On the 16th of August some of the 34s went to Boronia for a basketball game. It took 20 minutes to get there and we arrived a bit early. Our first game was at 9:45 and lasted for 16 minutes. There were three Kerrimuir teams. They were called The Rabbits, Magic and The Mavericks. There were approximately nine people in each team. There were two other schools that we played against. Some were Grade 5/6s and some were Grade 3/4s. There were more than ten teams altogether. I would describe the day as happy, fun amd exciting.
17 August 2011
Hoop Time
On the 16th of August some of the 34s went to Boronia for a basketball game. It took 20 minutes to get there and we arrived a bit early. Our first game was at 9:45 and lasted for 16 minutes. There were three Kerrimuir teams. They were called The Rabbits, Magic and The Mavericks. There were approximately nine people in each team. There were two other schools that we played against. Some were Grade 5/6s and some were Grade 3/4s. There were more than ten teams altogether. I would describe the day as happy, fun amd exciting.
16 August 2011
Waterwatch Macro-invertibrates
On the 16th of August, Julie from Melbourne Water came over to teach us about 'Water Bugs'. After she had finished with the other grade, she brought in some trays and put two on each table.
Before we started, we had a talk about different species of water bugs. Julie showed us some pictures like: a dragonfly larva, damselfly larva, water mites, leeches, bloodworms and sea-snails. We also talked about the difference between: Macro-inverterbrates and Micro-inverterbrates. Our main focus was Macro-inverterbrates, which are water bugs that you can see, and don't have back-bones.
After the talk, we split up into groups of three or four. Maya, Parnian and Charlotte and I worked together to find bugs, which were in the trays that Julie carried in, using the a sheet which contained all the bugs we could find in the tray.
In the end, the four of us had found: 3 bloodworms, 3 fish-tiny tadpole looking fish, and lots of water mites. When Julie had tipped all the water and the water bugs back in a bucket, she gave all of 3/4A, rather large stickers. The picturse on the stickers were: frogs, snails, dragonflies, ladybugs and spiders. I thought that session was very fun and interesting, I can't wait untill our next lesson, which will be in 2 weeks time!
Before we started, we had a talk about different species of water bugs. Julie showed us some pictures like: a dragonfly larva, damselfly larva, water mites, leeches, bloodworms and sea-snails. We also talked about the difference between: Macro-inverterbrates and Micro-inverterbrates. Our main focus was Macro-inverterbrates, which are water bugs that you can see, and don't have back-bones.
After the talk, we split up into groups of three or four. Maya, Parnian and Charlotte and I worked together to find bugs, which were in the trays that Julie carried in, using the a sheet which contained all the bugs we could find in the tray.
In the end, the four of us had found: 3 bloodworms, 3 fish-tiny tadpole looking fish, and lots of water mites. When Julie had tipped all the water and the water bugs back in a bucket, she gave all of 3/4A, rather large stickers. The picturse on the stickers were: frogs, snails, dragonflies, ladybugs and spiders. I thought that session was very fun and interesting, I can't wait untill our next lesson, which will be in 2 weeks time!
Papier Mache Sea Creatures
This term, 3/4A and 3/4B have started a papier mach'e of a sea creature. In the first week we have collected 2L milk bottles and 1.25L bottles.
Once there were enough bottles and a few spares, we started choosing what sea creature we wanted to make. The choices were a whale, a shark, a dolphin and a fish. The dolphin was the most popular but I chose the shark.
Once we chose the animal we wanted to make, we traced and cut it out our dorsal and pectoral fin and our tail for our animal. We stuffed it with newspaper then we stuck it on our bottle with masking tape. Koetsu and I had an idea of making another template so we would have hammerhead sharks.
Once there were enough bottles and a few spares, we started choosing what sea creature we wanted to make. The choices were a whale, a shark, a dolphin and a fish. The dolphin was the most popular but I chose the shark.
Once we chose the animal we wanted to make, we traced and cut it out our dorsal and pectoral fin and our tail for our animal. We stuffed it with newspaper then we stuck it on our bottle with masking tape. Koetsu and I had an idea of making another template so we would have hammerhead sharks.
10 August 2011
Waterwatch Wetland Birds
On Monday 3/4A and 3/4B went on a Healthy Waterways Waterwatch excursion and it was so tiring,we had to walk 6 kilometres.
We went to a place called Koonung Creek Wetlands at 1:30pm and when we got there the Melbourne Water lady, Julie gave 3/4A and 3/4B different activities.
34/A first did bird watching and 3/4B did the food race. After some time we swapped activities so 3/4A did the food race and 3/4B did bird watching. I saw an Ibis, Yellow Beaked Swamphen and lots of other ducks. I also saw a duck couple in the river.
I learnt that birds migrate over 1000 kilometres. Birds eat worms and seeds.
I thought the Water-Watch excursion was really fun.
We went to a place called Koonung Creek Wetlands at 1:30pm and when we got there the Melbourne Water lady, Julie gave 3/4A and 3/4B different activities.
34/A first did bird watching and 3/4B did the food race. After some time we swapped activities so 3/4A did the food race and 3/4B did bird watching. I saw an Ibis, Yellow Beaked Swamphen and lots of other ducks. I also saw a duck couple in the river.
I learnt that birds migrate over 1000 kilometres. Birds eat worms and seeds.
I thought the Water-Watch excursion was really fun.
Waterwatch Turbidity and Erosion
At school, on Monday the 1st of August, Julie from Healthy Waterways came to school. On that day, Julie taught us two new words to do with water. Erosion is when (in waterways) the wind sculpts the rocks and bits of rock fall into the water and get carried away. Turbidity is the muddiness of the water. When Julie was there, there were two buckets filled with water from two different waterways. We tested their turbidity. To test their turbidity we used a long tube with black lines at the bottom, there were measurements at the side too. You tip the water into the tube and stop when you can't see the lines anymore. Then you measure the water from the measurement from the sides. We did that too and some of us got splashed with water!! It was a very fun afternoon, and we learnt some new words!
03 August 2011
Show and Tell
Last term I brought my dog Ferb to school for the class to see. Ferb is a covoodle (caveiler king charles spainel/poodle) and in the photo he is 11 weeks old. We were originally going to call him Franklin, but we all agreed that ferb was a better name. Some people think that we got the name 'Ferb' from furball, but we got the name from a TV show. Ferb now knows how to sit, drop and come. Ferb is now 4 months old, and he never stops growing!
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