d373d6/attachment-0001.html From JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au Mon May 28 19:29:05 2007 From: JANET.DEIGHTON at education.nsw.gov.au (DEIGHTON, JANET) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap point 3 from Northmead year one classes Message-ID: Hi there Possum Rappers, After all four year one classes voted, we finally decided that we liked the page with the snake for these reasons. * The snake looks scary, like it was going to eat us because it was looking straight at us. * The snake has angry eyes that slant down and a colourful rainbow body. * Hush is afraid and climbs the branch when the snake's tongue is out. * Hush is almost upside down and invisible on the branch - rather exciting! * Hush is about to fall on the snake which make us feel scared for her. We are thoroughly enjoying all the rapping between our schools. 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Here we go round the gum tree until the home bell rings. from 2H Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070529/71d2011d/attachment-0001.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 29 09:30:59 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 1E at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hello to everyone, Another fun time deciding our favourite page. It took a long time to describe our favourite pages and we had to think really hard about the reasons. We looked at all the pages and finally voted that our favourite page was the one where Grandma Poss uses her magic to change the animals. We liked this page because we have never seen blue wombats or pink kookaburras before and thought it would be fun to change colours. Also it was funny to think of seeing a dingo smiling. from 1E Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070529/92858c6a/attachment-0001.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Tue May 29 13:46:36 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Wrap up from Stage 1 at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF802@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello possums! Most of us in this "Possum Magic" rap group would be interested in doing another book rap because it was fun and we missed out on regular English lessons. Three of us said we would not like to do another rap, but only because we want to keep doing this one! We are sad to be sharing our thoughts for the Rap Wrap up because the rap has been exciting, fantastic, good, and super. Some of us feel very happy and proud of ourselves because we have made new friends from other English classes during the Rap. Coming to the Rap we sometimes missed our turn to have "News". The "Possum Magic" Book Rap made us feel smart. >From participating in this Rap, we have learned about Australian places and foods, possums, and how to send an email on the computer. We learned that it was easy to share our ideas with other schools using email. We also learned that real possums don't dance, do magic or eat lamingtons. We enjoyed Mem Fox's story of "Possum Magic", especially the snake page, and when the possums shared their food and danced. We are glad that Hush was able to turn visible again. We also liked seeing a video of "Possum Magic" where the book's illustrator, Julie Vivas, had drawn extra illustrations - and they even moved like a cartoon! The Book Rap did meet most of our expectations, but one of us thought that a Book Rap was where children came to the library and learned how to wrap books with plastic! The Book Wrap was good stuff, and very exciting and interesting, even though we usually missed our "News" time, but we didn't mind. Only one of us thought the Book Rap was a little bit boring sometimes. One of us thought it would be dumb, but he really liked this rap group. We would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Scheffers at Caddies Creek PS for running the Book Rap. >From Stage 1 Rappers and Mr McLean at Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070529/50c985db/attachment-0001.html From year.23t at ntschools.net Tue May 29 21:23:49 2007 From: year.23t at ntschools.net (year 23t) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 - Sadadeen PS Message-ID: <8EFC3364B2363B47AB56331606107F1C1B768D@DRWNT-EV2.ntschools.net> Rap point 3 Which page did we like best? We read Possum magic again and then without telling anyone we drew our favourite page all the pictures were handed in and then we made a tally on the board of how many pages were the same we have lots of boys in our class so we will give you a clue on the favourite page I am very long My tongue is split I like to lie in the sun I like to eat possums Almost all the boys loved the page with the huge snake as it looked really cool with beautiful colours, fierce looking eyes and a dangerous forked tongue. 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We also found the mouse in the umberella going with Grandma Poss & Hush to Hobart which we hadn't seen before. We also discovered Hush disappeared and reappeared in exactly the same order - first her tail, then her body and lastly her head. We decided there was somethind special about each page so we made up a rhyme for when Hush and Grandma Poss visit Eastern Creek. Here we go round the lunch box, the lunch box, the lunch box. Here we go round the lunchbox, Until the lunch bell rings. >From 2/3B Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070530/448b6113/attachment-0001.html From CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 30 11:17:56 2007 From: CHRISTINE.NEILL at education.nsw.gov.au (NEILL, CHRISTINE) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap wrap up from classes 2/1B and 2C from Manly Village PS Message-ID: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156367@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi rappers We have really enjoyed participating in the book rap and would love to do another one. We might even do another rap just between classes in our school. We really loved reading all the emails. We have printed them out and put them in a special folder which is kept in the library. We also have a map of Australia marked with the journey. We have learned a lot about our country. We know about the states and capital cities and where they are on the map. We have learned how to send emails and especially loved playing around with the different fonts and sizes and colours. Most of us had never received emails before so that was lots of fun too. We also learned that Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge was the name of Mem Fox's father! We read that in Mem Fox's autobiography. Thankyou Mrs Scheffers for coordinating the rap and to all the schools for making it so much fun. Goodbye from 2/1B and 2C Manly Village PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070530/78457cde/attachment-0001.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 30 12:02:23 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap RE: Response to Manly Village PS Rap wrap up message References: <4967A8DAEF401E4E9BC718D497FFF469156367@DET-MAIL-EVS02.DETISP.LOCAL> Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF805@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Classes 2/1B and 2C from Manly Village PS said: >We also learned that Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge was the name of Mem Fox's father! Hi Manly Village PS, What interesting information! Did you know that, in 2002, there was a Book Rap about the book, "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge"? The student responses for that Rap are archived at: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoollibraries/listserv/wilfrid/maillist.html Best wishes, Mr McLean and Stage 1 students, Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070530/d556b604/attachment-0001.html From KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au Wed May 30 13:12:28 2007 From: KELLESI.DENZEL at education.nsw.gov.au (DENZEL, KELLESI) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 from 1D and 2/6A Message-ID: <3E6DCFB45F51234586EA75CFF9C0C6F31F8402@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi there fellow Rappers, We really enjoyed reading all your favourite pages and we were really surprised at how many of us all had similar answers. It seemed to us that a lot of people liked the page where Grandma Poss uses her magic to make Hush invisible. As a class, we really liked that page too! We even have a huge mural of it up in our classroom complete with glitter and disappearing possums! To answer the Rap Point, we got ourselves into groups and we each chose our favourite page. If we did not all have the same favourite page, we had to listen to each other's ideas and work out as a group what our answer would be. We discussed that the "grown-up" word for this was compromise (and sometimes we did not like this!!!) After each group worked out our favourites, we then discussed it as a class and we came up with our favourite pages. The votes were very close and our top three pages are: In 3rd place: "The Snake Page" because we liked the patterns on her skin and the scared look on Hush's face as she hangs dangerously close to the snake. The Runner up was: "The Magic Page" because we liked the stars and sparkles and Hush becoming invisible. We thought the mouse was cute. We really liked the floating magic and the way it flows out of the books, out over the mouse and touches Hush with all its beautiful, magical colours. Our ultimate favourite and the winner of the "2007 1D & 2/6A Favourite Possum Magic Page" goes to...... (drum roll please) Grandma's magic spells on each of the animals. We loved the colour. We loved the realistic pictures (except for the colours!), we loved the poems, we loved the action and we loved the thought of all those animals having been changed by Grandma Poss' magic. Have a very Magic Week Rappers with lots of invisible adventures, Love 1Delightful and 2/6Angels. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Things like: * how to find the emails using the internet favourites * the fact that Mr Moyes can use the smart board very well * that a Book Rap can be lots of fun * how many different and interesting schools there are in NSW and Australia * that our Reading can be improved through Rap activities * how to work and cooperate in groups for different tasks. Thank you for rapping with us. We hope to rap with you again in 2008. >From 2A (Too Amazing!) Possum Magic Rappers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We decided that we enjoyed- * doing our assembly item on Possum Magic * reading all the e-mails from all the different schools * looking closely at Julie Vivas' illustrations * reading and working together and sharing our ideas with all our fellow rappers * and also getting right into the story of Possum Magic We also decided that some of the things we learnt by doing the Book Rap were- * using all the book rap lingo * how to open and read other schools e-mails * more about the story of Possum Magic * what other schools thought about the rap points * how to co-operate and work together on the computers * and we learnt so much about all the different schools, their locations and what their schools are like compared to ours. Thank You all very much we have really enjoyed rapping with you all Bye for now, hope to rap again with you,maybe next year >From the 2Nice Native Possum Rappers @ CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We especially liked hearing Mem Fox read her book in the way she probably heard it in her head as she wrote it. We liked using the technology in the library, especially the Smart Board. The thing we liked the most was reading everyone's emails each week and sharing your ideas. We particularly liked reading the ones from Manly Village as we are very jealous that you live so close to the beach! During our time Rapping, we learnt many things. We learnt how to find and open emails. We had to learn how to log on to the computer and log on to the portal- this took us weeks to learn but we can now do it! (Not bad for year 1!) We learnt what a Book Rap was (apparently it is not a really fast song about a book!), what a Rap Point was and how to answer Rap Points. Compromising and co-operating were skills which we learnt during completing the activities. We learnt about other schools and where they lived and what their schools are like. We liked learning about your ideas on Possum Magic. We learnt to read Possum Magic together and to learnt to think about our own opinions and ideas on the book. 2/6A took a class survey of what their favourite magic foods were. When they did this, they learnt about each food, they tasted each food and they learnt how to tally up results and make graphs. WoW! What an amazing list of achievements! We have had a blast. We hope you have had as much fun as us. We would like to thank YOU for reading our emails, and thank Mrs Scheffers for making the Rap happen. Have a great year filled with many adventures. If any of you figure out how to make yourself invisible, let us in on the secret! Over and out fellow Rappers. from 1Delightful and 2/6Angels @ Caddies Creek PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We love the way the illustrator has blended the colours in the magic and has still made Hush visible to us. We also like this page because it meant that Hush and Granma Poss could go on many adventures. from the 3/4 Magic Garden Rappers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/c2d044a9/attachment-0001.html From RHONDA.PARNIS at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 31 12:53:01 2007 From: RHONDA.PARNIS at education.nsw.gov.au (PARNIS, Rhonda) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap wrap up from Sherwood Grange Message-ID: <3EABBD9285DC944689D075A8C1CC1C7218497E@DET-MAIL-EVS05.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi everyone, We are sad to finish this rap but have really enjoyed it ! We liked reading the great story Possum Magic most of all but also liked going on the computer and reading all the messages from around Australia. It was fun thinking about where the schools were and seeing that there were other 1Cs and 1Ms in different schools to ours. Thankyou to everyone for writing such great messages! See you next rap! 1C and 1M from Sherwood Grange -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/f50416e0/attachment-0001.html From Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 31 13:24:36 2007 From: Lachlan.Askew at education.nsw.gov.au (Askew, Lachlan) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap possum magic rap point 3 Message-ID: <84759800D58370469178E62D7184237C03694987@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello Rappers We like the page where Grandma Poss made Hush invisible because it looks magical. We also liked when Hush slid down the kangaroo's tail and when he koala sat on Hush's tail. But the one we liked the most was the snake page because it was colourful, and because the snake slithered and because one boy in our class has snakes at home. Nearly every page in the book was liked by someone which goes to show what a great book Possum Magic is. from 1D at Blaxland East -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/f340f787/attachment-0001.html From Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Thu May 31 15:10:11 2007 From: Rachel.McSeveny at caddiescrk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au (Rachel McSeveny) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap wrap up from 2M at CCPS Message-ID: G'day Rappers, 2M has enjoyed and leant so many things about this Book rap. Here they are: Things we have enjoyed about the book rap: * working with a buddy * writing and reading other emails * discussing our favourite pages in the book * thinking of ideas for each Rap Point * we liked the song 'here we go round the lamington plate' in the book * discussing the book with each other * finding out about other schools in Australia * we liked working cooperatively * we enjoyed all of it! What we have learnt from taking part in the book rap: * we learnt about a lot of different schools in Australia * we learnt more about the Australian food in the book * we learnt about what a Rap Point is and how to do a Book Rap * we learnt how to go on the internet and go to the website at CCPS to read the emails * we learnt how to work cooperatively * we learnt more about 'Possum Magic'. * we learnt how to read better * we learnt about what other schools thought about the book. It was lovely doing the book rap with you all! Bye fellow rappers Thank you for rapping with us! >From 2M -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/f98d1ff6/attachment-0001.html From COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au Thu May 31 15:15:00 2007 From: COLLEEN.BLANCATO at education.nsw.gov.au (BLANCATO, Colleen) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap-up - 2A and 2V - Hassall Grove PS Message-ID: <8E6F9E0130A31A4182CE96DA3138BB8851BA27@DET-MAIL-EVS06.DETISP.LOCAL> Thank you Mrs. Scheffers and all the rappers around Australia for a great book rap. We have enjoyed the rap.We learnt to co-operate with each other and we loved reading all of your emails. We did lots of talking which was great. We liked looking at the illustrations close-up. We didn't realise there was so much detail in Julie Vivas' paintings. Looking forward to rapping with you all next time. The Silly Billies at Hassall Grove -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070531/b179706a/attachment-0001.html From year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 31 16:20:06 2007 From: year1d at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1d) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Wrap Up Message-ID: <42324.203.36.44.13.1180592406.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Possum Magic Rappers, We enjoyed reading the messages from other schools. We enjoyed sending messages to other schools. We disovered that Possum Magic has good pictures and good colours. We learned how to type good Email messages. Mr Diek taught us how to find our mail in our Inbox on the computer. Mr Diek showed us how to find the Compose button so we could open up a new message. We learned the different parts of an Email message and how to send a message by Email. We also worked out how to finish off our Email message. We also learned about other places in Australia by using the atlas on our Smartboard. >From Year 1D at St Kieran CPS in Western Australia. From year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au Thu May 31 16:58:10 2007 From: year1b at stkieran.wa.edu.au (Year 1b) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Re Rap Wrap Up Message-ID: <43760.203.36.44.13.1180594690.squirrel@www.stkieran.wa.edu.au> Dear Possum Magic Book Rappers, We learned how to access our mail to read our Email messages. We learned how to send an Email message about Possum Magic.. We learned what we needed to do to make a good Email message. We learned how to make poems about Possum Magic. We also used a map on the Smartboard to find out where the different schools were. We also learned how to go on different Web Sites. We found out about different foods around Australia. >From Year 1b Possum Magic Book Rappers. From Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au Fri Jun 1 08:11:03 2007 From: Therese.Walmsley at education.nsw.gov.au (Walmsley, Therese) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Rap Up from 1/2P 3/5S and 1W @CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4335B20@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi everyone, here is our final communication for this wonderful BookRap. Here are some things we have enjoyed about the book rap: * Working as a team * Looking at the emails on the computer * Using the smartboard * Looking for the best pages * HowGrandma Poss used magic in the book * Having three classes work together * Loved the pictures * Reading and discussing the book * Talking about food What we have learnt from taking part in the book rap: * Writing ideas about books * More about the book * About places in Australia * How to read the book and look closely at the pictures * How to read the emails on the computers * Internet Explorer * How to use the smartboard Well, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR RAPPING WITH US, WE HOPE WE CAN RAP AGAIN SOON. PS. We would love to go on an excursion to Manly Village Public School because you can see the ocean from their classrooms! >From 1W Wizardly Rappers, 1/2P Perfect People Rappers and 3/5S Spectacular Student Rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070601/5b422ddc/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri Jun 1 08:30:53 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Wrap Up from Class 2L Caddies Creek PS Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3146@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Dear Rappers, 2L have really enjoyed joining in this Book Rap with you all. Here are some of the things we enjoyed about the Book Rap: * reading the emails from other schools and learning about how they are different to ours, especially the lucky people at Manly Village right near the beach!!) * finding our favourite pages * looking at the map of Australia and learning the places * working in groups * doing a book rap for the very first time * working with Mrs Scheffers in the library * listening to Mem Fox read her own story on CD What we have learnt from taking part in the book rap: * all the capital cities in Australia * how to work together in a group * all about Australian animals * Rap lingo - the rap language * now we know what a Book Rap is ! J A big thank you to Mrs Scheffers!! Yahooooooo!!!!! >From the 2L Lovely Rappers @ Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070601/5df06295/attachment-0001.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Fri Jun 1 11:33:21 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Wrap Up from SCLB at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF806@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Hello possums! Most of us would be interested in doing another book rap because we like book rapping. It was very good and funny, and we enjoyed learning about Australian foods. We would like to see how to do another book in a rap. Some of us feel very happy and pretty impressed. We liked reading "Possum Magic" and looking at the big Rap Map. We remember the day were hid from Mrs Brady, pretending to have turned invisible. We also liked the video and the "Glossary of Australian Foods" at the end. >From participating in this Rap, we have learned about Australian places and foods, possums, using our brains, and how to send emails to other schools on the computer. Thank you to Mrs Scheffers at Caddies Creek PS for running the Book Rap. >From Class SCLB and Mr McLean at Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070601/414b2c45/attachment-0001.html From JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au Fri Jun 1 14:42:07 2007 From: JENNIFER.SCHEFFERS at education.nsw.gov.au (SCHEFFERS, JENNIFER) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Final message from Rap Co-ordinator Message-ID: <6B60FDA1CB1032448891922DD086D3174C3148@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Hi Possum Magic Rappers! Congratulations everyone on your wonderful work throughout this exciting book rap! Judging by your Rap Wrap Up comments, you have all learnt and developed so many new skills, whilst having great fun sharing your thoughts with other schools. I have been most impressed with your clever and creative ideas! It's been great having over 30 schools from across Australia taking part; including Western Australia, South Australia and the A.C.T. For many of you (and your teachers), this has been your very first book rap. You should all feel very proud of yourselves and what you have achieved! It's sad that our book rap has come to an end! If you haven't yet sent any of your Rap Point or Rap Wrap Up responses, you can still post them sometime within the next week. I hope you will join us all again in any future book rap programs! Happy future rapping! Mrs Scheffers Rap Co-ordinator Teacher Librarian Caddies Creek PS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/f3579fc0/attachment-0001.html From SUSAN.HURST at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Jun 4 13:43:38 2007 From: SUSAN.HURST at education.nsw.gov.au (HURST, SUSAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Up of 1H @ CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D4471532@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> This is our last e-mail and we are sad about that. 1H has enjoyed the book rap. We went into groups of 3 and discussed the rap wrap up points. We recorded our ideas in point form. When we came back together as a class, we discussed the two rap points. Here are the rap wrap up points we came up with. Things we have enjoyed about the book rap: ? learning about Australian food ? Using the internet ? enjoyed the writing - the story ? enjoyed voting ? all the other schools have done it too ? Using the smart board ? Sharing my ideas ? Reading the e-mails ? Learning what a book rap is. ? Going to the computer lab to read the e-mails ? All of the rap ? Working together What we have learnt from taking part in the book rap: ? the illustrations can show different parts and moods in the book ? more about the book ? we learnt about Australian food ? how to do a book rap ? to look carefully at the illustrations ? learnt how to make a class decision ? learnt about Mem Fox's style of writing ? how to go on the internet. Thank you for rapping with us. We have had lots of fun. Goodbye from the 1H heavenly, happy rappers: at CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/665b8e3c/attachment-0001.html From ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Jun 4 14:22:38 2007 From: ALISON.LARGE at education.nsw.gov.au (LARGE, Alison) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Possummagic_07 Rap wrap up from 1/2 E@ CCPS Message-ID: <7DEDA443D05B4B4CB77ACB4A7DBE14D42CC183@DET-MAIL-EVS07.DETISP.LOCAL> Howdy Rappers, We are so sad to be at the end of the book rap because we have really enjoyed being a part of it. 1 / 2E Rap Wrap Up The best things about the book wrap was reading the emails each week, we especially liked imagining that our school was right across the road from the beach.(You lucky ducks Manly Village) One of the other best things was answering the rap points, we liked working together to respond to the questions and it really made us think about the book. When we prepared our rap points we did lots of voting which was fun. We also enjoyed the group work that we did to decide on our favourite page (rap point 3), we worked well together and were happy to compromise with each other. This activity also allowed us to really take a good look at the illustrations and we can see the similarities in other Julie Vivas books. Another great part of the book rap was sharing our ideas with our classmates and other schools; it was especially good to get a response about the last rap point from Penrith PS. (Thanks) We have learnt lots of things during the book rap. We learnt more about Possum Magic, Mem Fox and Julie Vivas. We have learnt, how to work and compromise in groups. We also learnt how to find the emails on the internet and enjoyed reading them on our computers and on the wonderful smart board in the library with Mrs Scheffers. Before we joined we had never heard of a book rap so we learnt about what it is and how it works.We can't wait to do another one! We alson learnt interesting things about Australia like foods, native animals and Australia's Capital Cities. We also got to use the smartboard in the library, it is a great piece of technology that we love using. Thanks for such a great book rap, we can't wait till the next one. A very big thank you to the super Teacher Librarian Mrs Sheffers for co-ordinating the rap. Bye rappers from 1/ 2E Excellent Rappers @CCPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/b1f11c3f/attachment-0001.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Jun 4 14:41:29 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Up from 2H at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hello magic possums, We all loved doing this book rap. These are some things we liked about rapping: *doing the exciting activities together *reading other school's emails *drawing fun pictures about Possum Magic *using the smart board with Mrs Mead *making our own poems We have learnt about children from other schools. Some children in our class have found thier friends are also doing the book rap in other schools. We have learnt how to go onto the internet and read emails from other schools. We also learnt how to look at illustrations more closely. We would love to be involved in another book rap in the future. Until then. Bye from 2H at Eastern Creek Public School Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/69c3eafc/attachment-0001.html From EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au Mon Jun 4 16:05:26 2007 From: EVELYN.SILVINO at education.nsw.gov.au (SILVINO, EVELYN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap up from 1S Superstar Rappers @ Caddies Creek Public School Message-ID: Greetings Rappers! It doesn't seem too long ago and now we've reached the conclusion of our Possum Magic Rapping. We enjoyed every moment since we began this. We are not going to be sad because we know we can do this again next year. What did we actually enjoy about this book rap? We surely enjoyed reading emails from the different schools near and far. Every time we meet it's always exciting to put our ideas to answer the Rap Points. The voting exercise is always helpful when we have to agree on choices especially when we had to choose a nickname to identify our class electronically. Most of all, it was fun to work in groups to discuss and agree on our favourite pages from Possum Magic. We also learnt so much from this experience. We are more confident in using the internet and the process by which we access the emails. Most of our classmates who have internet access at home can actually find their way to the Possum Magic website. We can read the emails and share them with our families. Our class was able to think more about the story of Possum Magic and look at the illustrations in detail and discuss how Julie Vivas drew her pictures. We also got to know other classes in different schools and learn about them through the ideas they put forward in their Rap Points answers. We got the opportunity and learnt how to use the smart board located in our Library. It is great to be reading and getting good at it as well as learning new and unfamiliar words. We are definitely going to miss going to our library to do book rap with Mrs. Scheffers, but as we said in the beginning, we look forward to rapping with you again next year! J Superstar Rappers of 1S @ Caddies Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070604/3f089e2e/attachment-0001.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Tue Jun 5 13:41:34 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 Message-ID: Hello Rappers, 1/2M had a difficult time deciding on our favourite page. We liked the page with the snake because the snakes fangs were sticking out and that made it look scary. We also liked the beautiful colours that Julia Vivas used on the snake. Our next favourite page was where Grandma Poss was sprinkling her magic. We loved the colourful stars and sprinkles. We are looking forward to drawing our favourite page to hang in the library. 1/2M Coffs Rappers Lyn Howlin Teacher Librarian Coffs Harbour Public School P: 02 6652 3355 lyn.howlin@education.nsw.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070605/103f512a/attachment-0001.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Tue Jun 5 13:46:38 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:32 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 Message-ID: Hi there Possum Rappers, We really liked the snake page because it was scary & colourful. Julia Vivas was very clever when she made the eyes look so scary. We thought the snake looked venomous. We were frightened for Hush because we thought the snake would eat her if she could see her. Funky Rappers of Coffs Harbour Public School Lyn Howlin Teacher Librarian Coffs Harbour Public School P: 02 6652 3355 F: 02 66aaaaaaa lyn.howlin@education.nsw.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070605/928f38a8/attachment-0001.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Tue Jun 5 13:49:58 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:33 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 1/2N Coffs Harbour Public School Message-ID: Hello Rappers, We voted for the snake page because it was colourful and bright. We liked the many colours that Julia Vivas used in her illustrations. We really enjoyed choosing our special page. It has been fun reading all your thoughts about your favourite page. 1/2N Happy Rappers of Coffs Harbour Public School Lyn Howlin Teacher Librarian Coffs Harbour Public School P: 02 6652 3355 lyn.howlin@education.nsw.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070605/9a45211d/attachment-0001.html From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Tue Jun 5 14:51:24 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:33 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Up from 2/3B at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hi there rappers, We enjoyed being a part of the Possum Magic book rap. We liked all the activities, reading Possum Magic again and again and writing poems about dancing around the lunch boxes. We liked reading the emails from other schools around NSW and Australia especially the Sadadeen Mob in Alice Springs and the Silly Billies at Hassall Grove. We learnt how to send emails and found it fun working with other schools. We liked using the smart board and learning about the other schools around Australia. We will definitely be ready for another book rap. Bye for now from 2/3B Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070605/994ca082/attachment-0001.html From srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au Wed Jun 6 07:39:10 2007 From: srasaiah at kambala.nsw.edu.au (Sally Rasaiah) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:33 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 and Wrap Up from Kambala Message-ID: <5FC7A37A-3813-488A-B398-E48788E4217C@kambala.nsw.edu.au> Hello everyone We are a bit late posting our final Rap response and farewell message as we have had a very busy week! On Open Day we completed our Possum Magic booklets with the help of our families and friends and explained all about the Book Rap to them. They thought it was an exciting activity. We illustrated our favourite page and described why we chose that page. There were a lot of girls who chose the page with the dingo, and the snake was one of our favourites too. We have enjoyed reading the emails from all over Australia and have learned much about other schools and places. Now that the rap is over, we will keep reading books by Mem Fox and have a closer look at the illustrations in the picture books that we share. We have had a great time, see you in the next rap, 1H and 1J -- Caution: This email (including all attachments) is intended solely for the addressee. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Kambala. From FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au Wed Jun 6 10:28:17 2007 From: FRANCES.MEAD at education.nsw.gov.au (Mead, Fran) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:33 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Wrap Up from 1/2C at Eastern Creek PS Message-ID: Hi rappers, We all enjoyed the book rap. We especially liked reading the ideas from all the other schools and thought the fancy writing and colours were cool. We also liked the rap names of the other classes. We learnt how a book rap works and how much fun it is to read emails from other schools. We love using the smartboard because it makes it easier for us to read the emails together. We would love to do another book rap soon. from 1/2C at Eastern Creek Fran Mead Teacher Librarian Eastern Creek Public School -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We loved hearing from all the other schools- especially when they told us about where they were from. We liked seeing if they had similar or different answers to our answers for each Rap Point. We're sad the Rap is finished, but we've had a great time! >From 2N, Marayong Public School. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070606/4bc69a7f/attachment-0001.html From Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au Thu Jun 7 09:09:37 2007 From: Ian.McLean at education.nsw.gov.au (MCLEAN, IAN) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:33 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Wrap Up from ESL students at Penrith PS Message-ID: <70CA50D68316DF4CADFED6DEE017FE044FF80A@DET-MAIL-EVS03.DETISP.LOCAL> Farewell Rappers! Before everyone closes the book "Possum Magic", we would like to share our final thoughts about rapping this book. As new learners of the English language, we have enjoyed: * listening to the CD * looking at the illustrations * reading all of your ideas about the book * making the food that Hush ate * making a Vegemite sandwich for Mr McLean (and he's still visible, so it worked!). We have learnt: * all the capital cities on a map of Australia * information about some Australian animals * that many schools enjoyed "Possum Magic", just like us * to listen to other people's ideas. Most of what we achieve with Mrs Bradley (ESL teacher) and, of course, Hush, has helped us in class with lessons on: * Australia - Our identity * English: writing text types - Procedures, Narratives Hope to rap again soon. Wrapping Up, Stage 2 and 3 ESL Rappers and Mrs Bradley at Penrith PS. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After that it would be a chocolate milkshake at Kitty's a great little cafe and Hush's tummy would show. How funny feet, tail and tummy walking around. A bite from all types of pizzas at the Pizza Hut would make the head vivilbe. They would travel to MacCarthur Square and move around teh food court tasting all types of things, like yoghurt, marshmallows, bread, burgers and donuts and this would make all of Hush visible. We had fun imaging this and are now working on rap point 3 From 2/3K Infleburn Public school -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/pipermail/possummagic07_rap/attachments/20070607/c6141fbd/attachment-0001.html From LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au Thu Jun 7 20:53:55 2007 From: LYN.HOWLIN at education.nsw.gov.au (HOWLIN, Lyn) Date: Thu Jul 19 14:53:33 2007 Subject: possummagic07_rap Rap Point 3 1/2G Coffs Harbour Public School Message-ID: Hi there Possum Rappers, We really liked the snake because it was scary & colourful. We think Julia Vivas was very clever making the eyes look so scary. We thought the snake looked venomous. Funky Rappers of 1/2G Coffs Harbour Public School Lyn Howlin Teacher Librarian Coffs Harbour Public School P: 02 6652 3355 lyn.howlin@education.nsw.gov.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That boy will be surprised at the end of the movie when he sees his empty box and wrappers and doesn't remember eating them (we know that Hush would pick up her rubbish though). You can see Grandma Poss' bike in the exit door. Maybe there was no parking left? We think it's great how all of the people have accepted a single possum (because Hush is still invisible) into their cinema.We wonder what movie they're watching? Maybe it's Shrek 3! The second reason we picked that page was the artwork. We loved the colours in the background of the dark theatre. We don't get to see a lot of backgrounds in Possum Magic's pictures and our class was amazed by how many colours they could see in it. We use watercolours, so we know how hard that can be! We thought Julie Vivas showed a lot of her talent in that picture because it looks so real. Until next time, Aussie Possies of 2/3A at QPS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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