This term we met the Donvale students. It was for lead yourself into the future day. We all got into a colour group. I was in the lime group. We did activities such as newspaper tower and a cup tower but you couldn’t touch the cups with your hand you could only use the rubber band and string . We also did a planking challenge and my group won it. At the end of it we all got icy poles. After each activity we wrote in our leadership journals. After we had to do a challenge where we got in a big circle and we leaned back and sat on the other persons lap. I think we met someone new.
Favourite Book chat this year
My favourite book chat I have read this year has been Saving Winslow. It is by Sharon Creech
I liked this book because it was suspenseful and funny.
It is about a boy named Louie whose father would often bring home dead or dying animals from his uncle Pete’s farm. Louie didn’t have much luck saving them even though he tried. But one day Louie’s father brings home a sick baby donkey who he named Winslow. Louis was determined to save him. He wanted the challenge to take care of the donkey and convinced his parents to let him try. As Winslow grew up he became very noisy with his braying. A mean neighbour named Mrs Tooley complained to Council and they tried to take him away.
Council came to visit and told Louie’s family they had four months to move him out. One night, not long after, there was a big storm with thunder and lightning. Winslow was braying so loudly that Louie had to go outside to check on him. Louie noticed smoke coming from the Tooleys house. Winslow was braying louder and louder. Louie banged on their door and luckily, thanks to Winslow, Mrs Tooley and her baby escaped to safety.
Soon after that terrible night, Uncle Pete came to check on everyone. He told them that one of his new lambs had been killed by a coyote and the sheep were scared. And then Louie had a great idea. He said ‘you need Winslow’. So Winslow moved back to the farm and became the official sheep protector. And Louie could visit whenever he wanted.
Have you read a book by Sharon Creech, if so which book?
Afl grand final
AFL grand final
Once every year the two best teams in the league play each other in the grand final. There are 18 teams altogether.
It’s usually played on the last Saturday in September. The teams that have won the most premierships are Essendon and Carlton with 16 each. The most recent team to win a premiership is Richmond.
A grand final is normally played at the Melbourne cricket ground. The attendance is around 100,000 people at each grand Final. The grand final has a public holiday the day before the game. This is only a public holiday in Victoria. They have a grand final parade in which two teams travel down Swanston street in cars.
On the day, they have the longest kick. People are chosen who have very long kicks to try and kick the ball over the Yarra River.
At the start of the grand final, we sing the National anthem. And during the grand final at half time they have 100 meter sprints to see who is the fastest person in the AFL. Also at half time they have different bands playing songs. And once the siren goes at the fourth quarter they tip Gatorade over the winning coach. Is my favourite day of the year.
This is what I celebrate
What do you celebrate?
Toonallook
Last week we went on camp it was called Toonallook we were at camp four days
Some of the activities we did were
- Fishing
- Bike riding
- Kayaking
- Police boat visit
- Camping outside
- King ball
My favourite activity was fishing because I caught a hat and a jellyfish. I also liked kayaking with Harry, we did not flip but after we were done I jumped in the water it
was freezing.
The most challenging thing was Camping outside we had to make are tent and we had to inflate are sleeping mats. Then we sat by the camp fire and played games.
We also saw wildlife we saw a kangaroo and a Joey.
Have you been camping before, were do you camp
Avatar
This is my avatar I made of me. I made this with AvatarCreator.
The hair is spikey because I have a mullet. My eyes are blue because i have blue eyes in real life. I am smiling because I am always happy. My background is the water and the sun set because I love surfing and I love sun sets.
Have you made an avatar
Hard road ahead reflection
This term we have been learning about the gold rush. I learnt that life in the 1850s was tough. People were poor and could not afford a gold license. So they came all the way to Ballarat to mine for gold and they couldn’t.
Some of the Businesses in the 1850s were, the Apothecary store , the Eureka hotel, and the New York bakery. The Apothecary store sold medicine. The Eureka hotel was a hotel which was a big part of the Eureka stockade.
The Eureka stockade was a the whole reason this is famous. 27 people died at the stockade. 24 diggers and 2 troopers and 1 women die. This whole thing started because They burnt down the Eureka hotel then their burnt there licenses.
Some of the important dates are 1770 when Australia was discovered by captain cook, 1788 The first fleet arrived at Port Jackson, 1851 Gold was discovered in Ballarat, 1854 The Eureka stockade.
When we went to sovereign Hill for a camp. We learnt a new language it was Irish garlic and we learnt how to write really neat. I didn’t like writing neat because it was really difficult to write.
After we went to camp we researched and we found buildings to make. I built the apothecary store. The apothecary store is a place that sells medicine, then I made the Eureka hotel, the Eureka hotel is a place that burnt down and basically started the Eureka stockade.
Some of the PLAs I used was resilience because when I was sick my partner cut out design I didn’t like and then we just have to roll with it because we didn’t have any more boxes. I also used Curiosity because I have never built a diorama before and it was a new experience for me and I enjoyed it.
Some of the challenges I face were thinking of ideas to put in the building and making the buildings I overcome those by asking my partner what to do and seeing if you had any good ideas.
A highlight of the Hard Road ahead unit would probably have to be making the diorama and going to camp and also having the opportunity to learn about stuff I haven’t learnt about before. We learnt about the gold rush. Before the unit I didn’t even know what a gold rush was I didn’t even know about the Eureka Stockade.
Some advice I’ll give to others don’t go into it thinking it’s gonna be hard. The Hard Road Ahead Unit was probably been my favourite part of year five so far.
When we made our diorama we also made a newspaper article.
What were the two buildings I made?
My favourite information book
What makes a good information book.
Realistic pictures like pictures real life.
clear information like what the bird eats.
My favourite book was our birds.
I liked the pictures of the birds in real life.
The information is factual. I liked it because they had the aboriginal names for the birds.
It says what it looks like.
Sovereign Hill
In week two we went to sovereign Hill I really enjoyed going to sovereign Hill and the Eureka Stockade aid we had to dress up in 1850s Close then we had to go to school. I thought it would be hide but I actually enjoyed it we got to do symmetry and we got to learn calligraphy. We also got to go outside and play with old toys such as the girls got to play with a skipping rope the boys couldn’t we got to play with a cup and ball and Horse shoes. We learnt how to gold pan I did not find gold. On Main Street some of my favourite shops were the confectionary store the Empire bowling, the New York bakery and Ballarat times. A couple days after we left someone found a gold nugget not far away.
Have you ever been to sovereign Hill
Haiku
For this past week we have been learning Haiku poems I wrote one.
White snow Blowing soft
Heavy, falling from the trees
Melting under feet
Reading with our buddies
On Friday we read to our little buddies we read day the crayons quit we enjoy reading to our buddies. Luckily all of us remember to bring our books this week except one which I’m not going to name (Lewis). Some other books we bought were, jasper mcflea will not eat his tea and do not open this book again. We all enjoyed our books!!
