http://jsblog.edublogs.org Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:31:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well 2JS, it's nearly the end of the year and you're nearly all grade threes now. I hope we have fun for the rest of the year and I hope you don't all forget me next year. Come back and visit me. Have fun on the holidays. http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/11/29/not-long-to-go/ Today we had a visit from Karina from Brimbank Council. She told us all about rubbish, recycling and composting. Next week we will have an excursion to CERES to learn about helping our environment. We are all trying to reduce our rubbish by bringing food in natural packaging (like fruit) ... http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/11/18/reduce-reuse-recycle-compost/ As part of our safety topic we have been talking about police. We have made police hats, freddy's and in the last week of term 3 we are making a Wanted Poster from the mugshots we took. I know the best part of the topic so far was our very ... http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/09/11/police/ On Wednesday afternoon our grade read independently on the school oval. First we chose our books and got some picnic rugs. We walked out to the oval and set out the rugs. It was very windy. Some of our parents came. Then we started to read our books. After that we swapped some ... http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/09/02/reading-picnic/ This is our new topic for term 3. We will do lots of activities about keeping ourselves safe. This covers things like home safety, school safety, road and bike safety. One of our first activities was children making a 'LITTLE BOOK OF EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS'. It is important for children ... http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/07/23/how-can-i-keep-myself-safe/ Here's my list of great places to visit this holidays: Zoo Aquarium Museum Movies Imax Scienceworks (this one's great and pretty cheap) Horseshoe Bend Farm (take a picnic) Library (FREE FUN!) Eureka Tower observation deck Tram ride into the city Barbie exhibition at Federation Square Bunnings holiday activities Great things to do: Kick a footy Ride a bike Play a boardgame/card game Read a book If you have ... http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/06/29/holiday-activities/ Well 2JS it is the end of term 2. You are half way through grade 2! I hope we like the room when it is finished being painted. I bet Nathan's dad did a great job. I will go in on the holidays and set up the tables again for us. Have ... http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/06/25/painting-and-end-of-term/   Today we all got to make a toy out of wood. I am so proud of all the children in 2JS who safely used tools. Yes, they actually used sandpaper, woodwork benches and a SAW! Some of you might like to decorate your boats (with paint or textas) and show ... http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/06/19/woodwork-paddleboat-toy/ Yay. All the photos of the children's toy projects are up on the TOYS page for you to look at! http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/06/16/toys-page/ What are your favourite books? Is there anything you really love in our classroom library? Leave a comment. Dr Seuss http://www.seussville.com/  Mr Men http://www.mrmen.com/au/ Mem Fox http://www.memfox.net/welcome.html Paul Jennings  - Rascal the dragon http://www.pauljennings.com.au/ Roald Dahl - The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine http://www.roalddahl.com/   http://jsblog.edublogs.org/2009/06/06/favourite-books/