Sunlight streams through the towering trees filling the forest with a warm light. Birds chirp, singing their morning song. The forest is waking up. Dry dirt crumbles under my feet. A beautiful bird with bright, colourful feathers swoops over me, forcing me to duck. Tiny insects emerge from the soil and crawl quickly away. A slight breeze rustles through the trees. I shudder. Cold, crisp air floats through my nose, making me sneeze. The flax bushes whisper to each other as another gust of wind rushes through the forest. Suddenly a cloud covers the sun and rain starts to fall through the tall branches. I pull my coat close around me and run towards the batch. Brown, battered leaves crunch under my feet. I stumble over the roots. The trees start to disappear behind me. I rush through the front door of the batch. Home again!
The Blog Awards will take place in Week Nine of this term. Nominations will be taken in Week Eight. Four finalists will compete for first, second, third and fourth place. The first place winner will receive a unique ‘blogger toy’ handmade by Lesley. The runners-up will receive a mini ‘blogger’. The success criteria will be posted in the next few days. Keep posted to find out what you need to do to be a winner.
I had a very quick look through your writing samples today. They look very good. Wendy told me that she really enjoyed listening to you sharing your writing today and that the writing was of a very high standard. Well done everyone.
Our next piece of writing will be a scientific report of an experiment. We will be learning how to use appropriate scientific language within an appropriate format.
Mary chatted to me about your song writing that you are doing in music class. I thought it would work well to write some poetry next week - to tie in with song writing! I will bring some poems and song lyrics to study on Monday.
Science
I found this video which is about the formation of a star - pretty much what we have been reading about in Lucy and Stephen Hawkins’ novel.
Term Two is upon us already. I trust you have all had an enjoyable break from school and hope you come back tomorrow really ready to learn. We have an exciting term ahead with a strong focus on Science. We will be visit the Science Road Show in Week Nine at MOTAT and between now and then there will be heaps of science experiments and ‘hands on’ activities to explore scientific ideas. You will be working on your Science Fair Project for the first five weeks of term. Maybe you have had a think about your project and have already come up with some ideas! Don’t worry if you haven’t because Week One is all about exploring and sharing ideas and everyone will have a great topic by the end of the week. Guaranteed!
I emailed Bean Buchanan about coming to talk to you about his art work. Unfortunately he is busy making a film at the moment so can’t come to see us. However, I have managed to dig up some interesting bits and pieces about him, and we will explore his techniques and approaches and make our own art work hessian! A great piece for the art exhibition next term.
There will be a Blog Award this term. The award will go to the student(s) who show a strong commitment to developing an educational blog. I will talk to you about the criteria during week one.
…….enough chatter for now. I will put a more informative classroom programme up early in the week for parents and families. I am looking forward to catching up tomorrow and can’t wait to see our baby mice! Here is a You Tube video of a science fair in the USA.
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