Waltzing Matilda - Main Idea

 

This week LS2 have been inpacking the literary devices and languages in Banjo Paterson's most famous poem " Waltzing Matilda ". In this poem their is old words like: Jumpbuck ( sheep ), Waltzing ( Walking on foot ), Matilda ( swagbag ), Swagman ( Sesonal worker ) and Billabong ( water hole). This poem was a ballad poem which is a peom that tells a story. I have worked collabotively with Avalon to identifiy the main idea of the story and found 3 facts to back the main idea.

Continents of the World

Did you know that Africa is the second largest continent in the world?  As a great start to the morning LS2 have been learning about the continents in the World. There are 7 continents in total, which are Africa, Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. Working together helped us build our general knowledge and our collaborative skills. Asia is the largest continent in the world and is also known to be the most popular one. To create the DLO we added interesting facts and images that explained information about the 7 Continents in the World. We worked together, but got different roles to complete this task. 

What is a Leader

This week we've been learning about leadership. Alex, Joel, Sakina, Miiana, Viliami and I worked together to create a DLO on what a leader is, what goals we have as leaders this year, what responsibilities we have as leaders this year and what makes a good leader. For what makes a good leader we wrote things like Someone who can step down and let others have a turn, someone who can take the initiative and someone who can learn from both their mistakes and successes.