A helicopter came to Fendalton school

Today a helicopter came to Fendalton school on Friday the 27 of march and after we went back and we started to do our maths and spelling and then a girl came in"It is time for room 17 to walk through the helicopter' she said.We walked through the helicopter, I got a sticker from Air force, so then we went back.We started our recount, and the same girl came in "would you like to see the helicopter take off" she said," OK we will" said room 17 .After it was not the same girl who came back it is acutely taking the people from air force now ,and then they flew away.

the air force came to school

on Friday 27 march at the field i saw a helicopter land on the field at Fendalton school the people inside a heros we went in the helicopter i hit my head on the bar because. inside it is only very small i asked one of the people. i asked how old he was he was 28 got a sticker it was cool it was i says air force on it then i watched it go off they left a lady behind because the were going to winch her up then they went away.

The suprise at school

On Friday the 27th of march at the field with the whole school I herd a noise it got bigger it was a helicopter, a lady got winched down, she was in a uniform, it said air force, then we got to go through the helicopter and I got a sticker.

What makes good feedback?

Lately we've been talking about what feedback is and how it helps our learning. Today we had a practice at giving each other quality feedback as comments on posts on this blog. Here are some of our ideas:

What is Feedback?

• It is kind of like if I clicked on someone's ideas and wrote a comment, it is feeding back what they need to work on (Gracie).
• You are giving a letter to someone (Na-myung).
• Sort of like a goal (Ella).
• What a person says about you (Emma).
• Someone does something new, and you tell them how good it was (Logan).
• If you forget something, it is alright to keep going (Na-myung).
• If you write something and you want to change it then you can (Kendra).

How does feedback help our learning?

• It helps your brain to think of things (Liam).
• It helps our learning by helping us with what we need to do next (Ella).
• It helps your learning when you do lots of writing (Lois).
• It's when you tell someone what they need to work on (Gracie).
• If someone doesn't know something, you can help them with an example (Tom).

Great feedback has...

1. A positive statement at the beginning that highlights something they did well.
2. Ideas for what they could do next time to improve or get better. For example:

• Something you could improve on for next time is...
• A next step is...
• Next time, you could...
  

Team 17 are going to practice giving each other great feedback by using this blog. Check the comments on posts for examples of this.

New Playground

We hope that the new playgrond is finished soon because I would like to check it out and watch it.

Also I would also like to help them build it!

By George

All About Charlie

All About Ella

All About Amelia

All About Charlotte

All About Daniella

All About Emma

All About Ethan

All About Ethan

All About George

All About Gracie

All About Hannah

All About Harrison

All About Harry

All About Hugh

All About Jamie

All About Laura

All About Lauren

All About Liam

All About Logan

All About Lois

All About Lucy

All About Matthew

All About Na-Myung

All About Tom

All About Will

All About Yoonseok

All About Aron

Brainteaser 2 - Money Matters

What is the difference between a crisp new $10 bill and a dirty old torn one?

-place your answers to this brainteaser as comments...

Learning about blogging

Today we learnt about a number of important blogging skills:

1. Keeping ourselves safe when using the internet -that we are not allowed to use our last name when doing anything on the internet, including our blog (Will). If you are going on the internet and you don't know what a link or button is for, you shouldn't click it (Charlie). If you get onto something that is not okay, get off it and tell an adult straight away (Tom, Laura, Lauren).
   
2. Making comments on blog posts to give feedback -when you put your name to a comment, only use your first name (Jamie). Sign in first before making a comment (Amelia).
   
3. Using labels -Always use your first name as a label when posting (Will, George). Labels help you to find things later.
   
4. Inserting pictures into our blog posts -we started learning how to do this but will need quite a bit of practise (Rob).
   

My Pet

George's is favourite pet is a fish.

WHAT WE LIKE DOING AT SCHOOL

I like art. I like dolphins because they can jump out of the water.

By Yoonseok

my best freinds

Tom and Logan ,Mathew are my best freinds

Our Favourite Pets

Our faourite pets are wolfy, pepe and a dog.

By Gracie, Lois and Harrison

Changing Photos

One of the things we touched on today was how to change photos once they are in the computer. Here are a couple of shots of the very first ones we've done:

Brainteaser 1

If I was in a house and every window faced south, where am I?

-put your answer onto this blog post as a comment.

Photo Practise

Today we practised taking photos. Here is a slideshow showing you some of the best shots from our learning:


We came up with the start of a rubric for what makes a great photo which we will add to next time we work on photos:

1. Focussed - not blurry
   
2. Framed well - another word for this is composed well, ie. not chopped off
   
3. Good lighting - not too light or dark depending on what you want, plus the flash isn't ruining the shot.
   
4. Interesting subject - a photo of something that is actually worth taking a photo of.
   

Once we had our ideas for what makes a great photo, we broke into groups and focussed on the following areas:

• Shooting great photos - in pairs or threes
• Importing photos into iPhoto
• Naming photos using iPhoto

Some of us learned how you can alter photos using iPhoto (Tom and company).