Stage 3 News
Term 3 2013
Project Based Learning - Science Curriculum
This term Stage 3 students have had the opportunity to learn about science using a 21st Century learning approach called Project Based Learning. This involved every student using the investigation process and the design process. Students came up with a hypothesis, developed a prototype for their flight vehicle and conducted a fair test. Students used the information from their fair test to modify their flight vehicle and enter their model in the Science Showcase Competition.
Congratulations to all our participants in the Science Showcase Flight Heats. Our Finalists for the Science Showcase competition are:
Muhammad Kharrl
Courtney Allerton
Camelia Gusmardy
Sulaiman Mehmood
Abdurahman Muzayen
Zeke Laidlaw
AIi Salame
Muhammad Ahsan Tanoli
Ruqiya Khalidi
Shah Alif Chowdhury
Preparing to take flight
Conducting a fair test with BBHS
NASA Talk at WPGHS
High School Transition - Belmore Boys High School and Wiley Park Girls High School
In the last 5 weeks, on Thursdays, every student in year 5 has had the opportunity to attend Belmore Boys High School and Wiley Park Girls High School as part of our High School Transition Program. This program supports students to build confidence in the High School setting with a focus on the new Science Curriculum and ICT.
The students had the opportunity to work closely and get first hand knowledge from the Science teachers and Technology teachers to test their flight models. They learnt about Bernoulli’s principle, aerofoil and the angle of attack when thrusting their plane into the air.
Year 5 and 6 have spent the holidays designing and making a flight vehicle in order to enter the flight competition. To help each other over the holidays we communicated and collaborated online on Edmodo.
5GK also helped their buddies in KSG to make their paper planes for their flight competition.
Maths Learning in action
In Maths, we are continuing to use story based real life problems to learn how to convert fractions into decimals and percentages.
We are learning to locate information on a variety of maps using compass points and to read coordinates when using latitude and longitude.
We are now learning how to convert mass. Did you know that when people talk about weight, they really mean mass?
Spelling - Word Study
Word Sort adding ing
Thinking Partners - working out the spelling pattern
Thinking Partners - What's the spelling pattern?
Reading and Comprehension with our Buddies
ESL Language Learning in action
In Stage 3 ESL the students have been working together to write what they know about flight; what they want to know and the language they need to know to help them participate in their science topic in class.
They have also been peer tutoring to help each other to be better readers. They enjoy the opportunity to work, talk and read together.
Where to next for our learning in Term 4
Year 6 are in the process of inferring how authors using language techniques to persuade and tell a story. They will use these techniques to create the Year 6 graduation DVD.
Photography with Mrs Carter
Join us at the Haldon Street Festival
When: Saturday 24th, August.
We are meeting at 10 am for the parade and 11.05am to watch the dance group.
Who: Teachers, Students & Parents
Where: 31 The Boulevarde, Lakemba.
In front of Olympics Hardware Store (across the car park)
Pick up: Students are to be picked up at the end of the parade at Gillies Avenue (near the Police Station)
Supervision: Parents are responsible for their child’s safety and well being