How We Use The Sea

This term we have been looking at How we use the Sea and have had a lot of fun learning new things. For our quick writes we have been looking at different ideas to link in with this topic - and here are some of them for you to enjoy. 

What if we lived under the sea?

If we lived in the sea, we would all be fish and I would want to be a starfish. I would live with the other starfish in the sea. I really want a jellyfish for  a pet.

-       Viola

If we lived under the sea, I would be friends with the fish like a mermiad. I would go to a under water school. In there the games we could play would only be swimming. When I go home, sadly I would eat fish for dinner.

-       Gunn

If I lived under the sea, the front door would be made out of coral. In my house I would have cooked seaweed and what I would drink is jellyfish water. My bed would be able to play the sound of the sea. My bed would be made of rocks. Don’t worry – I would have a matress on top of the rocks. My tower would be made out of seaweed because seaweed is really strong.

-       Molly

If we lived under the sea we would have to have a massive air tank shop so we could survive. It would be awesome if I saw a baby Angler fish. It would guide me back to my amazing underwater house. I would have a pet stingray in a 10 metre by 10 metre tank. It would stay with me. The stingray’s name would be Bobby or Stingray.

-       Amy

If we lived under the sea it would be really freaky because you would see scary great white sharks. I would want to be in the midnight and twilight zones because it would be fun to have more space in the water and to have fun with the whales. But scary too.

-       Oliver

What if there was no sea?

If there was no sea I would be happy beause no one would drown and we wouldn’t have any tsunamis. But is we have no water, we can’t get water from the sea. We might have a massive city!

-       Evan

If there was no sea there would be no home for the fish and the other sea creatures. We couldn’t eat fish and shrimp and other things that live in the sea. The human’s could not go swimming, surfing and diving. Human’s could not get their daily water.

-       Shiv

What if we made the sea like a zoo and put creatures in certain places?

It would be cool and I would work there. There would be a gaint pool that fits all the sea creatures in the world. They would go in special cages and I would control a machine that has all food that the sea creatures like to eat. I would control the line that makes it move.

-       Maddox

Art Exhibit

Sunnybrae Normal School has had their Art Exhibit this week and today Room 17 got to go look at all the amazing art - and then take some time to reflect on all the work they have done. Here are some pictures and some reflections of some of the art we saw today - and some of the things we have been working on this year.

Room 17's Art Exhibit Display 

This week we had our school art exhibit. This year I enjoyed the sea collages because we used lots of materials. Something I found difficult was the sun flowers because it was hard to keep it neat. Something I want to try is the marble art because it sounds like fun. My favourite piece of art I saw was the Senior Syndicate cloaks because they put in a lot of work. 

- Smrithi 

Room 17 enjoying looking through the art

We especially liked looking at our buddy class's art!

 This week we had our school art exhibit. My favourite piece of art I saw was the goats that Rom 4 did because the fluff on the paper looked awesome. This year I enjoyed my folk art with Miss Oborn because I put lots of effort into mine and it looks cool. Something I found difficult was the Mona Lisa because I drew my picture really thin and paint is really gloopy. Something I want to try is the scarecrow that Room 14 did because it would be a good class activity. 

-Rose

We finally found our own art!

The Senior's Cloaks

This week we had our school art exhibit. My favourite piece of art I saw was my friend's sea art because he used lots of materials and did his best work. This year I enjoyed the sea art because it was fun making sea creatures with paper. Something I found difficult was the Mona Lisa art because it was hard painting the little parts. Something I want to try is to make the chicken that Room 2 made because it was colourful and it looked really cool. 

-Gunn

Some of our Calendar Art

Folk art with Miss Oborn 

This week we had our school art exhibit. My favourite piece of art I saw was the scarecrow because it looked cool and they put in lots of effort - They put hay in the scarecrow! This year I enjoyed the sunflowers because we drew the flowers and the flowerpot. Something I found difficult was the ant art because it was hard cutting the grass. Something I want to try is to make the scarecrow because it will be hard but we will learn to work together. 

-Shiv

Term Two Sport

Over Term Two, we had the amazing opportunity to do lots of different sports taught by lots of outside coaches.

The first was SNAG Golf. We had so much fun working with our coach to learn new skills! This is what some of our class members thought about our golf sessions.

 'For physical education we have been learning Golf skills. I have been learning to use the launchers and to get the ball to fly up into the air. My favourite part was shooting the balls in the cones. A skill I need to get better at is using the gold club because I couldn't out my fingers in the coloured spot. I think golf is easy because in golf you don't get out or you don't get a ball.

- Gunn

For physical education we have been learning gold skills. I have been learning to putt with the roller. My favourite part was using the launcher because it was so funny that the ball kept going behind me, A skill I need to get better at is launching because the ball actually rolls. I think golf is hard because in real golf you have to get the ball in the hole and keep it there. This was hard enough!

- Rose

After Golf, we had the opportunity to take Touch Rugby to learn even more skills.

We have just finished four weeks of Rugby Training. I enjoyed it because when I was VS the dark Blue team (Gunns team) they always dropped the ball.

3 new skills I learned were:

1. Side step so the other team doesn't get me.

2. Plant the ball

3. Catching and passing.

Something I found difficult was catching because I always dropped the ball.

- Mone

We have just finished four weeks of touch rugby training. I enjoyed it because it was really fun. A new skill I learned was sidestep and dummy passing. Something I found difficult was scoring a try.

-Max 

We have just finished four sessions of Touch Rugby Training. I enjoyed attackers and defenders and also when we got to wear green bands.

3 new skills I learned were

1. Backward passing

2. Scoring tries

3. Taking turns

Something I found difficult was finding out who to go with my partner  because sometimes I looked behind me and then they were already gone.

-Smrithi

What a term for sport!