Goya

GOMA Brisbane Kids

Isaac Newton

Dictation

A Scouting Owl

A powerful brown owl did constantly scout about for a feast.  The owl flew high above looking down on the ground for his next meal.  The owl flew over flowerbeds, over mounds of hay and around towns filled with houses.  When the owl saw a mouse, it would pounce with all its power and speed.  At times mice were lucky and were able to retreat into their underground houses.

Story Title

Start thinking of a great title for your story.  It should only be a few words long.  

How Aboriginals made paint

Aborigines were resourceful people who extracted a variety of colours from their natural environment. 
They obtained red, dark purple, brown and orange from grinding ochre to a powder. Ochre was found naturally in rock stained by iron, which would give it the reddish hues. 
Yellow was obtained by mixing clay, or by collecting pebbles that conatined a limonite-stained form of kaolin. White also came from the kaolin, or even white clays. Calcite, a chalky mineral, as well as ash are used to make white pigments. Calcite occurs naturally in calcrete deposits. 
Black was obtained from charcoal, and could be mixed with kaolin to make grey. 
Dark green was made from plant colourings. 
Tree bark, crushed shells and blood also gave variety of colour. The availability of some colours are peculiar to the area that the artist finds himself in. 
These paint bases were mixed with fluids such as saliva, blood, tree sap or yolk of various animals' eggs to help them adhere. 
Twigs, fibres, feathers and fingers were used for painting to get different strokes like a paint brush.

Paddle Steamers

Parts of a paddle steamer
Print a paddle steamer

Redland Bay history

Fruit Farms

Pineapple Farm

Moreton Bay around 1900

Large Moreton Bay Pine Tree

Dictation Week 10

Miss Muzzle wanted to attend a dance.  She wished to dazzle on the dance floor.  Upon arriving at the dance, Miss Muzzle became puzzled.  Miss Muzzle had forgotten her purse.  Miss Muzzle would miss the dance and she became quite frazzled.  Luckily Miss Muzzle’s friend paid for her entry ticket.  She went on to dazzle on the dance floor.  Miss Muzzle was thrilled that her night was far from a fizzle.

Animals of Logan

http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/3270/threatened-wildlife.pdf

Thursday Work

Reading – RAZ reading and quizzes

Spelling and Writing- Complete unit 29 assignment.  If you have already done this, complete the writing assignment.

Maths- Number of the day- 4538 à number pattern is -100

Subtraction page from http://www.math-drills.com/subtraction.shtml#xdigit

Four-Digit Minus Four-Digit (36 per page)

If you have the Jungle Coins app, play it.  (Giving correct change)

Writing- Write a description of your main character in your story.  It should be 5 sentences in length.  Each sentence should start with the following beginnings:

1^st sentence begins with an adjective

2^nd sentence begins with an adjective

3^rd sentence begins with When

4^th sentence begins with The only

5^th sentence begins with a word ending in –ing

Here is an example:

Long, blond hair swings from side to side as Polly runs quickly to school to meet up with her friends.  Her sparkling blue eyes quickly notice her best friend, Jane swinging on a rope tied to the tree.  When Polly calls out to Jane, everybody from across the district can hear the excitement in her voice.  The only noise louder, is the teacher coming from the classroom ringing the school bell for children to commence their day of learning.  Leaving the playground, Polly quickly calms herself down and enters the classroom quietly ready for the school day. 

Message Stick info

Over tens of thousands of years, message sticks were commonly used by our ancestors as one means of communicating between different Aboriginal tribes/nations. Messages were painted and inscribed on a stick, which was then transported by hand. One who carried the message stick was traditionally granted safe and protected entry to other nation's territory - a sort of visa or passport.

Those who found the messenger on their land had an obligation to safely deliver the messenger to the elders of their people. The messenger would then convey the message to the elders. These elders then had an obligation to ensure the messenger was granted safe passage across their land - either returning to his own people or moving on to another Aboriginal nation to spread the message further.

The messages inscribed on the stick (by painting, carving, burning etc) were primarily "prompts" for the messenger so that the message would be conveyed consistently to each different nation's elders. Typical messages would be announcements of ceremonies, disputes, invitations, warnings, meetings, events and happenings.