We have a busy term ahead with lots of activities planned and loads of learning. Everyone is looking forward to our overnight camp.

This is a photo of us on the first day. Since the photo was taken we have had a couple of new people join our class of Year 1 and 2 children. Happy learning.

We had a beautifully fine day for our flower show and pet day on Friday 22 October. Everyone had a busy morning creating symmetrical vaseline saucer designs, crazy vege/fruit creatures, amazing sand garden and creative pets using play dough. Lots of people won certificates and everyone was proud of their achievements.
In the afternoon the pets arrived. Children talked to the judges about how they care for their animals. It all finished with a grand parade. Just as well the dogs all behaved themselves! We even had two beautiful horses.

Rooms 6, 7 and 8 clever kids put on a folk dancing display for the parents and grandparents on Wednesday. It was good that we had learnt all the dances so well. Some were circle dances and others needed us to dance with partners. The last dances, Jiffy Mixer and Bunny Hop were line dances. The parents were very good at joining in and having fun too. It was a good chance to learn lots of dances from different countries. We danced the Hokey Tokey, so we all know our left and right now.

We were lucky to have a visit for Constable Doris. She let Jack get dressed up in her police uniform.

The ARMED OFFENDER’S SQUAD surprised us by visiting our school. This was part of our study about POLICE and how they help us. We were glad to have them come and explain how they how to protect the police and our community. They have to be very strong and fit, as they have about 35 kg of equipment to carry. What a lot of important gear. Some people were about to wear the heavy bullet proof vest. There were even real guns, but the police made sure we were all safe. Just as well they didn’t let off any tear gas.

Look at the “YOU’RE BEST OF THE BUNCH” banana cards we made for our wonderful Dads.

This term we have been fortunate to have our student teacher Mr Jeffcoat working with us for six weeks. Enjoyone liked playing soccer with him. We all created some healthy food posters as part of our ‘Food for Energy’ Life Education unit.

During the term we have learnt lots about DINOSAURS. Some were carnivores and others herbivores. In art, we sketched them and then made 3D clay tiles of dinosaurs. We mounted them on woven mats. Later we added backgrounds of sticks, trees and rocks. They look really neat hanging in our room.

What a cute little puppy Alex brought to school. We look forward to seeing how big he has grown by pet day.

We all performed recently in the DVD production. Our class were performing Octopus’s garden. We were under the sea.