Hello,
We were so happy to get the package with all the great books and animals. We want to use the boomerang and might have to use it in the gym.
Our school is named Windsor and our mascot is a Wildcat. Do you have a school mascot? Do you have spirit wear ? Do you have to wear uniforms every day. Do you have sales at the beginning of the year to buy school clothes?
Did you get any rain yet? We had a little rain yesterday and today we are supposed to get a storm with some hail, but it sure doesn't look like rain is coming since the sun is shining. We are learning about the rainforest and everyone made an animal in the rainforest. A girl in the class made a bee. It is hanging from our ceiling. We have a string coming down from the ceiling. Some of the animals are displayed on the ground and some are on a tree we made from paper. Our whole grade went on a field trip to the zoo last week to see the real animals. We had a perfectly warm and sunny day!
Our class has a lot of moms that come in to help us. Every week we have a special center time and while our teacher reads with us, different moms volunteer and come in to help us with our other activities. Some of our moms get to help us in our library too, by reading to us or helping us in the computer lab. We also have a mom volunteer to teach us a little bit about art each month. And, we had a lot of moms help out at the zoo. Parents also volunteer to help plan parties for our class, on Halloween and Valentine's Day. Even some of the dads get to volunteer at our school too! Do your parents ever get to come to your school to help out?
Do you celebrate Halloween or Valentine's Day?! What are your favorite holidays? Independence Day (on the 4th of July) is coming up soon and it's a big day in our country. There are parades all over in every town, carnivals during the week, and fireworks at night!
We'll all be home for summer vacation by then. We only have a few weeks of school left! Most of us will do things like go to camp or go on a family vacation. For vacations, many kids travel to different states within our own country, but some kids will get to go further, like Mexico or Canada. Some kids are going to Disney World! (Have any of you ever been to Disney World?) All of us are doing some kind of extra activity like swimming lessons, baseball, soccer, dance, or even performing in a play! Otherwise it's just fun to have extra time to ride bikes, play in the yard, or go to the local pool in town to swim. We have 6 different pools in our town that we can go to!
Have a G'Day Mate.
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Hi there
Have you tried the boomerang yet? It really was only one for decoration, so it might not work very well - even ones that do 'work' are very difficult to throw correctly - it needs a lot of practice.
You ask about our school mascot - we have a falcon on our school crest, so we suppose that's as close as we come to having a mascot. We do wear a uniform every day. We have a summer uniform and a winter uniform. We also wear a sports uniform on our Physical Education days. If you look at our school website, you'll get to see our crest and some pictures of our uniform. The website is www.knox.vic.edu.au - you've probably looked at it already.
We have had quite a lot of rain in the last couple of days - some students got very muddy at playtime!!
You mention about the jobs your mums do around the school. We have parent helpers to help with reading groups, to assist in PE classes with the youngest students, to run stalls for Mothers' Day and Fathers' Day, to assist in the Art Room & lots of other jobs - it's really good to have so many helpers!
Australians do celebrate Valentine's Day & Hallowe'en but they're not really big events - we know Hallowe'en is a much bigger event in the US. Our national day, Australia Day is on 26th January. There are usually parades and special events & lots of families like to get together for a barbeque on that day. We hope you have fun on Independence Day. We'll be on holiday then but only for a couple of weeks. Our Term Three starts on 16th July. A few of our students have been to Disneyland or Disneyworld. Many of our students go on holiday to the theme parks on Australia's Gold Coast, such as "Wet'n'Wild Water World", which have similar rides to those you would find in Disneyland.
We're sending off a few more letters to you this weekend, so hope you'll get them before school ends.
Bye for now
Your Year 2 friends.
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