Week 5 & 6

This term we have been looking at water.  We have been asking some really BIG and thoughtful questions.

We have also read the "Waterhole" by Graeme Base.

These are our thoughts about the book...

"I felt sad because the water dried out because the animals kept drinking it" - Mattise

"I felt wonderful because the animals all came back and then I was disappointed because all the water was dried out"- Miquela

"I was sad because the water dried out and the animals couldn't drink anymore water and so they went away" - Sammy

"I was a bit sad because when we started reading it I thought the animals would die but the animals went away until it rained a bit" - Jayden

"It made me feel sad because it might have been their favourite waterhole and they had to go away until it rained again" - Mia

"I felt happy because the water came back" - Aarushi

"I felt a little confused because the water was getting smaller and smaller and then the animals didn't have any water" - Louisa

"I felt so, so sad because the water was all dried up in the end and the moose went away" - Caitlin

"I felt wonderful went the water came and the animals loved water" - Taryn

 

Week 8

Wow, yesterday was such an awesome and colourful day.  As part of our Geography Challenge we dressed up in different outfits that represented our own or different cultures.

Check us out!

Week 7

Check out our Jolly Roger Pirate Discovery Time...
We had pirate activities to choose from like the toy pirate set, pirate pictures, creating pirate things with the construction, designing pirate maps and using the computers to play Jake and the Neverland Pirate games.  

Constructing pirate things...

Using the pirate set

Colouring pirate pictures

Checking out Jake and the Neverland Pirates website

Reading pirate books and drawing maps

Check out this awesome boat

This pirate ship even had a slide!

Arrrrrahhhhh...he he!

 Towards the end of Discovery Time we got together with our friends and created our own pirate ship using chairs, we swam in the sea, read maps, "arrrrrr-ed" and "aye ayed captains" te he.  We made Ms Olney so proud with how we were able to work together so well by co-operating and negotiating.

This is the start of amazing pirate adventure!

Apparently pirates like to high five too!

We used the chairs to move our ship around the class...

We are searching the high seas

Here is the captain of the ship...

Here is a pirate using a mini telescope...

Creating maps along the way!

A great cutlase

A ship with the blue sea

Watch out...this is a fearsome pirate

This pirate has a great patch and pants

Maps are very important when you are on a pirate adventure

This term we have been looking at our inquiry...

"It's a beautiful world...why or why not!"  

We shared our ideas about what beauty was...

We had some wonderful ideas, we made Ms Olney's heart melt!

We looked in some National Geographic Magazines and found pictures and described why we thought they were beautiful. 

We had some very thoughtful ideas!

Check out Creative Creations Page, we made some BEAUTIFUL flower pictures using pastels.  We could only choose a few colours, we then had to blend the colours using mutton cloth to make the flowers look more natural.