Merry Christmas from the Juniors

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Mrs Corbett and Baby William

It was great to see Mrs Corbett again. She introduced us to baby William - he is gorgeous and he didn't even cry! Thank you for coming to see us Mrs Corbett.

Learning in Action

As part of our ending to our inquiry on - "how has life changed over time?' we have made a time capsule. Each of us have put in some items in a sealed plastic bag and we will open the time capsule when we are in Year 5/6. It will be interesting to see what changes over this time!

Celebration of Learning Term 4

After visiting some of the classes in our school we came back and shared our new discoveries.
Ned Kelly had no armour on his arms and legs and he got shot in these places. (Natasha and Tessa)
Ned Kelly killed 3 people. (Josen)
Ned Kelly helped the poor. (Jasmine)
Ned Kelly went to jail. (Adol)
There is another Batman - John Batman. (Chloe)
John Batman discovered Melbourne. (Connor)
Aboriginals were the first people to discover Melbourne. (Lachlan)
Ned Kelly had armour around his head to protect himself. (Ava)
The Middles have been learning about Victorian history. (Jack)
The Preps found out about community helpers. (Ruby)
I discovered that the Preps went on a walk around the local community. (Jasmine)
I found out that Ned Kelly had a gun. (Peter)
Ned Kelly grabbed his mum and ran away. (Josen)
Teachers were very strict. (Ruby)
People found gold near Ballarat. (Ben)
Celebration of Learning Term 4 on PhotoPeach

Our Historical Dress Up Day

We were able to come to school dressed in olden day clothes. Some of us were maids, sports stars, little boys and girls and rich people. We had great fun sharing our costume ideas. Our Historical Day on PhotoPeach

Olden Day Dolls

In the olden days, children often made their own toys. On Friday we created our own dolls. As we selected material for clothes and pasted on wool for hair, the dolls quickly became our new little toys. Olden Day Dolls on PhotoPeach

Grandparents' Morning

Our grandparents visit on PhotoPeach

Our Grandparent Interviews

As part of our Inquiry where we are discovering what life was like long ago we have interviewed our grandparents or an elderly family friend. Here are a couple of our interviews.

Jasmine hunter school life – a long time ago [autosaved]

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Grandad's school

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Speed Stacking

Junior D Speed Stacking on PhotoPeach

Learning From Veronica

Today the Junior classes had the opportunity to learn about life in the olden days from one of our grandparents. We discovered some new things ~

• school went from Prep to Grade 8
• children used to walk a long way to get to school
• children played jacks, skippy and hopscotch
• footballs were made out of newspaper to play with
• families had an outside toilet that was emptied by a nightman
• a milkman and iceman used to make deliveries to the houses
• there was no fridge so food was stored in an ice chest

Veronica is sharing her experiences with us.

Footballs were made out of newspaper.

Children used to play 'Pick Up Sticks'.



Each grade had one reader for the year.



Girls sometimes had one special doll.



Children played 'knuckles'.



Using Fractions

Our Picnic on PhotoPeach

From Degas to Smart!

We have had interesting discussions about art this past week - from the beautiful impressionist sculptures of Edgar Degas to the amazing urban paintings of Jeffrey Smart.  We hope you enjoy our creations.

Another Go At Sewing!

This digital collage personalized with Smilebox

Olden Day Skills

Sharing Skills on PhotoPeach

Games In The Olden Days

What Games Did They Play In The Olden Days? on PhotoPeach

Bark Art

On Friday we explored 'Bark Art'.  We collected various types of bark and leaves from around our school.  We discussed and looked at famous Australian landscapes such as paintings by Hans Heysen, Albert Namatjira and 'The Pioneer' by Frederick McCubbin.  We then created our own bark art landscapes.