Come Out Children's Festival (Tuesday)

We went into come out again this morning. We bumped into Susannah which was fortuitous as she fit us into the silent disco as well as going to see I Think I Can and Robot Story Time.

Our first stop was I Think I Can which was in the railway station foyer. It brought together model trains, puppetry and technology. The students were put into groups of 4 and then had to answer a range of questions on an ipad in order to determine their character. Upon selecting their character, they were given a miniature character that was then placed in the 'city'. The groups chose where it would go, what it was doing. A puppeteer then animated it and it was filmed and projected onto the large screen. Each group then had to write an article about their character and what it was doing for The Adelaideville Post. Throughout the week they have the opportunity to come back and move their character, interact with other characters and watch the headlines about their character change. One group was the queen, another a riot policeman. There was even a sword swallower. To have a look at the newspaper please go to the following website. http://ithinkicanonline.com/adelaide/

After this, we were able to go to the silent disco, a highlight for many. Everyone was given a set of headphones with 3 channels to listen to. There was dancing, singing and it was far from silent although no one could hear any music except that coming from their headphones. What a great addition to the day - Thanks Susannah!

Reluctantly we left the disco to head upstairs and meet Radius, a legless robot who read us stories and listened with plastic ears (we had to make sure we answered him loudly enough so he could hear us!) He told us a couple of stories and asked us various questions about the stories - a great way to engage children in story telling.

A tired and happy group of students returned on the train. Thank you to Bridget Partridge, Kate Greeneklee and Louise Bruten for coming along today.

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