Countdown Visit Recounts

Countdown Visit

On a really rainy day, me and my class drove to Countdown. We went in the dark terrifying freezing chiller. We even found out the country from the lavel of the food. The orange was from Mexico and the banana was from Ecuador. David showed us heaps of things. I was very happy. My favourite thing was tasting the crunchy crust off the bread. It was super duper yummy. I loved it!!! I also liked the luncheon, too, but the crust was very very new (fresh). By Izzy

Today we went to Countdown. When we got there we went in the freezing cold chiller. It was dark and scary. We went to the bakery. We got to hold dough. The dough was squishy. I loved eating the bread. By Kian

Today we went to Countdown. When we got there we went in the freezing cold chiller. it was scary. We tasted some tino pai bread. By Oskah. 

Latest Selection of Short Stories

Once on a hot summery time there was a surfer named Daisy that was sneaky and sleepy. Then the next day she dreamed about lollipops. Next, she woke up. Then she went to the shops. At last she got 100 lollipops. The next day she got chicken pox on her whole body. Then she was screaming like a little girl. By Daisy

Once upon a time there was a surfer called Sam and Sam was a dreamer. He loved dreaming. One day he dreamed about the biggest wave ever and also he wished about lollipops. When he woke up in a terrible fright to see the biggest wave ever in the entire world, he got up and started to surf on his amazing surfboard. By Mandy

Once upon a time There was a swimmer. She was in a race. When she got in the pool she realised that the pool was like an iceberg. The horn blew. She started to swim, but she was cheating in the crystal clear water! By Izzy

One day a boy bought a scrumptious salad. He couldn’t wait to eat it. Nine minutes later it was gone! By Luca

One dark stormy night there was a fire man. Once the the fireman woke up in the middle of the night. He pounced out of the bed. He looked out of the window. There was a cross country race. THe fireman raced outside and he got ready. Boom! The horn went. He was in the lead. He was half way there. The brave fireman won the race. He won $100,000. 

By Kalan

One freezing stormy day with sunlight day a prince was sailing. “There are coconuts,” he said. Finally food we can eat. “Quick,” sail the ship over there. “Emmm, they look like evil pirates.” “Quick get your sword. We need to win this battle.” By Oskah

Our Fish Stories/Recounts!

Today Miss Thorne brought some fish into Room 11. They are a mullet and a trevally. We painted it. We even got to gut it. Ewww yuck! By Oskah

Today Miss Thorne brought some fish into Room 11. One fish was called a mullet. Miss Thorne gutted a slimy fish. Kian touched the slimy gills. The scales were slippery and slimy. After, we painted the fish. My fish was a rainbow fish. At the end they all looked amazing.  By Kalan

One day there was a trevally and a mullet. They were swimming along and the next day Miss Thorne came fishing and she cut the fishies. They were chomping away at the rod. Suddenly the rod snapped. Miss Thorne dived and got the rod and ehe fish died. She ate the fish up. By Ryan 

Once there was a mullet. It was bloody and slimy. One of the fins were spiny. The fish was scaly and slimy.  I got to touch the slimy fish guts.  The guts were all yucky. My favourite part was when Miss Thorne cut open the stomach. By Kian

Fish Dissecting and Printing Lesson

Today we examined a mullet and trevally fish. This involved dissecting a trevally - cutting it into pieces with the eye well prodded, intestines thoroughly explored, gills yanked open and mouth peered down....a fish truly appreciated. We also used them for fish printing with a variety of paint printing patterns emerging. The excitement and fascination on the children's part in seeing a real-life dead fish made it all worth it! The video below gives a window into our time of discovery.

Friday Picnic Lunch

Great to see so many parents turn out for the picnic lunch with Room 11 children. It meant so much for them to have you there. There was also a bit of excitement with a surprise visitor we had, who can be seen in some of the photos below. See if you can spot yourself below.

TPS Cross Country 2013 ~ featuring Room 11

Here is a video of the year 2 children racing in our Cross Country Event last week, featuring Room 11.

 

Photos will hopefully follow soon. Keep stopping by to check.

Room 11's ANZAC Remembrance Video

During the last week of term 1, Room 11 learnt about ANZAC Day, created related artwork, examined historical uniforms and articles from the war and Miss Thorne played an excerpt of 'The Last Post' on a trumpet for Room 11.

Room11 made an ANZAC Remembrance video to commemorate this important historical event.

Here is the video: