During Term 2, Room 26 have been learning more about our Australian history, including how Aboriginals used and respected the land they lived on, the impact of the British colonies and how they came to find Australia and about our local area of Lake Joondalup.  Students enjoyed using actions to retell a dreaming story about The Charnok Woman which depicts the natural environment of Lake Joondalup.  They participated in treasure hunts to find Aboriginal symbols and match them to their meanings and have been engaged in deeply thinking about the poor treatment of Aboriginal people in our history and meaningful ways in which they can show understanding, compassion and tolerance.

Every fortnight on a Friday, we have been exploring the five senses using their eyes, ears, nose, hands and the best part, their mouths.  They have gone out of their comfort zones and tried so many new things.  Sometimes they even create cool items like the edible cassowary.  Check some of them out! One of the most crazy things that they have explored so far are octopus tentacles.  Some children realised they even like the taste, but most said they wouldn’t chose to eat it again.  I wonder what they will explore next?

The cooking program at Beldon has really seen some amazing dishes being prepared and the kids trialling new foods to eat too.  The students have enjoyed cooking meals such as pumpkin cookies, chocolate pumpkin brownies, vegetable pasta, and garlic bread.  The semester finished off with a Masterchef style cook-off with only the best dishes going through to the next round.  Congratulations to Charlotte and Harrison who made it through to the semi-finals and prepared a very tasty fruit crumble as their final showcase dish.  Can’t wait to see and taste what they make this term.

Room 26 works so well as a team and are really building their resilience to tackle new and unfamiliar tasks and exciting challenges.  What a great first semester Room 26.