2KM and 2KJ @ Leopold Primary School

Welcome to our blog! We are the children from 2KM and 2KJ at Leopold Primary School in Victoria, Australia. There are 45 of us and our teachers are Mrs Kathleen Morris and Miss Kelly Jordan. We use this space to share all the great things that are happening in our classroom. Please leave a comment!

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We’re Back for Term Four!

Posted by  on Monday, October 10th 2011     

Today is the first day of Term Four in Victoria, Australia .

It is the last term of school for us before our long summer holidays. When we return to school in February next year, the 2KM and 2KJ students will be in Grade Three!

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It was terrific to hear that everyone in 2KM and 2KJ had a fantastic two week break. Over the holidays many students visited new places, went to the movies, enjoyed bike rides, saw their friends and watched Geelong win the AFL Grand Final!

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We have two new students joining us for our final term. Dana is in 2KM and Morgan is in 2KJ.

Dana came from Mandama Primary School, where Mr D (our new principal) used to be the principal! Dana likes playing netball and she enjoys playing in her cubby house and on the trampoline with her younger sister, Lauren.

Morgan came from Nazareth Primary School. Morgan enjoys riding his bike, playing soccer and playing with his brother, Morrison and sister, April.

Here are Morgan and Dana with Leo!

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Over the holidays our new school building was finished! The five Prep classes will be moving into the building this week and some of the Grade One and Two classes will move into our building.

Here is the outside of the new building.

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Here is the inside of the building.

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What did you do on your school holidays?

Do you have a question for Dana or Morgan?

What do you think of our new school building?

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New Student Blogs…and Happy Holidays!

Posted by  on Friday, September 23rd 2011     

This was an exciting week in 2KM and 2KJ because we started…

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Mrs Morris and Miss Jordan have a system where students are able to earn their own blog if they leave lots of comments on our class blog and our blogging buddies’ blogs.

Congratulations to Keira, Kayla, Alana, Ava, Ella, Amelie and Jordi!

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Check out the new student blogs and please leave them a comment!

 Keira’s Exciting Blog

Kayla’s Lovely Blog

Alana’s Animated Blog

Ava’s Awesome Blog

Ella’s Fantastic Blog

Amelie’s Adventures

Jordi’s Joyful Blog

The holidays are the perfect time to check out these new blogs and our other student blogs too! You can also find links to all of the 2KM and 2KJ student blogs on our sidebar.

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 Today is the last day of Term Three. We’ve had a very busy ten weeks and we’re looking forward to a fun and exciting final term in 2KM and 2KJ. We’ll be back at school on Monday 10th October.

What do you think of the new student blogs?

Do you have some ideas for what our new bloggers could post about?

What did you enjoy most about Term Three?

Do you have a learning goal for Term Four?

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Using Glogster

Posted by  on Wednesday, July 20th 2011     

Over the past two days Miss Jordan and Mrs Morris showed some students how to use Glogster.

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Glogster is an online tool that allows you to make free interactive posters, or “glogs”. The word glog is short for graphical blog.

You can add text, images, photos, audio, video and special effects to create a glog, and finished glogs can be embedded into blogs so you can share them with everyone. Glogster is easy and fun to use!

Here are some glogs we made about our holidays.

 




  What do you think of our glogs?

Have you ever made a glog before?

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July Holiday Fun!

Posted by  on Monday, July 18th 2011     

Today, Monday 18th July, is the first day of Term Three here in Victoria, Australia.

Our July holidays went for two weeks and Geelong had some wet, windy and wintery weather!

Luckily Mrs Morris and her husband escaped this weather by heading to Byron Bay in northern New South Wales.

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Do you know where Byron Bay is?

Here is a clue. In this photo Mrs Morris is standing in front of a sign that says “Most easterly point of the Australian mainland”.

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Maybe you can figure out where Byron Bay would be on this map.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Australia.png

At Byron Bay, Mrs Morris and Nate enjoyed walking and running on the beach, bushwalking, eating delicious food, shopping, reading and relaxing.

Can you guess what these are?

On many of Mrs Morris and Nate’s walks they saw all sorts of flora and fauna. Flora means plants and fauna means wildlife or animals.

Leave a comment if you know what these animals are!

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Dinosaur Food

This term, 2KM and 2KJ will be studying dinosaurs. When Mrs Morris was in Byron Bay she saw a sign that said there was dinosaur food growing in the area.

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Have you ever seen a palm like this? Can you believe these plants have been around for millions of years?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burrawang1.JPG

Leave a comment!

What did you do on the holidays?

Did you see any interesting flora or fauna on the holidays?

Can you answer any of the questions in this post?

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Leo’s Holiday Fun!

Posted by  on Friday, July 8th 2011     

Hi everyone! It’s me, Leo, and I’m here with a holiday update post!

I have been checking out the blog each day and lots of 2KM and 2KJ students and their families have been leaving comments. That makes me so happy! I know Miss Jordan and Mrs Morris will be impressed too. I thought I’d surpise them and write up a post so that they can relax and enjoy their break!

It’s been pretty cold here in Leopold. Luckily, I have a thick coat of fur to keep me cosy and I’ve been doing some exercise in the LINC to stay warm too. (I’ve also been sneaking into the staff room each night to have a hot chocolate with marshmallows, shhh!)

I have enjoyed skyping my great buddies Panda, Juan Pablo, Quiksilver and Ruckus. The classes they belong to are all on holidays too, so we’re keeping each other company.

I’ve been doing a lot of reading this week (I’ll definitely get my free time when school goes back!). My favourite book is still Cloudy with a Chance of Chicken.

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I’ve been over to the school foyer a few times to see if Mrs Hair, Mr Mac, or our new principal, Mr Donehue, were around. But I guess they’re enjoying the holidays too much because the place was empty!

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The weather hasn’t been very nice lately, but the sun came out yesterday so I spent some time in the school friendship garden. It was lovely out there!

Leo in friendship garden

Don’t forget to check out the 2KM and 2KJ student blogs over the holidays. I am so proud of Charlotte, Millie, Jarrod and Haille! They’re doing a terrific job on their blogs and I know they’d love some comments!

Well, I have a few emails to write and then I might get out an iPod Touch and do some origami. Leave me a comment so I know what you’ve all been up to this week!

What has been your holiday highlight so far?

If you could take a holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go?

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End of Term Two – Time for Holidays!

Posted by  on Friday, July 1st 2011     

It has been a busy ten weeks in 2KM and 2KJ and today, Friday 1st July, is the last day of Term Two!

Here is a slideshow with some of our Term Two highlights…

 

As you can see, we had a great time in 2KM and 2KJ this term and we are all looking forward to a fun-filled Term Three!

Next term we are looking forward to the swimming program and learning about dinosaurs and science. A trip to the Melbourne Museum is also organised. We will continue using the netbooks in class and Mrs Morris and Miss Jordan have lots of fun activities planned.

We are all looking forward to a restful holiday and we’ll be back at school on Monday 18th July.

What did you enjoy about Term Two?

What are your holiday plans?

What are you looking forward to next term?

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A Question For Parents: How Did You Spend Your School Holidays?

Posted by  on Friday, June 24th 2011     

This blog post is for parents and anyone else who would like to comment!

In Victoria, we only have one more week of school left before the holidays. It has been a very busy term in 2KM and 2KJ and everyone is looking forward to a relaxing two week break in July.

This got us thinking: How did you spend your holidays when you went to school?

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When Mrs Morris was younger, she used to go on long car trips with her family for holidays. They would drive to places like Cairns, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney. Sometimes these car trips would take a couple of days. There were no DVDs to watch back then so Mrs Morris and her sister used to enjoy drawing, playing with their barbies or playing games like “I Spy”.

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Miss Jordan grew up in the country, near Halls Gap. She would spend her school holidays riding bikes, making cubby houses, going on long bushwalks and playing with her sister, her brother and her cousins. Miss Jordan used to go Melbourne quite often with her family to visit her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. She also enjoyed family holidays to many places in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.

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Parents (and anyone else), please leave us a comment!

How did you spend your school holidays as a child?

How are school holidays different now compared to when you went to school?

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Guest Post – Ebony

Posted by  on Wednesday, June 8th 2011     

Last month Ebony was the 2KJ winner of our May Is Family Blogging Month competition. Part of her prize was that she won a guest post on our blog. Here it is!

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Hi everyone my name is Ebony, and I was lucky enough to have won the ‘May is Family Blogging Month’ challenge for 2KJ. I was so excited to win! I love writing and colouring in, so I have just finished decorating thank you cards to all my family and friends that helped me win by leaving blog comments.

Today I want to tell you about the holiday I had in Queensland last year. We flew up with our family friends (Bradley from 2KM and his family) and it was the best holiday ever. I cannot wait to go back!

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We went to the theme parks and I loved Dreamworld the most because I loved going on all the rides. My favourite ride was the Nickelodeon Rollercoaster. I went on it three times with my mum and dad and I screamed every time because it was so fast. 

Here I am on a ride at Dreamworld.
Here I am on a ride at Dreamworld.
The Nickelodeon Rollercoaster was so much fun!
The Nickelodeon Rollercoaster was so much fun!

The animals at Australia Zoo were amazing, watching the crocodile show was great and I even got to feed an elephant.

Look at the brave crocodile trainer!
Look at the brave crocodile trainer!
Lucky this isn't a real crocodile!
Lucky this isn’t a real crocodile!
Here I am feeding the elephant some fruit and vegetables.
Here I am feeding the elephant some fruit and vegetables.

The dolphin show at Sea World was great even though it was raining. I wish I could have patted a dolphin but I did touch a baby stingray. It felt smooth but all slippery and slimy!

Clever dolphins.
Clever dolphins.

When we stayed at the resort we swam in the pools. I love swimming. We swam at the beach too and my dad buried our legs in the sand!

Here I am with my brother Connor, Bradley (2KM) and his sister Ashley.
Here I am with my brother Connor, Bradley (2KM) and his sister Ashley.

We go camping in our caravan all the time but Mum and Dad said our next big family holiday will be to Fiji. I’ve only seen pictures of Fiji but I cannot wait to go!

I would love you to comment on my post. I am very good at replying!

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Have you ever been to Queensland?

What has been your favourite holiday?

Where would you like to travel to in the world?

 

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Ryley is Back from the USA!

Posted by  on Tuesday, May 31st 2011     

Ryley has just come back from a month in the USA and The Bahamas!

A highlight of Ryley’s trip was visiting our blogging buddies in Mrs Yollis’ class. Read about it here.

Here are the wonderful gifts Mrs Yollis’ class gave Ryley. We loved seeing them!

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Ryley brought back some souvenirs for everyone in 2KM and 2KJ! He gave them a (fake) US $100 note and a real penny (one cent coin).

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Ryley had such a fantastic time and did so many exciting things. Here is Ryley telling us a bit about his holiday.

Leave a comment if you have a question for Ryley.

What would you like to do in the USA?

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Ryley Meets Mrs Yollis!

Posted by  on Friday, April 29th 2011     

Something very exciting happened today…Ryley from 2KM visited Mrs Yollis and her class in Los Angeles!

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Ryley and his family are holidaying in America and they arranged the visit. Mrs Yollis posted about this terrific event, check out her blog to see what Ryley and his family got up to in Mrs Yollis’s classroom!

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Please leave Mrs Yollis a comment about Ryley’s visit!

 

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