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In the 1/ 2 area we are studying Day and night and the planets!!

In 1/ 2 S We are investigating some of these questions which we would like to know the answers to in our work……….

Why does the moon stay in day time? Nahoshi             

Why is it dark at night? Abdissa

Why don’t we see the stars in the day?  Lusani

Why does the moon change shape? Aden

Why does the moon come out early? Sarah

Do aliens exist? Aden

Why do bats not sleep at night? David

Why do I sleep at night? Ti

Why do stars make shapes? Marie

Why does the sun shine? Tom

Why don’t firemen sleep at night? George

Is the sun just a burst of flame? Daniel

Why do bats sleep in the morning? Domeniko

Why does everything follow me in the sky? Manahil

Why does the moon change? Amy

Why do you sleep at night? Komal

What colour is the sun? Amy

19th June, 2009

Today we went to Bunnings Warehouse Sandown.  Some people painted trucks and some people painted cars.  We talked about Push and Pull.  We walked around the shop and we saw all the things they sell.  The people at Bunnings gave us a balloon, an Australian flag and an apron.  We enjoyed our excursion to Bunnings!

The Bunnings excursion was the best! Seth

 We had fun at Bunnings Warehouse. Nyakueth

 I liked it when Kevin stood near the lawnmower.  Eshu 

I liked walking around Bunnings Warehouse. Kevin 

We were lucky because we got a lot of free things from Bunnings.  Amandeep 

We had fun painting the trucks and trains.  Rasime 

I liked the gardens at Bunnings.  Jenny 

I painted a truck at Bunnings.  Kuhafah 

I liked painting at Bunnings.  Rahima

 I liked the water tanks and George showing me how to chop wood.  Rustam

 I liked visiting Bunnings Warehouse and looking at new things.  Daniel 

I liked the garden at Bunnings.  Eliud.

On Friday the 15^th of May we went on a walk around our Noble Park community.  We went to the train station to see the mural painted by Anu and we visited Hanna’s Mum, Helen in her hairdressing salon.  We liked looking at all the hair equipment and Helen straightened one of our teacher’s hair!  On our walk back to school, we saw Kuhafah and Shaleha’s Dad in his shop.  It was a fun afternoon.

By 1/2L

 On Tuesday the 12^th of May we had the famous Illustrator Craig Smith visit us.  He drew for us some awesome drawings of characters from some of his books.  He talked to us about how a book is made and we got to do some of our own drawings.  His message for us is to practice and practice our drawings and to “draw, rub out, draw, rub out”.  We got to keep the drawings he did for us and he said the children at Noble Park Primary School were “sensational”.  Here are some of our comments:

I took a digital photo of Craig that he might put on his new website.  Amandeep

I got a picture with Craig and he signed some of our school books that he illustrated.  Nyakueth

I learnt how to draw better because Craig Smith taught me.  Eshu

I drew characters from a story from what Craig read to me.  Daniel

I liked Craig coming to speak to our grade 1/2 classes.  Seth

By 1/2L

 On Thursday the 19^th of March all the grade1/2 classes went on an excursion to the CSIRO.  CSIRO stands for Commonwealth Science Investigation Research Organisation.  In our classrooms we have been learning about Weather in my World.  At the CSIRO, our speaker Chris showed us some experiments and talked about air and the wind.  Our favourite experiment was the tornado that can be made from two bottles and water.  We had lunch at a park near Southland Shopping Centre.  Thank you to all our teachers and parent helpers who came with us on our excursion.

 By 1/2L

1/2 OPEN CLASSROOM AND HEALTHY LUNCH

 On Friday the 24^th of October the three grade 1/2 classes had our Open Classroom and Healthy Lunch Day.  We enjoyed having our parents come to our classroom and help us with fun activities.  Our parents made us food to bring to our Healthy Lunch in the hall and we loved eating rice, pasta salads, green salads, fruit kebabs, healthy sandwiches, quiches and slices.  We made Healthy Food Table Mats to use at our special Healthy Lunch.  Thank you to our 25 parents who came on the day and for the parents who sent food for us to enjoy on our day.

 1/2 Quotes.

 I really liked the strawberries. Zaina

 My Mum made a really yummy fruit salad. Crystal

 I tried Ms. Garland’s spinach balls and I liked them. Thirech

 It was good that my Mum came in and played some Maths games with us.  Beaven.

 My Mum saw my classroom and looked at some of my work. Maria

 I liked playing a game with my Mum. Michelle

 The food was really yummy.  Zoann

 I liked all the food.  Mourin

In 1/2L we do a News Update under the following headings.  Here is our current update.

 Term 4 – Organisation

 In Grade 1/2L we have been thinking about ways we can be organised in our classroom.  We made a checklist and our top three were:

     1.     Clean desk.

2.     Remember reader.

3.     Pack up quickly.

 We stuck this list on our tables and each day we ticked which ones we completed.  Here are some of our thoughts about our checklists:

 Parisa- the checklist helped remind me to bring my reader.

Berk- it kept me organised.

Eric- it was a really useful checklist for me.

Fiona- I used it to always try and pack up quickly.

Beatrice- I saw people use shopping lists in Safeway.

Dean- checklists help you to remember things.

Melody- this checklist helped me to be organised at school.

Anthony- I have got better at being organised.

GRADE 1/2 NEIGHBOURHOOD WALK

Last Friday the Grade 1/2 children went on a Neighbourhood Walk.  We have been learning about road safety and being a safe passenger in cars and on public transport.  On our walk we saw signs, people driving their cars and we learnt how to cross the road safely using “Stop, Look, Listen, Think”.  Thank you to our teachers for taking us on the fun walk! 

By Melody, Parisa and Berk

Grade 1/ 2’s visit the Theiss Recycling Facility

 The Grade 1 & 2 children went to the Theiss Recycling Facility to see how our recyclable materials are sorted, so that they can be used again. We saw mountains of paper and plastic. We saw a truck empty its load onto the floor. It was then scooped up and placed on a conveyer belt, to be separated into paper, plastics and metals. Christine told us about the right materials to put in the recycling bins and what not to put in the bins. Because we could answer so many questions, she gave all the children a pen and three little mini bins.

On Wednesday we went to the fire station in Buckley Street, Noble Park.  We met Rob the firefighter.  He talked to us about keeping safe and we sat in the fire truck!

I liked it when Miss. Locantio got to sit in the fire truck's driver seat and learning how to stop, drop and roll.  Dean.

We are lucky because the fire station is near our school in case there is a fire.  Rob talked to us about firefighters and how they rescue people if they have a fire in their houses.  Parisa.

My favourite part of the excursion to the fire station was sitting in the fire truck that can save people's lives.  Melody.