In English lessons the children have been learning about what really happened to the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs”, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, is our new quality text of focus; an hilarious picture book, which in revelatory newspaper style, exposes the truth about the three little porkers, and one A. Wolf! Learning activities included acting out parts of the story and comparing it to the fairy tale version. Next week, the learning will shift to newspaper report writing and discovering how to pen their very own newspaper article.
We have continued our learning about significant individuals in humanities by learning about the politician and environmentalist, Wangari Maathai. She was the first black African woman to receive the Nobel prize for peace in 2004. The children learnt about her struggle for democracy, human rights, and the conservation of the environment and enjoyed reading the story, “Mama Miti”, by Donna Jo Napoli and beautifully illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Some of the children in Year 2 are very keen for us to do more to help support the environment and we will use Wangari Maathai’s example to help spur us on in our campaign to do whatever we can to save the planet.
Have a super weekend!