Mascot

Today we had to draw a mascot for reading. I thought of these ideas because I love Giraffes and Squash. I also thought it would be really cool to put a crusifix as well for our family believes. I used google drawings to make this.

I was trying to make a hockey stick as well but I couldn't make a curve for the hockey stick. So I had to just make do with the other three but that is ok. I figured out with google drawings if you drew it you couldn't put the coulor in it.


                   Have you made a Mascot before?

Poppies

My Dad and I have been making Poppies for ANZAC Day.

We have been making Poppies out of Plywood Cupcake wrappers and red,Black, green and an under coat, a Jigsaw a pencil and a compass( Not a North South West East compass It's like a pencil but it has a little metal bit on the other side of it) . The flower will be red. The black will be for the middle. The sticks will be green. We will be putting them in our garden on ANZAC day.

How did you make the poppies?  Dad and I found some wood in the Garage. Then we both drew a shape of a poppy with the compass. After we had drawn the shape on the compass we got a pencil out and made it look like a Poppy. Then Dad got the Jigsaw out and he cut one out then he let me cut one out. After we had cut them out I got to paint the under cote for the Poppies.

The Next day in the Morning Dad and I painted the first red cote we left that to dry. The same day but in the Afternoon we put the second Red cote on the Poppies then Dad put the under coat on for the stalks.  The next morning we put the coat on for the middle of the Poppy which is black then we got the green out and put the coat on for that. We let them to dry. Here is some photos of my Poppies.

                                                            Lest we forget.

                               Have you ever made Poppies if so what have you made them out of?

ANZAC Day

ANZAC day marks the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand soldiers at gallipoli.   ANZAC day is the 25th of April.  The first Dawn service was in 1923.  Services are held at dawn because in battle, dawn was the best time to attack the enemy. Dawn services are held at 6 AM.  Dawn services are held to remember the soldiers who died in the First World War and all wars that have followed since. Soldiers would wake in the dark so at the first signs of light they were alert and awake. More than 11,000 ANZACS died at Gallipoli and more than 23,500 were wounded.  The poppy is a symbol from John McCrae's poem Flanders fields.  The poppy was the first flower to grow at the battle fields that is why it is a symbol for ANZAC Day.

                                                               Lest we forget.

Marble track

On the 17/4/2020 my Dad and I made a marble track.  We used cardboard boxes and sellotape.

Dad made a starting gate out of a little box. I had to cut the sellotape so dad could hold the box in place. After we had made a starting box we made a little hole that the Marbles dropped down into a ramp that leads to a tunnel,then onto the bumpy bit that leads to the finish box.


For some parts of the track we had to make barriers ,especially for the curves. Then we  had a trial run and we had to make some adjustments .After the tunnel they were stopping at a bumpy bit so I tried to flatten it out. That worked so then I added a box at the end to catch the winning marbles at the finish line.

Three ,two, one ping out roll the marbles down to the drop, they all roll round the corner then they drop down and go down into the tunnel and past the bumpy bit and the Green one wins. The crowd goes wild for the Green Marble. 

Here are some photos of my Marble track. Here are some Marbles racing.

Here they are at the starting line.

Here are some Marbles racing.

                                                   The winner is .............. Green!!!!!!!!!!

                   Have you ever made a marble track if so what did you use?

what's in the bag?

Today for math we had to play what's in the bag then write about it.

What do you need to play what's in the bag? A bag. Any object that will fit in a bag. They have to be different colours. You can use as many of that object as you want. A book and a pencil or pen.

How do you play what in the bag? You get somebody to put your objects in the bag. Then they shake them. Then the person who wants to play doesn't look and puts there hand and pulls out one object. Then you write down what colour you got. Then when you think you have figured out what colours are in the bag and how many there are you have a look in the bag.

Mum put three different colours in the bag and I pulled a plastic monkey. I picked one up ten times. After the ten times I decided that there were more blue than any other colour. So I had a look inside and there was four blue, three red and 2 yellow. Here was my tally of what I picked up Red, Blue, Blue, Yellow, Red, Blue, Red, Blue.

                                     
                                  What colours did you get?

Easter drawing

Today's task was to draw a picture about two of the books we have read. here is my picture.

I used some stenceles to draw the animals and eggs. I chose to draw animals and eggs because in the two books I read there were animals looking for eggs and helping each other. So I tried to make it look like that.  

Like the two books I tried to make all the eggs different and the animals different as well. I made all the animals eyes blue because I thought it would look nice and bright.  

With the stencils some of  the parts were really hard to get into so I had to draw those parts without the stencil but copying the stencil.  Otherwise it might not look like the animal.  With some of the stencils I drew it but then there were lots of parts so I rubbed them out and tried to connect it. 

Which animal is your favourite?

Eater decorations

Today's Task was to decorate a hard boiled egg and share a photo of it.  I have decorated a bunny rabbit. Here is the picture of my egg.

To decorate this I used a boiled egg and found some rabbit decorations in the arts and crafts box we have.  I had to use some double sided sticky tape to stick it on. I had to dry it otherwise the tape won't work.

It was tricky to stick them on because some parts were wetter than others. It was also tricky because sometimes my thumb got in the way so we had to get a new tape  to stick it on.  In the back there was also a strap for the egg to sit on.



There was also different straps and I could have made a Chicken but I thought the rabbit would look really cute on an egg. 

                                 What would you do on your egg?