Energy Projects

This afternoon, Aoife and Cooper presented their model of a hydroelectric power station. We learnt about how the water travels down the penstocks to turn turbines which generate the electricity. This then travels through wires on pylons and power lines until it reaches our homes.
Great work!

Book Character Parade

What a great variety of book characters we had in our class on Monday, from FlyGuy to Gangsta Granny, Fantastic Mr Fox to a Cat in a box. Well done everyone (and your families) for putting in such a great effort. Special congratulations to Cooper (Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon) and Finn (Tintin) who were received a prize for the best costumes - a very difficult choice amongst such great characters.

Worlds Apart Performance

As part of book week we went to a performance called Worlds Apart this morning.

When we discussed it afterwards the children made these comments.
Aoife thought the message was inspiring. Kacey said it was funny. Ollie mentioned that it was cool the way they had two different times in the one story. Henry T  and Cooper thought the actors were good and showed a lot of passion. Henry C liked the magical box and the way the actors moved around the stage. Sam enjoyed the way the box let them see back into the past and also into the future. Jonty and Aoife particularly liked the singing. Lachlan liked seeing what they did in the olden days. Reza was impressed with the way the actors went behind the screen and cam out as different characters. Angel liked the way they had three different books in the story. Ollie thought the characters were great. Charles loved it when they first saw each other and got a big surprise. Millie loved having the opportunity to get up and dance like a bird and Asher was in his element doing some great dancing.

Kite Making

Energy Research

See the It's Electrifying page for websites to help your research.

School Photos

The date for our photos has changed from this Friday to Wednesday the 1st July. I'm hoping it looks better than this one.

Assembly Term 2, Week 8

We hosted the Year 3 assembly in Room 18 today and ended it with a team Jump Jam session since it was pleasant and warm. There were some great movers out there and it has been great to see your technique improving now that we are doing Jump Jam for one of the fitness rotations.

Congratulations to Erin, Lachie and Charles who were awarded certificates this week. You make us proud.

Exploring Circuits

This afternoon we were investigating circuits. We were using batteries for an energy source, crocodile clips, light bulbs, and buzzers. When our circuits didn't work, we had to locate where the gap in the circuit was that was allowing the energy to escape.