THE FIREMEN'S VISIT

Last Friday the firemen came to visit us.They came to teach us about fire safety.You can listen to what we learnt about fire safety in our podcast.(coming soon) The firemen showed us the special clothing and equipment they wear. You can see all this in the video we made.

OUR OWN BLOGS!!!

Today some of the 1M GEMS moved into new territory with their blogging...the creation of their OWN blogs!!

Creating individual blogs for our digital portfolios was a goal we had set for NEXT term, so the children have been incredibly focused on developing the skills needed to blog independently.

Through learning from each other and inspiring each other, they have really taken charge of the creation and uploading of posts this term.

Our Year 6 buddies have been keeping an eye on this rapid rise to independent posting, so today they surprised us when they asked the GEMS if they'd like help creating their own blog folios...
and the answer was a resounding YES!


Having a blog folio is a way for each child to reflect on their learning- share what they know and can do.

The Year 6's, who already have their own blogs, helped the children with the basic design and layout of their blog folio as well as getting up an introductory post.

We aim to have all blog folios created in the next week.
Links to the folios created so far are under OUR LINKS on the sidebar.

The children are incredibly excited about this new phase in our blogging.
We are discussing the idea of running 'blogging workshops' for parents.
We'll let you know when we have finalised the details.

Mrs M :>)

ISABELLA'S NEWS

Yestaday I made this pfoto and today I shod it for news. On the weekend I had a sleep over at my Grandma's hous
and we went to the movies. We saw
harry potter and my cousin
tanayah came with us.


by Isabella

BLOGGING QUESTIONS

1M, you have all become much more
'hands-on' with our blog this term.

Whilst it has always been 'your' blog,
I'm interested in what you feel about
the blog now that you are doing the
posting all by yourselves.
Here are some questions for you.
Think about one or some of them.
Leave your answer in a comment.

* What does 'blogging' mean to you?
* Why do you think we blog?
* What do you like about our blog?
* How do you feel about blogging yourself?
scared? excited? happy? worried? Why?
* Has blogging helped you become a better reader and writer?
*What is your favourite post? Why?
* How do you get ideas for a post?
* How do you feel when you/we get a comment?
*Has your blogging got better?
* What's a problem you have with blogging?
*What have you learnt in blogging?
* What is the best thing you like about our blog?
*What's the best thing you like about blogging?

MRS M :>)

ALL ABOUT THE 'UN' FAMILY

Today we were learning about the
un family.

I will list the un words here:


sun
fun
bun
run
gun
nun
begun

Last week we were learning the ai family.
by Courtney

1M, can you think of any other 'un' family words to add to Courtney's list?
You can leave them in a comment and then we'll add them to the post.
Mrs M :>)

COOL NEW VIDEO

1M, check out this EKKA video I made using ANIMOTO. We will have fun using this software...it's really easy! Mrs M

EKKA REMIX

Here's a remix...all with the click of a button. ANIMOTO does it all for you! Which version do you prefer? Mrs M :>)

LEARNING TO BLOG...BLOGGING TO LEARN

A video that shows just a snippet of our blogging journey.

WE ARE PODCASTING!!

SUCCESS 1M!
Our very first podcast
has been published!



Click on the podcast icon to go
to our podcast site and listen
to our podcast about our
P-2 sports day!

I know you will all be very excited.
I certainly am!
Mrs M :>)

FIREWORKS AT THE EKKA

I went to the Ekka I woch the fire works. Thae ar so bootafol.
I like the fireworks.
I saw cawsz.

by Daniel

MY SHOW BAGS

My mum went to the ekka.

She got me a show bag.

in my bag was a red polkadot bag.

by Kimiko.

WEN I WNT TO THE EKKA

Wen we went to the Ekka we sow the cows

and i wet on the rids and the caterpillar rollercoasta and

i sow a thing. It wos a house.

by Max

JARVIS' EKKA

I went to the Ekka and I got a army show bag.

I went to the Ekka and I sow the bucking bulls bucking.

by Jarvis

P-2 SPORTS DAY

Today it was the prep-2 sports day.
We had to get into our House colour. Our House colours are RED, YELLOW and BLUE.


First we marched around the oval. Lots of parents were there watching us.

Then we played ball games. It was fun. We played under and over


and captain ball.

We had to remember to not do lollipop throws.

Next we had our races. Girls went first and then the boys.

Then we had funny races.

After that we did high jump but it wasn't very high. It was easy.

Then we did long jump. We had to land with two feet.

Last of all we had relays.

Even the parents had a relay.

Everyone had a good time.

by Courtney

EKKA BUZZ

It's SHOW WEEK and our classroom was 'abuzz' today with EKKA excitement.

We all wanted to blog about our EKKA experiences but our typing was slow, so some of our 6J buddies came to the rescue.
Some of us went up to 6J and some girls from 6J came to our classroom.We got 18 posts done.
THANKYOU 6J and MRS J!!!!!!

Mrs M worked with some of us on an 'EKKA' podcast.

We hope to have that finished on Friday.

You can read all our EKKA posts below.

We will have more on Friday.

And if you are going to the EKKA...

HAVE FUN!!!! Then leave a comment and tell us ALL about it!

BROOKE'S EKKA

I went to the EKKA last year. It ws fn.I sr a show. It woz a fashn show. I got r show bag. It woz a sadl klb. It woz rele cool.

By Brooke

MATTHEW AT THE EKKA

I like de Ekka becoz it is a lot of fun en I like de jumping casl.


by Matthew

MY EKKA STORY

I have never bean too the Ekka.I wot even go next yeer be kos I well be on my trip around Australia and if i did go to the ekka i wod wont to see the moterbics.
by Bryce

THE EKKA in COMPOUND WORDS

This morning we were looking at some Ekka word's. Some of the word's were compound word's.
I will list them here:
fireworks
Showbags
Sideshow Alley
showring
motorbikes
rollercoasters
Strawberry icecream's
sheepdog trials
Woodchop

By:Courtney

The Ekka....Ben

Last week I went on a faressweel it was fun it went high up. I put the ball in the clowns mouth I won a teddy bear. I saw the fire work show there was lots of coulour.

by BEN

THE EKKA BY EMILY

What I really want is a Show Bag but I did not get one.I wanted to go to the Ekka but I can't.Because I did not get to go I am going to the farm.I will have fun at the farm and I am taking my Cat to the Farm.

By Emily

MY EKKA STORY

I'm not going to the Ekka this yeir but last yeir i did go. I lictt the chair lift and i was good at the clown game and i got a big soft lion.
By Patrick

THE EKKA... Riley

I hav neva been to the Ekka. If I go to the Ekka I will biy fairy floss. If I go to the Ekka I will buy a prize.

by Riley

EKKA WISHES

I wont too go to the EKKA. When I go to the EKKA I wont to woch fiawerks and go on the ferisweel, and have a big choclet iscrem with a strawberry on top. I am going to the EKKA next year.

By Billee-Jane

THE EKKA

I have never been to the Ekka because people go there with germs my mum said.And I do not want to have some of those germs.But if I did go to the Ekka I would like to buy fairy floss.

BY:NAOMI

At the EKKA

I went to the EKKA last year. I went on the rollercoaster and I liked it. I got a Bratz showbag but I have forgotten what it had in it. My mummy also bought me an icecream. I went on the ferriswheel. I looked at cows. I liked them. I had a lot of fun at the EKKA.

LAURA'S EKKA

I went to the Ekka last yer .I like the roller coaster and I like the show bag.My favret food was the fairy floss.I went on the Ferris wheel and I watcht the fire works .They weer pretty and I had sum yummy Ice cream. It had a strawberry on top.
by Laura

SOPHIA'S EKKA

I'm not gowing too the Ekka but last year I went.

It was fun and I saw chikins. Ooe it was so noyzee.

But I didnt mind it I saw a daymshin they aer so coot.


by Sophia

The EKKA ...FLYNN

I want to the Ekka. I saw fireworks. I went to the wood chop. my dad did the bang thing. Dad got 99. I got a showbag .it was a original idiot bag. I like the Queensland show. I saw Jarvis at the fireworks. I went to the circus. The clowns did funny triks. I put clown balls in the math. I got a prizes it was a dragon. I saw a cow it had a baby.

by Flynn