Mr Beaufoy is always encouraging his year 4/5 Raptor’s students when it comes to their beloved pets. They even have a Pet Photo Wall! Students have enjoyed bringing pets to school, sharing stories and learning about all kinds of different creatures, they call...
Recently, the Year 5/6 Koalas investigated what conditions Mould need in order to grow on food through designing and carrying out a scientific investigation. The three variables investigated were light, moisture and heat. Students compared two samples of bread, and...
This week the Rec / Year 1 Dragon’s class celebrated Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with their Year 5/6 Koala buddies, creating colourful Rangoli Designs. The school was decorated with many masterpieces as the students coloured-in their chalk designs on our...
To complete the novel study on the book, ‘Boy Overboard’ by Morris Gleitzman, the Year 5/6 Koala’s final assignment for Term 3 was to create a movie trailer for the book. The Media Arts project consisted of the students working in small groups and...
Last week, students from year 5/6 Koala’s delighted invited guests to a dining feast to end off term 3. Incorporating their combined learning in health & nutrition, procedure writing, math – multiplying fractions & decimals, budgets, sustainability...
During Term 3, Music students have enjoyed learning about the various techniques involved in bucket drumming. Exploring how the timbre (sound) of the instrument changes depending on where on the bucket you play and how you hold your drumsticks. Using the ‘Kaboom...
