Class Parliament

Jarrod — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:31:46 +0000

This term we have been studying Australian Parliament and how it works. We have also been running our own parliaments, pretending it’s the real thing.

First it was Miss R’s grade vs Miss K’s grade. They were fighting about longer school hours. Second it was our grade vs Miss R’s grade fighting about one hour of television a night for kids. In the first argument between Miss R’s grade and Miss K’s grade, Miss K’s grade won; and in the fight between our grade and Miss R’s grade it was a draw, 22 votes to 22 votes.

Then it was our grade vs Miss K’s grade an the topic is that Australian families could only have one pet. There were lots of arguments presented against this law, especially when we worked out that we had 100 dogs and 60 cats in our grade alone!

Class parliament is a great way to learn about how laws are made and how to make a good argument.

By Jarrod and Josh.

Note from Mrs C: there was no fighting, really! Just spirited debate.

Riding Freedom

Mrs C — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:49:57 +0000

In class we are reading the American novel “Riding Freedom”, by Pam Muñoz Ryan. The novel’s genre is historical fiction, which means that while many of the characters and events in the book are non-fiction, or true, other characters and details have been invented by the author to help make the book more interesting, make sense better, or to fill in gaps in history. The book relates to our current study of Government and Elections as the central character, Charley, is believed to be the first woman to vote in a U.S. Presidential election – although officials didn’t know that at the time!

When we have finished we will write a review to post on our Books page.

The Wordle below was made using a discussion guide for “Riding Freedom” on the U.S. Scholastic website.

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Class Parliament

Riding Freedom