Ika

We went to visit the salmon that Room 13 have been raising. Soon they will be let go in Corfe Stream. Imagine.... they will return after several years at sea, to the exact same place, to lay their eggs that will begin the life cycle again!

Weeks 7 and 8

The whole school has been very busy preparing for Augustine. We are loving rehearsals and the show songs. We have still managed to sneak in some numeracy and literacy learning!

Estimating and measuring.....

... number pairs that make 10.

...the life cycle of a chicken

...and we even made cheese (and ate it!)

Week 6

We had some cricket coaches from Burnside Cricket Club come and play cricket with us. What fun!


After our reading groups and reading activities we are allowed to choose a literacy game or to make things in our craft corner. Look at what we can make....

Production Performance

Room 17 is working hard to learn the dance for the production. We each have a partner that we have been practising with. 

We can't wait to show you what we can do on Thursday 21 September. If this is your first Russley production you won't believe your eyes. About 3/4 of the Augustine tickets have sold already - those who have been before are really keen to make sure they don't miss out.

Zoos and Zebras

We learned lots about zebras and zoo animals this week.

 We also made some very unusual animals. What could they be?

Xylophones and Glockenspiels

How are xylophones and glockenspiels the same? How are they different? We found out they are both instruments but one has wooden keys and one has metal keys. Do you know which is which?

Animated Numbers

This week we brought some numbers to life. Listen as they introduce themselves!

Week 2

Skeletons, Sophie Pascoe, snowmen, scarecrows and a stethoscope. It must be 'S' week in Room 17!
Watch us making our scarecrows - part of our fabric and fibre art unit.

Last term Dr Chris brought his stethoscope. (He couldn't come during S week because he was busy at the hospital; so he came early.) We listened to the teddy bear's heart beat.  Yes, we know that a teddy bear does not really have a heart!

Penguins and Purple People Eaters

We have been busy with new wall displays from P week.
Good things take time, and our purple people eaters took 4 days of painting. We had to wait for the paint to dry between layers.

The penguins were much quicker. We made these during group reading time.