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.

Persuasive Writing

We are learning about life a long time ago. We have been finding out about the rules that the children had at school. We are glad that we didn't go to school back then!

After looking at the rules we then had to persuade our reader as to why children need rules at school. Here is some of our writing.

Italian Day

Today we celebrated the Italian culture. We had a great day making salt clay busts, bulle pouches and eating pizza and gelati. We were also entertained by actors who put on a very amusing play and we acquired new soccer skills thanks to our professional soccer coaches. Our day ended with a marathon around the school. We all had a sensational time but we were exhausted!

Italian Day on PhotoPeach

The Schwerkolt Cottage

Today we were very lucky to have Barbara from the Whitehorse Historical Society come to speak to us about the history of Schwerkolt Cottage in Mitcham.

Barbara told us that there were 2 cottages built on the site. The first one was made in 1861 and the second one in 1886. The most people living in the cottage at one time as 12 and the cottage only had 3 rooms!

Johann August Schwekolt arrived in Australia in 1849 from Prussia. He built the cottages out of stone from the nearby quarry. When the cottages were built there was only bush around them. The furniture in the house was mainly made by Mr Schwerkolt. The children did not have toys like we have today. They had one doll, one bike and maybe a tin lid and a stick. At night they read the Bible and sang songs for entertainment.

They did not have electricity, running water, fridges, telephones, televisions, cars or washing machines in the olden days. Their transport was horse and cart and they communicated by sending messages with someone on a horse. Inside the cottage the family communicated through a whole in the wall.

Thank you Barbara you told us alot about Pioneer Life in the City of Whitehorse.

That's Entertainment-Mary Poppins

This week we had our entertaining School Production. Our class sang songs and danced steps to these songs from Mary Poppins. We had a great time learning the songs and dances over many weeks. Our mums were a wonderful help when it came to getting costumes and making props. Thanks mum!

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