Movember!

This month is Movember. It sounds a little bit similar to November because Movember is celebrated for the whole entire month on November. It all started in 1999, when a group of men from Adelaide and South Australia made up the term "Movember" as an idea of growing moustaches for charity throughout the month of November. So Mr Dyer and Mr Hattie joined to do the Movember programme. So throughout the month Mr Dyer and Mr Hattie have been growing their moustaches in very weird ways, but on Week 7, Friday we had a moustache day. That day a lot of people brought their moustaches. After iBreak 2, we had a moustache parade. People which didn't bring their moustache didn't take part in the parade. The parade was so long, I got so bored. Then the parade finished and the girl and boy from every habitat that had the best moustache gets a prize. That day was so fun seeing all the people with their really, really, really funny moustaches. I wonder what Mr Dyer and Mr Hattie would look next year if they joined it again.

The NEW Seven Wonders of The World

So at school, on Friday 26 November, in Learning Habitat 1, we had Google Expeditions. There was four expeditions that everyone could choose from. There was Seven Wonders of The World, Sharks, Biomes and Indian Pow Wows. But unfortunately, the Indian Pow Wows got turned down because only a couple of people wanted to go and the man which brought all the Google Cardboard had to go to a school called Sancta Maria Primary School at 12:30 but the Indian Pow Wows finish at 12:40. If you don't know what Google Cardboard is I'll put a picture of what it looks like down below. I chose to do The Seven Wonders of The World. We were learning about the Seven NEW Wonders of the World.

The first wonder I explored about was the Taj Mahal in India. The Taj Mahal was made out of white marble and the Taj Mahal was finished building in 1653. Back in the olden days, a king was grief-stricken when the wife he loved out of the three wives he married died on the day of the birth of their 14th child. Because of the death of his beloved wife, the King made the Taj Mahal to shelter the tomb of his favourite wife of the three.

The second wonder I explored was the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China was made out of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood and other materials and the Great Wall of China was finished building in 1644. Back in the olden days, the Great Wall of China was built to keep out raiding parties of nomadic tribes, such as the Mongol, Turic and Xiongnu, modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria.  The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, is often considered the father of the Great Wall, but even before he united the nation in 221BC, individual states built walls to keep out invaders as early as the 7th Century.

The third wonder I explored was the Colosseum in Rome. The Colosseum was made out travertine limestone, tuff or tufo, cement, tiles, bricks and marble and the Colosseum was finished building in 80 AD. Back in the olden days, the Colosseum was used to host spectacular public entertainment events such as gladiator fights, wild animal hunts and public executions from 80 CE to 404 CE.

The fourth wonder I explored was the Chichen Itza in Mexico. Chichen Itza was entirely made out of limestone and was finished building in 1200. Chichen Itza was made as a village for people to live not a  pyramid as what I thought. I know this because I searched up on the internet just to check a little bit about Chichen Itza.

The fifth wonder I explored about was Petra in Jordan. Petra is made out of sandstone but people didn't bring the sandstone to that place the sandstone was there the whole time. Petra was carved out of the sandstone and was finished building in 312 BC. Back in the olden days, Nabatean, an ancient civilization built the famous, stone-hewn city of Petra so that the sun would illuminate their sacred places like relating to the sky spotlights.

The sixth wonder I explored was Machu Picchu in Peru. Machu Picchu was made out of heavy granite stones and was finished in the mid-15th century.Most archeologists  believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas" (a title more accurately applied to Vilcabamba), it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.

And the last wonder I explored was Christ the Redeemer in Brazil. Christ the Redeemer is made out of soapstone and reinforced concrete and was finished building in1930s or 1920s. Back in the olden days, a Catholic priest called Pedro Maria Boss was the first to suggest to build a large religious monument to honour Princess Isabel, but th project wasn't approved. The second proposal was approved and people made a week called Monument Week to attract donations and collect signatures to support the building of the statue.

Because we had five more minutes left, I looked a little bit into the coral reefs. I think this part was from the Sharks Google Expedition. What I saw was so many coral reefs and two of my favourite things about what I saw about the coral reefs was that there was a giant sea turtle statue underwater and that there was seaweed farm underwater too. Because I couldn't find a picture of a turtle made out of rock underwater, I just chose a turtle.

This the seaweed farm.

This is the turtle.

So that was my experience of the Google Expedition. I've used Google Cardboard before at GAFE which stands for Google Apps For Education but I've never been on a Google Expedition. It was so much fun learning about The Seven Wonders of the World. I gratefully thank the man, Maru who brought all the Google Cardboard so everyone in the learning habitat could have this experience. Thank you Maru! So that's all I've got to say about my incredible Google Expedition about the Seven NEW Wonders of the World. Goodbye.

Taanvi, Jahnavi and Neha's Trash to Flash Learning Story

Learners: Taanvi, Jahnavi & Neha      Learning Coach: T.Dillner           Date: Term 4, Week 6-10

Learning Area: iExperience - Technology

Learning Observed and Vision Principles

In the second half of Term 4, all of the OrmPS learners have been participating in Trash to Flash - turning old used items into something new and usable. All of the LH1 learners began this journey by spending time looking on the LH1 Pinterest account. Everyone selected a category that they were the most interested in. Taanvi, Jahnavi and Neha all selected Girls Fashion. They were curious about making an elephant pendant from an old fork. However, before they could make this, they had to go through a test run with the Design Thinking Process. As a group, all of the Girl’s Fashion and Pets & Animals learners made ladybug fridge magnets. The girls then took the template we used as a larger group and the personalised it to their pendant creation, demonstrating their capability with understanding the design process. Collaboratively, they shared this template and filled it in on Google Slides.

Evidence of learning

Taanvi, Jahnavi and Neha with Jessica, Johanna, Ashmira and Divya and their Ladybug Magnet prototypes.

Next Learning Steps

Add some photos to your blog of your final creation in Week 10. Reflect on how successful your planning was, as well as how well you felt your final product turned out. Make another prototype showing changes and improvements to the design.

Rudolph Cupcakes

Rudolph Cupcakes

Prep: 35 mins                             Level: Easy

Cook: 30 mins plus cooling.       Make: 12

Ingredients

200g butter, cubed

200g plain chocolate, broken into squares 

200g light soft brown sugar

2 large eggs, beaten

1tsp vanilla extract

250g self-raising flour

For the icing

200g plain chocolate, broken into squares

100ml double cream, not fridge-cold

50g icing sugar

For the reindeers

12 large milk chocolate buttons (best if you use Cadbury Dair Milk Giant Buttons)

24 white chocolate buttons

12 red Smarties

Black icing pens

Mini pretzels, carefully cut in half horizontally 

Method

1. Get started: Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Gently melt the butter, chocolate, sugar and 100ml hot water together in a large saucepan, stirring occasionally. Set aside to cool a little while you weigh the other ingredients.

2. Make your cakes: Stir the eggs and vanilla into the chocolate mixture. Put the flour in a large mixing bowl, and stir in the chocolate mixture until smooth. Spoon into the cases until just over three-quarters full. Bake on a low shelf in the oven for 20-22 mins. Leave to cool. 

3. Ice the tops: To make the icing, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Once melted, turn off the heat, stir in the double cream, sift in the icing sugar and mix well. When spreadable, top each cake with some icing.

4. Have fun decorating: Position a milk chocolate button on top of each cake, then 2 white chocolate buttons above it. Use a little icing as glue to stick a red Smartie onto the milk chocolate button for a nose. Then use your icing pens to draw black dots on the white buttons for eyes. Stick 2 pretzel top halves into the top of each cake for antlers, and stick the bottom half of a pretzel under the Smartie for a mouth. These cakes will keep in a sealed container for up to 3 days, but we doubt they’ll last that long!

Recipe from Good Food magazine.

iExperience Learning Story

Learner: Neha    Date:12.11.15

Learning Area: iExperience

Learning Observed

This week, the year sixes students were working with Mrs Dillner for iExperience and we were learning about the Aboriginal people. We worked COLLABORATIVELY in groups of two to answer some questions linked to some info. We learnt about Aboriginal body paint and we also learnt about the Aboriginal flag and what the colours represent. We watched a video about the Didgeridoo, an instrument the Aboriginal people play and how it sounds like. We also learnt about the native art of the people and the colours they use in their art. So we were really just learning about the Aboriginal culture.

Evidence of learning

This is the Aboriginal flag and it was designed by an Aboriginal artist called Harold Thomas and this flag is to represent their race and identity. This is what the colours on the Aboriginal flag represent. Black: represents the Australian Aborigines Yellow: represents the sun which gave life and strength Red: represents land

Next Learning Steps

Is to learn more about Aboriginal music How they got there food Understand the challenges they face as a people And learn more about their history

The Weekend!

Last Sunday, my cousin came to my house for the whole day. Me, Norah and my dad went to pick her up because we organized a day when she would come to my house because she just came back form university. So the first thing we did was play a game of Monopoly. It wasn't to fun so instead of finishing the game we packed it up and played on the trampoline. Now that was so much fun! Then we watched a movie. In the middle of the movie, when it was about to get to the good part, Norah fell asleep! That isn't much of a surprise to me because Norah always falls asleep in movies and when I say always I mean always. So while Norah was sleeping, me, my cousin and my dad went on a bush walk while my mum took care of Norah. Man, in those bushes I felt so itchy! When we came back, everyone including Norah and my mum went for a walk but not in the bushes, only throughout my neighbourhood. So after a long time of walking, I went back home and showered. After I showered, me, Norah and my cousin drew a few pictures and after drawing, we skyped my grandparents. After a very long conversation, we dropped my cousin home. But we got to take something home with me. The most delicious vanilla cupcakes I've ever tasted! After eating those cupcakes, I went home and crashed into bed. That is after I changed into my pajamas.      

 

C.A.T time

C.A.T time

This week a few lucky learners are able to go to the very first C.A.T time ever! This week a few learners was supposed to do C.A.T time for last week but sadly, Ms Wilkes isn't here and we can't do it because she's got the plan for everything. I want to finish all my work this week so I can go for C.A.T time 2 times in 1 week. I wonder what Ms Wilkes is planning for C.A.T time right now and maybe she's planning something that everyone likes which might be Minecraft or other things but I really want to know what Ms Wilkes has planned for C.A.T time because it might be fun and interesting.

Identity Day

This week at school there will be this day called Identity Day. I am really excited because we get to wear something that represents our country! I like the idea of Identity day because once people wear something related to their culture, you feel more interested in learning about it and then you can find out what culture people are. I am so excited about Identity to find out about people's identity and also seems fun to wear something from your culture and wear it for the whole day at school. I am really excited about Identity Day and I know it'll be really fun!

Winter!

W- Winter Wonderland

I- Ice Skating

N- New Snow

T- The Snowflakes Drift

E- Enjoying Hot Cocoa

R- Really COLD!

Thanks For Reading!

Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperature climates, between autumn and spring.Different cultures define different dates as the start of winter, and some use a definition based on weather. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere.

 Some animals survive in winter because they do a few things and here is 8 ways animals survive in winter......

Take a warm soak

Migrate to warmer environments

Hide out under the snow

Use antifreeze

Stock up for the winter

Slow down 

Adapt to the darkness

Huddle together for warmth