Sunday, March 25, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Australia Glossary

We've been learning about Australia for a while now and have developed our own Australia glossary. We've got email buddies at Rochedale State School and we hope you are reading this! Please have a look and add a comment. Leave your name as part of your comment please.
Glossary
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Telling the time

How to learn to use an analogue clock to tell the time: top tips
  • wear a watch which is analogue and tell the time
  • ask your parents to ask you questions about the time during the day
  • set your analogue alarm clock and use it to help you get up
  • use this link to help learn to tell the time to the nearest 30 minutes
  • use this link to help learn to tell the time to the nearest 15 minutes
  • use this link to help learn to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes 
  • use this link to help learn to tell the time to the nearest 1 minute 
When you've mastered telling the time, work out differences between times.  Try this site for some practice.

Want a real challenge?  Try this NRICH problem.

Home Learning - Set on Thursday 14th March, 2012

This week we have been continuing to read Leon and the Place Between.

We've been learning how to use expanded noun phrases and adjectives to write descriptively. we've also been learning to write speech.

We will be writing our own version of Leon's journey from the moment he enters the place between.

 This week's home learning is to create a picture of the "Place Between". A copy of one of the pages from the book is shown here.  Please use A3 or A4 to draw, paint, collage, or use different media to create a picture of the world Leon visits.

Please hand in your home learning by 29th March.  Make sure that your artwork is named on the back, but please don't stick into your home learning books.

As you can see from this link, a theatre production of the book is being planned.  I wonder how they will create their imaginary world?

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Imaginary Worlds






We're about to journey into Imaginary Worlds.
Think of some of the stories you have read which are not set in the real world.
Which characters could you find in these worlds?
What kind of places do they live in?
Who are the heroes?
Who are the villains?
What kind of jobs would you need in these worlds for the fairy tales to be possible?

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Emma and Casey's answers

Here are the answers to the quiz from yesterday.

Some of the questions were opinion questions so the answer depends on you for them.

Thanks for the hard work Casey and Emma!

Answers for the questions.


1.      = B
2.      = 13th  ,may, 1787
3.      =  King George III
4.      =   midday
5.      =   1,305
6.      new south wales
7.      =    8 months 1 week
8.      =     port Jackson 
9.      =Sydney
10.     =     48
11.     =     yes
12.     =     1787
13.     =      yes
14.     =      yes
15.     =     C
16.     =     A
17.     =      No
18.     =      267