The Nair Newsline
What's Up
Wedding Bells- Shruti Padmakumar has recently been married to someone named Jubil. Their wedding happened quite recently, at her grandmothers house in Kerala, and the reception was at her hometown, Kohlapur. 2009 saw their engagement, and they celebrated a happy Diwali together. We hope they have a great time!
Snack stuff- For those of you who don't know, Nashta is Vinod Nair's livelihood, and business. The Dosa Shack, his stall, sells Dosa, Appam, Bhel, Dal Wada, and ocassionally other food pops up as well. In 2009 his stall was held at Perth City Markets, and the Langford International Food Festival. This year, he's trying it out at Fremantle Markets, the Araluen Fremantle Chilli Festival, and the Rockingham Mussel Festival. We are sure it's going to be great, and hopefully his business will thrive.
Excellent Events
GPSRE MUSIC FESTIVAL
On Thursday the 19th of November, Gosnells Primary School held a music festival at Southern River College gymnasium (or theatre, hall). The school recorder ensemble went with Seaforth Primary School's rock band. When we got there, everybody sat down. Mr Leaderbrand, Mr Simeons, and some of the Yr 7's who were ushers were already there. The compere was the music teacher from Huntingdale Primary School, and she introduced the event. To begin with, we played the national anthem and the other schools sang it. This is how the program ran-
1.Maddington Primary- They danced to a medley of Miachel Jackson songs using costumes, etc. Their rating from me is 8/10
2.Gosnells Primary (us!)- We played Knife and Folk, Air, Noise, Adagio, Deck the Halls. In Adagio I got to play the solo bit. Our rating is 10/10.
3.Seaforth Primary- Their band did one song. The best bit was the keyboard, drums, guitar all blended and sounded good. Worst bit was the singer could not be heard over the drums. I'll say 10/10
4.East Maddington Primary- Their guitar ensemble didn't wow me, sounded way off tune, I can't come to like that. It got 4/10. They had a choir as well, it ended up with 6/10 from me.
5.Wirrabirra Primary- A choir. Couldn't understand the words. Funny actions. Came off with 4/10.
6.Tramby Primary- Another choir. Quite a normal choir. I'll say 6/10.
In the middle of these performances the compere made us sing this song-
Never bath in an Irish stew
It's a most illogical thing to do
The compere also had students from her school solo in flute, trombone and singing while the next school got ready.
At the end, each school received a framed certificate. After the schools left, other schools would arrive and six more performances done on stage. Our school, with Seaforth, left last because the bus was half an hour late.
INTERSCHOOL DANCE
Today I got to ride all the way to Mandurah. In a bus filled with people, all listening to iPods, playing games on their Nintendo DS, or taking hilarious photos of each other. I happened to enjoy playing multi-player games on my DS, Pictochatting with 9 people and reading. When we finally got there, we filed into this hall and dumped our bags on seats that were squashed into a rectangle. On the wall behind this was a plaque saying Gosnells Primary School. Everyone grabbed a seat with their friends, all in bright blue and yellow inter school T-shirts except for Kenya who conveniently forgot to wear one and wore our normal uniform. Since 160 couples were in each year level, the method of dancing went like this-
Yr 7- Cha Cha Cha Rd 1
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Yr 6- Slow Rhythm Rd 1
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Yr 5-Cha Cha Cha Rd 1
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3- MY HEAT
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Yr 4-Slow Rhythm Rd 1
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
And that was Round 1! There are 4 rounds, then a Semi-Final, and the grand finale is a Final. Each Yr had 2 dances, ours being Cha Cha Cha and Slow Rhythm. There was also Jive and Square Rumba, but for varied age groups. The way of being chosen to go to the next round was to get tapped by a judge. (ie. A judge taps you, you go back to your school yell WOOO!/YESSS! and hug your friends. At the end of the song the remaining dancers are automatically out.) Because of the long waits between dances, kids instantly raided their bags for their electronic devices once more. Our school was quite lucky, as most other schools were passing time by singing the songs, drawing posters for their school and reading books. I amused myself by shouting “YAY!” when our school got picked, and occasionally whipping out my DS and Pictochatting. The first time I danced, I was lucky enough to get tapped a split two seconds after I started. The other great thing being Brandon (partner) and I got into the semi-finals for both dances. My friends mostly got upto Round 3 or 4, so everyone was really good. One couple, Willy-Woo Tah and Jasmin Drakely, who were in Year 4 from our school, got a 3rd place trophy! And another Year 4 pair from our school was lucky enough (and good enough) to get uptil the finals. All in all, even with all the waiting and fiddling and getting worked up, it was absolutely GREAT! We did really well, had fun dancing, PLUS got to miss out on a full day of schoolwork and hang out with our friends.
Stick your nose in a book!
For Kids-
Horrible History
Horrible Science
Horrible Geography
The horrible series describe facts in a gruesome and hilarious way, complete with sarcastic humour, mythbusters, and fiction based on fact. A must read for people who like to learn the interesting bits!
For Beginners-
Red Nose Readers- Are silly, funny books that capture your child's attention with easy to understand words and bright pictures. They are marked with a picture of a clown and the phrase “Red Nose Readers.” Definitely my pick for a just learning to read child.
Log on!
http://www.gamesgames.com – Awesome games to play online for free.
http://www.bearshare.com/ - Download this free software and get unlimited music download, plus iPod and MP3 player support.
http://www.worldmathsday.com/2010/Default.aspx? - World Maths Day is an awesome website where you can practise your mental math speed and accuracy by playing games against people all over the world! Plus, make your own cool avatar and help be part of the Mathometer or Correct Answers Tally. You can practise for a month before the two days when the real games start.
http://www.getmusic.com.au/ - Find about about all the latest albums, soundtracks or singles. Review songs before you add them to your cart for buying, or add them to your profile. Plus customise the site's colour and features.
http://www.8notes.com/ - This site is great if you play an instrument. It has free songs, which includes sheet music and MP3, plus lessons on most instruments and on music theory. You can also check out blank sheet music pages to print, music jokes or the guitar tuner and metronome.
Laugh out Loud
Doctor, Doctor I keep losing my memory.
When did you first notice that?
When did I first notice what?
A patient walks into the clinic and jumps onto the doctor's back. He starts yelling, “1...2...3...”. So the doctor is of course going “What the heck are you doing?!” And the patient goes, “The person at the counter said I could count on you.”
Waiter, waiter, why is my apple pie all mashed up?
Waiter: Well, you did tell me to step on it, sir.
Brian: How did you get that black eye?
Bertie:You see that tree over there?
Brian: Yeah, why?
Bertie: Well, I didn't.
Doctor, doctor my wife thinks she's a duck.
Well, you'd better bring her to see me.
No, I can't since she's already flown south for the winter.
Waiter, waiter have you got frog's legs?
No sir, I always walk like this.
Waiter, waiter what is this fly doing in my soup?
A belly-flop, sir.
What's Up
Wedding Bells- Shruti Padmakumar has recently been married to someone named Jubil. Their wedding happened quite recently, at her grandmothers house in Kerala, and the reception was at her hometown, Kohlapur. 2009 saw their engagement, and they celebrated a happy Diwali together. We hope they have a great time!
Snack stuff- For those of you who don't know, Nashta is Vinod Nair's livelihood, and business. The Dosa Shack, his stall, sells Dosa, Appam, Bhel, Dal Wada, and ocassionally other food pops up as well. In 2009 his stall was held at Perth City Markets, and the Langford International Food Festival. This year, he's trying it out at Fremantle Markets, the Araluen Fremantle Chilli Festival, and the Rockingham Mussel Festival. We are sure it's going to be great, and hopefully his business will thrive.
Excellent Events
GPSRE MUSIC FESTIVAL
On Thursday the 19th of November, Gosnells Primary School held a music festival at Southern River College gymnasium (or theatre, hall). The school recorder ensemble went with Seaforth Primary School's rock band. When we got there, everybody sat down. Mr Leaderbrand, Mr Simeons, and some of the Yr 7's who were ushers were already there. The compere was the music teacher from Huntingdale Primary School, and she introduced the event. To begin with, we played the national anthem and the other schools sang it. This is how the program ran-
1.Maddington Primary- They danced to a medley of Miachel Jackson songs using costumes, etc. Their rating from me is 8/10
2.Gosnells Primary (us!)- We played Knife and Folk, Air, Noise, Adagio, Deck the Halls. In Adagio I got to play the solo bit. Our rating is 10/10.
3.Seaforth Primary- Their band did one song. The best bit was the keyboard, drums, guitar all blended and sounded good. Worst bit was the singer could not be heard over the drums. I'll say 10/10
4.East Maddington Primary- Their guitar ensemble didn't wow me, sounded way off tune, I can't come to like that. It got 4/10. They had a choir as well, it ended up with 6/10 from me.
5.Wirrabirra Primary- A choir. Couldn't understand the words. Funny actions. Came off with 4/10.
6.Tramby Primary- Another choir. Quite a normal choir. I'll say 6/10.
In the middle of these performances the compere made us sing this song-
Never bath in an Irish stew
It's a most illogical thing to do
The compere also had students from her school solo in flute, trombone and singing while the next school got ready.
At the end, each school received a framed certificate. After the schools left, other schools would arrive and six more performances done on stage. Our school, with Seaforth, left last because the bus was half an hour late.
INTERSCHOOL DANCE
Today I got to ride all the way to Mandurah. In a bus filled with people, all listening to iPods, playing games on their Nintendo DS, or taking hilarious photos of each other. I happened to enjoy playing multi-player games on my DS, Pictochatting with 9 people and reading. When we finally got there, we filed into this hall and dumped our bags on seats that were squashed into a rectangle. On the wall behind this was a plaque saying Gosnells Primary School. Everyone grabbed a seat with their friends, all in bright blue and yellow inter school T-shirts except for Kenya who conveniently forgot to wear one and wore our normal uniform. Since 160 couples were in each year level, the method of dancing went like this-
Yr 7- Cha Cha Cha Rd 1
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Yr 6- Slow Rhythm Rd 1
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Yr 5-Cha Cha Cha Rd 1
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3- MY HEAT
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Yr 4-Slow Rhythm Rd 1
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
And that was Round 1! There are 4 rounds, then a Semi-Final, and the grand finale is a Final. Each Yr had 2 dances, ours being Cha Cha Cha and Slow Rhythm. There was also Jive and Square Rumba, but for varied age groups. The way of being chosen to go to the next round was to get tapped by a judge. (ie. A judge taps you, you go back to your school yell WOOO!/YESSS! and hug your friends. At the end of the song the remaining dancers are automatically out.) Because of the long waits between dances, kids instantly raided their bags for their electronic devices once more. Our school was quite lucky, as most other schools were passing time by singing the songs, drawing posters for their school and reading books. I amused myself by shouting “YAY!” when our school got picked, and occasionally whipping out my DS and Pictochatting. The first time I danced, I was lucky enough to get tapped a split two seconds after I started. The other great thing being Brandon (partner) and I got into the semi-finals for both dances. My friends mostly got upto Round 3 or 4, so everyone was really good. One couple, Willy-Woo Tah and Jasmin Drakely, who were in Year 4 from our school, got a 3rd place trophy! And another Year 4 pair from our school was lucky enough (and good enough) to get uptil the finals. All in all, even with all the waiting and fiddling and getting worked up, it was absolutely GREAT! We did really well, had fun dancing, PLUS got to miss out on a full day of schoolwork and hang out with our friends.
Stick your nose in a book!
For Kids-
Horrible History
Horrible Science
Horrible Geography
The horrible series describe facts in a gruesome and hilarious way, complete with sarcastic humour, mythbusters, and fiction based on fact. A must read for people who like to learn the interesting bits!
For Beginners-
Red Nose Readers- Are silly, funny books that capture your child's attention with easy to understand words and bright pictures. They are marked with a picture of a clown and the phrase “Red Nose Readers.” Definitely my pick for a just learning to read child.
Log on!
http://www.gamesgames.com – Awesome games to play online for free.
http://www.bearshare.com/ - Download this free software and get unlimited music download, plus iPod and MP3 player support.
http://www.worldmathsday.com/2010/Default.aspx? - World Maths Day is an awesome website where you can practise your mental math speed and accuracy by playing games against people all over the world! Plus, make your own cool avatar and help be part of the Mathometer or Correct Answers Tally. You can practise for a month before the two days when the real games start.
http://www.getmusic.com.au/ - Find about about all the latest albums, soundtracks or singles. Review songs before you add them to your cart for buying, or add them to your profile. Plus customise the site's colour and features.
http://www.8notes.com/ - This site is great if you play an instrument. It has free songs, which includes sheet music and MP3, plus lessons on most instruments and on music theory. You can also check out blank sheet music pages to print, music jokes or the guitar tuner and metronome.
Laugh out Loud
Doctor, Doctor I keep losing my memory.
When did you first notice that?
When did I first notice what?
A patient walks into the clinic and jumps onto the doctor's back. He starts yelling, “1...2...3...”. So the doctor is of course going “What the heck are you doing?!” And the patient goes, “The person at the counter said I could count on you.”
Waiter, waiter, why is my apple pie all mashed up?
Waiter: Well, you did tell me to step on it, sir.
Brian: How did you get that black eye?
Bertie:You see that tree over there?
Brian: Yeah, why?
Bertie: Well, I didn't.
Doctor, doctor my wife thinks she's a duck.
Well, you'd better bring her to see me.
No, I can't since she's already flown south for the winter.
Waiter, waiter have you got frog's legs?
No sir, I always walk like this.
Waiter, waiter what is this fly doing in my soup?
A belly-flop, sir.
Art and Craft
This month we're going to show you an effective skill to use in a drawing, which makes it much more realistic. Most of you would of heard of this word, but only some of you may know about how to apply it in art.
Perspective...is your way of looking at things. And in a drawing, perspective shows how things look as they go off into the distance.
To create one point perspective, you basically need to know about a vanishing point and horizon line. The first time you try this, put the horizon line at the middle of the page, with the vanishing point at the center.
When you draw any shape or building, follow these guidelines.
*Front of building is a 2D shape
*With other sides of shape/building, horizontal lines are drawn in line with the vanishing point whereas vertical lines are drawn parallel to the building
This month we're going to show you an effective skill to use in a drawing, which makes it much more realistic. Most of you would of heard of this word, but only some of you may know about how to apply it in art.
Perspective...is your way of looking at things. And in a drawing, perspective shows how things look as they go off into the distance.
To create one point perspective, you basically need to know about a vanishing point and horizon line. The first time you try this, put the horizon line at the middle of the page, with the vanishing point at the center.
When you draw any shape or building, follow these guidelines.
*Front of building is a 2D shape
*With other sides of shape/building, horizontal lines are drawn in line with the vanishing point whereas vertical lines are drawn parallel to the building
This is all just theory, so check out the post we're putting up later with actual pictures plus some theory to get you going! Once you practise doing buildings or straight objects, you can start doing freehand drawings with perspective. A good tip for freehand is that lines and colours tend to get lighter as they go back. Have fun drawing!
Fantastic Food
Our chefs....so far! You can join as a chef by submitting recipes to karunanair99@gmail.com.
Vinod Nair, a top baker
Renu Nair, makes great indian food
Karuna Nair, likes making up recipes
Rashmi Menon, likes trying out recipes
Wacky Milkshakes
Here's an idea for when you're not really hungry at dinner, make a milkshake. Obviously, you could just chuck fruit and milk in a blender and get a good result, or you can do what we did, and go a bit crazy with your ingredients.
Here's what Karuna and Aman Nair tossed in the blender-
Some strawberry pulp
Some milk
Some cream cheese
And the secret ingredient, Vanilla Coffee Powder!
Aman comments, “The milkshake was awesome!”
Melt in your Mouth Marshmallow Ice-Cream
Lick your lips, cos' the name says it all!
Ingredients
85 g/3 oz plain chocolate broken into pieces
175 g/6 oz white marshmallows
150 ml/5 oz milk
300 ml/10 fl oz double cream
1.Put the chocolate and marshmallows into a saucepan and pour in the milk. Warm over a very low heat until melted.
2. Whisk the cream until thick then fold it into the cold chocolate mixture with a metal spoon. Pour into a 450-g/1-lb loaf tin and freeze for at least 2 hours, until firm. Serve with fresh fruit.
Super Survey
This month we interviewed Alisha Francis, 11, Karuna Nair, 10 and Aman, 4 on what they want to be when they grow up.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Alisha: Dentist, Doctor or Scientist.
Karuna: Author or Musician.
Aman: A firefighter, duh.
Have you done anything to help get closer to your goal?
Alisha: Read and learnt about the human body.
Karuna: Entered writing comps and played instruments.
Aman: Oh, ya, water the garden.
Are you good in those subjects?
Alisha: Yup, quite good.
Karuna: Yeah, I think I am.
Aman: Only when I grow up.
Why do you like these areas?
Alisha: I think they're interesting.
Karuna: I've been writing since I was like, 5, and I've loved playing music since my first song on recorder uptil now where I'm in a recorder ensemble and play clarinet.
Aman: Because I'm good at watering the garden with my family.
Our chefs....so far! You can join as a chef by submitting recipes to karunanair99@gmail.com.
Vinod Nair, a top baker
Renu Nair, makes great indian food
Karuna Nair, likes making up recipes
Rashmi Menon, likes trying out recipes
Wacky Milkshakes
Here's an idea for when you're not really hungry at dinner, make a milkshake. Obviously, you could just chuck fruit and milk in a blender and get a good result, or you can do what we did, and go a bit crazy with your ingredients.
Here's what Karuna and Aman Nair tossed in the blender-
Some strawberry pulp
Some milk
Some cream cheese
And the secret ingredient, Vanilla Coffee Powder!
Aman comments, “The milkshake was awesome!”
Melt in your Mouth Marshmallow Ice-Cream
Lick your lips, cos' the name says it all!
Ingredients
85 g/3 oz plain chocolate broken into pieces
175 g/6 oz white marshmallows
150 ml/5 oz milk
300 ml/10 fl oz double cream
1.Put the chocolate and marshmallows into a saucepan and pour in the milk. Warm over a very low heat until melted.
2. Whisk the cream until thick then fold it into the cold chocolate mixture with a metal spoon. Pour into a 450-g/1-lb loaf tin and freeze for at least 2 hours, until firm. Serve with fresh fruit.
Super Survey
This month we interviewed Alisha Francis, 11, Karuna Nair, 10 and Aman, 4 on what they want to be when they grow up.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Alisha: Dentist, Doctor or Scientist.
Karuna: Author or Musician.
Aman: A firefighter, duh.
Have you done anything to help get closer to your goal?
Alisha: Read and learnt about the human body.
Karuna: Entered writing comps and played instruments.
Aman: Oh, ya, water the garden.
Are you good in those subjects?
Alisha: Yup, quite good.
Karuna: Yeah, I think I am.
Aman: Only when I grow up.
Why do you like these areas?
Alisha: I think they're interesting.
Karuna: I've been writing since I was like, 5, and I've loved playing music since my first song on recorder uptil now where I'm in a recorder ensemble and play clarinet.
Aman: Because I'm good at watering the garden with my family.
