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Run 13 The Final Short Story by Hayden

face, arms and legs, beginning

to look like human made out

of obsidian. “Dave…?” I asked

quietly “I don’t know…” Dave

answered with out removing

his gaze from the strange

event taking place in front of

him. The liquid suddenly be-

came solid and spoke, “Hello

Jacob,” in a very deep, yet soft

voice. “Who… Who... Who

are you?” I asked, absolutely

terrified that the thing knew

me. “You know who I am Ja-

cob,” it said with a smile. “I

recognise that voice…” Dave

whispered in my ear. “Hurry

Jacob I only have a few

minutes before I disappear,”

It said in a strangely feminine

voice. I suddenly noticed a

pony tail on it’s head and the

other female features… My

mind seemed to implode as I

realised. “Are you my moth-

er?” I asked, dreading the answer.

“Yes, I am your mother, and I’m

very proud of you.” I noticed that

she was slowly fading away.

“Why are you here? I thought you

were dead,” I said through tears.

“I couldn’t find you for so long,

and when I did I couldn’t catch

you,” she said sympathetically

while she fell to her knees. “Good

bye my son…” She said and dis-

solved into a puddle of black liq-

uid. I started crying freely into

Dave’s shoulder. “It’s all right Ja-

cob,” he said soothingly. Steve

shuddered and groaned, we knew

he was alive. “Come on Jacob let’s

go get you cleaned up.”

As we grew closer to Steve

we noticed something

strange going on. His head

seemed to be leaking a

strange black liquid out of

its ears. As we watched,

Steve’s eyes regained their

normal colour and the dark

tinge to his skin faded away.

Jacob realized that the liq-

uid must’ve been from The

Machine. Steve suddenly

contorted into a unnatural

shape and a cylinder

plopped out of his ear as

well. That must’ve been the

core programming Dave

had talked about. Steve

then went still; barely

breathing. Dave Let out a

manly whimper. I saw what

he was looking at and

gasped. The black liquid

rose up into a humanoid

form. It slowly formed a

The second semester ‘Ed’s Editorial” Team wishes you all a safe and happy holi-

day… and to the year 7s… Come and visit any day you want !!

Thank you to Noah W. and Hayden W. for their creative and suspense filled narrative

published in every edition of the2016 Ed’s Editorial.

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We are delighted to announce that Curtis M was

awarded the Edwardstown Primary Kelly Sports Star

of the Term by our Kelly Sports coach for Term 4.

The reasons for Curtis's nomination were:

- showing great determination to learn and improve

his skills

- works very hard to take everything on board that

the coach says

- has been a pleasure to coach

Thanks for your continued support of our Kelly Sports

programs which provide energetic and highly ac-

tive multi-sport sessions with an emphasis on skills

development whilst having fun.

Congratulations Curtis.

Kind regards

Debra Long

Business Director Adelaide Metro

CURTIS IS A WINNER !!

DO YOU ENJOY

LOOKING AT PLANETS

AND OUTER SPACE?

…. Turn the page for Elia’s epic two page spread.

Also inside: Cyber Safety Part 2

Ready Set READ

And LOTS of holiday sporting opportunities

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The Solar System THE SUN

The sun is a red dwarf

star. It is made up of

plasma, hydrogen, radi-

ations, oxygen, carbon

and silicon. The sun has

light spots and darker

spots. The light ones are

hotter and the darker

are cooler. The tempera-

ture in the sun is 9,939°F

(5,504°C). The sun is 695,

700 km big. The suns sur-

face gravity is 274m/s².

MERCURY

Mercury is a really small

planet hard to see with a

normal telescope be-

cause of its fast rotation.

It’s the smallest planet in

the solar system. Its clos-

est planet to the sun and

the second hottest. Bil-

lions of years ago aster-

oids struck mercury. De-

spite the temperature in

mercury, the north and

south poles have both

ice caps. The average

temperature in mercury

is 332°F (167°C). Mercury

is 2,440 km big. Mercury

surface gravity is 3.7m/s².

VENUS

Venus is the second

planet away from the

sun and the hottest

planet in the solar sys-

tem: the temperature

can reach 864°F (462°

C)! Even if its further

away from the sun than

Mercury its much hotter.

This is because of the

volcanic activity in its

surface. Venus is really

similar to earth for size,

gravity and composition.

Venus is 6,502 km big. Its

surface gravity is 8.87m/

s². Thanks to Venus we

d i sc overed g lobal

warming.

EARTH & MOON

The Earth is the third planet

away from the sun. Is the

most unique planet be-

cause it’s the only planet

known to support life. It has

a gravitational field to pro-

tect humans from asteroids.

It also has an atmosphere

to keep the oxygen. The

moon is the only natural

satellite of Earth. It has a

weak gravity of 1.622m/s²,

that is enough to cause

high-water, while on Earth is

9.807m/s². the average

temperature on earth is 61°

F (16°C), on the moon is

can reach 253°F (123°C)

down to -243°F (-153°C).

The size of earth is 6,731 km

while on the moon is 1,737

km.

MARS, PHOBOS AND

DEIMOS

Mars is the forth planet

away from the sun. Scien-

tists think that thousands of

years ago there was water

on mars and then it froze

into ice. Mars is red be-

cause of the iron oxide also

called rust. Mars has two

moons called Phobos and

Deimos. Phobos means fear

in Greek and Deimos

means pain in Greek. The

average temperature of

mars is 70°F (20°C). The

gravity in Mars is 3.711m/s².

The size of Mars is 3,390 km.

JUPITER, IO, EUROPA, GAN-

YMEDE AND CALLISTO

Jupiter is the biggest planet in

the solar system. It’s a gas plan-

et which means that is made its

made of gasses. Jupiter is big-

ger than all the planets put to-

gether. If Jupiter was a bit big-

ger it would have been a star

because its to big too be a

planet but too small to be a

star. Jupiter is home of the fa-

mous Great Red Spot that is an

hurricane that has been there

for more than 400 years. The

average temperature is -234°F (-

145°C). The gravity on Jupiter is

24.79 m/s². The size of Jupiter is

69,911 km.

ASTEROID BELT AND

THE KUIPER BELT

The asteroid belt is a belt

of asteroid that orbits be-

tween Mars and Jupiter. It

divides the rock planets

and gas planets. Ceres is

one of these. Ceres is a

dwarf planet. 4 vesta is an

asteroid that orbits with

the asteroid belt. The Kui-

per belt are the asteroids

that orbit at the end of the

solar system. Some of

these dwarf planet and

asteroids, Pluto is the most

famous. The average tem-

perature on Pluto is –380°F

(- 229°C). The gravity is

0.62m/s². The size of Pluto is

1,187 km.

The sun

Picture of

Mercury

from NASA

Venus Earth seen

from the

moon

Mars

Pluto and

Charon

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Ready, Set, Read awarded points for each ques-

tion.

On the day, everyone who was

part of Readers Cup had to

bring a plate of food to share

with every school. The schools

that competed were West-

bourne Park, Highgate Primary,

Coromandel Valley,

Forbes Primary School, Immanuel

College and St

John's Grammar.

Last week on Friday 5 students

from room 13 went to West-

bourne Park to compete in

Readers Cup. Those who were

part of the team were Angel V,

Sophia W, Damian L, Leeono-

rae W and Chloe B. Readers

Cup is when you have to read

a number of books in a certain

time and you have to answer

hard questions about each

book. Teams are

Overall we came 3rd with 16

points, Forbes came 1st (17)

and Highgate came 2nd

(16.5). We really hope to be a

part of it again next year .

Chloe B

Safety and the Internet Pt 2

The internet is a great place. It can

be educational, entertaining, great

for socializing and much more. But

it can be a place where things can

go wrong too, especially on social

media. Everybody should know the

steps to keep themselves safe and

the steps you should take if some-

thing happens to you on the inter-

net.

My favourite saying is ‘Would you

send what you are sending to your

grandma?’. This is a saying that sug-

gests that you only post what

you would willingly send to your

grandma. I think it is a great mot-

to and one of my favourites. One

of the other important rules is to

not post any personal info.

Everything you post can be

seen by many people and

your private settings aren't

very private. The last one I am

sharing with you today is to

not talk to anybody on the

internet you do not know. You

would never speak to a ran-

dom stranger in real life so why

would you do it on the internet?

Stay safe!!

Angel V.

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Appleton Sports School Holiday Cricket Academy

Where: Scotch College- Carruth Rd, Torrens Park

When: Monday 19th, Tuesday 20th & Wednesday 21st December 2016

What: Coaching Academy (Children aged 5-11 years) Pathway Academy (Children aged 12-17 years)

Times: 9:00am–12:00pm Coaching Academy

1:00pm – 4:00pm Pathway Academy

Cost: Coaching Academy - $110.00 per child (inc. GST) for the 3 days Pathway Academy - $140.00 per child (inc. GST) for the 3 days

For further information please contact – Jeremy Appleton

Mobile - 0408 490 079 or Email - jeremy@appletonsports.com.au

Sport

CLINICS School Holiday Clinic Netball SA will once again be hosting clinics for boys and girls in the school holiday break on the 17 and 18 of January. Netball SA’s accredited coaches will be running sessions on both days with all sessions held indoors at Priceline Stadium, Netball SA. There’s something for everyone, from beginners being introduced to basic skills, to experienced players who can fine tune their netball techniques!

Visit http://sa.netball.com.au/participate/players/school-holiday-clinics/ to book your place today!

THUNDERCUP The Thunder Cup provides primary school students (boys & girls) the opportunity to enjoy netball in a fun and safe envi-ronment, focusing on sportsmanship, participation and having fun. Thunder Cup will be held at Priceline Stadium, Mile End on Thursdays 4.30 – 5.30pm in Term 2 & 3, 2017. For more information, please complete the attached 2017 Thunder League Expression of Interest Form.

MALE PARTICIPATION STRATEGY In 2017 Netball SA will be offering four-week boys netball programs to schools as part of the Male Participation Strategy. The program will be offered as four one-hour sessions to a class of up to 30 students. Each school will be provided with the option of two classes participating in the program. This program can be conducted before, during (boys classes) or after school. Netball SA will provide qualified male community coaches to run the program. There is no cost to schools to conduct this program. In addition, each participant will receive a giveaway item. For more information regarding this program and other male participation opportunities, please complete the attached Four Week Boys Program Expression of Interest Form.

Cougars Netball Club Will be conducting a FREE Come & Try Clinic on Sunday 19 December. Please see attached flyer for further information.

FAST 5 If you are interested in finding more out about the new Fast 5 model of netball, please contact Ashleigh Stratford, Netball SA Community Competitions Coordinator, ashleigh.stratford@netballsa.asn.au

School Holiday Clinics

Netball SA sa.netball.com.au

Mums & dads – Looking for something

for the kids to do in the school holi-

days? Why not send them along to

one of Netball SA’s School Holiday

Clinics?

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