Christmas
It’s looking a lot like Christmas in our room.
Category: Term 4
Reef HQ Trip
The highlight of our term was our Year 3 trip to Townsville to visit Reef HQ Aquarium and The Museum of Tropical Queensland. 60 children, teachers and parent helpers piled onto the bus early in the morning ready for our 2 hour trip to Townsville.
What a day we had. We visited the turtle hospital (my personal favourite), had guided tours around the aquarium and had a talk on how to look after The Great Barrier Reef. We could answer many of the questions as we had been studying this in our Geography lessons. Many of the injured turtles come from our beaches in Bowen and are released from Bowen when they are well enough. Last year we were lucky enough to watch Izzy and Evie being released back into the ocean from Bowen.
After lunch, it was time to visit the museum. We explored the Pandora ship, visited Measure Island where did scientific experiments and looked at the animal display. We had a fascinating talk on how taxidermy is done! As one student said, “It was the best day of my life!”
Fun With Maths
This week we had a visit from the Fun with Maths team. We learnt how to think critically and solve problems. There were many different Maths stations set up around the hall. We worked in pairs and had a great time trying to solve them. This linked nicely with the hands on problem solving work we have been doing this year.
Fun With Maths website
Melbourne Cup Day
The Melbourne Cup is one horse race run every year on the 1st Tuesday of November. It is called ‘The race that stops a nation’. At school this year teachers dressed up in their finest clothes. We all stop working and watch the race. The race takes just 3 minutes.
Click here to read more facts about The Melbourne Cup.
Mrs Brown, one of our beautiful teachers ready for the day
Science Task
‘Do chocolate and ice melt in the same way?’ This was the question we explored in our Science task. This was exciting task to do as we worked in pairs with ice and chocolate! Before we started we predicted which would melt first and why. While we carried out the experiment, we observed and recorded the results. We drew and labelled scientific diagrams showing solids changing to liquid. Finally we explained our results.
In fact the ice melted much faster than the chocolate and we could clearly see how the heat was moving from the air and concrete into the ice and chocolate causing them to melt.
Geography
This term in geography we are completing a inquiry unit called ‘ Protecting Places Far and Near’. We are going to be studying the stunning Great Barrier Reef. Did you know:
- The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world
- It is found in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia
- The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest living structure?
We will be researching many such fascinating facts about the Great Barrier Reef. We will also link our art lessons. One of the things we will make is a Great Barrier Reef diorama. We are lucky to have the magnificent Great Barrier Reef just of the Bowen coast. This is a great website to start learning about the Great Barrier Reef.
