Samara Patterson: 2011

Friday, January 28, 2011

Our Australian Animals - Week 9

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Hello for the last time my wonderfully clever Year 2 friends.

I got to see your digital books this week and I an extremely proud of you all. They are beautifully made and I would like you all to give yourselves a HUGE pat on the back, well done!!!

Today is the last time I get to talk to you and I am feeling quite sad but now I have your digital books I can always watch them to cheer me up.

I have had a bit of computer trouble since my last blog entry. One of the keepers decided to teach the rhinos to ballet dance to Hi-5 and everything went crazy!!!!! The rhinos danced into my office and stomped on my computer. It is now as flat as a ruler so I have had to borrow my brother Stan the School Teachers computer to write to you.

The zoo has decided that the rhinos have to buy me a new computer with their pocket money so I will have to wait now for them to save up all their money.

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Well, I best go and clean up all the mess from the ballet dancing rhinos. It was great to talk to you guys every week and I am so happy that you let me look at you digital books. I am going to display them on my new computer, (when the rhinos buy it), in my office for all my visitors to see.

Well done. Good bye for now.

Your friend

Mandy

P.S. I have made you a certificate to show how proud of you I am. Sorry about the paw marks but the lion cubs decided to help me!!!

Year 2 Certificate!!!

Our Australian Animals - Week 8

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Hello all you Harry Hard workers in Year 2.

I am really excited this week as next week your teachers are going to put your digital books about native Australian animals on my blog so I can get to read them and see all the hard work you have been doing over the last few weeks. Tim Turtle has told me that he got to see some of your pages and they are FANTASTIC!!

The other zoo keepers and I have made a digital book of our own. It was really hard work but we all worked together and helped each other which made it really fun as well. We have put our digital book in the weeks blog for you to look at. We hope you enjoy it.

Link To Our Digital Book

Keep up the good work my little friends.

All the best for your presentation next week.

Mandy

Our Australian Animals - Week 7

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G’day mates, how’s the native Australian animal hunt going. I haven’t heard for Elle Emu, Sam Snake or Tim Turtle this week, I guess they are having too much fun with their new Year 2 friends.

Because you guys have been working so hard over the past few weeks the other zoo keepers and I decided to make up a worksheet to help you see how much you have learned about native Australia animals.

Your teachers can print it off my blog for you to try. Good luck and keep up the good work.

Your smiling friend

Mandy

Year 2 Worksheet

P.S. Had a bit of trouble making this worksheet as the magpies kept flying down and stealing the animal pictures and the monkey’s kept taking our glue sticks to throw at the ants!!! It can get pretty crazy here at the zoo.

Our Australian Animals - Week 6

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Hello to all my Year 2 friends.

I heard you have all had an exciting week. I think it is fantastic that you got to talk to you new friends from Emerald State School, Coober Pedy State School and Mole Creek Primary School. I hope you asked them lots of questions about the native Australian animals that live near them.

I think I might ring my friend Dug that works at the Dubbo Zoo and have a talk with him about what animals he has in his Zoo. Asking questions is a great way to find out things. Well done Year 2.

Oh, no!!!! Must go as the snakes have climbed out of their cage and are scaring the budgies, they think the snakes are going to eat them for lunch are they are making a loud noisy to try and scare them off.

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Keep up the hard work.

Your friend

Mandy

Our Australian Animals - Week 5

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Hello my Year 2 friends.

Today I would like to tell you how proud I am of you guys and how hard you are working to learn about native Australian animals. Elle Emu tells me that you are using your Pete Persistence and Olivia Organisation skills, well done.

I have put some crazy photos of my animal friends here at the zoo. The animals in my photos are NOT native Australian animals but they were feeling a bit sad that I hadn’t taken their photos so I promised them I would sent some to you all this week.

Keep up the good work.

Your friend from the Zoo.

Mandy

Babies going to sleep.

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The cats breaking out of the Zoo!!!

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Best friends.

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Playing Hide-n-go-seek.

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Smiling for the cameras.

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Sharing Easter eggs.

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Listening to jokes.

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Leaning to ride a horse.

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Didn't want to have a bath!

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Loves cleaning his teeth.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Our Australian Animals - Week 4

I have decided to use this picture on my weekly blogs now as I haven't got time to chase those crazy moneys around to try and get my digital camera every week!!!!

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Hello my friends. This week I am really excited to talk to you. Sam the Snake emailed me on Tuesday and told me about all the work you guys are doing and how hard you are working so I thought of a way that I could help you.

I have gone around my zoo here in Melbourne and gathered some information about my native Australian animal friends that live here at the zoo and made a video and took some photos that I have added to my blog below.

The poor old tigers were upset that I didn’t take their photo so I had to tell them that it was because they came from India not Australia. I made them a great dinner of chicken with a drink of milk and they were much happier.

Hope you enjoy my video

Bye for now

Your friend

Mandy

Our Australia Animals - Week3

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Hi Friends. Mandy here again.

You many have noticed I drew myself a sad face this week, (the monkeys took my new digital camera and won’t give it back).

It's because your animal visitors emailed me last night and told me that you were ALL going on an excursion around your towns this week to look at domestic and native animals.

I was excited to hear about your upcoming trips and wish I could come with you but I have so many animals to look after here at the zoo. So today when I go around my Zoo to feed them I am going to pretend I'm on an excursion.

Remember to take heaps of photos, ask lots of questions and record them on your MP3 players so you can look and listen to them when you get back. You may be able to use our MP3 recordings and photos in your digital books. I cant wait to see them.

Well, have fun researching on your excursion and remember to take a hat and water bottle or you'll end up as red as my friend Freddie and

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his family!!!!!

Bye for now

Your friend

Mandy

Our Australia Animals-Week 2

Here is a picture I drew of me because the elephant stood on my digital camera!!!!!

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Hello everyone its Mandy from Melbourne Zoo back again. I had emails this week from Tim, Elle and Sam telling me about their trips to your schools and they are all REALLY EXCITED to be visiting you.

I have heard that you will be working in groups to find your information and make up your books. I think it’s fantastic that you all want to work together to help your class friends with their work. I was so impressed that I have told all the animals here at the zoo. Great to hear.

Because you are working so well together the animals have asked me if I could help you guys out by suggesting some information that you may like to put into your Digital Books.

I find that when I have a big project to do here at the Zoo I get the animals to help me work out a MIND MAP.

MIND MAPS are a special chart that we can use to list ideas or steps that need to be followed to get a job done.

Below is a mind map that I made to use here at the Zoo as an example for your class.

Created By Samara Patterson 28/01/2011

Well, better go and feed the Crocodiles!!! Hope they aren't too hungry and chase me around the pen again today!!!! Talk to you all next week.

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Your mate

Mandy

Our Australian Animals - Week 1

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Hi to all the Year 2 SOSE students at Emerald State School, Coober Pedy State School and Mole Creek Primary School. This is Mandy, Manager of the Marvellous Melbourne Zoo.

This term you will be looking at our fantastic Native Australia animals. Australia is large country full of many different and wonderful animals. We are excited to be learning more about these animals with your classes.

This lesson we will be introducing three native Australian animals that wanted to travel and learn more about our country. They will travel between your schools, visiting new areas and learn lots of interesting new things about our country. So say Hello to:-

Tim Turtle

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Elle Emu

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Sam Snake

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Each School class will be creating a digital book that has information and pictures of Elle, Tim and Sam's visit to their town so they can take them home to show their friends what native animals live in different parts of Australia.

We are really excited to be learning about our native friends and hope that we can all have fun and learn some interesting facts along the way.

So, bye till we talk again next week.

Your new friend,

Mandy

P.S My animal keepers asked me to send through the Big 6 problem solving ideas they use when they research the animals they care for. Ask your teachers if they could print them out and explain how you could use them to help with your project. It might be a good idea to display them in your class room too.