Rio Tinto Ground Breakers Then and Now

Room 15 Tom Price Primary School was highlighted at the recent Rio Tinto Ground Breakers Trail exhibition. 

Make Then & Now comparisons of the two photos featured in this post. 

THEN...

NOW...

Year 6 Silent Art Auction Advertisement

This Friday night (Friday 22 July) the Tom Price Primary School Year 6 students are holding a Silent Art Auction in the school undercover area. 

Doors will open at 5pm for early voting. 

The show will commence at 6pm with entertainment, a runway show, bidding and raffles galore. 

 Entry Fee: GOLD COIN donation. 

Check out the advertisement attached for more details.

Year 6 Tom Price Primary School Silent Art Auction Fundraiser from Jazz Rolton on Vimeo.

100 Word Challenge & 5 Sentence Challenge - Week 1

As you can see this week we have a photo prompt of someone you know.  Think carefully about settings, and the use of figurative language such as onomatopoeia, metaphor and similes.  


Think about where Mrs Rolton maybe going, is it an adventure or could it be something serious? 


Who is the pilot and passengers and where are they all going?

Holiday Homework Week One & Two

Congratulations if you are ready to complete the holiday homework....

As this is your first attempt at completing Holiday Homework on our class blog, I have made it short and sweet, so it will not take long for you to reply at all!

Last night was the opening of the Rio Tinto Groundbreakers trail, click the link below, which

will take you to the Tom Price part of the Tour and then answer the following questions...

50 Years of Iron Ore - Pilbara Tour

1.  What time will the trail exhibition be open on  Friday 22 July?

2.  There is a picture of two men at a mine site.  What year was the picture taken?

3. On the Tom Price timeline what was under construction between Dampier and Tom Price

     in 1965?

4.  What was Hamersley Iron celebrating in 1996?

 Look carefully at the photos and answer the questions...


5. This was the original uniform from 1966. 

Is it the same as the uniform worn today? 

List what is the same or what is different...

6. How many years ago were these mines opened?

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