Welcome to wonderful Wednesday!
Congratulations Dylan on 125 nights of reading. We are so proud of your reading efforts and perseverance!
Library
Today we got to vote for our favourite early picture book form the CBCA’s six shortlisted titles. The votes of children all across Australia will be submitted by librarians and totalled to see which book will win the CBCA Early Picture Book of the Year 2020!
Our choices were:
When Turtle races into the lift of Building 24, there is a nod and a blink and a step to the side. A grunt and a sigh and a lean to the right. But what happens when the lift stops moving? Crocodile has a meeting to get to. And Giraffe has a doctor’s appointment. And Turtle really, really needs to get to the shop.
A heartwarming story of letting go and starting anew, of moving from the country to the city, with a unique illustration style that allows room and space for the reader’s imagination.
This delightful picture book is about a friendship between an exuberant but loveable dachshund and his more retiring, tidy housemate.
Meek the possum and her sisters three are happy living in the sprawling paperbark tree – until the day Squabbles the bat moves in. A story about sharing and making friends. Meek lives with her three sisters, a gaggle of birds, lizards and other creatures next to a tumbledown terrace house. Everyone shares the space, and life is pretty sweet until the day a rude and messy fruit bat named Squabbles moves in – and demands everyone else move OUT. Will Meek be able to get rid of Squabbles, or is there a way for everyone to get along?
‘Can I please, please, please have a dog?’ asked Billy. ‘Would you walk it every day and wash it if it got dirty?’ ‘I would, I promise!’ said Billy. Billy wants a dog. He really really really wants one. Billy’s parents aren’t so sure. So one morning, Billy takes matters into his own paws.
One pet rabbit. One dark night. One hungry fox. A wonderfully entertaining picture book about a clever pet rabbit on the run.
Our favourites …
Here are the children with the book they liked the best:
Play Investigations
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- Harjas is creating a line of dominoes to then knock over in one go
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- Ambrose is busy doing this too
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- Ayan is making number patterns
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- Can you spot the pattern?
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- This was the largest number in Ayan’s pattern
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- Number cards
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- Lowell and Braiden are solving puzzles
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- Reflecting
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- Yasha is making with the lego
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- Aleer found a bug
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- Can you spot the bug?
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- Kyle
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- Enjoying some outdoor play
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- Williams is always happy on the trikes
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- Armin’s art
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- Armin
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- Armin
Science
Today we observed the growth which has occurred on our grass heads since last Wednesday. It is now two weeks since we created our funny characters and my goodness how they have changed!
The children recorded their observations in a final week 3 diagram, completing a statement about why they thought the grass seeds had grown. We also considered observable differences between grass heads, asking questions like: why do some grass heads have much longer hair than others?
Abel explained his thoughts on why his Granny Grasshead did not have very much hair. ‘I don’t think it had enough water. The roots grew so they could drink the water. Seeds need water to grow the grass.’
Outdoor Fitness
This afternoon Mr Slater helped us out and he ventured outdoors with us for fitness.
Tomorrow is our annual Moon Lantern celebration. Students may wear traditional clothing or red/orange clothing to celebrate the day.
