Term 2 Week 8

We learnt a new reading strategy.  It is called check for understanding.  When we get to the end of a page we stop and think about what we just read.  If we don't know what we read, have we really read it?

We had a visit from Rick the Rock Eagle and some of his friends.  They taught about being healthy and playing sport.  Rick was a bit silly sometimes and he even shook his bottom when he wasn't supposed to.

Water! Water! Water!

This week we explored water.  We smelt it, felt it, looked at it, listened to it and tasted it.  Here is what we discovered.

Water can turn into a couple of things, liquid, solid and gas.  Meaghan
It tastes like nothing.  Deagan
It sounds like nothing.  Ashton
It looked like nothing.  McKale
When it is solid it can be very slippery.  Olivia H
It feels cold.  Essie
It smells like nothing.  Jessica

After we finished exploring water we changed it!  We turned it into a gas by heating it up in the kettle.  We turned it into a solid by putting it in a cold freezer.  We turned the solid back into a liquid by putting it in the sun and then we turned the liquid into a gas by leaving it in the sun for awhile.  Then we turned the gas back into a liquid.

We made rain!  We learnt about the water cycle.  The sun turns the water into a gas.  When the gas gets up high it gets cold and turns into tiny drops of water that make a cloud.  When the cloud gets heavier the water falls out as rain.  Then the whole thing starts all over again and again and again and again............

We skyped Kate.  She is up in Broome on holidays.  It was great to chat to her and see the beautiful beach and very red sand.   Kate has seen lots of animals on her holiday.  She said she has seen crocodiles and dingos. 

We had a drumbeat incursion.  They taught us about lots of different drums.  They even let some of us have a turn playing them.

Yet another busy week!

Term 2 Week 6

On Monday Miss R was away learning some new things.  We had Mrs M for the day.

We built landforms in the sandpit.  Then we tested if the landforms change when the wind blows or when it rains.  Here is what we discovered.

It blew half of the sand off the landforms. Brody S
When you blow it, it makes a hole. Mackenzie
It makes bumps.  Deagan

When it rains it shrinks and the sand goes off it.  Chloe

It goes all soggy.  Meaghan

It makes a hole in the mountain.  Hamish

This week we hunted for ten facts.  A fact is something that is true.  So ten facts are numbers that add up to 10.  If we can learn our ten facts we can solve all sorts of number problems.

We used 10 counters that had a red side and a blue side.  We dropped the ten counters and then counted how many were red and how many were blue.  If we had 6 blue counters and 4 red counters we had found the ten fact 6+4=10.  We discovered 11 different ways to make the number 10.

We worked with a partner to build numbers using tens and ones.  Miss R thinks we are doing a great job with place value.

On Thursday we had a creation morning.  We had to decide what we were going to make and what we would make it from.  After we had finished planning our creation we got to make it.  We used lots of different things to make our creations.  We used paint, paper, playdough and blocks.  It was great fun.

Yesterday we talked about all the different ways we use water.  We all drew a picture of a way we use water.

We are all looking forward to this weekend because it is a super long weekend.  We get to stay at home on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday!  So next week will be a super short week, and a busy one.

Make sure you keep an eye on our publishing blog.  There is some great examples of our landform models from last week.

Term 2 Week 5

Landforms, landforms and more landforms!

This week we made a collage of landforms.  We started with mountains......

Then we added hills and plains......

Then we finished it off with oceans and rivers.

After creating our landform collages we got our hands dirty making landforms from playdough. There was mountains, hills, volcanos, rivers and lakes, just to name a few.

 

On Tuesday Mrs P surprised us with a visit from a shark and a fish.  They looked like they were really swimming through our classroom but they were actually remote controlled balloons.  It was a very exciting morning!

What a great lesson this was.  We exercised our bodies, we exercised our minds and we got to enjoy God's beautiful creation. Three lessons in one!

The aim of this game was to be the first person to collect the right number of cubes for Miss R.  It was lots of fun playing out in the sun.

This week in computer we started learning about Microsoft Word.  Microsoft Word is a typing program where you can write words.  We played around with the font, the size and the font colour.



This week we read a book called 'Where's My Teddy?'.  There was a boy and a bear who got the teddy's mixed up.  They both got a fright when they saw each other.

Term 2 Week 4

This week we talked about landforms.  A landform is a big thing that covers the Earth.  Some landforms are hills, valleys, volcanoes, mountains, waterfalls, lakes, icebergs and rivers.

We went outside to see some of the landforms around our school.  We saw lots of hills and discovered that our town is in a valley.  We couldn't see the river but we know that there is a river in town. 

This week has been all about our assembly.  We have been practicing and practising and practising!  This is us making the hats for our costumes.

OUR ASSEMBLY!

Today was the day!  We presented our assembly to the whole school.  We looked colourful and fantastic!  Everyone loved our story and our song.  Here are some photos of us performing.  We are superstars!

Miss R set up the video to record our wonderful performance but unfortunatly the memory card filled up just before the end!  Luckily we had recorded our practice the day before. Miss R has put the two videos together so you can see the whole assembly but the last part is very quiet because we didn't have the microphones when we were practicing.

Enjoy the show.