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Prime Science
Rooms 7, 8 and 9
Prime Science Incursions came to visit rooms 7, 8 and 9 to help us learn more about the states of matter for our inquiry unit. These are some reflections from the students in room 9, along with some photographs of what they did.
I enjoyed playing with the ooblek and it was very interesting to find out how it behaved because I thought it would be like slime.
-Sian
I learnt that when you mix cornflour and water you make ooblek. I also learnt that if you pour hot and cold water into two different cups and you put food dye into the cups, the dye in the hot water mixes faster than the cold water.
-Oliver
I didn’t know that a medicine tablet mixed with water could make it burst into the air!
-Selvi
Our incursion was about matter (solids, liquids and gasses) and about what matter does. It was also about chemistry. It was really fun.
-Zac
I enjoyed playing with the ooblek and I found it interesting that ice and salt will make the cup frosty.
-Bidaya
Victorian Premiers Reading Challenge 2017
If you are interested in your child participating in The Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2017, you will need log onto the following website www.education.vic.gov.au/prc. Register your child as a home-based student as this year the school will not be registered as a participant. Please read and inform your child of the commitment, what is expected and the responsibility they will need to dedicate if participating in the challenge.
More details of the Challenge is available online at www.education.vic.gov.au/prc.
The Challenge aims to inspire children and young people to read more books.
It is not a competition, but a challenge to each student.
It is open for Early Childhood to Year 12.
So….if you love books …enjoy reading….or even love being read too…..then this is your mission!
Room 20, 21 and 22 Taskworks Incursion
On Tuesday, Rooms 20, 21 and 22 had an incursion as part of their Inquiry, Machines Unit-“May the Force be with you!” The incursion was a fantastic opportunity for children to explore machines and how forces are used to create movement.
The machines the children explored have been purposely designed for them to investigate simple machines, magnetic force, gravity, push and pull, air pressure and a whole lot more!
A special thank you to our large army of parents/carers who helped. This made it an even greater success!
When we returned to the classroom, the children were asked to draw and label a diagram of their favourite machine and write an explanation of how it worked.
Here are their great diagrams and explanations!
Jenny Irvine (On behalf of the One/Two team)
The Victorian State Schools Spectacular
Saturday 16th September
This year members of the MPW Choir will be participating in the Victorian State School Spectacular. Early Bird ticket sales have opened, please see the flyers below.
Australian Mathematics Competition - reminder
Students from Grade 3 to 6 who have a 'love of Mathematics' have the opportunity to participate in the Australian Mathematics Competition.
Further to last weeks newsletter we are pleased to confirm the competition will be held at MPW on Friday 28th July.
There is a cost of $6 per child to enter the competition and entry forms will be available at the front office. Closing date is Monday 5th June.
If you have any questions you can gain information from the website 'Australian Mathematics Competition' http://www.amt.edu.au/mathematics/amc/ or speak to Vicki McCormack in Room 4.
Australian Mathematics Competition | AMT Australian Mathematics CompetitionOne of the world’s largest school-based mathematics competitions with more than 14 million entries since 1978.
About the Australian Mathematics Competition
The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) was introduced in Australia in 1978 as the first Australia-wide mathematics competition for students. It has become the largest single event on the Australian education calendar, allowing students to attempt the same tasks on the same day in over 30 countries around the globe.
Running since 1978, the AMC is for students of all standards. Students are asked to solve 30 problems in 60 minutes (Years 3–6) or 75 minutes (Years 7–12). The problems are designed to test mathematical thinking rather than focus on calculations themselves, thus such questions are designed so that they can be answered just as quickly without a calculator as with one. The problems get more difficult through the competition, so that at the end they are challenging to the most gifted students. Students of all standards will make progress through the problems, and also be challenged along the way.
The AMC is available both in hard copy and online format, with no difference in the questions or time requirements.
For additional entry information and special circumstances » Go to Entering the AMC
>> AMC Results
Visually impaired and distance students
We would like the AMC to be available to all students who wish to participate. We have special arrangements for visually impaired students and distance education organisations. Home schooled students or students whose school chooses not to participate are free to make arrangements to sit under the supervision of another school.
The AMC may be held on a different date by special arrangement in some countries.