St John's First Aid Certificate

Mum, Oliver and I went to St John's Ambulance to learn how to look after people in an emergency. We learnt how to bandage people up, what to do if they are having an asthma attack and how to do CPR. It was very hard and lots to learn. It was also a very long day. We got a certificate at the end.

By Ruby

Sunflowers

We planted our sunflowers last year around show day in October. First we planted them in egg cartons until they had germinated. Then we transplanted them into the garden. They grew very tall. By January they were as tall as me and by March they had flowered. They were taller than me then. The tallest one was 1m 22cm tall. Oliver, Ruby and I tried to guess how many seeds were in the sunflower. I thought there were 100. Ruby thought there were 270; Oliver thought there might be 350. We started to pick them out. We got to 100 really quickly and still had lots to go. Ruby changed her estimate to 380 and Oliver changed his to 510. We kept picking the seeds out. Soon we had over 300. We eventually finished and we had 464 seeds in the sunflower. Oliver was the closest. We were amazed that there were so many. We have kept the seeds to plant later this year.

By Charlotte

Our Garden

When we came back from the farm we brought with us some of our favourite rocks. We thought about building a water feature but we don’t have power to the backyard. We went to the library and found a good book of water features and found a page about a dry river bed. Dad and I cleared the garden and started to build it. We got some river pebbles from the garden centre and then used our special rocks on the top. It looks spectacular and it only took a day’s hard work. We replanted the irises and daffodils around the side.


We have two apple trees in the back yard but the possums always eat the apples. This year we helped dad net them so we can have some apples.


Dad helped us build a vegetable garden. We have planted lettuce, parsley, beetroot and garlic.


We planted seeds for our sunflowers last year. We put them in egg cartons until they were big enough to plant in the garden. They are taller than Tom and Erica. They are starting to flower now. The flowers are really big. We love them. They look great. We are going to collect the seeds to replant next year.

The Don Railway

During the Holidays we went to the Don Railway. We saw a real Thomas he was really cute. We also saw a train that was only 95years old and they called it Baby and it had a dummy with it. We saw how they restored the trains and the tools they use. One of the workers talked about all the work they do. Our friend Bob Foulkes had his photo there. He was a volunteer for the Don railway. He dressed up as the Fat Controller on special open days. He looked just like him. We then went for a ride one on the trains. It was really bumpy, smelly and hot. Tom loves trains but he didn’t like it and fell asleep instead. Erica fell asleep as well. When he had to swap carriages Mummy and Daddy had to carry the sleepy babies.

Charlotte's Playdough

We made new play dough.

We needed:
2 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
4 tablespoons of Cream of Tartar
2 Table spoons of oil
2 cups of boiling water
Food dye

Mix all together and need.

It is so nice when it is still warm and squishy.

This is a picture of my two elephants I made. It is a mummy elephant carrying her baby on her back.

Toto's new bed

When we went to the library last week we stopped at chickenfeed on the way back to the car park. They were giving away a trolley load of bits and pieces. I chose a box to make. When I got home I made it all by myself. I had to screw the sticks together and then tread the covers on. I then decorated it and made it into Toto, my teddy/dogs bed. It was lots of fun.

Log of Reason

When we went to Gunns Plains I made a man out of a log that was waiting for the fire. I used a shell for his hat, an emu feather from up at the wildlife park, Mummy’s scarf that had dyed all our clothes brown and a tea towel. I had lots of fun and spent ages drawing his face and making up stories. I called it the Log of Reason.
Written by Ruby.

Our Egyptian Dinner

On Friday 20^th February, we organized an Egyptian Banquet to follow up on our study of Egypt. We all dressed in white and set the table with mummy’s Egyptian place mats and table cloth.

We made Falafels, had pita breads with hommus and grated carrot and diced lettuce. We put on some music and had lots of fun talking about what we had learnt. Mummy didn’t think we would like the falafels but everyone ate nearly all their tea.

Corn Flour Painting

Ruby Charlotte and Tom made corn flour paint. First they put corn flour in their bowl, then added some water, and a little food dye. They had lots of fun mixing it with their fingers. It felt goey and sticky. They then used it to do finger painting and trickled the paint on to the paper. We took photos of the paintings because as the paint dried the corn flour crumbled and fell off.

Written by Ruby and Charlotte.