Student Voice

Reflections on the Year 6 Canberra Tour

In week 2 of term 4, the Grade 6 students, teachers, Mr Kent, Natalie Campbell, Jeremy Yeates and Nick Smith went to Canberra. 

On the first day of our Canberra tour everyone was excited to get to the motel called, Ibis Styles Eaglehawk and find out our cabins. Throughout the days we were on the move, going to amazing places some of them being, Old Parliament House, Parliament House, Australian Institute of sport, The Royal Australian Mint, The Royal Thai embassy, the CSIRO discovery centre, Electoral Education Centre and Questacon. Her are some Grade 6 students’ thoughts about the camp:

IVY 6H - 

A.I.S was my favourite part because it was active and lots of fun.

MILLIE 6H – 

Parliament House was my favourite because I liked looking at the green room (the House of Representatives).

Angelina and Elise 6H –

The war memorial was our favourite because it was fun to learn about history and it was engaging.

Ava C 6H –

I liked the Questicon because it was interesting and had really cool things like a drop slide, gift shop and Lego building area.

Alex M 6H – 

My favourite part of Canberra was the Parliament House, it was fun doing a role play and seeing what the inside of Parliament looked like. It was fun and engaging.

ALEX 6P –

My favorite part of camp was iPlay because it was eye catching, bright, competitive and collaborative.

Justin 6P-

The part of camp I most liked was Questacon because it was interesting, fun, and creative. 

Mmesoma 6P- 

I liked hanging out with my friends and enjoying the experience. 

Aaron 6R-

My favorite part of camp was the Australian War Memorial because I got to learn about World War 1 and 2, and what weapons were used.

Mila 6R- 

The part I most liked was A.I.S because it was fun, interactive and engaging.

By Allegra, Aarika and Violet

Foundation FireEd Visit Part 2

This week foundation students had their second visit by the firefighters. This visit included a team of local firefighters visiting along with their fire truck. 

Students had a great time on the day using the fire hose to spray water! 

We also reviewed the importance of choosing a safe meeting place with families and checking the smoke detectors are working our homes. 

See what foundation students had to say about their experience: 

Year 5 Figurative Language

As a pre-cursor to our Narrative unit in writing we have been discovering the wonderful world of ‘Figurative Language, including the use of imagery and description. Today 5L chose an object and wrote three type of figurative language phrases using similes, metaphors and personification.  

Using these techniques in writing help our readers visualise what they reading. It also makes our writing engaging and purposeful! 

Year 3 Rainbow Poems

In year 3 we have been learning about different types of poetry, poetic devices and creating poems. Here are some wonderful Rainbow poems using verbs and adjectives that we created this week.