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Mud! The wonder of mud!

Wednesday 29 June was our celebration of International Mud Day. You may well ask why celebrate such a day? The philosophy behind the day is that the development of a child has always been correlated with the natural world. Children all over the world celebrate in one form or another. At ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ»ÆƬ our Kindergarten students certainly enjoyed playing in the mud.

Oiishi desu

Year 9 Students’ Super Sushi Skills: Savour the sushi Year 9 Japanese elective students welcomed a guest chef to their class to teach them to make authentic sushi. Guest chef, Toshi-san, entertained us with his demonstration and accompanying music before giving everyone a chance to roll their own maki-zushi.

Spectacular Three Capes Track walk

​Nothing is more pristine than Tasmanian wilderness in the winter time. AE2A Adventure Recreation Class have spent this term learning how to navigate, read the weather, cook on camp stoves as well as how to survive in a wilderness setting. This all culminated in a wilderness experience of exploring Tasmania’s Tasman Peninsula, more specifically Shipsterns Bluff, Cape Raoul, Cape Pillar, Mt Fortescue and Cape Huay.

Well done, K-6 students in our assembly

Congratulations to our K-6 students! We enjoyed an entertaining and reflective assembly on Wednesday 15 June, efficiently managed and hosted by our Year 6 captains. 4B presented a lovely 'Pay it forward' prayer, and, after the national Anthem, 1B led the whole assembly in a rousing Japanese language 'Elephant Song' - which was also watched by Ms Kumashiro and her language class from our languages area above the Savio Centre.

Year 4 mariners

Year 5 Port Arthur visit

This term, Year 5 are investigating the nature of convict presence in Australia in the past. We have been using a variety of sources to gather information about the convicts’ experiences, including video re-enactments, copies of original documents and a range of websites. In history studies, primary sources (direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object or person) are highly valued. Hence our visit to Port Arthur, an amazing site providing a vast range of rich primary source information.

UTAS partnership promotes programming skills

David Chung is a Researcher with the School of Engineering and ICT at the University of Tasmania and has been working with Year 8 Digital Technologies classes on embedded programs..​ UTAS offers a program called the Embedded Systems Learning Program for Digital Technologies, as part of their outreach programs to schools. The program provides a great opportunity for students as they learn about real-world embedded system environments by installing, designing and managing several modules of the Ardunio software.

National Simultaneous Storytime

​National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is an annual campaign that encourages more young Australians to read and enjoy books. Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, child care centres and many other places around the country. On Wednesday 25 May our K-6 students participated in the NSS and in activities based on this year's book I Got This Hat.

Year 10 work experience

​During the week 16-20 May, Year 10 students participated in work experience. Work experience is about getting out into the workplace and gaining a better understanding about the many different job opportunities Hobart has on offer for everyone. In the weeks leading up to work experience all Year 10s had to organise with an employer to accept us so that we could attend their workplace for the week.

Taswater talks to Year 2 students

Educator, Ms Kate Beard, came in to talk to our Year 2 students on Monday 16 May, as part of Taswater's corporate community education goals. Kate explained Taswater was responsible for managing the collection, treatment and distribution of water used in our homes. Students were able to recall many important ways we use water, especially for such vital things as drinking, cooking, washing and showering. Kate talked of the "ations' of the water cycle, evaporation from our oceans, transpiration from plants, condensation of water vapour in clouds to fall as precipiation.and collect in our rivers and dams.