Update on the Once-Ler

As you may have heard, the children have loved seeing and hearing about the adventures of the Once-Ler over the past four weeks. This has been based around our Talk for Write program where children learn a text type through actions, and then learn to apply the structure of this text type to their writing. We have found various clues around the school (twigs, leaves and I even got a photo of the Once-Ler running away!) which has helped our investigation into getting rid of the Once-Ler for good!

Last week we made our potion and delivered it to the bushlands near the oval. The children were very excited to see if their potion worked! 

We have looked into the structure of a procedure and have learnt that it is made up of 5 parts including:

- A title
- A goal
- Needs
- Steps
- Check


We have loved building our story map and creating actions to accompany our Once-Ler procedure and I have seen the children's confidence grow when attempting to write their own procedure in class. Some of the titles of the procedures the children have produced include:

- How to get rid of an annoying sister
- How to stop your sister from taking off her nappy
- How to look after a pony
- How to make rainbow slime

We have loved learning about Procedures and we are looking forward to starting our new unit on Information reports next week....Keep an eye out for a mysterious animal lurking in the bushland :)


Miss Prowse