Today we have another great lesson from one of our classmates. Bella taught us how to speak, read and write words in mandarin chinese. First she read a section from the english version of "Charlotte's Web". Next we learned how to write and pronouce some of the key words from the passage, (barn, hay, cow, horse, fish and cat). Then we highlighted these words from the chinese translation. It was really cool! Here are some photos showing our lesson. Thanks Bella! we really enjoyed learning more mandarin.
Recently we created some beautiful Anzac Poppy Art. Here is a slideshow made by Bella, Brydie, Micaela and Mitchell. Thanks to Mrs Blackmore for helping them make the slideshow.
On Monday Mrs Millett asked us to partner up and we had to lead our parnter on a blind walk. Each of us took turns to be lead in utter darkeness. It was pretty scary! Here are some recounts about the event. (Note the deliberate language choices we made in our writing.) The Blind Walk- By Bella On Monday we had a little game. Me and Micaela were in a group. I closed my eyes tightly. I felt scared. She held my hand, and we walked out of the classroom. I heard her say, "We are going to the playground." I felt so scared I could even hear leaves shaking. I was shuffling on the grass. I started getting worried , when I walked in the playground. It felt like I was walking in the sea. Then I walked into the playground. Micaela helped me walk into the playground, so she made it easy for me. She was very helpful and kind. Then she told me to climb up. At first I climb, but I felt scared so I touched something in front of me. I touched something and I thought, "here is something!" So I climbed up! Blinded! by Eddy
Crunch crunch, I stomped on the leaves, that were like tiny mice below me. I got to the taunting playground and Levi shouted, "It's my turn to guide you!"in a menacing voice. He grapped my arm a lead me onto the playground and said, "Take a small step up." I staggerd blindly like a bat, but I was cautious at the time too. Suddenly I felt rope and Levi said,"Climb up, it's the spider web." I climbed up carefully. He helped me up the creaking and unstable tower. I felt unsure and then it started to rain. "Jump!" Levi commanded. So I jumped. When I landed I held onto the slippery pole for my footing. Then he said jump forward, but I didn't . So he pushed me. I landed safley on the splintered ground. After all that nonsense I thought he was the most despicable leader and I would never trust him again. The adventure Walk. By Amy I started to feel worried when Mrs Millett told me to close my eyes. She told me that we were going to trust our buddys to take us on a adventure walk. I heard cicades clicking and birds chirping. I felt so scared my hands started to sweat. I heard a strange noise. I started to feel worried but I realised it was just my heart pounding. My mean evil partner Eric took me around. I was thinking,"Where am I ?" I started to walk on the hard wet ground. Evil Eric took me around the ampitheatre. It started to rain so we shuffled back to class.
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On Monday we had a little game. Me and Micaela were in a group. I closed my eyes tightly. I felt scared. She held my hand, and we walked out of the classroom. I heard her say, "We are going to the playground." 
I felt so scared I could even hear leaves shaking. I was shuffling on the grass. I started getting worried , when I walked in the playground. It felt like I was walking in the sea. Then I walked into the playground. Micaela helped me walk into the playground, so she made it easy for me. She was very helpful and kind. Then she told me to climb up. At first I climb, but I felt scared so I touched something in front of me. I touched something and I thought, "here is something!" So I climbed up!
Crunch crunch, I stomped on the leaves, that were like tiny mice below me. I got to the taunting playground and Levi shouted, "It's my turn to guide you!"in a menacing voice. He grapped my arm a lead me onto the playground and said, "Take a small step up." 
I heard cicades clicking and birds chirping. I felt so scared my hands started to sweat. I heard a strange noise. I started to feel worried but I realised it was just my heart pounding. My mean evil partner Eric took me around. I was thinking,"Where am I ?" 
