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.

Measurement

The past week we have been looking at length, perimeter and area. Here are some students using different units of measurement to measure the length and perimeter of their chosen objects.