My day in the Roman army - Fishbourne Roman Palace

Today we went to see a roman army museum where we learned what it was like to be in the roman army as a soldier.

We tried all the food that they ate back then and got a gruesome wound that was a sword wound.

We also got a tattoo like the centurions would have had when they joined the army.

here is a picture of a sword wound on my arm

After that we went to throw some stones at logs that had toys on them. 

Then we got to throw spears at Celtic warrior.

We then had a drill sergent teach us how to march and fight like a centurion. We had to speak a bit of latin as well.

 At last we got to charge at our parents after a fighting session.

I learnt alot about the Roman Armies at Fishbourne Roman Palace.

Charles Darwin - Downe House

Charles Darwin had a house in kent called Downe House. We went there today.

Charles Darwin was a explorer, naturist and one of the most famous scientists of our time. He was born in 1809.

He sailed around he world for 5 years. Everywhere he went he collected a bug or a thing. He was the one who found out about the theory of evolution and the survival of the fittest. He also came up with Natural Selection.

Natural selection is when the animals can blend into its environment. Like if there was a white bird it would survive in the snow and not the forest. Where is fits in is where it doesn't get eaten and stays alive.

He took 20 years to publish his book because he had to fight with the church's about God and their view on how animals were created. He believes that everything  evolves to suit their environment, including humans. The church didn't like that.

He finally went on to publish his book but lots of people even today don't believe it. He lived a very long life.

Grammar - lesson 4 adverbs

Adverbs are when you add to the verb.  You ask how  the noun - usually a person or thing, does the action. For example if the verb is walk, you ask how fast did the man walk? The adverb can be slowly. He walked slowly. The ly is the adverb but sometimes there is other adverbs.

France - Geography Report Draft 1

France is 640679km squared.

France has 66.03 million  people.

FUN FACT 

Did you know you can fit France into Australia 14 times.

The flag colours are blue,red and white. The red stands for saint Denis 

and the blue stands for saint Martin.

Some of the famous sights are the Eiffel Tower,the louvre and the Norte dame cathedral.

One of the famous people is Marie Antoinette which was a queen in 1770-1793. She is one of my favourites because she had a little cottage in her backyard that she pretended she was a farmer to escape the royal life for a little bit of time,and she had a beautiful palace with all the marvellous castle things.

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Lilly, you are rushing this so much, you have forgotten the format and all the questions you are meant to answer.

where are all the pictures you are supposed to include?

Look at our prompt questions and make sure you answer ALL of these before you hand in your drafts..

What is the country best known for?

Where is the country located? ( hint - map)

How big is the country? ( how much land does it take up?)

How many people live there?

What language do they speak ( if its more than one - what are they?)

What is the government there? ( e.g. - is it a democracy, monarchy, dictatorship.  explain what it is)

What is the capital city?

What is the flag ( hint - photo. Explain what it may mean if there is a symbol)

What currency do they use? (what money do they use? photo)

What is there emblem or the animal or the national flower ( choose one)

What food do they eat?

What is a common dish people eat? ( hint - photo)

What festivals or events or parties do the people from there like to do?

What do the houses that normal people live in look like?

What are some important historical dates or events that happened there?

are there any famous people from there?

If you were going to be a tourist to visit this country, what are the things you might go and see?

Any other interesting thing you can add?

Geography Report - England

England is known for fish and chips and the Queen.

England is located above Europe. Its an Island.

England is 130,395 km squared.

53.5 million people live there. 

In England they speak French (23%), German(9%) and Spanish (8%).

In England they have a monarch government.

In England they use pounds.

Englands national animal is a lion and a unicorn. This is the official emblem.

In England they have black pudding, yorkshire pudding, cheddar cheese, jellied eels, bangers and mash ( mash potato and sausage) and beef cobbler ( a beef pie).

I
If you go to England you need to see all the castles, the London Eye, Stonehenge and lego land because you learn the history of England in these places except from Lego land.

 

Some of the famous people from England are Daniel Radcliffe who Played Harry potter. 

Then there's Holliday grainger who is in the borgias,bonnie and Clyde and M.I high.

FUN FACT

Did you know that England can fit into Australia 58 times.

Usually english people houses are three storyed units that at all attached together and have a small backyard.

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Good attempt Lilly, but you are rushing things. Its disappointing you haven't chosen some figures from Englands rich history to look at, but rather two people who are fairly new on their professional stage.

watch your capital letters and the use. 

Science - desert plants adapting for survival

Today I'm going to look at how plants grow in the desert.

Plants need water,light and nutrients from the soil to grow strong and healthy. Some desert plants have shallow roots an some have long deep ones. The plants store there water inside it.



The cactus has spikes to protect the water inside its stem from animals.

Music lesson 3

This weeks music lesson looked at unusual musical instruments from around the world.

Her is a leaf flute that comes from Australia. All you need is a gum leaf and blow across it.

A bagpipe that comes from Scotland. Did you know that there are also bagpipes in Spain? A bagpipe is a big bag with pipes sticking out of it and you blow into one pipe with holes  and a reed in it and you squeeze he bag to keep the noise going.

And a bird box that comes from Switzerland.  We went to a musical museum this week and saw one working. It was amazing. 

I would also recommend watching this Video to see how it works and what it sounds like.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bO_pl_BcvHg

Geography report draft one England

England is known for fish and chips and the Queen.

England is located above Europe. Its an Island.

England is 130,395 km squared.

53.5 million people live there. 

In England they speak French (23%), German(9%) and Spanish (8%).

In England they have a monarch government.

In England they use pounds.

Englands national animal is a lion and a unicorn. This is the official emblem.

In England they have black pudding, yorkshire pudding, cheddar cheese, jellied eels, bangers and mash ( mash potato and sausage) and beef cobbler ( a beef pie).

I
If you go to England you need to see all the castles, the London Eye, Stonehenge and lego land because you learn the history of England in these places except from Lego land.

 

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Great first draft Miss Lilly Lou!!

I'd like you to expand these things

How many times would England fit into Australia?

What famous people are from England ( not just now, but in the past too?) choose three to mention and then choose one to have a photo or picture and a little about them.

What are the houses like? compare them to the ones in Australia.

What famous events in history happened? choose one or two.

Can you lable ( thats put the names) above each picture so we know what they are?

Music lesson 4 What is an Orchestra?

A orchestra is a group of instrumentalists that play string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.

Usually an orchestra plays there music in a theatre full of people.

Grammar - lesson 3 adjectives

Adjectives are describing words.

They describe how big or small or anything else. So this is how it would describe the word a large elephant. Large was the adjective in that sentence.

Maths lesson 3 - timetables

Times tables is when you multiply a number like 4 into 4 rows and you get 16. The number sentence goes like this: 4x4=16.

It is important to know the times table because it is the building block of maths. 

Science - sound

I have been learning things about sound.

Sound is a form of energy and travels through the air as waves.

Did you know the higher the pitch the sound waves are closer and the lower the pitch the further the waves are apart?

 Sound waves need air to travel. Sound waves travel at 340m per second.

The reason we hear is we have a drum in our ear and the waves hit the drum.

Geography Report - Spain

Spain is best known for wine, paella, tapas and bullfighting. Spain is located in Europe.

Spain is 504,645 km squared. You could fit Spain into Australia 15 times.

There are 47,066,402 people in Spain. There are five main languages spoken in Spain which are Portuguese, Spanish, Basque, Catalan and Occitan.

The government is parliamentary democracy. 

Spain's currency is euros.

Spain's most eaten food is paella or tapas.

The most famous thing in Spain is the Bullfighting. I think that bullfighting is cruel.

There is a festival called la Tomatin and its a festival for tomatoes and people throw tomatoes at each other. I think its really funny and lots of fun to do.  Did you that in one town they have a limit on how many people are allowed to do this? its 20 000. Can you imagine 20 000 people throwing tomatoes at you?

Important things that happened in Spain included discovering America and the Spanish Armada. Christopher Columbus was a famous adventurer from Spain. He discovered  America in 1502, beginning an era of exploration and conquest for the Spanish.

In 1588 the British forces defeated the Spanish Armada , or navy.

Famous Spanish people are Antonio Banderas, is the person who had the voice of puss in boots in shriek and puss in boots the movies and Salvador Dalí,  is an artist that made melting clocks, couchs that look like lips - we went to his museum in Paris last year -  and Hernán Cortés is the person who conquered South America and stole all the Aztec gold.

On the flag of Spain has two colours red stands for hardness, bravery and strength and yellow stands for generosity , the Spanish coat of arms symbolises the country , the old kingdoms of Spain , the royal crown and the constitution monarchy. The national animal is a lion and a ipomoea flower.

The normal houses are usually big houses. The houses we saw when we walked the camino were normally very poor. The houses had no toilet or bathrooms inside because they were so poor.

One of the points of interest that you might want to see is the royal palace of Madrid and the beach of la concha. They are amazing because the beach of la concha is on of the most famous urban beaches in Europe, and the royal palace is the official residence of the Spanish royal family at the City of Madrid. 

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Lilly, this is excellent! You have started to really do your research and find things which are interesting.

In your future reports, I'd love to see more personal information, especially as we  are travelling though alot of these places. How about the Camino? 

Music lesson 2

There are many instruments in the world do I'm only choosing three so theres a guitar, flutes and bagpipes.

 Here are some pictures.

I like bagpipes because they are from Scotland and sound good.

I like guitars because Daddy used to play guitar alot and I listened to him

Geography report draft one Spain

Spain is best known for wine, paella, tapas and bullfighting. Spain is located in Europe.

Spain is 504,645 km squared.

There are 47,066,402 people in Spain. There are five main languages spoken in Spain which are Portuguese, Spanish, Basque, Catalan and Occitan.

The government is parliamentary democracy. 

Spain's currency is euros.

Spain's most eaten food is paella or tapas.

There is a festival called la tomatin and its a festival for tomatoes and people throw tomatoes at each other.

Important things that happened in Spain included discovering America and the Spanish Armada. Christopher Columbus was a famous adventurer from Spain. He discovered  America in 1502, beginning an era of exploration and conquest for the Spanish.

In 1588 the British forces defeated the Spanish Armada , or navy.

On the flag of Spain has two colours red stands for hardness, bravery and strength and yellow stands for generosity , the Spanish coat of arms symbolises the country , the old kingdoms of Spain , the royal crown and the constitution monarchy.

The normal houses are usually big houses. The houses we saw when we walked the camino were normally very poor. The houses had 

One of the points of interest that you might want to see is the royal palace of Madrid and the beach of la concha. They are amazing because the beach of la concha is on of the most famous urban beaches in Europe, and the royal palace is the official residence of the Spanish royal family at the City of Madrid.

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Lilly this looks wonderful Just add a few more things and I think we will have a good copy in draft 2!

Please add in a map of Spain.

How does Spain compare to Australia as far as its size? Remember we divide how big Australia is by how big the country is.  How many times would Spain fit into Australia?

Can you please explain what paella is and what tapas is.

Please write something about the Camino! we spent 3 months in Spain - so please write something about your experiences there and what you saw.

I love your sentence on the flag, but you need to put some punctuation in it.

Think about he houses we saw as we walked on the Camino. What did they look like?  What were they made of?

what is the Spanish emblem or animal or flower?

what famous people come from Spain?

What is the camino?  Lots of people go to Spain just to do that. Why?

What do you think about bullfighting?

Maths lesson 2 - number family and sentences

A number family is when you divide up one big number like 2356 into all the columns like units, tens and the thousands.

The number sentence for this is  2356=2000+300+50+6. A number sentence is when there is words and numbers.

You have to work out from what is said what maths function you need to use. Is is divide, plus, minus or times.

German lesson 3 greetings

Hello - hallo

Good morning - Gutenberg Morgan 

Good afternoon - guten tag

Good night - gute nacht 

Bye - tschüss

Grammar - lesson 2 verbs

A verb is a doing word which can express a physical action, a mental action or a state of being.
A physic action means to swim,to write and to climb.
A mental action is to think, to guess and to consider. A state of being means to be, to exist and to appear.

German Lesson 2 Days of the week

Monday – montag

Tuesday – dienstag

Wednesday – mittwoch

Thursday – donnerstag

Friday – frietag

Saturday – samstag

Sunday – sonntag

German Geography report 3

 Germany is best known for meats and Oktberfest.

Germany is located in Central Europe.

The country is 357168 km squared and there is 80.62 million people living there. Germany could fit into Australia 21 times.
                                     

95% of people speak German. They also speak second and third languages. They are English (56%) French (15%) and Russian (5%).

The flag colours were first seen in 1866. The flag colours are black, red and gold.

The money they use is euros.

The animal is a eagle surrounded by black,red and gold.

The capital city is Berlin.

The government is parliamentary democracy.

Major historical events that happened were when the empire becomes powerful under kings chosen from the Salian people which was around 1024 - 1025. The World Wars 1 and 2 were both started by Germany.

Common foods in Germany is apfle strudel ( apple slice cake),  kasespatzele ( like macaroni cheese), kartoffel puffer ( fried pancakes), rote grutze ( red fruit pudding) schnitzels, and mums favourite black forest cake. They also eat lots of sausages, sauerkraut, beer with pretzels. One of the famous dishes is called kattofal knoodle.

There's a really cool festival called Faschnuch which is in February. Its used to scare away the winter and they use lollies and floats and loud music. Germany is famous for its Christmas markets. The most famous festival is Oktoberfest. It is held in Munich in September and October and its where big tents are put up and lots of beer is drunk.

Usually the houses are units with a little backyard and a little shed with a lot of stuff in it. They like their little gardens.

Famous people from Germany is Albert Einstein.  He was the most famous physicist in history. 

One of the most famous physicists in Germany is called Albert Einstien who is one of the most famous physicists in history. 

The top touristy things to see when you go to Germany is Neuschwanstien castle and wunderland kalkar because they are amazing places

German Lesson 1 numbers

We are living in Germany at the moment so its important for us to know simple things. We have started with the numbers

1- eins
2- zwei
3- drei
4- vier
5- fünf
6- sechs
7- sieben
8- acht
9- neun
10- zehn

Germany Geography Report Draft 2

 Germany is best known for meats.

Germany is located in Central Europe.

The country is 357168 km squared and there is 80.62 million people living there. Germany could fit into Australia 21 times.
                                     

95% of people speak German. They also speak second and third languages. They are English (56%) French (15%) and Russian (5%).

The flag colours were first seen in 1866. The flag colours are black, red and gold.

The money they use is euros.

The animal is a eagle surrounded by black,red and gold.

The government is parliamentary democracy.This means that

Common foods in Germany is apfle strudel ( apple slice cake),  kasespatzele ( like macaroni cheese), kartoffel puffer ( fried pancakes), rote grutze ( red fruit pudding) schnitzels, and mums favourite black forest cake. They also eat lots of sausages, sauerkraut, beer with pretzels. One of the famous dishes is called kattofal knoodle.

There's a really cool festival called Faschnuch which is in February. Its used to scare away the winter and they use lollies and floats and loud music. Germany is famous for its Christmas markets. The most famous festival is Oktoberfest. It is held in Munich in September and October and its where big tents are put up and lots of beer is drunk.

Usually the houses are units with a little backyard and a little shed with a lot of stuff in it. They like their little gardens.

Famous people from Germany is Albert Einstein.  he was the most famous physicist in history. 

One of the most famous physicists in Germany is called Albert Einstien who is one of the most famous physicists in history. 

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Great improvement Lilly.You missed a few things. 

Germany is known for more than meat.

The capital city is ?

The government is parliamentary democracy.This means that


Major historical events that happened were
Top 4 or 5 touristy things to see when you go to Germany?

Music lesson 1

Music is a sound that has a beat. It can be made with instruments or with the sound of a person making a noise.

My favourite music is pop rock and my favourite band is p!nk / pink. 

Pink has alot of good songs which are good for girls to listen to.

English - Grammar lesson 1 - Nouns

A noun is a naming word.

There are many kinds of nouns. Proper nouns are names of people or places or the names of a day of the week and a month,  Common nouns are just normal noun. Collective nouns means a bunch of things. An example of a collective noun is a school of fish or a pack of wolves.

Maths lesson 1 - rainbow facts

A rainbow fact is a pair of numbers whose sum is 10.

A rainbow fact can help you add when you have to add up to tens.

Germany Geography Report Draft 1

Germany is best known for meats.

Germany is located in Central Europe.

The country is 357168 km squared and there is 80.62 million people living there.                                      

They speak standard German: 90 million and all varieties of German: 120 million.

The flag colours were first seen in 1866. The flag colours are actually black,red and gold.

The money they use is euros.

The animal is a eagle surrounded by black,red and gold.

The common food they eat is beer with pretzels.

There's a really cool festival called faschnuch and its used to scare away the winter and they use lollys and floats.

Usually the houses are units with a little backyard and a little unit with a lot of stuff.

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Great start Lilly. You will need to answer these questions and add them into your report.
What other languages are spoken in Germany?
What is the capital city?
What is the government there?  How does that work?
What are the symbols or emblems in the flag or for the country?
Picture of Euros
What foods do a normal family eat? List some foods that are typical. Look back on the Australian project where we listed a dozen types of foods and explained what they were.
What other festivals do they celebrate?  What is the MOST FAMOUS? ( hint its in September but its called by the name of a different month)
What historical dates or important things happened in Germany?
What famous people came or come from Germany?  Remember you need to list at least three and choose one to talk about as ell as put a photo up.
What are the main touristy things someone would come and see if they came to Germany? ( Big hint - we went to one of these in July)

Other things to consider is your sentence structure. Please begin to write complex sentences using conjunctions and subordinate clauses to make them more interesting. 

Science Lesson - solid liquid and gas

Today we looked at physical properties of matter.

Did you know that water can exist in 3 states? A gas,liquid or solid.

When you put a liquid on a stove and heat it up and put it on 100 degrees celsius it turns into steam which is a gas.

When you put a liquid in a freezer at 0 degrees celsius it turns into ice which is a solid liquid. Heating ice will change it back to a liquid.Steam can be changed back to a liquid by cooling it down. This process is called condensation. 

Here are some facts. Water has 3 states of matter gas, liquid and solid. The three states are known as steam water and ice. Water boilers at 100 degrees celsius. Water freezes at 0 degrees celsius. The scientific name for water is h2o.

Map of the world- Geography

Today we looked  at the globe and the continents of the world.

On my maps I have drawn a blue line where we have been. We have been up and down Queensland and all the way down to Melbourne and Geelong. We have been to New Zealand, Fiji and Vanuatu a few times.  We have been to Europe twice and spent a lot of time there.