Class 6 have finished up in Ancient Egypt by studying what it was like to live in that time.  Various roles and professions were looked into, along with the typical food and dress of the Ancient Egyptians.  The children were able to create a character and write a short story describing their daily motions.  Some very interesting characters were created including a magnificent chef to the pharaoh named Jafar!

Now the class has moved on to the Number and Algebra main lesson.  The children have designed their dream home and farms, creating a birds-eye-view plan with accurate perimeter and area measurements.

Algebra, the concept of using symbols to represent number, is introduced through imaginative story telling.  The children are following the marsupials of the forest in their preparations for winter, incorporating the four processes into algebraic equations.

The children have also drawn and painted scenes from Autumn in the lead up to our highly anticipated Autumn Festival.

But the most exciting event these past few weeks has definitely been our class sleep over.  We cooked a scrumptious pasta bake along with a blueberry and apple pie, using the apples grown in the orchard at school.  We then had another of our legendary dance parties – what a work out!  But it wasn’t all fun and games.  We did have our very first business meeting to plan how will make money for our business main lesson.  Some very interesting ideas arose but more on that at a later date.  With barely a moon, the conditions were perfect for a few rounds of “spotlight” around the school grounds.  We finished the night with another dance party followed by a bedtime story.  Everyone was well and truly exhausted, so when the command for sleep was uttered, amazingly, everyone went to sleep (unheard of!).  We had an early morning walk through the forest followed by a pancake breakfast.  A great time was had by all and I left with such a strong feeling of gratitude for my job and these wonderful children.