Class 3 and 4 have just finished a wonderful main lesson on Local Surround, which forms part of the Geography learning area.  Each child completed a family tree and we mapped where our parents and grandparents were born including ourselves.  This proved quite interesting as only one child was born in Denmark, Ilya.  Interestingly all our grandparents and parents were born out of the Great Southern region, only moving into the area in the past 20 years.  We learnt about the many states and capital cities within Australia, which tied in beautifully with our Possum Magic writing exercise as Hush and Grandma Poss ventured around Australia to make Hush Visible again.

We then looked at our classroom from a birds eye view.  Looking at the shape, where the furniture was positioned and where we all sat, this was mapped with much precision.  We followed this by venturing out into our school and mapping the buildings and play areas as close to portion as we could.  Finally we made our way into town with our measurement wheel to find out how far it was from school.  A little game of ‘guesstimation’ proceeded our journey and a few wobbly wheel walkers ensured a few extra metres as we calculated the final tally in metres.  Each child received a map from the tourist bureau and we began to map where we all lived and our proximity to each other and town central.

 It has been very interesting and lots of fun.

In craft both class 3 and 4 have been working on separate projects.  Class 3 have completed their felt pencil cases and are currently working on their knitted gnomes.