The Regional Engagement Enterprise

It was great to see so many members of the community at our Celebration of Learning last week.

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Year 4 Plastics and Sustainability

Year 4 have been studying plastics and sustainability for the past term. They have learned about the different types of plastics, what can be recycled and the danger of microplastics in our environment. Guest speaker from Envirocom, Chris Dart, provided a fun, interactive way for students to learn about reusing and recycling. The students then used this information to make models out of plastic and other rubbish to depict the problem of them on our marine wildlife and landfill issues in our world.

Year 5 Water Reticulation Project

Year 5 have spent the year learning about water. This recently ended in project-based learning activity where they had to design a reticulated water system that included a water catchment operation, filtration column and solar purifier for the plastic bottle greenhouse. Head down to the Prep School to see it in action!

Year 6 Managed Systems, Vertical Farming and Digital Technologies

Year 6 have spent Term 4 learning about managed systems, vertical farming (mealworm and cricket farming – protein for human consumption) and digital technologies. They have designed a managed system, tasted mealworms and crickets, and looked at the merits of water and resource management in integrated farming systems. Their unit finished with them coding soil moisture sensors with Year 9 IST students as an example of monitoring a controlled/managed system.

Mr Tom Riley 

Director of TREE