Our Holidays!!!

Our Aquarium Trip

As part of our Inquiry topic this year 'Our Living World' we had a junior team trip to the Aquarium.  We got to see, touch and hear about lots of sea life.  We got to go in the yellow submarine and found out that we were really being 'Scientists' by looking, classifying and recognising all the different things we saw.  We learnt about Molluscs, Crustaceans and Echinoderm.
The touch tanks were a favourite although some children took longer to gather courage to touch the crabs, anemone, sea stars and other life that were in them.

Yesterday Room 5 went to the Aquarium.  The bus went bumpity bump to the Aquarium.  I liked touching a prickly starfish in the touch tank.
By Daniel


The bus went bumping along.  We went to the Aquarium.  There was a giant squid and it was hanging from the roof.
By Sam

The bus went bumpty bump along the road.  I saw some little sharks.  They were wiggling their tails.
By Maia

On Monday I went on to the bus with my class to travel to the awesome Aquarium.  We saw a lot of stuff.  We went down a path into a submarine.  We did not get to go under the water.  The submarine was yellowy.  We got to watch a video in the submarine.  Then my class walked on to the bus.  We walked back into school.
By Leila

On Monday my fabulous class bumpity bumped to the awesome Aquarium.  I adore the sharks.  I loved the sharks because they had sharp teeth.
By Mana

On Monday Room 5 travelled to the amazing Aquarium.  They had awesome crabs.  My favourite crab was called a Hermit Crab.  This crab had a spiral on its shell and my favourite thing about it is its camouflage.  I adore the crabs because they have amazing nippers.
By Ted

On Monday my favourite were the sea horses.  I like the sea horse and we zoomed to the Aquarium.  I liked the Aquarium.
By Glenn 

On Monday the Room 5 Risktakers walked on the bus and made it to the wonderful Aquarium.  They saw fabulous Room 7 come out of the submarine.  Then we got to go inside the awesome submarine and watch a video 'Under the Sea'.  Lastly we went to the touching tanks.  I liked the snail because you can not easily get it off.
By Alice

On Monday my class bumpty bumped, on the bus, to the Aquarium.
At the end we walked to the submarine.  The light went out then we watched a video about the ocean.
By Olive

On Monday, fabulous Aquarium day, we raced onto the submarine.  We saw fish in the submarine.
By Izaac

We got to do a sea life classification activity.

The three types of sea life we had to classify were:

Crustacean: Animals with crusty outsides and jointed legs.


Echinoderm: Animals with tube feet and spiny skin.

Mollusc: Animals with a shell and one bug sucker foot.

I liked the sea anemone because they are spongy.  It was like a piece of fluff.
By Lewis


On Monday a white and yellow bus took us to the Aquarium.  I saw a crusty crab in the touch tanks.
By Marley

On Monday it was the Aquarium trip.  We zoomed on the bumpity bumpy bus and we played eye spy with Mana's mum.  The bus ride went for a long time and then finally we got there.  I felt excited because the bus ride was fun.
By Safia

Snow Day - 28th May 2013

We were so lucky to wake up and find a huge dumping of snow in the night.  The air was cool and the school was closed so what did the class think about it?  What did everyone get up to?  Have a read here.

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First I looked outside, there was a lot of snow. I went outside. I got some snow and made some walls, I made a roof and I made an igloo. I went inside and we watched mum on T.V.

By Mana

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A snowy day on May the 28^th. It was very snowy.  It was my birthday. When I got up I came down the stairs and my mum and dad sang happy birthday to me. Then they lead me outside where there was snow. I said what they said, “its been snowing outside”!

By Emily-Rose

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I woke up in the morning and I got dressed. I put my gloves on and then I went outside to play snow bombs. I made two snowmen and it was very cold.

By Safia

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Yesterday I drove home in the car, then WOW! There was snow everywhere.  I could not believe my eyes.  I quickly ran inside.  Then I tiptoed outside and jumped on the trampoline.  I adore snow because I can chuck it at Lewis.

By Olive

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Yesterday in the snow I built a snowman. We put stones on him for buttons. We used a carrot for his nose.

By Brooke.

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In the awesome snow I had a snow fight with Lewis. . After that we watched a movie called ‘Despicable Me’. Then we had popcorn. After the movie we went outside and made a snowman.

By Ben

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It was a fabulous snow day on Tuesday. It was snowing when I woke up. First when it was snowing I put my warm clothes on. I went outside to eat the snow. It was freezing.  I ran until I found snow on the table.

By Isabella

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Yesterday I made a snowman and I made it with my Nana. I made a little ball for the head and then I made a big ball for the body.

By Marley

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Yesterday I had a fabulous snow fight. On the way up the hill I threw a big snowball at Ben. Next I had a shower.

By Lewis

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Yesterday I went outside and collected some snow at my next-door neighbours. We made a fantastic dog. Emily my big sister came and helped. We also made an awesome snowman. We made a bird, a cat and some trees. This is how we made the trees. You fill up a bucket with snow then you tip it over like a snow castle. Then you have a tree. After we made the trees we added the finishing touches. It was more snow, to make it bigger.

By Alice

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Cool, it is snowing!  First me and Tahlia threw some snow. Next we made a snowman.  Then we had another snow fight.  Dad came home then.  I love snow!

By Poppy

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Yesterday I played in the snow.  I made a snowman with Harry and Maia.  First I started to make the head.  I asked my Mum if she had a carrot but we didn’t have any carrots.  We used dates for the eyes.  The snow felt cold. I had fun because I got to make a snowman.  The snow was white.  Luca and Dad had a snowball fight.

By Leila

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On Tuesday it was amazing that it was snowing.  I whipped my clothes on and charged outside.  Then I got my snow board out.  I raced down the hill and when I got down I fell off.

By Izaac T

Life Cycle of the Butterfly!

As part of our Inquiry, looking at Change, change, change, we had a major focus on the changes that happen in the life cycle of the butterfly.

We loved having the swan plant with the caterpillars to watch all the changes, in our class.  As each stage of the life cycle occurred we did some focus writing and/or art.

This first picture shows the three stages from the egg on a leaf, to the caterpillar being hatched to the caterpillar changing into a chrysalis.

 

Lastly, as part of our art, we created our mosaic butterfly.  We drew our butterfly after looking at it when it came out of the chrysalis.  Next we had to rip paper and glue it on for the wings.  After that we cut out our butterfly and glued it on to the background we had dyed. They look fabulous up on our wall, what do you think?

First the egg is laid and hatches into a caterpillar and then into a butterfly.

First the caterpillar turns into a chrysalis and the chrysalis turns into a butterfly.

The caterpillar likes eating swan plants for days and days.  Next the caterpillar turns into a chrysalis and when it comes out it's a butterfly.

A butterfly lays a egg.  Then a caterpillar comes out.

The caterpillar goes first and then the chrysalis, then the butterfly.

In the life cycle of the butterfly, first the butterfly is a caterpillar.  Next the caterpillar goes into a chrysalis and next the caterpillar turns into a butterfly.

This is the first butterfly that hatched in this class.  When it flies the wings dry.