More heroes

Mulga wanted to expand on the superhero dramatic play set he received for his birthday, so he asked for printouts of some more characters. (There were no villains. How can you have dramatic superhero play without villians?) Some good fine motor skills practice for him as he coloured them in.

The boys discovered this cool mole cricket and spent some time observing it 

before releasing it back into the garden.

S1 Science: INVS1.7 Conducts guided investigations by observing, questioning, predicting, collecting and recording data, and suggesting possible explanations.

Boronia helped Waratah and Daddy plant the succulents we brought home from our dinosaur garden day at Mt Annan Sustainability Centre.

S1 Science: PSS1.5 Grows, makes or processes some products using a range of techniques and materials.

S1 Science: ESS1.6 Identifies and describes ways in which people and other living things depend upon the earth and its environments.

S1 Science: DMS1.8 Develops and implements own design ideas in response to an investigation of needs and wants.

Waratah also put together an electricity design project -which required a lot of reading instructions

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S1 English: RS1.5 Reads a wider range of texts on less familiar topics with increasing independence and understanding, making connections between own knowledge and experience and information in texts.

S1 English: RS1.6 Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies when reading and comprehending texts.

S1 Science: PPS1.4 Identifies and describes different ways some forms of energy are used in the community.

S1 Science: UTS1.9 Selects and uses a range of equipment, computer-based technology, materials and other resources to undertake an investigation or design task.