'AROUND THE WORLD DAY' CELEBRATIONS!

We had 'Round the World' Day to celebrate the many cultures we have in our school. It was awesome! We got to work with our buddies and experience a range of traditional activities from different countries. Isha and Ella performed an Indian dance for the whole school. You were amazing girls!!! Your costumes were amazing! Check out the video below of these wonderful girls performing!

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VICTORIOUS VIOLINISTS!

WOW! we had the wonderful opportunity to attend a 'Violin Concert' this morning. Eva and Isha from our class have been learning Violin with Tania. All of Tania's students performed for us and they were awesome!! I couldn't believe how clever they have become in such a short time! Check out our video clips to see our stars in action!
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MY LITTLE ROCK STARS!

MOVE OVER 'ONE DIRECTION'! This group of talented young ladies have put together their very own band. They are called 'The Powerful Streaks' They have been practicing nearly every lunchtime for a while now and asked me if I could film them. They even organised their own costumes! CHECK THEM OUT! THEY ROCK!

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DELIGHTFUL DIGESTION

Have you ever wondered what happens to your sandwich when you have eaten it?
Food is fuel that our busy bodies need...... How does our body get the nutrients out?
Where does the food go?

If we had a magic school bus we might've been able to go on a journey into someones mouth and follow that food! but... instead, Deb gave us a bit of an idea by showing us with a blender!
It was a bit gross!
We learnt about the Digestive System!

With Mum and Dad's help, you could try this at home! Here is what we did.......

Firstly, you need, a kitchen blender, plastic gloves, some food, liquid and a stocking.

Yum! Yum! time to eat!  Sophie gobbles up a homey sandwich

We used a blender to illustrate what happens to the food when it is in your mouth. We put in a sandwich,  a kiwi fruit and pretended to have a drink of water. We tipped in some water.
Then we turned it on!  The blades are like our teeth, chopping up the food into smaller pieces. The food then mixes with our saliva to make the food softer and easier for us to swallow.

ooooooh! Did we really eat that?  YUCK!!  Down... down... down it goes into our Ospohagus (food tube)
This takes it down into our stomach where acid works on our food to break it down.

This next part was a bit of a messy job!
We showed the food going from the stomach into the small intestine (stockings)
The small intestines squeeze our food. The good nutrients from our food disappear out through small hair like Villi out into our bloodstream. This is how our body is fueled for energy!

From the small intestine, anything our body doesn't need to use, goes into the large intestine.
This is where our poo comes from! OUT IT COMES! Toilet anyone?

WOW! this was fun!

Play Theatre- Drama Kings & Queens

We have been learning to develop our confidence and use of expression by performing to an audience. Two reading groups worked cooperatively together to perform a play. We learned how to ... * Show 'Audience awareness' * Use our voice in an interesting way * Use volume * Come in at the right time CHECK IT OUT! We did an awesome job! This is the 'Fun Frogs and Ladybugs reading groups performing 'CHICKEN LITTLE' We hope you enjoy it.

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