Delicious Day in Italy!

Ciao!

Today we have been very busy master chefs! We have made pizza and spaghetti bolognese.

We thought they both tasted delicious! We had a vote on which one we liked the most.
There are 28 people here today.

Here are the votes....
Pizza - 21
Spaghetti Bolognese - 7


To make the spaghetti bolognese we first had to boil some water. Once the water was boiling we added dry spaghetti. While the spaghetti was cooking we used an electric frying pan to fry some garlic and onion. We also added mushrooms, capsicum and grated carrot. Once these were soft we added beef mince. We waited for the mince to go brown and then we added tomatos, tomato paste and herbs. We left this to simmer for around 20 minutes then added the spaghetti. We made a mess of our faces eating it, but it was just so yummy!

To make the pizzas we used english muffins, tomato paste, pepperoni, shredded ham, diced capsicum, chopped mushrooms, diced onion, tinned pineapple and shredded mozzarella cheese.

We had to cut the english muffin in half and spread it with tomato paste. We placed and sprinkled the toppings we wanted on top of the english muffin. We cooked them for 15-20 minutes. The cheese on top melted. Some of us had all the toppings and most had just a few. Our classroom smelt like a restaurant. Maybe one day we will open our very own restaurant! What cuisine do you think we should open?

Zoe enjoying her pizza.

Caitlin

Jack and Nicolas

Kendal

Jordan loves spaghetti!

John

Emerson and Bailey

Monique and Dakota



Hailey



Sommer

Yesterday we had a very special visitor come to visit us to talk to us all about Italy. He didn't have to travel far because he is our Principal, Mr G. Mr G's parents are from Italy.
We learnt lots of Italian words. Did you know Mr G is Jack's Papa?
Mr G showed us some of the places he had visited in Italy.
We found it very interesting!!

It's time to go. It is almost lunchtime. We are still full from our delicious Italian feast, but we are sure we will find room in our tummy's for our treats in our lunchboxes from our parents.

From Amazing Year 3A and Miss A

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!

Fun times to be had in...France!

Bonjour!

We are writing from France. Today we boarded our plane and got to try some croissant on the way. We all loved it and even had seconds.

What we know about France already...

• The flag in blue, white and red.
• The capital city of France is Paris.
• France is in Europe.
• Their currency is Euro.
• It has the highest mountain in Europe, called Mount Blanc.
• In most parts of France they have cool winters and mild summers.
• More than 300 different types of cheeses are made in France.
• France is famous for the Eifel Tower, the Louvre and the Tour de France.

We have also looked at some songs in French, Alouette and Frere Jacques. We tried singing a number song too, but we think the Japanese version might have been easier.  

In maths today we played some fun games to help us with our money, time and fraction concepts. We have been busy learning about all of these things over the past few weeks so it was great to use what we have learnt in a game.

We have library this afternoon so we will have to update you some other time on what exciting things we do.

From Amazing Year 3A and Miss A

Look at us, we can tell the time!

Shopping Bingo!

Caitlin trying to make a whole pizza using different fractions.

Matilda playing Near Doubles Bingo!

Nicolas is keen to win.

Monique, Maddie and Sommer practising their time telling!

Magical Music & Melbourne Cup Madness!

This morning we went to watch and listen to Jonas from Africa with his instruments. He played lots and lots of different beats on so many different types of African instruments. He also sang along and told us some stories from Africa. Jordan and Arron from our class were especially lucky because they got to go up and play some instruments with Jonas. Our favourite instrument was the  Djimbe (it's an African Drum). He loves playing music because it makes him feel happy and want to dance.


Today is Melbourne Cup Day. It is when there is a big horse racing event held in Melbourne. At school we got to make a hat to wear to our 'Mission Madness' hat parade. We all donated a gold coin to raise money for the missions. It feels good to help other people, especially the Indigenous community in Northern Territory. The whole school looked amazing with all their different hat creations. It was fun parading around for everyone to see and even more exciting watching the horses race. 


We hope you enjoy looking at our photos and like our hats. Feel free to leave us a comment.


From Amazing Year 3A and Miss A 

Jordan and Arron playing African instruments.

We love Melbourne Cup madness!

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).  

Big Writing

Alien Air

The aliens who live in air are called Alien Air. There are little blue aliens who come down to earth every thirteen years. There are middle sized green aliens who eat rotten sandwiches and go down to earth every nineteen years. Then there are giant red aliens who come down to earth every twenty seven years. They all eat rotten sandwiches, moon rocks and ginger nuts with jam.

By Jack

 

Jack with his Big Writing book.





Elephants are cute

Loving

Ears are large
Pretty eyes

Help humans sometimes

A long trunk

Noses are trunks

They have big feet

Scared of mice

By Sommer

 Food

Chocolate

Soup

Pie

Noodles

Pizza

Apples

Carrots

Bananas

Broccoli Soup

Pasta pillows

Pasta and peas

Cake

Lollies

Chips

Biscuits

Donuts

Muffins

Chocolate biscuits

Chocolate cupcakes

Ice-cream

KFC

Hungry Jacks

McDonalds

Fish

Lasagna

Puff pastry

Chocolate mud cake 

By Oscar

 



Sommer and Oscar showing off their excellent writing.





My teacher

Interesting

Smart

Sing songs

Awesome

By Jackson

Elephants are grey with four legs. They are mammals that means their warm blooded. Elephants have two eyes, a mouth, two big ears, a tail and a big long grey trunk. You usually find them in Asia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Shanghai and places like that. You can also find them in zoos and some rainforests. Elephants eat by picking their food up with their trunks and put their food in their mouths. Elephants are very smart and artistic. They have fun sometimes by painting with their trunks. Elephants are very much like humans. 

By Dakota 





Dakota's wonderful writing!





Jackson is proud of all his acrostic poems he wrote during Big Writing time!