Year 3 Visit Farm Barn

Our Year 3 students had a blast at the end of last term. They visited the Farm Barn in Hahndorf, where they wrapped up their study of living things and life cycles with an awesome excursion!

They got up close and personal with farm animals like rabbits, goats, sheep, and cows. The highlight? Milking a cow—definitely a hands-on experience they won't forget!

But it wasn't just about the farm animals. Our young explorers also learned about different animal groups like mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, and birds. They had a blast identifying these animals in real life.

The excitement didn't stop there! The kids fed emus, kangaroos, wallabies, llamas, and deer at the wildlife enclosure. Talk about making new furry (and feathery) friends!

It was awesome to see the classroom lessons come alive for them. Their enthusiasm was contagious, and they really soaked up all the new experiences.

A huge thank you to the Farm Barn team for making this day so special for our students. Here's to more adventures in learning!

Year 4 HASS Excursion

In Term 1, the Year 4’s explored Aboriginal culture and history during their HASS lessons. To extend their knowledge, all three classes went on a journey to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. They ventured through 50-hectares of plants from across Australia and around the world, with a rich history and stunning architecture. Each class went on an educator-led tour where they discovered Aboriginal food, artefacts and various tools they used for survival.

Autumn Market Nature Play

While we are approaching the end of autumn, the beautiful colours are everywhere, bursting into brilliant colours of red, orange and yellow. We had some fun autumn-themed sensory play in the Nature Play space this week!

Using the beautiful produce that can be harvested in Autumn we set up a fresh autumn market. The students loved pretending to buy and sell all the different items. We also had some autumn grains of barley, lentils and dried beans for the students to scoop and poor, mix and stir. Playdough was also available for the students to create with. Using autumn leaves and other loose parts, the students created many different creations, including beautiful autumn shaped leaves.

Have you been enjoying the beautiful colours of autumn this year? 

Nature Maths  

We are back into the swing of things this term, and have been back in the Nature Play Space for Nature Maths with the year ones this week.

To tie in with what they have been learning about in maths, we learnt about measurement. The students found a stick in the Nature Play Space and lined them up in a straight line to see who had collected the longest or shortest stick. We then chose a leaf and did the same thing in partners.

We then decided we wanted to measure larger spaces and needed something bigger to use to measure the length, so we used our feet. The students carefully stepped their feet along different areas of the Nature Play Space to discover how long each log or section was. We then discussed how informal units, like our feet used for measuring, are not always the same, and discussed what the differences were and why. We had fun learning outside together.