Sunday, September 2, 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Reading groups Sun activity

Use this website to create a mini- information poster about the Sun. Include information you haven't read in the sun acticle on this poster.

Sun information

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Monday, July 30, 2012

Olympic Fever

Look at these websites below and complete worksheet.

Fact monster (facts about past olympic games)
New York Time Interactive (an interactive timeline)
Do our predictions add up? 

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Holiday Recount

Use this website below to recount the events of your Winter holiday.

 Read Write Think

if you finish early, please go to this website to write a recipe for the perfect holiday

Teaching Ideas 

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

World Heritage Sites in Australia

What does it mean for a place to have the title of 'World Heritage'? We will be investigating this in class. Use the website below to complete retrevial chart of world Hertiage Sites in Australia. Choose 5 plaes from this list.

World Heritage list

Monday, May 14, 2012

National Parks mini project


Task: design and write a promotional advertising brochure for an Australian National Park. You will need to include the following details:

Name of park
Where is it?
How to get there
Opening hours
Accommodation available
Food and meals
Activities available
Areas of the park
Workers
Protected plants and animals and rules of the park

Here are some website that can help you decide which National park to research and provide you with some information.



Saturday, March 24, 2012

Newspaper Generator

We are noew over halfway through reading the novel Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda. Using the below link to the newspaper generator, write a newspaper article outlining Rowan's adventure so far.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Australian Inventions

Use the links on the below website to research an Australian invention. Make sure you answer the questions on the provided worksheet.

Aboriginal Language Groups

We have been looking at the various Aboriginal language groups that exist in Australia. Click on the below link to look at different language groups.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Australian icons

Task: On an A4 sheet of paper, design a mind map that presents five pieces of information in relation to an Australian icon. Use the links below to help you collect information for your mind map.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

State Symbols

Use the link below to discover the different symbols used to represent the states and territories in Australia. Record answers on sheet provided.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Getting ready for a new year

Happy New Year everyone. Hope you have been enjoying your holiday and are looking forward to a new school year. I'm looking forward to seeing each one of you and hearing about your holiday adventures.
I thought it would be helpful to provide a list of back to school supplies.
Each child will need:
2 lead pencils (HB or 2B)
1 eraser
30 cm ruler
1 sharpener (with a catcher please)
1 glue stick
a pair of scissors
a set of colour pencils

A note will be sent home the first day back at school.