Remembering our ANZACs

We have honoured our ANZACs in many ways over the last couple of weeks.

We walked through the Avenue of Honour, then stopped to read names at the Memorial Gates. We also had a look at the new ANZAC Centenary Memorial Stone and garden at the sporting ovals.

Mrs Newman was a wealth of information and children were thoughtful and respectful.

We baked ANZAC biscuits in class, and read and wrote procedural texts (recipes) of how to cook them. Lachlan in 2J told us that ANZAC biscuits were good food for soldiers because they were cooked without egg and milk so they lasted a long time. We know that lots of children have been baking ANZAC biscuits with their families, too. Yummo!

  

 Thanks to everyone for their wonderful contributions to our ANZAC Day Show and Tell week. We've seen badges, shared biscuits and have been honoured to have had some very special family treasures shared.

LEST WE FORGET

Bluearth

A new term has seen the introduction of some new Bluearth games. They are:
Monday: still a mystery!
Tuesday: Builders and Bulldozers
Wednesday: Not in My Backyard
Thursday: modified Scarecrow Tiggy
Friday: Run the Gauntlet

Make sure you're at school on time so you don't miss the fun!

Award Winners

Congratulations to our Assembly Award recipients for Term 2, so far...

2016 Walkathon

We had a beautiful day to celebrate our new improved Walkathon (do you remember last year, when it was raining?) This year, for the first time, the whole school walked the same path and we walked with our buddy grades. All in our CrAzY SoCkS! We walked down the driveway, past the houses, along Hovell's Creek, under the bridge, behind Coles, past the skatepark, past the ovals, through Lara Secondary College, and back to school. Back at school there were sausages, muffins, cookies, icy-poles, music and a nice cool-down spray from Mrs Bennett. 

Thanks to our very own Mrs Newman for organising this wonderful event. Thanks also to the parents who came for a walk with us to help keep us safe. Finally, thanks to the families who have sent their sponsorship money along. For those who haven't, we'd love to have it back next term. Remember, you can pay using QKR! The money raised is going towards a new playground for the 3/4 area. That means we can use it next year! Great job, everyone!

Our Final Award Winners for the Term

Easter Rotations

With Easter just around the corner, we decided it would be appropriate to have some Easter fun. So each grade 2 class visited each grade 2 teacher, making something Easter-y along the way. We made Easter baskets with Mr Beck, Easter chickens with Mrs Bennett and a hatching Easter egg with Mrs Newman. As always, it was fun mixing things up a bit! Oh, and of course the Easter Bunny delivered eggs into our baskets!