On Friday Caitlyn's Mum was our Mystery Reader. She bought in Caitlyn's favourite book 'Giraffes Can't Dance' by Giles Andrede and Guy Parker Rees. We loved listening to the story and the illustrations made us laugh! We loved the pictures so much we decided to paint our own. Chack out how amazing they look... Giraffes Can't Dance by Room 20 on PhotoPeach

Grandma McGarvey:

 

Grandma McGarvey is a funny old lady. She has tiny watchful eyes, hiding under her little round glasses. They are like speedy eagles watching over thier nest. Her nose is like a kiwi's beak poking around in the undergrowth, stuck on her face. She has a wobbly double chin it looks like that adds to her kind features. Her clothes are misplaced and wrong for a women of her old age! Her head is squashed on her body so it looks like she's got no neck! Her hair is wiry and messy from all the adventures she's been on. It looks like a bird's nest from one hundred years ago! Grandma McGarvey is a funny old lady.

 

By Zac. 

Zac and Marc's Explanation

Finally! The boys have finished their animation explaining how volcanoes erupt. Great job you two! PS...explanation is your spelling word this week!

Reuben's Got Talent

This term our Inquiry focus will be based around the Olympics. The class have been given a fictional scenario in which they are to become experts and we will be ‘travelling’ to London to fulfil this task.

The Olympic Committee has asked you to be the Selector and Coach of a group of athletes who are going to be taken to the 2016 Olympics. It will be your job to prepare them for the Olympics and ensure they are in tip top condition leading up to the games.

We will need to:

Find out how the Olympics are run and timetable of the events

What sports are included in the Olympics?

What are the rules of the sports?

Get to know the athletes that are there this year and find out their results

Learn how to coach someone/What does a good coach do?

Find out what makes someone good at what they do/successful

What do you need to be healthy?

How do you get fit?

Reading

Today we read an e-book called Olympic Dreams by Claire Llewellyn. It helped us to find out more facts about the Olympic Games. Click on the book to read it again.  Leave a comment with 1 fact that you learnt while reading this book

Introducing Caity Stevens....

Wow! Today we were lucky enough to have Caity share her special talent, which is KARATE with us. She was so well organised as she had prepared a slideshow with information about karate and even a video for us to watch showing what happens in a karate lesson. She showed us a karate routine and then taught us all a few moves. We were so impressed! Well done Caity, you did such a wonderful job speaking to us today. We loved sharing your special gift.