Beautiful landscapes

This week 1-2 F have been creating landscapes of the Australian outback.

We particularly focused on creating a desert scene with Boab trees, as this reflected what we had read in the book "Are we there yet?" by Alison Lester.  We had read this book as it tied in beautifully with our Geography unit for this term and helped us all gain a better understanding of the location of Australia's many famous landmarks.


In our artworks we used a variety of materials and techniques. We blended with water colour paints to create a background sunset, used oil pastel crayons to add details, like the creek, cockatoos and grass reeds, and rubbed crayons on our paper whilst leaning on the concrete to create a textured pattern for our mountains and the Boab trees. The children's artworks look amazing!

      

        

         

        

 

News Topics for Term 4

Overview of Speaking and Listening Topics – Term 4 – 1/2F

 

This term in Speaking and Listening, the prepared topics are themed around what students are working on during Geography and Science. Students are encourage to prepare their news based on the topics listed below.

Families are reminded that as is the case with all Homework in Stage 1, Prepared News topics are optional but encouraged.

As in the previous three terms, students will have the same news day where they can present their news to the class. During free choice news, students are asked to bring in one item to share with the class. 

 

                                                                                  

Week	Topics
1	What did you do in the Holidays?
2	Free choice
3	Where have you and your family travelled within Australia or overseas? Tell us about the places you have visited. Some questions that may help you prepare are: § What countries have your parents visited? § What countries have your grandparents visited? § What countries have you visited?
4	Free choice
5	Bring in a toy that uses a force and explain to the class how it uses this force. Remember: force is the push or pull on an object. Force makes the object move or change direction.
6	Free choice
7	Design your own ultimate toy that uses force. You can draw a picture or build a model to share with the class.
8	Free choice
9	Christmas – What does Christmas mean to you? How do you and your family celebrate Christmas?

Science and Technology – Forces and Motion

             

         

Our Science and Technology unit for this term focuses on students understanding how their toys work. They will look at the forces involved in toys including push-pull, friction and gravity. Forces are at work in everything we do—we push to open doors, and pull to tie ropes. Gravity pulls on things to make them fall down or to keep them down. Through investigations, students will have the opportunity to observe and gather evidence about how these forces act in air and water, and on the ground. Students identify the effect of the pull of gravity and learn that both air and water can ‘push’.

                  

 


In our first lesson we defined what “push” and “pull” mean and investigated how our toy cars can be moved through using the forces of push and pull. Some students also realised that they could use air, which is a form of stored energy, to also move the toy cars. 

Welcome back to Term 4!

1/2F students have settled in beautifully with having a new teacher! We have all enjoyed getting to know each other better and have had fun learning lots of new and exciting things.

At Friday morning assembly our class was awarded Monkey MACC! We learnt that Monkey MACC loves to dab! 

Congratulations to our three award recipients Ella, Benita and Nash! You have all worked hard to be learners who persist and strive to do well in your learning. Well done!  

Areasville

In the last week of Term 3 the students spent some time exploring in the concept of area.

We determined that area is the space inside a shape or the space that a shape covers.  The students then used grid paper to create pictures and they worked out the area that their pictures covered.  

 

Later in the week we created the township of “Areasville”. Students had to use construction paper to create houses and then they determined the area of their house. Finally the class had fun creating our own township. 

Welcome Baby Gemma

We had an unexpected arrival during the last week of school last term. Gemma Louise Rose Fuller was born on the 20th September after 4 days of trying to postpone labour Gemma decided she had had enough and wanted to say hello!

We are so overwhelmed by the generosity of everyone. Thank you so much for all the beautiful gifts, you have definitely spoilt her and us. I absolutely loved the book from the kids with a personalised message from all the kids. It was just beautiful.

I'm so sorry, I didn't get to say goodbye to everyone. I was looking forward to ending the term with a bit of a celebration. I will have to come and celebrate the end of year with the kids at the end of term 4. 

I am hoping to pop into school mid term to introduce Gemma to everyone!

Thank you again, we truly appreciate all your prayers, well wishes and gifts. 

Love,
Kristen, Michael, Ollie and Gemma

 

Awards week 9

Congratulations Sienna, Jemma and Nash on receiving your awards!! You have all been working super hard, well done!