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26/10/2012 We went to see the film "Arrietty." It is based on the book "The Borrowers." Macey and Sofia dressed just like Arietty!



19/10/2012 We made our own parachutes and took them outside to see if they would float down slowly. Sofia's parachute took off!

The Junior School Inquiry Unit is on Design. We brought in recycled items from home and created our own inventions!

We are learning about the environment and what we can do to keep it clean. We collected rubbish from the playground and separated it. We then buried each type of rubbish in different pots. We are going to dig them up each week to see what happens to different kinds of rubbish in the ground.

Felicity helped us make spinach twists, using spinach we grew in our garden. They were DELICIOUS!




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 * We won the golden watering can for having the most people at the working bee! ||

Our working bee prize was spending some time in the garden. We got to plant raspberry plants and taste some fresh broccoli. Thanks to Kylie, Anoushka, and Felicity for helping us!




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 * Book Character Dress Up Day. Can you guess who we are? ||

We enjoyed the London Olympics and especially liked have our own Mini Olympics. Our class was called "Team Sunshine" Here is our chant: We love to run we love having fun we'll all be friends until the end Team Sunshine!

Our class earned the silver medal!




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 * We cheered for both countries! ||

January - June 2012

Here we are writing.

This week we took Martin the Moose (our class mascot) to the library.

Here are some of us reading to a friend. We read to someone each morning. Here are the things we are working on as we read: - Read quietly - Get started right away - Sit EEKK (elbow, elbow, knee, knee) - Read the whole time - Stay in one spot - Check for understanding Chrissy's class, do you recognize these things? :)



Today we worked on patterns. There were some very interesting patterns around the room!

We went to the FETE on Friday!
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 * Rachel found a perfect friend for Martin at the "Trash and Treasure" sale! She named him Marvin. ||


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 * Rachel and Marvin ||


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 * This is what the rides look like at night. ||


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 * Here are Vishwa and Ayska on The Sizzler! ||


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 * Oliver rode the train! ||


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 * Cheryl is reading to Vishwa and Jean ||

1/6/2012

We celebrated Aboriginal Culture! (It was a bit similar to Aboriginal Day at South Devon, but the Canadian and Australian Aboriginal cultures have some differences.) We started the day by meeting in the hall. The presenters taught us how to dance like eagles, emus, and kangaroos. After first break we learned about Aboriginal symbols. We got to paint our own! Then we went to the hall to listen to some Dreamtime Stories. We also saw some aboriginal artefacts. Finally, we learnt about boomerangs, and even got to try throwing one!

6/6/2012
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 * We went out on the oval to look at Venus crossing in front of the sun. ||


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 * We dressed up to show Australian culture. Rachel was the Great Barrier Reef, Macey was a fruit bat, and Alex is a chef! We also had some lovely flowers, stuffed animals, and even a boomerang! ||