Expert savvy shoppers were the roles that 4T took on at our local supermarket yesterday. Trolley pushers, Expiry date checkers, Price comparers and Budget analysers were some of the others.
4T roamed the aisles on their mission to spend their hard-earned fundraising money on various food items to be donated to the Christmas Hampers for the Salvation Army. Many groups only had 5c or 10c leftover – what careful, yet great budgeting and choosing of items!
4T outside the supermarket
Mid-Shop
4T, leave a comment with what some of the chores were that you completed at home to raise your money and a reflection on yesterday’s shopping trip.
As part of our new Integrated topic this term ‘First Contacts,’ we are learning about the impact of the European Settlement on Indigenous Australian culture.
Have you ever wondered what traditional life was like for the Wurundjeri people (the Aboriginal tribe of the Melbourne area)? Well, take a trip to Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne and you are sure to learn lots of new information!
We spent the first half of the day with our guide Bridget, who guided us through 3 activities:
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Indigenous tools – we learnt a lot about how Indigenous people used materials from the bic (land) to make tools for hunting, cooking and clothing. Cordials made from nectar, bags made from reeds, fire sticks and spear throwers.
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Indigenous art – ochre is a type of paint used to tell and pass on stories through art. We learnt how to make the red and orange paint from rocks and left our own mark at the gardens…until the next rainfall that is!
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Indigenous food – There were so many wonderful smelling plants which excited our senses as we walked through the garden. We heard how the indigenous people used various plants for water, seasoning such as salty pig face and much more. We even drank some delicious warm lemon myrtle tea!
We then finished the day off with a scavenger hunt throughout the gardens with various challenges which brought out the competitive and creative side in many of us – particularly the adults! Challenges included: make a stick sculpture, sniff out the plant with the best smell and hug a tree with smooth bark.
Be sure to check our individual student blog pages to see the group research videos that 4T have created on their own Indigenous culture inquiry questions.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne 2019
4T, you can find these photos and more in our shared folder.
What was your most interesting part of the day at Cranbourne Gardens?
On Friday the Year 4s travelled by bus to the magnificent Hamer Hall to see the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
4T Music Excursion
Narrated by the hilarious comedy group Tripod, we learnt how music can imitate different sounds such as chickens, a busy street or even a sneeze! By simply lowering notes in a harmony, you can change the whole feel of a song from happy to sad and gloomy. We also celebrated 100 years since the birth of an American man called Leonard Bernstein. He was a very well known composer, conductor, music lecturer and author – just to name a few. Through his work we learnt how by purposefully making something ‘stick out’ (this is called incongruous) you can surprise the listener.
Listen to this piece below. What does it make you think of?
MSO 2018 from Missstirtilas on Vimeo.
If you could play any instrument, what would you play and why?
As part of our new Integrated topic this term ‘First Contacts,’ we are learning about the impact of the European Settlement on Aboriginal culture.
Have you ever wondered what traditional life was like for the Wurundjeri people (the Aboriginal tribe of the Melbourne area)? Well, take a trip to CERES environmental park and you are sure to learn lots of new information!
On Monday, all the Year 4 classes visited CERES and participated in four different activities related to traditional Aboriginal culture, including:
- Bush Tucker, where we learned about how Aboriginal people used plants for food and medicine.
- A Merri Creek history walk, where we compared the landscape now to what it might have been prior to colinisation and looked at the positive and negative impacts of humans on nature.
- Fossils and Rocks, where we learnt about igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. We discussed how they are created and we looked at fossile more than 100 million years old!
- Storytelling, where we learnt about the importance of storytelling through art and dance and acted out the traditional story of Tiddalick the Frog.
Look at our individual student pages to learn more about our Aboriginal Culture research projects.
What was the most interesting thing you learnt at CERES?
What is something you are still wondering about and would like to explore further?
As part of our new Integrated topic this term ‘First Contacts,’ we are learning about the impact of the European Settlement on Aboriginal culture.
Have you ever wondered what traditional life was like for the Wurundjeri people (the Aboriginal tribe of the Melbourne area)? Well, take a trip to CERES environmental park and you are sure to learn lots of new information!
Today, all the Year 4 classes visited CERES and participated in four different activities related to traditional Aboriginal culture, including:
- Bush Tucker, where we learned about how Aboriginal people used plants for food and medicine.
- A Merri Creek history walk, where we learnt about the Victorian creation totem Bunjil (an eaglehawk), the last Wurundjeri Elder William Barak and looked at the landscape to learn how it has changed in the last 3000 years.
- Sustainable Gardening, where we learnt about the tips, tricks and benefits of organic gardening. We compared this to how the Aboriginal people used the land and found that there were more than few similarities!
- Storytelling, where we learnt about the importance of storytelling through art and dance and acted out the traditional story of Tiddalick the Frog.
Look at our individual student pages to learn more about our Aboriginal Culture research projects.
What was the most interesting thing you learnt at CERES?
What is something you are still wondering about and would like to explore further?
