Fact Find | Cricket

Cricket is a sport that originated in south-east England in the 16th century. Cricket quickly developed into a global sport. Cricket is played with a bat, ball and wicket. The game has two competing sides.

In 1611 a dictionary defined cricket to be a boys sport. The first recorded cricket game was played in 1646. In 1997 women's world cup, Belinda Clark hit a double ton and made unbeaten 229 against Denmark.

Some of the ways to get out in cricket are: Hitting the wicket (when the batsman hits the wicket), getting bowled (when the bowler hits the wicket with the ball), run-out (when the fielder uses the ball to shift the bails) and more.

LI: To learn about something new.

Class Blog Post | Art

My class blogpost for art can be found here.

Class Blog | Inquiry

My class blogpost for inquiry can be found here.

Class Blog | Maths

My class blogpost on Mr Ogilvie's maths task can be found here.

Class Blog | Reading

My class blogpost on Mr Wong's reading task can be found here.

Properties of Sound | Inquiry

Sound is a noise that can be heard when it travels to a person's ear. Property is a characteristic or attribute that something owns.

One property of sound is that as sound travels it dissipated (gets weaker and weaker). This was proven because Mr Wong clapped on one side of the classroom and the meter on the other side recorded a quiter noise than the one closer to Mr Wong.

Another property of sound is that sound travels the same in every direction. This was also proven to be true because the meter recorded the same decibels from behind, in front, left side, right side and above.

The last property observed of sound is that sound can travel corners. This is because Mr Wong clapped in another area of the classroom and the meter was still able record the sound.

LI: To observe the properties of sound.

Dotted Art | Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal art comes from Australia. The majority of the aboriginal art told a story with the different symbols and people call these 'dreamtime stories'. Dreamtime refers to the Aboriginals belief of how the land and their people were created. How the kangaroo got its pouch is a dreamtime story and uses the aboriginal symbols to tell the story of how the kangaroo got its pouch.

We practised the symbols but we used dots instead of lines to make the art. Some of the symbols were: footprints, stars, resting place, travelling sign, waterholes and etc. After we practised the symbols we made our good copy and told a story that we experienced.

The story I tried to tell was how I went to the zoo. I saw kangaroos, emus and turtles at the zoo. I added a water flow with a waterhole as representation of drinking water and the sandhill as representation of the turtle climbing it up. The middle symbol represents where the people sit to look at the animals.

I enjoyed this activity and learned many new things about the Aboriginals and dreamtime stories. 

LI: To create art that tells a story with traditional methods.