We went to Sydney for 4 days this week which was just chock full of fun, hands-on learning.
English:
Current Readaloud: "Misery guts" by Morris Gleitzman (finally finished!), and "How the aliens from Alpha Centauri invaded my maths class and turned me into a writer and how you can be one too" by Jackie French.
Audio books: "Sam Hawkins: Pirate Detective" by Ian Billings
Independent Reading: - "Crackle" by Margaret Clark, "Psycho Gran" by Christine Harris.
Other: Billy spent time on Spellodrome and earnt a weekly certificate.
Maths: He also spent an hour on Mathletics and earnt a weekly certificate. He watched a couple of videos I found online about "borrowing or regrouping" in subtraction. Hopefully those couple of explanations will make it easier for him to understand than just my explanation!
Science & Technology: Our trip to Sydney included a trip to the Sydney Observatory. We got to look through 2 telescopes and see Mars, Saturn & Venus, as well as the binary star Alpha Centauri. We also were shown how to identify constellations like the Southern Cross, and watched 2 3D short films about space. On another trip, we'll have to take a daytime visit so we can spend more time in the museum part - we barely scraped the surface in the 15 mins before the night tour. (Photo from the Sydney Observatory website).
We also went for a quick trip to the Powerhouse museum where once again, we barely made it out of the science section!
HSIE (Human Society and it's environment): One of the highlights of our trip to Sydney was a trip to the Australian National Maritime Museum. Our visit included a tour of the submarine HMAS Onslow, and a tour of the replica of Captain Cook's Endeavour.
Creative & Practical Arts: We also went to see 'Just Macbeth' at the Sydney Opera House. It's a version of Macbeth by Andy Griffiths, aimed at introducing kids to Shakespeare. It was hilarious and we all loved it. I knew Billy would because we'd listened to the audio book together, but I didn't expect to enjoy it so much myself! Check out the promo below:
Other: Billy spent time on Spellodrome and earnt a weekly certificate.
Maths: He also spent an hour on Mathletics and earnt a weekly certificate. He watched a couple of videos I found online about "borrowing or regrouping" in subtraction. Hopefully those couple of explanations will make it easier for him to understand than just my explanation!
Science & Technology: Our trip to Sydney included a trip to the Sydney Observatory. We got to look through 2 telescopes and see Mars, Saturn & Venus, as well as the binary star Alpha Centauri. We also were shown how to identify constellations like the Southern Cross, and watched 2 3D short films about space. On another trip, we'll have to take a daytime visit so we can spend more time in the museum part - we barely scraped the surface in the 15 mins before the night tour. (Photo from the Sydney Observatory website).
We also went for a quick trip to the Powerhouse museum where once again, we barely made it out of the science section!
HSIE (Human Society and it's environment): One of the highlights of our trip to Sydney was a trip to the Australian National Maritime Museum. Our visit included a tour of the submarine HMAS Onslow, and a tour of the replica of Captain Cook's Endeavour.
Creative & Practical Arts: We also went to see 'Just Macbeth' at the Sydney Opera House. It's a version of Macbeth by Andy Griffiths, aimed at introducing kids to Shakespeare. It was hilarious and we all loved it. I knew Billy would because we'd listened to the audio book together, but I didn't expect to enjoy it so much myself! Check out the promo below:
PDHPE (Personal Development, Health & Physical Education): Martial arts and lots of walking!
Life skills (cooking, gardening, housekeeping): We weren't home long enough!
Other fun stuff: Playing with friends at the natural learner's picnic.
I'll be giving the recording a break for a couple of weeks while we have "school holidays" here in NSW.
3 comments:
How cool to explore inside a submarine!!
Life skills ... train travel, urban survival tactics, restaurant etiquette? Just being cheeky!
Glad to hear your MIL is safely through surgery. Enjoy your holidays.
:) Vanessa
Awesome photos :) Looks like loads of fun was had by all.
"bouroged"? LOL
Vanessa - yes, it was cool. Rather cramped though :) And yes, all of those life skills!
Suji - I think you may have invented a new term - not sure how to pronounce it though :)
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