Manatees- National Geographic Creature Feature

The Junior Crew kids are investigating the message of the sign in the post below. Here are some more facts and images that will help you to understand why this sign is so important. Click on the picture to get the facts.

Manatee Zone

Hi Everyone,
Do you know what this sign is for?
Perhaps you will be able to answer that question after clicking on the picture and watching the Dragonfly TV Episode it is linked to.

Eleanor:
I am a talking sign. I'm here to tell you that manatees live in the water. You need to go slow in a boat because sometimes propellers can cut a manatee's tail.
Thank you.

Tim:
Be careful because there are manatees under the water. Boats need to slow down!

Ricky:
Manatees are in the water and boat's propellers cut the manatees tails. Go very slow in boats otherwise manatees will be cut.

Apple Pies

Cut out the pastry with the pastry cutter.
The large circles with the slits are for the base


Place the pastry in the pie maker and add 2 teaspoons of baker's apple.

Place the small circles of pastry on top of each pie for the lid.

Place the lid down but check every few minutes to see if the pastry in golden brown.

Take the cooked pies out of the pie maker with a non scratch lifter.

Wait for them to cool and enjoy eating them.

Rick:

Today we made apple pie it was sort of yum. It was fun as well. Daniel helped me as well and Braydon was so nice . Everybody was awesome because they were all nice to each other. I reckon that everybody in my class is the best class in the world. I felt happy about it.

Daniel:

Today we made apple pies. Rick and Braydon were helping me. I tried to test the apple stuff and I liked it. We were cooking in the classroom.

Tim:

Today we made apple pies. Eleanor made the best one. She had the most cinnamon sugar in hers. It was so yummy.

Eleanor:

Today we made apple pies. First you roll the pastry. Then you get the cutter and you cut two pieces, the top and the bottom. We heat the apple pies for 2 minutes. When the pies are ready you eat them!

Make a Sign to Find a Cat - Signed Stories

Hi Everybody,
This is a story about a little girl who made a sign to find her naughty cat. Click on the picture to read it.

What is my Message?

Click on the sign to sing along to the Five Little Monkeys Song.
Daniel:
My job is to tell you that dangerous things happen. Crocs appear from the water when you go near it!
Cory:
My job is to tell you 'No Swimming' and don't be silly near the water. There are crocodiles under the water.
Ricky:
My job is to tell you not to be silly near the water because crocodiles will eat you if you fall in the water. Don't forget kids, don't play with crocodiles!
Tim:
The red circle tells you ' No mucking around' because there are crocodiles in the water. They will eat you !

Eleanor:

I tell you not to swim in the water. Crocodiles live in the water and they might eat you up!

Our First Sign

Signs are messages.
What is this sign telling us?
Where would you see a sign like this?
Who is the message for?
Tim:
The sign is saying there is a BBQ, a picnic table and some boys and girls toilets on the left.

Fly Away Home!

Use your arrow keys to help the ladybug find her way home. Try not to look at the keyboard!
Hope you are having a great holiday break :)

A musical listening game for you to try

Check out our art work!

Click on the pictures to see more examples of our art work and to find some online art activities you can do during the holidays!

Chocolate Ripple Log Cake

Hi Everybody,

We made a Chocolate Ripple Cake. Sue says it is very Australian and everybody should learn how to make it. If you click on one of the pictures you will find a site that has the recipe on it.

We changed the recipe a little bit by putting strawberry jam and cream on the biscuits.

We hope you try it and that you like it too.

Cory

How many legs?

How many legs does an elephant have ?

Lazy Eights

This week we will be doing Lazy Eights exercises every day. This lazy eight looks huge on our Smart Board. We will be using it to remember how to make the Lazy Eight shape. We will be making Lazy Eight shapes in the air with our thumbs and with streamer sticks.