Well when the kids game from donvalle its helped me get to know more people and work on team  work and not just doing it on your own. When your in a team there should be no leader everyone is a Leader  and when I am older I think that this would help me know what to do in team work. This helped me to know how to get to know people better and talk to people I dident know.

Courage because some times it can be hard for me to know more about the person and I could be shy. Connected ness because when I joined the group there was kids at my school that I did hang with so my made new friends from my school and donvale kids to. Resilience because the challenges they prepared for us was ones I didn’t like, like the plank and cups but I kept on going. What was your favourite activity?

Hi everyone,

 My name is Charlie and today I am talking to you about resilience and why it is an important skill to have as a leader. Resilience is when you have to bounce back after something happens that is not so good!When I was running in cross country I fell over at the very start and it really hurt but I quickly got up and just kept on going. A good leader is a person who helps people, cares about them and has the resilience to keep on trying when things don’t go how they expected.

Here is a quote about resilience “If you fail you never give up because FAIL means First  Attempt In Learning.

At Carey there are many opportunities to become a leader besides being a school captain or house captain . You can be a leader in class by always trying your best or at A.P.S sport . If someone has never played that sport before you can help them to understand the rules and develop their skills.

A leader is someone that makes people feel happy. If they are sad , ask them if they  want to play with you and your friends. A  leader listens to everyone’s ideas and never gives up.

I hope you vote for me.

Polar Bears

With it powerful Claws this animal can plunge  into the freezing waters of the  Arctic and survive ! 

Recently in library we have been researching about  animal adaptations  and how animals adapt to the environment. Our task has included animal facts and information.

What does animal adaptation mean?

Animal adaptation means  that as an animal’s environment changes then the animal  needs  to get used to the environment. Over time animals may change physically and how they live.

ANIMAL / CLASSIFICATION : Polar Bear ( Mammal)

DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT : Polar bears live in icy ,snowy,freezing conditions.Polar Bears live in the Arctic Circle (South Pole ) they do not live in the North Pole . They can also be found in Russia,Canada and Greenland.Sometimes temperatures can drop to -45 degrees Celsius!

PHYSICAL APPEARANCES:

Polar Bears are the biggest land living predators on earth. They have webs between their toes.

DIET :

Polar Bears main food is seals, young walruses,  beluga whales and dolphins.

STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS:

Polar Bears fur is not white. There are 2 layers of transparent fur ,their is spaces of air between each hair . These spaces scatter light and makes their fur look white . This helps them blend into the snow. Their skin is actually black.

BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTIONS:

Polar Bears are excellent swimmers. They dig caves to protect themselves from the cold winds. Polar Bears are not overly aggressive but the males can get a bit angry during mating season .

PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS:

Polar Bears have a thick layer of blubber (fat) to help keep them warm .Polar Bears have flexible necks, which helps them swim .

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

National Geographic‘s Polar Bears in the city Polar Bears  international

Wikipedia

What was your animal?

CHRISTMAS 🎄

I love Christmas! In many countries like America and Europe it is winter ,cold and snowing. In Australia it is Summer , and it usually hot . We put our Christmas tree up at the start of December . We have a train set that travels around our tree and we put so many decorations around the house . We put presents under the tree on Christmas Eve.Christmas day is spent with family and friends. We get so many presents and eat lots of food. Even the the weather can be hot we still have a roast dinner at lunch. After lunch all the grown ups  are tired and full. The kids run around and play with their new presents or if it is hot enough we jump in the pool . In Australia it is school holidays for 7 weeks so we don’t have to worry about waking up early .Christmas is my favourite celebration .

5DF Toona Camp 

AWESOME !

At camp Toona, one of my biggest highlights was kayaking . Christian was my canoe buddy, we were a great team and showed the P.L.A. of  communication because we had to worked together so we could turn the canoe around. Another highlight was fishing on the dock. The water was clear and blue, we didn’t catch any fish but I did catch a lot of jelly fish . The jelly fish were so funny when they tired to move through the waves.  

On the first night I fell out of bed, the bang woke Jack up ! I went back to sleep but in the morning I realised that I had cut my lip. it was bleeding and swollen.I was proud of myself because I showed the P.L.A. of courage.

 It was still hurting on the last day but that did not stop me from participating in all the activities and having fun. Toona was an action packed 4 days !

Why I choose this avatar because my hair  colour is brown and my eye are blue, my background is dark blue and that is one of my favourite colours.

Gold rush

Term 3 gold rush reflection 

 This term our Integrated Unit  was a lot of fun because we went to Sovereign Hill. I researched a building with  my partner Lorelei , it was the Clarke Bros. tinsmiths. When  we got back we had to make a diorama of the building and on our second tile  we made a farm I was worried we wouldn’t finish but we did. Then me and Lorelei coded a sphero to roll down the Main Street of our Sovereign Hill class diorama. We explained what the shops were.

What I learned 

Life was very different in the 1850’s .The school we went to at Sovereign Hill really different. It was strict and we had to write with ink pens. I learned that in the mines there would be a water pump  to keep the mine  from flooding if it rained or miners hit water. 

I learned that life on the diggings was very hard for the miners , they had to pay a fee for a gold licence and a lot of miners couldn’t afford it .

The miners followed  Peter Lalor and burnt their licences and created the Eureka stockade were they burnt their licences and fought the soldiers.The miners received the right to vote and  own land.

I used lots of the P.L.A s . I used courage when I had to attend the school and had to wear the costume because I thought other kids would fun . I used curiosity because I had to ask a lot of questions to find out information for the diorama. 

I showed the P.L.A of collaboration because Lorelei had to work together.

Diorama 

This I a video I created for you guys to show the  compass and the diorama hope you injoy.

My favourite what happened in book week

I had a lot of fun last week in book week. We had to judge on books and then we met Oliver The Author. The book we judged on was make believe and our birds, waves, Sorry day, bouncing back, happiness box and my favourite was make believe because I loved the illusions and the drawing and the text was show in the photos . On Friday I dressed up as the lion king it was so fluffy! The people who judged on the book was up to year 4-6 sorry day won. Our birds was the most information book because there was a lot of photos and showed whet it meant in the text.  

What was you favourite book?

Sovereign hill 

I really enjoyed going to sovereign hill and learning about the history of the gold fields. I liked dressing up in character and pretending to be living 1850s. I went to St.Peters school and I found the old fashion writing to be challenge. It took a lot of courage to go down the mines. The lollie shop was a big highlight for me. I give camp a 8/10, it loses 2 points for missing my mom and dad❤️。

What was you favourite thing you did at sovereign hill?