Kurrajong Public School's
2007 Scarecrow Display

Kurrajong Public School, NSW, excelled again in the 2007 Kurrajong Scarecrow Festival! The scarecrow-themed creative work produced by every class in the school won:

-- First prize in the Schools Category; and

-- First prize in the Special Projects Category.

• Life sized scarecrows, created by Years 2, 5 and 6, adorned the school verandah and fence;
• Colourful scarecrow artwork by Years 3 and 4 decorated the school windows;
• Year 1 created an entire school class of scarecrow students (winning the Special Projects category); and
• the Kindergarten children dressed as scarecrows and performed a delightful scarecrow dance.

Kindergarten

Mrs McGowan's class (with the help of their creative parents) dressed up as colourful scarecrows with big floppy hats. The children then did a wonderful scarecrow dance on stage to the music of 'I'm a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow with a Flippy Floppy Hat' for the school assembly and visitors.

Year 1

Each of the children in Mrs Barwick's Year 1 class made an individual school student scarecrow with paper plate faces and stringy blond mop hair. The children then combined their efforts to make a dazzling 'Mrs Barwick' scarecrow (see below). The whole group of 26 scarecrows set up in the classroom was awarded first place in the Special Projects category.

Year 2

Teams of students from Mrs Jones' Year 2 class made scarecrows of all different shapes and colours for the classroom verandah. One had spiky hair made from an upside down straw broom, another had a curly blue wig and another had a head made of plastic flower pots.

Years 3 and 4

Mrs Hooley's and Mr Gill's classes decorated their classroom windows with colourful scarecrow pictures and mini scarecrows. They made an attractive backdrop to the Year 5 and 6 scarecrows posed along the school fence.

Years 5 and 6

Students from Years 5 and 6 with their teachers, Mrs Bennett, Mrs Franks and Miss Bernacki built a diverse and colourful array of scarecrows that lined the school fence.

Year 6 are studying politics and made a funny matching pair of scarecrows representing Mr Howard and Mr Rudd competing for our votes.