Advent

We are now in the second week of Advent.

Today we made our class wreath to remind us that Jesus is coming. The class wreath will hold five candles; three purple, one pink and one white.

The candles represent light and Jesus, who is the light of the world.
The purple candles are for royalty and penance.
The pink candle is for joy.
The white candle is for Jesus.


Bailey and Amy with our wreath.



To make our wreath first we traced around our hands on all different types of green cardboard and paper.



We then cut them out and stapled them together to make a circle.

Lastly we added some glitter glue.

The colour green is the colour of life and hope.

The circle has no beginning or end. It reminds us of God, who had no beginning or end.

Maddie with her hand she made.

French Toast

Today we made French Toast.

It was very simple to make. We used eggs, milk, pepper and bread. It tasted scrumptious! Some of us have made it before, but for some of us it was the first time. We think we could make it at home for our parents and brothers and sisters. We think they would enjoy it just as much as us.

We are busy now writing the procedure for how we made it.

Stay tuned on our Writing Space so you can use our recipe to make yourself a scrumptious meal or snack!

Mexico Madness

Olah (that means hello in Spanish).


Week 3 is here already and today we set flight to... MEXICO!
We were surprised and excited when we arrived at school and Miss A gave us our boarding pass. On our boarding pass we discovered the Capital City of Mexico is Mexico City.
The Mexican flag has green on the left, white in the middle and red on  the right. In the middle it has the National Coat of Arms. It is an eagle holding a snake in it's beak and perching on a cactus that has risen from a rock above a lake. Here is a picture of the Mexican flag.

We met and read all about Carlos who is from Mexico.
Did you know there are lots of villages that do not have running water or electricity? These villages also have poor education for children. Carlos has moved to a different village where he now has TV and running water.


Mexico has high mountains, deserts and rain forests. The weather can be tropical or dry depending on where abouts you are in Mexico.


Lots of the food in Mexico is made from corn. Today we got to try all different types of corn chips. They were delicious, although some were very spicy!


We also practised speaking in Spanish. That is the language they speak in Mexico. We are very lucky because Nicolas can speak Spanish. He was born in Colombia. He has taught us how to count to 10. We are very clever.


This morning we made monster pinatas. We had to follow a set of instructions that told us step by step what to do. It is very important that you read instructions carefully if you want to do it right.


OTHER INTERESTING FACTS WE HAVE LEARNT ABOUT MEXICO.....


People from Mexico enjoy watching bull-fighting. - William
People from Mexico like watching soccer and rodeo - Jordan
People in Mexico speak Spanish. - Oscar
People in Mexico wear wide-brimmed hats called Sombreros. - George
Mexicans play baseball - Jack
Their bread is flat, round and made of corn. They call it tortilla. - Dakota
Mexicans eat spicy food. - Bailey
Salsa is a dance they do in Mexico as well as a dip! - Sommer
At parties and celebrations they have pinatas, which are filled with goodies. - Maddie


We look forward to sharing with you much more that we learn this week.

Colouring in our Mexican flags.

Anika with the piniata instructions.

Jordan busy working on his piniata.

William showing off his cutting skills.

Zoe colouring the Mexican flag.

George colouring in his Mexican flag.

Kendal and Jack busy making there piniatas.



Amy enjoying eating corn chips.

Jackson with his Mexican flag and boarding pass ready to go to Mexico.

Nicolas hard at work.

Chau (that means goodbye in Spanish).  

Japan!

We had such a busy and exciting Monday.

We all had to make sure our passports were ready and our suitcases were packed because we all boarded a plane to....JAPAN! When we arrived we had to take our shoes off and leave them at the door because that is what they do in Japan. While we were there we took a look around, we met a boy called Daisuke, we learnt some greetings, we made some japanese craft, learnt how to count in Japanese and sang some Japanese songs. Our most favourite part was singing 'Atama, Kata, Hiza, Ashi', which is the Japanese version of 'Heads and Shoulders, Knees and Toes'.

Amy with her travel journal.

Kendal with her boarding pass and her Japan flag.

Jordan with his passport ready to board the plane.

Our carp fish we created.

We have learnt so much already and look forward to sharing what else we do and learn about in Japan later in the week. Have a wonderful week!

From Amazing Year 3A and Miss A

We are back in action!

That's right! We are back after a fun and exciting holiday break.

This term we are going to be very busy 'travelling around the world' and learning about different cultures.
Where we are going is a surprise at the moment, but we can't wait.

Amy - I look forward to learning about new places and knowing things I didn't know before.
Kendal - I am looking forward to learning about different names for things and other languages.
Zoe - I am looking forward to going to all different places.
Sommer - I am looking forward to meeting new people and visiting new places.
Jack - I am looking forward to learning about pasta and food if we visit Italy.
Jordan - I would like to go to Jordan!
Bridget - I think this will be the BEST term ever.
Yannick - I am looking forward to maybe visiting where I was born.
Emerson - I am looking forward to site seeing in different places.
Jackson - I am looking forward to perhaps visiting Mexico because I love their corn chips.
Bailey - I would like to go to New York or America.
Maddie - I really want to know why the Statue of Liberty was made and why she is famous.
Monique - I would like to visit Brazil!!
Evan - I would like to visit Italy and learn about the leaning tower of Piza.
William - I would like to learn about all the different cultures in the world.
Caitlin - I would like to learn more about Bali and go back to Fiji.
Hailey - I would like to go to North America to meet more people.
Ethan - I would like to go to Hollywood to become FAMOUS!

Kiah - Oh my goodness - we are travelling around the world! Yay!

Arron - I would love to visit England.

Tedd - I would love to visit Cooking Islands.

So far we have created our passports, packed our suitcases and created a world map. We are all set to begin travelling next week. Did you know there are 7 continents in the world? Australia, Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

This term in English we are writing procedures. This week we wrote instructions on how to make a paper aeroplane. Another person in the class had to have a go at making the plane using our instructions. Some were successful and some didn't work. We have learnt that it is important to be very clear when writing instructions and that we need to include verbs and pictures. We had fun testing the planes to see how far they could travel.

We look forward to learning so much this term and being able to share it all with you along the way! Stay tuned and feel free to leave us a comment.

From Amazing Year 3A and Miss A