Year 3 – Room 17 Ms Gill & Mrs Matthews 

Dont forget the Father’s day roving stall will be happening tomorrow, then again Friday for anyone who misses out

Dont forget payment for our excursion to the Living Kaurna cultural centre is due next Monday 4th September.

Should you need, there are spare notes in the red pockets in the classroom

A huge thank you to Paula ( Drew’s mum) and Sarah ( Hugh’s mum)for volunteering to come along as helpers on the day.

Krista ☺

Last week for Team Work Tuesday students worked in teams to construct a Marble Run. Their task was to use recycled materials, masking tape and their table top, tipped upright, to keep a marble continuously moving for the longest time possible.

Building a marble run is a fun hands-on science activity and a great way to get students involved in an exciting engineering challenge—one that has clear and immediate results. Will the marble make it from top to bottom? How long of a run can you build? What design modifications might decrease/increase the marble’s speed?

Students explored construction challenges, design issues, principles of physics, and engineering problems while creating their marble run, they also  put the design process into action. They think creatively. They innovate. They prototype, test, and then make changes. And they have fun.

The Construction Phase

The finished products

    

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SWIMMING STARTS THIS WEEK.

Our class will be leaving school at 10 am our lesson is 10.30 -11.30 and we will return on the bus at 12.

As we are in the morning children may want to wear their swimmers under their school uniform. After their swimming lesson students will get changed at the pool before boarding the bus.

What to bring:

Bag

Swimmers

Towel

Goggles

Named clothing!

Parents if you are going to come along to watch your child’s swimming lesson one day next week. You will find this note attached to our classroom door. Please write your name on the sheet indicating what day you will come along and collect a badge from me in the morning

Krista 😀

 

Our Team Work Tuesday challenge this week has carried over to today. We have trashed the classroom but the students are so on task and working wonderfully together. They have gone to Japanese now but Some are hoping the rain continues at recess so they can come back and have more time to finish😀 Stay tuned tonight for some more photos and hopefully videos.

Krista