Sharon let me know that the “Let the Fun and Olympic Games” page has no place where you can leave a comment

I have put the info sheet you were all given at school on the page, as well as some links where you can find some information.

If you have a question or a concern leave a comment here!

See you all school on Tuesday

MrsP

Image: ‘Olympic Fever, Side 1‘
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Image: ‘Olympic Fever, Side 2‘
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Sharon, Nadine & Momtahina made a video about Whaling.

Ramiz presents a naval officer who informs about the tragic story of the HMAS Sydney. This warship has recently been found off the coast of Western Australia.
Listen on …..

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Timothy presents as a world famous marine biologist to share what he has found out about Giant Squids, whilst Michael is a pirate with a story to tell about a famous pirate from long ago……..


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Real or not?

Sokeina & Celia investigated Mermaids, watch their News Report to uncover little known information about these storybook creatures of the deep.

Robert investigated pirates. Hear what he found out about a famous pirate ……..

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We have been making origami whales!

We read about the idea of making these whales at the “Origami Whale Project” site – and how they were used to raise awareness of the slaughter of whales internationally. Did you know that since 1986 over 30 000 whales have been killed by whalers from Iceland, Norway and Japan? 

Everyone folded the paper carefully and we strung the whales up on string to make a curtain of beautiful coloured whales in our room.

You can all make a virtual origami whale and send it off to the Japanese Prime Minister – just click here and off it goes!

Is this connected learning or what?

Students from across the world set the pace!

Nadine from the AllStars and Stephie from Argentina have been commenting on each other’s blog for a while now, and have become friends with a shared concern.

With the help of Stephie’s teacher, they have set up a wiki called “Stop Whaling Now”. The girls have decided to mount a campaign to stop whaling. Have a look at their wiki and leave a comment, or join their fight.

Attribution:  Image: ‘Humpback Whales in Prince William Sound‘

Today we used a different Visible Thinking routine to kick start our individual Study Projects.

Our overall topic is the Ocean, but everyone is interested in different subjects and areas within this big topic.

The thinking routine we used was called:

Think

Puzzle

Explore

First we had to think of facts we knew (or thought we knew) about oceans.

Then we had to come up with something that puzzled us  or something we wondered about oceans.

Lastly we identified some areas of interest that we might explore as a class.

We used lots of post-it notes (MrsP should NOT buy cheapo ones from the $2 Shop – cos they don’t stick) but came up with lots of great ideas that we can follow through with in class, or in our individual Study Project.

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A great big AllStar and Australian welcome

to our special Scottish visitor –

Nounours!

We can’t wait to show Nounours all about our Australian heritage and the special things about our city of Sydney.

We are looking forward to Nounours learning about Australia and the AllStars too

Nounours has already met Sandy our Scottish otter, as well as Koko Koala and Kanga & Roo. Lots of fun is on our way!