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Japan

Miss Merk is a teacher from the USA who has a blog designed to keep her in touch with her students. She has on her blog taken her students on her trip to Japan with her. Click on this link to look at this blog and navigate around to see some happy snaps of the her adventure, some students in Japan and some lovely pictures of Tokyo.

In Miss Mack’s blog there is a  link to Kids Japan site. It is so cute you will have fun doing some of the activities. Be sure to find the experiment that shows that sound can make a liquid hard.

Write a comment and let me know what you found interesting or not.

Customs and Ceremonies

Wedding - Ceremony

HOMEWORK  WEEK 4

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What is a ceremony?  Why do you think religions use customs and ceremonies as part of their beliefs?  Explain.

You can use this festivals calendar to find out more.

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Places of worship Week 3 Homework

Saint Spiridon Church of Bucharest around 1860...

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Do all religions have places to worship in?  Why do you think churches and other places of worship are important in religion?

You can have a look at some places of worship by visiting these online tours.

Add your response to this week’s homework as a comment.

 

 

 

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People and their Beliefs

People and their Beliefs

Resources

 Some great links for learning about world religions.  Do you have others to add to the list?

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo for most of these links.

If you have found an interesting fact you would like to write about please add a comment to this post.

Elizabeth Farm and Old Government House

Olympic Project – Famous Olympian

Famous Olympian Project – Due Week 5 Term 3

Choose a famous Olympian and research this person. The person may be Australian or from any other nation.

  • Your project should be displayed on cardboard.
  • When organising your work think about the following heading.

Personal profile- include:

  • Date of birth
  • Where they live?
  • Interesting information about their life

Sport- include:

  • What sports have they played?
  • At what age did they start?
  • When did they start training in the sport they are famous for?
  • How often do they train?
  • In what year did they first compete in an Olympic Games?

Olympic Results- include:

  • A list of the games attended
  • Medals won
  • Records broken
  • Any other achievements

Career- include:

  • Information about when they first started
  • What or who inspired them
  • When did they retired if they have
  • What do they do now?

Bibliography- include:

  • Book Titles and Authors
  • Web Sites

Your work will be marked on the information gathered and the presentation. HAVE FUN

The Official Australian Olympic website is a good place to start.  Click here to go to the site.

Anzac Day

Anzac day was a very special day at our school.  Watch this video.  It has a very interesting speech by a War Veteran.

How has life changed since our parents were young?

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