27/03/13 Junior Athletics Day

What a great day. The weather was great, the colours were great and everyone did an amazing job of trying their best and being really supportive. Athletics Day rocked!

26/03/13 What's Going On in BD Class?

It was another very exciting start to the morning. Mr W brought his police car into school. It was so cool because he turned the lights on, and the siren and beeped the horn. It was amazing. When we got back to class everyone did some awesome writing. Makayla and Zara got to show their writing to Mrs Jennings too. Well done guys!

Well done to Annelise and Holly for getting their 25 Nights stickers. Great stuff guys!

25/03/13 What's Going on In BD Class?

The day got off to a very exciting start because a big concrete mixer came to school. We went outside to check it out. It was so cool because we saw the concrete coming down the slide. There were lots of guys with wheelbarrows taking to where the building is happening. Check out what we saw:

We did some really cool writing after we saw the concrete mixer truck. We did some cool describing. Amy said it was like it was a water slide. Mason said it looked like a waterfall.

Tomorrow morning we have a surprise for our language experience. I can't wait to see what it is!

20/03/13-22/03/13 What's Going On in BD Class?

It has been another busy few days in BD Class. On Wednesday we did some more popcorn writing. We were trying to make sure that we were using some interesting words in our writing so that the reader would know what popcorn is like.

On Wednesday afternoon, we had Discovery Time. Our focus was learning to make sure that we share the equipment and keep our area tidy. Everyone did a fantastic job of doing both those things.

We have some more people who have reached 25 nights reading. Well done to: Amy, Maddison, Blake and Dylan.

Then on Friday, Benny got a Discovery School achievement award at school assembly. Well done Benny!

Mr D and Mrs Berney have been really impressed with the way everyone has been trying so hard this week to do their best work and make good choices. Great effort guys!

19/03/13 What's Going On in BD Class?

We have had a real munchy day today. We started off with making popcorn with Miss Griffin's class. We watched the popcorn coming out of the popcorn maker. Some people said it looked like a popcorn volcano, or a waterfall, or the popcorn exploded. Those were such cool words to use. Here are our thoughts about the popcorn.

We brainstormed our ideas and did some great writing about it.

Check out this poem about popcorn read by Mr D's class from last year.

This afternoon we finished our tadpoles and our butterflies. They look really amazing!

18/03/13 What's Going On in BD Class?

A couple of weeks ago we read the shared book T-Shirts. Here is the song that comes from the book. We love singing "The T-Shirt Song."

Today we did some special writing about a fun time we have had with our families. We then got in some more "s" practise in our printing books.

After morning tea we had maths and reading. The "circles" group were learning about all of the different ways to make 10. There were 11 different ways:

10+0, 9+1, 8+2, 7+3, 6+4, 5+5, 4+6, 3+7, 2+8, 1+9, 0+10

We had four more of our class reaching 25 nights reading. Here they are:

 At Syndicate Assembly, we had four of our class get special awards. Well done guys.

Check out our class smartphone app tonight. There will be some cool photo updates.

12/03/13-15/03/13 What's Going On in BD Class?

It has been another busy week in BD Class. Mr D has been really impressed with the way everyone has been trying really hard with their writing and reading.
On Tuesday we had some great fun with bubbles. We got to blow bubbles outside and then we watched "The Amazing Bubble Man." It was very, very cool.

Over the next couple of days we did some brainstorming and great writing about bubbles.

On Thursday, Makayla brought in one of her tadpoles for us to see. We did some writing about it. This tadpole had started to grow its back legs. We also read a book called Watch Me! This book is all about a tadpole turning into a frog. Check out the story!

In maths we are learning about all of the different 2D shapes. Try out this shape game to practise your shapes. http://www.ictgames.com/Y1shape.html

Next week, we have our Junior Athletics Day here at school. We will be competing in a whole lot of different events. We are all part of a school house. On Athletics Day we can come to school in the colour of our house. Our houses are:

11/03/13 What's Going On in BD Class?

We have had a great start to the week in BD Class. Last Friday, Harry got a special principal's award at school assembly. We are all proud of Harry. Well done!

We also had fun making pet rocks with Mrs Berney. They look ed really cool.

We started off today with writing. We tried really hard to write two ideas by our selves. Caleb tried really hard today and got to show his writing to Mrs Jennings. Great stuff Caleb!

When we did our writing modeling, we did a great job of hearing the sounds in words we didn't know.

At syndicate assembly, Amy and Wade got certificates, and Harry and Madison reached 25 nights reading. 

What a day of celebrating hard work! For news, Olivia shared something really interesting for news. She found part of a swan plant that looks like a swan!

05/03/13 - 06/03/13 What's Going On in BD Class?

We have had an exciting couple of days in BD Class. On Tuesday, Mr D brought in his Big Blue Monster Truck. We all went outside to watch him take it for a spin. The monster truck did some jumps, some crashes and a big jump over Jake from RG Class! You can check it out here:

After watching the monster truck show we did some cool writing about what we saw. 

Madison got to show her monster truck story to Mrs Jennings. Well done Madison!

On Wednesday we went off to swimming again. In the afternoon we had Discovery Time. This is where we do a whole lot of different activities. We do things like constructing, drawing, building, colouring in, cutting and folding. This week we were focussing on using our initiative.

For writing today, Rebecca got to show her writing to Mrs Jennings. It is great to see our class trying their best!

04/03/13 What's Going On in BD Class?

It was a a busy start to the week in BD Class today. We kicked off the day with writing. We were trying to write two ideas in our writing to tell people a little bit more about what we got up to on the weekend.

For maths, we started to work in our groups. The "oblongs" and the "circles" were learning about teen numbers and the way that they are made out of 10 and something else. Mr D also introduced us to  new game that we can play on the Mimio.

For our shared book, we will be reading "T-Shirts" by Estelle Corney. Mr D put together another movie book for us. Check it out here.

26/2/13-01/03/13 This Week in BD Class

This week was another busy one. We had swimming as well as working really hard in class. On Tuesday we did some writing about our favourite ice-cream.

On Wednesday we did something really cool for writing. Mr D got a whole lot of ice. We got to look at it, hold it and feel what it was like. We came up with some great ideas for writing.

We talked about what it looked like and felt like. We put our cold hands on each other's cheeks. It was really funny.

Then we did some really great descriptive writing. Mr D was really impressed witht he creative ideas in our class.

We have been having a lot of fun at swimming. Everyone has been trying so hard.