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TAIKO DRUMMING\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four talented Taiko drummers entertained the arriving crowds at a recent Townsville Fire home game. You could hear the distinctive, stirring sounds from across the water. Taiko Drumming is a fluid, dynamic medium. A blend of music and various martial arts that either originated in Japan or have been imported from China, it is highly physical in nature. The movements incorporated into the style pay homage to the occupations of rural Japan, from throwing fishing nets, to wood cutting and the low squatting posture of rice planters.<\/p>\n

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After playing for an hour and a half, the girls’ hands were red-raw! That’s dedication for you. The Taiko Drummers will perform on the grassed area outside the Auditorium as a finale for our Twilight Open Evening. Backlit with some incredible lighting, it will be an incredible way to end the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms James Jellyman<\/h4>\n

MUSIC & MATHEMATICS TEACHER. <\/strong><\/p>\n

E: jjellyman@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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FROM YEAR 7 HUMANITIES – WORKING WITH SOURCES<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a part of their \u201cInvestigating the Ancient World\u201d<\/em> unit, Year 7s have been busy classifying and analysing primary and secondary sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tahliah Webster (7A) works with her sample by counting the tree rings. Tree-ring dating or dendrochronology is the technique of dating events or artefacts by using the patterns of annual growth of tree rings in timber and tree trunks.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Bauer (7A) identifies her artefact as a secondary source of information.<\/p>\n

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Mikayla Gilboy works on her artefact \u2013 a 1950s Kodak camera and determines it\u2019s a primary source of historical information.<\/p>\n

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Tahliah Webster and Abigail Ponti (7A) investigate a mini statue of Tutankhamun and determine it is a secondary source of information.<\/p>\n

Ms Karen Hyne<\/h4>\n

HUMANITIES TEACHER. <\/strong><\/p>\n

E: khyne@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au<\/strong><\/p>\n

FROM JUNIOR MATHEMATICS – TWOSDAY CELEBRATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Tuesday was the 22nd<\/sup> day of the 2nd<\/sup> month of the 22nd<\/sup> year of this century. Ms Walkom from the Mathematics Faculty celebrated TWOsday <\/em>by running a competition for Years 7 and 8. Students were asked to find some interesting facts about the number TWO.<\/p>\n

Of course, TWO is an even number and divides into every other even number without remainder, and it is the first and only even prime.<\/p>\n

Some facts submitted by students included:<\/p>\n