Our ever changing garden

When we returned to school after the holidays the

children noticed the changes in our garden.

Clara When I walked past the school yesterday

with my Mum I notice that the garden

had changed. The vegies have grown and

the big tree looks beautiful.

Archie Everything has changed in the holidays.

Elsie It’s starting to get summer.

Brooklyn The petals fall when it’s autumn .

Lewis The trees have grown more stuff on

them.

Milla The tree looks really beautiful with the

blossom on it.

Archie The tree has grown flowers.

Lottie Because it’s spring, that’s why. When it’s

spring the flowers grow.

Lewis Flowers have grown in the fairy garden.

Alexa The tree has white flowers. Before it had

no leaves, it was bald— well it had some

leaves.

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Outcome 2: Children become

socially responsible and show

respect for the environment.

Treasure

Finding treasure has been a focus in the children’s

outdoor play recently. During drama with Mrs Zachest

the children dressed as Pirates and went in search of

treasure.

Mrs Zachest What is treasure?

Liam Diamonds.

Scarlette Shiny.

Zoe It’s hard to find treasure.

Noah You can find it with a spade in the

ground.

Elsie If you dig it up and it dirty you have to wash it. The

gnomes hide treasure so nobody can find it.

Archie Guess what I found a gold medal.

Sophia If you don’t want people to find you treasure you

can hide it.

Noah You can’t tell them where it is.

Mrs Zachest Who finds treasure?

Milla Pirates.

Noah Pirates are baddies.

Mrs Zachest Are Pirates baddies.

Harry Not all Pirates are baddies.

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Lottie There’s a movie called Peter Pan.

Brooklyn They find a treasure box and it’s already full.

Mrs Zachest Where would you find treasure?

Lottie Maybe in a cave.

Henry The skull and crossbone on the Pirate flag is The

Jolly Roger.

Elsie It says don’t go near here.

Noah Because there are Pirates there

Mrs Zachest What does it mean to walk the plank?

Elsie If the Pirates have done something naughty they have to

walk the plank.

Oscar And you might fall into the sharks.

Lottie A plank is a flat piece of wood

Outcome5: Children are effective communica-

tors. Children express ideas and make meaning

from a range of media

What did you do in the holidays?

Lexi I went in the spa at my house, it’s outside. It’s so warm ‘cause we

put heater on but the pool’s cold. All my boys were in the spa. I

rested at home and I had a sleep in Mummy’s bed. The went to

Captain Underpants I went to The Emoji movie. I went to Elsie’s

house with Scarlette and Ella. We had cupcakes with flowers on

them. You could eat the flowers.

Harry I went to Legoland. I went on two rides, they were fun. My Gaga

and Grandpa and Chloe and my cousin Charlie.. We had lunch

there it was hotdogs. We went to Queensland, every day there was

it was hot but not the last day it was raining. I went in the pool in

Queensland. I played on the boogie boards in the pool and I also

went to the beach. Aunty Cindy was there ‘cause she lives in

Queensland.

Zoe We went motorbiking in Echuca. It’s my Dad’s bike, it’s blue and

it goes really fast. I had to ride with my Daddy ‘cause I couldn’t

reach the pedals. I went to the pool in Echuca. Billy and I played

on the inflatables. We went on the 5 miles, you ride your bike up

a hill..

Zach I went to the Chinese Moon Festival. I went with my Mum, it was

in the morning. I got to make a Chinese paper dragon and lan

tern. My Mum made it for me. She made it out of paper. I coloured

two things in on the dragon. We went to a café. After I got a

smoothie with chocolate. We went on the train.

Scarlette I went to Southland. I saw the Emoji movie. I bought new clothes,

Mummy got me a superhero onsie. Two friends came over Vivie

shes my best friend. Aunty Dolly came to visirt too.

Alexa I went to port Douglas. We went in the car. We went out for

a big walk and we went on a boat to see crocodiles. There

was a doggy on the boat. I also swam in the waves in the s

sea. I went on a toy surfboard. We stayed in a hotel.

Lewis I went to the show. I got party bags and I won stuff, there

was lots of stuff in the party bags. I got a new holiday

house. I forgot where it is. We started painting it. It’s near

the beach. Nana Mummy and Lenni, me and Grandpa

went there. Lenni and I share a room.

Henry I went to my cousins house in Geelong. Their names are

Georgia, Emily and Molly. They teached me how o play

downball. It’s like handball. I made a Lego speed bike from

Star Wars.

Mac I went to the Yarra Valley, it’s a long way in the car. It took

a very long time so I stopped. I went on the climbing frame

and a giant purple slide. Then I was at the hotel. I held a gi

ant python. It wasn’t venomous . That means not

poisonous. It wasn’t slimy, it feels smooth like skin. It

wrapped around my neck a little bit. I saw a platypus. I

saw some yabbies. They swim really fast. We slept there

just one night.

Noah I went to Noosa. I saw nobody (laughing). We stayed in

the caravan. We drove the caravan there. We went to the

zoo. We went to the beach heaps of times and we went on a

big bike ride .

Lottie I went to the Aquarium in a glass bottom boat. I saw

stingrays. I was with my Mummy, Daddy, William, Elsie

and I went out to dinner and had pasta. I saw Captain

Underpants.

Brooklyn First we went for a long drive to Sydney. Then we went to

Byron Bay, we saw a big pool and a small pool. We saw a

big lizard and we went for a nice walk on the beach. Then

there was a lake. We caught shrimp and fish. My Mum

caught a big one with her hands! We stayed in a hotel

there was a nice table with two seats. We went for another

nice walk. It was hot and cold weather.

Sophia I went to Torquay. It’s in Australia, It’s a long way away.

We drove there and put music on my Mum’s phone. We

jumped on a jumping cushion. There were colours on it.

We went with our friends Jonah, Luca and Ash. We

stayed in a cabin, it’s like a little house.

Xander I went to Hawaii. I went on the plane I did stuff on my I

Pad on the plane. We went in an Uber from the airport to

the hotel. The hotel was good, it had good stuff like a beach

and a pool. We bought a floatie that’s green like the yellow

one we have at home. You pump air into it and it floats on

the water and you go on top of it. I saw lots of fish and an

octopus.

Oscar I went to the holiday house. I went Queensland with Ella.

We went to the beach and then the big waterslide. We went

to the swimming pool. We played speedboat in the pool. I

go on Daddy and put my arms straight and float on my

back.

Archie I went to the theatre with Oscar. We saw Captain Under

pants. We had sweets, Oscar had maltase's and I had

lollies. I liked the movie we saw it at the kids cinema, they

have a slide. I went to the holiday house with Mummy

and Daddy but Milla stayed at a friends house.

Liam I go to school—Brighton Grammar. We went to the jumping

castle and my Dad drived the car to the playground.. They

had slide and swings. The slide was really big, it was bigger

than the whole school.

Milla I went to a farm there were horsies there ; two horses, they were

small. I went with my family. It was someone else's farm they

have five children. They are our friends, we played hid and

seek. I hid behind the coach.

Clara I went to Greece and Denmark. I played with my brother. I

stayed in a hotel in Greece it had stairs and two balconies. One

at the top and one at the bottom. We had breakfast by the pool.

My Mum’s Mum and and Dad were there they stayed near the

pool. We weren’t near the pool. We went swimming I could

stand up in the pool In Denmark I went to our families house.

We went to the horses and I gave them apples. We saw a Mum

and a little baby horse. The we went to Legoland and made a

medal from the gold that we collected and I got a Lego Book.

Elsie I had Lexi and Ella and Scarlette to play at my house. We

played in my room and Lexi hopped into my toy box. They

wanted to see Charlie and Declan. I went to Lottie’s party at the

aquarium. We went in the glass bottom boat. There were little

leopard stingrays and we saw a crocodile. Wesaw it last year

but this year there were teeth marks in the boat where the

crocodile had bit it.