Remembrance Day

On Tuesday it was Remembrance Day. Alyssa brought in some very special medals and badges belonging to her great grandfather who was a pilot during World War II. We learnt about the types of planes he flew and how he was lucky to survive after his plane was shot at.
We also read a great book Gallopoli by Kerry Graham. The book helped us to imagine what life would have been like as a soldier in the war. Later on we used our VCOP skills (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation) to write about Remembrance Day.

I needed my shirt ironed but all we had was this really old, heavy iron!

Last week we also worked hard on multiplication and symmetry in maths. We continue to investigate life in the past (see photo above) and last week we compared transport of the past to what we use now. Students also enjoyed having a creative writing session. Here is Sebastian's story:

Sam and the Forest by Sebastian

There was a big old tree and in the tree lived tree people. They are polite, kind and respectful except on named little Loki. He had a plan to steal all the tree fruit for himself so he did that and went into the forsaken forest.

But one person names Sam went to find the fruit for his people. So he went through the spiky roses, past alligators, Minotaurs and a troll at the cave Loki hid in. He defeated the troll and brought the fruit back. 

 

Next Week (24th November) is Swimming

If you would like to come along to watch you are welcome to walk down with us. We will leave school around 12:30.