Where is Henry the Hippo
this week?
By Haname and Aliah,
Year 4’s
Henry would like to
tell you about the Chinese zodiacs
as part of the Lunar
New Year.
The Chinese zodiacs
are the goat/sheep, rabbit, ox, rooster, pig, tiger, monkey, rat/mice, snake, dragon,
dog and horse.
We made animal moneyboxes
and lanterns.
We also worked on an
animal zodiac sheet.
We had to write about
our birthday and what year we were born in.
We wrote the characteristics
of our animal too!
Henry was born in the
year of the monkey! What year do you think that was?
Chinese
New Year 2015
My name is Nabila.
I was born on the 24 of July,
2006, which is the year of the dog
Characteristics of the dog:
· Loyal
· Generous
· Sporty
· Smart
· Helpful
· Affectionate
· Courageous
Honest
Chinese new year
By Aretha
I am going to tell you about
my Chinese zodiac.
I was born on the 27 of
April, the year 2007.
My characteristics are
honest
helpful and
forgiving and my animal is a
pig.
Chinese New Year calendar
My name is Waheed. I am 9 years old. I was born on the
19th of
November 2005, which is the year of the Rooster.
The characteristics of my animal are:
· Hard-working
· Adventurous
· Capable
· Talented
· Kind
Newspaper scavenger hunt
By Noah and
Kristo, Year 4’s
One day this week in class, our teachers told us that
we had to have a scavenger hunt in a newspaper.
We had to look for different things like the main heading
on the front page and the editorial page
and use the contents page.
The activity was fun as we enjoyed making are own
front page.
There were a lot of great ideas using pages, kidpix
and keynote.
There was serious news, funny news and some sad news.
ROCKET WRITING
These are some of the "Rocket Writing" by the Kids in
3/4. Every Monday morning we have 45 minutes to write a narrative using a
sentence starter. Can you guess the sentence starter for these five stories?
Flying pig
by Sabin, Year 4
I looked out the window and
saw a flying pig. I thought that I was hallucinating and I pinched myself. It
turned out it was reality! I explained about the flying pig to my friends, Boso
and Dozo. Dozo thought I was dreaming but Boso knew what I was talking about
because he was the smart one. Boso told us a story about Joso the flying pig.
He also told us that he was endangered because of hunters.
One rainy day, a hunter saw
Joso and tried to capture him. The hunter targeted Joso’s leg. The hunter shot
straight and hit his right leg. Joso flew fast as he could and crashed into a
house like a flying potato. Fortunately, he landed into Boso’s house. Boso
invited us over and D was shocked to see a flying pig that his mouth was open
like a gate.
The flying pig was resting
for weeks until he finally woke up! He told us that he would be our pet forever.
When we heard a flying pig talk it was like a unicorn shooting out a rainbow,
basically it’s crazy. Joso’s leg recovered and we all visited Joso every
weekend.
I am a survivor
by Noah, Year 4
I
looked out the window and heard the frosty wind howl. I am on a convict ship
for finding a handkerchief on the ground. I vomit every minute, I am very sick.
I don’t even know if I’ll see my parents again. My name is Henry Salton.
Suddenly
someone was lurking outside my jail cell cursing words and humming a regular
tune. He surprised me by jumping onto my jail bars and cried out loud, beaming
words “Get out we’re here.” His nose was deformed, he had no hair and he was
dribbling on his clothes.
He
pushed me with force out my cell. He chained up my hands and I walked onto the land
whispering to myself “Where am I?” The guard man went back inside and then I
made a run for it.
The
grass moved quickly as I sprinted swiftly. Someone was watching me. Back here
the ships were anchored and the guards could not find me, so they sent
bloodhounds to track me down. Deep down in a cave a black figure grabbed me and
ran me down deeper.
The
cave never seemed to stop. Finally the black figure, friend or foe, sat me down
on a rock. Soon I found out that he was trying to save me. I learnt his name
was Gary and he had been the sole survivor of a shipwreck.
To be continued...
The camp
by Daniel, Year 3
It was a dark night and everybody was sleeping except
Daniel. It was his first night at camp.
He scared and sleepy but he knew it would be morning
soon. Daniel woke up and it was morning. He went out to look for his friend. It
was day one.
He looked for the teachers to tell him about the first
activity. Finally he found the teachers.
Daniel asked “What is the first activity?”
“Rock climbing” the teacher answered.
It was very hard but Daniel knew that he had to be
brave
The end
The Golden Mount Adventure
by
Christian, Year 3
I
was looking out the window and I saw Terry and Zak playing soccer. I went outside
to watch them play. Terry was a cheeky and funny boy. George is a handsome boy
and Zak is a brave boy.
Then
they got a silly idea. George asked them if they wanted to travel the giant
world. “Yes!!” said Terry and Zak. And off they went to travel the giant world and
have lots of fun. Then they saw a shiny, big and golden mountain with a door
inside.
There
was a whole chunk of gold. “Do you want to get the precious gold that is inside
the mountain? ”asked Zak. “But we need to find out the password for the door!” They
searched on Internet and they actually found out the password and typed it on
the door lock. “I am going in!” said George. George went in and he got locked
and he said “HELP!!!” Terry went back to
their country to get his ball.
Then
he went back and he kicked his ball into the mountain door and the door broke.
They took all the shiny gold from the mountain and brought it back to their
country. They lived happily ever after. That was a mysterious adventure.
The Horrible Storm
by Aaron, Year 3
It was a dark night and while
I was sleeping my dad was shopping for some milk, butter, chocolate, bacon, chicken,
and mango. I’m Aaron and I like chocolate, video games, LEGO, K’nex and 4WD
remote car.
Suddenly I heard thunder that
woke me up and I saw lighting but not white, it was red! Then the red lighting
zapped so close that our house caught on fire at 30,000°C.
So I crawled out of the house
through the window that’s always open, rather than opening another so it
doesn’t let in more oxygen and feed the fire.
It was hailing outside. Meanwhile,
while my dad was at the shops and he couldn’t go outside. I was waiting for
him. Then my dad found a machine on the roof and he smashed it and the storm stopped.
The
end
Stamp Out Bullying
by Jennifer and Jamie, Year
4’s
Hi today we are going to
tell you about Stamp Out Bullying.
The Stamp Out Bullying show was last
Tuesday.
There was a girl called Ruth and a puppet crocodile called Croc.
Ruth was teaching us because
Croc thought a bigger croc called Chris was bullying him. She also did some magic tricks to make Croc
feel a bit better. Then she got a big note pad out and drew eyes and a mouth
and then it started talking about how to stop bullies from bullying. It did that
by telling us what STAMP stands for:
S stands for Stay away, T stands for Tell
someone, A stands for Always help, M stands for Make friends and P stands for Play
nicely.
In the end, Ruth realised that Croc was bullying Chris.
Here are some photos of the
show.
3D STRUCTURES
by Deakin, Grade 4
On Wednesday the 25th of March grade 3/4’s did an
activity that required us to make an open-sided 3D structure out of newspaper
and wool!
The Grade 3/4’s made some fantastic structures including Tepee’s and houses.
We had to choose partners: a grade 4 with a grade 3 and if
you could, a boy with a girl. Most boys didn’t go with a girl but all grade 4’s
went with a grade 3.
You and your partner had to choose a small, medium or
large toy, as you can see in the pictures.
We weren’t allowed to use sticky
tape or glue and we weren’t allowed to cut the paper.
We also worked on the 4C’s
that are communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking.
Happy Holidays everyone!
From 3/4's
See you back in Term 2
on Monday 13th April!
From 3/4's
See you back in Term 2
on Monday 13th April!
