Discovery Centre at Streeton Primary School

WHO AM I?

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Here is an animal who am I for Grade Prep, One and Two. Be the first to guess the animal correctly and tell Mrs Johnson and win a special prize!

Who am I?

Beware of that log you see floating in the water. It has eyes and they belong to me. I am ferocious looking, but usually I am shy and will avoid you unless you disturb my nest. I can be 8 to 15 feet long, so the only predator I worry about is man. What am I?

Think carefully and let Mrs Johnson know!

Another Great website

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http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/

Websites to visit

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Try visiting these great websites!

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/animals/Animalbabies.shtml

http://animal.discovery.com/

http://www2.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=kids_home

http://www.zoo.org.au/

We're Going to the Zoo

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Grades Prep, 1 and 2 will be visiting the Melbourne Zoo this term. They will be learning about the particular needs, characteristics and habitats of wild animals.
What is a reptile?
From the animals below, which is a mammal?
A snake?

A frog?

A crab?

Remember!

A reptile:

* has scaly skin

* lays eggs

* is cold blooded

What is a mammal?

From the animals below, which is a mammal? Blue Tongue Lizard?

Bear?

Frog?

Remember:

A mammal:

* gives birth to live babies

* makes milk for its babies

* is warm blooded

2009-10-04T17:57:00.000-07:00

Term 3
Fairytales invaded Streeton Primary School in term 3 as the Junior School, dressed up and read lots and lots of fairytales.

Junior School Transport Rally Day

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Lightning McQueen
A Bus

STOP!

Red means 'Stop'

These are the signs we saw...

On 17th June we had our Transport Rally Day. Children dressed up, some making fantastic costumes at home. We started our morning by going for a walk to spot traffic signs. It took a long time for everyone to cross at the traffic lights, but we did it safely. For the rest of the day we rotated activities. Some of the activities we did were making our own set of traffic lights, practise our driving and pedestrian skills by following road signs set out on the basketball court (thanks to the help of the 5/6s), and brainstorming all the signs we spotted on our walk.

STOP! NO STANDING! GIVE WAY!

2009-05-18T22:17:00.000-07:00

Streeton On the Move
This term the Junior School are focusing on Transport.

Focus Questions:
Why do we need transport?
What different types of transport exist?
Why do we choose different types of transport?
How does it work?
What are the safety issues?

Term 1, 2009

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Under the Big Top

This term we have been investigating the circus. In the discovery centre we have had activities involving; painting a clown's silly face, creating an acrobatic performance, dressing up like clowns and ring masters, making a semetrical clown bow tie, making a clown's hat, making circus puppets and putting on a show, and building a circus ring full of animals.

"Juggling was easy, because I practised with the scarves" - Student Comment

"I painted a face with lots of colours" - Student comment

"The circus tent was fun. We were very silly clowns" - Student comment

"It was very hard to balance on the stilts" - Student comment.

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The opening of the Discovery Centre was lots of fun. The students made masks and decorated fish. We played games such as Octopus, Spaghetti Marinara (Fruit Salad), sea creature statues, and read a great book. Each Prep and 1/2 grade now visits the Discovery Centre twice a week.

Setting up...

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In term 1 school holidays and during after school hours the teachers worked hard to set up the Discovery Centre.

Under the Sea

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Drama Centre - putting on plays

Science - sinking and floating

Writing tasks - Write a message in a bottle!

Sorting tasks

ICT tasks - Computers, Internet, InterWrite Pad

Whole class focus learning

Problem Solving Tasks - Make a boat that floats

Reading corner, and speaking and listening posts

Discovery Table - starfish, shells, sand, coral, shark eggs, crayfish,

Diving into learning (Under the Sea theme)

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Term 2, 2008 Under the Sea

The Junior School will be working towards:
* developing knowledge of marine life and their habitats;
* understanding how some creatures are adapted to live under the sea;
* understanding how humans impact on the ocean and its living creatures;
* understanding how people can work together to protect the ocean;
* understanding how marine life are interdependent (e.g. food chains).