More Letters - A visit from Harold

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

Dear Mum
We got to hold a puppet. I picked out a frog. TAM let us touch her heart with a wand. The whole class got to go.

From Mackenzie

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

Dear Mum and Dad
The Life Education bus came to my school and we saw Harold. He is a giraffe. We watched a movie and it was about being friends altogether. When the lights went down we had to be quiet.

From
Luke

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

Dear Mum and Dad
We have been learning about keeping safe when we are playing in the playground. In the Life Education bus we put things onto a puzzle. We watched a movie and when the lights went down we had to be quiet.

From
Oliver

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

Dear Oliver, Elsie, Mum and Dad
We went to the Life Education bus. We watched a movie. It was about being friends. Rabbit wanted to play on the seesaw and Harold wanted to go on the jungle gym. We got to see TAM and some people touched her with a wand.

From Greta

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

Dear Mum and Derek
We went to the Life Education bus and we watched a movie about Harold and his friends. We played with puppets too.

From Brooklyn

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

Dear Mum and Dad
We went on the Life Education bus and we watched a movie called 'Keeping Friends'. There was a song in in. On Thursday we watched another movie. We saw TAM and we did a puzzle. Then Harold sang a song. We played with a puppet and I had a penguin.

From Alex

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

Dear Mum
The Life Education bus came to school and we saw Harold's friends. We sang a song with Harold and we watched a movie called 'I am Me'. In the puzzle that we did we had to find healthy food. We took some stickers home. We watched two movies.

From
Jared

Letters - Dylan the drummer

Sacred Heart School

Wednesday 25 August 2010

Dear Paris,
Dylan came to Sacred Heart School and he played the drums for us. Dylan tossed the drumsticks in the air. There were 4 cowbells.

From
Max

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

25 August 2010

Dear Paris and Greta
After prayers we went to the hall to see Dylan play his drums. I liked his music and when he flicked his sticks up into the air. It looked cool.

From Brooklyn M

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

25 August 2010

Dear Greta
A drummer came to school. He played rock and roll. The drummer was called Dylan. Dylan had a cow bell. He put his head down when he finished a song.

From
Séamus

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

25 August 2010

Dear Greta
We went over to the hall to watch Dylan the drummer play the drums.

From
Hannah


Room 3
Sacred Heart School

25 August 2010

Dear Greta and Paris
We went to the hall and we sat down. Dylan played the drums. He played rock and roll. He was good at playing the drums and I had fun. All the children were nodding their heads and we got to have a dance when he played the rock and roll. It was cool at the hall.

From
Jasmine



Room 3
Sacred Heart School

25 August 2010

Dear Paris and Greta
Dylan came to school. He played the drums and I liked it. He played rock and roll for us and he made the teachers dance. I had a lot of fun.

From Matthew


Room 3
Sacred Heart School

25 August 2010

Dear Paris
After prayers all the Sacred Heart children went to the hall to see Dylan. He could flick his sticks in the air and catch them. On the big screen was his photo and he put his drumstick in his nose. Everyone laughed.

From
Xanthe

Room 3
Sacred Heart School

25 August 2010

Dear Paris
We went over to the hall after prayers. It was good fun. Dylan was the best guy I've ever seen. He flipped his drumsticks. He was cool and he is awesome too. Dylan is a drummer. I liked the loud drums.

From
Nick

Floating Egg

As part of our Inquiry unit we carried out an experiment using an egg, salt and water. The aim was to see if we could make an egg float in water. We initially placed the egg into a container of tap water. Then we began adding measured amounts of salt until the egg floated. This experiment has left us with some questions. Please feel free to leave us a comment to help us answer these questions.

How can salt make things float in water?
If a big boat had a hole in the side of it, will it float in the Dead Sea?

A visit to school by our special friends

On Friday as part of a unit on mass the children were able to bring a soft toy to school that could fit into their school bags. Four stations were set up around the classroom.



The first station had us using two plastic bags tied to a piece of elastic that had been taped across the support beams in the classroom. The tops of the plastic bags needed to be lined up before we put a soft toy into each plastic bag. The aim was to find out which soft toy was the heaviest. We repeated the process to find out who had the lightest soft toy too.



Station two was using Miss Swney's electronic kitchen scales.



Station three was a set of VERY heavy balance scales. A soft toy was put into each of the two silver trays to find out the heaviest and then the lightest soft toy.


We also took time to read a story to our special friends.

Floating and Sinking

As part of our Inquiry topic, we have been learning about the Physical World.

We have been learning about floating and sinking. We put an apple in a container full of water. It floated so we peeled the skin off and it still floated. We put the skin into the water too. When we put the paper into the water it floated when it was dry. It sank when it was wet because the water had filled the paper. I thought that the pencil would sink but it floated. The soup spoon sank because it was made out of metal. The tennis ball floated because it had nothing inside it.

Breyah




In Room 3 I have been learning about what floats and sinks. When something is sinking it floats to the bottom of the container. We were put into groups and it was fun. Apples float because they have air bubbles inside them. Our apples were red and crunchy.

Jasmine






In Room 3 we are learning about floating and sinking. We did it outside. We had fun. In the water the tennis ball floated because it had air in it.

Sam



In Room 3 we were sinking and floating things. The peg was sinking because it was metal and plastic. The bark chip floated. It was made out of wood. I liked the day.

Caleb

We, the scientists are looking at floating and sinking. We put the apple in the water. The apple floated. Miss Swney was puzzled. We peeled the apple and it still floated.

Alex M

On a frosty morning

A frosty morning proved to be a great way of igniting the children's writing. We used our senses to help us with ideas.



On a frosty morning we saw white stuff on the grass. We heard a crunchy sound on the grass when we walked on it. My hands got cold and they ached.

Alex H

On a frosty morning I saw frost in my garden. It was white and cold. We put our hands on the frost and it was cold. It melted.

Brooklyn M

On a frosty morning I saw some frost on the grass. When I stood on it, it made a scrunchy noise. Then I put my hands on the grass and my hands got sore and the grass felt cold. I looked at it and it looked white. When I took my hand off the grass, it had made a hand print on the grass. I saw some crystals.

Paris

A visit by a lamb

On Monday the 28th of June, Jared brought Bubbles the lamb to school. She makes a noise like this baa baa. She looks cute because she has fluffy and curly wool. She lives in a box by heater. Bubbles is 8 days old. Bubbles' mum cannot feed her because she is sick.

Xanthe

On Monday, Jared brought a lamb called Bubbles to school. She went baaaa and she did the splits. She felt soft. Bubbles lived in a box. We got to pat Bubbles. She drank milk.

Emma