WORLD CULTURES

This term, our Castle and Holly classes have been exploring our world on a grand scale! Each week, students have explored one of the seven continents in order from largest to smallest, starting with Asia. They have seen different animals from each area and discovered that many are extremely similar to each other, despite being from different places and habitats. Some of these animals we have also seen on recent visits to the Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Zoo. 

Students have learnt of the climates and special landscapes of each continent, including deserts, rainforests, grasslands, lakes, rivers and waterfalls! They have also reflected on the amount of people who live in these wonderful places - Did you know that half of the world’s population lives in Asia? 

As Inclusive, Respectful and engaged Learners, students have enjoyed discovering the diversity of our world through exploring Google Earth, looking at Atlasas with a partner, playing games, and sharing what they know about each continent. Throughout the term, they’ve also been practising a special song that they will all perform at our World Cultures Day assembly in Week 10.

Some things we know about different continents:

Asia is the biggest continent (Luna 1/2)

They have tigers in Asia (Declan R/1)

The Nile is the longest river and is in Africa (Paeton1/2)

In Africa they have elephants and gorillas (Olivia 1/2)

The bald eagle lives in North America (Ethan B PSC)

Hudson Bay is in Canada, North America (Hudson 3/4)

South America has rainforests (Hanna 3/4)

Antarctica is the coldest continent (Myah 1/2)

People don’t live in Antarctica, they just stay there for research (Daniella 3/4)

Russia was the first country to explore Antarctica (Kyran 3/4)

Australia (Oceania) is the smallest continent (Harrison 1/2)

Meanwhile, our Stillwell students have taken on the role of preparing for World Cultures Day. Each small group has selected a country to research, learning about its geography, flag, culture, and important buildings and monuments. They are now beginning the task of planning and creating fun, interactive lessons and activities that they will use to teach the younger students on World Cultures Day.

We’re looking forward to celebrating our very first HEPS World Cultures Day on Friday of Week 10. More information about this will be shared soon.

Lauren Mawson

World Cultures Teacher