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KINDER BLUE VOLCANO PROJECT

Our project started weeks ago, during National Science Week. Volcanoes have been very popular this year, with many being made in the sandpit. So I introduced my idea to make one as a class and use it for a proper science experiment, but before I gave them the procedure I asked the children what they think we needed to make one…

How will we make a Volcano? What will we need?

Harper - you just need orange and black to make the lava and the thing, so the lava doesn’t come out

Darcy - you make it explode, you need to put something in.

Laura - with lava, maybe with red paper

Zaria - we put vinegar and hot water and mix it and it explodes

Hugo - put some red on it

Charlotte - we need glue, because we need to stick the clouds on, because clouds can make it a volcano. 

Jaida - I made a volcano at my house before, I used food colouring 

Payton - sugar - it heats up in water then it gets a bit melty and rises up

Wyatt - then it explodes! We have top pop some cold water mixed with sugar to make the volcano

Liam - we need lava, with paint, red paint

Harry - plastic?

Connors - rocks

Evin - we need a plastic bottle and paper

Bella - we need red paint

Seb - we needs rocks and grey 

Tommy - we need vinegar to make it explode 

Eleanor - sticks

Mac - make lava 

Leo - food colouring to make the lava 

Lucy - we need glue to stick it 

Leo - we need cardboard

Tommy - but cardboard might get wet and break 

Leo - it won’t go through the bottom, wood could hold I

Tommy - maybe rocks

Next we studied the procedure and I explained each step. We haven’t done any paper mache work this year, so a new and messy experience was had for some children! We made our shape around our glued down bottle by scrunching up newspaper into balls. We then ripped strips of newspaper and started smoothing down our mountainous shape. The next stage was painting our volcano. The children loved seeing their work come more alive with colour and a creative lava finish. 

Then at last, it was time. Finally. Time to reward all of our hard work and creativity in making our amazing volcano. In small groups we gathered…. Anticipation building. I explained to the children that when we partake in experiments we always need the right ingredients. Not only that we need the right amount of each ingredient, otherwise experiments won’t work or something completely different might happen! After measuring the ingredients we added them one by one…. and then…ERUPTION! To follow up we reflected on our experiment, interviewing each child about what happened, practising their communication skills and descriptive language. 

Next we showed the children some videos of real life volcanoes erupting! They looked slightly different from our experiment… Our experiment oozed a lot of cool ‘lava’ out the top, however we didn’t get the real explosion effect! So I showed the children a way we can make that explosion and eruption through an art activity using dye and a straw. We had so much fun!

KINDER MAROON

At kinder this term we have been learning that God loves everyone, this week Mrs Piesse read the students a book called God Loves Me More Than That. This is a children’s picture book that explores the boundless and unconditional love of God through simple heartfelt text and engaging illustrations.
Students learnt that God loves them through comparison and description that they can easily understand an example of way’s God Loves us is as follows, deeper than a wishing well, wider then a semitruck, louder than thunder and softer then a kitten’s sneeze.

At the end of the lesson Mrs Piesse asked the students individually “Who does God love?”
Each student responded, “God loves me”.
Students were given a A3 piece of paper and were asked to draw themselves inside the love heart before each child drew their self-portraits I asked, “Who does God
love?” and they said, “Me”.

Grade 3 went on a one-night camp to Blue Lagoon at Dodges Ferry. We stopped at Sorell on our way before we were greeted by our hosts. We played lots of team building games, shared meals together and enjoyed the awesome outside play equipment. Grade 3’s used their skills from Spirit of Jesus and Well Being Wednesday to ensure we all had a great time. Everyone was nervous before we went, but now we are more confident and feel braver! We would like to thank our teachers, teacher assistants, Mrs McGann, Mrs Fisher and our parents for helping us have a memorable time.

The Grade Fours have just returned from a very busy and exciting camp at Orford. They enjoyed walks along unspoiled beaches, gathering much flotsam and jetsam, too much in some cases. Our night walk included seeing a very bright Milky Way, lightning and a bunny! At camp Mrs Fisher and Mrs Cooper fed the children very well with many seconds, thirds and I believe sevenths in one case. The children participated in archery, beach volleyball, a quiz versus staff, as well as tackling the challenging commando obstacle course. Thank you to all staff who attended, your valuable help allowed the children to have a great time.

Thank you to all who came along for our annual Family Breakfast and to the amazing staff who cooked up a storm. It was a fantastic morning with lots of delicious food. 

To assist us with ordering uniform stock for the 2025 year, please complete the Back to School Order form through the link at the bottom of the page.  Please return by Friday 20th September 2024. This will enable enough uniforms to be purchased to meet the needs of the school community. You can exchange or return uniform items if not required.
 
IF YOU DO NOT PRE-ORDER there will be no guarantee that all uniform items will be available.
 
There will be a limit of one item off the shelf per customer with further quantities going on back order for all purchases on QKR, or order forms returned after the due date of 20th September 2024. This will allow time for our designed uniform pieces, that have a long production time frame, and deliveries which could be affected by restrictions interstate and overseas.
 
Pre-ordered uniforms can be paid for when you place your order, OR before the end of term 4 OR on the allocated collection days via the office.

Further information will be provided as to uniform shop appointments later in the year.

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