Life Education Van

Today JSV visited Harold in the life education van (and he is NOT a puppet). We learned about how to be safe, how to protect ourselves and about healthy eating. Some of us got to be Superheroes and helped others.

Well Done!

Last week students all across Yarrambat Primary School attended and conducted 3 way conferences. I would like to congratulate all the students in JSV who presented their work confidently and proudly.

This week we are going to be learning about:
- Information Reports
- Addition and Subtraction strategies
- 5 Star Listening Skills
- Our chosen science rotations

Well Done!

Splish Splash

During the past few weeks students in Junior School have been enjoying their swimming lessons. We've learned how to behave safely around water, how to safely help people who are in trouble and most importantly how to SWIM.

Magnets

On Wednesday the 4th we learned a bit about how magnets work. Now we will be choosing which science concepts we would like to learn more about.

Tessellation

Look at our tessellating patterns.

Learning about electricity

This is what JSV learned about electricity this week.
• If you want to make a light glow you have to make a circuit.
• It can be dangerous.
• To make some things work you need electricity.
• Electricity comes from power lines, sun (solar panels), lightening and batteries.
• If you are going to make a circuit it will not work without a battery.
• Batteries can be different.
• Batteries have + and – on them.
• If you use two strong batteries it can blow the light.
• Metal conducts electricity the best.
• Ruler does not conduct electricity.
• Most things made out of metal conduct electricity.

How do we hear?

Today (Tuesday 13th of July) we were lucky to have Romana come to our class and explain to us how we hear and why it's important. We looked at the way out ears work and what we can do to help us hear if they don't work properly. We also had a go at listening through a hearing aid to see what it sounds like for someone who is hearing impaired.

End of Term 2

"During term 2 I really enjoyed writing my story." by Gemma

"I enjoyed making our birds in Art." by Mitchell

"I enjoyed learning about symmetry, making birds in Art and I enjoyed Mathematics, Writing and Reading." by Will

"I enjoyed doing Reading, Writing, Maths and Art." by Tori

"I enjoyed the whole of term two." by Declan

"In terms 1 and 2 I liked everything." by Cooper

Playground Forces

These are our discoveries about our playground:

"Our playground has lots of inclined planes such as the roof, the bridge and the slide." by Mitchell

"I discovered that the bridge was an inclined plane" by Cooper

"I discovered that the running wheel is a wheel and axle" by Tori

"After I got told I knew that a flying fox works with a lot of simple machines such as a wheel and axle, a leaver and a screw." By Declan

"I discovered that the roof of the playground is an inclined plane." by Georgie

"I discovered that the noughts and crosses game was built out of wheels and axles." By Christopher

"I learned that on the flying fox there are wheels running along the pole." by Ryan

Junior School Excursion!!!

On Friday the 11th of June Junior School went to CSIRO to learn about science and force.

We saw:
• Toys
• Robots
• Bouncy balls
• Ghost balls
• Wooden toys
• Slinky
• Electronic toys
• A diver in a bottle
• Puppets
• Liam sitting on 1000 nails without getting hurt
• How things move

We learned:
• If you sit on one nail it will hurt more than sitting on 1000 nails because the force is spread out.
• That ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ are the only forces in the world.
• When we use a skateboard we use ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’.
• If two people are sitting on skateboards and one is heavier and they pull on the same rope the heavy person will not move.
• If you swing a bucket of water really fast the water will not fall out.

Inquiry Celebration

Yesterday, 3rd of June we celebrated all our Inquiry findings with our mums and dads. Some of the things that we made to demonstrate our understandings were;
• Books about Malaysian animals, how to use chopsticks, South African animals and Animals of India.
• Posters about boats in Hong Kong, Indian food and Norwegian alphabet.
• Dictionary with languages such as Dutch, Chinese, Hindi, Macedonian and Russian.
• Song (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) in Chinese.
Thank you to everyone that came and shared our understandings with us.