Today we built a pretend campfire in the middle of our classroom and baked some delicious pretend damper on it!
We talked about ways to be safe around fire, like always having an adult to help, wearing heatproof gloves to pick things up, not getting too close to the flames, and making sure the ground around the fire is clear.
While the coals were getting ‘hot’ we made our damper dough out of only three ingredients… can you remember what they were?
There were six simple steps to cooking our damper. Here they are:
Make a fire
Mix ingredients (flour, milk, salt) to make dough
Put the dough in/near the fire and cover with coals
Wait about 15 minutes
Take damper out of the fire and dust off with a leafy branch
Enjoy damper with jam
After we had enjoyed eating our delicious pretend damper we wrote out a procedure, including the title, picture, ingredients and method.
Maybe next time you go camping you might like to try it for yourself! Yum!
Today in Word Work one of our groups was working on making sentences with their list words. Here’s a sentence that they managed to fit ALL ten of their words into! What a silly sentence
I love my mum because she makes money for going on holidays – Jake
I love my mum because she had a baby and I love him too – Kayla
I love my mum because she does my homework with me – Henry
I love my mum because she always buys me toys – Juni
I love my mum because she gives me kisses – Connor
I love my mum because she lets me go swimming with her – Mahali
I love my mum because she bakes pancakes, they’re super good – Paige
I love Rosa because she teaches me how to swim – Paige
I love my mum because she hugs me – Mia
I love my mum because she gives me lots of kisses – Max
I love my mum because she makes pancakes for me – Ben
I love my mum because she’s kind – Amity
I love my mum because nearly every day she gives me chocolate and lollies – Jayden
I love my mum because she’s nice – Isabella
I love my mum because she gives me hugs – Finlay
I love my mum because in the school holidays sometimes she falls asleep on the couch when we’re watching a movie and we get to watch the whole thing – Nic
I love my mum because she took me to Aladdin on stage – Abi
I love my mum because she’s so awesome – Haidyn
I love my mum because she gives me hugs – Jessica
I love my mum because she is caring, relaxed and loving – Mrs Fern
We had a very special guest in our class yesterday, and what a great way to start the day! Mia’s dad came along with his guitar and a whole bunch of musical talent to share with us. We joined in singing and dancing to songs like the Hokey Pokey, Bee Bop, We Are Australian, I’ve Got a Car That’s Made of Tin, and more! It was so much fun and we enjoyed seeing some really creative dance moves!
Which song was your favourite?
*NOTE: if any other parents/families have any skills or interests they’d like to share with our class please let Mrs Fern know!
Today with our buddies from Mrs K’s class we went on a nature scavenger hunt! We were looking for things like ‘something with a pattern on it’, ‘a bumpy rock’, ‘an insect’, ‘a giant piece of bark’, and much more.
What other things did you find on your adventure?…
Click the link below to get a copy of the scavenger hunt we used, and you might like to do it in your own backyard!
CLUE: It could help you with next fortnight’s sharing topic too…
We celebrated Harmony Day on Monday and you can check out the orange bunting hanging in our classroom, which shows why we love how diverse Australia is.
Wednesday was our first R/1 assembly with some lovely songs shared from all the classes.
Today the SRC representatives received their badges at an assembly and the massive Easter raffle was drawn! Congratulations to those taking home some very exciting chocolate hampers!
In between all these assemblies we’ve also had house meetings in preparation for Sports Day. You can check out the health hustle on the student blog and practise it like we have been doing in our classroom!
And of course we have been doing lots of learning this week… counting to 100 by 2s, 5s and 10s, thinking of words with ‘ng‘ in them (can you spot any in this post?), observing temperatures and the weather, exploring our own family histories through spoken/oral stories, and getting prepared for our student-led 3 way conferences next week!
We hope everyone has a fantastic and safe Easter weekend
Today we had a maths picnic out on the deck! There were six different activities that help us learn how to recognise, model, read, write and order numbers between 1-100. Working in teams meant that we could learn from each other when we came across something tricky!