The year fours have been learning about erosion this term. Part of this has been learning about ways to minimise erosion in our environment. We set up an investigation to look at how some of these suggestions can help reduce the amount of erosion that happens. Our question for investigation was: What happens to the […]
Welcome 2016 and a new school year! This term we will be studying Biology across the school. The topics covered in the different year levels will be: Year 1 – Bugs! Year 2 – Growing and Changing – The life stages of animals Year 3 – Classification of Living Things Year 4 – Lifecycle […]
The year fours have been learning about different forces, like ‘air resistance’. Air Resistance is a type of friction that occurs between air and another material. Air resistance is a force that acts on parachutes to slow a person’s fall to the ground. As the person falls the air pushes up against […]
This term the year four classes are learning about types of FORCES. A force is a push or a pull that makes things move, stop moving or change direction. We played games of golden child on the basketball court and talked about the the ways we applied force to the ball by pushing or pulling it […]
Recently, the year three and four classes are being introduced to the SCIENTIFIC METHOD. We have been discussing the process that scientists follow when they plan and carry out investigations. In particular, we have been learning about VARIABLES. Variables are all the things in an investigation that could change and effect the outcome of the […]
The year four classes have been busy lately collecting samples of soil from different places across Western Australia to study in class. We were particularly looking for what soils are made up of. This week we used magnifying lens and microscopes to carefully examine the samples and describe their properties. We found out that […]
The year fours are learning all about the lifecycle of flowering plants this term. So far we have closely observed seeds, before and after soaking them, to study how they change and begin the process of germination. We then planted some seeds in cups and plastic baggies so we could watch the seed grow and […]
