We started our week with a small research task! For particular types of transport we looked at the good and bad points. We answered questions like "How fast does it go?" " How much does it cost?" "Does it pollute?" "Can you use this transport in all types of weather?" "Do we exercise when we use this transport?".
This created a lot of discussion about the impact different modes of transport have on our body and the enviroment. When I drew a picture of a bus with 20 people in it and then a picture of a line of cars with only 1 or 2 people in each car it really surprised the students about the impact of driving by car or by bus!
Using the ideas from our research we made a pictograph together which shows the positives and negatives of different transport.
Looking back at our survey about how students and teachers get to school, the most common way is by car! So the students in Lower Primary thought we better do something about it! We brainstormed some ideas and Ivan thought that we should organise a day where we give prizes to students and teachers if they come to school by bike, bus/tram or by walking! So, that is what we will do! We are going to call it the 'Healthy air, Healthy body day' and it will be next Friday 6th February! We have so much to organise now! We have to make posters advertising our day and tell everyone why we are organising it!
Our first task is to make posters for Healthy air, Healthy body day. So on Thursday we learnt how to draw a picture of a bus and a bike. We will then use these pictures for our posters! The pictures came out really well, you can see them on this slideshow!
Drawing bikes and buses! on PhotoPeach
Look out for our posters around the school next week and get prepared for Healthy body, Healthy air day!