Merry Christmas to everyone in Grade 1/2 W of 2011. We have had a great year and you all should be very proud of all the work you completed this year.
Hope Santa is good to you and you are well behaved over the holidays.
Don’t forget to come and say hello next year.
The grade 2s have been learning about cephalopods with Miss Hannan. Cephalopods include octopus, squid and cuttlefish. We
know some interesting facts about cephalopods.
Our Octopuses.
We have been learning about elephants this week. Here are some facts that we know about elephants.
1. An adult elephant drinks 150 litres of water a day. By Ella
2. Elephants eat about 170kg of food a day. By Brodie
3. Elephants are the biggest animal on land. By Lachlan
4. An elephants ears keep them cool by flapping. By Caitlin
5. An elephants lives in a herd. By Kai
6. A baby elephant stays in the female elephants tummy for 22 months. By Brayden
7. The male is called the bull. The femal is called the cow. By Harry
8. Elephants also find water in dry riverbeds by digging with their tusks and trunks. By Stephanie
9. Elephants spray dust on their bodies to stop insects biting them. By Josh
10. A baby elephant is called a calf. By Milly
11. The oldest elephants leads the herd. By Amy
Black Swan
An Emu
What a day we have had! The Grade 1′s went to Jarahlinga Wildlife Park this morning. We have been studying life cycles and we learnt about the life cycle of koalas and kangaroos in particular. We saw emus and black swans. Below are some of the animals we saw. Thanks to Judy who told us a lot about all the animals. We were able to pat a lizard and dingoes. We then went to a park and had a play on the equipment.
Common Wombat
Common Wombat
A little wallaby
We all had a pat of this lizard.
Welcome back to Term 4.
We have been so busy with the shift into our new classroom that we haven’t had a lot of time to get onto the blog. Come and have a look at our classroom if you have been yet. It would be lovely to see you.
No matter what team you barrack for we had just as much fun wearing our footy outfits on Friday. We had a lot of Cats fans, some Carlton fans and one StKilda fan.Well done for dressing up.
Oh We're the Saints! The mighty Saints!
Oh, We are the mighty Blues!
We are Geelong. The greatest team of all!
Y.C.D.I. Awards:
Well done to Emily Baker and Josh Abbott for the last 2 weeks of the Y.C.D.I. awards.
Mathletics Awards:
The children have been going crazy in the last 2 weeks and we have a few more silver and gold awards. Well done. Keep it up!
Week 8: Gage, Britney, Alisha, Brayden, Bailey, Josh, Luke,Kai and Amy all got Bronze. Baris got a silver.
Lachlan received his first gold – Well done!
Week 9: Harry, Emily, Britney, Bail, Lachlan, Baris all got bronze. Well done to Alisha as she got her first silver.
Reading Awards:
Reading awards have been going crazy as well.
Congratulations to Ella who has read 200 nights. A fantastic effort!
reading awards
Well done Ella!
This Saturday will be Leopold Primary Schools Family Fun Festa. The Grade 2 children will have a stall selling lollies and the Grade 1 stall will be a Lucky dip. Come along and enjoy the day. We all hope that the weather will be kind to us. Below will be some photos of the day.
Here is Stephanie and her sister Olivia enjoying the cupcakes they decorated.
Here is poor Miss. Grace being dumped in the cold murky water!
Here is the Grade 2 stall. We sold lots of lollies and we were all sold out by 12.30. Thanks for the support!
This week the Grade 2 students will be going to the Melbourne Museum. We will be particularly looking at the dinosaur skeletons and other fossils. Can’t wait!
What a great day we had and here are some photos of the day. Thanks to Jenny, Tony and Mr.I for coming and making our day a little easier.
A protoceratops.
This was a type of crocodile.
Dinosaur eggs.
I wouldn't like to meet him. Would you?
Reading Awards:
Congratulations to all those children who have reached milestones in reading this week.
Josh, Cameron, Baris, Amelia, and Britney – 125 nights.
Bailey – 100 nights.
Lachlan – 150 nights.
Gage – 175 nights!!!
Well done!
Green Cards:
Well done to – Brayden who helped other children.
- Caitlin who had an excellent explanation of when to use a and an.
- Stephanie who had an excellent explanation of take-away.
Your certificates are on display in the foyer of the school.
Mathletics Awards:
Well done to Lachlan, Harry, Josh, Brayden and Cameron who all received Bronze certificates this week.
