This afternoon the Year One’s did a fantastic job sharing their work from our Inquiry Unit ‘Whatever the Weather’ during the Torquay College STEM Expo. Many thanks to the families who were able to come along and share in the activities and experiments the students presented. It was definitely a fabulous way to end a great term of hard work!

We were very lucky to have Xavier from Wildlife Xposure in today to give our Foundation students a close up, hands on learning experience with animals!

Over the past 6 weeks the grade 2's have had some fluffy visitors in their classrooms. Living eggs is a fantastic program that allows students to witness the hatching and early stages of a chickens life. We have been observing their changes daily and look forward seeing them continue to grow throughout the remainder of the term.

Over the past few weeks in the STEM Centre Year 1 and 2 students have been constructing huts to protect a pig from the ‘Big Bad Wolf’. This has involved the students choosing the material they would like to build with, creating a design of the shelter and constructing it in teams. All shelters have been created with great thought and working through problems with design and materials. They were then put to the test with the ‘Big Bad Wolf’, also known as a hair drier, to see i

This term Year 4 have been exploring and discovering the amazing world of science. At home they have conducted experiments with their families and used their netbooks to record, edit and share their experiments with the class. We were also lucky enough to have the incredible opportunity to skype a scientist from New Zealand who was a Marine Geologist. During class we have been investigating scientists and the contributions they have made to improving our world.

On Tuesday the 4th of June, the Year Three students had their first excursion of the year to Werribee Open Range Zoo. In class we have been learning about Biological Science this term. Students were able to put their knowledge of living v’s non-living things, adaptations, and habitats into real-life experiences at the zoo. Students have also spent time selecting a zoo animal and researching information about them in class, prior to going to the zoo. They loved trying to find

The Year One students had a sensational time at Scienceworks participating in the ‘What’s with the Weather?’ program. Our young scientists learnt some of the science behind clouds, storms and lightning whilst participating in some hair-raising experiments! The highlight was seeing and hearing the giant lightning bolts coming from the Tesla coil in the Lightning Room.