Grade 1 - O's Class Blog

Storywriting

2009-11-13T03:43:00.001-08:00

Last week we read a story about a toy gorilla that came alive in the middle of the night. We enjoyed it so much that we decided to write our own stories.

Last night something amazing happened. I woke up and saw my Lego police truck came alive. I said "Yikes!" But then I calmed down, hopped in and it drove me to the movies. We saw Up. After it went to the beach. I said "I'm hungry now". It drove me to McDonald's. Finally we went home. I woke up. I said "Truck?" Then I shouted "Truck!" But then I noticed it was all a dream.
Joel

Last night something amazing happened. I woke up and saw my toy kangaroo alive. He was noisy all night. I couldn't go to sleep. He felt soft and fluffy and cuddly. In the morning it was quiet.
Aliya

Last night something amazing happened. I woke up and saw a giant pink teddy. We went to the park together. And at the park we had a picnic. And it was so much fun. Then we went to the shop. Then we looked around. We felt happy. Then we went home and it turned back into a real toy.
Yaren

Aussie of the month

2009-11-13T03:42:00.001-08:00

We are all very proud of Jacob who was awarded this months "Aussie of the Month". Jacob recieved the award for being such a fantastic, friendly classmate who is always willing to lend a hand. Well done Jacob!

Woodwork

2009-11-04T14:09:00.001-08:00

Woodwork Incursion

On Wednesday afternoon P/1K and 1 O went to woodwork. We hadn't been there before, so we thought it was going to be exciting. It was. Very. The Preps were there before us, so we had to wait a little. Then we went in and sat on the floor. The teacher gave us all a pencil, a triangular piece of wood, and a rectangular piece of wood. We traced the triangle shape onto the rectangle right there, on the floor. Then we made a snake line at the front of the room and gave the teacher our blue triangles and got a piece of sandpaper. Then we went to our desks with a partner and sanded the edges. Then we all got a saw and sawed off the wings. After that, as usual, we sanded them (and, of course, the body of the plane.) Then we traced where the wings went on the plane with our pencil. After that, we got some glue and stuck the wings and the tail on the plane. Then we had to take it back to our desk and hold it down for twenty seconds. Eventually we let it go and we got a sticker. I liked going to Woodwork and had lots of fun.
By Grace

Springtime Spectacular

2009-11-02T18:57:00.000-08:00

Tri-Skills

2009-10-18T03:49:00.000-07:00

Tri-skills has started! Check out our acrobatics.

Our Favourite Toys

2009-10-16T20:13:00.000-07:00

This term we are learning about toys. This week we have all brought in our own favourite toys and given a talk on why they are special to us.

Week 8

2009-09-01T02:20:00.000-07:00

Maths

This week we are learning about symmetry. We made designs that were symmetrical using shape blocks.

Thing

We are still working hard on our papier mache project. Our Things are starting to look fantastic.

Week 7

2009-08-29T01:46:00.000-07:00

Poetry

This week we have been writing our own poems. We have written acrostic poems, tongue twisters and rhyming poems.

Perry platypus plays on the playground.
Ruby

I pat a purple platypus in my pool and the purple platypus eats pizza and pops.
Ben

Cle Claw Cla the scorpian loves clean claws.
Every time his claws are clean, he is so claw-appy.
So that's why he is called Cle Claw Cla the scorpian.
Andrew

Lilly love lollies and loves to lead Larry on his leash.
Megan

A snake got baked
Baked into a cake
Snake cake was fake
For God's sake!
I said, "I'll take that cake.
I'll taste that cake.
Snake is my favourite kind of cake."
Grace

A snake sat on a rake and ate a cake.
The cake was fake so the snake had a tummy ache.
Anoushka

A cop stole a mop and a top from Pop.
Then Pop went to the shop to get another mop and top.
Megan

Thing

As part of our integrated unit, "A Book Safari" we read Thing by Robin Klein. We are now making our own papier mache Things.

New Junior Playground

This week we finally got to try out the new Junior School Playground. We all gave it a big thumbs up!

Swimming

2009-08-27T04:33:00.000-07:00

Week 5

2009-08-12T18:58:00.000-07:00

This week in maths we have been learning about capacity. We have been busy measuring the space inside of boxes and containers. We measured how many scoops of rice it took to fill containers and how many blocks could fit inside boxes.

The Great Fish Tank Experiment!

Yesterday we filled a fish tank. First we guessed. I guessed 7 litres. Next we started. After that we had another guess. I guessed 10. Finally we got 12 and a half of total of the fish tank. I liked filling the fish tank.
Joel

On Thursday we had a fish tank experiment. We had to fill a fish tank with water. We all had a turn of putting some water in. The bucket was 1 litre. Ruby thought we were doing science.
Roger

On Thursday in maths the class needed to fill a fish tank with green food dye water. But first we had to guess how many litres filled the fish tank. And the answer was twelve and a half.
Megan

On Thursday we filled the fish tank and everybody got a turn. I felt very excited because it was very fun. My first guess was 6 and my second guess was 8 and the correct answer was 12 and a half.
Chloe

Yesterday we filled up a fish tank with a measuring bottle. We used water with green dye. I guessed ten litres but I guessed wrong. But the right answers was 12 and a half.
Abigail

Lego Land

Students in Blue Group each read a chapter book this week. Some chose to make a scene from their book out of lego.

Jen read 17 Submarine St and made a beach because the street was near the beach.

Andrew read Cricket Legend and made a dog chasing a ball.

Ruby read Fruit Salad Solution and made a basketball court.

Joel read Cricket Legend and made a cricket pitch.

Week 4

2009-08-04T04:21:00.001-07:00

This week Purple group transformed themselves into animals and put on a fabulous performance of Chicken Little. What an amazing show!

Week 3

2009-07-31T02:01:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday this week we started junior school rotations. Here we are doing some drama games with Miss Ortlipp. We turned our partners into statues of animals, people and objects.

This week Aliya won the You Can Do It award for Persistence. Great work Aliya!

Here are some photos of Orange group performing 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' during literacy rotations. We are getting really good at using our voices to make our plays interesting. We love performing and putting on a good show!

Our Favourite Books

2009-07-22T03:32:00.000-07:00

This term we are going on a Book Safari. We will be reading lots of stories and even writing and publishing our very own book! Last week we all brought in our favourite stories to share in class. A lot of us love funny stories because they make us laugh. Our favourite stories are helping us to get ideas for our own books.

Welcome Miss Ortlipp

2009-07-04T04:33:00.000-07:00

Since last term, lots of things have changed. We said good-bye to Mrs Tabain, who now has a new little baby boy called Max. She has promised to come back to visit us later in the term. Our new teacher is Miss Ortlipp. She has taught us a Good Morning song on the ukelele and we are having fun singing it all together. We also have a new interactive whiteboard in our classroom which is so exciting!

1T Role Play - The North Wind!

2009-05-28T19:30:00.001-07:00

1950s memoribilia from 1T!!

2009-05-04T22:39:00.001-07:00

50 Years at Kerrimuir! Looking Back, Looking Forward!

2009-04-29T19:38:00.000-07:00

To coincide with Kerrimuir's 50th birthday this year our topic for this term includes looking back at the 1950s. Students have brought in some wonderful memorabilia from the 50's! We have also set a homework activity for families to construct a time line from the 1950's until the 2000's. Some examples of the wonderful time lines families have constructed are below. We hope you enjoy looking at the great things we have shared in 1T!!

Super Egg!!!!

2009-04-20T18:46:00.000-07:00

The last day of Term 1 was Super Egg!!! Mr Kelly came back to help at the Thunder Dome for the famous egg race. We all had wonderful eggs we had decorated and had a great time racing our eggs on the thunder dome!!

Grandparents Day!!

2009-03-26T18:34:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful time showing our Grandparents and special visitors our classroom and all the work we have done this year. Some of us were a bit nervous singing at assembly but we all did a great job. We hope you enjoy looking at the pictures of us at Grandparents Day!!!

Cam - I played maths games with my grandparents.

Maths!!!

2009-02-26T17:52:00.000-08:00

In maths this week we have been learning about measuring length. We have measured the length of lots of different items using tiles including the sticky tape holder, books, pencils and even ourselves!!! We had lots of fun while measuring!!

Yarra Valley Water!

2009-02-26T17:23:00.000-08:00

Jenni from Yarra Valley Water came to visit us. She taught us all the different ways we can save water in our home. Here are some pictures of us learning about saving water from Jenni!!

Grade 1T at work!

2009-02-12T17:29:00.000-08:00

Welcome to Grade 1T! We have been very busy so far this year. We have been working on CALC and doing lots of cooperative group work activities and getting to know each other.