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Hours of fun
Quiz on
word
games
PUB: NT NEWS
DATE: 29-MAY-2012 PAGE: 24 COLOR: C M Y K
Junior Jaragba, Lyle Maminyamanja, Razack Mamarika, Timmy Wurrawilya, Byron Murawili, Rayden Lalara get to work
Boys count on toy cars
A REMOTE Territory school
is making toys to teach
middle-years boys maths.
Alyarrmandumanja Umbakumba School on Groote
Eylandt is building scale toy
cars and soon will begin selling them in the community.
Middle-years boys’ teacher
Josh Poiderin said the students were making three types
of cars out of wood.
‘‘We have a troopie sort of
thing, a sedan, and a Formula One car,’’ he said.
Mr Poiderin said he and
another teacher came up
with the idea after giving his
son a similar car as a Christmas gift.
‘‘We had the idea to build
cars, but we thought rather
than making it just a tech
project, we decided to go for a
walk around the community
and take photos of cars, take
measurements and try and
replicate them.’’
Mr Poiderin said the students were making about 1⁄10
scale models.
He said at first the class
made only cars for themselves, but on completion of
the first batch, classmates
wanted their own. ‘‘So now
the boys are building the cars
for other people through the
community,’’ he said.
Mr Poiderin said the
school was organising a fair,
where the class would have
the opportunity to show off
their handiwork and make
extra cash by selling their
car models.
‘‘They’re building quite a
few now, and we’ve got a bit
of a production line going on
— some of the boys are on
cutting, some on sanding,
some are building wheels
and axles, and others are on
finishes,’’ he said.
Mr Poiderin said proceeds
would go towards a class trip.
‘‘I’m a Melbourne boy, and
they keep asking me to take
them to my country and
show them around,’’ the teacher said.
‘‘So we’re saving some
money for a trip.’’
Josech Wurrawilya, Jerome Bara, Bobby James Bara, Zedikiah
Bara, Razack Mamarika, Rayden Lalara, Ross Wurrawilya,
Tyrone Mamarika and Jordan Jaragba with the final product
THIS week’s quiz is on the
joys of word games.
From simple games,
such as hangman and
word searches, to more
complicated ones such as
charades and Scrabble,
word games can be enjoyed by the whole family.
All answers to this
week’s quiz can be found
on the project page.
Good luck!
Q1. WHO was the inventor of the popular game
Scrabble?
Q2. WHAT was Scrabble’s
original name?
Q3. NAME two Scrabble
spin-offs.
Q4. WHEN was the first
word-search published?
Q5. AN Italian journalist
is credited with creating
the first crossword-type
puzzle. What was his
name?
Q6. THE first English
crossword was also designed by a journalist.
Who was he and when
was it published?
Q7. FROM which French
word does ‘‘charade’’
come from and what does
it mean?
Q8. NAME two brain
functions that can be improved by playing word
games.
Q9. TRUE or false: the
game hangman was created after King George IV
hanged one of his servants for misspelling a
word.
Q10. TRUE or false:
scholars have made crosswords that are entirely in
Latin.
Students paint great
Top End tourism image
A GROUP of students is
aiming to boost visitor numbers at a Top End nature reserve by painting murals on
picnic tables.
The Year 12 integrated
learning students from
Taminmin College in Darwin’s rural area have been
working with Parks and
Wildlife to try to lift numbers
to the Howard Springs
Nature Park.
The group designed the
scenes and painted them on
to four tables in the park earlier this month.
Assistant principal of senior years curriculum at the
school, Lesley Bannan, said
that the class was designed
to work on an individual
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I love doing art and
design, so it was
good fun for me
student’s strengths and
weaknesses.
She said when the students
completed the unit of work,
they would self-assess and
decide what worked and
what didn’t.
The paintings were the
student’s first practical activity for the year.
Jasmin Sermanis, 17, said
she enjoyed the activity.
NT NEWS. Tuesday, May 29, 2012.
‘‘I love doing art and design, so it was good fun for
me,’’ she said.
Jasmin said before starting painting, she worked
with teachers and Parks and
Wildlife rangers to make
sure the designs were suitable, before spending the day
in the reserve.
She put together an indigenous art-inspired design,
which included a brolga.
John Piening had enjoyed
the opportunity to work with
the rangers.
He said it also opened his
eyes to careers outdoors.
John’s brother Angus said
it was a ‘‘pretty chill’’ day
and enjoyed working with
his classmates.
Angela Harrison puts her finishing touch to one of the designs
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