Thursday, 27 October 2011

Percy goes to Italy

This week Percy sent us a postcard from Italy.  He visited The Colosseum, The Leaning Tower of Pisa and sailed on a gondola in Venice.  Here are some pictures...

Italy's Flag

The Colosseum
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Percy told us in his postcard that the pizza in Rome was 'delizioso'.

Thursday, 20 October 2011

Percy Visits China

This week Percy sent us a postcard from Beijing, the capital city of China.  He visited Tiananmen Square, The Great Wall of China, a zoo where he saw some giant pandas and the National Stadium (Bird's Nest). That was the one that had you all guessing what that strange looking building actually was! Here are some pictures Percy sent to us.


China's Flag


The Great Wall of China. The first Emporer of China had his men build this structure to keep the invaders out.




Some Giant Pandas


China's National Dress - Qipao


The National Stadium - (Bird's Nest)
This week in Art we are making a Chinese Dragon.  Chinese Dragons are made to  help celebrate the Chinese New Year. Watch the video below to see a dragon dancing....





Wednesday, 12 October 2011

More Icons of Australia

Boomerang                       












dingo                                                                                                                                  
Coat of Arms                                                                                                         
Sydney Opera House 













The Australian Flag







Monday, 10 October 2011

Around the World in 40 Days

AROUND THE WORLD IN 40 DAYS


Welcome to 1Blue's blog.  This term we are learning about countries around the world.  Our class mascot, Percy Penguin will be travelling around the the world to help us learn about different people and their cultures.  We said farewell to Percy last Friday.  Today we received a parcel from Percy.  He sent us a postcard from Ayres Rock.  He wrote many interesting facts about Uluru.  He also included many pictures of things relating to Australia.  We can't wait for next week to see where he will travel to next.  We will be asking Percy questions about different countries.  Hopefully he has the time to answer some of them or just maybe someone else out there might be able to help us find the answers...


Percy Penguin - 1 Blue's mascot
The Australian Flag

 The Aboriginal Flag