Constructing aeroplanes from ‘found’ and recycled materials for inclusion in an installation at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art.
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The students in class 6/7R discover the effects if using a larger diameter 'wheel' when lifting a load in their investigations on simple machines. They found that there is a relationship to the diameter and the amount of effort needed to lift the load and the reasons that gears are needed.
Term 4 Parent Letter Simple Machines
This term our students will be involved in Australian history. They will be learning about the need for various Australian colonies to federate through developing an understanding of the issues surrounding government, transport and distance. These studies will position students to have some understanding of what Australia was like at the turn of the last century leading up to the First World War. Students will undertake a research project on an Australian soldier who died at Bullecourt in 1917.
Our main focus in English will be the narrative genre. Through focus lessons, practice activities and literacy group activities students will be encouraged to improve their ability to appreciate and create entertaining narratives. Original student stories will then be published. To begin this term our shared text is ‘The Boy Who Lost His Face’ by Louis Sachar.
In Science the focus will be on the structures that enable living things to survive and reproduce.
Essential Learnings in Mathematics will be addressed through a combination of whole class lessons, manipulation of material, group problem solving activities and relevant computer software programs. Throughout the year students will also have the opportunity to participate in two interschool mathematics competitions.
Major assessment tasks this term will include:
All students will be participating in the swimming program and places will also be available in interschool teams for cricket, softball and touch football.
Many opportunities exist in the upper school for personal development and students will be encouraged to take on active leadership roles in a variety of contexts.