Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Milk Bottle Top Collection

Thank you to Blair Cowley (Keira's Dad) for bringing in lots and lots of lids for us to count in Maths time.  We counted 1222 lids!!!











Monday, June 15, 2015

Animal Report Posters

We have been working in groups.  We have made posters about animals.



Did you know that . . .

Polar bears are the only bear that is a marine mammal.  Lachlan

Polar bears are left handed.   Riley

Polar bears are excellent swimmers.  Matthew


Did you know . . .

The name hippo means river horse.  Ciaran

Baby hippos are born underwater.  Alex

A baby hippo is called a calf.  Isaac




Did you know . . . 

Black bears can live to be 20 years old.  Sophie

Black bears eat berries, grass, insects, fish, honey, plants and meat.   Nadia

Black bears like to climb trees.   Anya



Did you know . . .

Koala bears are marsupials because they have a pouch.   Tamsin

Koala bears are nocturnal because they sleep in the day time.   Maya

When koala bears are born they cannot see.   Sanah




Did you know . . . 

Sea lions can walk on their four flippers.   Mya

A baby sea lion is called a pup.   Ava

Sea lions can hold their breath for 20 minutes.   Bella'Capri




Did you know . . . 

Ostriches cannot fly but they can run.   Quinlen

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.   Angus

An ostrich has two toes and one claw on each foot.   Asher




Did you know . . . 

Giraffes only sleep for 30 minutes a day.   Jesse

A female giraffe is called a cow.   Corbyn

Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world.  Olly




Did you know . . . 

Pandas are black and white with black circles are their eyes.  Melisa

Pandas do not hibernate like other bears.   Bella

Pandas are shy.   Bridgette




Did you know . . .

People like to kill elephants just for their tusks.   Keira

An elephant's trunk is their nose.  Noah

Elephants are the largest land mammals in the world.   Kyah














Tennis Balls



Thank you to Mrs Porter for donating tennis balls to the school.  We had great fun practising our small ball skills yesterday.  





















Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Report Writing

This week we have been working in groups of three.  We are writing animal reports and putting our facts onto a poster.  We are going to share our posters with the class next week.  Here we are working together.  Miss Smith says we are very clever. 




























Oral Language

This week our topic for Oral Language is Penguins.  We are playing barrier games.  Here is Hendricks the puppet with our penguin poem.








Maths Whizz

We are practising our Maths Whizz.  This week we got a bronze certificate in assembly for our improvement this week.  Fantastic work Room 2 - keep up the good work!




Monday, June 8, 2015

Get Set Go

Today Richard from Project Energise came to school and he taught us lots of fun games.  We had to jump, hop, walk, skip, gallop and leap.  We were good listeners and we were clever at doing all the games.