Specialists

STEAM News

Students commenced the term completing a range of STEAM challenges with the aim of collaborating, questioning and problem solving. Students built bridges and towers, showed resilience and had a lot of fun!

Foundation

Students have enjoyed exploring the STEAM room having completed a range of challenges to question and problem solve in pairs. They have been introduced to the new Dash robots and have begun to explore to explore push and pull forces.

Level 1

Level 1 students are currently learning drag and drop coding using the Dash robots. Students are seeing the importance of providing clear instructions and commands. 

Level 2

Students are learning about natural disasters using we-do LEGO robotics. Students are connecting real world examples to their builds and problem solving how to meet a community need. Over the coming weeks we will be exploring hazard alarms, flood gates and building model houses to withstand an earthquake.

Levels 3 & 4

Student are building on their prior knowledge of coding using Scratch to code “old school games”. Throughout this unit students are considering user interaction.

Levels 5 & 6

Students are currently completing a Wonder design thinking project. Students chose a science question they have always wondered about and have researched facts and created a range of creative projects to communicate their findings.  These questions have been broad and ranged from how long it takes a gecko to regrow its tail?, is the sky really blue? and does staring at grass help your eye sight?.  I look forward to sharing these projects in the coming weeks.

STEAM Club

STEAM Club is back with many students across the school turning out to build and program with EV3 robotics. 

Mrs Dennis

Japanese

Konnichiwa (Hello)

Welcome to Japanese in 2025, the year of the snake.

All students have settled well into the routine of having Japanese this year in their classrooms. 

Some quiz questions about Japan for you to discuss as a family from the student's learning so far this year:

1. Japan is made up of how many main islands?
2. On what continent is Japan located?
3. A newer tradition in Japan is to eat a bucket of what as a family on Christmas Day?
4. Can you name the highest mountain in Japan?
5. What is a game that has been played for hundreds of years in Japan?
6. To eat a traditional Japanese meal you would use these?

(Answers at bottom of the page)

Instrumental Lessons at HEPS

Thank you all for your patience as we get the instrumental lessons set up for the year. If your child is interested in learning an instrument through our wonderful private teachers please visit this website: https://sites.google.com/education.vic.gov.au/hepsinstrumentaleoi/home

Once you click on the picture of the instrument your child is interested in learning it will open an email with the teacher's address for you to email them. Timetabling and pricing varies from teacher to teacher so please contact them directly. 

Japanese Quiz Answers:

1. 4 main islands
2. Asia
3. A bucket of KFC chicken
4. Mt Fuji
5. Paper, Rock, Scissors
6. Chop Sticks