Bulgarian Flag

This week with Rossen going away soon to visit his family in Bulgaria, we thought that it would be neat to learn some interesting facts about Bulgaria and look at where it is on the map.
Well Rossen, here is the flag and the map that we have found, and tomorrow, live with your class members, we will post any new facts that we have found.  We can't wait to hear about your experiences and see pictures from your trip!  Thank you for being so happy to share!




Facts!!
Conor-Did you know that in Bulgaria people shake their heads from left to right to mean Yes and up and down to mean no!
Mahin- The capital of Bulgaria is the same name as my mum! Sofia
Atta-Sofia was founded 7000 years ago.
Yuvin-Bulgarians invented the first electronic computer, car air bag and digital watch!
Elodie-There are 7,400,000 people in Bulgaria.
Zoe-The country looks like a dog!
Arham-Almost everybody in Bulgaria can read! 98%
Elsa-In Bulgaria the most famous food is yoghurt!
Lily M-The lowest recorded temperature is -28.3 degrees Celsius
It takes 17 and a half hours to fly there.  That's a long flight Rossen.
Mahin- People believe that if they eat lots of yoghurt that they will live for a very long time!
Lily R-Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe that hasn't changed its name since it was first named!
Rachel-There were just over 7,000,000 people who lived in Bulgaria in 2006.
Millie-Begging is very common.
Atta-The national instrument of Bulgaria are the bagpipes.
Kexu-It is a country in South Eastern Europe.

Drama Banana

Thanks to Liam's creativity, Onetastic One has named our integration topic this term, Drama Banana.  We had several fantastic suggestions which we put up on the board.  Then, after morning tea, the class was allowed to come into class and vote by placing a tally mark next to the one name that they liked the most.  By a landslide, Drama Banana won!  Last week we looked a several plays and were able to perform them in front of the class.  There was a lot of learning that took place as we were able to watch other groups and assess what made each performance good and what could be improved.  It was a great starting point and we found some budding young actors in our midst!  We can't wait for the real experience at the Regent.

Making Ooblick

Onetastic One made some Ooblick so that we could have some fun with science and use our imaginations to describe a planet made out of ooblick.  It was a lot of fun and very cool science.  Afterwards, the descriptive writing that was produced was fantastic!  We will post some of these soon!
Here are some pictures of us with our ooblick.