PE on a rainy day

Today it was raining but Stage 1 still did sport. We have a fantastic Multi Purpose Hall to use. It even has a microphone for the teachers to use! We played lots of games and got plenty of exercise.

Read to Self and Read to Someone

Today 1/2DW did some more daily 5 work. We did Read to Self and Read to Someone. Emily and Keeley, Shayden and Ariana showed us the right and wrong way to read to self. Mrs Pope came and watched us reading to each other. We use EEKK which stands for elbow to elbow and knee to knee.

Sian & Eliza

Harrison & Nathanel

Kaitlyn & Keeley

Katarina & Sienna



Jye & Mohit





Eliana & Emily A

Joshua & Vishal



Honour Award

Today one of our class members received an HONOUR AWARD!
Kaitlyn received the award in Church Time for her attitude towards others and her schoolwork. Well done!

Our Seeds Are Growing!

1/2DW have some exciting news! Our seeds have sprouted already! We have been learning that plants need sun too. We put some foil in out the back of the classroom and covered some grass to see what will happen to the grass without any sun.

Cinema Under the Stars

Tonight was a great chance for families to meet together and have some fun! The annual 'Cinema Under the Stars' night was held at the school and we watched Mr Popper's Penguins. There were many families representing 1/2DW. Did you have fun?

Art around the world - China!

Today 1/2DW 'travelled' to China and learned about some of the celebrations held during Chinese New Year. We watched a You Tube clip of a lion dance and talked about the costumes the dancers wore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SBOUs8M2Uw&feature=related

The Chinese Lion Dance goes back some one thousand years. The lions express joy and happiness. From the fourth day to the fifteenth of the New Year, lion dance groups would tour from village to village in traditional China.

We then made our own lion puppets. First we made the body by folding two strips of paper to make a concertina. It was a little bit tricky but some of us got the hang of it and were able to help our peers so everyone could finish. Mrs Wadds was very proud of us helping each other. We then used tissue paper, crepe paper and cotton balls to make our lion's face and tail and then glued them to either end of the concertina.

At the end of the activity we all got a stamp in our passports for visiting China and used the spinner to find out where we are going next week.

These masterpieces belong to Emily A, Harrison and Kaitlyn.

 

Next week we are going back to Australia to do Aboriginal dot paintings.

Student of the Week

1/2DW have been doing such amazing work this past week.
This week the students of the week are:
Maxwell for having a fantastic attitude toward all of his work. You make us smile!
Eliza for working hard to present her work so beautifully. It is a pleasure to mark your work!

Computer Time

What do you do when you need help logging on? Call on 4T for technical assistance! Today we had 4 wonderful students help us log on to the computers. Soon we will be able to do it on our own!

Word Work

Daily 5 Word work can be so fun! Today we are spelling some words using magazines, shaving cream, watercolour paint, whiteboards and play dough. Gone are the days of spelling lessons with just paper and pencils!