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All About Australia Primary One and Two. What is Australia? Australia is a big country. Here is a picture of the Australian flag. Weather. The weather in Australia is sunny and hot. spring. September. October. November. summer. December. January. February. autumn. March. April. May.
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Weather The weather in Australia is sunny and hot.
spring September October November
summer December January February
autumn March April May
winter June July August
Australian Language People in Australia speak English. Here are some funny Australian words: G’ day – common greeting, like hello. Woofer – a dog. Hooroo – see you later. Ta – thanks
Australian kid’s song http://www.manlwestss.qld.edu.au/webtrek/myweb4/new_page_5.htm G’day G’day How ya goin? What ya know? Well strike a light I say – G’day And how ya goin? I say G’day, G’day, G’day She’ll be right!
Australian Food Are you hungry? I am! I just love leaves. Do you want some? Oh, I forgot, you probably like people food! Well, here’s some Australian tucker! (tucker is food)
Aussie Meat Pie Aussie meat pie is a pie with meat inside.
Lamingtons Lamingtons are small cakes covered in coconut.
Pavlova Pavlova is a crispy cake made from eggs.
Vegemite Vegemite is like British marmite, but it’s not as salty!
Australia has many animals and most of them are not found anywhere else in the world. Let’s have a look at some of them. Kangaroo It is brown. It has long legs. It can jump.
Koala It is grey. It looks like a bear. It can climb.
Emu It is brown and grey. It is a bird, but can’t fly.
Platypus It is brown. It can swim and walk.
Dingo It is a dog. It is brown.
Kookaburra It is a bird. It likes to laugh.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/kookaburra.htm Kookaburra sits in the old gum treeMerry, merry king of the bush is heLaugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra!Gay your life must beKookaburra sits in the old gum treeEating all the gum drops he can seeStop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!Leave some there for me! Song – Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Kookaburra sits in the old gum treeCounting all the monkeys he can seeStop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra!That's not a monkey that's me Kookaburra sits on a rusty nailGets a boo-boo in his tailCry, Kookaburra! Cry, kookaburra!Oh how life can be!
P 1 and 2 Project Australian animals are so cute. Choose your favourite Australian animal and write about it. My favourite animal is_____________________ My animal’s name is______________________
Write four sentences about your animal Eg. G’day boys and girls! My name is Kelly the Kangaroo. I am brown. I have a long tail and big ears. I can jump high. I carry my baby in a pouch. Hooroo, boys and girls.
