In our geography session this afternoon, Year 5 were asked a simple question - 'Do oceans matter?'

Our first task involved examining how we use our oceans and exploring how Australia imports and exports goods. Australia sends most of their top exports (iron, coal and petroleum gas) largely by…

Year 5 Explores the Mojave: Creating Our Interactive Padlet

Introduction

In an exciting cross-curricular project, Year 5 embarked on a journey to explore the Mojave Desert. Inspired by this unique and rugged landscape, they collaborated to create an interactive Padlet that captures their…

Year 3 have been creating PowerPoints in computing to present information about animals from Antarctica.

In Geography we have learned about Ernest Shackleton. In addition to this, we have learned the eight compass points and planned our own routes round the school to follow. Fortunately we didn't run into ice like poor Mr Shackleton!

Year 3 have started learning about longitude and latitude, Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn and the Equator in Geography.

This first week back in school, Year 5 has been exploring the deserts that are located around the world. We've learned that every continent has a desert and how their biomes differ.

Currently, we are studying the Mojave Desert which is located across 4 states (California, Nevada, Utah, and…

This afternoon, the children in Year 4 have been using squirty cream (molten rock) and biscuits (tectonic plates)  to answer:  'How are Mountains formed?'

Of course, we had to eat them afterwards.