Sea Eagles Class

The Sea Eagles have studied drama this term and have learnt about using space.  So far, they have learnt about starting position, rest, still, fall and jump.

Following on from our biome study last term, we have looked at the adaptations that animals have made to survive in their particular habitat.  We have enjoyed spending time at the billabong where we observed and classified biotic and abiotic features.  A highlight was watching a Kingfisher diving for food and spotting a large black fish with a red fin among the lily pads.  We are all excited to be going to Australia Zoo this week to observe some animals in their habitats and learn about their adaptations.

The class has also learnt how to use the peg board to find factors of numbers, and worked in small groups to find the factors of each number up to 60.

We had some fun on Melbourne Cup Day by making our own craft-horses who we placed on a small track with the numbers 1 to 6.  We then rolled the dice and moved the corresponding numbered horse until one reached the finish line.  There was discussion about what the students thought should happen and then about what actually happened.

We have enjoyed the last three weeks of transition.  It will be fun to have a new group of students join us next year although we found the room was a lot more crowded and noisier than we are used to.

The end of year assessment has been completed and we are looking forward to starting some Christmas crafts and cooking.

Sadly, we farewell Arryo, Celeste and Mia and we wish them well in their new environments. Thanks for being a wonderful part of our class.

This term the Sea Eagles have been learning about biomes.  Students visited our billabong to see what a messo ecosystem looks like and how biotic and abiotic organisms interact with each other.  They took their sketch books to record their findings. Don’t forget to click on the photos below to get a really good look at our beautiful billabong.

We managed to do that all while keeping on top of our spelling, grammar, word studies, sentence analysis, focused writing, handwriting, math operations, mental math, measurement, memorization of number facts, practical life work, reading and making and maintaining friendships.

Well we are halfway through our first year as Sea Eagles and what a busy semester it has been!  We started with The First Great Story which led to our work on the Periodic Table, volcanoes and the movement of air.  This work included some science experiments which were great fun!  We made a volcano erupt and we stopped the flow of water through a funnel using clay,

We explored all things French for Multicultural Day which was one of our most favourite days.  During our research on France we discovered Georges Braque, an early 1900’s pioneer of Cubism and his art work intrigued us.  We produced our own Cubism works of art that were displayed on the day.  We also completed research projects on various aspects of French Culture.  The most popular part of our French exploration was the macaroons!

We continued to explore our artistic sides with the study of colour: primary and secondary, wash, tone and tint.  We produced colour wheels and a monochromatic painting to show our learning.  We finished the study by designing and painting our own designs onto a small square of canvas.

We managed to do that all while keeping on top of our spelling, grammar, word studies, sentence analysis, focused writing, handwriting, math operations, mental math, measurement, memorization of number facts, practical life work, reading and making and maintaining friendships.

Welcome to the new Sea Eagles class web page and the first news that we are sharing about our class.  We hope you enjoy it.

Sea Eagles practice Random Acts of Kindness

We have been practicing random acts of kindness as February 17th was Random Acts of Kindness Day.  Our students enjoyed doing kind and lovely things for people.  They students also learned that Random Acts of Kindness day was started by Will Glennon in Denver in 1995, and then spread to New Zealand in 2004.  Suggested ways to demonstrate acts of kindness are:

• Give a big hug
• Write a letter to someone
• Make a meal for someone
• Visit your grandparents
• Say something nice to someone.

The Sea Eagles wrote letters to our classmates as an example of a random act of kindness.

by Liam Cappizzi and Aryo Mirzaei

Sea Eagles do Research

For Multicultural Day, the Sea Eagles also did some research on St. Patrick, and this was what they found:

Once every year at the 17^th of March in the Republic of Ireland they celebrate St Patrick’s Day. On St Patrick’s Day everyone gets to go to a parade

Everybody also wear green (national colors of Ireland). The first St Patrick’s day was in 1979 in Dublin. We have St Patrick’s Day because the day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. St Patrick’s Day often starts with a march and somebody saying la fheille pardaig sona duit which means happy Saint Patrick’s Day in Irish. On St Patrick’s Day they eat corned beef, cabbage and Irish pie.

Fun facts

Saint Patrick was born in England.

The Irish Were Once Scorned in America.

Corned beef was an American invention.

St Patrick arrived to Ireland as a slave.

St Patrick’s Day was not celebrated in 1941.

St Patrick travelled around Europe.

St Patrick died at the age of 120.

By Arryo Mirzaei