The Lower Primary classes have had a busy few weeks travelling around Australia.  Last week the students were pretending that they were swimming in the deep dark water of the Tunnel Cave swimming area in the Kimberley region. The students were using informal units for measuring how deep the water was. In the story it was up to their armpits. Students also enjoyed drawing some of the creepy things that might be swimming in the dark water, as well as measuring and marking their height on the classroom tree.
The students also did a STEM activity that saw them creating a push or pull device to free their car from some ‘mud’!  The students could use a toy car and craft materials to create a device that attached to a Beebot or Dash to get the stuck car from the ‘mud’.
This week the two Lower Primary classes joined together for Maths.  They went outside and drew a pretend outline of Uluru. Together they investigated the perimeter and area of the shape using their bodies and their shoes.
We love hearing about the travels of our happy campers!