Vivid 2014

Last night we went along the the annual Vivid Sydney festival. Here are some of our favourite light shows and video projections.

Shining Armour

Today the children worked on some ceremonial armour for their treasure chest. L made a gauntlet whilst R made a shield. They used cardboard, metallic tissue paper, metallic acrylics and fake gems.

Baking

This afternoon the children chose some recipes from their cook books. As usual their choices include cakes and biscuits. L made jammy biscuits and R made banana muffins.

The Georges River

Today we took a short bush walk at the Georges River. We trekked through the forest to the Basin swimming hole and stopped for a picnic at Simmo's Beach. The water is very cold at this time of year but will be lovely when summer returns.

The Basin

Simmo's Beach

Antony & Cleopatra

For the next couple of weeks we are studying Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare. We have started with this modern, easy read version. We'll be reading some of Shakespeare's original words soon and comparing the language to modern English.

The children summed up the story on these worksheets from "Better Than Book Reports" from Scholastic.

By R

By L

Jewels

The children have been using acrylic paints and fake gems to decorate some clay beads they made for their ancient treasure box. L also made a crown from metallic cardboard.

Golden goblet and coins by L

Pendants by L

Necklace by R

Amulet by R

Storm Surge

Today we attempted to model the effects of storm surge in hurricanes. The children made a model coastal landscape with play-doh and Monopoly houses. We then added blue coloured water for the sea. Next we needed wind. We tried the hair dryer but just blowing the water seemed more effective. The low lying houses were flooded out.