Here are the rest of our beautiful family stories. You can view the other stories here. Our Inquiry topic this term is 'story' and we are discovering what we learn from stories. Each Prep has brought a story box to share memories, events and people who are special to their family.
Caitlin
My cousins are very special to me because we have lots of plays and it's lots of fun.
Elva
I shared my Baptismal video. It's special because it has all my family in India.
Stephanie
I liked my Baptism day and when I went to Puffing Billy and when I was born.
Joshua
I love Annabelle and Mum and Dad. I went to a wedding with my Mum and Dad.
Simon
My whole family went to the zoo and saw the sleepy lions and the butterfly that was big and bright. It was my auntie's birthday and she had a good time.
James
I liked building my big Lego tower with my family. My Grandma played cricket for Australia. I love my Oma very much.
Declan
My Irish flag is very special to my family because my Mum and Dad and Niamh were born there.
Story Box - More Family Stories on PhotoPeach
Friday, August 2, 2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Balloon Rockets!
On Wednesday we followed a procedure to make a balloon rocket. We had our buddies to help us and we had lots of fun.
We learnt that the air from the balloon moved the balloon along the string. We had to be careful to keep the string tight so the balloon could travel along smoothly. Great science!
We learnt that the air from the balloon moved the balloon along the string. We had to be careful to keep the string tight so the balloon could travel along smoothly. Great science!
Balloon Rockets from marieck
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
National Tree Day
Last Friday the whole school was a part of National Tree Day. We planted thirty new trees and added mulch to our garden beds. Every class was allocated a special job. The Preps and Seniors were in charge of planting 15 of the thirty trees. We are very excited to watch them grow. They will help make our school look beautiful!
Thanks Mrs E for helping us plant the trees. Thanks to Ms Scott and Mrs David who did a lot of organising and to the Environment Team for coordinating the day and always reminding us to look after our environment. A BIG thank you to Niamh's dad Scott who dug all of the holes so we could plant our trees.
Here are some photos of the Preps and seniors working hard - taken by Nick from the Environment Team. Thanks Nick!
Thanks Mrs E for helping us plant the trees. Thanks to Ms Scott and Mrs David who did a lot of organising and to the Environment Team for coordinating the day and always reminding us to look after our environment. A BIG thank you to Niamh's dad Scott who dug all of the holes so we could plant our trees.
Here are some photos of the Preps and seniors working hard - taken by Nick from the Environment Team. Thanks Nick!
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How does your school care for the environment?
Monday, July 29, 2013
It's Riddle Time!
Riddles are lots of fun and make us laugh! What is your favourite riddle? This week we will have a Riddle challenge - share your favourite riddle with us! Here is one to warm you up!
Q. What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A. A clock!
Share your favourite riddle or joke with us!
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Story Box - Our Family Stories
Our Inquiry topic this term is 'story' and we are discovering what we learn from stories. Each Prep has brought a story box to share memories, events and people who are special to their family.
Not all the Preps have shared their story box yet, here are the stories we have heard so far.
Sophie
I like my cat Max because he is funny. My cousin Kartia is nice to me she always plays with me. I love my sister because she always plays with me.
Joel
I brought a picture of the farm that we went to, to celebrate my Dad's birthday.
Ebony
The photo I brought was very special because my Great, Great Grandma was in it and I was just a baby when she died.
Chantelle
I went to my cousin's Emily and Anna's house for Christmas and I love them very much because they are the best cousins in the whole wide world.
Alexa
In my Story box I brought a picture of our first family holiday all together.
Rosie
My whole family love Harry Potter and we went to the exhibition of Harry Potter in Sydney.
Gracie
My Baptism was special to my family because my whole family was there.
Hamish
My Grandma and Pop are special to my family because they live in Newcastle and we have to fly up there. I love them so much and we don't get to see them very often.
Olivia
My puppies are special to my family because they are babies and they came just after Easter.
Riley
When I went to the reptile park I saw some statues of a crocodile, a dinosaur and a komodo dragon. My family likes reptiles.
Patrick
At the RSPCA I got my bunnies because it was my sister's birthday. I was happy and excited.
Eva
I had a picture of my Great, Great Grandma and my Great Grandma. I am named after them - Eugenia.
Niamh
In my story box I had a picture of me having my first ice-cream with a cherry on the top. It was a very hot day and my cousins and my family were there.
Frances
At Christmas my sister and my brother and I sat next to Santa Claus and we had lots of presents.
Campbell
In my story box I brought a map of Wilsons Promontory because it is a big reminder of something special to my family. A wombat came into our tent to eat some sultanas and one big loaf of bread.
Story Box - Our Family Stories on PhotoPeach
Thank you to all our parents who have helped make this a very special sharing time for the children.
Not all the Preps have shared their story box yet, here are the stories we have heard so far.
Sophie
I like my cat Max because he is funny. My cousin Kartia is nice to me she always plays with me. I love my sister because she always plays with me.
Joel
I brought a picture of the farm that we went to, to celebrate my Dad's birthday.
Ebony
The photo I brought was very special because my Great, Great Grandma was in it and I was just a baby when she died.
Chantelle
I went to my cousin's Emily and Anna's house for Christmas and I love them very much because they are the best cousins in the whole wide world.
Alexa
In my Story box I brought a picture of our first family holiday all together.
Rosie
My whole family love Harry Potter and we went to the exhibition of Harry Potter in Sydney.
Gracie
My Baptism was special to my family because my whole family was there.
Hamish
My Grandma and Pop are special to my family because they live in Newcastle and we have to fly up there. I love them so much and we don't get to see them very often.
Olivia
My puppies are special to my family because they are babies and they came just after Easter.
Riley
When I went to the reptile park I saw some statues of a crocodile, a dinosaur and a komodo dragon. My family likes reptiles.
Patrick
At the RSPCA I got my bunnies because it was my sister's birthday. I was happy and excited.
Eva
I had a picture of my Great, Great Grandma and my Great Grandma. I am named after them - Eugenia.
Niamh
In my story box I had a picture of me having my first ice-cream with a cherry on the top. It was a very hot day and my cousins and my family were there.
Frances
At Christmas my sister and my brother and I sat next to Santa Claus and we had lots of presents.
Campbell
In my story box I brought a map of Wilsons Promontory because it is a big reminder of something special to my family. A wombat came into our tent to eat some sultanas and one big loaf of bread.
Story Box - Our Family Stories on PhotoPeach
Thank you to all our parents who have helped make this a very special sharing time for the children.
What is your family story?
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Big Beautiful Bubbles!
Today was a beautiful winter's day in Melbourne. The Preps went outside and had a lot of fun blowing beautiful big bubbles! When the sun came out we could see rainbows in our bubbles.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Taking Action - Caring for the Environment!
Last year the 2012 Preps (with thanks to Mrs David) began an action to reduce the amount of plastic going into landfill. You can read about our action here and here. We have a bench seat that is made from all the plastic we collected.
This year we are continuing to encourage our school community to recycle their flexible plastic.
On Friday RED came to collect our flexible plastic for the second time this term.
It is amazing that one community has stopped this amount of plastic going to landfill!
Thank you to all our families who recycle their flexible plastic and support our action to care for the environment.
This year we are continuing to encourage our school community to recycle their flexible plastic.
On Friday RED came to collect our flexible plastic for the second time this term.
It is amazing that one community has stopped this amount of plastic going to landfill!
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| Our flexible plastic collection |
How do you care for the environment?
Do you recycle?
Friday, June 28, 2013
We Love School!
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Our first semester at school has been a very busy and exciting one. Listen to the Preps talk about what they have learnt and enjoyed about school.
What do you enjoy about school?
What have you enjoyed learning this term?
Now we look forward to a restful holiday and a new exciting term! Have a great holiday everyone!
Friday, June 14, 2013
Preps Take Action!
Over the term we have learnt so much about caring for animals and what living things need to grow and change. We know that most living things need food, water, shelter, exercise, rest, and friends.
We discovered that there are people in our community who do not have enough to eat and sometimes do not have a warm bed to sleep in. So we talked about what we could do to help these people and we came up with lots of ideas. Here they are:
We had to go through our list and work out something we could do together to help people in our community. We decided to choose collecting food to give to the St. Vincent De Paul Society who help many struggling families.
Mrs Kennedy invited Margaret who volunteers for St Vinnie's, to share some of the work she and her friends do to help out. Margaret was very happy to hear that we were collecting food to help others. This is what we learnt from Margaret.
St Vincent De Paul gives vouchers to poor people to buy food.
St. Vinnie's helps families, school children, young people, homeless people and children from overseas.
Some people in our community don't have food.
St. Vincent De Paul helps people pay some of their electricity and water and phone bills.
St Vinnie's have a shop in Ringwood where they sell clothes and household goods.
We collected non-perishable foods all this week. We made posters to put around the school to remind everyone about our action. Each afternoon a group of Preps make an announcement to ask everyone to bring some food items.
Preps in Action! on PhotoPeach
We discovered that there are people in our community who do not have enough to eat and sometimes do not have a warm bed to sleep in. So we talked about what we could do to help these people and we came up with lots of ideas. Here they are:
•Give some food
•Put our money in a box and give it to the people
•Give up some of the things we have
•Go to the bank and get money
•Raise some money for the poor people
•Plant some beans
•Sing a song and people put in money
•Have a fair with lots of stuff
•Make a circus
•Have a movie night
•Bring food from home to sell – cakes, biscuits
•Do chores to earn some money
We had to go through our list and work out something we could do together to help people in our community. We decided to choose collecting food to give to the St. Vincent De Paul Society who help many struggling families.
Mrs Kennedy invited Margaret who volunteers for St Vinnie's, to share some of the work she and her friends do to help out. Margaret was very happy to hear that we were collecting food to help others. This is what we learnt from Margaret.
St Vincent De Paul gives vouchers to poor people to buy food.
St. Vinnie's helps families, school children, young people, homeless people and children from overseas.
Some people in our community don't have food.
St. Vincent De Paul helps people pay some of their electricity and water and phone bills.
St Vinnie's have a shop in Ringwood where they sell clothes and household goods.
We collected non-perishable foods all this week. We made posters to put around the school to remind everyone about our action. Each afternoon a group of Preps make an announcement to ask everyone to bring some food items.
Preps in Action! on PhotoPeach
Why is it important to help others?
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Special Visitors from the Vet!
Today we had a visit from Erin, Alex and Erin's dog Kirri. They are nurses at the Blackburn Veterinary Clinic. We learnt all about pet care and what happens when you visit the Vet with your pet.
Kirri likes carrots and so do I! Campbell
Dogs shouldn't have many treats because they might get sick. Hamish
All animals need food and water. Alexa
Let a dog sniff your hand before you pat it. Olivia
I learnt that if a dog comes near me and my mum and dad are not there I have to stand very still with my hands by my side and be very quiet until the dog is gone. James
Dogs have wet noses when they are healthy. Ebony
Always give a dog exercise. Simon
Dogs need friends or they will be sad. Declan
I learnt that dogs need water. Frances
Smaller dogs live longer than bigger dogs. Caitlin
I discovered dogs don't like to have noise because it makes them scared. Chantelle
When a dog is eating you should not touch it. Joshua
Dogs can't live to 100 years old. Cormac
You can't pat a dog when she is with her puppies. Sophie
If a dog is happy you can pat it if you ask the owner. Patrick
Don't pat a dog when it is sleeping. Joel
Dogs need brushing everyday. Eva
The Vets wear uniforms when they do an operation. Riley
When a dog is tied up with no owner you are not allowed to pat it. Stephanie
Dogs chew bones to keep their teeth clean. Elva
Ask your mum and dad before you pat a dog. Gracie
When you go to the Vet with your pet they give your pet a check up. Niamh
Kirri likes carrots and so do I! Campbell
Dogs shouldn't have many treats because they might get sick. Hamish
All animals need food and water. Alexa
Let a dog sniff your hand before you pat it. Olivia
I learnt that if a dog comes near me and my mum and dad are not there I have to stand very still with my hands by my side and be very quiet until the dog is gone. James
Dogs have wet noses when they are healthy. Ebony
Always give a dog exercise. Simon
Dogs need friends or they will be sad. Declan
I learnt that dogs need water. Frances
Smaller dogs live longer than bigger dogs. Caitlin
I discovered dogs don't like to have noise because it makes them scared. Chantelle
When a dog is eating you should not touch it. Joshua
Dogs can't live to 100 years old. Cormac
You can't pat a dog when she is with her puppies. Sophie
If a dog is happy you can pat it if you ask the owner. Patrick
Don't pat a dog when it is sleeping. Joel
Dogs need brushing everyday. Eva
The Vets wear uniforms when they do an operation. Riley
When a dog is tied up with no owner you are not allowed to pat it. Stephanie
Dogs chew bones to keep their teeth clean. Elva
Ask your mum and dad before you pat a dog. Gracie
When you go to the Vet with your pet they give your pet a check up. Niamh
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| Erin, Alex and Kirri |
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| Doctor Alexa checks Kirri's heart with a stethoscope |
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| Vets wear a gown, a hair cap and gloves when they operate |
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| Can you guess who? |
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| Kirri was very friendly and calm |
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| Thanks for coming Erin, Alex and Kirri! Do you have a pet? How do you care for your pet? |
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