Today we are 1/2LK because Moya's away so 1/2L have been visiting for the day. We are all wearing GREEN today for St Patrick's Day! We're helping the Irish celebrate their special national day and we've learnt lots of stuff about Ireland. We watched a slide show and we learnt to sing Molly Malone which is a spooky Irish song about a ghost. We heard an Irish story about a big potato and we practiced our Irish accents. Before lunch we watched some Irish dancing, it was wonderful!
We've also had a special science lesson for St Patrick's day (we love science!). We learnt about dissolving using cold water jelly and normal jelly. We made green jelly with snakes in it because the story of St Patrick talks about him leading the snakes out of Ireland and into the water. We feel sad for the snakes but happy to be eating jelly!!
Here are some of the things we did and discovered today:
I learnt that Ireland is part of Great Britain. Sarah
I'm looking forward to computers later in the day. Sean
I enjoyed making jelly. We made cold water jelly with no gelatin. Jamil
I enjoyed stirring the Aeroplane jelly in the bowl and watching it go all blobby. Riley
I enjoyed being very green! Romy
I discovered that gelatin is made of cows' hooves! Aimee
I enjoyed playing leprechauns and leprechaun pets outside at playtime. Audrey
I enjoyed playing with Audrey and drawing the crazy science lab on the back of my sheet. Evie
Playing in the playground with Lizzie and our prep sisters was fun. Leila
I wonder how St. Patrick became so famous. Emile
During St Patrick's day we coloured in special patterns, they look VERY nice! Vasco and Elliot
We got to put lolly snakes in the jelly we made. Lola
The jelly crystals dissolved in water. Clarrie
My favourite thing was colouring the special colouring pattern in Jared's room. Chloe
I learnt that Ireland is very green. Selvie
I learnt that St Patrick's day is celebrated all over the world. Sean
I liked colouring people with our prep buddies and eating the jelly. Lewis
I enjoyed learning about St Patrick's day. Dean
Happy St Patrick's Day from all of us in 1/2L and K!!!
