STEM
Donations wanted:
We are on the search for cereal boxes, muesli bar boxes and toothpaste boxes. The STEM room needs thin carboard that students can easily cut through with a pair of scissors.
This term the whole school are working on mini cities. Each year level has a focus each week, specific to their year level and skill set.
PREP
Students have been developing their skills in creating mini buildings, using scissors, fine liners and varied cardboard shapes to create shops and houses. Students have been developing their knowledge about the variety of Emergency services communities need. They have all chosen an emergency service they would like included in our towns and created a service centre for their chosen service.
1/2
Students have created a collective mind map of what they know about cities and towns. They have been developing their skills in creating mini buildings including houses using scissors, fine liners and varied cardboard shapes to create their houses. They identified shops they thought were required in their town and various fish and chip shops, toy shops and supermarkets began popping up. Students have been developing their knowledge about the variety of Emergency Services communities need. They have all chosen an emergency service they would like included in our towns and created a service centre for their chosen service.
3/4
Students have refined their cardboard attachment skills this term, learning the tab method for constructing buildings out of cardboard and having a strong base to attach to. They have brainstormed and created a list of their top 5 additions to a city and have begun to construct them using the demonstrated methods. Sustainable cities and the ways in which we can incorporate sustainable practices into our cities has been a focus this week with students viewing global practices and incorporating them into their design brief and on new and existing constructions.
5/6
After an initial brainstorm about the difference between cities and towns, students have created a list of their top 5 additions to a city and have begun to construct them using the demonstrated methods. Students have refined their cardboard attachment skills this term, learning the tab method for constructing buildings out of cardboard and having a strong base to attach to. Sustainable cities and the ways in which we can incorporate sustainable practices into our cities has been a focus this week with students viewing global practices, researching their own and incorporating them into their design brief and on new and existing constructions.