Learning the DRS ABC

Today we learnt some very important basic First Aid skills that may one day help us to save a person's life. We learned the doctors ABC. Max was "unconscious" so Olivia talked us through the steps we need to take to help him. We learnt to check for a response and check for breathing. We practised putting people into the recovery position by rolling them towards us. We learnt what to do if a person was not breathing- 30 pushes and 2 breaths until the ambulance arrives or the person we are helping tells us to stop.

Calendar Art

This year we chose a favourite animal to feature on our calendars. We used pastel for the colour work and included a pattern in the background. We used match sticks and toothpicks to give texture. We covered the pastel with dark purple dye to give depth. Then we cut our picture into rectangular pieces, chose a suitable colour for the background and pasted the pieces onto the coloured paper to give a mosaic effect. Our calendar animal art on PhotoPeach

Cricket coaching

Cameron says "Happy birthday'

Cameron made a special visit to Mrs Duffin's office today to say Happy Birthday and give her a lovely bunch of flowers. I'm sure Mrs Duffin was delighted.

Drop, cover, hold

Tomarata School were some of the 1.3 million people involved in the Drop Cover Hold campaign today at 9.26a.m. We all dropped and crawled under desks when the bell went and stayed there until we got the all clear. Hopefully we won't have the real thing happen at Tomarata but even if we do we will know what to do.

Room 5- Little Wiggles

Cameron was lucky enough to watch the Wiggles concert last weekend. He particularly liked "Hot Potato, Hot Potato" so he and his class mates performed it at assembly this week.

Limericks

This week we have been writing our own limericks about the animals that feature in our calendar pastel and dye drawings. We looked at the features of limericks and have tried to use the right number of syllables to make the limericks sound effective. We also thought about telling a story and making sure the words at the end of the lines were rhyming. First, second and fifth lines rhyme and lines three and four rhyme.

Visiting Storm at Health Camp

Today Mrs Salt visited Storm at Health Camp. She delivered all the letters from his Tomarata School classmates. She met his teacher and all the other people that work at the Health Camp. Storm gave her a tour around and she had morning tea with him and the rest of his class. After play Storm did his inquiry presentation about the Chupacabra. He answered all the questions people asked about his inquiry. We all hope he enjoy the last week of his stay.

Getting wise with Julian on PhotoPeach

Room 5 budding artists

Art with Mr Braddock on PhotoPeach