Class 4

Apple Crumble
We made our very own apple crumbles! We first had to peel and chop the apples.  We used the peelers and knives safely and were really good at this.  We then added sugar and put the apple in the microwave.  In the kitchen, we combined sugar, flour and margarine to make the crumble topping and then put it in the oven to cook.  They were delicious!
  

Autumn
We love taking our learning outside and Autumn is a perfect month for this.  We learnt that some animals hibernate during the Winter so collect food to store for themselves in Autumn.  We also learnt about deciduous trees losing their leaves which led to great scavenger hunt for signs of Autumn.  We started to compile our own seasons booklets which we will add to throughout the year.  As a class we have been discussing friendships and how to work together as a team.  We listened to the story ‘The Squirrels Who Squabbled’ by Rachel Bright and used the teamwork skills we learned about to create journey sticks showing the signs of Autumn in groups.  We also used the story ‘Leaf Man’ by Lois Ehlert as inspiration to create our own initial leaf pictures. Finally we celebrated Autumn by enjoying a cup of hot chocolate!

History
In History we have been learning about Victorian seaside holidays.  We really enjoyed learning about pennylick ice-creams and watching a Punch and Judy show! In groups we created freeze frames to show the different activities that people might have done.  Our favourites were creating bathing machines, going on donkey rides and making sandcastles.  Can you guess what we are doing in these freeze frames?
  

Design Technology
We have been exploring the Scientific concept of floating and sinking. We were then set a challenge to construct our own boat.  Our boat must have a sail and be able to hold some small plastic teddies.  We designed them out of junk materials before constructing.  Some of our boats floated first time but others needed evaluating and refining so that they floated.
 
Art
In Art we learnt about the stories and journeys that Aboriginal people tell through dreamtime stories. We learnt that Aboriginal art uses earth colours because they made their ‘paint’ out of the natural world around them.  Their artwork is composed of dots because they used sticks, bones and fingers to create the marks.  We looked at the different symbols that they use in their art before creating our own using cotton buds. We loved showing them to our parents in our class assembly.