Good Morning When It's Morning...

Gingerbread House!

On Friday it was Dylan's birthday and look what he brought with him to school!

Thank-you Dylan and your wonderful mother Karen for making such a gorgeous treat! I think we can all agree it tasted delicious! 

Butter Makers!

As part of our topic this term for technology, we are learning about milk and about how milk can be manipulated and changed into different substances.

Last week Room 4 made butter. First we poured some cream into a jar. Then we added a pinch of salt. After that we closed the lid nice and tight and took turns shaking the jar. It took a little while however our cream started turning into butter! How did this happen? Let's have a look at the process...

Our Special Visitor!

Guess who came to visit us at school... RONALD McDONALD!

He talked to us about road safety. We learnt about how to cross the road safely and why it is so important to wear our seat belt while we are traveling in a vehicle. We also learnt why it is important to wear a helmet while we are riding our bike. 

What else did we learn?... Lets have a look at some photos...

We need to make sure that we remember what Ronald McDonald taught us, especially throughout the holiday season as lots of people will be traveling for Christmas and the New Year.

On Friday, we had our Normandale School talent quest! Miss Head was really proud of the students who participated in the talent quest, especially the students from room 4! We had people acting, singing, dancing, telling jokes and playing the piano!

A Special Visitor!

On Friday morning, room 4 had a spooky visitor! She wouldn't tell us her name but she was frightening! She had creepy black spiders crawling in her bright pink hair and a blue, red and purple mask which was hiding her face!

At first, we were a little bit puzzled and scared by this mysterious stranger...

 But then we had a little chat with her and realized that she meant us no harm. In fact, she kind of reminded of us our friend Bridget...

  It's a shame Bridget was late to school on Friday and didn't get to meet our spooky visitor. It was strange because when we told Bridget about our mysterious visitor, a cheeky smile gleamed across her face...

Athletics Day

On Tuesday, we had our athletics day here at Normandale School. We could not have wished for more beautiful weather! The sky was blue, the sun was shining brightly and we were ready to show our parents and teachers the clever skills we had been learning.

First, we started with sprints down on the bottom field.

After that, the junior syndicate went up to the top field to start our activities. We competed in four different activities. We competed in the hurdles, bean throwing, hoop jumping and relays. Here are some photos of us showing off our skills...

What new skills are we learning?

Hairy Maclary Exhibition!

At the beginning of the term the junior syndicate visited the Hairy Maclary exhibition at The Dowse Art Museum. We had a fantastic time! We learnt a lot about Lynley Dodd and how she created the different characters in her stories. Here are some photos of us having a look at the exhibition.

We listened really carefully to how Lynley Dodd formed her characters and where she found the inspiration for her stories, which we found really interesting!

             Look at us pulling our scariest Scar Face Claw face!

The Dowse Art Museum also had a special workshop where we were able to make our own prints. We were asked to design a creative, fictional character! First we had to draw our creative monster and then we had to give it a name. We were clever and came up with some wonderful and creative designs. Here are some photos of us hard at work...