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Showing posts with label creative ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative ideas. Show all posts

Friday, 27 April 2007

A VOLCANO FOR NEWS???

YES!
Johanna did bring in a VOLCANO for 'TALK TIME'... a VOLCANO
she had made! Her interest in VOLCANOES came from seeing them in
GOOGLE EARTH.
Johanna explained how she made the model of the VOLCANO.
The red alfoil strips represent the lava.
Johanna also showed how some people, who live near a VOLCANO, have to run to safety when the VOLCANO erupts.

If you want to learn more about VOLCANOES, click on Johanna's.

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

WHAT A CLEVER IDEA!


LOOK WHAT JOHANNA HAS EMAILED IN!


MySpace Graphic Codes WHAT A CLEVER AND CREATIVE IDEA, JOHANNA!

FOR MORE IDEAS FOR EASTER CRAFT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR FAMILY, CLICK ON THE 'PAINTING' EGGS!

MySpace Graphic Codes

Monday, 2 April 2007

IT'S 'PIG' DAY!!


Today, at last, was 'PIG' Day!

All Lent, we have been donating money to PROJECT COMPASSION, to help families in Vietnam buy pigs. So that's why we had a 'PIG' Day.

We dressed up in pink or like pigs.


Each class paraded around so we could look at everyone's costumes.

Even the teachers had costumes.

Mrs M was all in pink, with 'pig' ears, and a 'pig' nose.






She even had a 'pig' tail!





Mrs R from CARITAS gave each class a certificate to thank us for all the money we have raised.
The whole school total was $3547.75!








That means 64 pigs and 16 families like Y Re's will get 4 pigs each. Then they can fatten them up, sell them and get money to buy fruit and vegetable seeds.


Flynn won the prize for the 'BEST' pig costume in 1M. He got a 'pig' toy to hang off his school bag.
Callum and Naomi got 'pig' stickers for coming 2nd and 3rd.




Mrs M won a 'pig' mug for having the BEST 'pig' costume by a TEACHER!

We really liked Mrs M's 'pig' nose and we wouldn't let her take it off until after snack!




We think 'PIG' Day was a good idea and we liked being able to help the poor people in a FUN way.

Monday, 26 March 2007

A WINDY DAY FIND


When we went to the oval to play at lunchtime today, we found some small branches, sticks and twigs on the ground.
They had been blown off the trees because it was so windy!
Most children just saw them as STICKS, but not Harry, Courtney, Lachlan and Emily.
They were amazed to see something else hidden in the sticks!

They saw LETTERS!


They found an 'r', a 'j', a 'y' and lots of 'L's'.

Big 'L', little 'l', thin 'l', thick 'l' and flat 'l'.
Add a rock and you have an 'i'.








Next time you're on the oval, at the park, in your garden or out in the bush, take a closer look.
What LETTERS do you see hidden in nature?
You might, like Harry, Courtney, Lachlan and Emily, be SURPRISED with what you find!
Leave a comment and tell us what you found.
Take a picture and email it to 1mgems@gmail.com or bring it in to show.