We have been learning time with Mr Berenger. We made our own clocks and we stuck on extra pieces to remind us of counting by 5s around the clock face. We also stuck on labels to help remember quarter past and quarter to.......

Nothing will stop our Mae.... dancing, not a problem!

Yesterday the Ringwood Secondary College Band visited our school for a performance. They were amazing. We learnt about the different instrument groups in the band. We watched the conductor and we also listened to some great singing.

Today we welcomed back Mae for the second time. She has been back at the Royal Childrens' hospital where they have changed the plaster and set her legs and hips in a different way. We sure hope she is now on the way to recovery. We are amazed at how she never complains and tries to do most things.  She never stops smiling!!!!

 

Yesterday Marion Stewart visited us and she explained what happens to her wool. She has sheep at her farm but they are very different to Doug's sheep. She has sheep just for their special coloured wool. She showed us how it changes from fleece to balls of wool. She did some spinning on a special spinning wheel. The wool was then put into skeins on another machine and finally it was rolled into balls so you can use it to knit with. She showed us some jumpers and jackets she made from her wool. We learnt some new words like niddy noddy and swift.

This week in our quest we have been learning about how things start at a farm and eventually end up on our plates. We are looking at how crops and animals can be used for food and other things.

On Monday Doug came with three of his sheep. He showed us how he shears his sheep. He told us that  he sells the fleece. He shears his sheep twice a year.  He only keeps his sheep for a little while and then they get sold. They are then cut up and sent to the supermarket so we can buy chops and roasts to eat.

Mae has been super brave and now has her beautiful pink plasters. She will be home this weekend all going well. We all miss her and can't wait to have her back.

Hello everybody,
well here we are the last term of the year already, can't believe it.
Our quest we will be studying is "From farm to plate" (how our food and other things come from farms and change for us to eat or use)  So if you have any ideas for us please send them along.
Please don't forget swimming money and forms. We have very few returned so far and it starts next week.
Also we only have 3 offers for help for the fete food stall that our class is running. So if you can help for one hour , please let me know.

Our thoughts are with Mae and her family as she undertakes an operation on her hip today at the Royal Childrens' Hospital and for the long recovery in plaster and wheelchair for many months. The children are missing her and hoping to have her back really soon

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