Elf Application

Last week we read the book The Littlest Elf.  It was about a tiny elf named Oliver who has a big desire to discover what his very special job in the North Pole is. Oliver visits many places around Santa's workshop and finds he is just too little for so many jobs. Then he meets the littlest reindeer who reminds him what Christmas is all about. 

After reading this story we had a discussion about what it would be like to work in the North Pole and decided to write an application to Santa. All of us thought it would be an incredible experience except one student, who said they would miss their mum too much so they would rather stay home (aww). 

Our applications are currently on display in the classroom.

Our Author Study

This term our author study has been Mem Fox. We have loved reading her stories and completing activities every week. Students have been given the opportunity to discuss what they think of the text and how it relates to their own feelings and emotions about familiar experiences and memories. 

Some books we have covered:

Possum Magic

 

Koala Lou 

 

Hunwick's Egg

 

 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

 

 Sleepy Bears

 

 Shoes from Grandpa 

 

 

Wombat Divine

Some activities we have completed- other activities are found in our writing books!

 

To find out more about Mem Fox visit:

http://memfox.com/

 

Spot the Difference

This term we are learning about chemical sciences. Students have been exploring change through through the context of food, including spaghetti, chocolate and popcorn. We have been learning about how heating and cooling food can change its properties and whether the change can be reversed or not.

In week two we looked at the difference between a frozen icy-pole and a melted icy-pole. We did this to find out what students think they know about how everyday materials can be physically changed in a variety of ways.

In week three we focused on spaghetti and the chemical change it goes through when it is cooked. We looked at it, felt it and smelt it before coming up with lots of adjectives to describe the cooked pasta.

Last week we made spaghetti towers. We used raw spaghetti to create our towers in teams. First we discussed how it felt and reviewed our lesson from last week. Then we worked in teams to build the tallest tower possible using only uncooked pasta and marshmallows. Even though the task seemed easy to begin with we were faced with many obstacles, like towers toppling over and pasta breaking. In the end we popped our architect hats on and collaborated as a team to build a structure that would stand. Take a look!