Today is a fantastic day for surfing. The waves are huge! There are lots of people out on their surfboards and long boards. We went for another long walk and guess what, that Bush Turkey was still shifting leaves. He must be very tired by now!

Don't you love the weather?

Big waves crashing on the rocks.

Here is a short movie of the great waves that were on the Gold Coast this morning.

Untitled from Leanne Kolenberg on Vimeo.

Watch this video to see why we called him “busy”.

Untitled from Leanne Kolenberg on Vimeo.

This very busy creature is called a Bush Turkey. The bird in the movie is the male and he is collecting leaves and sticks for the females nest. He scrapes and scrapes all day long so that the leaves are in a huge pile. When the females lays her eggs they are kept warm from the leaf litter. He moves such a lot of stuff in one day. I am sure he must sleep well every night!

Have you seen any interesting things on your holidays? Please tell me what you have been doing.

I am standing in 2 different states at the same time.

I am at the b_ _ _ _ _ _ of Queensland and New South Wales.

Did you know Captain Cook sailed passed here? Lots of whales are passing here now too.

Queensland/New South Wales border

Hi there, I am in sunny Queensland on the Gold Coast. The weather has been beautiful with lots of sunshine. Can you believe that people are wearing shorts and t-shirts? When we left Adelaide it was about 12 degrees and yesterday it was 21 up here. Maybe that’s why it’s called the Gold Coast. Lots of golden sand, golden sunshine and golden weather. Yesterday we saw some whales frolicking in the ocean. There were lots of surfers catching waves on their surfboards. I’ve been doing lots of shopping!!!!! These photos show you where I’m staying.

I am staying here.

Sitting by the pool.

Can you see the frog watching the waves?

These look like fun games to play when it’s too cold to go outside during the holidays! You will be learning at the same time.

I thought you might like to practise some of your keyboard skills over the holidays. Dance Mat Typing is a great place to practise. It teaches you where to put your fingers and before you know it you will be able to touch type without looking at your fingers! Have a go at the first level and then see how far you can go.  Mrs.K

Have you had a go? Are you better at typing? Can you type some letters without looking ? (I can’t!)

This week our Show and Tell topic was to bring a game to share. The children had to tell us the rules and organise themselves into groups to play them. Have you played these games? Perhaps during the holidays you could play some board games with your family. What is your favourite game? Why do you like it?

A digital scrapbooking design by Smilebox

Room 4, you should be very proud of yourselves. What a magnificent job you did with the Aladdin performances! Your costumes were wonderful! Here is a slideshow of your costumes so that you can remember how fantastic you looked. Please let me know what you thought of performing in front of such big audiences.

This picture slideshow personalized with Smilebox

In German lessons the children have been talking about the weather and using the vocabulary. They made a book using all kinds of weather words (in German of course!). We wanted to show it to you. Each child illustrated their own page. What is the weather like where you are living?

How is the Weather?