Hello from Penang

Hi Prep D. I hope that you all had a great last day at school. I am having heaps of fun in Penang. We are swimming, shopping, eating, reading and sightseeing. Enjoy the rest of your holidays. Mrs David

Italian Day 2012

We had the best day today! We celebrated everything Italian! Our day started with making bread which was warm and yummy. Then we went to a very funny Italian play and Mrs Gridley had to marry one of the actors - Congratulations Mrs Gridley! After the play we had some soccer coaching and ran a marathon. We were very tired by the end of the day but pizza and gelati helped us keep going. Thank you to everyone that helped make this day so amazing! We can't wiat until next year. Italian Day 2012 on PhotoPeach

Subtraction Puppets

In Maths today we made our own stick puppets and created number stories using them. This was a fun way to explore the concept of subtraction! Take -Away Puppets on PhotoPeach

Recycling Plastic

Today we were fortunate to have Mary from the 'RED' group come to speak to us about how we can recycle plastic to make something new and useful. She told us that plastic is something you can make a shape or mould out of and that there are different types of plastic. She spoke to us about 'rigid' and 'flexible' plastic. We discovered some amazing facts - 1. It takes 660 years for one plastic bag to breakdown in landfill! 2. Every minute 7,150 plastic bags go to landfill! Part of our action for our Term 4 inquiry is to collect flexible bags that can be taken away and made in to something useful for our school. We want to collect 250kg of 'flexible' plastic so we need your help. There are 250 plastic bags in one kilogram so begin collecting! Thank you Mary for supporting our action.

Learning More About Puppetpals

We are continuing to have fun exploring the 'puppetpals' app during reading activities. This week we have discovered how to change the backgrounds for a play.
We hope that you enjoy this show.

Hosting Prayer

This morning we hosted prayer at our school assembly. We sang 'In the Beginning' by Andrew Chin because we have been exploring creation in our Religious Education classes. Thank you to Mrs Klein for organising our cool costumes! Please remember to care for our environment and all God's creatures.

More Subtraction Stories

We used the 'showme' app to record more subtraction stories today. Here are some of them.

Having fun with Puppetpals

This is our first go at using 'puppetpals'. We had heaps of fun so we hope you enjoy our little movie. We are using this app to improve our conversation skills.

Letterland Day

We had a fabulous day today dressing up as our favourite Letterland characters. We had a parade in front of our classes and parents and played heaps of Letterland games. After lunch we had lolly snakes and watched a movie about the adventures of characters in Letterland.

Collaborative Scarecrows

Today we worked with our Sustainability Captains to create scarecrows for our vegetable patches. We had to work with different people to find out how to put our scarecrows together. We had heaps of fun and we loved playing in the dirt! We think that our scarecrows are pretty cool! Creating Our Scarecrow on PhotoPeach

Subtraction Stories

Today we made subtraction stories starting with 10 unifix cubes. Here are some of our stories.

God's Creations at School

We walked around our school and saw some of God's wonderful creations. Some of us had to decide which things were made by God and which things were made by people.
What is your favourite creation?

Doubles Bingo

In class this week we have been exploring the concept of 'doubles'. We had a lot of fun playing 'Doubles Bingo' and  now we are fabulous at working out doubles!

Footy Day

We had so much fun on Footy Day! First, all the dads came to school for breakfast to celebrate Father's Day. Then, the Sports Captains taught us footy skills such as how to kick, mark and handball. Collingwood and Essendon are the most popular footy teams in Prep D.