It was wonderful to look up during our K-2 Assembly on Friday to see so many grandparents! A big thank you to all of the families who were able to make it along to share in our special day of celebration. Our Kindergarten children were very excited to share their song and drum playing of the song "Slowly, Slowly walks my Grandad" at assembly. They were equally excited to join with their visitors to teach them some international folk dances. We were ever so pleased to see so many Grandparents and relatives join in so readily and comfortably with 'Ha Mishpak Shelli' from Israel, the Tarantella from Italy and a good old 'Heel and Toe Polka' Australian bushdance - and it seems they all had a wonderful time in doing so! Following a tour of the school, the children proudly gave their grandparents a portrait they had carefully sketched and coloured of them. Thank you Grandparents, parents, friends and family members for helping to make Grandparents Day such a memorable one. Heel and toe polka (above).The Tarantella, from Italy...A snippet of Ha Mishpak Sheli, from Israel (above)"We've been to the zoo, zoo, zoo......"
Kindergarten students had the most perfect day at Mogo Zoo, the weather was warm and sunny, the animals were obliging and came up close to the fences, our helpers were great and the Kindergarten students were awesome. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful zoo right on our doorstep. The different species of monkeys proved to be very popular, as were the giraffes. The baby giraffe looked very settled, happily resting whilst the adult giraffes tucked into a feed of leaves. The Kindergarten students did a great job being filmed as reporters. We are looking forward to viewing their reports this week and learning more about the animals and their habitats. Thank you to all our helpers and to the volunteers from Mogo Zoo for sharing so much information and answering the numerous questions asked by our students. Congratulations to this weeks award winners, who will all be receiving their gold awards at Thursday's assembly.After reading a story about mixed up animals, our STEM challenge today was to design a new animal that is a combination of two animals. The children were very creative in their designs! Check out our books below... Wow - you should all be so very proud of your little ones and their strong legs today! All of our students walked almost 5km to the Broulee Surf Club along the beach, and back along the path... and not one of them complained once! It was a stunning day for a walk, and we all took time to reflect on what a beautiful place we live in. Please head to the Broulee Public School P & C Fundraising facebook page for photographs and to watch the whole school singing Shine Together.
What a wonderful welcome back we had with our pirate week! We collaborated to discuss what pirates are... can.... and have. We made pirate accessories, painted pirate pictures, read pirate stories and empathised with pirates, wrote about pirates, problem solved with pirate numbers and coordinates, sang pirate songs, danced pirate jigs and played pirate games. The highlight of the week, was of course the pirate treasure hunt - the kids were all sooooooooo excited to follow the map with Captain Dunn to uncover the treasure. We thank you all for getting into the spirit with us for pirate week and for dressing up your little buccaneers for pirate dress up day - we had a wonderful week! We have had a focus text the last two weeks, Handa's Surprise, by Eileen Browne. The story is set in Africa and involves some sneaky animals stealing the fruit from Handa's basket as she walks to a neighbouring village. |
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