Congratulations Lily!!

We have so many in 3C who continually strive to be the very best they can be. I am so proud of this group of kids! 

Thank you Lily for constantly going out of your way to improve your learning 

Flowering Plants

This term we have been having loads of fun learning about the life cycle of flowering plants. Last week we "planted" beans and we are observing the stages of development.

  

Tomorrow (Thursday) we will dissect a flower and label the various parts. The children have been asked to bring one or two (more, if possible) flowers to school to help with this experiment.

Calling All Tea Drinkers!

Welcome back to what promises to be a jam packed term! We are well-rested and ready to go.
There will be plenty happening but I will endeavour to give you as much notice as possible to help with any preparations.

In a few weeks time we will be learning about measuring the volume of containers in Maths. To do this, we will be measuring tea boxes. If you have any empty tea boxes (big or small), could you please send them in with your son or daughter. This can be any time between now (Week 1) and Week 5.

Congratulations to our Award Recipients!

Our Primary Assembly today was jam packed! Students received awards for their effort in Mathematics, some students received their Silver Award, others received awards for entering the Science Competition and some students received ribbons for their efforts at Zone and State Athletics.

Our Budding Picassoes

This term in Art we studied Pablo Picasso and is cubist style of creating artworks. We recreated a few of his famous works, persisting until we created pieces we felt proud of.

First we experimented with self portraits.

 

Next, we learnt how to draw a guitar, then present them in the cubist style. Can you see our guitars?

  

We were challenged in making collages and hiding The Three Musicians amongst the the colour and we finished with our version of The Rooster.

We have had a great time improving our skills. 

Experimenting with Dry Ice

Today we learnt that dry ice sublimates which means that it moves directly from solid form to gas. We experimented with it to see what happens when water is added.
First we blew up a balloon.... then watched it pop.

Then we added some dry ice to a beaker with some water in it.... and repeated that experiment using green food colouring.

 






Next, we tried dish washing liquid... and watched it bubble.

Finally, we took an empty coffee tin, added some water, placed our left over dry ice inside and quickly put the lid on. First it hissed, then the lid popped off!

Science is so much fun!

Excursion Fun

Our excursion to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Mount Annan was one of our many highlights this term. We walked to the top of Mount Annan and were thrilled when we could see the city:

Then we walked over and checked the time using the sun dial

On our way over to the picnic area for lunch we enjoyed the view and observed some of the native flora and fauna

After lunch we visited the Stolen Generation Memorial

It was a great day to be enjoying the outdoors and each other's company