What sporting activities do you participate in?

Wally is leaning at lot about sports at Gladstone Central. Everyday each class goes out for 30mins to take part in Smart Moves - physical activity which involves huff and puff and skill learning. As we are now coming into winter in Australia our sports have changed a little. We play netball (like basketball but you can't bounce the ball), rugby league, basketball, Australian rules football and soccer. June is a big Track and Field month with our Sports Day being held very soon. In the summer months (November - January), our sports includes lots of swimming activities, cricket, basketball and volleyball. We also love to skip at Gladstone Central and have a pretty cool skipping demonstration team - video on the way!

What sports do you all play? Do you play different sports in different times of the year?

Wally has been sooooo busy!

Sorry there hasn't been a post since arriving in Australia - Wally has been so busy. This is just a quick post to let everyone know that Wally is safe & visiting so many places - heaps of pictures & video footage will be posted within the next couple of days.
Wally has visited the marina, the harbour, the local botanical gardens (where he was chased by a scrub turkey who really liked him), the Gladstone Information & Tourist Centre and local Gladstone landmarks.
Wally has also gone along to a Rugby League game and basketball. His favourite event so far has been a cheerleading competition where the Gladstone Central State School won the primary school division - he even had his photo taken with the trophies.
Keep watching for the photos coming very soon
Year 4/5
Gladstone Central State School
Gladstone Queensland Australia

Hello Fom Australia

Well Wally has finally arrived Down Under (Australia). Gladstone Central State School is in a State called Queensland. Gladstone is situated at the southern end of The Great Barrier Reef on the east coast of Queensland. During Wally's visit here we hope to show you around our wonderful school and town. Wally's first day in Australia was very busy - he got to meet all of the year 4/5 students, met lots of native Australian animals & birds and joined in with the students for Track & Field training. A very exhausting day!!
It is nearly Winter here, so we are getting cold mornings here - not as cold as the weather you have for your Winter. It never snows here & gets extremely hot during the Summer months of December & January.
Our school colours are sky blue & maroon. What are your school colours?
Hope you like our shot photo story.

Year 4/5
Gladstone Central State School
Gladstone Queensland Australia

The Tour of our famous sports arenas

Just before Wally left he went home with one of our students. Emma and family took Wally to four important places in our Springfield & Eugene city communities. Here is his tour of the Springfield City Library and 3 sports facilities at the University of Oregon, home of the Ducks!

We look forward to seeing what Australia looks like! Are there similar places in your community? What are the team names? Is there a local university? What animal is their mascot?

Wally Leaves for Australia

On Monday of this week, Wally was sent to Australia. He was packaged off at the United States Postal Service. We sadly had to say goodbye. He had an interesting 2 weeks with us, though. Wally went on a 5 mile bicycle ride along the Willamette River, toured the University of Oregon (go Ducks!) on a bike and with some students. Wally shipped out on Monday, May 3rd and should be in Australia as of today! Happy travels!

A Day with Wally

Our 4th grade class was visited by Wally earlier this week. We were happy to host Wally for a day during his stay with the 3rd graders in Mrs. LaMar's class at Riverbend Elementary School in Springfield, Oregon.