Thursday, May 17, 2012

The best thing about pyjama day is when you wake up in the morning and you don't have to change or anything because you already have your pyjamas on! But the best thing about pyjama day at school was when we got to play hockey with Coach Barry and games with Room 14. Pyjama day made me feel happy because we didn't have to wear clothes. From Ryan
Today at school it was pyjama day. we first played hockey with coach barry. when we were playing it was really fun because we had races and learned how to use a hockey stick. when we came back from hockey we did some maths. For maths some of us were with the teacher and some of us were on mathletics. After morning tea we did some writing. we were publishing our explanations about pulleys. did you know they are a simple machine? For reading we all made a crossword using science words about simple machines. Lunch was raining and we stayed inside and played games most of the time. It was just like home, staying in our pyjamas all day and playing. After lunch and SSR we went outside and played some fun games. It seemed funny being in our pyjamas outside? We played Sleeping Lions and Musical Statues. It was really funny because some of us were doing funny poses when we had to freeze. When we played Sleeping Lions some of us nearly fell asleep. It was the most best day of the term (so far!) Hem Shah

Friday, March 9, 2012

Hi everyone. Welcome to our first blog entry for the year! What a fantastic day we have had today. Green day at school is a wonderful opportunity for the children to learn a little about the environment, gardens and of course sustainability. Today we spent some time clearing our garden to make room for our bean plants, and the tomato seedlings that have sprouted up over the last few weeks. Hopefully the weather lasts long enough for these to become viable. We also began to implement our class sustainability project. We are going to try to grow seedlings to supply other classes with, rather than purchasing these from a gardening outlet. We have planted silverbeet, lettuces and cabbage seeds in yoghurt containers (recycling at its best!). We are going to keep these in the shade shed and will have to keep an eye on them and make sure they get enough warmth, light and water. The children all participated today and got dirty which they all seemed to enjoy. Digging, weeding, planting, and watering were among our tasks today and the conversations the children were having were great to listen to. The water tanks and worm farms were well used, making our day truly a sustainable activity. We will post some photos soon.