Making ANZAC Poppies

On our home learning site, I suggested for ANZAC Day the children might like to make an ANZAC poppy.  Being in lockdown has meant that we can't gather together with our families or go to Dawn parades or Civic ceremonies but many children were making poppies and putting the poppies in a window or on their fence.  Cruze's Mum sent me photos of Cruze making a poppy and decorating it.  What a good idea to decorate it with drawings Cruze!

More of Cruze's Home Learning

Cruze has been making the most of the lockdown to continue his learning at home.  Cruze has been reading, drawing, making things, exploring in his back yard, cooking and doing a lot of learning.  Thanks to Cruze's Mum for all the lovely pictures.

Cruze Went Walking

 With all the lovely fine weather, Cruze and his family were able to walk down to the beach.  It looked like you enjoyed your time out today Cruze if you wanted to come back home and draw a picture to remind you of the fun you had.  You are lucky to have the beach close by.

Elena's Writing

Elena has been doing lots of story writing as well as learning to write her numbers.  I wonder where you managed to find your Easter Eggs on your Easter Hunt.  Did you have to look really hard for them?  You have drawn a beautiful picture of a rabbit in your other story.  You have added lots of detail and made him look lovely and fluffy.  Great work Elena.

Making A Marble Run: An Idea From Cruze

Marble runs are great fun.  You all liked building up runs with our one in the class but you can make one at home .  Cruze and his big brother Eziaz collected up milk containers, egg cartons boxes and tubes to create little tunnels or bridges for marbles to run along.  They started to build it from the bottom and worked their way up to the top.  Here are some pictures to give you ideas on how you could build your own marble run.  Thank you to Cruze's Mum for the photos and ideas and well done to Cruze and Ezias for the great building job.

Cruze's Arts and Craft Ideas

Cruze has been busy doing some great arts and craft work.  I thought it is a good idea to share the pictures his Mum sent me on our blog to give you ideas of what you might like to try.  The first idea is using things from your garden.  Cruze decorated a plate using some petals as well as flowers to make a pretty design. 

His second idea was to use some foliage (leaves) to decorate his art work.

Then he decorated some more tubes with faces and other details to make some animals.

What a cute way to use a cardboard tube to make an animal.  If you don't have a cardboard tube you can cut a piece to paper to the length you want then roll it up and secure it with tape or an elastic band.  Then comes the fun part of drawing a face.  You could make it into a person by drawing the facial features, hair and even draw some clothes or even an imaginary animal.  Thank you Cruze for such wonderful ideas on things we can make. 

At The Beach

As we are all in lockdown at present I thought you might enjoy watching a movie about our day at the beach back in March.  We all had a great day - swimming, digging in the sand, sliding on cardboard down the hill, playing on the playground and having a picnic with our friends.