2BP WIN THE WWW TROPHY

This week 2BP won the Walking, Wheelie, Wednesday Trophy because the whole class travelled by bus on Wednesday - it was to and from our GAS! excursion. We were so proud to receive the trophy and it has been displayed at the front of our classroom all week. What class will win next week we wonder?

The Art Show was a great success last Friday. One of our class Mum's won our Boat sculpture during the art auction. She has happily donated the boat back to the school and it will hang in the library overlooking the Bay - exactly where a boat should be!

GAS!

Last week 2BP went on an excursion to see GAS! at the Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre. We finally got to see and meet Billie and Jeanie. While we watched the show we learnt all about the bad gases - carbon dioxide and methane, and how trees are like a pair of giant lungs that clean the air of the bad gases and make oxygen for us to breath. After the show we participated in a number of workshops. First we visited the GAS! show backstage and Ailish tried on the Mike the Car Salesman suit! Meryl, who played the character of Billie played some Drama games with the class and we all had a turn at "Kids Go Green" on stage. We then tried some Tree Watching with Ron and shared some observations of what we had seen. Next was a visit to Lucinda, who played the character of Jeanie where we also met Daniel and learnt a little more about photosynthesis, fossil fuels and how important trees are for the environment. All in all it was a fantastic excursion! We had a great day.

Grandparent's Day and Art Show!

2BP had an exciting week with Grandparent's Day on Thursday here at school. There were "wonderful Grandparent's" everywhere enjoying classroom visits, a liturgy in the Church and a fantastic morning tea.

This week we have also been busy making a boat sculpture for our school Art Show. Everyone has been having a go at weaving with different coloured fabric and the boat is really starting to take shape.

Drums and GAS!

Welcome back 2BP for Term 3. When we arrived back after our holidays we discovered that our Unit work this term is 'Love My Planet'. There have been a number of clues left in our classroom this week about 'GAS!' and we think this has something to do with our excursion to Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre in a couple of weeks time. We have met Billie Baker-Smith and her Mum, listened to the GAS! song and learnt a little about climate change and how we can look after our Planet. We are keeping our eyes peeled for more clues next week!

Our first week back at school ended with a visit from an African Drumming group. WOW! were they fantastic. Everybody got to have a go at drumming and singing and our teachers even danced!