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KRAKATOA & VOLCANIC FUN IN KINDER

BY KIRSTY MEESE ( KINDER DIRECTOR) 

Currently, our Four-Year-Old-Kinder students are absolutely fascinated by volcanoes and volcanic eruptions, and we’re extending this interest and curiosity with a wide range of exciting experiments. Over the past couple of weeks, they've been learning about different types of volcanoes – like cinder volcanoes, stratovolcanoes, and shield volcanoes – while also creating their own mini volcanic eruptions using lemons, red food colouring, and baking soda. How cool is that?!

In our weekly science sessions with Mrs Nicholas, we’ve had some amazing eruptions with vinegar, baking soda, and food colouring, whilst learning scientific terms such as; magma, lava, and eruptions. 

But the learning didn’t stop there! We were lucky enough to have our very own science teachers Mr Grace and Mrs Polack visit us in Kinder to teach us even more about volcanoes. Mr Grace shared his favourite volcano fact about Krakatoa – which was the loudest volcanic explosion on earth. Then to add to our volcano knowledge Mr Grace and Mrs Polack demonstrated another volcano experiment, much to the delight and excitement of the students, Elephant’s Toothpaste. It’s hard to decide who was the most excited the students or the teachers!

CONGRATULATIONS JACK!

Current Year 12 student, Jack Thomas, was recently selected to represent the national U23 wheelchair basketball team, the Spinners, in a tournament against Japan at the AIS in Canberra.

Jack played a key role in 3 of the 5 games, logging significant court time. Thanks to his outstanding performance, the Spinners emerged victorious in each of the games Jack participated in, securing the overall championship with a 4-1 series win.

Congratulations, Jack! We are incredibly proud of your exceptional basketball talent and dedication!