Prescott Primary Northern
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354 Wright Road
Para Vista SA 5093
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Email: info@ppn.sa.edu.au
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School Highlights

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Year 4 Maritime Museum Excursion

"There's a dolphin!" shouted the skipper, pointing out into the waves.

"Where?! Where?!" came shouts, as an excited crew of Year 4 students hurried to the windows as fast as their sea legs could carry them. 

On Tuesday 13th June, the three Year 4 classes embarked on an excursion to the SA Maritime Museum in Port Adelaide. They each took turns across 3 activities: The "Encounters" talk taught them about the history of Australia, the First Fleet, and the Aboriginal people and how they used the land. The self-guided tour allowed the groups to explore the museum and its vast array of historical maritime treasures. A firm favourite was the ketch - a large ship indoors that the students could explore.

Lastly, the highlight of the day was the river cruise on Archie Badenoch - an 80-year-old boat that took us for a pleasant cruise along the Port Adelaide river, where we saw old ships, many sea gulls, but very few dolphins. 

Despite the occasional shower of rain, this excursion proved to be a very fun and educational experience for all!

Winter Rain Nature Play

When it rains, make nature boats and float them in the leftover downpour! One thing my own children have loved doing this winter, is making boats and floating them down the creek, or whatever body of water they can find. It is a favourite family activity to make either a leaf boat, or a seed pod boat and have races to see if their boat will either float or make it first down the creek rapids.

This week, the students at PPN also had the chance to make a boat using natural materials. We used seed pods, bark, leaves, and small sticks to build our boats. They also had a choice of clay or tuff tack to help secure the stick onto the boat. The students raced down into the playground, with many enjoying the activity, often having to find a new way to secure something or help it to float. Some students then went over to the water pump and created a small river to float them down to test their engineering skills. The best part about this activity is that when you are done, most of the materials can be returned back to nature.

Will you make a nature boat with your family this week??

Mrs T Watson