ANZAC Study

For the last 2 weeks we have been learning about ANZAC Day and the people who risked their lives for our freedom and our way of life.

• We read story's with the teacher about WW1 the ANZACS and why we remember them.
• We had a special visitor that told as about what happened at war and showed us the Soldiers Penny and some other things.
• We watched some videos about WW1 and Gallipolli.

These are some of the activities that I did.

Glentui Meadows Camp.

S.H.S School Camp 2016 Friday 9th of December

When I woke up I was urgent to get to school. I woke up early that morning. The night before I could not get to sleep. I asked Mum what the time was it was 10.00 PM. Eventually I got to sleep. I got dressed, brushed my teeth, did my hair,made my lunch, and got in the car. We wear of we got to school about 30 minutes later. I got out carried my gear and went inside. I said goodbye to Mum. We were on the bus in no time.

Then we got to Glentui Meadows. We settled in the hall. Then we went to our bunk rooms. After that we did activities my favorite one was… Can you guess… ARCHERY. It was sooooo fun. I nearly got the bulls eye.

2016 For Me Hotspots

Hey there bloggers! This week for hotspots we have to reflect on 2016 for us. So this is 2016 For Me.

Elf Yourself

Hi there bloggers! As you know Christmas is coming up. So at my school we decided to Elf ourselves. First we had to colour it in, so of course I did Christmas colours. After we coloured it in we had to cut it out very carefully. After that we glued everything together. So this is my Elf I hope you like it.

Mystery's Of Top Team

This is my experience of Top Team I hope you enjoy.

Top Team

Today on Monday the 21st of November My School South Hornby School had Top Team. In Top Team there is heaps of activities to do.

The first activity that my group number 7 did was number 4, map hop! Map hop is when you have to have wooden pieces of the North and South island and make your way from one marker, to the other marker. Once you had made your way across you had to make the South Island and make the North Island! I liked this activity because if you didn't already know what New Zealand looks like it shows you it.

Another activity that I loved was involved with water. It was an obstacle. You had to have a coloured wooden stick that had a square platform on top of it. You had to carry a bucket of water on top of the platform. The first obstacle was four foam circles that you had to walk across and they were different heights. The second obstacle was poles in the ground that were zig zaged and you had to go around them. The last obstacle was a wobbly wooden bridge that moved around while you walked on it.

The last activity that I like was Gutterball. You had a golf ball and bits of a gutter. You had to join the gutter bits together to make it roll down and then get into a bucket. This activity was really hard.

That was my mystery’s of Top Team I hope you enjoyed!

Thinglink Christmas In Australia and South Africa

We have been learning about the history of Christmas all around the world.

CLICK ON THE DECORATIONS PLEASE

Christmas in Australia, and South Africa.

This is what I have learnt about Christmas in Australia and South Africa.

In Australia, Christmas comes in the towards the beginning of the summer holidays! Children have their summer holidays from mid December to early February, so some people might even be camping at Christmas.

Because it's so hot at Christmas time in Australia, there are quite often massive bush fires across the country. Many volunteer bush fire fighters are involved in saving people and property and travel from all over Australia to help in other states.

Australians hang wreaths on their front doors and sometimes go out Christmas carol singing on Christmas eve. People also decorate their houses and gardens with Christmas trees and Christmas lights. Neighbors sometimes have little competitions to see who has got the best light display. The neighbors often visit each other to look at the light displays at night. Sometimes the displays are put out as early as December 1st. One street in Sydney raises over $(AUS)35,000 every year for charity with their co-ordinated street display!

That is Christmas in Australia!

Because South Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas comes in the summer. So there's lots of sun and beautiful flowers in full bloom.

The schools are closed for the Christmas holidays and some people like to go camping. Going carol singing on Christmas Eve, is very popular in towns and cities. Carols by Candlelight services are also popular on Christmas Eve. And many people go to a Christmas morning Church Service.

Traditional 'fir' Christmas trees  are popular and children leave a stocking out for Santa Clause on Christmas Eve.

The Christmas meal is either turkey (or duck), roast beef, mince pies or suckling pig with yellow rice & raisins and vegetables, followed by Christmas Pudding or a traditional South African desert called Malva Pudding (sometimes also called Lekker Pudding) - get the recipe. People also like to pull Christmas Crackers! The meal is often eaten outside in the summer sun! If it's really hot they might even have a barbecue or 'braai'.

That is Christmas in South Africa!