Culture

This week we have began our study of the cultures that are represented in our classroom.  We have discussed the aspects that make a culture unique - traditions, birthplace, icons, food, celebrations, religion, clothes, language.  Each of us came up with something that represented our own culture and then we drew it onto our class mural.  After we drew it, we painted it as along with other pieces of the mural, to create a montage of icons and colours to represent ourselves.

Measurement

This week we have been working with measurement.  On Friday we had fun playing a game using measurement.  In groups of 4 we took turns choosing a card and naming a member of our group who we would measure.  We had to each estimate what the answer would be.  Then we measured the length and whoever was the closest won the card.













  

  

Happy birthday!

A huge smiley happy birthday to Maria!!

#Gallipoli

This week we compared forms of communication between 1915 and 2015. We discussed how difficult it would have been to keep in touch with our loved ones if we were in Gallipoli in 1915. We talked about all the many ways we can communicate now, most of which are instant communication, no matter where in the world we are. We imagined what it would have been like if the soldiers could have communicated like we can now.  We wrote Tweets from the Trenches and created Instagram pictures from Gallipoli as if we were there in 1915.

Welcome!

Welcome to our school and classroom, Oscar! Oscar comes to our school from China and is beginning to learn English. We watched a cartoon in Mandarin so we could see what it feels like to not understand what people around us are talking about.  This helped us understand a little bit of how Oscar will be feeling as he begins to learn English. It's great that everyone in our class is so friendly and welcoming!

Anzac Day

This week we are learning a lot about Anzac Day as we look ahead to celebrating the 100th anniversary on Saturday. Everyone is bringing something to share that they have seen or heard about Anzac Day.

Jordan brought in a huge book full of photos and facts. He also brought some Anzac biscuits for us to share. Parinaz found some interesting information in the newspaper. James shared some fascinating facts that he discovered. Josh brought in some photos of his dad's trip to Gallipoli.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to Juliet who celebrated during the holidays. 

Happy birthday today to Nicole!!