8/5/18
Today, our school celebrated literacy. My favourite part of the day was probably when we were eating our lunch with our house buddies. Whilst we were eating, we also got to share a poem that we chose from several books in a library lesson. This was my favourite part of the day because I loved to hear the expression in my buddies voices as they read their poems.
Right before lunch, an author called Felice Arena came to talk to the year fours about his life and some of his books. I found it quite interesting to hear about some unique stories on how he got the ideas for a few of his books. Something I found surprising was the unbelievable amount of information he needed to right a couple of short books.
Do you know any behind the scene information about an author? If so, what is it?
On April 24th we wrote a poem from an ANZAC soldier’s perspective. It is about what they would of sensed and felt physically and also in their mind.
Recently we went to visit a nursing home because some people there don’t have any grandchildren or visitors . Before we arrived I expected that the nursing home would just be a one story place with a couple of arpartments, a dining room and a hall but actually it was a lot more modern than I thought it would be. Whilst we were on the the bus I was feeling a bit nervous about what my buddy would be like but a bit excited to meet her.
The things we did were after we got there we went into a building that happened to be the nursing home. Once we were all in the building everyone walked through a corridor for a couple of minutes looking at all the different signs in the building. Eventually our teacher lead us into a ginormous hall. It had all of the elder residents sitting in chairs along side the walls. Everyone walked through to the end of the hall and sat down. After that two of the students played a piece of music and we were allocated to our buddies to talk to for while.
What I learned about my buddy was that she loves to paint china and do arts and craft a bit like my grandmother. Before she retired she used to be a fashion model for smaller people. Sometimes when she was working travellers would come by and give her a new piece material to make something with. She also told me that she has three granddaughters. The oldest was twenty one the second youngest was sixteen and the youngest was twelve.
What I enjoyed the most was having a conversation with someone who is a lot older than me. Another thing I enjoyed was finding the differences and similarities between my family and her family. One of the best things about it was getting so excited before we got there on the bus.
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