Teddy Bears Go Blogging

Koala Lou and Louis Play The Djembe.

2006-05-04T12:20:00.000-05:00

On Wednesday Koala Lou and Louis and our class went to the gym and played the drums with an African man named Fule Badoa. The drum we played was called a djembe. The top of the Djembe is made out of goat skin. The bottom of the djembe is made out of a special kind of wood. Our favourite part was playing the djembe. It made a lot of loud noise.

By our class and Koala Lou and Louis.

Koala Lou listens to an African story

2006-05-04T12:02:00.000-05:00

Koala Lou and Louis listened to an African teller she told us about a man that needed money to by clothes so he made 100 hats then he had a nap well he was sleeping 100 monkeys stole his hats when he woke up he tricked the monkeys to shake ther head then the hats fell off then the man collected all of them. to the market then he sold them a 100 dollars.

by mat and Koala Lou

Check out our Great Barrier Reef!

2006-05-03T12:05:00.000-05:00

Hi Mrs. Sawyer's class,

We are haveing a openhouse on Thursday night. It is about other county's and we are Australia. On that night we need to make sure that our class should look like Australia and it does. We have the great barrier reef and the forest and the city and the outback of Australia and some of the animals in Australia are in the great barrier reef and the forest and the outback and in the city we have buildings. We get to be tour guids and there are 3 types of times for how long we can be tour guids. Then we are free to go to any county in the school.

By:Janice and the grade 2's

Water Wheels

2006-04-21T13:40:00.000-05:00

On Tuesday we had scientists in the school. We learned about water wheels and how they work. Water wheels work by water getting on the big thin pieces of wood. The water poshis on the wood wich turns around and around. Water wheels can be used for meny diffrnt things like grinding wheat and pulling up hevy lodes.

by sarah.B

Windmills

2006-04-19T12:14:00.000-05:00

Hi grade 2s and Maple,

Yestrday we had Scientist in the school. We had some activities about wind and water. I will tell you guys 1 activity. It was about windmills. We made windmills there. There was 5 colours of paper Blue,Pink,Green,Yellow and white. The peace of papers was for the place where the wind blows. And we used toilet paper rolls to stand them up. And when you blow the paper part it would move quickly. I learned that Windmills make Energy for lights,computers and other stuff.

By Janice and the grade 2's

Water wheels

2006-04-19T12:13:00.000-05:00

Hi Mrs. Sawyer's class and maple

Yesterday we had scientist in the school. We learned about water and wind. My group was in a very fun group. We made water wheels out of Styrofoam plates. After we were don we tested them by putting it on a stick and pouring water on the water wheel and the water wheel moved. We learned how to make water wheels and that they grind weet into flour. We had a lot of fun and I hope they come back next year.

By Sarah Z.

Koala Lou Goes to Big White!!

2006-04-11T20:13:00.000-05:00

Hi Mrs Sawyers class!

Gess wat i went to BIG WHITE in British Columbia with Koala Lou!!! There were dubl black dimins. I skied and snowborded. I can do a 360 on skis and I am wrcen on it on a snowbord. I can do rails jumps and evin grabs on my skis and snowboard. Koala Lou liked our room best because he likes the leather couches and stone counters. He went up high on the yellow gondola. Big White is 7 000 feet high. The ski club that I usually ski on is 500 feet high. I like freeriding too in the trees.
We went for 7 days. Koala Lou sat beside me for the plane ride. It was four hours and 43 minutes.
You can see pictures of Koala Lou in the cockpit and the plane.

Big White is owned by a guy from Australia!

By: Max

AN EXPERIMENT WITH ICE CUBES

2006-04-10T12:33:00.001-05:00

What happens when ice cubes are dumped into a container?.

First we put ice cubes into a container. Then we see what happens.

We learned that if you put ice cubes into a container it will leaves space. It leaves space because it is a solid.

by Jun,Charlie,Janice and Sam

The shape of a container

2006-04-10T12:33:00.000-05:00

What happens when water is poured into a container?

1.We got a container and filled it with water.
2. Then we poured water into another container and observed what happened.

We saw that water took shape of all three containers.

By Min,Blake,Isaac,Sarah.Z

POURING WATER

2006-04-10T12:32:00.000-05:00

What happens when water is poured on a slanted surface?

We got 2 buckits and a slanted surface.
We filled 1 buckit up with water.
We poured the water on the slanted surface and saw what happend.

We learned that when you pour water on a slanted surface it flows down.

By Eric,Owen,Sydney and Terry.

Pennies in a cup.

2006-04-10T12:31:00.000-05:00

What happens when pennies are slipped into a full glass of water?

We got a full glass of water.
We got 30 pennies and slipped them into the glass of water.

We learned that if you slip pennies into a full glass of water the water will curve over the top the water won't spill.

by:Sarah,Matthew,Christian and Faisal.

When water is frozen

2006-04-10T12:30:00.000-05:00

Does water take up more space or less space when it is frozen??

We took a cup of water and meshered it and went to the staff room and froz it and at the end of the day we check't it and it was a little taller.

When water is frozen it takes up more space because we meshered it and it was higher.

By: Joyce, Robert and Spencer

Koala Lou visits Sudbury, Ontario

2006-02-21T13:10:00.000-06:00

Here is my trip to the French River.

One of my pictchers is me ice fishing.Ice fishing is when you breack a hole in the ice and start fishing.
One other pictcher is of me at the outhouse with Koala Lou and Luis.
One other pictcher is of me snowshoeing with Koala Lou and Luis.
One other pictcher is of me on my Ants ski-doo with Koala Lou and Luis
One other pictcher is of me on my ants and unculs cottege deck.
One other pictcher is of me beside my ants and unculs cottege.

By Isaac

Koala Lou and our field trip

2006-02-17T10:07:00.000-06:00

We went to the River Run center to watch a puppet show called Tales from the fridge. Koula lou and louis liked the puppet show a lot. It was about a man that couldn't pay his bills so then he grow vegetables and sold them and got money and then he payed his bills.

On Thursday it was a snow day! A snow day means no school. The whole school was closed because of freezing, icy rain! It was a good holiday!

by Min and Matthew

Koala Lou Goes To Niagara Falls!

2006-02-17T10:03:00.000-06:00

Hi Australia, this is koala lou at Niagara falls falls is the biggest water fall in the world lou stayed in a hotel and there was a indoor water park and koaula lou went to the water park.Koala lou went to a i-max theatre all about Niagara Falls. A 63 year old lady named Annie went down in the barrel. She went with her cat. She survived!

The Australian Jingle Bells

2005-12-21T13:50:00.000-06:00

Hi Mrs.Sawyers, class
On Tusday we sang a song called Australian Jingle Bells we wore singlets shorts and thongs.
And we brang our beach towels.
Mrs. Robinson is from Western Australia and she wore her hat and coat.

How do you celebrate Christmas?
Do you go to the beach? Does Santa surf?

From Charlie and Sarah

Snuggle Up with Bears Day!

2005-12-21T13:33:00.000-06:00

Hi Austalia,

Thank you for the DVD, the chocolates and the Koala book. We love your school!!!

In November, it was PJ and Teddy Bear Day. Koala Lou had lots of fun because we brought in our Teddy Bears and wore our pyjamas and went to an assembly.

We learned that Koala Lou is not a bear, it is a marsupial!

We made an Australia big book. Charlie learned that over 200 years ago European sailors found Australia.
Isaac learned that the Queen of England is the queen of Australia, but holds no real power. This is like Canada.

From,
Charlie and Isaac and the grade 2's
(with typing by Mrs. Sherry)

Grade 2 Events

2005-12-01T19:13:00.001-06:00

Yes we do have bats.They are fruit bats and we have lots of other bats in Australia.
And we had a grade 2 dinner at School. And we are having Christmas in twenty three days. Do you have Christmas i hope you do because it is the best time of year.

From Tara and Josh.

Grade 2 Sherry, your photos are amazing. The bat cave is fantastic. What scary looking bats!
We had a Remembrance Day ceremony in our school hall too.
It does not snow in Ferntree Gully. It does snow in Victoria on the high mountains.
We are sending you some photos of us with our Dr Seuss hats.

From Ms Sawyer

Here Comes The Snow!

2005-11-25T12:05:00.000-06:00

At Lunch Recess we did Matrix off a hill. There is snow on the gronde We haf to ware warm cloting like a hat, coat, boots, mitins, and snowpants.
you can go skeiing, or sleding. At our school we go crazy carpeting on the big hills. It is really fun. We go fast and we make our own tracks. Snow is something white and cold and when it comes to sun it melts to water. Do you have snow?
by Jacob and Max.

Thank you Australia!

2005-11-22T12:19:00.000-06:00

Hi Australia,

Thank you for the poster and the reading about koala bears. Some of the animals on the poster we have never heard of.

We celebrate Christmas,Santa puts presents under the christmas tree.
We have had our 5th snow fall.
Here is also a picture of Koala Lou in the rememberance day choir. Can you see her?
What is a slater?
we have Dr.Seuss books.

FROM:Isaac,Faisal and grade 2s

Bats

2005-11-22T12:10:00.000-06:00

Dear Mrs. Sawyers class

Our class is learning about bats,

Miss. Gilks took a picthur of our faces then we made bats,

And we are sending you a picthur of our bat cave,

Do you have bats in Australia?

Bats are the only flying mammals,

Bats eat fish,

Each bat has there own smell,

Bats can only live 30 years.

From,

Min and Joyce

We made bees

2005-11-17T23:19:00.001-06:00

Grade 2 in Canada
we don't realy celebrate halloween. We saw the photo of the butterflys hatching on the email that you sent us. I'm (Thendral ) am going to India for four and a half weeks. Maple is staying in Australia with the rest of the class. Three people in our grade are finding slaters. Do you have slaters in Canada? It is going to be summer time and Christmas is going to come. Do you celebrate Christmas. Do you have christmas trees? Next week we are going tohave a Dr Suess dress up day. Our grade has a chart with 17 Dr Suess books on it. The ones with the red dot are not by Dr Suess. Do you have Dr Suess books in Canada? We have been learning about bees and wee made bee models. here are some pictures of us with our bees.
We have Aussie rules footy in the winter. In summer there is cricket on the tV. We play cricket at school. In PE we play indoor cricket in the gym.

From Thendral and Ashley

Koala Lou Goes Trick-or-Treating!

2005-11-10T13:37:00.000-06:00

Dear Mrs.Sawyers Class,
we do play Yugioh , duel Masters and the Simpsons hit and run. We had our first snow fall of the season today. Owen took Koala lou and louis for halloween. They handed out candy in ther ghost caustum. Do you celebrate remembrance day? Here is Miss Gilks, our new teacher. Koala Lou is going to Niagara Falls with Charlie this weekend. Do you have bats in Australia? We are learning about bats. Do you play Footy? Is that football?
Your Friends,
Blake, Eric and the grade 2's

We love maple syrup

2005-11-03T20:12:00.000-06:00

Hello Canada,

everyone has had Maple for a night and brout him back to school but ms Sawyer.
yesterday we had pancakes with maple syrup. It tasted grate.
Does anyone in your grade play yugioh, duel masters or the simpsons hit & run?

From Jessica, Tara and Dylan.

Here are some photos of Maple and us eating maple syrup.

The cicada

2005-10-27T22:18:00.000-05:00

Nikki with the cicada in her hand.
She found this in the playground.

Hello Canada, and Mrs. Sherry's class. We do have computers. We have six in our classroom and about 20 in our computer lab. We have Basketball as well (and our Grade 6 boys team just won the regional final).

We do not really celebrate Halloween.

Our classroom is a portable. We have ten portables at our school..
Yesterday Leanne came and videotaped our class so that she can make it into a dvd.

Ms Sawyer has sent the counting chart and some reading work about the koala.

And can you please tell us what type of colour butterflies you have? And what butterflies are common there and what are their names?

Ms sawyer wrote some of this because we ran out of time.

From, Thendral and Olivia and Grade 2S.

It's body got chopped.

Hi Australia - October 26, 2005

2005-10-26T09:38:00.000-05:00

Today was picture day. The buterflys are doing quite fine and yes some of them have hatched and we already let them go.we play soccer and dodgball in Gym. What do you play in Gym? Do you have the game Baskitball? How wide and loang is Australia. Do you have computers in your clasroom? How is maple doing?KoalaLou and KoalaLouis is at Sam,s house for one more day. Do you have portables at your school. How many rooms do you have in your school?
From Robert and Sam and the grade 2,. See you later bye.

Wednesday, October 19

2005-10-19T12:55:00.000-05:00

Dear Mrs.Sawyer's class,

Koala Lou has been to New York state in the U.S.A. with Sydney.
They went shopping, koala loa also went to sarah's house for a sleep over.
9 butterflies hatched and we let them go. We will try to send you a picture of our trip to the Butterfly Observatory.
Sarah B took Koala Lou home to see her new fish called Goldie.
We are having Halloween on October 31. Do you have Halloween?
from:Isaac and Matthew and the grade 2s

Hello Australia!

2005-09-29T20:30:00.000-05:00

Koala Lou and her mum have arrived safely in Canada! Thank you so much for the book and the wonderful story Koala Lou.
We loved your facts about Australia. We know that you are on holidays right now, but our bear from Canada should be arriving soon!
Talk to you very soon!