Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members,
It has been another extremely busy fortnight here at Macarthur Street PS, even with the Summer Holidays approaching, nothing is slowing down at school!
What a wonderful fortnight it has been in Foundation filled with concert practice! Students have been working so hard to remember the words to their concert songs, and then master the actions too! I think they’re all very excited to perform next week in front of a big crowd! This week we have been learning about the moon and the planets in space. We enjoyed our excursion to the Ballarat Observatory where we explored how telescopes were made, launched rockets into the air, and learned about the rotation of the planets in our solar system.
Last night, we hosted our Foundation Late Night Stay, and all the students had a wonderful time, thoroughly enjoying their pizza dinner.
On Monday the Grade 1/2's went on an excursions with Foundation to the Ballarat Municipal Observatory. Students had a great time with Kira and Judith who ran us through lots of different activities helping us to understand how light works, how planets orbit the sun and different types of telescopes that allow us to see objects in space.
The Grade 1/2 students had prepared questions from their knowledge unit in class such as; Why is there dust on the moon? What causes gravity? How were Saturn's rings made? What would happen if you went into a gaseous planet? The students even wanted to know if you can find Mars bars on Mars (apparently not - but we can dream)!
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the Grade 3-6’s enjoyed some time out of the classroom at Log Cabin Homestead in Creswick.
With the weather going in our favour, the students partook in a multitude of activities over the course of the camp which included: the Giant Swing, Orienteering, Milk Crate Stacking, the Gaga Pit, Initiatives Activities, Archery, the Possum Glide, the Leap of Faith, the Games Room, the Zipline and Hut Building. In and around this, we still (unbelievably) had some time for… free-time!
Another highlight of the camp was the food; Leo, our chef, provided us all with tasty meals which filled every little bit of our bellies. Breakfast was toast and/or cereal. Lunches were hamburgers on Tuesday and chicken wraps on Wednesday. Dinner on Monday was a chicken schnitzel with veggies, and spaghetti Bolognese on Tuesday night.
The camp was a great opportunity for students to try something they hadn’t done before (and might not get to do again), show some resilience and spend some time in a classroom of a different kind – the great outdoors.
After three days of camp, students came back to the real-world feeling a combination of weariness, enjoyment and pride.
Happy Birthday to the students who have celebrated their birthdays recently or will be celebrating in the days ahead.
