In Class 2 we began the term with a Main Lesson called The World Around Us which followed the adventures of Pippa the ring tail possum as she went on a journey to find her friend Wallace the Brush Tailed Wallaby.

Pippa journeyed to the West and then to the East of Denmark and met many local native creatures.  She noticed how the vegetation, landscape and even the weather changed as she travelled.  We learnt the Nyoongar names of many animals.

We went on a class excursion to the Kwoorabup park and saw the stone in the middle of the Nature Park which shows how 3 Oak Trees and 1 Karri tree – the four sisters – indicate the directions North, South, East and West.

We walked along the nature trail, following the river all the way back to the weir at the end of Riverbend Lane.  We imagined how Pippa must have felt as she travelled on her journey.

On our excursion we also visited the Blue Wren Lodge and  enthusiastically sang many of our favourite songs and recited poems and verses to the residents.

We are now beginning a Maths Main Lesson with the gnomes in Numberland as they discover Place Value. 

Place Value allows the gnomes to help King Counting solve many new problems as they count to 100, then 1000.  How many 1000’s will they need before they get to one million! 

We have lots of bags, baskets and boxes of beans and gemstones as we discover how Place Value works.

Our maths stories with the gnome workers has coincided with us beginning the knitting project of our own knitted gnome. 

This is a big project that should keep us busy for a while and test our patience and perseverance.

We made wet felted and hand stitched dragonflies for our mums for Mother's day.  The Nyoongar word for dragonfly is djerakan noort.

We also baked some delicious gluten free almond biscuits for our mums because we think they deserve to be spoilt!