We are a class of Prep students, sharing all that's happening in our classroom. This blog was started by the first group of Gems, a Year One class back in 2007. We, the 2012 Gems are proud to continue on the conversation. You can read, watch and listen as we share our learning journey - a journey where we 'learn to blog' and 'blog to learn'. Please visit regularly to see what's new and join in the conversation - we'd love for you to be part of our learning.

Monday, 13 August 2007

TIERNEY'S EKKA



I went to the Ekka last yierr.



I liktt the roolakoosdr.


I liktt the fashinshow and I liktt the

isgrem.

It had a storberee on top.
by Tierney

CALLUM'S EKKA

Tonight I am going to the Ekka and I am seeing the woodchop. My friends are coming with me to the Ekka and thier names are Jacob,and,Jack,and,my, brother and Flynn, and Courtney.






I am going to see the fireworks. and the haunted house.
I am getting a show bag and I am getting Scooby Doo.
I am going on the bumpa cars and I am doing to crash onto my
brother. and I am going to the motorbikes.

by Callum

Friday, 10 August 2007

GROUPS WE BELONG TO

This week we have been investigating groups that we belong to.
We found out that we belong to lots of groups.

Some of us are in ballay.

Some of us play baseball.


Some of us are in a boat club.


Some of us are in a soccer teem.



Some of us are in a pony club.



Some of us are in art classes.


We are all in a class group.

We are all in a school group.

We all have friends.




We are all in a Church group.


We are all in a family.



and we are all in God's family.
We can tell the groups we belong to by the name or by the uniform or by what we do.
HOW CAN WE TELL THAT WE BELONG TO GOD'S FAMILY?
Leave a comment to tell us how you think we can identify people as belonging to God's family. Also tell us about the groups you belong to.
by Courtney and Naomi for 1M

Thursday, 9 August 2007

TYPING MAT FUN


Today we used the typing mats to type our werd wall werds. We were practising spelling our werds for this week and lerning where the letters are on the keyboard so we can type quicker.










It was hard to get the right fingers on the right key but it was fun and soon it will be ezee.
We used the spellcheck on this post but we don't think all the werds are right.
BY Courtney and Laura
(Remember you can also practise your typing by going
to Dance Mat Typing under Links on the sidebar or by clicking here...Mrs M)

Tuesday, 7 August 2007

OUR LATEST ADDITION


We have a new feature on our blog, underneath the clock.

It's a POLL!


We want to know what the most popular choices are ...
what you are doing and what you think.
Keep coming back, because we will change the question regularly.
SO....

The 1M GEMS

MASS TIME

At the mass on Friday we saw Fr Des doing the mass.
The priest wears a stole around his neck. Fr Des
wore a green one.

By Johanna

CALLUM'S WRITING TIPS #1




When you are writing
and you need to know how to spell a word, think where the word could be around the room.
Today I needed the word 'cake' and I remembered that it was on the blog.
So don't forget to look at the blog when you need a word...it might be there!

'AI' WORDS


This week we are learning about two vowels going walking and how the first one does all the talking.


So first up we are looking at 'ai' words...'ai' says the name of the letter 'a'.


We went looking for 'ai' words.

Here are some words we found.
brain
train
grain
rain

pain


again
main
plain
nails
snail



jail
mail
email





Can you find some more 'ai' words?
Send them in a comment then we can post them on the blog.

If you click on the 'ai' picture, you can sing a song about two vowels going walking.
Mrs M says it's a 'coool' song.


by Harry, Emily, Daniel, Talia and Jarvis

Monday, 6 August 2007

OUR LATEST LEARNING

Today we learnt how to use the spellcheck when we are doing a post.
It is on the toolbar and it looks like a tick with ABC on it
We clicked on it and it locates the words that are the wrong spelling.

They come up yellow. We clicked on the yellow words and they came up with a list of the words it could be. We hope we chose the right spelling.

by Courtney and Johanna

JACOB'S PARTY

I went to Jacobs golf party.
We played golf.

I had a piece of cake. I ate the cake.
It was so yum
.

by Daniel

SJV DAY


Last week Mrs M was sick. She was sick for four days.

She mist out on cake for SJV Day.


We went to the Church for a mass and Fr Des was there.

We went to the oval to celebrate and have the SJV Day cake.




The icing was blue and white because our school colours are blue and white. It was yummy.




BY COURTNEY and JOHANNA.

Monday, 30 July 2007

ANDREW CHIN'S VISIT


Larst week Andrew Chin came to our school to teech us some songs.


Andrew is a very nice man. He targht us songs and how to dance to them .

He coold me up and we sang and danced. I looked like his doortr.

I liked his Rainbo song.




by Naomi

THE NED SHOW.




Last week the Ned show was on.
The Ned show is about Ned.
Ned meens Never give up
and Encourage others and
Do your best. I like
the persin that performd.
His name was Tim.
He showd me some triks
on lots ov yo-yos. I like
Tim. Hes funny. Hes a good man.

by Courtney



GOOD NEWS



Good news... we're back blogging!!!

Mrs M's back is getting better

but we are so clever that we, the

SPARKLING GEMS can now post all by ourselves!

Look out for our posts and don't forget to leave comments!

by Johanna and Courtney

Wednesday, 2 May 2007

LACHLAN'S 3D FINDS!

Lachlan went looking for RECTANGULAR PRISMS at home and this is what he found:
the COFFEE TABLE is shaped like a RECTANGULAR PRISM


and so is his Dad's WORK BAG.

A DVD CASE is a RECTANGULAR PRISM
and so is the TV UNIT.

WELL DONE, LACHLAN!
WHAT IS SHAPED LIKE A RECTANGULAR PRISM AT YOUR PLACE?
SHOW US WHAT YOU FOUND. TAKE A PHOTO AND EMAIL IT TO 1mgems@gmail.com

Tuesday, 1 May 2007

ALISTAIR'S 3D FIND!



Alistair EMAILED in this picture of a cushion.
It is shaped like a RECTANGULAR PRISM.
This cushion is also shaped like another 3D shape we explored today.
Can you name that shape? Leave your answer in a comment!
(CLUE: it's the same shape as Lachlan's pencil container)

WELL DONE, ALISTAIR!!

DON'T FORGET, YOU TOO CAN DO JUST AS ALISTAIR HAS.

TAKE OUT THE CAMERA AND SNAP PHOTOS OF OBJECTS SHAPED LIKE

RECTANGULAR PRISMS AND EMAIL THEM TO 1mgems@gmail.com

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEXT FIND!

MRS M :>)

FLYNN'S SUPER NEWS!


Flynn had some 'SUPER' news this week-
his very own 'SUPERMAN'!


Flynn made it out of coloured cardboard, stuffed it with newspaper, then to finish it off, glued on some symbols he had drawn.


What a 'SUPER' effort!
We think Flynn is very CLEVER and CREATIVE!
WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR 'TALK TIME' THIS WEEK?
LEAVE A COMMENT WITH SOME CLUES TO YOUR 'SUPER' NEWS!