India

This term we have been learning about lots of different countries and what makes them special. As a class we learned about India and wrote information reports about what had learned. We then each chose a country to research. Enjoy reading some of our Information Reports about these amazing countries. 

Smrithi

Breanna

FRIENDSHIP

This week, our focus as a class has been friendship and what it means to be a good friend.
We wrote an acrostic poem together about what we thought being a friend meant.

Friendly, fun, fabulous

Respectful, reliable

Independence, inclusive

Excellence

Nice

Don’t hurt each other, don’t say mean things

Sharing, success, stand tall

Helpful

If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all.

Positive, polite, play together

We then practised cooperation and wrote about what it meant to be a friend in pairs. Here are some of our explanations about what friendship looks like, sounds like and feels like.

A friend is a person that wants to play with you. 

A friend looks like a person that is kind. 

A friend is a person that says nice words. 

A friend feels good and confident, friendly and nice. 

A friend is important because you need people to play with. 

Oliver and Anica

A friend is someone who is not a family member but is still important to you. A friend looks like not hurting each other and playing with people who are sad and alone. A friend sounds like not hurting each other's feelings and not saying rude things. It sounds like asking if they're ok and encouraging them. Being a friend feels like showing your friend that you care about them and taking good care of them when somebody is being mean. 

To have a friend you have to be a good friend too. 

Maddox and Petelo 

A friend is someone who is trustworthy and will stand up for you but they normally aren't in your family. A good friend looks like helping someone who is sad, inviting someone into your game and holding a friend's hand. Being a friend can sound like encouraging others, telling funny jokes and sometimes quietly giggling. Friendship feels like a flower blooming in the spring. It feels confident, respected and joyful. To be a good friend you need to show all of these things. 

Eve, Mika and Smrithi 

A friend is someone who is not in your family but you choose to hang out with and you think they're nice. A good friend looks like being kind and showing RICE (Respect, Independence, Cooperation and Excellence). A good friend sounds like someone who uses manners. A good friend shows respect when the other person talks. It feels like someone who listens to you and thinks you're a good person. 

It is important to have a friend so you won't be lonely. 

Will and Felix 

A friend is someone that is not in your family but is someone that is important to you. Friendship looks like being respectful to someone else's toys and not being lazy and making your friend tidy up for you. Being a friend sounds like  saying "are you okay?"when they are sad, being polite and not saying mean things. A friend feels like being respectful and trusting each other. It feels like not hurting other people's feelings. 

To have a good friend means you also have to be a good friend as well. 

Anne and Mone

Cricket

For the last 4 weeks we have enjoyed taking cricket lessons.  Have a look at some of our thoughts!

Buddy Class Art

In connection to our inquiry, on Friday we had our buddy class come to do a special art project. We collected leaves and made different creatures that we might see in the bush. We love working with our buddy class! 

List Poems

This week we have been looking at List Poems - which are made with rhyming, commas, a little bit of silliness and a lot of funniness.

Here are some of the list poems we looked at this week. Enjoy and have a laugh just like we did! The last one 'That explains it!' Is one of the poems we used as inspiration for our list poems.

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/bleezers-ice-cream

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/sick

http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems/my-lunch/

http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems/that-explains-it/

That explains it!

I went to the doctor he x-rayed my head

he stared for a moment and here’s what he said

‘’ It looks like you’ve got a, barrel in there

an xbox, an airplane, a peach,a pear,

And also an ape, an arrow, a shoe,

An old pair of sunglasses, and some fake doggy doo,

A t-shirt, some shorts, a table and chairs,

Some salmon, a camora,some old underwear,

A penny, a pencil, pen,

A hairy canary, a hammer, hen,
an oven, a bomb, and a duck,

A missile, a bicycle, a truck

With all that junk that you have in your head

it’s kind of amazing you got out of bed!”

- By Will

I went to the doctor,

he x-rayed my head.

He stared for a moment

and here’s what he said.

“It looks like you’ve got a peanut in there,

an castle, a dinosaur, a pirate, a pear.

I also see something that looks like a shoe,
some maids in a kitchen and a fake tea do,

a crayon, a leaf, some pencils, a chair,

a potato, a mat, some old underwear,

a paper, a scraper, some bottles, a pen,

a triangle, a window,a small baby hen,

some tigers, a plier, a person, a duck,

a bag, and a big red truck.

With all of the junk inside of your head,

It’s kind of amazing you could get out of bed!

- By Smrithi

Swimming Inspiration

For the last few weeks we have been having swimming lessons with Skills4Life. We have 3 sessions a week and it is an important and exciting part of our curriculum. Because of this we have been using it as inspiration for a lot of our writing. We have written recounts, sense poems, learning logs etc. Enjoy some of our writing about our experiences in the pool!

For the last four weeks we have been taking swimming lessons from Skills for Life. Something I enjoyed was kicking, bubbling, arm circles and the rings. The kicking was splashy, the water went everywhere! The arm circles felt like a whirlpool.

When I first got in it was cold but then I got used to it, then it was warm. Then I got hiccups because I stayed in too long.

It was so fun !

- By Ivy

I see children playing in the pool.

I hear children shouting.

I feel the waves coming over me.

I taste the water, it tastes like salt.

I smell dirty water.

- by Sophia

It looks like prison gates as you walk in. 

It sounds quiet while you are under the water. 

The hot sun feels burning on my back. 

It tastes like disgusting chlorine on my tongue. 

The changing room smells like old pee. 

- By Maddox 

The water in the pool looks like blue jelly swimming in the water. 

In the pool it sounds like silly monkeys splashing in the water. 

It feels like bouncing on yummy jelly. 

It tastes like chilly water in the pool coming into our mouths. 

It smells like smelly togs. 

- By Ivan 

'Splish, Splash!'The pool was so cold! 

It was Wednesday the 7th of February and it in the Sunnybrae School pool. I went with Room 17 and Miss Roding and the swimming instructors. 

We lined up and did our arm strokes. That is how the swimming instructors put us into groups. We did bubble breathing, back stroke and other things that were so much fun. At the end we did the plastic rings. Our instructors threw the rings and we had to dive under to find them. After we hopped out and put on our towels , we went in the changing rooms to get dressed. Then we came out and went to morning tea. I had a great time with our swimming instructors. 

- By Breanna

Brr, it’s so cold in here! On Wednesday the 7 of February in the morning 10:30 am we did our first swimming lesson! There was Miss Roding, me, Room 17 and the instructors. We went to the school pool to go swimming so that we could learn how to swim. First  we lined up and went to the school swimming pool. Next we got changed and lined up on the side of the pool so that we could go and do our assessment . After we did our assessment we got into our groups and they taught us things like: arm circles, dive for rings and much more! When we left we got changed back into our school uniforms, and went back to class for morning tea. This was room 17s first swimming lesson.

- By Smrithi

Exploring Nature through our Senses

We have been writing sense poems based on our Theme topic of the Natural World - finding out all about Trees and Plants. 

We went for a bush walk and wrote down all the things we observed. We then spent the rest of the week writing, proof-reading, re-crafting and editing our poems. They are beautifully published on our wall in the shape of leaves falling from our tree decorated with flowers of our faces but we thought we would bring some for you to read here. Enjoy some of our masterpieces! 

I can see bark rippling down a tree like a graceful waterfall.

I can hear a bird chirping a unique and beautiful tune.

I can feel tiny mosquitoes piercing my skin.

I can smell sweet flowers with amazing and pretty scents.

I can taste fresh air moisturising my tongue.

- By Smrithi

I see the rain on the leaves slowly dripping down to the ground.

I hear the birds chirping away and hear the insects buzzing like bees.

I feel the cold breeze on my body and feel the dried up leaves crumbling as I touch them.

I smell the dirt from the ground.

I taste the thin air.

By Ayden

In the forest I hear saddlebacks squawking from tree to tree.

I find beautiful ivy and ugly mosquitoes stinging us.

I see birds singing and bugs working and leaves moving.

I see cicada shells sticking to the trees. 

-by Hiroto

I can see feathers falling on the ground, 

I can hear aeroplanes, big and loud. 

I can feel mosquito bites -

they give people quite a fright. 

I can smell some fresh, fresh wind

Somehow its quiet - not even a grind. 

- By Kaleb

I see old trees full of green leaves.

I hear wind blowing through the soft grass.

I feel itchy on my feet.

I smell grass coming towards me.

I taste salt in my mouth.

-by Luke 

I see rainbow birds flying. 

I hear the caterpillars chewing on leaves. 

I feel soft leaves on my hand. 

I smell the dusty grass. 

I taste leaves, sweet like candles. 

- By Prisha

I see trees and leaves, some leaves look like fans.

I see shiny ladybirds. I hear mosquitoes and cicadas.

I hate mosquitoes. I have itchy bites on my feet, legs, hand, arm, body, head, and back.

I like cicada shells, they feel nice.

I feel smooth trees and cicada skin.

It is very spikey to stand on the little sticks, it hurts.

Down bush the wind is wet. On the field the wind is colder.

It tastes like germs and seeds.

-Dawei 

I see trees blowing in the wind, colourful birds flying and wet leaves falling. 

I hear birds and cicadas chirping. 

I feel the wind blowing past me. 

I smell the dewy air. 

I taste muddy dirt and dripping grass. 

I feel damp grass soaking through my socks, dew drops raining down on mushrooms. 

I see the bark on trees getting damper and damper. 

- By Eve