It's Show TIme!

It's nearly time!  Tomorrow we are off to the Show!

We are feeling
excited
happy
organised
a little bit scared
nervous
scared i might be late!

 We need to remember

• a big lunch
• a full drink bottle
• our bag - but it only needs the things we need 
• hat
• a good breakfast
• to be at school EARLY - no later than 8.45am
• sunblock
• a SMILE 
• warm clothes in case it gets cold
• to wear our school uniifrom

We thought about how we can stay safe and have the BEST time at the Show

• remember to smile
• stay with your adult
• keep hydrated
• eat lots of lunch

What Might go wrong?

• YOu might leave your bag in the bus .... BUT we will check the buses before they go away
• YOu might trip over ..... BUT we will have adults to take care of us and we have first aid kits just in case!
• You might get lost .... BUT we will all have you have your teacher's cell phone number on your arm - ask an adult to ring the number
• You can't see or touch the animals because there are too many people in front of  you .... WAIT your turn, there WILL be lots and lots of people at the show - be fair and only have  a short turn so others can also have fun

   
What we might see at the Show

• Cows
• lambs
• horses
• baby chicks
• cattle
• deer
• llama
• farmers
• bunnies
• ponies
• bulls
• farm dogs
• goats
• pigs
• coloured ponies
• elephants
• sheep
• donkeys
• giraffe
• diggers
• ferris wheels
• humans
• tractors
• magicans
• tree chopping
• parades
• horse jumping
• electric fences
• quad bikes
• dingoes
• rides
• milk
• tractor rides
• lions
• monkeys
• flamingo
• mud 
• poo
•  
• hay

 What we might smell at the Show

• poo
• milk
• hot chips
• mud
• fish and chips
• candy floss
• donuts
• sausages
• other people's lunch
• ice cream
• hot dogs
• hay
• animal smells
• flowers
• marshmellows

What we might hear at the Show

• birds
• clippity clop of horses hoooves
• music
• anmal sounds like moo, baa, oink, neigh, quack
• quad bikes
• engines
• shearing machines   
• electric motor bikes
• announcements
• wood chopping
• laughing
  

Rosie's Dairy

Our Brainstorm

• Matt kept touching the electric fence and zapping himself
• Matt didn't want to hug Rosie
• Matt didn't know how to milk the cows - but he said he did
• Matt made Rosie cry
• Matt was being very silly because he kept throwing all the milk away
• Matt kept playing on his PSP
• Matt was surprised that the Becky could do a secret triple combo move on the PSP and he was angry
• Becky wanted to help Matt
• Matt stood in poo
• Matt kept hopping when he had poo on his shoe
• Matt said he wasn't tired but he actually was and fell asleep quickly
• It was still dark when Matt and Becky woke up in the morning
• They got up really early to do all the jobs
• They had to milk the cows before they had breakfast
• Rosie danced with Becky and Matt
• Farmtastic
• Moooove
• Cow Pai

We learned

• that you need to do the milking or you won't have butter, milk, yoghurt, ice cream and cheese
• always be careful and take care of the cows
• milk has lots of nutrients in it
• milk makes you healthy
• there are different kinds of milk
• there are different parts to the farm like the front paddock, milking sheds, back paddock
• don't handle the cows too much
• cows have an udder and that's where the milk comes from
• cows have four stomachs
• they eat the grass and chew it and swallow it, then they burp it back up again and chew it again then swallow it and goes into different stomaches
• cows can give you a very powerful slap if they get a fright

Our Recount

Orientation
We went to the hall to see a show called Rosie's Dairy.  We were expecting to see a show about a girl.  We were so surprised when Rosie turned out to be a Dairy Cow!

First
We waited outside the hall when Mrs Ashby blew her whistle.  We did the roll and then we went inside the hall with all the other classes.  It was quite noisy then a man waved his hands and the show began!

Next
At the start of the show a girl called Becky who worked on the farm came out.  The dairy cow, Rosie, came out as well.  Matt also came out.  They sang a funny song about Rosie.  We said hello in cow!  MOOOOOOO.

Then
When Rosie was watching Matt playing on his PSP she kept looking at him and asked for a turn - but she had HOOVES not hands so she couldn't play it.  She dropped it on the ground and nearly stepped on it instead.  Matt said MOOOOOVE over!

Matt made Rosie cry because he wasn't being kind to her.

We learned about the parts of a farm. We thought it was clever because the actors changed the back boards to make new scenes.  We discovered the front paddock, back paddock, milking shed and farm house are all on the farm.

Becky took Matt to the house for the night.  He was super tired and fell asleep quickly.  The next morning Becky woke him up before the sun was up.  Matt moaned - moo.  He had to help do lots of jobs.  The first job was to milk the cow.  Matt was not doing a good job.  

Rosie and Becky taught Matt why milk is important.  Milk gives us cheese, cream, yoghurt and ice cream so if he doesn't milk the cows well we won't have these things.  Matt started to work harder.  We thought this was FARMTASTIC.

Finally 
Matt understood why milk and farms are so important.  

We thought the show was Cow Pai!

Mrs Rabe's Blog

Today we explored Mrs Rabe's Kindergarten Blog.

It was so exciting because they had left a comment for us yesterday.

This is our reply to them

Hello Mrs Rabe’s Kindergarten Class

We were so excited to get a comment on our blog from you.

We enjoyed looking at your blog. We learned about how some of you help other people. We thought your drawings and video were excellent.

We like our people too. We have finished them now and they are hanging up in our windows for everyone to see.

We have taken the tent down for now. We used the tent as a Paleontologist Camp. We had lots of dinosaurs, books and fun things to do in there. We were allowed in there all day but had to take turns.

We live in Christchurch, New Zealand. We are all 6 and 7 years old now and are in Year 2.
We LOVE school.

What do you do in a school day in America?

Our day is like this
News
Maths
Morning Tea
Reading
Writing
Lunch
Handwriting
Topic or Art or PE or Sports
Pack up and go home

Love from

Room 16

Harper's Discovery

Today Harper shared some awesome news.

Here is a video of Harper sharing news.

She discovered a Woolly Mammoth has been found in a swamp.  It is 39 000 years old!  The scientists think the Woolly Mammoth probably died in the swamp by drowning.  Then it froze.

We did some RESEARCHING

Israa had a book with some information about Woolly Mammoths that she shared with us.  One thing we discovered was
That Woolly Mammoths lived in Alaska, Canada, Siberia and Northern Europe.

Then we looked on Google and found this article with a video of the Woolly Mammoth.
We learned that to do a Google Search we type in a question and then Google gives us lots of links that might have the information we are looking for.

We also discovered that sometimes Google gives us links that are not so helpful so we have to be WISE to figure out which information we are looking for.

Woolly Mammoth Discovery

Finn used his inquiring mind to to ask a great wondering  He wondered if Mammoths were mammals.  To find an answer to this, Israa looked in her book and we looked on Google.  We all decided that YES, mammoths were mammals - this means they had warm blood like us.

Exciting Times

Today we were so excited because when we went onto our blog we found a message from some friends in America!

We thought your people were colorful. We liked all the circles that you used. We thought the tent was neat to have.

What did you use to build the tent? When do you get to go in the tent?

What grade are you in? We are in Kindergarten. We live in the USA.

From,
Mrs. Rabe's Kindergarten Class
Arizona, USA
http://blogs.goaj.org/srabe

We are going to write a reply to these children tomorrow!  It was so exciting to have people from another country reading our blog.  We are going to look at their blog too.

Lily and Cooper Love School

At school we love to

•  at  school  we  love  to  do   art
• and  we  love to light up fireworks
• we      love   to  think   and  writ w

Our Amazing Ashley

Today there was an exciting parcel in my cubby hole.
When I opened it I discovered it was a special certificate, letter and book for Ashley as a prize for the 400 Words Writing Competition.