What would it be like to live in a snow globe...

We made snow globes to go along with our writing about what it would be like if we lived in a snow globe. They look fantastic! Snow Globe on PhotoPeach

We travelled into space...

Look at room 23 having a great time in space!

Trip into space! on PhotoPeach

We have some talented musicians in our class!

Our Homework Task

Diorama on PhotoPeach

What Room 23 saw out of their space ship...

What Room 23 saw out of their space ships on PhotoPeach

Our Trip to Stardome Observatory

On Wednesday 23rd October Room 23 & 22 went to stardome observatory. There was so much to see and learn. Here are some of the interesting things we learnt yesterday:
M.I - A rocket could go around the Earth 7 times in one second
C.A - My favourite bit was when we watched the story of the cardboard rocket ship
C.F - I learnt the length of the planets in miniature
W.H - I learnt the outer solar system is the gas giants and the inner solar system is the rocky midgets
A.S - I learnt that the red spot on jupiter lasts longer than any storm in the universe
M.A - I learnt that mercury is the closest planet to the sun
K.F - My favourite bit was when the cardboard rocket visited Jupiter
S.D - I learnt that Uranus is tipped on its side
S.P - I learnt that saturns rings are made out of rock and ice
J.W - When we saw the samples of rocks that they found on the moon
M.M - I learnt that jupiter had a red hole
R.P - I learnt that saturn can float on a big cup of hot chocolate
J.S - I learnt that venus is hotter than mercury because it can melt metal
R.W - I learnt that Jupiter was the biggest planet
K.R - My favourite bit was watching the galaxies when we were in the planeterium
R.N - I learnt that Neptune has rings and that Uranus has been tipped on its side
N.L - I learnt that pluto is the furtherest planet from the sun
S.V - My favourite part was learning that earth goes round the sun 365 times and 1 quarter then every 4 years it is 366 days
S.Y - I learnt that Jupiter the weather is so cool and dusty
J.D - I learnt that some of the planets are made out of gas
R.O - My favourite bit was when we got to look at the cool gadgets
Z.A - I learnt that Uranus has rings
W.C - My favourite bit was when I got to be Mercury in the solar system when we were in the space room

Our descriptive sentences!

W.H There was ginormous sand dunes and lots of that heat burning sun on Mars.

K.R Astronauts wore cream, white suits and huge bulky boots. Rovers would cautiously scatter across the unstedy ground. It was frightening for every brave man, who walked across Saturn.

R .W My  friend Bob is going to the moon,  the moon is  dusty dark and as hard as steel.

Blast off into space!

This term we are going to be looking at 'Our place in space' and why Earth is the planet for us!

It is going to be a lot of fun and I am sure we will all learn a lot about our galaxy.

3...2....1.....BLAST OFF!

 

 

Special visitor in Room 23

We were very lucky to have Miss Fels' pet bird come and visit us today in Room 23! His name is Popeye and he is a lovebird. He is 3 years old and verrrrry friendly. Popeye enjoyed making new friends and can't wait to come and visit again. Our buddy classes Room 2 and Room 8 enjoyed having him read with us during buddy reading and even lucky Room 18 came and visited too.
What a busy day. Popeye definately needs some rest now! Popeye on PhotoPeach

Cross Country 2013

Well done to the year 4,5 & 6 children who ran cross-country on Friday. Congratulations to all of our winners! Cross Country 2013 on PhotoPeach

Wearable Art Models

Room 23 made some wonderful wearable art models for homework over the last couple weeks. Here are a few shots of the creative creations!!!

Book character day!

What a successful book character dress up day! Room 23 were very creative with their costumes and well done to R.P for being the winner of our class :) you all looked fantastic! Of course a special mention to Mrs Reid for having the BEST teacher costume!!!

 

 

Author visit

We were very lucky to have two authors come and visit us today for book week. They told some very interesting stories and were very funny. We hope to keep reading some more of their wonderful stories.

Our talented musicians

World of Maths

On Tuesday 6 August Room 23 went to the World of Maths show! There were so many things to do and look at. Take a look at these photos and leave a positive comment please :)
World of Maths on PhotoPeach

Here is an interesting fact about recycling....

Interesting Fact of the day:

1. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to listen to a full album on your iPod. Recycling 100 cans could light your bedroom for two whole weeks.

WOW! 

The amazing art we have created!

3D Art on PhotoPeach

Keeping Ourselves Safe

We were working together to sort out safety cards. Room 23 did a great job of identifying unsafe or safe situations. 

House day activities

On Friday 5 July we had house activities during the afternoon. Here are some snapshots of the creations that were made in Room 23 on Friday. It was great to see everyone working together and helping each other. We have such creative minds at Botany Downs School :)

Oh what a night...

Here are some photos of the hall during the disco! The lights were fantastic and everyone had a really good time. So great to see all the kids showing their dance moves on the dance floor!