Mini BB Fair

Yesterday was the Mini BB Fair (Mini Books and Baking Fair). It was run by the school council to raise money for a mural on the power box outside the office. The baking was sold for 50c and the books were around $1. The baking was very delicious and the books were very good! My favorite part was eating yummy baking and browsing for books to buy. I wish we could have another Mini BB Fair!  

Abraham and Sarah

Today In Religious Education we listened to the story of Abraham and Sarah. Half of us performed a quick dramatization of the story. I was Abraham and Sarah's miracle son Issac. This is a photo from the end of the play where I am being held and all the characters are surrounding me. This was a lot of fun to do!!

Subtraction Vocabulary

A little while ago we all paired up to make posters on maths vocabulary. We did our poster on subtraction and we put in 3 funny word problems for room 8 to solve. It was a lot of fun and both room 8 and room 5 learnt something.  

Smile

Today in reading we drew pictures of characters from the book we were reading. I am reading "Smile" by Raina Telgemeier, so I drew Raina. Around her I wrote some of her main personalty traits like Fun and Friendly. I look forward to finishing this book. 

Meerkats

Meerkats. Probably one of the cutest mammals on the planet. But I think

we all ought to know a little more about these small, brown cuties so read along… 

Meerkats are not in anyway fussy with their diet. They are Omnivores (They eat plants and meat ). They enjoy meals made up of insects, small rodents, fruit, birds, eggs and poisonous scorpions. Sounds like my kind of diet!!

Meerkats habitats are dry, open areas. They even inhibit all of Kalahari desert in Botswana and South Africa. They also enjoy stowing themselves away in an underground burrows. 

Meerkats have around 3-4 babies in a litter after being pregnant for 11 weeks. When Meerkats are in captivity ( somewhere like the zoo ) they live for 12-14 years but out in the the wild they live up to around 10 years.

Lucky for us and the meerkat gangs we can still find many meerkats out there as they are NOT endangered!!! Although we are counting on the eagles to not populate as they are predators. So next time you spot a meerkat think how lucky they are.

Unfortunately for us that is all for today. I hope you learnt as much as I did about these cool and cute creatures. Now you can go and tell your friends and family these cool and fabulous facts.

Grandparents Day

Today was Grandparents day! My Mum's, Mum and Dad came. In the morning we went to mass, then we enjoyed a lovely bake sale. In the afternoon we watched some performances done by the juniors, the ukulele group and the choir. My favorite part was the bake sale and performances because we could enjoy time with our grandparents and watch some fun performances. I can't wait for Grandparents Day next year!

Science Experiment

On Tuesday we did a fun science experiment where we saw weather wet or dry paper towels absorbed dye better. We left the paper towels over lunch and when we got back we discovered that the dry paper towels absorbed the dye really well. They looked so cool that people wanted to take them home. I learned a lot doing this experiment and it was worth it!!!

   

Gymnastics

Today a few students from Year 4 to 6 went to the Eden/Albert Gymnastics zones. Although the year 4, 5 and 6 girls did not win anything the year 5 boys came 1st in team and got a 4th and 1st in individual. The girls did three apparatus Beam, Floor and Vault and the boys did Bar, Floor and Vault. We all enjoyed the experience and had a ball performing the routines we had practiced for a while.   

The feast of St Mary Mackillop Dot Art

Today we did some fun activities because it was the feast of St Mary Mackillop. St Mary Mackillop is a well known Australian Saint whose sisters created our school. Here is a photo of me with my dot art as well the whole class with their art. I liked dot art because it was so peaceful. It was a fun day!!

My Speech

On Tuesday I said my speech to the class. I was the second person to say my speech. I was not one bit nervous, I was very excited!! When I was going up to say my speech I told myself to not forget a thing, use expression and make eye  contact. I felt like I did just that! Now I need to sit back, relax and wait to see if I'm in the semi finals!!!

Helping Hands

Last week for Religious Education we created Helping Hands showing who can help with your wellbeing. Some examples of people who can help: Pets, Mum and Dad, Professionals, Doctors and God/Priests.