The last fortnight in Prep/1 have been very busy! With the news that the Cartela had sunk, we took a walk down the road to have a look. This was very sad but exciting and engaging and we had lots of questions. We began to research on the internet, looking for videos with information we could all readily access. These quickly became firm favourites and we have watched many of them several times. The most popular piece of information we discovered was from Mr Holmstrom. He had a special story about his little dog following his Dad to work on the Cartela, having a little look around Hobart, then hopping on the Cartela to get back home to Lindisfarne! We have explored a few different lines of inquiry:

• Why did it sink?
• Why do boats sink?
• What happened to the boat to make her take on water?
• What has the Cartela been used for?
• How old is it?
• Can it be fixed?
• How was it powered?

This has been a really good way to begin our HASS learning for the year.

We have almost completed our Getting Ready lessons for UFLI and have been focussing on all the uppercase letters and their formation. We have been practising them in many ways, using shaving cream, oil pastels and handwriting on the iPad are just a few.