Schoolyard Explorers Incursion

Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre will be visiting our school on Thursday 15^thand Friday 16^th February.

Schoolyard Explorers is a two-hour incursion designed to immerse our prep students in the sensory investigations of living things, through exploring the natural and built environments in school. Our students will determine the basic needs of the survival of animals and plants through a series of observations.

Preps will embark on a sensory walk. The students use magic eyes and collect samples of insects and complete a habitat survey. Students sketch an insect collected on their walk to consider why the organism was found there and discuss the basic needs for its survival.

The program concludes with the class collaboratively creating a classroom collage of their sensory walk and discussing the human impact on living things.

Street Science Incursion

On Tuesday 20th February year 1 students will enjoy a 45 minute Signature Science Show where they will experience science in action. Guided through a dazzling display, students will expand their understanding of the material world by describing observable changes to materials and sensing sources of light and sound.

Following the show classes will engage with the Cheeky Changes Workshop where students will be making, comparing and describing the physical changes of a bouncy ball.

Looking at Living Incursion

Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre will be visiting our year 3 students on Thursday 29^th February and Friday 1^st March.

Looking at Living is a two-hour incursion that provides students with the opportunity to consolidate their learning about grouping living, non-living and once living things before extending their knowledge by investigating macroinvertebrate samples from a local creek.

My Lifecycle Program

On 4^th and 11^th March Year 6 students will engage with the My Lifecycle Program run by True Relationships (formerly Family Planning).

My Lifecycle is a highly effective program that covers puberty and healthy relationships. The students will receive two sessions by True Relationship's experienced educators. The program includes a variety of interactive experiences for students including class discussion, a quiz and group work.

A Parent Session covering the focus of the My Lifecycle Program will be held in the library on Thursday 29^th February 6:00-7:00pm.

Dance Extravaganza – Save the Date

Years 3-6 Dance Extravaganza will be held on Tuesday 26^th March between 5-7pm. Students have been practising their dance routines throughout the term and would love to share them with you!