Year+4+Handwriting

__ Term 4 Handwriting Overview: __ WS2.12 – Uses joined letters when writing in NSW Foundation Style and demonstrates basic desktop publishing skills on the computer.
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 * Uses correct pencil grip and maintains correct body position
 * Uses relaxed posture and maintains finger movement and arm slide during cursive script patterns
 * Joins letters when using NSW Foundation Style
 * Writes using consistent shape, size, slope and formation in NSW Foundation Style

//Wheat is Australia's most important grain crop. Over the five year period to 1995, wheat exports averaged about $2.3 billion. Australian wheat is recognised throughout the world for its consistently high quality. Wheat is milled into flour and other products and these are used to make many types of food. It is used to make noodles, steamed buns, flat breads, loaf breads, cakes and pastries. It is likely that as the world's population grows, there will be an increasing demand for food. The Australian wheat industry will have an important role in helping to feed the people of the world. // ||   ||  //Australia is the fourth largest cotton growing country in the world. Most of the cotton crop - over 90% - is exported to Asia and Europe. Cotton is Australia's 5th largest rural export. (Over $800 million worth). The most valuable part of the cotton plant is the fibre which is spun to make material. Cotton is the world's most popular fibre. The most valuable uses are: clothes, bed sheets, bank notes, towels, mops, sewing cotton, furniture covering, curtains, cotton wool, mats and bandages. Cotton is the most remarkable plant. Every part of the plant is useful. Cotton seed is crushed to make oil for cooking, cotton seed meal is used for stock feed and compost for growing mushrooms. The lint or fuzz is used for making paper. On the farm, the stalks are ploughed back into the earth for mulch. //  ||  ** Register **  ||
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 * 1 ||  **//__Wheat __//**
 * 2 ||  **//__Cotton __//**
 * 3 ||  **//__Milk __//**

//Dairy cattle are found all over Australia. The main places for dairying are areas which have a lot of rainfall. There are seven types of dairy cows. There is the Friesian, the Jersey, the Guernsey, the Ayrshire, the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, the Dairy Shorthorn and the Red Poll. // //There is only one product from milk and that is milk. Everything else is a by-product. Milk is used in cakes, in cereals and is used for drinking. Everything made from milk is a by-product. Cheese, butter, cream, yoghurt, ice-cream etc are by-products. Cheese is used as a sandwich topping and in cooking. Cream is used in desserts, in cakes and in tea and coffee. Yoghurt is used for health food. Ice-cream is used for a dessert // || ** Register **  || //Wool is a natural fibre which grows on sheep, and is a bit like hair. When it is cut, it grows back. //
 * 4 ||  **//__Wool __//**

// Before the wool leaves the sheeps' back, it is being looked after. Sheep are dipped in a special liquid that kills insects in their fleece. Sheep hate being dipped but it is necessary for their health. The sheep are rounded up with the help of trained sheep dogs. Shearing takes place in Summer. The sheep are rounded up and are penned in a corner of the field or brought to large shearing sheds. The fleece comes off in one piece. It is a very skilled job. The shearing tool is like an electric razor. A good shearer takes less than 5 minutes to shear a sheep and can shear 200 a day. Most sheep are only shorn once a year but in some parts of New Zealand, a second shearing may be made later in the year. // ||  ** Register **  ||
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//Timber is used for many things needed every day. Timber produces frames for our homes. Many floors, windows and door frames use timber. Most furniture and fencing around the home is made of timber. Australia has 43 million hectares of native forests. About 7 million hectares (less than 25%) is used for wood production. The rest is National Parks and publicly owned. //

//Almost all modern paper is made from wood fibres. In Australia, paper is made from a mixture of hardwood and soft wood fibres. Australia needs to produce more than 30 000 hectares of pine trees each year to keep up the demand for paper production. One reel of paper, once produced at the paper mills, can hold up to 30 tonnes. //  ||  ** Register **  || //Peanuts are very nutritious, being high in fibre and protein yet free of cholesterol. They are a high energy food but with a slow energy release over a long time because of the high oil unsaturated (good) fat content. Queensland produces over 95% of Australia's peanut crop (only 0.2% of world's production). New South Wales, Western Australia and Northern Territory are the only other peanut producing states but have only small areas for peanuts. //   //As Australia's production of peanuts cannot satisfy the local demand, Australia has to import peanuts. Currently, Australia had provided 47 000 tonnes for the local market but still had to import 5 000 to 8 000 tonnes, mainly from China, India and Argentina. //  ||  ** Register **  || **//__Sugar Cane __//** //<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Sugar cane is the basis of an important Australian Industry - the Sugar Industry. Sugar cane is a giant member of the grass family. When it is ready to cut, it is between 2 and 4 metres high. Each stem, or cane is 30 to 40 millimetres thick. Sugar is made from juice which the sugar cane plant makes and stores in its stalks, which are packed with tough fibres. These fibres give strength to the cane. This giant grass is grown along Australia's north-eastern coast from Mossman in far North Queensland to Grafton in northern New South Wales. Approximately 95% of Australia's sugar cane is grown in Queensland. //  ||  ** Register **  || **//__<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Fruit Production - Apples: __//** //<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">The most important time of the year comes during spring when pollination occurs. Apple trees grow numerous blossoms in clusters of five. The largest blossom in the cluster is known as the king blossom, and the opening of this blossom is a sign for the bees to commence pollination. //   //<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Pruning is important even in the summer months, as the shape of the tree is vital in determining the size, quality and condition of a crop. //   //<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Apples start to grow quickly towards the latter half of summer, from the size of your fingernail to an apple which fits in the palm of your hand. //   //<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Autumn is the most exciting time in Batlow as apples are ready to pick. The growers and their pickers harvest the apples then send them to the Batlow Fruit Co-operative to start the next stage of their life cycle; sorting and packing. //  ||  ** Register **  || **//__<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Cheese __//** //<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Cheese is made from milk. There are different kinds of cheese. Most cheese is made from cows' milk, but many cheeses are made from goats' milk or sheeps'. //   //<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">The curds are the solid part of milk, and consist of protein, fat, water and a small amount of sugar and milk. The whey is the liquid that separates from the solid. It contains sugar. //   **//__<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">How Cheddar Cheese is Made? __//**
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//<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"> Cheddar is made by heating the curds so they lose moisture, or whey, then pressing them so that even more moisture is lost. The last of the whey is then drained off. //   //<span style="font-family: 'Foundation Handwriting',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">First the curd is cut into large blocks which are stacked on racks, then rotated so that different ones are on top. This is called 'cheddaring'. The next stage is to mill the curds into small pieces and add salt. The curd is then put into big hoops lined with cheesecloth and pressed. After this the cheese is left to mature, kept at 12º C. Every few weeks the cheeses are turned and brushed so that they mature evenly. The longer it is stored, the more flavour a cheese develops. Tasty cheddar is usually stored for 4-8 months. // ||  ** Register **  ||