Personification

We have been looking at personification. We have described some pictures in pairs using personification and then have combined our sentences. Here is what we came up with. We don't have a title yet so put your ideas in the comments section. (WELL DONE TAYLOR AND KAYLA for winning the naming of the poem)

The ghostly souls of the abandoned ruin.

The shack sat in the rough green like a bird fallen short.

The wise old gate was battered by the harsh destructive weather. Abandoned and lonely, it opened itself up and looked at the ocean waiting for new visitors. Exhausted and groaning it slumped down letting death take its soul. The friendly concrete posts are the only thing holding up the fragile gate.

The sad lonely tree stood there abandoned and feeling lost. It stood still welcoming in the bright sun onto its spindly new spring shoots. The ill coloured moss was clinging to its chunky trunk.

The old lonely window sat tangled and unloved in the wall. Run down and abused by the storm, the vines choked its rusty frame.

The abandoned, mindless chair sat lifeless and shredded in the dark ghostly room. Old and dilapidated it was sad and alone. The sun peeked through the broken window, gazing at the gloomy worn chair. 

Survey

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BOOK week

We have had an awesome week with a special focus on books and reading. Books open up whole new worlds for us. We did buddy reading with the room 3 students each day, the teachers shared stories with other classes, there were challenges in the library, a readathon and it ended with a book character dress up day and parade.

Melted Crayon Art

Check out our AWESOME Melted Crayon Art!

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Speed of Sound

Today we looked at how sound needs to travel through a medium. We also looked at the speed of sound and explored lightning and thunder, and learnt how sound travels faster through materials denser than air, such as metal, water, wood, etc. We did a number of different experiments to explore this. We also went outside and observed from 100 meters away Mr Marquand whack some wood together - there was a slight pause before we heard the sound. We compared the speed of sound to light. Sound travels about 330 meters per second where as light would go around the earth about 7 times per second. Finally we looked at how somethings can travel faster than the sound it is creating, such as jets, and create a sonic boom and a cloud like effect. So there was plenty of fascinating learning to get our heads around today!!