Welcome 2016!

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 […]

Learning About Light

This term the year fives are learning about ‘light’. We have learnt that: Light travels in waves. The waves travel in a straight path. When light hits a reflective surface it bounces off in another direction. We have been trying out a few different activities to observe how light behaves in different situations and test out […]

Scitech Space Dome Visit

Last term Scitech brought its inflatable Space Dome to school. The year threes fives and ESC classes were lucky enough to visit the space dome and have a chance to see stars, planets and other objects in our night sky.     All the classes behaved wonderfully and amazed the Scitech staff with their knowledge […]

The Solar System

The year five classes are now starting to learn about our solar system. They will be learning about all the different planets and objects that orbit around our star, the sun. In the coming weeks they will be making a model to represent our solar system.  Click on the link below to go to a […]

Surface Cooling Investigation

The year fives are learning about animal adaptations and how these adaptations help them to survive in their different habitats. In particular, we are learning about the adaptations of Australian plants and animals that live in the harsh conditions of our deserts. Approximately half of Australia is covered in desert environments. Plants and animals that […]