The First Fleet

Yesterday we found out the names of all the ships in the first fleet. They were:

Sirius 

Alexander

Charlotte

Scarborough

Friendship

Supply

Fishburn

Borrowdale

Lady Penrhyn

Prince of Wales

Golden Grove

There were 2 navy ships, six convict transports and three supply ships. There were a total of 1420 people that got on the ships in Portsmouth in England and after 8 months, 1373 people landed safely at Sydney Cove.

A few days ago we had a message from a class in England who visited the Captain Cook museum in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire in England. Today we're going to think about our favourite Captain Cook fact so that we can share them with Class 2 and Mrs Monaghan in the UK.

Hi Miss Taylor's Class!
I was interested to read that you are doing some work on Captain Cook - last term, our class visited the Captain Cook museum in Great Ayton, and found his family gravestone in the churchyard there. We enjoyed finding out about his voyages, and even posted on our blog about our learning. I hope you enjoy finding out about his voyages as much as we did! You can see some of our work athttp://aroomwithaview.edublogs.org (Autumn 2013). What is your favourite Captain Cook fact?
I love the way you put your photos on your blog - what do you use to make your photo collages?
Mrs Monaghan
A Room with a View, Class 2 - UK