All About Australia Primary One and Two

What is Australia? Australia is a big country.

Here is a picture of the Australian flag.

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 G’day G’day How ya goin? What ya know? 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!

Animals

It is brown. It has long legs. It can jump. 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.

It is grey. It looks like a bear. It can climb. 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.

Song – Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/kookaburra.htm Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry, merry king of the bush is he Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra! Gay your life must be Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Eating all the gum drops he can see Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra! Leave some there for me! Song – Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Counting all the monkeys he can see Stop, Kookaburra! Stop, Kookaburra! That's not a monkey that's me Kookaburra sits on a rusty nail Gets a boo-boo in his tail Cry, 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.  

kangaroo

koala

dingo

emu

kookaburra