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Famous Five

Author: Enid Blyton
Country: England
Theme: Mystery and Adventure
Release Date: 1942 to 1963
Main Characters: Julian, Dick, Anne, George and their dog Timmy

About the characters:

Three of the children, Julian, Dick and Anne, are brothers and sister.

Julian: Julian is the eldest of the five. He is the cousins to George, Dick and Anne. Julian is tall, strong and caring. He is normally the leader of the group.

Dick: Dick has a very cheeky sense of humour. He is the same age as his cousin George.

Anne: Anne is the youngest in the group. She can be very shy and frightened sometimes.

George: George is a tomboy and doesn't like anyone calling her Georgina. George is a cousin to Julian, Dick and Anne.

About Enid Blyton:
Enid was born in London, 1897 - 1968. Enid has sold over 400 million copies. Enid wrote 21 Famous Five books.

Here are some scrapbooks I made on Enid Blyton and the Famous Five characters:

Mary Poppins

Word Bank:
London, children, magic, nanny, fog, sweeps, Bert, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Banks, Michael, Jane, The Bird Woman, umbrella, carriage, medicine, musical, household, parasol, gas lamp.


Special Interests:
Main Characters: Mary Poppins, Bert, Jane and Michael.
Release Date: 1964
Cast: Marry Poppins: Julie Andrews
Bert: Dick Van Dyke
Jane: Karen Dotrice
Michael: Mathew Garber
Director: Robert Stevenson

Different things back then compared to today:
They had carriages and now we don't have that many as we used to because we now have cars.
They had more smart and sensible clothes to wear everyday.
They had old fashioned telephones.
They had heating by fires.
The way houses had clean chimneys was that some people that had the job to clean chimneys would come and scrub them until they were clean.

Homework Term 3 Week 7

The artist for this week is Berthe Morisot. Find out the following:

- Where did she live and paint? Paris
- What is her style called? Impressionist for 19th Century
- What is your favorite painting and discuss it? My favorite painting is all the pictures of the out-side style.

The poem for this week is The Knight. Write it out in your neatest handwriting

Once upon a time there was a knight who rode over the hills,

and killed a dragon,

and set fifteen women free
from an enchanter who kept the prisoners in a towerand found a castle where they could live,

and rode on to the desert
where two kings were fighting a war that never ended
and waved a magic shield over the battle
so all the soldiers stopped fighting and said,
"What are we here for?"
And then the knight turned and rode back,
through the desert, past the tower, over the hills,
and when she got home
she took off her amour,
patted the cat and made

herself a cup of tea.

The THRASS sound for this week is "sh" as in shark, write out all the "sh" words you know. shovel, shade, shoe, shadow, shake, shallow, shape, share, shed, sheep, shell, shield, shelter, shine, ship, shop, short.

Do Unit 20 in your yellow spelling book.

Write out your 12 and 11 times tables for the extension group and your 5 times for the basketball group.

1x11=11
2x11=22
3x11=33
4x11=44
5x11=55
6x11=66
7x11=77
8x11=88
9x11=99
10x11=110
11x11=121
12x11=132

1x12=12
2x12=24
3x12=36
4x12=48
5x12=60
6x12=72
7x12=84
8x12=96
9x12=108
10x12=120
11x12=132
12x12=144

English Language

1. I wound the bandage around my friends wound.

2. I helped the Polish polish their furniture.

3. I drew a bass on my bass.

4. In the game he had to lead if he would get the lead out.

5. I am going to book a wedding the the yellow pages book.

6. I went to a ball with a soccer ball.

7. My cat was playing with a mouse while I was catching a grey mouse.

8. I watched a fly fly in and out of a window.

9. I asked my Mum if I can have a can of fruit.

10. I ate a date at a date.

Simile poem

My sister:

When my sister kisses me it feels like going to heaven.
My sister is as precious as a gem.
When I see my sister she looks like an angel.

Similie and Metaphore

The tree was as rough as dragon's scales.

The girl's eyes sparkeld like snow and ice combined.

The movie was as boring as watching a paused world.
My sister's skin is as silky than my hair.

Eating chocolate is like spending time with friends everyday.

Being sent to the principal is like being grounded.

Great Barrier Reef

Word Bank: coral, reef, diving, seaweed, fish, water, rocks, peaceful, coral, reef, fish, sharks, ocean, beach, poison, blue, clear, species, colours, aquatic, creatures, shipwrecks, marine, life, seas, dangerous.

Facts:
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world.
The reef belongs to:
-1,500 species of fish.
-359 types of hard coral.
-4,000 different types of shellfish.
-400 different species of seaweed.
-30 different species of marine animals.
-2,900 reefs.
-940 islands and cays.

Bright colours mean "don't eat me."
A herbivore only eats plants.
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the Great Wonders of the world. It is a very popular place for Humpback Whales to breed.
The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space!

Facts about Crown-of Thorn Starfish:
The Crown-of-Thorn Starfish are a type of starfish that eats living coral.
It has been a major issue on the Great Barrier Reef and other Pacific reefs for nearly 40 years!

They eat coral reefs from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The Crown-of-Thorns is the second largest sea star in the world. The Crown-of-Thorns can grow from the size of a grain of sand to the size of a dinner plate. Large Crown-of-Thorns can grow to be the size of a school bus tire.

Here is a picture of a Crown-of-Thorn:









Types of living creatures:

Crown-of-Thorns starfish
Sea Snails
Puffer fish
Hermit crab
Sea horse

It's great to be a Bottlenose Dolphin:

What is a Bottlenose Dolphin?
Bottlenose dolphins are actually small whales, and belong to a group called "toothed whales". They are air breathing mammals so they still must come to the surface to breathe through the blowhole on top of their heads. Their shape and colour is depending on where they are found. Dolphins have a dark grey back and a light grey belly. It helps them camouflage when predators (such as killer whales or sharks) look up from the deep, the light grey belly blends in with bright surface waters. When seen from above, the grey back blends in with the deep dark waters below.
Where do they live?
Bottlenose Dolphins are commonly found in temperate and tropical seas all over the world. Bottlenose dolphins can be found in all of Western Australia's marine parks. Bottlenose dolphins eat about 15 kilograms of food per day. They eat a wide variety of fish, squid and octopuses.

Their Threats:
Bottlenose Dolphin's natural threats are killer whales and sharks such as tiger sharks and dusky sharks. Other risks include entanglement in fishing nets (trawling, drift and gill nets).

Bottlenose dolphins are very social animals that live together in a group called pods. Inshore pods may have around 12 dolphins and offshore pods may have the about in the hundreds.

Haiku:
Dolphins swim slowly.
They dive in the peaceful sea.
Make sounds at sunset.

Here is a picture of a Bottlenose Dolphin:

Here is a scrapbook of a Bottlenose Dolphin:

Here are some pictures of the Great Barrier Reef:

Haiku:
Schools of fish swim fast.
The Reef is a peaceful place.
Dolphins dive up high.

This is a scrapbook I made on the Great Barrier Reef:

Homework-Term 3 Week 6

For basketball homework, write out and learn your 9 times tables. For extension homework take these amounts from $5.

36c=$4.64

$4.90=10c

66c=$4.34

$2.90=$3.10

18c=$4.82

$1.79=$3.21

$3.33=$1.67

$3.85=$1.15

$1.86=$3.14

89c=$4.11

Poetry Homework for this week is by Edward Lear:

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea

In a beautiful pea-green boat:
They took some honey, and plenty of money
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.

The Owl looked up to the stars above,

And sang to a small guitar,

"O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,

What a beautiful Pussy you are,

You are,

You are!

What a beautiful Pussy you are!

Write out this poem by Edward Lear in your neatest handwriting.

Do Unit 19 in your yellow spelling book.

Unit 18

List:

salt, volt, cold, bald, myself, elf, bulb, halt, bolt, gold, wild, yourself, calf, calm, felt, silk, fold, world, himself, half, palm, belt, milk, sold, should, herself, wolf, melt, talk, hold, could, itself, gulf, gulp, adult, difficult, build, would, golf, help.

1. Which list words mean...?

a magical creature: elf
an onion-like root: bulb
a measurement of electric force: volt
a sport: golf
swallow quickly: gulp
a large bay: gulf

2. Write in the missing letters to make list words.
salt
half
palm
talk

3. Write three different questions beginning with: should, would and could.

Could I please go to my friends house?

Would I be able to do soccer lessons?

Should I go to the shops to buy groceries?

4.Which list words are synonyms (words with with similar meanings) for these...?

crease: fold
stop: halt
Earth: world
hairless: bold

5. Which list words belong in these groups...?

fig, oak, wattle, eucalypt: palm

kitten, puppy, lamb, foal: calf

cheese, cream, butter: milk

ice, freeze, snow, shiver: cold

6. Word Building
1. A contraction is a shortened word that has been made from two words.

Write the following contractions in full.

shouldn't: should not

couldn't: could not

wouldn't: would not

2. To change most words ending with If to plurals, change the f to v and then add es.

Make the following list words into plurals.

elf: elves
calf: calves
half: halves
wolf: wolves

Koalas

Word Bank: Koala, eucalyptus, gum tree, juicy leaves, Australia, fur, herbivore, leaves, lives, baby, male, female, tree, interesting

Facts: A koala is a type of bear. A koala is a mammal, which can only survive on a diet of juicy gum leaves. They like eating juicy gum leaves and sleeping. Especially in the day time. The koala got it's name from the ancient Aboriginal word "no drink" because koalas receive over of it's hydration from the gum leaves they eat. Koalas only drink water when they are ill or times when there is not enough moisture in the leaves. Koalas live for 12-16 years in the wild.

Habitat: Koalas are found in QLD, NSW, VIC and SA. Koalas live in societies, like humans, so they need to be able to contact with other koalas. In Australia there are over 600 types of eucalyptus but koalas only eat up to 40-50 different types.

Questions:

1. What do koalas eat?

2. How can you tell the difference between a female and a male koala?

Answers:

1. Eucalyptus leaves, gum leaves, tea trees.

2. Males are usually larger in size than females. Males have flatter, less pointed faces than females.

Here is a picture of a female koala:

What happens when you put Mentos in Coke?

What happens when you put Mentos in Coke?
When you put Mentos in Coke it lets out a mass of gas which blows up out of the bottle which causes it to make a big fountain of Coke.

Word Bank: form, expand, fizz, Coke, Mentos, explode, carbon dioxide, combine, re act, fun, minty flavour, reation, explode.

What you need:
Coke








Mentos







glass cup
spoon
adult supervision
protective clothing

What to do:
Remember to do this outside!!
Get your can of Coke and some Mentos. Place the Mentos somewhere where it won't get dirty. Open the can of Coke and carefully drop a Mentos in the Coke. After a few seconds it should explode and form a Coke fountain.

What happened:
Dragonfly poured the Coke into a glass cup. Then she put one Mentos in the glass. But the Coke didn't fizz up. It only fizzed up a tiny bit. Then Dragonfly got to drink the Coke and eat the Mentos. She said it tastes like mint with soda!!!
Diagram:

Maths times tables and measurment

Questions:

1. If I leave Canberra on the bus at 9:15am, and get into Sydney 3 hours and 15 minutes later, what time will it be?

2. If I had to be at a meeting at 11:30, and it takes 37 minutes to get there, what time will I have to leave home?

3. If it takes 25 minutes to read a chapter in my book, and I want to read three chapters, how long will it take me?

4. If I am going to bake cookies, and each tray takes twelve minutes to bake, how long will it take, in hours and minutes, to bake six trays?

5. If I leave Sydney at 3.30pm, and drive for two hours, then have a fifteen minute break in Berrima, then drive for another hour and a half, how long will it take to get to Canberra.

6. If it takes forty-five minutes to make fudge, how long does it take to make two batches?

Answers:

1. 12:30
2. 10:53
3. 1 hour, 15 minutes
4. 1 hour, 12 minutes
5. 3 hours, 45 minutes
6. 1 hour, 30 minutes

5 Random things

I've never:

1. Been skydiving
2. Been bungy jumping
3. Been to a wedding
4. Swam with dolphins
5. Been to China

I have:

1. Been bitten by a dog
2. Ridden a horse
3. Been to a sleep-over
4. Got and A in lots of things
5. Shouted at my brother

Terrarium

Word Bank: plants, seeds, moss, dirt, grow, orchid, water, glass jar, flowers, fluid, fertiliser, moist, nutrients, greenery, spores, sprout, habbitat, sow, re plant, leaves, buds, moss. mould, warmth, grass, roots, decorative, nature, garden,

Sentences using who, what, when, where, why:

Who: The person who helped me make my terrarium was Andy.

What: We made our own terrarium.

When: We made our terrarium 11.8.09

Where: We made our terrariums outside.

Why: So we could see which terrarium would survive and wouldn't.

Haiku:
Terrariums, grow
Remember to water them
It's a small, small world

Diagram:

Chemical Reactions-Alkaline versus Acid

Alkaline:
Milk
Water


Acid:
Vinegar
Soda Water

For every action there is a re action.

Prediction:
I predict that when the bicarbonate of soda is poured into the acidic drinks, it will start to fizz up and over the cup.

What happened:
Dragonfly poured in the acidic drinks in a cup each. Then she put a tea spoon of bicarbonate of soda into each acidic drink. We watched how it reacted.

Dressing up for dinner

You will need a large block of chocolate, a flat tin plate, a knife and fork, a dice, and an old hat and coat. The guests sit in a circle with the chocolate, plate, knife, fork, hat, coat etc. In the middle.

Each person rolls the dice. If a six is thrown, the player gets up, runs to the centre, puts on the hat and then, picks up the knife and fork and begins to eat the chocolate. One square is cut off at a time, and that must be just with fingers before the next piece is cut off.

While this player is eating, the rest of the team takes it turns to throw the dice. When another six is thrown, that guests runs to the centre, takes the hat and coat from the previous person, gets dressed and begins to cut the chocolate. (If many six are thrown one after the other, there is a big rush as people begin to put on the coat only to have another person race out and take it after them.)

Word Bank: Chocolate, block, hat, coat, plate, knife, fork, dice, centre, six, cut, pieces.

1. I went to the shops to buy a block of chocolate and cut it into six pieces.

2. At a clothes shop I bought a brown hat and a black coat.

3. While dinner time I dropped my knife and fork on the floor.

4. My puppy has a plastic plate to play with.

Deserts and Tropical Rainforests in Australia

(Deserts and Rainforests)

Tropical Rainforests:

Wet, tropical climate, not many animals, waterfalls, damp, tropical plants, creatures, lots of frogs,

snakes, birds, explorers.

Deserts:

Dry, hot, dusty, not many animals, dry sand, cactuses, camels, not much water, lots of lizards.

Word Bank: Deserts, tropical, climate, waterfalls, dusty, hot, camels, cactuses, dry sand, plants, rainforests, birds.

Here are some pictures of tropical rainforests and deserts:

Australian Ravens

Word Bank: Raven, diet, bird, glide, squawk, trees, beak, legs, feathers, wings, black, adults, types, swoop, seeds, bugs, reptiles, carrion, fruit, common.

Facts:

The Australian Raven is found in Eastern, Southern, Western and Central Australia. The Australian Raven only has a black body. Adult Ravens have white colored eyes and young Ravens have dark colored eyes. To swallow food the Australian Ravens wack their head back to digest their food while eating. The Latin name for a raven is Corvus.

Diet: Ravens eat seeds, insects, carrion, fruit, small reptiles, nestling and eggs,

Here are some pictures of Australian Ravens:












Haiku:
Gliding threw the air
Squawking loudly everywhere
Feathers slowly drift

Pegasus the Winged Horse-cloze

Long ago in the faraway land of Lycea in Asia there liked a monster called the Chimera. It breathed fire and smoke from it's huge nostrils and devoured anyone who dared to come near it-sheep, cattle, men, women, children and even wild beats. People were afraid to come out of their houses and their King Isobates could neither eat nor rest for worrying how to rid his land of the evil monster. For what man would be so brave as to undertake so dread a task? The monster had no fewer than three heads, a goat's, a lion's and a serpent's and from its three heads there gushed forth long tongues of flame that burned the country side and spread destruction far and wide. The Chimera's body was like that of a dragon and it's tail like like that of a boa constructer.



At that time a brave and noble young knight, Bellerophon by name, chanced to be visiting the King of that land. It was Bellerophon's fondest dream to do some brave and valiant deed, so when the King proposed that he should go out and test his strength against Chimera he was only too eager to prepare himself for this mighty task.

Sport

Sport is a fun, active activity. Sport makes you very healthy and strong. Sport is a fun, healthy activity everyone can enjoy-Soccer, gymnastics, horse riding, basketball, swimming and lots more.

This is some descriptive writing about when I started gymnastics: I have been doing gymnastics for about 3 years. I started doing gymnastics in Bungendore. I did that for about 2 years. Then I started doing gymnastics at Woden Valley Gymnastics Club. I started last year. I enjoy doing gymnastics. It makes me healthy, strong and flexible. I am in ACT level. I love doing gymnastics.

Word Bank: fun, active, sports, activity, healthy, gymnastics, exercise, competitive, challenging, exiting, achieve, coach, gymnasts, teamwork, cooperation.

This is a picture of a gymnast:

Volcanoes

Word Bank: Volcano, cinders, erupt, lava, formed, dome, Mt St Helens, destroyed, magma, earthquake, mountain, metamorphic, volcan, heat, steam, gas.

Volcano facts: In 1906 there was an earthquake in San Fransisco. Japan is the most prepared country for natural disasters. Earthquakes can make volcanoes erupt. The volcano got it's name from Volcan the God of fires.

Diagram of a volcano:




















Types of volcanoes:
1. Calder volcano
2. Cinder Cone volcano
3. Shield volcano
4. Stratovolcano
5. Lava Dome volcano


Questions:

1. What comes out of a volcano?
2. What is formed inside a volcano?
3. How is a volcano formed?
4. Were are volcanoes located?
5. What kind of rocks are around a volcano?
6. What makes a volcano erupt?
7. What are the two volcanoes in Italy?
8. How are super volcanoes stronger than volcanoes?

Answers:

1. Molten rock called lava.
2. Magma is formed into lava.
3. Molten rock is pushed up threw the earth's crust.
4. The Ring of fire.
5. Igneous rocks.
6. Volcanoes erupt when the lava is encouraged up out of the chambers.
7. Mt Etna and Mt Vesuvius.
8. Super Volcanoes are formed in hotter places.

This is a like for how to make a volcano.

My Holiday

On the first week of the holidays my mum booked horse riding for 3 kids. They were for me, Nicky and my brother. We were all excited because we have never been horse riding before!! It was booked for Tuesday at 4:00pm but we had to leave at 3:30pm. We had to wear a water proof jacket, runners or boots and if you were a girl you had to tie your hair up in a neat pony tail.

At 3:30 we hopped in our car and drove to Nicky's house to pick her up. When I knocked on their old door Nicky came running to it and when she opened the door she screamed in my face so loud because she was so excited! I told her to calm down so she did. She was wearing a pretty, big purple water proof jacket.

She said bye to her parents and we hopped inside the car and drove off. We were so excited. The horse riding place was in Holder. It only took 10 minutes to get there. While we were in the car Nicky and I started planning on what we should do at our sleep-over. She was coming to my house for a night.


Once we got there mum went to the front office and signed some sheets and payed the money. It cost a lot of money. We had to wait for 15 minutes for our turn on the trail ride. While we where waiting I gave everyone a lolly pop. The flavours we had where coca cola, strawberry and strawberry and cream. I had strawberry and cream. It lasted for the longest.

Then our leader came to pick us up. Her name was Sarah. We went to the front office to get our helmets. Once we put them on my little sister started to cry because she didn't get a helmet to wear. She got an ice-cream instead. We followed Sarah to the horses. I got to choose which horse I wanted to ride first. I chose Caspan. He is white and is the second biggest horse out of the 3 horses including Sarah's horse. My brother chose Caspa and Nicky chose Guinie. All of the horses we rode was a boy. Sarah's horse was a girl.


All of the horses wanted to eat grass but we pulled their reigns so they won't eat grass. Then we kicked their tummy and they started walking. When we were on a flat surface in the field we started trotting but my brother's horse and my horse started galloping!! It was so scary. I had to pull the reigns as hard as I could. It was hard because the helmet started slipping over my eyes and I couldn't see!!


Suddenly Caspan calmed down. I didn't want to trot again but after another trot he stopped galloping. I was very happy. We started trotting back to the barn. On the way I saw my little sister still with her ice-block. It was dripping all over her hand. I waved hello and started to walk Caspan to the barn. We all carefully lifted one leg over the back and jumped off. I couldn't really my bum!!

We followed Sarah to the front office to take off our helmets. We said thank you and hopped in the car and drove off to our house. In the car we sang a song for Mel. We sang 5 different songs. She fell asleep in the middle of the last song.

When we arrived home it was about 6:00pm. We went inside and decided to watch "The Simpsons". It was about a man that escaped from prison and he was Lisa and Bart's worst enemy. They had to try and stop him. It was very funny.

Then my dad came home. We washed our hands thoroughly with soap and then sat at the table for dinner. For dinner we had spaghetti cabonarra. It was delicious.

At 7:00 we all played Club Penguin on the computer. It is a game where you waddle around and meet new friends. It is really fun. We played that for 30 minutes each. While we were playing club penguin my mum gave us a bowl of cookies and cream ice-cream!! It was so nice.

At 8:30 we brushed our teeth and washed our face and hands. Then got into our p.js. I said good night to my mum and dad and went to bed.

I had a really good time horse riding in the holidays. I hope I can do it again.

THE END!!!

Cloze Excercise-Matilda by Roald Dahl

Matilda is a great book for readers in Grade 3-5. It tells the story of a 5 year old girl named Matilda. Matilda is a very bright girl. She started talking fluently when she was one year old and could read perfectly when she was five. All her parents thought of her was a noisy little chatterbox.

At Matilda's school there is a very mean Headmistress called Miss Trunchbull. She is very violent and doesn't seem to like children. Then there is Matilda's teacher called Miss Honey who is nice to everyone.
This wonderful book tells about the wonderful adventures of Matilda what type of special powers she gets.

If you like the sound of this book go down to your local or school library to read it and be amazed by Matilda.

Words: Fluently, readers, violent, gets, named, perfectly, wonderful, chatterbox, sound

Written by Slinky

Homework Term 2 week 9

Extension Maths:
1. Write 8:43pm in 24 hour time- 20:43am
2. Find the some of 49.68, 117.56- 6, 724- 885.24
3. Which is greater, 158, 342, 185, 324- 342
4. How many sides in a pentagonal prism- 10 sides
5. Write in figures, the number eighteen thousand and ninety-three-18, 090
6. What are the Roman numerals for 104, and 97 and 59- CIV, XCVII, LIX
7. What is one third of 52- 17.3
8. What is 3 times 50- 150

Last Words of a Bluebird-

As I went out a Crow
In a low voice said,
"Oh,I was looking for you.
How do you do?
I just came to tell you
To tell Lesley (will you?)
That her little Bluebird
Wanted me to bring word
That the north wind last night
That made the stars bright
And made ice on the trough
Almost made him cough
His tail feathers off.
He just had to fly!
But he sent her Good-by,
And said to be good,
And wear her red hood,
And look for the skunk tracks
In the snow with an ax-
And do everything!
And perhaps in the spring
He would come back and sing."

if there are any heavens my mother will(all by herself)have
one. It will not be a pansy heaven nor
a fragile heaven of lilies-of-the-valley but
it will be a heaven of blackred roses

By ee cummings

Treasure Hunt for Knowledge

Tasks:

1. How many words can you make from "elephant"?
ant, tap, pat, hat, let, pan, nap, help, eat, ate, lap, pal.

2.Write down as many words as you can for the color "red"

Ruby, sapphire, crimson, scarlet, maroon, rust, lava, terracotta, vermilion.

3. List six bones in the human body.

Skull, hip bone, ribs, jaw bone, patella, femur.

4. Find the author of "The Wind in the Willows"-

Kenneth Grahame is the author of the Wind and the Willows.

5. Draw a net of a cube and put it together.

6. List six words that have the THRASS sound "oa"

boat, moat, goat, float, toast, roast.

7. Write down the first four lines of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all to short a date.

8. Write haiku about rain.

Droplets of rain fall
From the heavens above us,
Shining heavily

9. What are the symbols for lead, gold and silver?

Lead-Pb, Gold-Au, Silver-Ag.

Scrapbook by Butterfly

My telescope

On the 4.4.04 a girl named Butterfly turned 4 years old. It was also a very special day because the electronic telescope had been invented. Everyone was so excited. The cost of the electronic telescope was $5,000!! Butterfly desperately wanted to get the telescope because telescopes were her favorite object.

Then she realized that she hadn't got her birthday present yet. So she asked her parents if she could have her present and they gave her $5,000!! She made the biggest smile ever. She was so happy. She said thank you to her parents and thought about what she should get.

After a few minutes she new what she was going to buy. She went to the man who was selling the telescope and asked if she could buy it. The man first counted all of the money and said you have enough money to buy the telescope. So she took the telescope from the man and ran into her room. She put the telescope next to her bed and lay down for a little rest.

Then she realized her feet were touching something at the end of the bed. She sat up and picked it up. It was a present from her Auntie and Uncle. She read the card. It said:
Dear Butterfly,
We are very proud of you. We hope you have a lovely time today for your 4th birthday. Enjoy the birthday present and take good care of it.
Love Auntie and Uncle

She opened the present and inside it was a ring with a little dolphin holding a round, beautiful small opal. She put it on her second finger and it fit perfectly. She showed it to her mum and dad and they said it was a beautiful dolphin.

She said it was the best birthday ever!!!

THE END!!

Challenge-Snow haiku

Snow is made by god
It shimmers in the light sky
How it makes me smile!

Here is a picture of a snow flake-

Queensland

Topics:

Word Bank
Emblems
Animals
Crops
Information/facts
Rivers+creeks
Lists of places
Big things
Its great to be a Koala
Capital City facts
Ranges

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Word Bank: animals, koalas, rivers, creeks, emblems, Brolga, tourist attractions, cities.

Emblems:

Floral Emblem: Cooktown Orchid
Animal Emblem: Koala
Bird Emblem: Brolga

Crops:

Bananas, chickpea, citrus, apple, sugarcane, cotton, carrots, tropical fruits, wheat and other grain.

Information/facts:

Queensland is Australia's 2nd largest state. The people that live in Queensland enjoy an outdoor life style including beaches, waterways, national parks, rain forests and tropical reefs.

Rivers/creeks:

Uragara Creek, Underilla Creek, Upland Creek, Hamilton River, Georgina River, Daintree River, Mary River, Paroo River, Noosa River.

Big things:

Big Brush, Big Peanut, Big Barramundi, Big Captain Cook, Big Cassawary, Big Marlin, Big Macadamia nut, Big pineapple.

It's great to be a KOALA!!!

A koala is a type of bear. They like eating juicy gum leaves and sleeping during daytime. The koala got it's name from an ancient Aboriginal word meaning "no drink" because it receives over 9 percent of it's hydration from the gum leaves that it eats. Koalas only drink water when they are ill or times when there is not enough moisture in the leaves. A koala is a mammal, which can only survive on a diet of juicy gum leaves.

Habitat:

Koalas are found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Koalas live in societies, like humans, so they need to be able to contact with other koalas. In Australia there are over 600 types of eucalyptus, but koalas only eat up to 40-50 different types.

Word Bank: Koalas, trees, leaves, eucalyptus, juicy leaves, Australia, popular, mammal, societies.

Haiku:

Koalas are cute

They are so fascinating

They eat juicy leaves

Capital City facts:

Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland. It is the largest city in Queensland. Brisbane's first white settlers arrived in May 1825. Aboriginal people have been living there for at least 40,000 years!!

Ranges:

Mc Pherson Range, Nimmel Range, Conondale Range, Blackall Range, D'Aguilar Range, Selwyn Range, Expedition Range.

Here are some pictures:

Home Work Term 2 Week 7

Extension Maths:
1. Write 8:43pm into 24 hour time-20:43pm
2. Find the some of 39.6 and 86.5-126.1
3. Which is greater? 58, 392 or 85, 668-85, 668
4. How many sides on a hexagonal prism-8 sides
5. Write in figures, the number eighty thousand and ninety-two-80,092
6. What is the roman numerals for 47, 19 and 459-XLVII, XIX, CDLIX
7. What is one third of 666-222
8. What is 3 times 46-138
9. What is the sum of 80 divided by 4-20
10. 37.4 + 82.6 + .3-120.3

Write out 7 and 9 times tables:
1x7=7
2x7=14
3x7=21
4x7=28
5x7=35
6x7=42
7x7=49
8x7=56
9x7=63
10x7=70
11x7=77
12x7=84

1x9=9
2x9=18
3x9=27
4x9=36
5x9=45
6x9=54
7x9=63
8x9=72
9x9=81
10x9=90
11x9=99
12x9=108

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind:
Freeze, Freeze, thou bitter sky
That does not bight so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As a friend remembered not.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
By William Shakespeare

Thrass-Oi as in coin:
boil, soil, toil, foil, coil, spoil, toilet, join, coin, point, choice, voice, rejoice, noise, poison, moist, hoist, avoid, appoint.

The Disco

On the 12.4.09 Florins Primary School had a disco. The Juniors started at 6:30 to 7:45 and the Seniors started 7:45 to 9:00. After the bell rang for home time I walked with Dragonfly and Puppy to Dragonfly's car and hopped in. Her mum came to pick us up.

When we arrived home we got dressed into really pretty clothes. Then Dragonfly's mum put some beautiful makeup on us. We were all wearing pretty black and grey earrings, a black dress and some boots. We looked so pretty. While we were waiting for the disco to start we watched High School Musical 3 Senior Year. It was really good. We were dancing to the music and we were singing to the songs we knew.

At last it was time to go to the disco so we turned the TV of and walked to school for the disco. When we arrived there we tried looking for our friends. When we found them we said hello and were talking in a very exiting voice. We all started dancing to the music. We had a really good time. We did the limbo and I won a chocolate and a Cd. Puppy got a cup with kittens and a chocolate. Dragonfly got a chocolate and a packet of butterfly stickers. The Cd was a High School Musical Cd. Then I asked if DJ Cliff could put my Veronica's Cd on. He did and Dragonfly, Puppy and I learned really cool dance moves to the Veronica's song at dance classes so we did the dance to the song.

Then we decided to buy something from the canteen. Dragonfly's mum gave us $10.00 each so we got a killer python, some strings, mixed lollies and a cola drink. We had a rest and ate our treats. It was 8:15 already!! We decided to get a sausage sizzle each. We ate that and started dancing again.

When the music stopped we did a dancing competition. Puppy, Dragonfly and I signed up. We were up first. We danced to "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga. We came 1st place! It was 8:40 and we were starting to get tired. It was only 20 minutes until it was time to go. We decided to sit down and have a break. We have had a really fun time so far.

Then our parents came to pick us up. I said goodbye to all of my friends and I said thank you to Dragonfly's mum for having me. She said it was a pleasure having me.

I walked to our car and hopped in. Then mum took me to Nicky's house for a sleep-over.

I had a really good time a the disco and I hope I can go to the next disco this year!

Link for how to make slime

Here is a link for how to make slime.

Slime-Make lime slime

What you need:
Cornflour
food coloring
a small mixing bowl
water

Word Bank: Cornflour, bowl, food colouring, water, slimey, slime, lime, fluid, high viscosity, low viscosity, spoon, mix, green, hard, editable, honey, squishy, stale.

The Procedure: Pour a little bit of cornflour into the mixing bowl. Stir the cornflour while pouring little amounts of water until the cornflour is thick. To make the slime any color you want, stir about 5 drops of food coloring into the mixture. Stir the slime REALLY slowly. Then stir the slime as fast as you can. It shouldn't be hard to stir the slime really slowley and then really fast. Now try punching the slime. When you're aiming for the plate of slime try to punch the slime fast and hard. It should feel like you are punching a solid object. You can also eat you slime. It is editable!!

My Prediction is that all of the ingredients that we mix together will turn out to be lime slime! I thought that the slime will be like the "Galaxy Slime" and not stick to your hand so much but instead it wasn't shiney and it made your hand all smooth and slimey.

Haiku (x3)

Slime is very soft

It's lots of fun to play with

It can be good fun

My class made lime slime

Home made slime is very fun

Try to make lime slime

We used cornflour

We used lime food coloring

Lime slime is gooey

High Viscosity things: Milk, water, soft drink, juice, cordial, coffee, wine, tea.

Low Viscosity things: Honey, yogurt, condensed milk, cream, jam, butter.

Cloze Excersise-Swimming Carnival

On the 4th of May our school went to the swimming carnival and had a really good time. Jack V was the Junior Boy's Champion in all his races and the Junior Girls Champion was Freda S, who swam really well in all of her races. The races at the carnival included freestyle, breastroke, butterfly, backstroke and the girls and boys medley. All the children at Howards Primary School got on the bus at 9:30am and arrived at the pool at 9:45am. The first race kicked off at 9:50am and was the girls and boys medley. This was just one of the things that Freda and Jack won. Altogether the swimming carnival was the best one I have been to.

Word Bank: bus, swimming, freestyle, backstroke, school, breastroke, carnival, primary, champion, races, pool, bus, winning.

Haiku{x2}
Carnivals are fun
There is lots of loud cheering
We like seeing who wins!

Swimming races are fun!
People always cheer for you
Swimming is lots of fun

NSW-New South Wales

Word Bank- Emblem, bird, animals, platypus, Waratah, population, rivers, maps, kookaburra, flag, cities, NSW, states.

NSW is the capital city of Sydney. These are the emblems of NSW.

Floral Emblem: Waratah
Animal Emblem: Platypus
Bird Emblem: Kookaburra
Fish Emblem: Blue Groper
Gemstone Emblem: Black Opal
These are some pictures of the emblems.


Information: The population of NSW is 6, 731, 295! NSW is the strongest state to date in all state competitions.

Recent examples of tornadoes in NSW-
13.10.02- Niangla (Northwest Slopes) The tornado destroyed 2 houses and damaged hundreds of trees.
-5.11.00-Nibin and Uki (Northern Rivers) Several homes lost roofs, whole large trees uprooted and snapped.

Haiku- NSW is cool
There population is big
I like NSW!

It is great to be a kookaburra- Kookubarras are a type of bird. They are part of the Kingfiser family. They eat insects, mice, and other small rodents, lizards, the young of other birds and even snakes! Kookaburras have adapted well to humans, they find wires and good places to perch to look for their natural food. They will also watch out and fly down for scraps of meat being thrown away at picnics and barbeques.

Types of kookaburras-Common Kookaburra, Blue winged Kookaburra and lots more.

Haiku about kookaburras-
Kookaburras fly
Kookaburras like singing
They live in strong trees


Word Bank-Emblem, bird, animals, platypus, Waratah, population, rivers, maps, big, kookaburras, flag, cities, NSW, states.

Animals in NSW- Platypus, emus, kookaburras, dingoes, brush-tailed possums, bandicoots, ibis, kangaroos, wombats, wedge-tailed eagle, wallabies, gliding possum, bower birds, echidnas.

Creeks- Horseshoe Creek, Theresa Creek, Kemps Creek, Yarra Creek, Yanco Creek, Iron Cove Creek, Yanga Creek, Doubtful Creek, Tyalgum Creek, Yellow Creek.

Rivers- Darling River, Grose River, Bega River, Clyde River, Macdonald River, Williams River, Tweed River, Border River, Colo River, Orara River, Yowrie River, Yass River.

Tourist Attractions- Sydney Hourbor Bridge, Western Plains Zoo, Luna Park, Opera House.

Lists of places- Taree, Lithgow, Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Katoomba, Griffith, Albury, Moree, Bourke, Armidale, Lismore, Grafton, Kemsfay, Orange, Wollongong, Toronto, Morrisset, Gosford, Cessnock, Berry, Gloucester, Young.

The Sea around NSW is Tasman Sea. Here are some facts about the Tasman Sea- Tasman Sea is the large body of water between Australia and New Zealand. It is approximatley 2,000 kilometres across. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoor Tasman, the first recorded Euorpean to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania.

Big things in NSW- Big golden guitar, big axe, big murray cod, big wine cask, big match stick, big banana, big elephant, big prawn, big merino, big bunch of bananas.

The Golden Wishing Ring

Meanwhile the farmer reached home and showed his ring to his wife. "Now we cannot fail to make our fortune," he said.

"We must think very carefully how we shall use our wish."
"Why don't we wish for the land next door so that our farm can be twice as big?" said his wife. "Well that would be all right," said the farmer,"but I'd rather try really hard and see if we can save the money for the land, and in that way we will still have our wish."

And that's what happened. They worked so hard that they were able to get the land next door."Let's wish for a horse and a cow," said the wife.
"No, we don't need to waste our wish," said the farmer. "If we work hard it will not take long to buy the land. Sure enough, they were able to by a beautiful horse and cow.

Camp at Yirrigai-day 1

Day 1: On Wednesday 20th May year 4 went to Yirrigai for 3 days. These are the teachers that came with us- Ms Malenzie, Mr McToud and Mrs Clawless. After the bell rang 4M lined up behind 4C and we walked to the front of the school with our luggage's, while Miss Malenzie called the roll. As she called our names we put our bags on the bus and then we hopped on. It took half an hour to get to Yirrigai.

When we got there we hopped off the bus and got our bags. Right in front of us were 2 members of Yirrigai. Their names were Sue and Ken. Then they took them to the front of the cabins. We put our bags down and went off to the hall and ate some Yirrigai biscuits. They were really yummy. Ken told us that the hall was our meeting room and when you hear a fire alarm it means "go to the meeting room". Then we got a gold addition Yirrigai drink bottle. So we went to fill them up. When we filled our bottles up we sat down and had a rest. Then Ken told us our table groups. I was in table group 6. In my group was Celina, Tilly, Tim, Anne, Drew and me.

Then we went back to the cabins and Mr McToud called out the cabin groups. We waited quite a while to hear what cabin group we were in. Finally he called cabin group 2 with Lietta, Emma, Charlie, Alira(ME), Tara, Melli and Livy. We were all in the same group. We were so excited that we almost screamed!! So we carried our bags around the people and into our beautiful cabins. We only got 30 minutes to make our beds and put our bags on the shelf.

This is a picture of the cool cabins.




After the 30 minutes had gone we got ready for a walk around Yirrigai. Miss Malenzie went to everyone's cabin to remind us about the walk and that the fire alarm will go off soon. When it did go off we all went to the meeting area. Then Ken said that it was lunch time so we walked slowly to the dining room where table group 1 had set the tables for us. We sat down and waited for our table group number to be called. Then Miss Malenzie called table group 6 (my group) to come out and get our lunch. For lunch we had 2 sausage rolls each, some salad and for a drink we had apple juice. I thought I wouldn't be able to eat 2 sausage rolls and some salad because my tummy was full but to my amazement I did eat it!

After that we went to our cabins to get ready for activities. I was in group 2. Luckily I was with one of my 2 best friends Livy and Charlie! When we got to the meeting area there were 2 cones. Ken was holding a piece of paper. After a few minutes he read out the 2 groups on the piece of paper. I was happy I was with my friends. Our leader was Sue.

The first activity we did was photo orienteering. We all were split into groups. Every group got a sheet with photos with all different kinds of things. Once you have found one of the pictures there is a clicker. You put a sheet of paper in the middle and push the clicker down on the paper. Once you have found every photo you go to the teachers and get another sheet.

After that activity we had dinner. For dinner we had roast. It was really nice but I felt really sick with a tummy bug. I couldn't finish it at all. So I just sat there eating little bits by bit.

Once dinner had finished we went to our cabins and showered our selves. Once I was in every one kept telling me to hurry up because they thought that they only had 10 minutes but we had 40! They rushed me so much that I didn't get to rinse my hair properly and I had shampoo and conditioner in my eyes and they were stinging!!

Once everybody finished showering themselves we put our pj's on. Then the teachers came into our cabin to tell us to bring pillows and come outside. Then I saw Mrs Clawless carrying a "Camp Rock" DVD! We followed the teacher to the theater room and sat down on the blocks. We made our selves comfortable and Mrs Clawless started the DVD. These are some of the characters in the movie. There is Demi Lovato-Mitchie Torres, Nick Jonas-Nate, Joe Jonas-Shane Gray, Kevin Jonas-Jason, Meaghan Jette Martin-Tess Tyler, Maria Canals-Barrera-Connie Torres, Alyson Stoner-Caitlyn Geller and lots more.

In the middle of the movie some boys jumped up and started dancing to the music. It was kind of annoying but we all ignored it. Also my eyes started watering because of the shampoo and conditioner in my eyes. At the end of the movie Emma and Livy started singing to the music but softly. Then we lined up and went to our cabins.

When we got inside we brushed our hair and said good night to each other. Then we turned out the lights and went to sleep.

Pooh has a visitor

1. Pooh woke up in the middle of the night.

2. Pooh went to check if anyone was trying to get in his honey-cupboard.

3.The strange noise Pooh heard has 10 vowels in it

4. Growl=bear, bark=dog, purr=cat, quack=duck, neigh=horse.

5. Pooh said hello to Tigger 3 times.

6. Tigger was at the door.

7. Pooh was scared because he has not heard that sound in the woods before so he got a bit worried.

8. I think Tigger is a tiger.

Ali Baba

The men stayed inside the rock for some time but Ali Baba didn't move. At last the door opened and forty men came out. The door closed and the rock led like an ordinary rock again.

Then the men galloped away. As soon as they were gone, Ali Baba climbed down and stared at the rock for a long time.

Then he cried, "Open Sesame!"
The door opened. Ali Baba went inside and couldn't believe his eyes. There was treasure everywhere.

Gold and silver lay in heaps on the floor and jars were filled to the brim with gleaming jewels. Costly silks were thrown everywhere. Rare carpets were heaped in the treasure. Money bags lay in piles.

When Ali Baba saw this, he was sure the 40 men had been robbers, and that this was their treasure.

"Thank god they didn't see me," he thought.